ADVERTISERS' DEPARTMENT. 



COittPLETIOIV OF THE MEDL.EY. 



LAST AURIVALS. 



SUIVDRY MATTERS. 



^aJi?RS. L. L. Langstkoth, like manj' other 

 Ml3ti noble women, may never receive //vwi the 

 world the credit really dne her. Ouce in speak- 

 ing of her Mr. L. casnally remarked that his 

 work on the Honey Bee, was completety re- 

 written by her own hand, corrected, and punc- 

 tnated so thoroughly, that the proof reader 

 had scarcely to add a comma. In a consider- 

 able correspondence we had with her shortly 

 iMtore her death, in regard to Mr. L's then very 

 "p^or health, we were vividly impressed with 

 the idea that among the noble and unselfish 

 christian women of our land, there are un- 

 known heroines, that deserve places far above 

 those chronicled in history. 



Mr. Samuel Wagner. But, says some of 

 our readers, we have been told, that Mr. W. 

 never had a picture taken. Such is really the 

 case dear friends, but Mr. Langstroth informed 

 us, that he had in his possession a picture so 

 nearly resembling Mr. W., that even his own 

 family had been deceived l)y it, and that it 

 would give us almost an exact representation 

 of how our old friend looked. As we could do 

 no better, we haye given it with this a^xjlogy. 



S. B. Parsons, the man who for many years, 

 has had so much to do with the cultui'e of 

 Roses at Flushing, L. I., and who has in fact 

 written a book about them, was one of the 

 most instrumental in first introducing the Ital- 

 ian bees to this country. 



W. W. Gary, is also one of our pioneers. 

 He writes as follows : 



I am sixty years of age, have kept bees 43 years with 

 varied success. North-western Mass. is not a rich 

 country for bees, consequently but few are kept. My- 

 self anil son have nearly one-half there is in town, we 

 have now only about 60 colonies, sometimes over 100, 

 we sell some each year. Our bees wintered quite well 

 the past winter. I have practiced wintering in the 

 cellar for the past 25 years. We have had a fearful 

 cold long winter, our bees were in the cellar five 

 months, it is still cold, bees have not gathered any 

 pollen yet— those that wintered their bees on summer 

 stands liave suffered fearfully. 



Colerain, Mass. April 26th, 1875. 



D. A. Jones, Tecumseth, Canada, writes : 

 Inclosed please find my photograph and if you can- 

 not find a place for it in the Medley, just hang it on 

 the end of my Swarm Catcher and it will do in place 

 of a bunch of "mullein heads." For the last five years 

 I have averaged from 100 to '275 lbs. ot honey per hive, 

 and kept increasing my stocks, and to all that wish to 

 dig gold without going from home I would say, study 

 bee-keeping and when you dig to the bottom of the 

 science you will find larger chunks of gold than there 

 is in California. 



Aye, Aye, friend Jones, and this gold can be 

 dug while you are right side by side with your 

 wife and children and where they can join in 

 the peaceful and ennobling pursuit. 



P. W. McFatridge, Carthage, Ind., writes : 

 Put it in for a great range of view as I am one of the 

 lieavy beo-keepers (I weighed last winter 245 pounds 

 avoirdupois, If vou don't call that "heavy" wliat do 

 you call it ?) We expect to have 12000 lbs. of lioney 

 this season, we may have to do with less though. 



Aug. Christie, Onawa, la. Page 51, Vol. 2. 

 Lyman Legg, Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y. P. 81. 

 J. N. Twining, Camden, O. 

 T. R. Allen, Syracuse, N. Y. 



E. J. Oatman, Dundee, Ills. Cover to June 

 No. Vol. 2, and page 05. 



Mr. Cobh has sold the Mcujazine to Messrs. King & 

 Sisson, 61 Hudson St., N. Y. 



The superiority of the Italians has been so fully 

 demonstrateil in thousands of Apiaries, that we can- 

 not think it a duty to devote space to the subject. 

 Those who writ^ us for our opinion on tlie matter 

 must accept this in place of mentioning their various^ 

 merits in detail. 



As we are paying considerable sums of money for 

 the insertion of the following advertisement in vari- 

 ous papers, we shall consider it a favor, to have our 

 readers send us the names of bee-keepers, whom they 

 may think would like to see a sample copy. 



Eg5~Kind reader, if vou are in any way interested ir» 



bees" or HOUEY, 



we will witli pleasure send you a sample copy of our 

 Oleaiilnj^s In Bco C'liltxire. 



Simply write your address plainly on a postal card 

 and a<ldress A. I. ROOT & CO., Medina, O. 



Advertisements will be received at the rate of t«n 

 cents per line, Xonpariel space, each insertion, cash 

 in advance ; and we require that every Advertiser 

 satisfies us of his responsibility and intention to do 

 all that lie agrees, and that his" goods are really worth 

 the price asked for them. 



"Sweet are the uses of advertisements" exclaimed 

 Mrs. Partington. We wonder if the good old lady 

 was not a bee-keeper. 



1 lb. Kound Jars per gross S5.50 



2 " " " " " 7.!M> 



Corks " " 75c. and 1.00 



K Pt. Honey Tumblers, plain or ribbed, per doz. . 40 



t; doz in a box. Packages 40 



%. Pt. Honey Tumblers, plain or ribbed, per doz . . 50 



6 doz. in a box. Packages 45 



'i Pt. Honey Tumblers, Tin Top, per doz. 65 



6 doz. in a box. Packages 40 



}i Pt. Honey Tumblers, Tin Top, per doz 75 



f) doz. In a box. Packages 45 



Also Window Glass, Lamp Chimneys and Glass- 

 ware of all kinds. For sale by B. L. FAHNESTOCK, 

 late B. li. Fahnestock, Fortune & Co., Glass Manufac- 

 turers, 76 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 6-7d 



FROM THE HAMLIN APIARY. 



Safe arrival and Purity guaranteed. One tested 

 Queen in May 84.00, five for JIS.ik). Fifty cts. less, per 

 Queen, in each succeeding month during the season. 



Cut Linnber for a 15 frame Langstroth hive. Prices 

 on application. 

 5-7 BARNUM & PEYTON, Edgefield Jimction, Tenn. 



BEES Wan ted.—For further information address 

 4-6 p SPENCER STRONG, Akron, Ind. ■ 



SUITIlttER RAPE SEED 1.5c ner lb. By mail./in 

 cloth bag 35c per lb. A. I. ROOT & Co., INIedina, O. 



f^ ENIJIIVE CHINl'^SE Mustard Seed, just import- 

 V X ed from France by us. Per packet 5c, per oz. -250, 

 per lb. $:?.00, sent post-))aid by mail. For description 

 see Dr. Kirtland's article, page 18, Feb. No. 



A. 1. ROOT & Co., Medina, O. 



Nlec fresh clean seed, raised in our own neighbor- 

 hood. Ten lbs. or over, 30c, less tlian 10 lbs., 35c, sent 

 by mail In clotli bag 50c })cr lb. 



A. I. liO(JT & Co., Medina, O. 



THIRTEEN yearsi experience in propagating 

 Italian Bees. Queens will be bred direct from 

 ImpiirtiMl Mothers and warranted pure and fertile. 

 Scud for my circular. Wm. W. CA1?T, 



Itf ('olerain, Franklin Co.. Mass. 



