1879 



GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



247 



BEECULTURE 



FOR several years, it has been my ambition to be 

 able to write a book on bee culture, so clear and 

 plain that not only any boy or girl, but even an old 

 man or woman, with the book and a hive of bees, 

 could learn modern bee culture, and make a fair,' 

 paying- business, ece>i the- first season. This is a great 

 undertaking, 1 grant; audit will require some one 

 with far greater wisdom than mine, to do it the first 

 time trying-. After watching- beginners, and an- 

 swering their questions almost constant Iv, for vears, 

 I came to the conclusion, that the only way to do it 

 was to "cut and try," as carpenters say, when they 

 can't get the exact dimensions of the article they 

 wish to make. 



To cut and try on the ABC book, I have invested 

 over $2,000 in type, chases, etc., sufficient to keep 

 my whole book standing constantly in type, that can 

 be changed at a moment's notice. The books are 

 printed only as fast as wanted, and just as soon as I 

 see I have omitted anything, or have made any mis- 

 take, the correction is made before any more books 

 are sent out. To show you how it works, and how 

 it succeeds, I will give you an illustration. 



A beginner writes to know if it is of any use to 

 keep a queen, after she is eighteen days old and 

 does not lay. Now I know very well that a queen 

 should lay when from ten days to two weeks old; 

 and also, that they will sometimes not commence 

 until they are three weeks old, and then make good 

 queens. Now, although I directed that they should 

 be tossed up in the air, to see if their wings were 

 good, when they did not lay at two weeks of age, I 

 did not say, if their wings proved to be good, how 

 long we should keep them. If I could spare the 

 lime of the colony, I would keep a good looking 

 queen that could fly well, until she is 25 davsold; if 

 crowded for a place to put cells, I would kill all that 

 do not lay at IS or 20 days old. 



I have just put the above in the A B C, and that is 

 just the way I am going to keep doing. You see, 

 you beginners are, ultimately, to build up the book. 



The book, as it is now, contains about 275 pages 

 and about 175 engravings. It is furnished complete 

 in one, or in 5 different parts. The contents and 

 prices are as follows: 



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 lor 

 Bees, Mee Hunting, Artificial Swaniiing, 

 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 Honey Comb, Hon- 

 ey Dew, Hybrids, Italianizing, Kins' Birds, 

 The Locust Tree, Moving Bees, The Lamp 

 Nursery, Mignonnettc, Milkweed, Mother- 

 wort, Mustard, Nucleus, Pollen, Pro- 

 polis, and Queens. 



Part. Fourth tells all about Rape, Baspberry, 

 Katun, Bobbing, Rocky Mountain Bee 

 Plant, Sage, Smokers, including instructions 

 for making with illustrations. Soldering, Sour- 

 wood, Stings, Sumac, Spider Flower, Sun- 

 flower, Swarming, Teasel, Toads, Trans- 

 ferring, and Turnip. 



Part Fifth tells about Uniting Bees, Veils, 

 Ventilation, Vinegar, Wax, Water for 

 Bees, AVbitewood, and Wintering. It also 

 includes a (Glossary of Terms and Abbrevia- 

 tions used in Bee Culture. 



^~A11 are Profusely Illustrated with Cn- 

 graviiags. 



Nothing Patented. Either one will be mailed 

 for 25c; y 2 doz., $1.25; 1 doz., $2.25; 40, $6.00. 



The five parts bound in one, in paper, mailed, for 

 $1.00. At wholesale, same price as Gleanings, 

 with which it may be clubbed. One copy, $1.00; 

 three copies, $2.50; five copies, $:{.75; ten copies, 

 $0.00. 



The same neatly bound in cloth, with the covers 

 neatly embellished in embossing and gold, one copy, 

 $1.25; three copies, $3.25; five copies, $5.00; ten 

 copies, $8.50. If ordered by freight or Express, the 

 postage may be deducted, which will be lie on each 

 25c book; 10c on the complete book in paper, and 12c 

 each, on the complete book in cloth. 



A. I. BOOT, Medina, Ohio. 



PUBE DOLLAR QUEENS sent in "Mailable 

 Cases" through the mails, also "Mailable 

 Cases" 75c per dozen. Sample 10c. 

 7d D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, Vermillion Co., 111. 



I CAN ship good Glass Cutters for 25 cents, post- 

 paid. Special terms by the dozen. 

 1 H. M. MOYER, Hill Church, Berks Co., Pa. 



THE (JUIXBY BELLOWS SMOKES 



Has now been upon the market for six years, and 

 was the first practical Bellows Smoker made. A 

 Patent has been granted it over all other smokers 

 thai have copied it. Its rights are maintained by 

 Hetheringtbn, Elwood, Doolittle, Alley, Dadant, 

 and unprejudiced bee-keepers every where. Pro- 

 tection guaranteed to all selling and using it. 

 Every smoker warranted the best in the market, or 

 money refunded. 



Q5JINBVS NEW BEE-KEEPINfi will be 

 mailed promptly on reoeipt of $1 50. It is com- 

 mended by all. 



Prof. Cook says, "I rejoice in the book, and have 

 only praise for it." 



(i. M. Doolittle says, "I consider it the most prac- 

 tical work on bees extant, and fully up to the times." 



"I had expected a good book, but it far surpassed 

 my expectations." * * P. H. Elwood. 



"I do not hesitate to pronounce it the best practi- 

 cal book on the subject published." * * 



J. E. Hetherington. 



For prices of smokers and other goods, 

 7d Address L. C. ROOT, Mohawk, Herk. Co., N. Y. 



GREAT REDUCTION 



IN the 



PRICES O E 



COMB FOUNDATION 



As our stock of foundation is very large, and as 

 we have bought it at favorable prices, and have the 

 most complete facilities for manufacturing it, we 

 propose to give our customers the benefit of our ad- 

 vantages, in low prices. 



Our foundation is as fine in quality as any ever 

 made, and we can fill orders on 24 hours notice. At 

 the prices Ave quote here, you cannot afford to use 

 your old, dry, mouldy combs. 



TERMS:— From the date of this issue, till January 

 1st, 1880, we will pay 24c cash for choice wax deliver- 

 ed here and sell the old style (or lozenge shaped bot- 

 toms) for 15 per cent less than following prices. 

 drone or worker cells. 



1 to 25 pounds, per pound 55c 



25 to 50 " " " 53c 



50 to 100 " " " 52c 



100 to 500 " " " 50c 



500 to 1(100 " " " 48c 



1000 pounds or more " " 45e 



We will also make 5 per cent reduction from prices 

 of Flat Bottomed Foundation as quoted below. 



We keep the wired foundation in stock in follow- 

 ing sizes: Sheets are inuxlO 1 .;. 10x16, 10x18^,8^x16^, 

 10^x14, 11&X12, and 12x19. 



The new, thin, for boxes, is kept in sheets 12x12. 

 Both kinds will be sold at following prices: 



1 to 25 pounds, per pound 70c 



25 to 50 " " " 68c 



5H to 1(H) " " " 67c 



100 to 500 " " " 65c 



500 to 1000 " " " 68c 



1000 pounds or more " " 60c 



The thin flat bottomed is a grand success for box 

 honev. Address communications to 



7d J. H. NELLIS, Canajoharie, N. Y. 



