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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 



STRONG, THH.ITTY, CONCORD GRAPE 

 VINES, FOR SHADING BEE HIVES. 



10c each or $1.00 per doz. If scut by mail, double 

 above prices. These vines are the best to be had, 

 and are just such as we have planted in our new 

 grounds for shading the hives. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



"Quinby's New Beekeeping." 



A revision of "Beekeeping Ex- 

 plained," with much new matter, 

 and practical illustrations. Fully 

 up to the times. Price $1.50. 



Qiiinby Bellows Smoker. 



Patented and much improved. The 

 best in market. Three sizes, by 

 mail, $1.00, $1.50, and $1.75, 



Send for circular of new supplies 

 to L. C. ROOT, 



4d Mohawk, Herk. Co., N. Y. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, FULL COLONIES, 



AND NUCLEI' AT REASONABLE PRICES. 



I am prepared to furnish early Queens, bred from 

 imported and select homebred mothers, warranted 

 to be as pure as any in the U. S. Also Albino 

 Queens. Safe arrival guaranteed. Also Hives and 

 Apiarian supplies. Send for price list, &c. 



Address S. VALENTINE, 



4d Double Pipe Creek, Carroll Co., Md. 



Alsike Clover Seed. 



A fine new lot of Alsike clover seed, very clean 

 and raised near us. Price per lb., 22c; per bushel, 

 (60 lbs.) $12.00; y 2 bushel, $6.00; peck, $3.00. If want- 

 ed by mail add 18c per lb. for bag and postage. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



All bred from imported mothers of my own im- 

 portation. Dollar queens, $1.00; ready in April. 

 Tested queens before June 1st, $3.00; after, $2.50. 

 Full colonies of Italians from $7.00 to $.10.00. Four 

 frame nucleus with tested queen, before June 1st, 

 $5.00, after $4.50. Comb Foundation, Bee-Keepers' 

 Supplies, &c. 

 3-8d PAUL L. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, La. 



Comb Foundation MachineS 



$22.00 TO $100.00. 



SAMPLES OF FOUNDATION WITH OUR ONE 



POUND SECTION BOX BY MAIL FOR 



FIVE CENTS. 



For illustrations see our Illustrated Catalogue 

 of Apiarian Implements and Supplies, mailed on ap- 

 plication. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



(.ANDES' BEES AND POULTRY. 



For Italian Bees, Full Colonies, Nuclei or Queens, 

 and Pure Bred Poultry, including Land and Water 

 varieties, Address JNO. R. LANDES, 



3tfd Albion, Ashland Co., O.g 



9MHmftT GLUinANMM CO, 



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 

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

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

 be sent by mail on application. 

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



Am, Silver Watches 



For $9.50 



In all my experience in the Watch and Jewelry 

 Business, I have never before seen a good Silver 

 Watch for the low price of $9.50. I have just suc- 

 ceeded in getting, of the American Watch Co., a 

 good strong 



SILVER WATCH, 



WALL REGULATED, AND INJ89 



That I will mail to any address for the above price; 

 and if it does not please you, you may return it 

 within 10 days, and get your money. Or [ will send 

 you the Watch, for 20 subscribers, at $1.00 each. 

 You can have either hunting or open face, and such 

 a Watch, for a present, ought to make any boy (or 

 man either) happy. A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS 



and Colonies for sale for 1879. The best is the 

 cheapest at any price. Circulars sent free. 



Address D. A. PIKE, Box 19, 

 3-5 Smithsburg, Wash. Co., Md. 



1879. 



1879. 



REV. A. SALISBURY & HAYES. 



CAMAEGO, ILL., 



Breeders of Pure Italian Bees and Queens, from Im- 

 ported and Home-Bred Mothers, ami Manufacturers 

 of Hives, Prize Boxes, Comb Foundation, and all 

 general Apiarian Supplies. 



BEES. 



Reserved and Early Tested Queens $3 00 



July and September " *' 2 50 



Colonies of 10 frames 9 00 



"12 " 10 00 



Nuclei — 1 frame, fine queen 4 00 



Comb Foundation, lOlbs. and over, per lb : 50 



Wax cleansed and worked for 25c. per lb., or on 

 one-half shares. 



^"Send for Circular. 4-inq 



PRICE OF ITALIAN QUEENS 



D. Tremontani, Cremone, Italy. 



April, May and June 12 francs in gold. 



July and August 10 " " 



Sept. and Oct 7 " '" 



Price for California and Australia, 2 francs more 

 than above. 



No order for less than 8 queens is accepted. If 

 any queens die in the trip, they must be sent back in 

 a letter to have the right to an invoice of compensa- 

 tion. If anyone should refuse to accept the invoice, 

 all right to a compensation shall be lost. [The value 

 of a franc is 18% cents, gold.— Ed.] 



D. TREMONTANI, Cremone, Italy. 



