ADVERTISERS" DEPARTMENT. 



CLUBBING JUST. 



We will send Gleanings— 



With The American Bee Journal for. ;---■"> 



'' The Bee Keeper's Magazine " 1.75 



" The Bee World " 2.25 



'• All three. The Bee Journals o: America,. . .5.00 



" American A "rieulturist ($1.50 $2.00 



" Rural New Yorker ($2.50) 3.00 



" Ohio Farmer ($2.00 2.50 



- .Scientific American (§3.00 3.50 



Books for Bee-Keepers. 



3B N T postpaid on receipt of price. 



Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee .$2.00 



Quinby'a Mysteries of Bee Keeping' 1.50 



1 tee Keeper's Text Book, muslin, 75 



44 ■" •" " paper, . 40 



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 pursuit-. 



The first on the list should be in the hands 

 ©f 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 Culturist $1.50 



Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist 1.50 



Fuller's Strawberry Culturist 20 



Fuller's Forest Tree Guitarist 1.50 



1 lenderson'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 



Art of Saw Filing (Holly) 75 



Window Gardening 1,50 



,A.vei*ill Chemical IPairat. 



THE ONLY RELIABLE. 

 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. 

 Till; MOST ECONOMICAL. 

 THE MOST DURABLE. 



Requires no oil thinner or drier. 

 Requires ao waste of time in mixing. 

 Has stcod eight years' criticisms 

 YV ith yearly increased popularity 

 And yearly increased sales. 

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

 So gallons each, in Purest White and any Color or 

 Tint desired. 



Address, for sample card of colors and price list, 



Averill Chemical I?aint Co., 



Office and Factory 13-2 & 134 East River Street, 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



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 G. NEWMAN, 

 Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago. 



ITALIAN BEES. 



ITALIAN QUEENS bred from imported mothers— 

 a month earlier than in the North. Purity and 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Also full colonies of Italians 

 ni Langstroth hives for sale at $15.00 per colony. 

 Address Dr. J. P. II. BROWN, Augusta, Ga. 



I'PHSRTEEN years experience in propagating 

 1 Italian Bees. Queens Avill be bred direct from 

 Imported .Mothers and warranted pure and fertile. 

 Send for my circular. Wm. W. CARY, 



Itf Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



/ a OOD Rye Straw Mats for $3.00 per dozen. 



\ I" Sample by mail 50 cts.- 



9tl2d A. N. DRAPER, Upper Alton, 111. 



Choice Italian <^xieeins. 



A fine lot of tested Queens at $4.00 each, i 

 from the Imported stock of the late T. B. Hamlin. 

 Full colonies for sale. 

 <)tlo$lp FRANK BENTON, Edgefield Junction, Tcim. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 either of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 10c. each insertion, or Si. 00 per year. 



Names inserted in tliis 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 

 any time 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 o-J 

 the parties. 



G. W. Dean, River Styx. Medina Co., Ohio. 



W. J. Hosmer, Janesville, Minnesota. 



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



R. S. Beektell, New Buffalo, Mich. 



H. Nesbit, Cynthiana Harrison Co., Kentucky. 



Hive M: si ii.ii Fsi e t iLjt?-e b* s',., 



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. Beektell, New Buffalo, Mich. 



In order to hasten tiie introduction of the 



C*y STANDARD "S3BI 



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 82.00 



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 Uk wide, by 10 "deep.) $9.00 



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

 will be onlv at our regular list prices. 



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



We always consider it an especial favor to hare 

 customers inform us by postal card whether goods 

 are satisfactory ; whether our mode of packing is 

 efficient; time taken in transit ; whether Express 

 or Freight charges were reasonable, etc. etc. 



Respectfully, A. I. Root & Co. 



Every Bee-Keeper should 

 subscribe for this Monthly. 

 It is the oldest anil Hiesi 

 scientific and practical 

 Journal of Apiculture in 

 the World. The most suc- 

 cessful and experienced 

 Apiarians in this country 

 and Europe contribute to its pages. Terms, $2.00 

 a year in advance. Send a Stamp for a Sample 

 Copy. Address, THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago 



Clark &, Hoicomb, 



PEOTTEES, 



^tctlirti*, - - -Ol^to. 



1000, Gummed and Cut, $2.75 



500, " ' " " 2.00 



■250, " " " 1.50 



Sent post-paid on receipt of price. 



Samples sent if desired. Address, 



Clark & Holcomb, Medina, O. 



