AD VER TISERS ' DEPAR TMENT. 



CLUBBING LIST. 



We will send Gleanings— 



With The American Bee Journal ($2.00) $2.25 



" The Bee Keeper's Magazine ( 1.25) 1-75 



" The Bee World (2.10) 2.60 



" All three, The Bee Journals of America, . . .5.00 



" American Agriculturist ($1.00) $2.10 



" Prairie Farmer ($2.15) 2.65 



" Kural New Yorker ($2.50) 3.00 



" Ohio Farmer ($2.15) 2.65 



" National Agriculturist (1.25) 1.75 



" Scientific American ($3. 15) 3.65 



[Above rates include all Postage.] 



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 



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 Culturist $1.50 



Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist 1.50 



Fuller's Strawberry Culturist 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 



Art of Saw Filing (Holly) 75 



Window Gardening 1.50 



Leuchar's How.to build Hot-Houses.... ;..1.50 



Play and Profit 'in my Garden. Rev. E. P. Roe. 1.50 



Waring's Draining for Profit and Health 1.50 



Onion Culture 20 



-A^verill Chemical Faint. 



THE ONL Y 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 yearly 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, 



Averlll Chemical Paint Co., 



Office and Factory 132 & 134 East River Street, 



CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



CLUB RATES on 175 Papers. Send for 

 C I^ U ~R List including Agents' Rates on 

 1* O O ML H by mail post-paid— 400 i r . List— 

 BOOKS Binghams' Agency, Sparta, Wis. 

 12t9p 



ITALIAN BEES. 



r'ALIAN QUEENS bred from imported mothers— 

 a month earlier than in the North. Purity and 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Also full colonies of Italians 

 in Langstroth hives for sale at $15.00 per colony. 

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



THIRTEEN years experience in propagating 

 Italian Bees. Queens will be bred direct from 

 Imported Mothers and warranted pure anil fertile. 

 Send for my circular. Wm. W. CARY, 



ltf Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



GOOD Rye Straw Mats for $3.00 per dozen. 

 Sample by mail 50 ets. 

 9tl2p A. N. DRAPER, Upper Alton, 111. 



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 Queons 



Karnes inserted in this departinent 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 anv 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 siich 

 delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that lie 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. 



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



W. J. Hosmer. Janesville, Minnesota. 



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



R. S. Beck tell, New Buffalo, Mich. 



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. 

 H. Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



In order to hasten the introduction of the 

 D^- STANDARD "^0 



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, io 



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 14# wide, by 10 deep. ) $9.00 



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 always consider it an especial favor to have 

 customers inform us by postal card whether goods 

 are satisfactory ; w/iether our mode of packing i* 

 efficient; time taken in transit ; wJiether Express 

 or Freight charges were reasonable, etc. etc. 



Respectfully, A. I. Root & Co. 



Every Bee-Keeper should 

 subscribe for this Monthl;.-. 

 It is the oldest and best 



mlATTDYll ■ scientific and practical 

 J UUJIII ALM 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 Maniple 

 Copy. Address, THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Room 27, Tribune Building, Chicago 



Clark & Holcomb, 

 HOUTEY LABEL 



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PRI(?EH; 



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. 



