1908 



aLEANlN(4S IN BEK CULTURE 



401 



Root Observation 



nlVBS 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 knovpledge. 



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 observtion hive such asa 

 we m ase. 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 require to learn 

 (ill 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 



order for bee-supplies. 



You will not regret it. 



On the contrary youwill 



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 



PRICK LIST OF ObSEKVATION HIVES. 



Observation Hive (8-frame), complete with super,includingframes,sections,gl:iss-no bees . . . .$7.50 



,, __ without frames 7.00 



Super _" complete, with sections 2.50 



__ Hive " without super : 5.00 



Brood-chamber, complete, with frames— no cover or iDottom 3.75 



without frames 3.25 



One-frame Observation Hive for Danz. frame, no super, with case 2.50 



\\ " for Hoffman L. frames, no super. with case 2.50 



\\ for Danz. frames, with super, with case 3.00 



for Hoffman L. frames, with super for AH section, with case :H.OO 



.fe.OO 

 4.. 50 

 1.50 

 3.50 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.25 

 1.25 

 1..50 

 l..-)0 



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



FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS IN BEE-SUPPLIES. 



