40 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



EEii. 



Advertisements will be received at the rate of 20 

 cents per line, Nonpareil space, each insertion, cash 

 in advance ; and we requiro that every advertiser 

 satisfies us of responsibility and intention to do all 

 that he agrees, and that his goods are really worth 

 the price asked for them. 



iiMmm 



A beautiful work of 100 Pages, One Colored 

 Flower Plate, and 300 Illustrations, with 

 Descriptions of the best Flowers and Vegetables, 

 and how to grow them. All for a Five Cent Stamp. 

 In English or German. 



The Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175 Pa- 

 ges, Six Colored Plates, and many hundred Engrav- 

 ings. For 50 cents in paper covers; $1.00 in elegant 

 cloth. In German or English. 



Vlck's Illustrated Monthly Magazine— 32 

 Pages, a Colored Plate in every number and many 

 fine Engravings. Price $1.25 a year; Five Copies for 

 $5.00. 



Vlck's Seeds are the best in the world. Send 

 Five Cent Stamp for a Floral Guide, containing 

 List and Prices, and plentv of information. Address 

 12-3 JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 



WANTED 



A virtuous, honest, and intelligent assistant in Gar- 

 den and Apiary, for coming season. Address 



DR. J. J. ADAIR, 

 2 Shawhan, K. C. R. R., Bourbon Co., Ky. 



Bees and Bee-Keepers' Supplies for Sale. 



I will ship to order, either by 1{. R. or River, any 

 number of Italian, Hybrid, or Black Bees, in Lang- 

 stroth Hives, for $4.00 per colony, payable when the 

 Bees are shipped. Safe arrival guaranteed. Also 

 any amount of Bee fixtures. 



MRS. CAPEHART, Admr'x, 

 2 Memphis, Tenn. 



MANUFACTURERS OF SUPERIOR DOUBLE 



REFINED GRAPE AND MALT SUGAR, 



CRYSTAL GLUCOSE SYRUP. 



Superior Double Refined Grape Sugar for feeding 

 bees, at 3'^c per lb. in barrels of 375 lbs., and 4c in 

 boxe3 of 50 or 110 lbs. Crystal Glucose Syrup 5c per 

 lb. by the barrel. Samples of the Grape Sugar will 

 be sent prepaid, by Express, on receipt of 10 cents. 

 Iltf LOUIS P. BEST, Sup't, Davenport, Iowa. 



§TILLMAN«Co 



rayin g 



ON WOOD 



r j N.W. Cor: front&vine: 

 CINCINNATI OHIO, 



$1.50 per TEAR; CLUBS of 5 or More $1.00. 



Send Ten Cents for a Sample Copy of 



The American Bee Journal 



The Oldest, Largest and Best Bee Paper. 

 THOMAS G. KEWMAN <fc SON, CHICAGO. 



THE RIGHT WAY 



To start an Apiary is to send for strong, 4 frame Nu- 

 clei, in new Hives, all complete, for $5 00 



Two Frame Nuclei 2 50 



All queens reared in full colonies from choice Im- 

 ported Mothers. HIRAM ROOP, 

 2d Carson City, Montcalm Co., Mich. 



Langstrofh Bee Hives, 



Frames, and Section Boxes of all kinds, cut ready 

 to nail, at reasonable rates. R. R. MURPHY, 

 l-2d Garden Plain, Whiteside Co., 111. 



1879. 



Headquarters for 



Italian Bees & Queen 



Modest & Langstroth Bee Hives, 



Honey and Section Boxes, 



AND 



C0K3 FOUNDATION W, THE ELI, 



Our new illustrated price list is now ready for dis- 

 tribution, containing our experience in the use of 

 Comb Foundation, and telling' how to use it to best 

 advantage; giving' best mode for securing- large 

 yields of Comb Honey; telling about Bee Hives. 

 Honey and Section Boies, Extractors, Smokers, &c. ; 

 and containing much other matter of general inter- 

 est to one and all. Four name and the names of 

 your bee-keeping friends, written on a postal card 

 ami sent us, will entitle each of you to receive it by 

 return mail. Write (it once; delay is dangerous, and 

 we will try to help you. .1. OATMAN & SONS, 

 3-3d Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



The Signal Service. 



Having- built a shop and put in new machinery, I 

 am prepared to furnish Bee Hives, Section Boxes, 

 Frames, &c, &c, as cheap as the cheapest. 



Simplicity Hives at 5 per cent, discount, and every 

 thing else at bottom prices. Those in want of Hives, 

 &c., &c., will flad it to their advantage to write for 

 prices. Any kind of Hive made. For further par- 

 ticulars send for Circular. F. A. SALISBURY, 

 12-ld Geddes, Onondag-a Co., N. Y. 



The A B C of BEE CULTURE 



Part First, will tell you all about the latest im- 

 provements in securing and Marketing Honey, 

 the new 1 lb. Section Honey Boxes, mak- 

 ing Artificial Honey Comb, Candy for 

 Bees, Bee Hunting, Artificial Swarming, 

 Bee Moth. &c, &c. 



Part Second, tells All about Hive Making, 

 Diseases of Bees, Drones, How to Make an 

 Extractor, Extracted Honey, Feeding and 

 Feeders, Foul Brood, etc, etc. 



Part Third, tells all about Hon*}' Comb, Hon- 

 ey Dew, Hybrids, Italianizing, King Birds, 

 'I lie Locust Tree, Moving Bees, The Lamp 

 Nursery, Mignonnette, Milkweed, Mother- 

 wort, Mustard, Nucleus, Pollen, Pro- 

 polis, and Queens. 



JS^All are Profusely Illustrated with Kn- 

 graviiags. 



Nothing Patented. Either one will be mailed 

 for 25c; % doz., $1.25; 1 doz., $2.25; 100, by express, 

 $15.00. 



The three parts bound in one, mailed for 60c. One 

 doz. $6.00^ 100, by express, $35.00. 



A. T. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



