ADVERTISERS' TjEPARTJIBXT. 



ARTIFICIAL 



:ho]^ey comb foundation 



.A (41iAND SUGCJKSS. 





MAMPACTUEED 



ti Iiiclios (or le«s) Aviclt-, 



Colls oiio-six-'teoi^tl* TitelT:. rtc'^'P'.. 



One Dollar per Pound. 



JOHN LONG, 



Box 6, Station C; MEW YORK CITY. 



Artificial Honey Comb Foundations, 



/ read in worku on, Bee Culture, tlie fdlowimj : 



"To torm one i)oimil of wax, twenty pounds of honey arc reiivdmd.'^—Liebu/: 



"Vtirt't'rA rxiieriments ]irove that from' tMrteen to twenty poiTnfrts of honey are reiiiiired' to maTce a single 

 pound of wax. * * * Many bee-keepers are unaware of the value of em-pty comlis: suppose honey to be- 

 worth only fifteen cents jier p'ouml, and the ooin-b wheir i-end'erecf into wax to be worth thirty cents, the apia- 

 rian who melts a pound of comb loses lar.crely by tlie operation. e\^en without estiiuatiut; the tinw his bees have- 

 consumed in building it. It should tli'erefore bo considerefl a Ifrst princii>le in bee cuUm-e never to m>elt good" 

 oombs. One povmd of heesvvax uright be made to store twenty pouTids of lioney; and the bee-keeper wouht 

 gain the difference in value between onepouud of wax, ami' tbe honey which tlie bees consume in makin?: ;t 

 pound of comb." — Langstroth. 



"Wax is not gathered like honey, orijollen, or propolits. If bees could gather it, it woxTld cost them less thai? 

 it does. They have to manufactuTe it at a very great expense to thenreelves and their owners."— P^'mir/mr. 



"Wax is the most expensive article used by the bees. * * Tlie time sjient in constructfng the comb sliould! 

 also be taken into account, wliicli if occupieif in gatiicring honev. would at this serisou of the vear enable then? 

 ^0 store much morct and making the cost of a pound of comb, effuivfilent to at least twenty-five pounds of hon- 

 ey. Iliis honey at tweuty-lfve cents a pound, would give irs six dollars and twentv-tivo cents, i>s the cost of a 

 pound of comb. Good <ombs melted into wax ami taken into market, might In-ing forty cent's a pouniJ. whicii- 

 deducted fi-om the cost i)rice, would show a loss of five dollars mid eighty-live cents on every pouml of wax 

 sold. These estimates siiow, that the bee-keepers cannot afford to melt down any ('ombs tlnit can be used to 

 advantage."— 7i7n.r/. 



Impressed initJi, tJie iiivporUuice of cm Artifirlal Comb Foundation, I constnccted a rndddne f&i- 

 m-Akuifi tTiem, samples ofioldch I mnt 'prmninent apiarians with iJte folloiping resrelt. 



Mk. J<xHN Loxo, Dear Sir:— I gub,r.itted your Artili(;ial Comb Foundations to a practical test and found 

 them acceptable to the bees, and I tlfink are destined tcj entire success. When the bees commence to buih? 

 their combs only very few (ran work, and it is not until considerable progress has b-oen made that tbev cart 

 unite their efforts. I filled all ray surplus boxes v,-rth your foundations, liaviu-r i rst bathed thciu with a" solu- 

 tion of honey and water ; the bt'cs r(i? went to work and the con>bs swelled out as br magic. Its success will- 

 depend on the price. Kespectfully, Aakon Pennington, N. Y. 



Mk. Juns ].(ra(.A Dear Sir: Sr. Johnsville. M.yv ISth, 1875. 



The experiments I have tried have proved a sitc;;ess; all that I anticiiiated. 1 have satisfied mvself that the- 

 Voundation Comb Will pi-ove an acifuisition. Yours, M. i^mnuv. 



Mit. John Long : CHEuur X'ai.lev, Mav ;{i>. is75. 



'*' * 1 am inclincil ton favorable oixinion of your Foundations, and shall watch the practical 

 test with great interest, lor if it proves ])ra('ticahle, 1 shall consider it a great acciuisition to the bee business. 



Very Truly Yours, J. K HsTHKitiNGTON. 



Mr. .John L(/n<. : Des Moines, Iowa, 



I have tested your Foundation Combs, and am more than pleased with the result : they are as perfect ai* 

 <an be. Em.kn S. Tuppek. 



•']() QUEENS FOE $30. 13 *^^-^T.S?I''^;iV.t^<?i;Sili;rs. 13 



Owing to the failure of the in-i!i(i])al honey llowers, 

 I haveconcludeil to raise Queens, and will sell un- 

 tested (Queens, raised from Imiiorteii Mothers, at ft'l 

 ea(;h, sent by mail. 1 will sell nuclei in full sized 

 hives containing nine frames, JOxl" inches, with three 

 combs of brood and bees and "dollar" (,»ueeus for §(! 

 eai;h, delivered :i.t Exjiress otlice. Can be shiupcd 

 any time and built up in full colonies. 

 7-;td II. NE8151T, Cyntlii.ina, Ky. 



nuring the month of September we will sen:i! 



very liandsonic, large and lu-olilic, for 112.00. All 

 (.JUEKVS WAKRAXTKI) PURE, AXD SAFIC 



ARRIVAL aiTARASTKED BY MAIL. 

 Any number less than i:! one dollar each. 

 !) II. ALLEY, Wenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



