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Supplies for the Apiary, send for our price-list be- 

 fore making your purchases for 1879. If you want 



Comb Foundiitioii of Best Quality, 



and for lens money than heretofore, send for our 

 price-list and learn how 'tis done. We sell GLASS 

 for honey-boxes, 



Tin Separators, Bee-Smokers, Honey Extractors, Wax 

 Extractors. Honey Knives. Prize Boxes, Sec- 

 tions, Bee Hives, Comb Foundation, 

 and many other things, all at astonishingly low 

 prices. 



Italian Queens, Nucleus Colonies and 

 Full Colonies ol Italian Bees, 



of the CHOICEST STOCK in the country, will be fur- 

 nished in any quantity, at the lowest living prices. 



Our CIRCULAR contains much valuable informa- 

 tion, and tells you the best methods of introducing 

 queens, artificial swarming, how to secure the 



MOST SURPLUS HONEY, 



and how to obtain the HIGHEST PRICE for the 

 same. Our arrangements are such that we shall be 



HEADQUARTERS 

 for apiarian supplies during 1879. If you have any 

 doubts on this point, just send us your name on a 

 postal card, and our circular will be forthcoming, 

 showing you how to save money in buying supplies. 



Our Motto: The Best Goois at the Lowest Prices. 



Address, HERBERT A. BTJRCH «fc CO., 



1-tf South Haven, Mich, 



SPERRY & CHANDLER'S 



NORTH STAR HIVE. 



There are now over 1,000 of these Hives in use in 

 different parts of the United States, and wherever 

 tried they are pronounced the best Hives before the 

 public for all general and special purposes. We are 

 now prepared to promptly fill all orders for the North 

 Star, or Improved Langstroth, with our patent 

 Manipulating Side. Samples of surplus honey taken 

 from the North Star, as also our hives in use, may be 

 seen at the American Bee Journal office. Send for 

 illustrated circular— correspondence solicited. 



Address SPERRY & CHANDLER, 



974 W. Madison Street, 



Or American Bee Journal, Chicago, 111. 8-tf 



GEORGE GRIMM, 



OF 



JEFFEHSON, WISCONSIN, 



hereby respectfully gives notice to the public, that 

 his Circular and Price-List of Italian Bees for the 

 year 1878-9, is ready, and that he is selling at his usual 

 low prices. 10-6 



Foundation Machines. 



12 inches wide $40 00 



9 inches wide 30 00 



6 incites wide 25 00 



Every machine warranted. On receipt of 10 cents, 



I will send a sample of the foundation made by the 



machine. Machines for drone or worker combat the 



same price. 



12-tf JOHN BOURGMEYER, Fond duLac, Wis. 



HOUSE. 



C. 0. PERM", 51 &56 Michigan Av„ Chicago, 



As a Manufacturer of 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



I can say my goods have given entire and universal 

 satisfaction. The ruling low prices were made by me, 

 and any one desiring any considerable quantity 

 would do well to consult me before buying elsewhere. 

 B3f Market price for Beeswax. 



ITALIAN BEES FOE, 1879. 



This is my 13th year with Italians. I will sell pure 

 tested Queens for $3.00, till July 1st. Full Colonies 

 in Langstroth hives, §10 to $12.00. Nuclei, with 3 full 

 frames, $(>.00. Several leading varieties of Poultry. 

 No dollar or unwarranted queens. 



2-tf R. M. ARGO, Lowell, Ky. 



Pure Italian Queens and Colonies 



For Sale for 1879. 



The best is the cheapest at any price. 

 Circular sent free. Address, D. A~ 

 PIKE, Box 19, Smithsburg, Washing- 

 ton Co., Md. 2-5 



1879. 1879. 



Italian Queens, Nuclei and Colonies, 



Bred and reared in full strong Colonies. Queens and! 

 Drones from selected mothers. 



Single Queen, Tested $2 00 



Single Queen (laying), Untested 1 00 



On all orders for 10 or more Queens I will pay ex- 

 press charges, except to States west of Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



1 Langstroth frame Nucleus $2 00 



2 " " '• 2 50 



3 " " " 300 



8 " " Colony 6 00 



Nuclei and Colonies in nice white pine hives. One 

 Dollar more when containing Tested Queen. Send 

 money by P. O .Order or Registered Letter. 



Orders promptly filled and safe arrival guaranteed. 



Address, W. P. HENDERSON. 



3-6 Murfreesboro, Tenn. 



AT REDUCED RATES! 



1879— Early Italian Queens —1879. 



Imported and home-bred Queans, Nucleus Colonies, 

 Full Colonies. For quality and purity, my stock of 

 Italians cannot be excelled by any in America. 



If you want the best Movable-Comb Bee-Hives, 

 suited to the Southern climate. Honey Extractors, 



Bee-Veils, Smokers, F lers. Cloves, or bee-fixtures 



of any kind, send for my new Circular. Address, 



1-6 Dr. J. P. H. BROWN. Augusta, Ga. 



