1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



WITH A FULL LINE OF 



Bee-keepers' 

 Supplies 



We can please you with quick shipments 

 and satisfactory prices and service. Our 

 goods are the ROOT CO.'S make, hence 

 there is nothing to fear as to quality. A 

 card will bring you our 50-page catalog by 

 return mail. Send us your inquiries. We 

 are able to supply you on short notice Ital- 

 ian bees, queens, and one, two, and three 

 frame nuclei. 



John Nebel & Son 



Supply Co. High Hill, Montg. Co., Mo. 



"Rush! 



Send goods first train." 



No supply man can send EVERY order 

 by first train in the midst of the busy 

 season, but 



"Peirce Service- 

 Root Quality" 



means best goods most promptly all the 

 year round. 



Here's a case in point: 



Warren, Ohio, June 4. 

 Edmund W. Peirce: 



Goods just received. Many thanks for prompt- 

 ness. It does one eood to net the attention you 

 trive. I shall know where to order my supplies 

 in the!future. W. W. Lathrop. 



Edmund W. Peirce, 



Zanesvllle, Ohio 



Mr.Bee-Man: 



You cm save time, 

 worry, and money by 

 ^■^■■■■■^^^■^^^^^■■B ordering your 



for next season now. 

 I have a full line of Hives, Supers, Sections, Foundation — 

 in fact, every thine yoo need in the apiary. If you do not 

 have a cataloe, send for one to-day. 



,82 H. H. JEPSON 



Friend St. Phone Haymarlcet 148<«'l 



Boston, 



PUBLICATIONS ON 



CULTURE 



Please use this order form by check- 

 ing in the margin the items wanted 



The pamphlets and booklets listed below 

 are of more than ordinary interest: 



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My First Season's Experience with 

 the Honey-bee. By the " Spectator," of the 

 Outlook, of New Yorlc. A ten-page leaflet detail- 

 ing the experiences of this well-known writer. 

 You will read the leaflet through before you lay 

 it down. Free. 



The Bee-keeper and Fruit-grower. A 

 15-page booklet giving actual facts regarding the 

 value of bees to fruit, and showing how bee- 

 keeping may be doubly profitable to the fruit- 

 grower. Fruitgrowers are realizing as never 

 before the necessity of having honey-bees in 

 close proximity to their blossoming fruit. Free. 



Bee-keeping for Sedentary Folk. A 

 24-page leaflet reciting the actual experiences of 

 an amateur bee-keeper, showing what eqoipirent 

 is best, points derived, etc. Free. 



Catalog of Bee • keepers' Supplies. 

 Our complete catalog will be mailed free to any 

 address on request. 



Transferring Bees. A i4-page booklet 



g'ving instructions and illustrating appliances. 

 No need to keep your bees in old out-of-date 

 hives when they can easily be transferred into 

 new hives and earn profits for you. Price 10 cts. 



Bee-hunting. Gives information necessary 

 to enable one who is active and intelligent to 

 engage in bee-hunting with success. It is well 

 gotten up and worth the price, which is 25 cents. 



Spring Management ot Bees. A 14- 

 page booklet detailing the experiences of some 

 successful bee-keepers, and giving instructions 

 on this oftimes perplexing matter. Price 10 cts. 



Habits of the Honey-bee. By Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips. A somewhat scientific handling of the 

 habits and anatomy of the bee. Price 10 cents. 



How to Keep Bees. A bookof 228 pages, 

 detailing in a most interesting manner the ex- 

 periences of a beginner in such a way as to help 

 other beginners. Price $1.10 postpaid. 



The A B C of Bee Culture. A complete 

 encyclopedia on bees, of nearly 540 pages, fully 

 illustrated. $1.S0 postpaid; half leather, $2.00. 



Cleanings in Bee Culture. A 64page 

 illustrated semi-monthly magazine, the leading 

 exponent of bee culture in this country. Ten 

 cents per issue, but to new subscribers we will 

 furnish it six months for 25 cents. 



This sheet may be used as an order sheet 

 by properly checking on the margin your 

 signature, and remittance, if required. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O.-. 



Please send me the items checked abonje; 

 I inclose $ to co'ver the cost. 



Samt 



Strut Addrtsi or R. F. D . ■ . 



Town 



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