1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



287 



You are 



Shocked 



■when you unexpectedly come in contact with a 

 solid body. Multiply the sliock by weight and speed 

 tind you know bow a running- horse feels when he 

 strikes a rigid wire fence. Barbs would have killed 

 him, but Coiled Springs catcii iiini like a bird alig-ht- 

 ing- on a limber twig. 



PAGE WOVEN-WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



tyin responding to tliis advertisement mention Gleahinos. 



Golden Queens 



CJt-r^m XfiVdC: My bees can not be sur- 



nUIll 1 CA.CI0. passed for business, beau- 

 ^^^^■■i^^^^^^^-""«i""i^ ty, and gentleness. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Untested 

 queens— March, Av)ril, and May— $1 each. 50 tine 

 Tested Queens for early orders. $l.bO each. Order 

 early. Send for price list. 5-I6db. 



J. U. KIVENS, Box 3, JL«b!!)ou, Tex. 



•CLOveR SEEDS -C^Ms AND BEc*^,^ buckwheat 

 ^^SampleofburbeejournalThe WESTERN 1 

 BEEKEEPER Also Our CATALOGUE 

 JOS.NYSEWANDER. DesMoines.Iowa„ 



HUNT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY. 



Send for Pree Samples of the Finest F<»un- 

 datloii and Sections made. Special prices and 

 advantages to dealers in Foundation. Send for my 

 new illustrated Free Price lii»>t of every thing- 

 needed in the apiary. M. H. HUNT. Bell Branch, llich. 



2tfdb Please mention this paper. 



My bees having wintered in fine condition, as my 

 old reliable strain of Italians alwajs do, to reduce 

 my stock I will sell 5fi colonies at a low price. 



Send for 44page descrijitive price li>t of Bees. 

 Queens, and Supplies. Tlie very best goods at the 

 lowest pDssibte ])rice. 7-tfdb 



WM. W. GARY. Colrain, Mass. 



Please mention this paper. 



■ H^^gl^m^leadine berry 



■ ^^■■^1 «V gi'^;^^cra as The 



III IHi^k Packages Grape, 



ana otuer Baskets. Prices low. nius. Catalogue Free. 



DISBROW MFC.CO.,ROCHESTER,N.Y 



Plea.se mention this paper. l-9db 



CHENANGO VALLEY APIARY. 



If you want beautiful (Jolden Italian Queens, or 

 from Imported mothers, send in v our orders early. 

 Tested, In June, $1.50; untested, $1.00. Strawberry- 

 plants of the latest an 1 best varieties cheap. Send 

 for circular. MRS. OLIVER COLE, 



etldb Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. 



Martin's Prolific 

 Buckwheat 



still continues to outyield Japanese, largely, 

 under same conditions, here in Michigan. 

 $1.2.5 per bushel, or 75 cts. per ^ bushel, sacks 

 included, on board cars here. Address 



Wm. Martin, "'''"'^1i,Tu\X!""'' """' 



GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



My bees are large and great honey-gatherers. Un 

 tested queens, 80 cts. ; 3 for $2.00. Warranted queens, 

 $1.00; 3 for $2.50. Tested queens, $3.00. Select test- 

 ed, $3. .50. Satisfaction guaranteed, or money re- 

 funded. C. M. HICKS, Hicksville, Wash Co., Md. 



Please mention this paper. 8-l(i-12d 



Control Your Swarms. 



N. D. West's Spiral Wire 

 Queen-Cell Protectors will 

 do it, and you can RE- 

 QUEE^ yourapiary during 

 the swarming season. Pro- 

 nounced tlie best by such 

 men as Capt. J. E. Heth- 

 erington, Cherry Valley, 

 N. Y.; P. H.Elwood,Stark- 

 ville, N. Y., and others. 

 Cell-Protectoi's, $3.00 per 



Cages. $5.00 per 100, or 12 



100, or 12 for (JOc. by mail 



for$1.00, by mail. Samples of both, with circular 

 exiilaining, 25 cts. The caiics are used for hatching 

 queens ill any hive, and <ire the best Bee-Escape in 

 use. Add)ess 5-8db 



N. D. "WEST, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 



3-l4db 



J TELLyou what, Jones, Lievering 



IIru». sell the best goods and at 



the lowest price of any one I've 



% struck yet. The largest and best 



■^ equipped 



Bee^Hive paetopy 



in the West. The Dovetailed Hive 

 and New Hoffman self -spacing 

 frame a specialty. Every thing used 

 by practical bee-keepers at whole- 

 sale and retail. Send for their free 

 Illustrated Price List, and save 

 money. Supply Dealers, send for 

 their Wholesale Li.st. Address 

 LEVERING BROS., 

 Wiota, Cass Co., Iowa. 



Please mention this paper. 



Smith's Pruner 



Now is the time for pruning your fruit-trees, and 

 this is the best tool you will And for doing it. You 

 notice there is a knite, or shear, for small limbs, and 

 a saw for large ones. The handle on which it is 

 mounted is seven feet long, witli a lever for operat- 

 ing the shear. They retail generally at $3.00. We 

 will make an introduction price of SI. .50 each, or 

 $13.30 per dozen. Trees need pruning before spray- 

 ing, and duiing this month and next is the best 

 time to do it. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA. OHIO. 



