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GLEANINGS IX BEE CULTURE. 



IMPLEMENTS FOR BEE CULTURE 

 ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 



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For description of the various articles, see our 

 Twelfth Edition Circular and Price List found in 

 May No., Vol. V!., or mailed on application. 



Eot directions How to Make all these various arti- 

 cles and implements, see A 11 C of Bee Culture. 



This Price List to be taken in place of those of 

 former date. 



Mailable article-: are designated in the left hand 

 column of figures ; the figures giving the amount of 

 postage required. 



Canada postage on merchandise is limited to SM 

 oz., and nothing can be sent for less than 10 cents. 

 Alighting Board, detachable. See A B C 



Part First $ 



Bass ./ood trees for planting. For prices 



see Price List 



Balances, spring, for suspended hive (00 lbs.) 



Barrels for honey 2 50 



" " waxed and painted... . 3 50 

 Bees, per colony, from $7 to $10, for partic- 

 ulars see price list 



Bee-Hunting box, with printed instructions 



Binder, Emerson's, for Gleanings -50, 00, 



Blocks, iron, for metal cornered frame ma- 

 king 



One of the above is given free with every 

 frames, or 1000 corners. 



10 | Burlap for covering bees. 40 in. wide, per yd 



I Buzz-Saw, foot-power, complete; circular 



with cuts free on application. Two saws 



I and two gauges included 35 00 



| Buzz-Saws, extra, 85c, to $3.50. See price list. 



Tke above are all filed, and set, and mailed any 

 where 

 80 | Buzz-Saw mandrel and boxes complete for 



I C inch saws. No saws included 5 00 



i The same for 7 and 8 in. saws (not mailable) 7 00 

 Cages for queens, wood and wire cloth, 



provisioned. Sec price list 10 



" " " per doz 1 00 



Candy for bees, can be fed at any season, 



per lb 



Cards, queen registering, per doz 



per 100 



Chaff cushions for wintering (sec Nov. No. 



for 1877) 



" " without the chaff 



40 | Chaff cushion division boards 



2 I Cheese cloth, for strainers, per yard 



Clasps for transferring, package of 100 



Climbers for Bee-Hunting 



Comb Basket, made of tin, holds 5 frames, 



has hinged cover and pair of handles 1 50 



Comb Foundation Machines complete $ 35 to 100 00 



Corners, metal, per 100 75 



top only, per 100 100 



bottom, per 100 50 



On 1,000 or more a discount of 10 per cent will be 

 made, and on 10.000, 25 per cent. The latter will be 

 given to those who advertise metal cornered frames. 

 Corners, Machinery complete for making $250 00 

 Enameled cloth, tlie l>est thing for covering 



1 frames. Bees do not bite and seldom 

 propolize it. Per yard, 45 inches wide, 

 25c. By the piece, (12 yards) 22 

 Extractors, according to size of frame, 

 §0 50 to 10 00 



" inside and gearing, including 



honey-gate 5 00 



" Hoops to go around the top 50 



per doz 5 00 



5 I Feeder, Simplicity, (sec price list) 1 pint .... 05 



7 ' Feeders, 1 quart, tin, (see April No) 10 



■i ! The same, ball' size 05 



25 i The same, qts, to be used in upper story 50 

 ■0 i Files for small circular rip saws, new and 

 valuable, 20c; per doz. by express... 

 1,1 The same, large size, double above 



prices 



'2 | " :; cornered, for cross-cut saws, 10c; doz 

 Frames with sample Rabbet and Clasps... 

