1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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The appearance of the 

 honey helps to sell it. 



If brought to market in our beau- 

 tiful sections, it has an appetizing 

 look which recommends it. 



These Sections are made of the 

 very best grade of basswood, per- 

 fect in finish, and free from defects. 



Comb Fonudatioii 



and everything; that bee-keepers re- 

 quire to make their business profit- 

 able, always on hand. 



Illustrated catalog for the ask- 

 ing. If requested, we will also in- 

 clude a sample copy of the Weekly 

 American Bee Journal. 



Geo. W. York & Co. 



144 «& 146 Erie Street, 



Chicago, = Illinois.. 



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i Wanted! 



HONEY, WAX, ± 



MAPLE SUGAR, J 



SYRUP, AND ♦ 



POPCORN. ♦ 



J A. L. JENKS, 42 W. Market St., Buffalo, N. Y. ^ 

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Red-clover Italian Queens. 



The great honey-gatherers; are bred for business; 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Untested queen, 65c; 2, $1.25. 

 Warranted, 80c; 2, SI. .50. Tested, $1.25 Select tested, 

 92. Estab'd 1872. C. M. Hicks, Hicksville, Md. 



The A. I. Root Co.'s Goods 



shipped from Jackson, ]Mich. Root's extra- 

 polished sections, foundation, hives, shipping- 

 cases, etc., cheap. Send for list. 



W. D. Soper, R. D. 3, Jackson, Mich. 



D. COOLEY, 



DEALER IN BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES, 



KENDALL, MICHIGAN. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. : : Catalog free. 



Pfjj. Calp Choice prolific Italian queens — grand- 

 rur o<tlC« daughters of a queen of which Doolit- 

 tle wrote me, " 8100 will not buy her" — mated with 

 drones of Hutchinson's Superior I,ong-tongue Strain. 

 Warranted queens, 75c; tested, SI 00 and up. Good 

 references, and satisfaction guaranteed 



EARI, Y. SAFFORD, .Salem, N. Y. 



COR SALE. — Seventy-five worker combs on Lang. 

 ■ frames (not self-spacing) 8 cts. each. 



E. D. Barton, East Hampton, Conn. 



THE TRUE TEST! 



of a strain of bees is the amount of honey they gather 

 under like conditions, compared with others. Mr. D. 

 R. Keys, Dixie, Ga., an old bee-keeper, writes : "That 

 queen from you is simply splendid; has shown no dis- 

 position to swarm. Herbees have filled three supers 

 of 35 sections each, capped snow-white, while the 

 average is not one super so far. — June 6, 1901." See 

 back ads. and write for circular, free. I have care- 

 fully selected the best queens for breeders for years, 

 and culled out the poor ones. My stock is a five-band 

 strain, and has /««§■ longues. No small or poor-laying 

 queens sent out. Untested, 75c each; six, St. 00; dozen, 

 S7 50. For select warranted add 25c. Tested, 11.2.5. 

 Select tested, S2,00. Breeders, S3. 00 and up. Queens 

 sent promptly. J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



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We now have facilities 

 for making the Improv- 

 ed Swarthmore Queen- 

 ~"^^^~"^~^~^^^~^~~"~"~~ nursery Cages rapidly, 

 and can fill all orders by return mail at 75 cts. each, 

 or 70 cts. by express with other goods Mr. E. R. Root 

 said: "I believe that the Swarthmore will eventually 

 supersede all other methods of cup-making, it is so 

 simple." Mr. R. V. Murray, artist for The Root Co., 

 says: "I believe your cell-cups and methods of form- 

 ing by far the simplest and mo.st up-/o dale thing out 

 — no fuss, no feathers — as handy as a pocket in a 

 shirt." A large queen-breeder in the South says : 

 " Your plan is O. K., and I shall adopt it. Send full 

 outfit at once. We have succeeded in getting JO cells 

 out of a possible 40 accepted, several times— and such 

 fine ones, too ! " We will send a single sample Fertil- 

 izing Box, postpaid by mail, for 25 cts. Queens now 

 ready. We have the Golden-all-over and the much- 

 talked-of Long-tongued stock. Tested, either strain, 

 SI. 00 each, bv return mail. Send for circular. 

 The Swarthmore Apiaries, 

 E. L- Pratt. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. 



Northern Italian Queens 



Reared from Imported Mothers. 



Our stock is so carefully bred and selected as to 

 secure carloads of honey. Locality free from foul 

 brood and other bee - diseases. Prices : Untested 

 queen, 81.00; 6 for 85.00; tested queen, SI. .50; 6 for $7.50; 

 best imported queen, S6.00; fair imported queen, 85.00. 



OfiFers on our Entire Queen Bus- 

 iness, including our reputation, our 

 Superior long-tongued stock, three 

 entire apiaries, 500 nuclei, and entire 

 outfits for queen-rearing. We have a 

 favorable climate and excellent loca- 

 tions. Cause for selling made known 

 on application. Full particulars free. 

 If interested let us hear from you. 



There is no foul brood or other dis- 

 ease in Texas. Single nuclei (with 

 their queens) winter perfectly here. 



Swarthmore ! 



Ada L. Pickard, 



Richland Center, Wis. 



FOR SALE.— 200 crates of two 60-lb. cans each; been 

 used once; in good condition: in lots of 10 crates, 

 35 cts. each. Fred W. Muth & Co., 



Southwest Corner Front & Walnut, Cincinnati, O. 



