1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



875 



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I The Fred W. Muth Co. I 



-Front & Walnut Streets- 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 1 



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^ Muth's 1-pound square with patent A 



^ glass stoppers and steel spring are i 



^ the best. 4®=* Only 55.50 per gross. A 



* Send for catalog of bee-supplies. ^ 



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QUEENS! 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



We are now breeding from three dis- 

 tinct strains ; viz. : Imported or leather 

 color, Root's long-tongued or red-clo- 

 ver strain, and our old strain of white- 

 banded yellow Italians, or albinos. 



PRICES: 



Tested, each $1.25 



Select tested, each 1.50 



Warranted purely mated, each 75 



Same, per half dozen 4.00 



Same, per dozen 7.50 



Untested, each 65 



Same, per half dozen 3.50 



Same, per dozen 7.00 



We have also a full line of bee-keep- 

 ers' supplies including THE A. I. 

 ROOT COMPANY'S GOODS. Send 

 for our 32-page illustrated catalog. 



W. W.Cary & Son, 



Lyonsville, Mass. 



HONEY QUEENS! 



Laws' Leather=colored Queens. 



Laws' Improved Golden Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



A prominent queen-breeder writes : " I have reared 

 and sold over 5000 queens in the past few years, and I 

 am using your stock exclusively, as it is the best I can 

 get." Another writes : "The queen mother I got of 

 you is the best queen I ever saw." A prominent writer 

 for the Review states the Laws queen is making a fine 

 showing. Many nice letters inclicative of the superi- 

 ority of Laws' queens on file. Prices : Tested or un- 

 tested, $1.00 each; six for $5.00. Discount on large lots. 

 Write for circular. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



f 100 per cent Profit from Bees | 



■*.ii.i-j, in California shown by U. S. r^J^'^ 

 ■■^S Honey Report of 1899 — a ^ 

 ^ short year. Our 1901 crop flj 

 ^ of 800 cars of honey shows a if* 

 \|/ profit of 180 per cent on the ft^ 

 )|« investment. By this same 4* 

 ^/ report the Eastern States (fy 

 V(/ show an average profit of (jV 

 \4ii only 50 per cent on the in- ^ 

 \|/ vestment. 100 colonies in a 'fl 

 \iu good year will make a clear f* 

 \jtt profit of 100 per cent. They »j> 

 ^ are no expense in off years, ^j* 

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The Pacific Bee Journal Free ! 



We club with Gleanings 

 (new or renewal) for $1.00 a 

 year. Send siibscription for 

 both to us at 257 East Fourth 

 Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 



The Pacific Honey Producers. 



»♦» Incorporated for $50,000; |1 a JJJ 

 *♦/ share Its property is man- 2! 

 » ufacturing plant and apia- 2, 

 ries. Prospectus on request. ^ 



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That's all it costs for a year's reading of the 



Rocky Mountain 

 Bee Journal. 



Besides reflecting all the doings and happenings 

 and the latest methods and appl ances that pertain 

 to bee-keeping in the great Rocky Mountain alfalfa 

 regions, we talk up co-operation and organization 

 as no other bee-journal has ever undertaken to do. 

 This journal will give you new ideas, and help you 

 whether you own one colony or 50U0. You need it. 

 The 10-cent trial offer is withdrawn. Samples free. 



H. C. MOREHOUSE, BOULDER, COLO. 



Postofflce Box 611. 



POULTRY PAPER 3 flonths 



and book, "Plans for Poultry-houses," 10 cts. Paper one year 

 and book, 25 cts, if you mention Gleanings (reg. price, 50 cts). 

 Inland Poultry Journal, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



WO RANGE ADVERTISED EQUALS THIS. 

 Full Weight, Blue Polished Steel Range sent on 



30 DAYS' FREE TRIAL 



Uur "Grand Union," as illustrated, 

 the lii'.est ran^e in existence. Made 

 iif >)est blue jiolished steel, full oize, 

 fiiil vn-iRlit, t'lill lined. Large square 

 ovcTi with s|)ring drop door; 25 inch. 



iiH t)i)x for coal or wood. Higliiy 



ornamented, triple nickel 'ilaled. 



("oniiilete with porcelain lined 



«*i-Msi-ivoir and high closet. 



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OO direct price « IT QC 

 •! 1.75, others low as* I I ■*PU 



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