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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



BEESWAX 



WANTED 



"l^E are always in the market for bees- 

 "^ wax, and will pay the best maricet 

 price. We used last year in the manufac- 

 ture of Comb Foundation over 



EIGHTY TONS 



and are likely to need fully as much for 

 this year's trade. Send your wax direct to 

 us, being sure to pack it carefully for 

 safe shipment, and mark it so we can easily 

 tell who sends it. Write to us, at the same 

 time sending a shipping receipt, and stating 

 weight of shipment, both gross and net. 



We are paying at this date for pure aver- 

 age beeswax delivered here, 29 cents per 

 pound cash, or 31 cents in trade. On 

 choice yellow wax we pay a premium of 

 one to two cents a pound. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO 



Boo Supply Houso 



Everything for Bees 



We manufacture the latest ap- 

 proved supplies and sell direct ^^ 

 at factory prices. We're old- ' ~ ^ 

 time bee people in abeecountry. 

 We know your needs. Early 

 order discounts. Send for cat- 

 alog. Don't buy till it comes. 



LEAHY MANUFACTURINQ CO. 



10 Talmage^St., Hlgglnsvllle, Mo. 

 1699 South' 13th St., Omaha, Neb. 

 Also E. T. Flanagan & Sons, Box 2, Belleville. 111. 



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GEO.S.GRAFFAM^BRO. 



. . SELL . . 



ROOT SUPPLIES 



BLACK DIAMOND BEES AND QUEENS 



BLACK DIAMOND BRAND HONEY 



and do a general bee and 



honey business 



We buy and sell honey, have second-hand packages for 

 comb and extracted honey, have bareains in second-hand 

 hives and fixtures, and are situated to serve you with any 

 thing a bee-keeper wants or needs. Our catalog and cir- 

 culars are free. Write our office, 47 Main St., or call 

 there or at our warehouse, 105 Third St., 

 BANGOR, MAINE. 



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Poultry and Bee 

 Supplies 



This 



is 'where nve 



shine. 



A large and complete stock always on hand, and all the 

 latest goods made. 



Prairie State Incubators 

 and Brooders, 



The most reliable machines made to-day; they are 

 guaranteed to please, or money will be refunded. How 



does that sound ! 



Root's Bee Supplies 



The best made, the most satisfactoiy, and, above all. 

 the cheapest in the end; no misfits or knotty stufi; 

 every piece fits in its place; the kind you have always 

 had, and we know the kind every successful manager of 

 bees wants. Root's Quality counts with us. 



Send in your orders; we will do the rest. 



Our new 1909 catalog will be out soon. Send us 

 your name for one, and be in the lead. They are free. 



CRICCS BROS. & NICHOLS CO. 



523 Monroe St., TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Listen ! 



We wish to announce that we have pur- 

 chased The A. I. Root Co. 's supply busi- 

 ness for Western Pennsylvania from Mr. 

 John N. Prothero, of DuBois, Pa., and are 

 ready to fill orders promptly with a full line 

 of supplies. 



Root's Goods 



always give satisfaction. Three-per-cent 

 discount in February on cash orders, from 

 catalog prices. 



Geo. H. Rea has turned his entire bee business over to 

 us. We can supply you with the very best Italian bees and 

 queens. Orders booked now for spring delivery about 

 May 1. Every queen purely mated, each, $1.00; dozen, 

 $11.00. 



Two-frame nucleus and queen, $2.00; very strong 

 colony, $10.00. 



Three-frame nucleus and queen, $3.50; medium colony, 

 $8.00. 



Four-frame nucleus and queen, $5.00; good hybrids, $5. 00. 



Bees in 8 or 10 frame hives; good queen in each. 



We can supply you with any thing in the 



Bee Line. 



BIG BEE SALE. —300 colonies offered. 



30 per cent discount on good Italians, 

 25 per cent discount on good Hybrids, 

 on all cash orders for full colonies received by March 25. 



REA BEE & HONEY CO., 



Reynoldsvilla, • . • Ponnsylvanla. 



