ADVERTISERS' DEPARTMENT. 



SUXJDIEY MATTERS. 



MR. A. I. ROOT. Dear Sir: The two Standard 

 Hives you sent mi' at different times, at New- 

 ville. reached me safely, but were rather slow 

 incoming. The first one, sent complete bv freight, 

 was two weeks on the way. and owing to the ware- 

 house men piling other articles on top of it and forget- 

 ting about it, I did not #et it for more than a week 

 alter it arrived. The freight was 31.80. The second 

 hive, sent in a bundle by express, arrived at the end 

 of a week. Ex press charges SI. 45. 



William L. An, N'ewburg, Pa. July 6th, 1874. 



The hive sent by express was tied up in a 

 bundle with strong paper, thus occupying much 

 I'-'ss space than a nailed up hive; also, a bun- 

 die, done up in paper seems to be regarded by 

 the express men as something of less value 

 than a boxed article, and is therefore carried 

 lor a less amount. We are all well aware that 

 'tis but poor encouragement for our customers 

 to have to pay $:j.7o express charges on a hive 

 that only costs $3.50, as lias happened in some 

 cases where the distance has been great. 



1 shall have more Corners after this, I am so well 

 pleased with them because I can handle my bees now 

 without making a "smoke house" of a hive. I have 

 been using closed side frames. 



John F. Dii'Man, Fremont, Ohio. 



We take great pleasure in saying our Medina 

 Co. bee-keepers have tilled nearly all orders for 

 $1.00 Queens, aud consider themselves now 

 able to send as many as will probably be wan- 

 ted, promptly. For some reason or other, our 

 Southern friends seem to have pretty much 

 all failed in the undertaking, so for the present 

 the Queen business devolves on the residents 

 of our more Northern clime. 



As we are personally unable to engage in 

 Queen-rearing for the market at present, orders 

 had better be sent directly to- our neighbors 

 whose names appear in the list; Messrs. Dean, 

 Blakeslee and Phelps are rearing the most at 

 present. When we have learned how to win- 

 ter without losing \ of our bees or more, we 

 shall be prepared to take up Queen-rearing 

 again. 



The probability is that dollar Queens can 

 only be furnished during the months of July, 

 Aug., Sept., and perhaps Oct.; will those 

 who wish them, please bear it in mind, and 

 shape their orders accordingly. We are also 

 happy to state that we have one man among 

 our number equal to the task of sending Queens 

 safely to Texas. See extract below: 



Ma. A. i. ROOT:--! ree'd on last Saturday, 11 inst, 

 an Italian Queen in one of your mailing boxes. Fine 

 golden color, every worker alive and gay— from G. W. 

 Dean, River Stvx. Medina Co. O. I ree'd two from — 



Of "both dead. I am now satisfied from bad 



packing. Ai. S. Ki.L.M, Sherman, Texas, July 17th, 1874. 



lire, thus losing altogether the "neat and convenient" 

 machine. 



Again, think of the quantity of wood or punk capa- 

 ble of going into a bowl of the dimensions named. 



In closing we most earnestly urge dealers in "Apia- 

 rian supplies" to refrain from" taking away from Mr. 

 Quinby the sale of this, his most ingenious and perhaps 

 most useful invention. That he could have it patented 

 we have no doubt. Respectfully, 



J. H. Nellis, Canajoharie, X. Y. June 14, 1874. 



To satisfy ourselves that this was not too se- 

 vere we ordered one of the Smokers and find it 

 even worse than described above. Compared 

 with Quinby's, the workmanship is very poor; 

 rubber cloth is used for the bellows instead <>' 

 leather aud if the macliine is turned over, uoth 

 ing prevents the coals from falling directly in- 

 side. Filled with our best punk, it burned less 

 than 10 minutes, and at the third trial set on 

 tire the wooden bovvi aud the reedjApe stem at- 

 tached to it. Cost postage and all, $1.00. 



Theiik are considerably many calls for eggs from 

 our imported Queen, and several are succeeding even 

 at a distance. As many wish eggs of a certain age on- 

 ly, to try the experiment, and as 'tis difficult to get 

 her majesty to lay in the precise comb desired, we 

 we will on the 11th of this month, remove all hr>r 

 combs giving her new ones, with the exception of one 

 perhaps, containing only hatching brood. We can 

 thus nive our friends eggs of tin- aire they v, i-h with 

 precision, if their orders are sent in before the 12th, or 

 eggs in the midst of hatching brood (which his iulv- 

 rent animal warmth) it they de-ir-'. Th ■■ price will 

 be 25c in paper boxes, or 35e in a wooden box pack- 

 ed as described oil another page. 



A subscriber sends us for publication, a 

 pretty sever" criticism on H. A. King & Co's 

 smoker. We extract as follows : 



I will briefly describe this Bee Smoker. A small 

 bellows of the kind ordinarily used, with handles ex- 

 t'-n Mug beyond the hinge of the bellows, constitutes 

 the ••windy" uart of the machine. Bv pressing the 

 handles together the bellows is opened to receive air 

 an 1 a spring between the handles serves to shut up or 

 drive the air from the bellows. 



Well now the "tobacco pipe" in which the "rags, 

 wood, punk or tobacco" is burned, is a wooden (!) bowl 

 about one inch in diameter and about one and three 

 quarters inches deep, to which a stem is attached. A 

 hole is made in the bellows and the bowl is inserted; 

 no valve prevents the smoke and smoking mat 

 from falling into the bellows, which with the « 

 bowl, wv siuuld wry soon ;>.■ ;l . 



Clark & Holcomb, 



1000, Gummed and Cut, $2.75 



500, " " •« i.m 



250. .' 1.50 



Sent post-paid on receipt of price. 

 Samples sent if desired. Address, 



Clark & HoLCtfMB, Medina, < >. 



R 



GENUINE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



REARED from stock imported by Mrs. Tapper. 

 Parity and safe arrival by mail guaranteed. 



j-.ach $2.50 



Six 12.00 



Ten for 18.00 



8t9 Address A. N. DRAPER, Upper Alton, Ills. 



FOR SAltXSa 



On account of departure for California.. 



A X Apiarvofl25stocks.of.be.es in Langstroth and 

 jTa_ Simplicity hives. 30 new. hives, about 1000 empty 

 combs (new), Extractor etc. Also, an improved farm 

 of 25:5 acres, prairie and timber, in whole or part to 

 suit, must be seen to be appreciated ; a bargain sure. 



For further particulars applv to or address 



F. H. HARKTXS, Home, Brown Co.. Minn. 



TESTED ITALIAN QUEENS— Sent by mail 

 $3.00 each. 

 Nucleus Hives, untested Queen, bees and all sent 

 by express for $3.00. Queens bred from pure moth- 

 ers warranted fertile, with uo other guarantee, sent 

 by mail $1.00. 



. will be tilled strictly in rotation. 

 •. ; I ■ j. SHAW & SON. Chatham Center, 



:tf or 1. K. DANIELS, Lodi, Medina Co., O. 



