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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1. 



Red=clover Italians. 



My Italians gathered a big- crop of lioney from red 

 clover last year. If you want large beautiful bees 

 for business, trv them. One untested queen, 65c. 2 

 for f 1.25; 1 warranted 80c, 2 for f I 60: 1 tested, $1.25; 

 1 select, $2 00. Queens furnished in season, and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



C. M. HICKS. 

 HICKSVIL.LE, WASH. CO., MD. 



QUEENS 



Smokers. Sections , 



Comb Foundation, 

 And all Aptairun Sii|i|)lie8 

 rheap. Seiiil for 



KLANAIJAN, Brlleville, lit. 



Prices reduced on 

 Dovetailed hives and 

 sections. A full line 

 of apiarian supplies in 

 stock to fill orders 

 promptly, at lowest 

 prices for best goods. 



Japanese buckwheat seed on hand. 36-pag-e catalog' 



free. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON. High Hill, Mo. 



in good new eiffht-frame L. hives, good 

 f\ill swarms, $4.00; 3-franie nuclei, with 

 queen. $2 2i. 

 H. STANLEY. Dixon. Lee Co., Hlinois. 



R/^rvT's 



Q 



00 



DS. 



Beeswax Extractors. 



The only extractor in the world that will extract 

 all the wax from old combs rapidly by steam. Send 

 for descriptive illustTMtod catalogue to 



eitf C. Q. FERRIS, South Columbia, N. Y. 



o< Gold-band Apiaries. >o 



Choice Italian Bees, Qiieens. aud Honey for Sale. 



Also Fox Hounds and Light Rraiima Chickens. 



Eggs in season, $L00 per 15. 



ELIAS FOX, - - - HILLSBORO, WIS. 



New England Supply Depot. 



You can get the most complete BEE-HIVE, 

 also other sui>nlies ;it 



5. A. FISHER'S, 82 Water St., Boston, Mass. 



Italian Untested queens. $1.00; tested, $1 25. Bees 

 Bees by the pound. $1.00. Pull colonies, $6.00; 



and nuclei, 2-frames, with queen, $2.50; 1- 



Queens. frame. $2 00; queens after Aug., 50 cents. 

 B. P. and W. P. R. eggs for setting, 15 for $1.00. 



MRS. A, A. S/iVf /'SOiV, Swarts, T'a. 



BEES 



WM, 



BEE-SUPPLIES. 



Largest stock and 

 greatest variety in 

 the West. Best 

 goods at lowest 

 prices. Catalog of 

 75 pages free. 



E. Kretchmer. Red Oak. la. 



Fruit Packages "i^j^^s, 



Also 



Bee=keepers' Supplies. 



We have a large stock of all 

 kinds of fruit packages and 

 bee-keepers' supplies, both made up and in the flat. 

 Why not order now before the rush of the busy sea- 

 .son? 



Berlin Fruit Box Co., 

 Berlin Heights, Erie Co., O. 



Please mention this paper. 



LOWER PRICES on sections and Fdn. 



Improved facilities, increased output, and competition, together with 

 hard times, tend to lower prices. 



Root's No. 1 White Extra=poIished Sections are superlative 



in quality, and are now offered for a short time at the following special 

 prices for 4ix4i any stock width: 1000, $2.50; 2000, $4.50; 3000, $6.45; 5000, $10.00. 



Cream sections of such widths as we have in'stock at 25c per 1000 less than white. 



The New Weed Process Comb Foundation j, ^,,^^,i^, to au 



others in every way, sliowing, from recent tests in Florida, five times greater resistance to sagging, mak- 

 ing it possible to use a lighter grade with more feet to tlie pound, with greater safety than wilb the old 

 process. Owing to decline in price of wax we reduce price of foundation 3 CtS. ii pound. Prices now are: 



Price per lb. in lots of 



lib. II) lbs. 25 lbs. .50 lbs. 



Heavy or Medium Brood Foundation. .44 .43 .42 .40 



Light Brood 47 .46 .45 .43 



• Thin Surplus 54 .53 .52 .50 



Extra-thin Surplus 59 .58 .57 .55 



Lower prices on 100-lb. lots, and dealers supplied at special prices. 



The following wholesale dealers who handle Root's Goods in carload lots unite with us in above prices: 

 Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis, Ind.; John Nebel & Son, High HiU, Mo. 

 Joseph Nysewander, Des Moines, Iowa; Wm. A. Selser, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 M. H. Hunt, Beech, Wayne Co., Mich.; Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Newaygo Co., Mich. 



The A. I. Root Company, Medina, oiiio. 



lis MicMgan Street, CHICAGO, IT^L. SYRACUSE, J>fE\V YORIi, 



I024 Miss. Street, ST. JPAUL^ il/I2VJV. MECHANIC'S EALI.S, MAINE. 



