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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



SMOKERS. 



Smoker, Quinby's (to Canada 15c extra)l 50 & 1 75 

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



Bingham's $1 00; 1 50 ; 175 



25 " Our own, see illustration in price 



list 75 



00 Soldering Implements 100 



Swarming Box 75 



Tacks, tinned, per paper, (three sizes) 05 



For larger quantities sec Hammers and 

 nails. 



Thermometers 20 



10 | Transferring clasps, package of 100 15 



I Tin, see price list. 

 Veils, Bee, with face of Brussels net, (silk) 75 

 The same, all of grenadine (almost as good) 50 

 Veils, material for, grenadine, much 

 stronger than tarlatan, 21 inches in 



width, per yard 20 



Brussels Net, for face of vail, 29 inches 



in width, per yard 1 50 



Wax Extractor 3 00 



Copper bottomed boiler for above 1 00 



Wire cloth, for Extractors, tinned, per 



square foot 10 



Wire cloth, for queen cages 10 



Above is tinned, and meshes are 5 and 18 



to the inch respectively 



Wire cloth, painted, for shipping bees, 14 



mesh to the inch, per square foot 05 



I Wire for grape vine trellises. See Galvan- 



| ized iron wire 



All goods delivered on board the cars here at prices 

 named. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 either of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2,00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department the first time ivith- 

 out cJiarge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2,00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the queen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 lay when they were shipped. They also agree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnished on application to any 

 of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen 

 mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us and 

 we will send you another. Probably none will be 

 sent before July 1st. If wanted sooner, see ratesjn 

 price list. 

 *E. W. Hale, Wirt C. H. W. Va. 1-12 



*A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa.7-3tf 

 *E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City, Mo. 1-12 



*Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula. La. ltld 



Miller & Hollam, Kewaskum, Wash Co., Wis. 4-4 

 *J. T. Wilson, Mortonsville, Woodford Co. Ky 4-4 

 J. L. Bowers, Berryville, Clarke Co., Va. 1-4 



*King & White, New London, O. 12tfd 



* P. ,T. Wardell, Uhrichsville, Tusc. Co., O. 12-12 

 *J. R. Landes, Albion, Ashland Co., O. ltf.d 



*J. E. Walcher, Millersville, Christian Co., Ills. 1-6 

 *D. A. McCord, Oxford, Butler Co., O. 2-1 



*D. E. Best, Best, Lebigh Co., Penn. 2 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



H. Scovell, Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kans. 4-3 

 P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. ltfd 

 Milo S. West, Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich. 1-6 



A. A. Fradenburg, Port Washington, Tus., Co., .1-6 

 Geo. Clark, Blissfield, Lon., Co., Mich. 1-2 



NOTICES OF THE ABC. 



ABC received in good order. All I have to say is 

 that it is the best book on the subject I have ever 

 had the pleasure of reading. O. A. Hoag. 



West Union, Mo., Aug. 30, 1879. 



SWEET HOME BXSPBERIUES. 

 Originated by D. D. Palmer, New Boston, 111. 1050 

 berries picked from one cane. Never winter kills. 

 The largest aud best black cap. Send for circular. 



If I could not get another "A B C of Bee Culture," 

 I would not take $10. for mine. It is the triple rec- 

 tified, double distilled essence of bee-keeping, boiled 

 down. Jas. A. Taylor. 



Austin, Texas, Oct. 24, 1879. 



Hope the new shop will be as great a success as 

 the ABC has been; for I consider it of more bone- 

 lit to persons going into the business than anything- 

 yet published. R. N. McIntyre. 



Daytona, Fla., Dec. 28, 1878. 



On the stand at my right hand, is the "A B C of 

 Bee Culture," which cost us $1.00; and to-day we 

 would not take five dollars for it, and do without a 

 book of the same kind. J. F. Runnion. 



Spencer, W. Va. 



Your A B C is a perfect treat to me, and, consci- 

 entiously, I must say, it is by far the most practical 

 book, on the subject, ever published; for I have 

 read and studied almost every book of note that has 

 appeared in the English language. This may seem 

 like flattery, but to show you that I mean what I 

 say, I have ordered through Geo. Rollins & Sons, 

 American agents, London, 30 copies, bound in cloth, 

 and I am quite certain this is only my first consign- 

 ment, as I shall certainly sell eA'eryorie of them. 



R. M. Greig. 



Park Hill, Near Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov. 6, '79. 



We are indebted to Mr. A. I. Root, of Medina, ()., 

 for a copy of his " A B C of Bee Culture," a useful 

 handbook containing a large amount of information 

 relating 1 to bees, hives, implements, honey plants,. 

 &c. The author states that the facts given in his 

 little treatise are principally derived from the ex- 

 perience of thousands of persons scattered all over 

 the country who have communicated their knowl- 

 edge, and likewise from tests made in his own api- 

 ary during a number of years. Mr. Root is a bee 

 keeper on a large scale, and his own experience ad- 

 ded to that of so many other persons must form the 

 basis of a great deal of valuable practical informa- 

 tion respecting the honey bee.— American Grocer. 



I have received yonr A B C,andit contains so much 

 information for me, that I would not take $100 for 

 it, could I not get another. I have been in the bee 

 business 40 years; that is, I have found more wild 

 bees than any other man in this country, and all I 

 knew about them was nothing, until I studied A B 

 C. I would recommend every man or woman who 

 keeps bees to send for it at once. We keep 20 col- 

 onies at present, and we hope to get them through 

 till spring. We are feeding candy, and, had we not 

 had A B C, we would have lost most of them, as our 

 bees made but very little honey the past summer. 



O. Douglass. 



Whitmore Lake, Mich., Jan. 19, 1880. 



SYMPIIORICARPUS VULGARIS PLANTS. 



During February and March, I will deliver on 

 board the cars at Reeds, Mo., Symphoricarpus vul- 

 garis plants, at the following rates, purchasers pav- 

 ing charges: 100 plants, $1.25; 200, $2.50; 500, $5.25; 

 1000, $10; 2000, $19. Where ten dollars' worth are ta- 

 ken at one time, will take one-half the price in Ital- 

 ian queens at prices in Gleanings. 



Address NORRIS C. HOOD, 



2d Reeds, Jasper Co., Mo. 



SEND FOR CIRCULAR 



and Price List for Simplicity, and One-story Sim- 

 plicity, Chaff Hives. Address C. H. DEANE, Sr., 

 2-5d Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



Hale's Price List. 



Send for my Circular and Price List for 1880. Eai 

 ly Queens a specialty. Address 

 2-11 d E. W. HALE, Wirt C. H., W. Va. 



