HOW 
TO 
The novice in bee- 
keeping usually seeks 
for a simple book on 
bees, and in this he is 
wise. The modern 
text-books relating to bees 
are excellent in their way, 
but most of them are too 
technical for a mere begin- 
ner, however well they may be written. 
ffMMIV A simple book written in clear every-day 
1/ L* L* II language is much better, even if it does 
1% I I w* not treat of quite so many little details 
■ mLtfLil which interest only the professional bee- 
keeper. In this respect M How to Keep 
W^ W*i H^ #1 Bees" fills the bill. The gifted authoress, 
JLM mm M m who is a charming writer as well as an art- 
W\ W^ m^ ^ ist-engraver and bee-keeper, made a start 
rm^mdk\c with bees three different times, hence she 
had the opportunity of finding out for herself 
By the difficulties and trials that beset the beginner with 
ANNA bees. She had no desire to make money with 
DOTS FORD bees, but did so, however, because they pros- 
COM5TOCK pered under her care and skill. For this 
____, . 'reason she writes as an amateur to ama- 
^^ m ' teurs, making no attempt to discuss the 
knotty problems which the expert bee-keeper is interested in. 
The book is written in a charming literary style, easily un- 
derstood, almost entirely free from the technical language used 
by bee-keepers. It is arranged in chapters, and is so emi- 
nently readable withal that any one interested in the subject 
can sit down and devour it clear through, the same as he would 
a modern novel. Every thing the average beginner desires to 
know is discussed, including what to order if you have no bee- 
supplies or bees. The print is large, and some very beauti- 
ful engravings adorn its pages, for the authoress is one of the 
most skillful wood-engravers in America. We can't do better 
than recommend this work to every beginner in bee culture. 
There are twenty chapters in the book as follows: 1. Why 
Keep Bees; 2. How to Begin Bee-keeping; 3. The Loca- 
tion and Arrangement of the Apiary; 4. The Inhabitants of 
the Hive; 5. The Industries of the Hive; 6. The Swarm- 
ing of Bees; 7. How to Keep from Keeping too Many Bees; 
8. The Hive and How to Handle It; 9. Details Concerning 
Honey; 10. Extracted Honey; 11. Points about Beeswax; 
12. Feeding Bees; 13. How to Winter Bees; 14. Rearing 
and Introducing Queens; 15. Robbing in the Apiary; 16. 
The Enemies and Diseases of Bees; 17. The Anatomy of 
the Honey-bee; 18. Interrelation of Bees and Plants; 19. 
Bee-keepers and Bee-keeping; 20. Bee-hunting. 
There is also a bibliography and Index. From a begin- 
ner's standpoint it is a complete treatise on bees. 
Cloth bound (228 pages), price $1.10 postpaid. 
THE A. L ROOT CO., MEDINA, OHIO 
