1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



I 





199 



VERDICT BY JURY. 



12,000 Patent Bingham Smokers sold. 

 Otsego, Mich., Apr. 10, 1880. T. F. BINGHAM. 



T. F. BINGHAM, Otnego, Midi. Dear Sir: The 

 large smoker came duly. Have tried it and like 

 your improvements very much. It is now all that 

 could apparently be desired. T. G. McGAW. 



Monmouth, 111 , April 12, 1880. 



J. I, Brooks & Bro's. 



GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



FINE TESTED QUEENS OUR SPECIALTY. 



Send for circular and see what others say of them. 

 3-9d COLUMBUS, IND., BOX 64. 



QUEENS! ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Bred from queens of my own importing, sent by 

 mail; safe arrival guaranteed. Discount on order 

 of ten or more, ten per cent. If any prove hybrid, 

 another will be sent. From May loth to June 1st, 

 $1.25. Fiom June 1st to Julv 1st, $1 10. After July 

 1st, $1.00. CHAS. R. BINGHAM, 



5d Edinburg, Portage Co., Ohio. 



TESTED QUEENS 



5d OLIVER FOSTER, Mt, Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



MAY 15TII 

 $2.25. 



"THE WAY I DO" 



sent to all who intend buying queens Ihis season. 

 Send name and address to BURLEIGH R. PAXSON, 

 5 Mingo, Cham. Co., Ohio. 



FOUNDATION. 



After the 15th of May, I will furnish Comh Fdn. at 

 the usual prices. Send on vour orders. 

 5d C. R. CARLIN. Findlay, Hancock Co., O. 



Lower Than Ever To 



CLOSE OUT! 



A lot of Section Honey Boxes 4Jix4Ji; a Founda- 

 tion Machine 9 inch. Root's make; a lot of Italian 

 Bees and Queens raised from imported mother. 



Address— FISCHER & STEHLE, 



5d Marietta, Wash. Co., Ohio. 



TCCTCI1 I will sell a few tested IT I flllf 



I bO I CU queens about the last of A I LU Iff 



, May at $3 00 each. 

 nilCEUC •'• H. TOWNLEY - , Tomp- HDIPCC 

 yUCCIlO kins, Jackson Co., Mich. rlllUbO 



MARTIN'S 



wire support for 

 frames. Cheapest 

 support in use; du- 

 rable and just the 

 thing. Sample by 

 mail, 6 cts; 30 cts. 

 par lb., 100 in a lb. 



TRY OUR ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Send for price list. Bees by the pound, nuclei, or 

 colony. Circulars of our Bees, Queens, and Novel- 

 ties sent free. Address- 

 ed J. H. MARTIN, Hartford, N. Y. 



BEES AND SUPPLIES. 



Send for Circular and Price List to O. H. Town- 

 send, manufacturer of the Challenge Bee Hive, 

 adapted to the use of the American, the Gallup, and 

 the Root frames. Italian Bees, Nuclei, and Queens 

 from impoi ted stcck. O. H. TOWNSEND, 

 5d Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



SIMPLICITY 



CHAFF, AND STORY AND HALF, HIVES, 



SECTIONS, I KA'IKS. 

 DtHVIIAlVI FOUNDATION, «V<".. 



CHEAP. 

 5 Workmanship superior. Manufactured 

 [TIERUIA1TF A; FAL.OONEK, .Taineotown, N.V 





DECISION. 



This One Piece Section, heretofore called the 

 LEWIS SECTION, h*s been involved in an Inter- 

 ference, in the Patent Ollice, at Washington, be- 

 tween James Forncrook and Lewis & Parks, and the 

 Commissioner decided Priority of Invention in fa- 

 vor of James Forncrook. Send for Price List. 

 5d JAMES FORNCROOK & CO. 



Watertown, Wis., May 1, 1880. 



SAVE VOUR FOWLS A 



FROM CHOLEB. A 

 &c., and get Price List of Pure Bred [*^ 

 Poultry and Eggs for Hatching, Hal- Oi Hi 

 ian Bees, &c, by addressing 

 J. R. LANDES, Albion, Ashland Co., Ohio. 



ITALIAN * 1 - 00 Each— Good Stock. 



REV. W. H. STEELE, 

 QULXIIS r,d Kossuth, Alcorn Co., Miss. 



QUEENS AND Dunham Comb Fdn. at 50c 

 FOUNDATION, per lb., in quantites of 10 

 ids. or less, or 48c per lb. in larger quantities. Post- 

 age and express charges not included. Also, Queens 

 from imported mother; tested, during May and 

 June, $2.00; untested, $1.00. 

 5d J. R. PARK, La Vergnc, Ruth. Co., Tenn. 



A Barnes Foot Power 

 Saw, just new. 



Address Box 298, 

 5-Cd Tyrone, Pa. 



A BARGAIN 



FOUNDATION PRESSES 



FROM $15 TO $40. 



If prices wanted on copper dies alone, send size of 

 frame. 



Foundation made in wired frames a success. Send 

 for our prices on Hives filled with Wired Founda- 

 tion; also prices of Wired Foundation. Common 

 Foundation, Italian Queens, etc., etc. Circulars and 

 Samples free. D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, 111. 5d 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



200 COLONIES ITALIAN BEES. 



Having over 450 colonies of Italian Bees, I will sell 

 200 in lots of 25, 50, 100, or 200, at $5. delivered on 

 board of any Mississippi River steamboat. All the 

 queens are daughters of Imported mothers from 

 two districts of Italy. All in newly painted movable 

 frame hives. PAUL L. VIALLON, 



3tfd Bayou Goula, La. 



CLEANINGS AS AN ADVERTI- 

 SINC MEDIUM. 



Mr. Roof .—Please recall the advertisement you 

 put in March No., for I cannot supply one half the 

 demand. Lizzie McConnell. 



Ripley, O., March 22, 1680. 



Enclosed find P. O. order for one dollar to pay lor 

 advertising, for which accommodation 1 am very 

 much obliged. I have had several applications for 

 my boiler and engine already. W. De. Worth. 



Bordentown, N. J., Apr. 7, 1880. 



