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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Mar. 15 



Root Observation 



HlVBS for Nature Study. . 



At the present time the general 

 tendency is to go to nature for our 

 facts; and students of any phase of 

 natural science are expected to rely 

 on personal observation for the larger 

 part of their knowledge. 



For a thorough and intimate ac- 

 quaintance with the facts °of^ insect 

 life in general or of bee life in partic- 

 ular there is nothing to be compared 

 with a good observation hive such as 

 we make. By 

 careful observa- 

 tion the facts of 

 bee life will be 

 impressed on 

 the memory in 

 a way that shall 

 never be for- 

 gotten; whereas 

 if you trusted 

 to books "it 

 would go in one 

 ear and out the 

 other." More- 

 over, what you 



made like good furniture, and nobody 

 need be ashamed to have a hive on the 

 window-sill of the sitting-room or par- 

 lor. They are excellent for showing 

 to one's friends who I'equire to learn 

 (tU about bees in one lesson. Incident- 

 ally they help the sale of honey by 

 interesting consumers in honey-bees. 



THE COST 

 IS SMALL. 



As you will observe by 

 the annexed price list 

 the cost is small. In point 



^^^ of fact, we can suit the 



, slenderest purse. Order 

 one with your regular 



jfii-*" order for bee-supplies. 



You will not regret it. 

 On the contrary you will 

 be surprised that you did 

 not have one long ago. 



read in books is not always so. We 

 make up these hives in a number of 

 ways to suit various ideas and different- 

 sized purses. In the end they all amount 

 to the same thing— a considerable ad- 

 dition to our stock of real knowledge. 



The CONSTRUCTION 

 IS OF THE BEST. 



We make no attempt, in making 

 these observation hives, to reduce the 

 cost to the last cent, because to do so 

 would lead to dissatisfaction and fail- 

 ure. As a matter of fact they are 



PRICE LIST or OBSEBVATION HIVES. 



Observation Hive (8-lrame), complete with super, including frames, sections, glass— no bees.... $7.50 



" " " without frames ^-^ 



" Super " complete, with sections • ~-^ 



" Hive " withoutsuper — '. ^-Ji" 



Brood-chamber, complete, with frames— no cover or bottom ^. 'o 



" without frames. ^-^ 



One-frame Observation Hive for Danz. frame, no super, with case ^-oO 



" for Hoffman L. frames, no super, with case ^-oO 



" for Danz. frames, with super, with case • ^-00 



" for Hoflman L. frames, with. super for 4}^ section, with case S.m 



In fiat, $5.00 

 4.50 

 1.50 

 3.50 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 1.50 



MADE BY THE A. I. ROOT CO., MEDINA, 0. 



FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS IN BEE-SUPPLIES. 



