The season just passed has demonstrated more clearly than ever the necessity for being prepared for a honey- 

 flow before it comes. If you wait until the season is upon you, the chances are that the greater part of the crop 

 will be lost while you are impatiently waiting for supplies to arrive. It may seem a little early now to think 

 of next season's honey harvest; but the fact of the matter is, this is just the time to order goods for next 

 season. 



We are beginning now to replenish our stocks. We shall soon have carload orders coming from the factory. 

 Special orders placed now can have just the attention they need, both here and at the factory, and you may 

 have your goods sent in one of our cars, thereby saving on transportation charges. Regular stock will come 

 straight to you from our warehouse in new unbroken packages, and you can put the goods together in your 

 odd minutes, thereby saving the expense of extra help in the spring. 



Our usual discounts for early orders apply again this season — .j percent for cash orders sent in Novem- 

 ber, the discount lessening one percent per month as the season advances. These discounts mean a consid- 

 erable saving, and you might as well take advantage of the highest by ordering now. No change of prices 

 has as yet been announced, and you may, therefore, order from your present catalog. If your catalog has 

 been mislaid, write us at once and we will send another. 



C. H. W. WEBER & CO., 



2146 Central Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 



Where the Dovetailed Hives are Made 



Three floors of one of our buildings 

 are devoted to making hives, sections 

 frames, supers, shipping cases, queen- 

 cages, nuclt us boxes, and all other arti- 

 cles made o( Wl od. A glimpse of one of 

 these floors is given in 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 us and 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 muc i 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 Hlirj catalog (the largest we have ever published) is now ready for distribution, and will be promptly mailed 

 postpaid, on request. (Large stocks at our branches.) 



THE A. I. ROOT COIVIPANY, Executive Offices and Factory, IMEDINA, OHIO 



New York, 139-141 Franklin St. 

 Philadelphia, 8 10 Vine St. 

 Chicago, 215 West Ohio St. 

 St. Paul, 850 Payne Ave. 



Branch Offices 



San Francisco, 58 Sutter St. 

 Des Moines, 015 017 Walnut St. 

 Syracuse, I():il West Genesee St. 

 Indianapolis, 850 Massachusetts Ave. 



Zanesville, Ohio. 

 Mechanic Falls, Maine. 

 Washington, 1100 Maryland Ave., S. W. 

 Los Angeles, Calif., 018 L. Second St. 



