1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



371 



Smoker. 



Cheap, 



Strong, 



Serviceable, 



Large Size. 



If You Don't Read = = 



My 36th Annual Catalog 



of 40 pages (to be had for the asking) you 

 will miss it. A full line of best hives and 

 fixtures, adapted to tliis climate, at prices to 

 suit the times. Also bees and queens of my 

 old reliiible strains. My brand of XX white 

 foundation is unsurpassed. I also offer the 

 best brands of polished, one-piece, and pop- 

 lar sections. If you doubt, just send a trial 

 order and bs convinced. 



Jiicnr TUC TLHHi/^ tor those wlio want a 

 U9 i I nc. I niNU Hrst-class smoker at 

 a medium price. Size of cup, 3^4 inches: curved 

 nozzle, hing-ed so as to swing back ; legs of malleable 

 iron, secured by bolts. The blast is the well-known 

 Corneil principle. Weight of smoker, only 30 

 ounces. Here is what one of our customers says 

 of it : 



The Corneil smoker is a Dandy with a big D. I liave been us 

 ingr it to-day on the crossest colony of bees I ever saw. I think 

 I could drive a bulldog with it. S. R. Austin. 



Ainityville, N. Y., Get. 15. 



Price $1.10, postpaid, or 8.5c if sent by express 

 or freight with other g-oods. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, 



MEDINA. OHIO. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 

 UNION COMBINATION SAW 



Can do the work of four men us 

 ing hand tools, in Ripping, Cut 

 ting- off. Mitering, Rabbeting. 

 Grooving, Gaining, Dadoing. 

 Edging--up, Jointing- Stutf, etc. 

 Full Line of Foot and Hand 

 Power Machinery. Sold on Triol. 

 CntaJoij Free. l-34ei 



SENECA FALLS MFG. CO., 

 44 Water St.. Seneca Falls, N V. 



Will pay 25c per lb. cash, or 38c in trade, for any 

 quantity of g-ood. fair, average beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The same will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 3Hc for l>eM selected wax. 

 Old combi< will not he accepted under any eonsid- 

 erition. 



Unless you put your name on the box. and notify 

 us by mail of amount sent, we can not liold our- 

 selves resi)onsible for mistakes. It will not pay a.>- 

 a g'eneral thing to send wax by f.cpr«^-,s-. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO.. MecHnn. O. 



mENT WIRED COMBFOUNDATIOt^ 



Was Tio S«t> 111 ifrood-fraxnes. 



Thin Flat - Bottom Foundatm 



Bas no Fishbone in ths Snrpls: Eone^. 

 Being the cleanest, it is usually woikec 

 the quickest of imy toundalioii t/ ndn 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 



13tfdb Sole rianufacturers, 



Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N. Y. 



In writing adverti.--er8 mention this paper. 



Oldest and largest house in New England- 

 established 1860. 



W W. CARY. COLRAIN, MASS. 



Daniel Wurthimsthe 



Best Queens 



l-"or Sale, 

 either 3 or .5 bandod; Untested, .50 cts.; Tested, 

 75 cts.; Select Tested, $1.05; this is a money- 

 order office. 



Daniel Wurth, Falmouth, Rush Co., Ind. 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



Choice Tested Italians, sfl.OO each: Untested, 7.5c; 

 $8.00 per dozen. Our queens are carefully reared 

 from fine stock, are vigorous and prolific, and we 

 g-uarantee them to produce No. 1 honey gather- 

 ers. Send for price list. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., 



Loreauville, Louisiana. 



i3ll"ITDEL[GHTS ALL." "Sa 



Beautiful, 



Transparent, 



Tough, 



and yet 



Pliable. 



New=Process 



Weed 

 Foundation. 



Recent comparative tests in Florida show that the 

 old-process dipped wax will sag- or stretch in the 

 hive nearly five times as much as that by the new 

 Weed Process. 



Reduced 

 Prices. 



Our New Sanded and 

 Polished Sections, and 

 Bee=keepers' Supplies 



are the finest product that money and machinery 

 can turn out. 



THE A. I. ROOTCO., Medina, O. 



Chicago, III. 



1024 Mississippi St., St. Paul, Minn. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. Unsurpassed Honey Market 

 BATTCRSON & CO. Responsible, Reliable, 

 Commission Merchants, igudb and Prompt. 



