AD VER TISERS ' DEPAR TMENT. 



{Continued from front cover.) 

 deeper than the L., that would bring anything 

 like uniformity of dimensions. When Adair 

 gave a description of the "New Idea," page 250 

 J.. B. J. Vol.8, he mentious frames 10x13 inside, 

 which with common nailed frames would be 

 as near as we could determine, 11^x13%, and 

 this seems to meet the views of most bee- 

 keeper's. 



If the South has not been fairly represented 

 we fear 'tis because they don't send in their 

 reports. 



We cannot tell whether an increase to 40 

 stocks will be too much or not, for we don't 

 know how much perseverance you have got. 

 With your climate where you can build them 

 up almost any month in the year, we should 

 think there would be but little risk any way. 



■ Enclosed find 75c. for which please send me wire 

 cloth to make a bee hat after the pattern given in 

 Langstroth's book. W. Senior, Evansville, W. Va. 



Now friend S. We should be much pleased 

 to sell you the wire cloth, if we thought you 

 needed it for such a purpose, but if you will be 

 advised by us, you will use the wire cloth for 

 something else, and make a vail with the part 

 before the face, made of a kind of silk lace, call- 

 ed Brussels net. If you desire, we will send 

 you one, by mail all complete, as we would 

 have it, for 75 cts. Rest assured we have had 

 our share of experience with wire cloth vails. 

 If you must have a vail, have one that is easy, 

 and will obstruct the sight as little as possible, 

 for you are just as safe, as if you were riveted 

 in a sheet iron armor with sleeves and — a — 

 coat tails to it. 



DEAR NOVICE :— Your 1st. vol. ree'd and devour- 

 ed; and there is a gnawing in my intellectual maw for 

 another feast. "Heow" in this world do you get so 

 much good meat on so few bones ? "Deow tell" ? 



But that's not what I want. Here's the half price 

 of a ivhole barrel of crude Oil, and I want you to ex- 

 change it for "Gleanings In Bee-culture" for 1874. 

 "Now get along quick !" J. W. Barlay, Edenton, Pa. 



CLUBBIIVG LIST. 



We will send Gleanings— 



W r ith The American Bee Journal for $2.25 



" The National Bee Journal " 2.25 



" The Bee Keeper's Magazine " 1.75 



" All three, of the above " 4.00 



Books for Bee Keepers. 



SENT postpaid on receipt of price. 



Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee $2.00 



Quinby's Mysteries of Bee Keeping 1.50 



Bee Keeper's Text Book, muslin, .75 



" " " " paper, 40 



The above are really all, that we can recom- 

 mend, and they should be read with consider- 

 able allowance for being much behind the times. 



Langstroth, is valuable as giving the correct 

 Natural History of the bee; Quinby, as giving 

 a rather more practical view of the industry, 

 so far as dollars and cents are concerned. 



King's text book, as being a condensed and 

 alphabetically arranged summing up of the 

 two. 



Langstroth, seems to have pursued his in- 

 vestigations with an enthusiastic love of get- 

 tiug at truth alone, and Qninby, with a desire 

 of rendering the business less uncertain in a 

 pecuniary point of view, to the masses. While 

 these two great writers started out, each with- 

 out a knowledge of the other's work; it is 

 greatly to the credit of both that they agree so 

 nearly in all essential points. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 either of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 10c. each insertion, or $1.00 per year. 



$H»®9 pistils 



yames inserted in this department the first time 

 without charge. 



Those whose names appear below, agree to furnish 

 Italian Queens the coming season for $1.00 each, un- 

 der the following conditions; No guarantee is to be 

 assumed of purity, safe delivery or any thing of the 

 kind, only that the Queen be reared from a choice, 

 pure mother. They also agree to return the money at 

 anytime when customers become impatient of such 

 delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best Queens, 

 put up neatest and most securely, will probably re- 

 ceive the most orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested Queens, furnished on application to any of 

 the parties. 



J. Shaw & Son, Chatham center, Medina Co., Ohio. 



I. E. Daniels, Lodi, " " " 



G. W. Dean, River Styx. " " " 



W. J. Hosmer, Jauesville, Minnesota. 



James A. Buchanan, Wintersville, Jeff. Co., O. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Georgia. 



Miss. Annie Saunders, Woodville, Miss. 



W. J. Standefer, Dry Grove, Hinds Co., Miss. 



W. D. Wright, Knowersville, Albany Co., N. Y. 



J H Nellis, Canajoharie, Montgomery Co, N. Y. 



R S Becktell, New Buffalo, Mich. 



C R Williams, Milan, Erie Co, O. 



II If 8 © Smamla©tm^®gi.i> 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 J. H Martin, Hartford, N. Y. 

 Geo. T. Wheeler, Mexico, N. Y. 

 R. S. Becktell, New Buffalo, Mich. 

 Kruschke Bro's, Berlin, Wis. 



In order to hasten the introduction of the 

 E^" STANDARD -W& 



Apiarian Implements, we make the following offer. 

 Standard Hive, including bottom-board, door-step, 

 blocks, and all the stand that we think is needed to 



keep it from the ground $2.00 



Twenty frames for above 5 % c. each 1.15 



Sample Frame, by mail, 10 



Quilt 40 



Or all complete except painting, for 3.50 



The same in a bundle including nails, hinges etc, 3.25 

 Extractor made expressly for Standard frames, 



(Comb frame l&X wide, by 10 deep.) $8.00 



Any deviation from above, be it only 1-16 of an inch, 

 will be only at our regular list prices. 



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



We ahcays consider it an especial favor to have 

 customers inform us by postal card whether goods 

 are satisfactory ; whether our mode of packing is 

 efficient; time taken in transit ; tohether Express 

 or Freight charges were reasonable, etc. etc. 



Respectfully, A. I. Root & Go. 



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