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The pamphlets and booklets listed be- 

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1 MY FIRST SEASON'S EXPERIENCE 



J- WITH THE HONEYBEE. By the "Spec- 

 tator," of the Outlook, of New York. A 

 ten-page leaflet detailing the experiences 

 of this well-known writer. You will read 

 the leaflet through before you lay it down. 

 Free. 

 9 THE BEEKEEPER AND PRUIT- 



'" GROWER. A 15-pag6 booklet giving ac- 

 tual facts regarding the value of bees to 

 fruit, and showing how- beekeeping may 

 be doubly profitable to the fruit-grower. 

 Fruit-growers are realizing as never be- 

 fore the necessity of having honeybees in 

 close proximity to their blossoming fruit. 

 Free. 



CATALOG OF BEEKEEPERS' SUP- 

 PLIES. Our complete catalog will be 

 mailed free to any address on request. 



SPRING MANAGEMENT OF BEES. 

 A 14-page booklet detailing the experi- 

 ences of some successful beekeepers, and 

 giving instructions on this ofttimes per- 

 plexing matter. Price 10 cents. 



HABITS OP THE HONEYBEE. By 

 Dr. E. P. Phillip.s. A somewhat scientific 

 handling of the habits and anatomy of 

 the bee. Price 10 cents. 



HOW TO KEEP BEES. A book of 

 228 pages detailing in a most interesting 

 manner the experiences of a beginner in 

 such a way as to help other beginners. 

 Price $1.00 postpaid. 



THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE. A 

 complete encyclopedia of bees, of 712 

 pages, fully illustrated, $2.00 postpaid; 

 half leather, $2.7.5. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. A 

 64-page 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. 



BACKYARD BEEKEEPING. Six in- 

 teresting lessons written in readable news- 

 paper style. Many facts encouraging the 

 " City Bound " man or woman with the 

 back-to-the-land longing. Free. 



THE BUCKEYE BEEHIVE, or the 

 management of bees in double-walled 

 hives. Of special interest to the amateur 

 beekeeper. The most complete booklet we 

 publish for free distribution. Illustrated 

 throughout; 84 pages. 



ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. A beau- 

 tifully printed book. Best plate paper has 

 been used throughout its 200 pages, with 

 the result that its many fine illustrations 

 are unusually clear in every detail. Bound 

 in an attractive and substantial cloth- 

 $1.00 per copy, postpaid. 



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SPECIAL NOTICES 



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e.\rIjY-order discount. 

 The discount available for early cash orders re- 

 ceived this month is 6 per cent from the revised 

 prices now in effect. This discount eliminates 

 a large part of the advance in price, and is worth 

 your while saving if you are in need of goods for 

 next season, and in position to order with payment 

 accompanying. 



REVISED PRICES. 



We now have in print, ready to mail on request, 

 an eight-page folder giving the revised prices in 

 efi:ect the first of this month with statement of the 

 early-order discounts available for cash orders sent 

 in advance of the season. This folder contains a good 

 many prices which have not been changed, as well 

 as those which have ; but it does not have quite all 

 the price lists of the entire catalog. 



" busy BEE " ENGINE. 



We have adopted for next season a l^/^-H.P. gas- 

 oline-engine made by the same people who have sup- 

 plied our engines for several years. It is water- 

 cooled on skids, and fitted with a special flanged 

 pulley especially adapted to running our power ex- 

 tractors. It will cost only $32.50 complete, ready to 

 run. Here is one item that has been reduced in 

 price. I don't know where you will find its equal 

 for the same money. 



METAL-ROOFED COVER. 



We have adopted as the standard cover on all our 

 hives, unless otherwise specified, the one listed as Re, 

 which has a sheet of metal over the top, and which 

 telescopes over the hive about two inches with a 

 separate super cover under it. This had added some- 

 what to the cost of the hives in the new list of prices. 

 We also give the option of other styles of cover at a 

 reduced price. One of the other styles which we will 

 offer is the old original one-piece board vsdth a cleat 

 on each end. This board may be of several pieces, but 

 so securely put together as to be stronger and better 

 than if iii a single board. It may be of California 

 redwood or pine. Tlie cover we recommend is the 

 one which we have made standard, because we be- 

 lieve, all things considered, it is superior to any 

 other. 



Kind Words from our Customers 



The A. I. Root Co.: — I congratulate you upon 

 your goods, and on having such neat workmen. 

 They are simply fine — your boxes. The bees are try- 

 ing to do the best they can. We have learned, and 

 are getting more products than I ever saw. 



Flushing Ohio, July 22. J. A. MORRIS. 



The ABC and X Y Z is received. The book is 

 every thing that could be desired. It is a running 

 mate for Gleanings, the best book and bee journal 

 published. I should be glad to act as your represent- 

 ative in this locality, as I believe the " backyard " 

 and farmer beekeepers would be greatly benefited 

 bv subscribing for the paper. 

 ' Colfax, Cal., Sept. 27. Monte Hemmy. 



Mij dear Mr. Boyden: — Incidentally it may be of 

 passing interest to you to know that I have beaten 

 my former record this year, as presumably all the 

 beekeepers in the Eastern States have or should have 

 done. I lost something through absence, for the 

 simple reason that my bees filled every thing full of 

 lioney, and then ceased work because there was no 

 further room for storage. As it is, however, I have 

 taken up to the present time, and stored away, a 

 little short of 300 sections of white-clover honey from 

 two colonies, the greater part of which will grade 

 " Fancy." Altliough the season is .somewhat late I 

 supplied suiters with foundation, and the stronger 

 of the two colonies has almost filled the half-depth 

 super in five days' time. 



Detroit, Mich., Aug. 22. J. M. Francis. 



