1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



659 



Porter Honey-House Bee-Escape. 



Have you seen it ? Just the thing to put on the 

 doors or windows of your bee-rooms. Indispensa- 

 ble, you'll say after you have tried it. 



Price bv mail, 3.5 cents. 





Gowan and Novice 

 Extractors. 



•rhese' are the best. We are 

 prepared to furnish .,^on short 

 notice, from any of our several 

 branches, 2, 4, and 6 frame Cow- 

 ans, and 3-frame Novices. 



If you want the genuine, see 

 that they bear our name. 



A 36-page catalog sent free on 

 application. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio. 



BRANCH OFFICES AT 

 1024SMississippi St.. St. Paul, Minnesota. 

 118 nichigan St., Chicago, Illinois. 

 Mechanic.Palls, Haine. 

 Syracuse," N. Y. 



The New Gorneil Smoker. 



Cheap, 



Strong, 



Serviceable, 



Large Size. 



JllC^ TIJC TUlKir^ for those who want a 

 UO I I nt I ninu Urst-class smoker at 

 a medium price. Size of cup, 3H inches; curved 

 nozzle, hinged so as to swing liack; legs of malleable 

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

 Gorneil principle. Weight of smoker, only 20 

 ounces. Here is what one of our customers says 

 of it: 



The Cornell smoker is a Dandy with a big D. 1 have been us 

 ing it to-day on the ero.«sest colony of bees I ever saw. I think 

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



Amityville, N. Y., Oct. 16. 



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

 or freight with other goods. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Pure 



Cyprian 



Queens. 



I have -the only genuine pure Cyprian or Syrian 

 bees in the U. S. so far as I know, imported direct. 

 I have had these bees two years and Bnd them to be 

 the best honey-gatherers and cell-builders of any 

 bees I ever had. I will mail you these queens from 

 now till Nov. 1.5th, safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed, at the following prices: Untested. $1.00 

 each, 6 for $.5.50, or $9.00 per dozen. Tested queens, 

 $3.00, or the very best breeders $5.00 each. 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 

 Beeville, Bee Co., Texas. 



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I New Process | 



I Weed Foundation. | 



E "^^Nothing like it.^^^ = 



E Our total output so far this season is near= = 



= 50,000 lbs., which is 10,000 lbs. more = 



E than the best year of the old^process E 



= foundation. = 



I • • • • I 



= We are receiving very flattering testimo- = 



= nials from the leading- iDee-keepers all over = 



— this country , and,' in fact, of the world. — 

 = Here is one that has just been received = 

 E from the inventor of tlie Cowan extractor, — 

 = editor of the BiitUh Bee Journal, and au- = 



— thor of the British Bee-keeper's Guide- E 

 = book— a work that has had an enormous = 



— sale, and which has been translated into — 

 = French, German. Danish, Swedish, Rus- = 



— sian, and Spanish. Mr. Cowan, under date ~ 



— of June 18, gives tlie new foundation this = 

 = high encomium: — 



= I have had an opportunity of trying the = 



E Weed foundation. I like it very much, and S 



= certainly tliink it is all that is represented. = 



E Yours very truly, E 



= Thos. Wm. Cowan. = 



= London, Eng., June 18. = 



E And that is not all. We have sent sev- E 



— eral very large consignments of this new- = 

 ~ process foundation to England. The Brit- — 



— ish bee-keepers are demanding this article ^ 

 = all over the British Isles, just the same as s 

 E American bee-keepers are demanding the — 

 = same all over the United States. Our Brit- =: 

 E ish cousins know a good thing when they E 

 = see it. = 

 r: We have many other fine testimonials, E 

 = but we have not room to display them here. = 



E The A. I. Root Company, E 

 E Medina, Ohio. E 



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MUTH'S HONEY- EXTRACTOR, "^ 

 SQUARE GLASS HONEY-JARS, 

 ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S PRICES. 



Bee-keepers' Supplies in general, etc., etc. 

 Send for our new catalog. "Practical 

 Hints" will be mailed for 10c in stamps. 

 Apply to 



CHA8. F. MUTH & SON, Cincinnati, 0. 



