Gleanings in bee culture . largenumber of half - tone reproductionsfrom what might be called movingpictures, showing various steps in theprocesses fur handling bees. While adetailed description goes with the sep-arate views showing each step, yet onecan almost learn how to handle beesby simply looking at the series of pho-tographs. Under the head of Frames,to Manipulate, for example, there .area large number of engravings thatshow not only the method of handlingframes but handling hives and bees insuch a way as to do the work with thegreatest economy of labor, with few orno stings, and with bu
Gleanings in bee culture . largenumber of half - tone reproductionsfrom what might be called movingpictures, showing various steps in theprocesses fur handling bees. While adetailed description goes with the sep-arate views showing each step, yet onecan almost learn how to handle beesby simply looking at the series of pho-tographs. Under the head of Frames,to Manipulate, for example, there .area large number of engravings thatshow not only the method of handlingframes but handling hives and bees insuch a way as to do the work with thegreatest economy of labor, with few orno stings, and with but little fatigue. The new methods of queen-rearinghave been carefully reviewed, and themain points incorporated in the newedition, so that the practical bee-keep-er who possesses a copy will have thebest Ideas of the subject constantly byhis side for reference. The new methods of wax-productionare treated in an exhaustive fashion; and as thissubject Is now of more importance than formerly,more space has been devoted to By A. I. AND E. R. ROOT Contains 576 pages, andprinted on finest qual-ity plate paper; pro-fusely illustrated withbeautiful half-tone en-gfravings from actualphotographs. The new power-driven automatic extractors areamply Illustrated and described. The subject ofdiseases has received entirely new treatment tokeep pace with new discoveries of the last fewyears. The laws relating to bees have for the firsttime received full treatment. Noother bee-book treats of this very im-portant subject. The divislble-brood-chamber hive and the subject ofswarm control have received specialattention. Honey, sugar, nectar, and glucose,written up by a United States govern-ment chemist, are carefully defined inaccordance with the demands of ournew pure-food laws. The authors have traveled thousandsof miles in the United States, with note-book and camera, and have endeav-ored to incorporate in the pages of thisvolume all the latest and best practicesknown to the professional and
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