A I) YER TISERS ' DEPARTMENT. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We will send Gleanings— 



With The American Bee Journal for $2.25 



" The National Bee Journal " 2.25 



" The Bee Keeper's Magazine" 1.75 



" The Bee World " 2.25 



" All lour, The Bee Journals of America 5.50 



Books for Bee-Keepers. 



SENT postpaid on receipt of price. 



Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee $2.00 



Quinbv'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- 

 ting at truth alone, and Quinby, with a desire 

 of renderiug the business less uncertain in a 

 pecuniary point of view, to the masses. While 

 these two great writers started ont, 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. 



Good Books. 



These, though not specially designed for Bee- 

 keepers, have a tendency to inculcate princi- 

 ples that ensure success in bee-keeping as well 

 as almost all other rural pursuits. 



The first on the list should be in the hands 

 of every one who has planted grape vines to 

 shade the hives, as we have advised. 



Any of these books will be forwarded by mail, post- 

 paid', on receipt of price. 



Fuller's Grape Ciilturiet $1.50 



Fuller's Small Fruit < 'Ulturist 1.50 



Fuller's Strawberry ( 'ulturist 20 



Fuller's Forest Tree Culturist 1 .50 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1.50 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1.50 



Tim Bunker Papers 1.50 



Ten Acres Enough 1.25 



Roosevelt's Five Acres too Much 1.50 



The two latter should go together, for they 

 are in our opinion, both of them extremes, but 

 it opposite directions. The pictures they give 

 of rural life remind us of modern bee-keeping, 

 for while one is doubtless a truthful delineation 

 of "Reports Encouraging;" the other, is an 

 equally candid recital of the experience of oue 

 who it seems was doomed to "Blasted Hopes," 

 only because he had too much money, and too 

 little experience. 



All of the above belong to our own library 

 and are anions our most valued works. 



-A.vei'ill Chemical Faint. 



THE ONLY RELIABLE. 

 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. 

 THE MOST ECONOMICAL. 

 THE MOST DURABLE. 



Requires no oil thinner or drier. 

 Requires no waste of time in mixing, 

 Has stood eight years' 1 criticisms 

 With pearly increased popularity 

 And yearly increased sales. 

 Is sold by the gallon only, in packages of from 1 to 

 40 gallons each, in Purest White and any Color or 

 Tint desired. 

 Address, for sample card of colors and price list, 



Averill Chemical r*nii\t Co.. 



Office and Factory 132 A: 134 East River Street, 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



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. 



#1.00 Quepiig* 



Names inserted in this department the first time 

 without charge. 



Those whose names appear below, agree to furnish 

 Italian Queens the coining season for $1,00 each, un- 

 der the following conditions; No guarantee is to be 

 assumed of purity, safe delivery or nnv thing of the 

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

 pure mother. They also agree to return the money at 

 any time when customers become impatient of such 

 delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who semis 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, Janesville, Minnesota. 



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



E. C. Blakeslee, Medina, O. 



Willis A. Phelps 



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, < ». 



Who agree to make such hivi s, 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. Becktel l, NevyJJuffalo, Mich. ' 



In order to hasten the introduction of the 



B£F- STANDAKJD "©H 



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 



I Twenty frames for above 5 % c. each 1.15 



Sample Frame, bv mail, P) 



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 14V wide, by 10 deep.) &).<»:> 



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

 will be only at our regular list prices." 

 A. I. ROOT & CO., Medin a, Ohio. 



We always consider'it an espenal favor to have 

 customers inform.us by po<tal card whether goods 

 are satisfactory ; whether our mode of packing is 

 efficient ; time tdken in transit ; whether Express 

 or Freight charges 'were reasonable, etc. etc. 



■ '> Respectfully, A. I. Root & Co. 



ILLUSTRATED I A r munificently II 1 u s t r a ted 

 tattt>\tat Monthly, with Chromo $2..i0 



JUUK1NAL I a year. " Send 10 cts. for sam- 

 ple copy, or 30 cts. for sample Chromo, terms to 

 agents, etc. Canvassers Wanted, in every town, 

 county & State. Address, THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 

 Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago. 



Sf!TF,NTT"FTn I A Riohly Illustrated Monthly, $1.50 

 BADMrTt) a vear - "C»romo free to "annual 

 r AKluiiiK . I subscribers. On trial, three months, 



25 cts. or with Chromo, 50 cts. Sample copies and 



terms to agents sent on application. 

 Address, THOMAS G. NEWMAN. 



Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago. 



PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT, 

 for male or female, in every city of the Union. 

 Active persons can double their small investment 

 every day. Inclose STAMP for particulars to 



THOMAS O. NEWMAN, 

 Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago. 



I T , A L X A M Q X T E E If <M . 



THIRTEEN years experience in rearing Italian 

 Queens. Average sale each season, 700. All 

 Queens warranted pure, and safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Prices very low, and price list sent free. 

 Otf II. ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



