. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. F. Daiizc7ibnker. methods in all departments, that it might well be rechristened, "Bee-Keeping- from A to ; The hundreds of expensive and beautiful illus- trations display to the eye what the text con- veys to the mind, in a way to cover the entire field of apiculture, for beginners and veterans alike. It is worth many times its cost to a beginner with but a single colony, and to those who have handled hundreds of colonies half a lifetime as well. It would have been worth thousands of dollars to me if I could have had such a book 40 years
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. F. Daiizc7ibnker. methods in all departments, that it might well be rechristened, "Bee-Keeping- from A to ; The hundreds of expensive and beautiful illus- trations display to the eye what the text con- veys to the mind, in a way to cover the entire field of apiculture, for beginners and veterans alike. It is worth many times its cost to a beginner with but a single colony, and to those who have handled hundreds of colonies half a lifetime as well. It would have been worth thousands of dollars to me if I could have had such a book 40 years ago, and I would not take $51) for the copy I have now if I could not get another. If it could be placed in every school and library in our land, for the instruction of the masses, it would greatly increase the consump- tion as well as the production of honey, adding greatlj' to the health and wealth of the people. F. Danzenbaker. Washington, D. C. Jan. 8,1900. The A B C of Bee-Culture is sold by all dealers in bee-keepers' supplies, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of $ When sent by freig"ht or express with other g-oods, the price is Ttiefl. I. RootGOMOh^'o""' and if heavily packt, do not respond to out- side warmth as more exposed ; In reply, Mr. IJoolittle seems to think that colonies in chatT hives will not come out weak in the spring, and says; " With outdoor wintering not one colony in ten will come out strong when wintered in single-walled hives, in this locality, while with chaff hives, those having two or three inches of chaff packing, nine out of ten will be in good working order, and in two weeks' time will have double the amount of brood of that of the strong one, in the single-walled hive. Single-walled hives are only fit for cellar-wintering in this locality, and even then they are better off left in the cellar till settled warm weather comes. A trial of both side by side for the past years, shows these things t
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