January, I9l5. 



American T^ee Journal 



3 Percent January Discount on 



''falcon'' Bee Supplies 



How much percent interest do you get in the bank — wouldn't it pay to invest in bee supplies now and save the 4 

 percent — you'll have your money tied up only a few months ? 



"Falcon " foundation and supplies have the quality, and with the superior workmanship back of them make them 

 perfect. 



If you have never used " Falcon " supplies, send a list of your 1915 requirements and let us quote. Some of the old 

 veteran beekeepers who purchased " Falcon " hives when we first started manufacturing supplies about 4(1 years ago, tell 

 us than the hives are in good shape yet. In some cases they tell us the hives have not been painted for about 25 years, 

 which goes to show that " Falcon " supplies have the QUALITY. 



Remember we are the manufacturers of that sweet pure *' Falcon " foundation. We have OUR OWN plant and 

 OUR OWN process for making foundation. Samples will be gladly sent for your inspection. 



Red Catalog postpaid " Simplified Beekeeping," postpaid 



Dealers Everywhere 

 W. T. FALCONER MFG. CO., FALCONER, N. Y. 



Where the good bee hives come from 



We Have Decided 



Not to change the prices for iqis. 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 in business since i8q«. 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 inquiries. Let 

 us hear from you. We handle the best make 

 of supplies for the beekeeper. Beeswax 

 exchanged for supplies or cash. 



J. NEBEL & SON SUPPLY CO., 

 High Hill, Montg. Co., Mo. 



ARTISTS 



ENGRAYERVELECTROiyPERS 



542 550 S.DEARBORN ST 



1 PONTIAC BLDG: CHIC/kGO. 



1865 



1915 



LOOKING BACKWARD!! 



HALF A CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT! 



"Great oaks from little acorns grow." It was indeed a tiny acorn from which this great oak, the largest fac- 

 tory of Beekeepers' supplies in the world, has grown — -a stray swarm of bees, which, in the year 1865, happened to 

 pass over the workshop of A. I. Root. Little did he dream then that the hiving of this absconding swarm of bees 

 would give rise to all this activity, and that, in years to come, there would arise a mighty factory in Medina, Ohio, 

 covering over 6 acres of ground and employing 300 men, devoted entirely to the manufacture of Beekeepers' supplies, 

 with Branches, Agents and distributing houses in every large city in the United States and in every civilized coun- 

 try of the world. 



It is a far cry from the little workshop in which A. I. Root began to make hives with the aid of a windmill (sit) 

 ting up nights in order to make use of the precious power whenever the wind should happen to set the mill a-going 

 to the modern up-to-date plant with its many departments and numerous scientific machinery and appliances, which 

 now has taken its place. 



The history of Beekeeping does not record any such phenomenal growth as that experienced by Beekeepers 

 in the United States during the last 50 years, which, of course, made it incumbent on the manufacturers of supplies 

 to keep up with the procession, and it has ever been our aim and ambition, not only to keep up with the procession, 

 but rather to keep ahead of it, leading rather than being led. Thus it is that we have spared no expense to be able 

 to give our customers the benefit of all new inventions and improvements, trying out everything that is submitted to 

 us, following out the suggestions of our many loyal employees as well as of clients and others, giving everything a 

 fair and exhaustive trial, frequently at a considerable cost, only to be, more often, discarded as impractical. 



As we look back over the last 50 years and the first half century of our existence, we sometimes wonder how 

 we have been able to meet and solve the many vexing problems that confronted us at every turn, but somehow they 

 have been met, until today " ROOT'S GOODS" are known the world over, and are synonymous with perfect work- 

 manship, the best of raw materials, and the latest up-to-date appliances and machinery. 



Truly it has been half a century of achievement, and if the next 50 years, as has been prophesied, will see a still 

 greater extension and development in Beekeeping in th's and other countries, we trust that at the end of the century 

 of our existence we may still be in the lead, and in a position to serve our many friends, here and abroad, even bet- 

 ter than we have been able to do during the last 50 years. 



We extend a fraternal greeting to all Beekeepers on this, our fiftieth anniversary, thanking them for their 

 patronage, and asking their indulgence for any shortcomings of which we may have been guilty in the past, and 

 which, with their kind assistance, we hope to be able to remedy in the future. 



THE A. I. ROOT COIVIPANY, IVIEDINA, OHIO 