 Galvanized iron wire for grapevine trellises 

 per lb. (about 100 feet) 20 



Gates for Extractors tinned tor soldering.. 50 



Gearing for Extractor with supporting arm 1 25 



Gi.kamncs, Vols 1 and if, each 75 



Vol's IV and V, each 100 



Vol. in, second-hand 2 00 



" first five neatly lwmnd in one... S 00 



** " unbound... 4©0 



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Hives from 50c to $6 25 ; for particulars see 



price list 



Honey Knives, straight or curved blade... 1 00 



% doz 5 25 



" " Vi doz by Express 5 06 



Labels for honey, from 25 to 50c per 100 ; 



for particulars see price list 



Lamp Nursery, for hatching queen cells as 



built 5 00 



Larvae, for queen rearing, from June to 



Sept 25 



15 Leather for smoker bellows, per side f>0 



Lithograph of the Hexagonal Apiary 25 



Magnifying Glass, Pocket , 50 



" " Double lens, brass on 



three feet 1 00 



Medley of Bee-Keeper's Photo's. 150 photo's 100 

 12 Microscope, Compound, in Mahogany box 3 00 

 Prepared objects for above, such 



as bees' wing, sting, eye, foot, &c, each 25 

 Muslin, Indian head, for quilts and cush- 

 ions, pretty stout, but not good as duck, 



per yard 10 



10 | Opera Glasses for Bee-Hunting 5 00 



18 Paraflino, for waxing barrels, per lb 25 



I Photo of House Apiary and improvements 25 

 60 I Pump, Fountain, or Swarm Arrester 8 50 



Queens, 25c to $6 00. See price list 



1 Rabbets, Metal, per foot 02 



Salicylic acid, for foul brood, per oz 50 



10 I Saw Set for Circular Saws 75 



| Screw Drivers, all metal (and wrench com- 

 I bined) 454 inch, 10c ; 5 inch, 15c. Very nice 



for foot-power saws 



| Scissors, for clipping queen's wings 40 



6 I Section boxes, fancy, hearts, stars, crosses, 



I &c, each 05 



Section Honey box, a sample with strip of 



fdn. and printed instructions 05 



| Section boxes in the flat by the quantity, 

 $9 50 per thousand and upwards, accord- 

 ing to size ; f Or particulars, see price list. 

 15 | Case of 3 section boxes, showing the 



way in which the separators are used, 

 suitable for any kind of hive, see price list 

 Seed, Alsike Clover, raised near us, per lb. . 

 " Catnip, good seed, per oz. 10c ; per lb. 



" Chinese Mustard, per oz 



'• Mellilot, or Sweet Clover, per lb 



White Dutch Clover, per lb 



50 



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18 



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1 00 



10 



10 

 25 



1 00 



15 



35 



35 



Motherwort, per oz. 20c; per lb. , — 2 00 



- 75 

 05 

 50 

 10 

 75 

 50 



Mignonette, per lb. (25c per oz) 

 Simpson Honey Plant, per package 



" " " peroz 



Silver Hull Buckwheat, per lb 



" " " peck, by Express 



Common " per peck 



Summer Rape. Sow in June and 



July, per lb 15 



A small package of any of the above seeds will be 

 sent for 5 cents. 

 5 | Sheets of Enameled cloth to keep the bees 



from soiling or eating the cushions 10 



I Shipping Cases for 48 section frames of 



| honey 60 



[ The same for 24 sections, half above 

 prices. This size can be sent by mail in 



I the flat, for 75c 



Slate tablets to hang on hives 01 



Smoker, Quinby's (to Canada 15c extra)l oO & 1 .5 

 " Doolittle's, to be held in the mouth 25 



Bingham's $100fl60; 2 00 



25 " Our own, see illustration in price 



list 7j> 



Tacks, tinned, per paper, (two sizes) 



5 I Thermometers . . 



I Veils, Bee, with face of Brussels net, (silk) 



The .same, all of grenadine (almost as good) 



Veils, material for. Grenadine, much 



stronger than tarlatan, 21 inches in 



width, per yard •••••••••.•••; ■• 



Brussels Net, for face of vail, 29 inches 



i n width, p< -r yard 



Wax Extractor • 



( topper bottomed boiler tor above. . 



g Wire cloth, for Extractors, tinned, per 



square foot Jx 



2 I Wire cloth, for queen cages. j--v™ 



Above is tinned, and meshes are 5 and 18 

 to the inch respectively.. . • • 



3 I Painted wire cloth, for shipping bees, 14 



mesh to the inch, per squaro foot. 



All roods delivered on board the cars here at prices 

 named A. T. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



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