ARMSTRONG'S 



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JOYFUL News for Boys and Girls! 

 Young and Old ! ! A NEW IN- 

 VENTlON just patented for them, 

 for Home use ! 



Fret and Scroll Sawing, Turning, 

 Boring, Drilling, Grinding, Polishing, 

 Screw Cutting. Price $5 to §50. 



Send Stamp and address 

 EPHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass. 



"Valentines' Italian Bee-Yard" 



ESTABLISHED 1867! 



Send for new Price-List of Imported and Home- 

 Bred Queens, Comb Foundation, Hives, Section 

 Boxes, Extractors and Bee- Keepers' Supplies. Also, 

 high-class Poultry. Queen-breeding a specialty. 

 First Premiums awarded us at St. Louis Exposition 

 for 1879, on best Italian Bees and Honey. 



VALENTINE & SON, 



1-6 CARLINVILLE, ILL. 



IMPRO VED 



CENTENNIAL BEE HIVE. 



IFIt is the best and most completely ar- 

 ranged hive for all general purposes now in 

 existence. It has been thoroughly tested in 

 every part, and is warranted to give entire 

 satisfaction when given a fair trial. Here 

 is what a practical bee-keeper, of Winches- 

 ter, says of it : 



Plattsburg, Mo. March 13, 1879. 

 Mr. Elvin Armstrong, Jerseyville, 111.: 



Dear Sir :— I received your Improved Centennial 

 Bee-Hive to-day, and after a careful examination of 

 the same, and with the success I have had with the 

 fifty-odd hives I bought of you last year, I can 

 frankly say, that you have a tlrst-class hive in every 

 respect. I truly think a great deal of it on account 

 of its simplicity and the ease with which I can handle 

 my bees in it ; and for out-door wintering I think it 

 has no superior, for the past winter has been a very 

 severe one in this locality (certainly a good test for 

 any hive), and my bees have never come out in finer 

 condition than they have this spring in your hives. 

 Hoping you may be successful in introducing so val- 

 uable a hive through the country, I remain, 



Yours truly, F. C. FROST. 



Correspondence solicited. Send for de- 

 scriptive circular. 

 Address, ELVIN ARMSTRONG, 



Jerseyville, Illinois. 



Friends, if you are in any way interested in 



BEES OR HONEY 



We will with pleasure send you a sample copy of our 



Monthly Gleanings in Bee-Culture, 



with a descriptive price-list of the latest improve- 

 ments in Hives, Honey .Extractors, Artificial 

 Comb, Section Honey Boxes, all books and 

 journals, and everything pertaining to Bee Culture. 

 Nothing patented. Simply send your address on a 

 postal card, written plainly, to A. I. Root, Medina, O. 



Cheap Hives. 



See our " ad." in Journal for December, January, 

 February and March. 



CHEAP SECTIONS. 



Following prices are for any size up to 6x6 : 



Plain, sawed smooth, per 1.000 $4 50 



" sandpapered, " 5 50 



Dovetailed, sawed smooth, per 1 ,000 5 50 



" sandpapered, " 6 50 



Lewis' Sections (all in one piece), sandpapered, 



perl.OOl) 7 50 



Lewis' Honey Boxes and Dovetailed Honey Boxes, 

 very cheap, all of excellent material and Workman- 

 ship. 

 1I#" Send for Price-List. 



LEWIS & PARKS, 



successors to G. B. Lewis, 



12-m6 Watertown, Wis. 



J, E, Wm PERFECTION HONEY BOX, 



Patented May 7th, 18T8. 



BARNES' PATENT 



Foot-Power Machinery 



CIRCULAR and 



SCROLL1SAWS 



Hand, Circular Rip Saws for gen- 

 eral heavy and light ripping. 

 Lathes, &c. These machines are 

 especially adapted to Hive 

 Maklngr- It will pay every bee- 

 keeper to send for our 48 page 

 Illustrated Catalogue. 



W. F. & JOHN BARNES, 

 Rockford, Winnebago Co., 111. 

 junely 



Bees ! — 1879.— Bees ! 



Full Colonies, Nuclei and Queens Cheap. Supplies 

 furnished. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for par- 

 ticulars. S. D. McLean & Son, Culleoka, Maury Co., 

 Tenn. 2-7 



