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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 15, 19C'5 



GLEANINGS 



IN BEE=CULTURE 



It is most possible that every reader of the American Bee Journal 

 is familiar with Gleanings. But how many are numbered among us 

 subscribers? They all should be, for a bee-keeper that finds one bee- 

 paper profitable can afiord another and still increase his profits. 

 Gleanings has many points of excellence. We outline a few of them 

 below But we would prefer to have you read our new "Gleanings 

 Prospectus." This is a 24-page booklet telling all about Gleanings. 

 A postal will bring it ! 



Contributors 



Gleanings has a splendid array of departments and contributors. 

 Every issue should be worth the price of a year's subscription to any 

 bee-keeper. We can't give a complete list here, but if you read the 

 list below you will i«' how valuable a paper we are publishing. 



Stray Straws 



By Dr. C. C. Miller. In this department you will find him at 

 his best. 



Bee-Keeping' Among- the Rockies 



By J. A. Green. The bee-keepers of this region will 

 find their interests well taken care of; indeed, Mr. 

 Green's articles are read with pleasure everywhere. 



Gleanings from the Pacific Coast 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. The Coast bee-keepers have 

 problems of their own, and Prof. Cook is perhaps the 

 best authority. His department is always timely and of 

 great interest. 



Bee-Keeping in the Southwest 



By Louis H. Scholl. The Southwest is a great bee-keeping 

 country. Mr. Scholl is a practical bee-keeper and a writer of note. 



Conversations with Doolittle 



Perhaps no one writer has contributed so much information to 

 modern bee-keeping. In this department appear his best articles, and 

 no bee-keeper can afiord to miss a single one. 



Pickings 



By Stenog. A review of all apicultural literature. 



Heads of Grain 



A gold mine of valuable ideals for the bee-keeper. Every issue 

 contains 20 to 30 short articles by bee-keepers, telling of their favorite 

 way of doing things. Illustrated by an expert. 



General Correspondence 



Should have been entitled, " Golden Correspondence." In every 

 number the most successful bee-keepers of the world tell their expe- 

 riences. No bee-keeper can afford to miss a word from such men :is 

 these: Hoffman, Burnett, Hershiser, Hyde, Alexander, Bingham, 

 West, Phillips, etc., etc. 



Illustrations 



Every number of Gleanings contains such a wealth of illustrations 

 that it is exceeded by no other bee-paper in the world. Full-page and 

 lees of the best half-tones printed on special paper as well as numerous 

 line cuts. This item alone doubles the value of Gleanings. 



Special Offers 



To induce every reader of the American Bee Journal to read 

 Gleanings also, we make the following special offers: Pick out the 

 one that suits you, and then send TO-DAY. You cannot regret this 

 move. 



1. Gleanings and the American Bee Journal one year $1.75 



2. Six months' Trial 25 



3. Gleanings 1 year, and Red Clover Italian Queen (April, May, 



or June) 1.50 



4. Gleanings 1 year and A B C of Bee-Culture, postpaid 2.00 



5. Gleanings 1 year and Langstroth revised, postpaid 2.00 



6. Gleanings 1 year and Doolittle's Queen-Rearing, postpaid 1.75 



~. Gleanings 1 year and Standard Cornell Smoker, postpaid 1.85 



Our Second Prize Photo Competition 



Is open to all subscribers of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. Read the conditions over and try to win one of 

 our prizes : 



We offer the foUowing^ prizes for different 

 kinds of photos : Class A, photo of apiary. 

 Class B, photo of comb honey. Class C, photo 

 of any object of interest to bee-keepers, not in- 

 cluded in first two classes. 



REWARDS 



Each class will be awarded a first, second, 

 and third prize. First prize, winner will be al- 

 lowed to select goods from our catalog to the 

 amount ©f $5; second prize, same as first, except amount 

 is $3 ; third prize, same as first, except amount is $2. 



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CONDITIONS 



Contest closes Sept. 1, 1905. Contest is open to all ages, 

 and limited to United States and Canada, as the foreign 

 contest is still on. We suggest that photos of honey should 

 show the product of one colony, and be arranged so as to 

 expose the entire face of each section, similar to the photos 

 often shown by Mr. Danzenbaker. If preferred, a select 10 

 sections could be photographed, or any other idea may 

 be used. 



Photos should not be marked in any way, but your full 

 name and address should be put on a separate sheet, and 

 enclosed with photo, marked " For prize competition." Do 

 not neglect this. Photos not winning a prize will be paid 

 for according to the value to us, if we can use them. The 

 prizes will be awarded with special reference to clearness 

 of photo and artistic beauty and the instructive and inter- 

 est-drawing power. No photo returned unless stamp is en- 

 closed for return. Prize-winning photos are to become our 

 property. 



SA-Ii^PTjEI COP'S" FK.EB 



THE A. I. ROOT COflPANY 



New York, 44 Veseu St^ 



HEDINA, OHIO 



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