BOOKS ON BEE-KEEPING 



The bee-keeper who would be down-to-date and progressive will find in 

 a recount of the experiences of others the very suggestions he needs for 

 saving time and money. Very few other occupations have been blest with 

 so many well written books covering the pursuit in its many different phases. 

 To bee-keepers are offered authoritative works at a minimum of expense 

 and the opportunity to gain knowledge in this satisfying way should not 

 be neglected. 



For the benefit of those who wish to purchase other books on bee- 

 keeping — covering the subject in a general way or some phase of the work 

 in particular — we have compiled the following list. These books may be 

 had at the prices named from THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio, the 

 publishers of the volume in which this announcement appears, or from 

 dealers in bee-keepers' supplies everywhere. 



THE ABC AND X Y Z OF BEE CULTURE 



A. I. and E. R. Root. The latest edition of this work is 

 the most complete of any bee-book that has ever been 

 issued in the English language. While it is for the be- 

 ginner, it may be read with profit by the advanced bee- 

 keeper. Its sale is so large that neither time nor money 

 are spared to keep this book fully abreast with the times. 

 In the latest edition some scientific and technical matter 

 as well as the practical has been added to its pages. It 

 has been most carefully edited and revised. Its authors 

 and publissers feel that, more than ever, it is a safe and 

 reliable guide to bee-keeping. Nearly 130,000 copies in the 

 English language alone have been sold. It has been 

 translated into French and German. 



In this edition there is a large number of half-tone 

 reproductions from what might be called moving-pictures, 

 showing various steps in the processes for handling bees. 

 While a detailed description goes with the separate views 

 showing each step, yet one can almost learn how to 

 handle bees by simply looking at the series of photographs. Under the 

 head of "Frames, to Manipulate," for example, there are a large number 

 of new engravings that show not only the method of handling frames but 

 handling hives and bees in such a way as to do the work with the greatest 

 economy of labor, with few or no stings, and with but little fatigue. 



The new methods of queen-rearing have been carefully reviewed, and 

 the main points incorporated in the new edition, so that the practical bee- 

 keeper who possesses a copy will have the best ideas of the subject con- 

 stantly by his side for reference. 



The new methods of wax-production are treated in an exhaustive fashion; 

 and as this subject is now of more importance than formerly, more space 

 has been devoted to it. 



The new power-driven automatic extractors are amply illustrated and 

 described. The subject of diseases has received entirely new treatment to 

 keep pace with new discoveries of the last few years. The laws relating 

 to bees have for the first time received full treatment. No other bee-book 

 treats of this very important subject. The divisible-brood-chamber hive 

 and the subject of swarm control have received special attention. Honey, 

 sugar, nectar, and glucose, written up by a United States government chem- 

 ist, are carefully defined in accordance with the demands of our new pure- 

 food laws. 



