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(J LEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



BEEHIVES, SECTIONS, ETC. 



"1X7 E make the best bee-hives, shipping-crates, sec- 

 * f tions, etc., in the world, and sell them cheap- 

 est. We are offering- our choicest white one-piece 

 4^x414 sections, in lots of 500, at $3.50 per 1000. 



IS*"" Parties wanting more, write for special 

 prices. No. 2 sections, $2.00 per 1000. Catalogues 

 free, but sent only when ordered. ltfdb 



C. B. LEWIS & CO., Watertown, Wis. 



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RERUM C0GN0SCERE CAUSAS. 



rno know the Causes or Things, is the key to 



1 Success in any industry. It you wish to succeed 

 in the Bee Business, you must read and become 

 acquainted with the most Successful Methods of 

 Bee-Management and Honey-Production. 



IANGSTROTHS WORK, 



REVISED BY DADANT, 



Contains the result of practical experience with 

 Bees. It gives the Physiology of the Bee, with nu- 

 merous Quotations from the latest Scientific 

 Writers, the Description of the best Hives, Direc- 

 tions for the Proper Management and Handing of 

 Bees; the most Practical Methods ol Qneen- 

 Rearing, Swarming (Natural and Artificial), 

 with controlling methods; instructions on Estab- 

 lishing Apiaries, Transferring, Shipping, Mailing, 

 Feeding, Wintering; the best methods of producing 

 Comb and Extracted Honey, the Handling and 

 Harvesting of Honey, the Making of Comb Founda- 

 tion, etc., etc. 



The instructions for the Rendering of Bees- 

 wax are alone worth the price of the Book, to 

 many bee keepers who waste a part of their wax in 

 rendering it. 



This book, "the most complete ever published," is 

 shortly to be published in the French, Italian, and 

 German Languages, by Practical European Apia- 

 rists. It is highly recommended by all publishers 

 of Bee-Literature in the Old World as well as in the 

 New. 



Cloth Binding, 550 Pages, 199 Engravings, 19 

 Full-Page Plates. Gilt front and back. This book 

 is an Ornament to any Library. 



Price: By Express, $1.85. By mail, prepaid, 

 $2.00. Special prices to Dealers who wish to ad- 

 vertise it in their circulars. 



^°We also offer for Sale, 40,000 Lbs. ol" 

 Honey, of our crop of 1889; 25 Tons of Comb 

 Foundation, Smokeis, Bee-Veils of Imported Ma- 

 terial, etc. Send for Circular. Address 

 3tfdb (MAS. DADANT & SON, 



Hamilton, Hancock Co.. Illinois. 



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FOR PURE ITALIAN BEES, 



POLAND-CHINA SWINE. WHITE AND BLACK 



FERRETS, WHITE RABBITS, WHITE 



AND DROWN LEGHORN CHICKENS, AND 



MALLARD DUCKS, ADDRESS 



N. A. KNAPP, ROCHESTER, LORAIN CO., OHIO. 



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BEE-KEEPERS and FRUIT-GROWERS, 



Send for mv price list of 



BEE-EEEPEES' SUPPLIES AND STKAWBERKY - PLANTS. 



Twenty-five varieties to select from. 



Address F.W.LAMM, 



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Apply to CHAS. F. MUTH & SON. 



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P. S. — Send 10-cent stamp for " Practical Hints to 

 Bee-Keepers." (Mention Gleanings.) ltfdb 



BEEHIVES, SECTIONS, ETC. 



We are now selling our No. 1 V-groove sections, 

 in lots of 500, at $3.00 per 1000; No. 2 sections at »2.00 

 per 1000. For price of Italian queens, foundation, 

 smokers, etc., send for price list. 



J. STAUFFER, & SONS, 

 Successors to B. J. Miller & Co., 

 16tfdb Nappanee, Ind. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received my bees all right. I am well pleased 

 with them. Weston Carroll. 



Union, Me., Aug. 30, 1889. 



Smokers and ABC received, 

 claimed for them. 

 New Orleans, La., July 8, 1889. 



Both are all you 

 A. L. Redden. 



Bees were received in splendid condition, and are 

 doing well. Accept my thanks for promptness. 



Albert Whitney. 

 Birmingham, Mo., June 22, 1889. 



I received the Dovetailed hive and sections all 

 right. They give perfect satisfaction. 



Mrs. J. F. Conner. 

 Sand Beach, Mich., Oct. 1, 1889. 



Here is another: Please leave out that ad't in 

 Gleanings, for I have had so many orders for 

 queens that I can't fill them all. F. Howard. 



Fairfield, 111., Sept. 8, 1889. 



A GOOD WORD FOR SUPPLY-DEALERS. 



The smoker is received, and I like it very much. 

 You are as prompt as H. P. Langdon and W. T. Fal- 

 coner. They both are grand good men to deal with. 



Cooperstown, N. Y. E. U. Parshall. 



The A B C of Bee Culture is just splendid. I have 

 got a good many good hints and lessons from it al- 

 ready, which will save me a good deal of work. 



Ravenna, Mich. Herman J. KusiG. 



I received the foundation I sent for, June 20, and 

 I am very much surprised at the small amount of 

 time you took to mail it to me, and also at the good 

 quality. John Mel. 



Glenwood, Cal., June 24, 1889. 



I received the queens in fine shape, and am well 

 pleased. They are the yellowest I ever saw. I in- 

 troduced them to a large colony of black bees, with- 

 out trouble. Thos. B. Elam. 



Mulberry Grove, 111., Aug. 31, 1889. 



The queen-bee arrived safely and satisfactorily. 

 I am well pleased with her and with your directions. 

 I have introduced her successfully. She came to 

 hand on the morning of the 15th. C. R. Myers. 



Flemington, Pa., Aug. 16, 1889. 



I have the pleasure of acknowledging the arrival 

 of goods in fine condition, and according to my 

 order, for which I am pleased to inclose you a bal- 

 ance of due you on above order, with thanks. 



Your method of packing goods is grand. 



Litchfield, 111., Aug. 11, 1889. R. S. Joseph. 



My husband bought a swarm of bees in the 

 spring, and we were advised to get your ABC 

 book. We did so, and that book is the most inter- 

 esting one I ever read. I study it all the time. 



Mrs. I. S. Newcomb. 



Sioux Rapids, la., Sept. 14, 1889. 



I received the nucleus I ordered," of you, June 13. 

 The bees were in fine condition. The queen is be- 

 ginning to lay nicely. I notice from your card, 

 that you shipped the bees the day you received my 

 order. Thanks for your promptness. 



J. M. Thompson. 



Sherrodsville, O., June 17, 1889. 



