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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15. 



Feeding Back 



Honey to secure the completion of unfinished 

 sections can be made very profitable if rightly 

 managed during the liot weather of July and 

 August. In "ADVANCED BEE CULTURE" 

 ma.v be f<iuiid complete instructions regarding 

 the selection and prei>aration of colonies, preparation of the feed, manipulation necessary to secure the 

 rapid capping of the com Vis, time for removing the honey, and liow to manage if a few sections in a case 

 are not quite complete; in short, all of the " kinks " tliat have been learned from years of experience and 

 the " feeding back " of tons of honey. 



Price of tlie book, 50 cts. ; tlie Review one year, and the Ijook, for $1.2.5; or the Review from July (when 

 the Experiment-Apiary Reports began), to the end of the year, and the book, for only 75 c. Stamps taken, 

 either U.S. or Canadian. ^_ ^_ HUTCHINSON, Flint, flich. 



— k^i^r-k^-r-r-k ft c" c- rrc^^ArsC"^ are used and pronounced a great labor-saving 



PORTC-H PC-ll. t.OV^Ar'C.O implement by Chas. Dadant & Son, Prof. A. J. Cook. 



Chas F. Muth, Jno. S. Reese. J. H. Martin, John Andrews, F. A. Gemmell, Wm. McEvoy, A. F. Brown, Thomas Pierce. 



and many other pi'ominent bee-keepers. Descriptive circular and testimonials mailed free. 

 Priced -—Each. post-i)aid. with directions, 20c. ; per doz.. $2.2.'). Return them and get your money hack 

 aftff trinl if nut satiajicd. For sale by dealers. Address R. & E. C. PORTER LEWISTOWN, ILL. 



Control Your Swarms. 



.^^-—f ,e=,3P=^ N. D. West's Spiral Wire 

 (^ •- -~ ^(-Q^B Queen-Cell Protectors will 

 " ■" do it. and you can RE- 

 QUEEN your apiary during 

 tlie swarming season. Pro- 

 nounced the best by such 

 men as Capt. J. E. Heth- 

 erington, Cherry Valley, 

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

 ville, N. Y., and others. 

 Cell-Protectors, $3.00 per 

 100, or 12 for tiOc. by mail. Cages, $6.00 per 100, or 12 

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

 explaining, 25 cts. The cages are used for hatching 

 queens in any hive, and are the best Bee-Escape in 

 use. Addrei^s 5-8db 



N. D. WEST, Middleburgli, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 



Ptease mention this paper. 



HUNT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY. 

 Send for Free Samples of the Finest Foun- 

 dation and Sections made. Special prices and 

 advantages to dealers in Foundation. Send for my 

 new illustrated Free Price I^iwt of every thing 

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

 2tfdb Please mention this paper. 



Bred for business, beauty, and 



Italians. 



Untested, 75c. 1 lb. bees in shipping-cage, 75c. 

 Mks. A. M. Kneeland. 



Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., 111. 



PASTEBOARD BOXES, OR CARTONS. 



Bee - keepers aie realizing 

 more and more the value of 

 these cartons for putting their 

 fomb honey in marketable 

 shape. Other articles of home 

 ct)nsumption are put up in a 

 neat attractive way, and in 

 shape to be handed to the cus- 

 tomer and cai'ried safely with- 

 out wrapping. Why not sec- 

 tii ms of comlj honey, especially 

 ^^lun the cost of the boxt s is 

 so low? Cartons in stock are 

 for 1 % and 111 sections. 



FIG. 11^. 

 TABLE OF PRICES OF 1-LB. CARTONS. 



Name or designation. Price- 



1-lb. carton, plain Ic each; 25 tor 20c. 

 1-lb. carton, printed one side, one 



color, name and address 



1-lb. carton, printed two or three 



colors, one side 



1-lb. carton, printed one color on 



both sides, name and address , 



1-lb. carton, printed two or three 



colors, both sides 



1000 



$5 00 

 6 00 

 6 50 



6 50 



7 00 



If sent by mail, postage will be 2c each; oi' in lots 

 of 25 or more, Ic each. All the above have tape 

 handles. Without tapes, $1.00 per 1000 less. The 

 quality of the boxes is fair, being made of straw- 

 board, plated outside. If more than 1000 are wanted, 

 write for prices. 



Oil, Mamma ! 



Have you heard of the 



200-Page Bee-Book 



given to every NEW 

 Subscriber to the old 



AMERICAN 



BEE JOURNAL? 



Oldest, Largest, Best, 

 Cheapest and the only 

 Weelily Bee - Paper 

 in America. 32-pages ; 

 J $1 a year. Sample free 



:-GEO.W.YORK&CO 



56 Fifth Avenue, CHICAGO, lU' 



To new subscribers: the journal alone sent 

 for 3 months for 20 cents. 



Great 

 Reduction. 



Sections at 

 prices. Hives, 



greatly reduced 

 Shipping - cases, 

 etc., at Bed -Rock Prices. Write 

 for free Illustrated Catalogue and 

 Price List. 



Q. B. Lewis Co., 



Watertown, = = = Wis. 



) Flease mention this paper. 



QUEEMS. 



Queens, eithei' 3 or 5 banded, 75 cts. 

 each; )^ dozen, $4.25; 1 dozen, $8.00. 

 Breeding queens, $2.00. Circular 

 free. 



J. r. MICHAEL, German, Darke Co., 0. 



Please mention this paper 



Din niPnnilllT on P^oundatlon and Sec- 

 DIU Ulnullllll I tions. Thin foundation, 50 

 Uiw UIUWUUI1I ^^g pgj. j^, . i3roo(j, 40 cts. 



No. sections, $3.76 per M. Every thing cheap, 

 price list free. E. H. Trumper, Bankers, Mich. 



