GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



QUINBY'S 

 New Bee-Keeping; 



The Mysteries of Bee-Keeping 



EXPLAINED. 



Combining the Results of Fifty Years' 1 Expe- 

 rience, with the Latest Discoveries and 

 Inventions, and presenting the most 

 Approved Methods, Forming 



A COMPLETE GUIDE TO 



SUCCESSFUL BEE - CULTURE. 



By L. C. Root, 



Practical Apiarian. 



With 100 Illustrations, and a Portrait of 



IVt. C?TTI3XTBY. 



OPINIONS OF EMINENT APIARISTS, AND 

 THE PRESS: 



Prof. A. J. Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, and author of the " Manual of the Apiary," 

 writes to Mr. Boot: "I have read it (Quinby's New 

 Bee-Keeping) with much genuine pleasure. Surely 

 the mantle of common, sense, practical, plain, and 

 simple style of expression, did not leave your fami- 

 ly with Mr. Quinby. I rejoice in the book, and only 

 have praise for it." 



Capt. J. E. Hetherington, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., 

 writes: "I do not hesitate to pronounce it the best 

 practical work on the subject published, and shall 

 do all I can to promote the sale of it." 



" Students of entomology, as well as practical bee- 

 keepers, will find a rich store of information in its 

 pages, which form a convenient working manual, 

 not only of most recent date, but of high authority." 

 — New-York Tribune. 



" It gives a lucid and popular explanation of bee- 

 keeping, and is well worthy of a perusal by all who 

 are interested in the subject."— .Rural New Yorker. 

 12mo. Tinted paper. Price, postpaid, $1.50. 

 ORANGE^ JUDD COMPANY, Publishers, 



2 245 Broadway, New York. 



IMPBO VEB 



Langstroth Hives. 



Supplies for the Apiary. Comb Foundation a spe- 

 cialty. Being- able to procure lumber cheap, I can 

 furnish Hives and Sections very cheap. Send for a 

 circular. A. D. BENHAM, 



2d Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich. 



OUR FLAT BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



with high, sharp, side walls, 10 to 14 square feet to 

 the lb., has been used the past season in full size 

 sheets, in surplus boxes, adding largely to the 

 yield and to the market value of the honey. The 

 wired foundation does not sag, and gives general 

 satisfaction. Circular and samples free. 

 J. VAN DEUSEN <fc SONS, sole manufacturers, 

 2d Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. V. 



Bingham & 



Hetherington. 



You can lean on a Bing- 

 ham Smoker in the hour of 

 trial. One match per day, 

 and wood of any kind, is all 

 that's needed. It needs no 

 fussing or cleaning or dam- 

 pers, as it works just as well 

 pointing down as up, and 

 never goes out. Previous 

 to my invention and patent, 

 the draft to all bellows smo- 

 kers was through the bel- 

 lows; now, all bellows smo- 

 kers use an open draft. The 

 largest and most scientific 

 bee-keepers use Bingham 

 Smokers, some using- as 

 many as fifteen in their va- 

 rious apiaries. 



No Bingham Smoker has 

 ever been returned. No 

 letter has ever been receiv- 

 ed complaining that our 

 Smokers did not give satis- 

 faction; but we have re- 

 ceived hundreds of letters expressing the most un- 

 bounded satisfaction and appreciation of our inven- 

 tion. Hundreds of them have been in constant use 

 three seasons, and are now as good as new. One 

 dollar and a half is not much for the use of such an 

 instrument three seasons, is it? Patented January 

 9, 1878; re-issued July 9, 1878. 



The extra large Smoker and the Extra Standard 

 for 1880 will have our new extra-wide shields, which 

 entirely protect the hands and bellows from heat, 

 and remove the danger of burning- the fingers. 

 Practical bee-keepers will find these wide shields an 

 important improvement. 



Patented May 20, 1879. 

 Ts a large, strong, durable knife, polished and teni- 

 pei - ed like a razor, and so formed and sharpened as 

 to cut both ways, over hills and through hollows all 

 the same, without dropping a cap on the honey. The 

 most world-renowned, practical, and scientific bee- 

 keepers in Europe and America pronounce it "the 

 best honey-knife ever made." 



Extra Large Smokers 2!i inch, $1.50 



Extra Standard " 2 " 1.2? 



Plain " " 2 " 1.00 



Little Wonder " l?i " .75 



" " " Pcr'idoz 3.00 



Bingham & Hetherington Knife 1.00 



" " Knife and Cap-Catcher.. 1.25 



If to be sent by mail, or singly by express, add 25 



cents each, to prepay postage or express charges. 



Send for circular. If to sell again, apply for dozen 



or half-dozen rates. Address T. F. Bingham or 



BINGHAM A. 1 1 90 1 IB IK I \4. TO Y. 

 2d OTSEGO, MICH. 



BEE KEEPERS intending to purchase Bees 

 or Queens will do well to send for my New Cir- 

 cular, before purchasing- elsewhere. Pure Extract- 

 ed Honey wanted in exchange for Bees and Queens. 

 2-3d A. W. CHENEY, Orange, Mass. 



FOR SALE, 



Price $30., a Barnes Circular and Scroll Saw. 

 2 M. FISHER, New Concord, Ohio. 



300 COLONIES BEES FOB SALE ! 



Come to Council Bend, Ark., on the Miss. River, 

 and buy 300 Colonies of Bees. I am determined to 

 sell. i-4d . GEO. B. PETERS. 



