1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



187 



I"^ RIPENED FRUIT 



If you are not a subscriber to the Bee-lceepers' Beview 

 then it is the 



Fault of the Advertising; 



and I'll admit that no description of an object can 

 quite equal an actual examination. 



The Rivieu' started modestly, quietly put forth its 

 roots, threw out its branches, budded and blossomed, 

 and is now bearing 



Crops of Ripened Fruit. 



This is not simply a fanciful figure of speech. There 

 are reasons for this, which lack of space forbids men- 

 tioning; but it is an actual fact that the Review is 

 going ahead and "doing things " in a way that really 

 astonishes even its editor. Yes, and a competitor like 

 Bro. Root, during a recent visit, generously admitted 

 that the Review had never 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



"Scintillated" 



(yes, that's the word he used) as it had in the last 

 few months. 



Not as a publisher, but as one bee-keeper to another, 

 I say you ought to take the Review. Of course it will 

 do me some good, but it will do you inore. 



So sure am I that you would be delighted with the 

 Rerieiv that I will make this proposition: Send me 

 $1.00 and I'll send you all of the back numbers from 

 January, 1907, and put your name on the list for the 

 rest of this year. When the back numbers come, 

 take time to look them over carefully; and if you are 

 not 



More Than Satisfied, 



if you would not rather have the Rtview keep on com- 

 ing to the end of the year, than to have the dollar, 

 j ist drop me a postal and I'll take your name off the 

 list, return the dollar, and you will be welcome to 

 keep the back numbers. I could not make this offer 

 if I did not know how good the Review really is— and 

 I want you to know it. 



FLINT, MICH. 



We are not selling enough books. But WE HAVE TO SELL 



ALL THE BEE-BOOKS THAT ARE SOLD IN AMERICA, 



and until March 1 we are Selling Them at 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT from Publishers' Prices. 



And every book is perfect. We are are not offering you seconds or injured books. Not only books, but new 

 and renewal subscriptions to any of the bee-journals are subject to this discount. See what a saving that is. 

 The ABC, the Root book on bees, is sold by other people for $1..50 postpaid; by us for $1.3.5. Twenty-five cents 

 less by freight or express. Advanced Bee Culture, the finest written, the finest printed and bound, of any of 

 the recent bee-books; the hest book for one who is already a bee-keeper, is sold by others for $1.00; by us for 99 cts. 

 How to Keep Bees, by Anna B. Comstock, is the book for the suburbanite with a few colonies of bees who never 

 expects to have a large apiary. Price the same as for Advanced Bee Culture. Either of these last books ten 

 cents cheaper by freight or express. Because we are not selling as many of these books as we want to. we are 

 not only going to aire the discount above mentioned, but we will send as a present to the person from each State 

 who is first to answer this advertisement with a book order any dollar bee-book in the English language which 

 may be requested REMEMBER, we can supply you with best quality of comb or extracted honey at fair 

 prices, and fresh-from-the-factory ROOT BEE-SUPPLIES AT FACTORY PRICES. 



C. S. GRAFFAM & BRO., BANCOR, MAINE. 



QUEENS FOR 1908 



J. E. HAND, the veteran bee-keeper and EXPERT QUEEN- 

 BREEDER, will devote a part of his time the coming season 

 to the rearing of CHOICE QUEENS from a superior strain 

 of LONG-TONGUE RED-CLOVER ITALIANS that have 

 gained a world-wide reputation for HARDINESS, GENTLENESS, AND SUPERIOR HONEY- 

 GATHERING QUALITIES. Watch for his ad. It will open your eyes to 

 a few points in queen-rearing that will save you dollars. 



HIGHLAND BEE AND POULTRY FARM, 



l>.^pS. BIRMINGHAM, ERIE CO., 0. 



Lewis Bee-supplies at Factory Prices 



BEST GOODS. PROMPT SHIPMENTS. FEBRUARY DISCOUNT 3%. 



Send for 1908 catalog on new supplies and fire-sale list. 



I ARND HONEY & BEE SUPPLY CO., H. M. Amd, Prop. successors to 



V 191=193 E. Superior St., Chicago, III. York Honey & Bee Supply Company^ 



