THE BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE; 



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By A. J. COOK, Agricultural College, Mich., 



Prof, of Entomology in the State Agricultural College, 

 13,000 SOLD IN RIGHT TEAKS. 8S0 PAGES. 195 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



This is a new edition of Prof. Cook's Manual of the Apiary, enlarged and 

 elegantly illustrated. The first edition of 3,000 copies was exhausted m about 

 18 months — a sale unprecedented in tho annals of bee culture. 



The tenth 1.000 was thoroughly revised, much new matter and many costly 

 illustrations added, and it has been produced with great care, patient study, and 

 persistent research. It comprises a full delineation of the anatomy and physi- 

 ology of the honey bee, illustrated with many expensive wood engravings ; the 

 products of the honey bee ; the races of bees ; full descriptions of honey-produc- 

 ing plants, trees, shrubs, etc., splendidly illustrated ; and last, though not least, 

 detailed instructions for the various manipulations necessary in the apiary. 

 The 10th 1,000 Sold in Four months ; 4,000 Sold in the Last Three Years. 



Read the following opinions of the book : 



I believe yours the best practical work in the world.— L. L. Langstroth. 



I feel like thanking God that we have such a man as Prof. Cook to take hold 

 of the subject of bee culture in the masterly way in Which he has done it.— Glean- 

 ings in Bee Culture. 



It is a book which does credit to our calling ; one that every bee-keeper may 

 welcome as a fit exponent of the science which gives pleasure to all who are 

 engaged in it.— American Bee Jowrnal. 



It is just what might have been expected from the distinguished author,— a 

 work acceptable to the ordinary bee man, and a delight to the student of scien- 

 tific apiculture.— Bee-Keepers' 1 Magazine. 



Cook's new "Manual of the Apiary" comes with high encomiums from Amer- 

 ica, and certainly it appears to have cut the ground from under future book- 

 makers for some time to come.— British Bee Journal. 



Prof. A. J. Cook's " Manual of the Apiary " contains, besides the description of 

 the anatomy and physiology of the honey bee, beautifully illustrated, the pro- 

 ducts and races of the bees, honey plants — the instructions for the different 

 operations performed in the hives. All agree that it is the work of a master, 

 and is of real value.— IS Apiculteur, Paris. 



I have read with a good deal of interest the copy of Cook's Manual you sent 

 me, and I intend to publish extracts from it in the " Bulletin " of the Society of 

 Apiculture of the Department of the Somme, so that our apiarists may be aware 

 ofthe value of this estimable work. It is a credit to the author as well as the 



Publishers. I have never yet met with a work, either French or foreign, which 

 like so much.— V Abbe L. DuBois, at La Malmalson, Aisne, France. 



Every point connected with the subject is handled in a clear, exhaustive, yet 

 pithy and practical manner.— Rural New Yorker.. 



The most thorough work on the apiary ever published, and the only one illus- 

 trating the various bee plants.— Lansing (Mich.) Republican. 



Treating the art in all its different branches in a clear, concise, and interest- 

 ing manner.— The Canadian Entomologist. 



It is the fullest, most practical, and most satisfactory treatise on the subject 

 now before the public— Country Oentlemcm. 



I have derived more practical knowledge from Prof. Cook's new Manual of 

 the Apiary than from any other book— JB. H. Wyneoop. 



With Cook's Manual I am more then pleased. It is fully up with the times m 

 every particular. The richest reward awaits its author.— .4. E. Wenzel. 



We have perused with great pleasure the vade rneeum of the bee-keeper. It is 

 replete with the best information on everything belonging to apiculture. To all 

 taking an interest in this subject we say: Obtain this valuable work, read it 

 carefully 'and practice as advised— Agriculturist, Quebec. 



I regard it as the best work on bees in the world.— P. L. ViaUon. 



It is so greatly superior to all the other works that I recommend no other.— D. 

 A. Jones. 



Price, by mail, $1.25. Liberal discount made to dealers, and to newspapers 

 who may desire to send it as a premium. 



.&.. J. OCOK, 

 Agricultural College, Michigan, Author and Publisher. 



