February, lf)i: 



American l^ee Joarnal 



WANTED at once looo more customers to 

 try some of that sweet pure "Falcon" 

 foundation and some of those high class 

 " Falcon " bee supplies. Samples of "Fal- 

 con " foundation, copy of "Simplified Bee- 

 Keeping" and ked Catalog will be mailed 

 free for the asking. 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., Falconer, N. Y. 



We Have Decided 



Not to change the prices for 1015. and will 

 not mail new catalogs to our customers un- 

 less we are requested. Order from last 

 catalog. Send us list of goods wanted for 

 best prices. No one can beat us. We have 

 been in business since 1809. Reference, 

 any mercantile agency. 



H. S. DUBY & SON, St. Anne, 111. 



Beekeepers' Supplies 



Write us for our 64-page catalog. FREE. 

 Full information given to all inauiries. Let 

 us hear from you. We handle the best make 

 of supplies for the beekeeper. Beeswax 

 e.xchanged for supplies or cash. 



J. NEBEL & SON SUPPLY CO., 

 High hill, Montg. Co., Mo. 



Leather Colored Italians 



I claim that my strain of bees is as good as 

 the best, and guarantee them to give satis- 

 faction, I have the kind of Queens that you 

 want. Am booking orders now. Write early, 



C. S. ENGLE, 

 Beeville, Bee Co., Texas 



Where the Dovetailed Hives are Made 



Three entire floors of our factory 

 are devoted to making hives, sections, 

 frames, supers, shipping cases, queen- 

 cages, nucleus boxes, and all other arti- 

 cles made of wood, a glimpse of one of 

 which can be had from the accompany- 

 ing illustration. 



Here are located the many and 

 often complicated machines and appli- 

 ances, most of which were designed 

 and built especially for usand each one 

 of which makes but a small part of the 

 hive. Visitors have often expressed 

 surprise that so small an object as a 

 section honey box, for instance, should 

 require so much handling and pass 

 through so many hands until the final 

 product is ready for shipment. 



There are probably few beekeepers 

 who have any idea how the dovetailed 

 hive is made, and who realize that, 



A Corner of One of the Floors Devoted 

 to Woodworking 



first of all, the lumber must be care- 

 fully selected and seasoned, then cut 

 into the right lengths, passed through 

 the machines which dovetail the sides 

 and ends; through other machines 

 where they are fitted together; nailed 

 and sandpapered ; provided with rab- 

 bets in the interior, etc., etc. ; while at 

 the same time the bottom-board and 

 the cover is made in another part of 

 the factory, each one of which requires 

 similar handling. The various parts of 

 the hive are then sent to the assemb- 

 ling room, where they are put together, 

 and finally to the packing room, where 

 they are packed in such a manner as to 

 occupy the least possible space (thus 

 reducing the cost of transportation to 

 a minimum), and shipped to all parts of 

 the globe. 



" ROOT'S GOODS " have, indeed, become a synonym for perfect workmanship and the best materials, and are 

 known in every civilized country of the world. 



Our 1915 catalog (the largest we have ever published) is now ready for dist 

 postpaid, on receipt of a post card. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Executive Offices and Factory, MEDINA, OHIO 



stribution, and will be promptly mailed, 



New York, l:W 141 I'ranklinSt. 

 Philadelphia, 8 10 Vine St. 

 Chicago, 215 West Ohio St. 

 St. Paul, 850 Payne Ave. 



Branch Offices 



San Francisco, .58 Sutter St. 

 Des Moines, ill5-',)17 Walnut St. 

 Syracuse, 1631 West Genesee St. 

 Indianapolis, 859 Massachusetts Ave. 



/anesville, Ohio. 

 Mechanic Falls, Maine. 

 Washington, 1100 Maryland .\ve., S. W. 

 Los Angeles, Calif., 048 \i. Second St. 



