BEE-BOOK 



You Should Get 



This Spring the Time to Begin 



April and May are the ideal months for getting everything ready for the summer 

 harvest of honey. You will learn more, your bees will earn more if you both get started 

 early. By the time you get your outfit and have studied your new arrivals it will be 

 time for them to gather pollen and nectar from many blossoms. DO IT NOW. 



Beginners Need an Authoritative 

 Bee Pamper 



where you can ask practical questions and get direct, intelligent answers. " Gleanings 

 in Bee Culture" is a semi-monthly averaging over 1200 pages annually. Gives latest 



news on bee-keeping from all over the world ; print- 

 ed on good paper; illustrated with halftones. Fore- 

 most bee-keepers and bee-editors answer your ques- 

 tions and contribute wide-awake instructive ar- 

 ticles. 30,000 beekeepers read it. Subscription, 

 $1.00 per year. 



6 Months Trial. 25c. 



We want every person interested in bees to know 

 how good ' Gleanings in Bee Culture" is. So we 

 make the above trial offer — over 600 pages of live 

 reading matter for merely 25c. Sample copy free. 



10c. Bee Books Free 



We have six little bee books — intensely interest" 

 ing in a hundred ways — 10c. each if bought alone. 

 But we send all six free with a year's subscription or 

 with an order for an outfit. We send one only with 

 trial subscription to " Gleanings." Here are the 

 titles : 1 — " My First Season's Experience with the 

 Honey Bee ;" 2 — " Habitsof Honey Bees ; " 3 — "Bee- 

 keeping for Women;" 4 — "A Clergyman and His 

 Bees;" 5 — "Facts About Bees : " 6 — "Outfits for 

 Beginners." Send in your subscription NOW. 



Bee-keeping by MolH 



We also have a correspondence course in bee-keeping especially planned for men and 

 women seeking a fascinating, profitable business. It covers thoroughly every practical 

 point in every phase of bee-keeping. Rearing, breeding, handling bees ; their anatomy, 

 habits, peculiarities, their diseases, etc. Getting honey, selling it in best markets, etc. 

 Flowers, nectar, pollen, bee-food, etc. — these are but a few of the many important sub- 

 jects thoroughly taught by our correspondence course. Our synopsis is free. Write for 

 it to-day. 



How to Start 

 Keeping 



BEES 



Tending bees (after a little experience) is ab- 

 sorbing, attractive work, taking but little time 

 and affording a healthful, out-door occupation 

 coupled with rare pleasure and considerable 

 profit in money. Honey is always in great de- 

 mand, especially (like fresh eggs), when it can 

 be bought directly from the apiary. We know 

 how to start you in this pleasurable business at a 

 small cost. We tell you how to avoid discourag- 

 ing accidents and mistakes. The first thing you 

 need is 



A Good Bee-Book 



We recommend the "A B C OF BEE CUL- 

 TURE ' ' which we show at the left ; a book of 

 500 pages, illustrated with 500 small engravings, 

 and 50 full-page half tones. Revised 1905. 

 Now in its 100th thousand. Best seller of all 

 bee-books. It is arranged like a cyclopedia 

 from A to Z and tells everything a bee-keeper 

 needs to know whether beginner or veteran. 

 Costs $1 with goods or $1.20 by mail. After 

 you have read a few articles in this fascinating book you'll need bees, hives, 

 etc. To get started right you must use great caution in buying and 



Get Good-Tempered Bees 



Our breed of Red-Clover Bees are well-known all over the United States, 

 Canada and in foreign countries for their gentleness. They are the race 'par 

 excellence for honey -gathering, freedom from disease and ease in rearing and 

 handling. They are hardy, vigorous, resist most weather changes without 

 weakening. Consequently they pass cold winters with but very little loss. 



Money and Pleasure with Them 



With a little experience handling bees you will readily see the great possi- 

 bilities in profit from the remarkable amount of honey your faithful workers 

 will gather and store. The pleasure and fascination in tending them will ex- 

 tend to the whole family — little folks and all. In a few weeks the fear of 

 stings will pass away when our gentle, Red-Clover Bees will be understood. 



We have six different beginners' outfits running from $13.00 to $30.00. 

 Outfits Nos. 1 to 4 have no bees ; Nos. 5 and 6 we list. Send your order to 

 the nearest branch mentioned below. Hives, bees, queens, every separate 

 article is absolutely guaranteed. We will promptly refund every cent you send 

 us if our goods are not just as we claim for them. 



Our hives, both for workmanship and clearness of stock, cannot be ex- 

 celled. They are accurate, close-fitting and are no trouble to put together 

 when ordered flat. 



Outfit No. 5 for Dove- 



tailed Hive 



1 A B C of Bee Culture . ; 



1 year's subscription to " 



Bee Culture " 



1 Junior Corneil smoker 



1 No. 2 bee-veil 



1 Bee-hat 



1 pair bee-gloves (small, medium or 

 large) 



1 Colony of Italian bees in 8-frame, 

 Dovetailed hive with bottom- 

 board and cover and super 



1 Tested Red Clover queen for same . 



2 Hives for new swarms, nailed and 



painted with comb-honey super . . 



$1.00 



1.00 

 .65 

 .50 

 .25 



.35 



7.50 

 2.00 



Total 18.95 



ISP^This outfit is particularly intended 

 for those just beginning bee culture who 

 have neither bees, hives, nor any equip- 

 ment. More bees can be added to this 

 outfit if desired. 



Outfit No. 6 for Datn- 

 zenba.ker Hive 



1 A B C of Bee Culture $1.00 



1 year's subscription to " Gleanings in 



Bee Culture " 1.00 



1 Junior Corneil smoker 65 



1 pair Bee-gloves (small, medium or 



large) 35 



1 No. 2 bee-veil 50 



1 Bee-hat 25 



1 full colony of Italian bees in Danzen- 



baker hive with a bottom, cover 



and super 8.00 



1 Tested Red-Clover queen . 2.00 



2 Danzenbaker hives complete for 



comb honey, ready for the bees, 

 nailed and painted, at $3.10 6.20 



Total 19.95 



(^"This outfit is intended for begin- 

 ners who wish to adopt the Danzenbaker 

 hive. 



The A. I. ROOT CO. 



Medina, Ohio. 



Hew York City, Box 1037 



Chicago, 111., 144 E. Erie St. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., 10 Vine St, 



Washington, D. C, 1100 Md. Ave. 

 St. Paul, Minn., 1024 Miss. St. 



Syracuse, N.Y., 1631 W. Gen. St. 

 Mechanic Falls, Maine. 



