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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



ROOT'S 



BEEKEEPERS* 

 SUPPLIES . . . 



You may have a catalog of supplies; but if you haven't ours you have missed some- 

 thing really worth while, and should get one at once. It is the largest and most complete 

 ever published — more than a mere price list of supplies — a book that every beekeeper can 

 read with pleasure and profit. Beginners will find answers to many perplexing questions, 

 and advanced beekeepers timely suggestions that will save them money. Extensive and 

 prosperous beekeepers are writing us frequent letters like the following : 



The A. I. Root Co. : — We have bought bees almost every season for a great many years, and in this way 

 handled several styles of frames ; but to date we have not found any thing that compares with your metal- 

 spaced frame for an all-round fixture. 



For the benefit of students we have experimented with other styles of metal spacers, and in every case 

 imperfections were soon discovered. Your metal-spaced frame has many good points to recommend it, and 

 we began using this style of frame the first season it was put on the market, and have more than 20,000 of 

 them in use now. 



For strength and rapid manipulation this frame has no equal. We use it alike in brood-chamber and 

 extracting-supers, as with our plan of management a frame may be in the brood-chamber at one time and in 

 the super at another, or the reverse may be true. 



Janesville, Minn., March 8, 1912. The Hofmann Apiaries, per E. L. Hofmann. 



Our catalog also gives a full and complete list of books and booklets Avhich we can 

 supply. Many of these booklets are free, which doesn't mean that they are not worth 

 reading, but simply that we want you to be informed on the subjects of which they treat. 

 Send for a catalog, and check those in wliich you are interested. 



Quick Deliveries 



Next to having the best goods made, there is nothing so important to the beekeeper 

 in the busy season as to have goods delivered just when they are wanted most. It isn't 

 always possible to ship goods from a distant factory and have them reach destination 

 within a day or two, as is sometimes necessary during the height of the season, but with 

 distributing-houses located in the large shipping-centers we are able to supply beekeepers 

 everywhere, with no loss of time and with minimum transportation charges. 



Send Your Hurry Orders 



to any one of the offices listed below, and let us show you what we can do for you in point 

 of service. Cars are going to these branches at the rate of two or three a week, so the 

 stocks are new and fresh, and we usually have just what you want. If it isn't in stock at 

 your nearest branch our manager will include your order with his specifications and you 

 may have j'our goods come in the next ear, thereby saving on transportation charges and 

 getting the goods in better shape than \o\\ would by local freight. 



Whatever Your Wants 



we can supply you, and, of course, there is no question about the quality of our goods. 

 The name " Root " in connection with bee-supplies means the best of every thing in the 

 line, and the best is always the cheapest, as our customers will testify. If you have never 

 used our supplies you should make a trial of them this season. Once used, we are sure 

 you will want no other. 



BRANCH OFFICES 



New York. 139-141 FrankUn St. Chicafio. 211-281 Institute PI. 



Philadelphia. 8-10 Vine St. Des Moines. 665 W. 7tb St. 



St. Paul, 1024 Mississippi St. Syracuse, 1631 Genesee St. 



Washlnston. 1100 Maryland Aye.. S. W. 



Mechanic Falls, Maine 



Distributing Depots in Many 

 Large Centers 



The A. I. Root Company 



Executlye Offices and Factory 



MEDINA. OHIO 



