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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



ApRit 



HAND-PRINTING RUBBER STAMPS. 



Bee-keepers, liuy a llubbor Stamp, and print your 

 Envelopes, Cards, Honey-Labels, etc. Your name 

 Stamp, with pads and recipe for making ink, by 

 mail, ~5 cts. Name and address, 30 cts. Business 

 Stamps, 50 cts. to $3.00. .Stamps for Manufacturers. 

 Merchants, Grocers, etc. Samples of printing-, and 

 Price List, free on application. Send sliver or U. S. 

 bills when possible. B. H. COOK, 



4 Andover, Tolland Co., Conn. 



QUEENS FROM THE SOUTH. 



I fully demonstrated, lust season, that queens 

 rnitld be shipped safely from the South as early as 

 March. OoUar queens this month, $1.00 postpaid. 

 Bees by the pound, $1.35. Orders promptly tilled, or 

 money refunded. 

 4d CHAS. S. LARKIN, Loekport, La. 



TEXAS 1ILIES7 ~ 



The bulbs of 6 beautiful Texas Lilies, very hardy, 

 by mull, 23c; 50c per doz. Stamps taken. 

 4 WM. L. STILES, Austin, Texas. 



rUBE ITALIANS A SPECIALTY. 



Choice tested Queens, in .Tune $2 00 



" July 1 .50 



Warranted " 125 



Untested, Laying 100 



Three L. frame Nuclei and Queen 3 00 



I shall do by all as I would wish to be done by, 

 both In quality and quaniity. Can furnish full colo- 

 nies reasonably, to be shipped in April and May. 



XDA.3Xr ■WHITIS, 4tfd 



NEW LONDON, - - HURON CO., - - OHIO. 



QUEENS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES A 

 SPECIAIiTV. 



Circulars free. JOS. M. BROOKS, 



4-Od Cplumbus, Ind., Box 64. 



SOUTHERN CALIF0RN1a7 



For reliable information regarding climate, re- 

 sources, and the general industries, subscribe for 

 the SEMI- TROPIC CALIFORNIA ! An illustrated 

 monthly, devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Vi- 

 ticulture, Apiculture, the home, and fireside. The 



REPRESENTATIVE JOURNATj Of the SOUTHERN PA- 

 CIFIC COAST. Subscription east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, $1.00; sample copy, three 3-cent stamps. 



Address COLEMAN & DICKER. 



4 Los Angeles, Cal. 



I will sell 40 colonies of Hybrid Bees, in Simplicity 

 hives, Langstroth frames, straight combs, and in 

 good and healthy condition, delivered at express 

 office in Battle Creek, Mich., in good shipping order. 



Single colonies, each $7 50 



2 to 5 " " 7 00 



5 to 10 " *' 6 75 



10 or more, " 6 50 



4 W. S. WRIGHT, 



BATTLE CREEK. CALHOUN CO., MICHIGAN. 



BEEKEEPERS! Send $1.00 for the "Excelsior 

 cold-blast Smoker." The latest and the best. 

 By mail postpaid. W. C. R. KEMP, 



3-4d Orleans, Orange Co., Indiana. 



"DEES AND QUEENS FROM MY" APIARIES. 



QUEENS AND NUCLEI IN SEASON. 

 3tfd Circular on application. 



J. H. ROBERISON, PEWAMO, lONlA CO., MiOH. 



$6.-C0L0NIES-$6. 



If vdu wish to buy bees, send for Price List. 

 4d C. \V. & A. H. K. BLOOD, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. 



Young Basswoods and Maple-Trees, from 6 to IC 

 inches high, carefully packed, and put on board 

 cars here. ASA WALCOTT, 



4d Berlin, Ottawa Co., Mich. 



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ANTED —I wish to buy .50 colonies of Italian Bees. 

 F. W. Holmes, Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Mich. 



Dealer's Process to Preserve 



EGGS FOR WINTER MARKET. 



Having had large experience as a buyer and ship- 

 per, after a test of years I now offer for sale to a 

 limited extent my process For Preserving Eggs, 

 now in use by some of the largest packers in West- 

 ern New York. Write for particulars. 

 4d C. R. ISHAM, Peoria, Wyoming Co., N. Y. 



THE OLD RELIABLE FIRST QUAL- 

 ITY PIONEER 

 COMB FOUNDATION" MACHINE, 

 IMPROVED. 



These machines are made with iron frame, heavy 

 steel shafts, tin composition rolls, with gun-metal 

 heads, gun-metal boxes, and machine-cut gears. 



Prices Reduced. 



.5-inch machines $28 00 



9 " " 40 00 



12 " " double-geared 75 00- 



14 " " " " 85 00 



CHALLENGE ! (2iia quality). 



PRICES REDUCED. 



4-inch $14 00 



(i " 17 00 



" 22 00 



12 " .. 30 00 



The Challenge has steel shafts and cut gears, and 

 is of as good material and workmanship as other 

 low-priced machines. Side walls made heavy or, 

 light, dcen or shallow, as wanted. 



Cash with order. Address 



A. V^ASHBURN, 



Orirjinal mamifucturcr of rolhr machines. 



Medina, Medina Co., O. 



BA "RT^JT^T <=; f>P' HONEY, AND 

 J^rXr^C-'i-"^ YELLOW BEES 

 FOR SALE. None but yellow bees kept; 

 warranted not excelled in any point of 

 value. JAMES M. MARVIN, 

 4 St. Charles, Kane Co., 111. 



Tin Pointf« for Glassing Honey. 



Cut by machinery. Are much cheaper and better 

 than hand-cut, and are perfectly straight; 2i.00 to 

 5000, 25c; 6000 to 10,000, 22c; Over 10,000,20c. Send 

 30c for sample thousand tree by mail. 

 4d W. C. GILLETTE, Le Roy, Gen. Co., N, Y. 



ONE-Piece Sections a Specialty. Pound size, $4.50 

 per 1000; L. hives, 50c each. Circular free. 

 3-7d BEE WALKER, Capac, St. Clair Co., Mich. 



