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. 



1865.- 



*rmm 



-1879. 



HOUSE. 



C. , PERM, Si SI 56 Michigan Av„ Chicago. 



As a Manufacturer of 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



1 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. 

 VW Market price for Beeswax. 



LAND IN FLORIDA. 



ACRES OF TIMBER LAND in Northern 

 Florida, about 50 miles south of the 

 Georgia Line, 25 miles west of Tallahassee, 

 and near the Apalachicola river. Title 

 _ clear and unincumbered. Will trade the 

 above described land, either a part or the whole, for 

 a farm or an apiary in some North-western State, at 

 a fair valuation for both. For particulars, giving a 

 description of what you wish to offer in exchange, 

 addresss, FLORIDA LAND, care American Bee 

 Journal, Chicago. 



Oesterreische Bienen-Zeitung. 



Allgemeines Organ fur Bienenzuecht, Organ der 

 Gesellschaft der Bienenfreunde in Bcehmen. A 

 monthly paper devoted exclusively to bee-keeping. 

 Price, If. 20c— Austrian value. 60c. a year. The 

 cheapest and largest Austrian bee journal ; contrib- 

 utors are the best practical writers on bee-keeping 

 in all parts of the world. The only German journal 

 that furnishes reports and items from the American 

 and English bee papers. Addresses to be sent to 

 Rudolf Mayerhosffer, Publisher of the Oestern 

 Bienen-Zeitung, Praga Neustadt 747. 



FOR IOWA AND MINNESOTA. 



Purchase your tickets via THE IOWA ROUTE, 

 composed of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- 

 ern, and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railways. The only 

 line running Through Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars 

 between St. Louis, Burlington, and all points on the 

 line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern 

 Railway and Minneapolis. 



A full line of Excursion Tickets will be sold at 

 principal stations for the noted summer resorts of 

 MINNESOTA, from June 1st to October 15th, at a 

 LARGE REDUCTION from regular rates. Tickets 

 good for 60 days from date of sale, but in no case 

 longer than October 31st, following date of sale. The 

 Minnetonka Lake Park Association have bought and 

 improved 225 acres of land, in which are located fine 

 hotels, which will accommodate 3000 people. Besides 

 the sources of amusement incidental to the lake, the 

 Park Association will hold a Musical Convention 

 July 23th to August 1st ; Grand Temperance Congress 

 of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, August2d to 5th; 

 Sabbath School Assembly, August 6th to 20th. 



Don't fail to go and enjoy the attractions offered by 

 Minnesota. B. F. MILLS, Ass't G. T. Agent. 



C. J. IVES, Superintendent. 



QUEENS! 



We are receiving Queens from the best districts in 

 Italy, which we can sell at $5.00 each, and guarantee 

 safe arrival. 



They are to be light, large and active. Any that do 

 not come up to this standard we will dispose of at 

 $4.00 each. If a number are ordered, a slight discount 

 can be given. 



No circulars issued, or Cyprian Bees for sale at 

 present. 



Registered letter or money order sent at our risk. 



C. W. & A. H. K. BLOOD, 



P. O. Box 234, 



Qulncy, Mass. 



NOW! 



If you want to buy an Apiary, or 



FULL COLONIES 



of Best Italians, 



CHEAP, 



Correspond with 



JAMES HEDDON, 



DOWAGIAC, MICH. s-io 



#C0R.ClARK& MONROE STS.CHICAG0. 

 Borders by mail solicited.^ 



CUTS FOR SALE. 



Electrotype Cuts of any of the Extractors or Bee 

 Hives, for illustrating circulars, pamphlets, 

 and for advertising, by mail, post-paid, each$l 00 



Queen cuts (three different styles) each.. 75c. and 1 00 



Italian or black workers, or drones, each 75 



We also furnish electrotypes of any of our cuts 



used in the Bee Journal, or will have engravings 



made of anything desired. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, 



1879- 



Price, April, May and June each, $3 00 



" July, August and September " 2 00 



STANDARD OF PURITY. 



All Queens guaranteed to be of good size, vigorous 

 and producing workers large and uniformly marked 

 with three distinct yellow bands, of line golden color. 



We shall have a shipment of flue Tested Queens, 

 from Italy, in April, selected for our Apiary. 



No Circulars. [2-tf] A. F. Moon, Rome, Ga. 



