ROOT'S 



BEEKEEPERS' 

 SUPPLIES . . . 



"\'ou may Iiave a catalog of supplies; but if you haven't ours you have missed some- 

 tliiii"' really worlli 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 Avith 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 tlie following: 



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

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

 si)aird frame for an all-round fixture. 



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

 iiniK'i'fections were soon discovered. Your metal-spaced frame has many good points to recommend it, and 

 we 1 egan using this style of frame the first season it was put on the market, and have more than 20,000 of 

 tht'iu in use now. 



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

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

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



.(anesville, Minn., March 8, 1912. " The Hofmann Apiaries, per E. L. Hofmann. 



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

 suj)ply. Many of these booklets are free, Avhich doesn't mean that they are not worth 

 reading, but sim])ly that we want you to be informed on the subjects of which they treat. 

 Send for a catalog, and clieck those in which you are interested. 



Quick Deliveries 



Next (o having the best goods made, tliere is notliing so important to tiie beekeeper 

 in Uie 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 liave them reach destination 

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

 disli'ibuting-houses located in lie large s]ii}qiing-centers we are able to supply beekeei:)ers 

 every^vhere, with no loss of lime ami with minimum transi)orlati()n 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 managei- will include your order with his specifications and you 

 may have youi- goods come in the next car, thereby saving on transportation charges and 

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



Whatever Your Wants 



we can supply you. aiul, of courst', there is no (|uestion al)out the quality i>i' our goods. 

 'I lie name ' liool " in connection with bee-supplies means the best of every thing in the 

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

 used oui' supplies you should make a trial of them this season. Once used, we are sui'e 

 Ann will want no other. 



BRANCH OFFICES 



New York, 139-141 Franklin St. Chicago, 218-231 Institute PI. 



Philadelphia, 8-10 Vine St. Des Moines. 666 W 7th St. 



St. Paul, 1024 Mississippi St. Syracuse, 1681 Genesee St. 



Washington. 1100 Maryland Ave., S. W. 



Mechanic Falls, Maine 



Distributing Depots in Many 

 Large Centers 



The A. I. Root Company 



Executive Offices and Factory 



MEDINA, OHIO 



