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COFFINBERRY'S 



Excelsior Honey Extractor 



Sizes and Prices : 



No. 1.— For 2 Langstroth frames, 10x18 inches. . . $8 00 



" 2.— For 2 American Frames, 13x13 inches 8 00 



•' 3— For 2 frames, 13x20 inches or less 12 00 



" 4.— For 3 12 00 



" 5— For 4 " " " " 14 00 



Having made many im- 

 provements in the EX- 

 CELSIOR EXTRACTOR 

 for 1879, it is now offered 

 to the Bee-Keepers of 

 America as the MOST 

 PERFECT MACHINE in 

 the MARKET. The uni- 

 versal favor with which 

 the EXCELSIOR EX- 

 TRACTOR was received 

 in 1878, has induced other 

 manufacturers to adopt 

 several of its improve- 

 ments. My experience 

 and experiments of last 

 season.with the assistance 

 and suggestions of skillful 

 workmen, have enabled 

 me to perfect an Extrac- 

 tor that cannot be ex- 

 celled, and can only 

 be equaled by being 

 closely imitated. 



Some of its advantages 

 are as follows : It is made 

 entirely of metal, It is 

 light, but has attachments 

 for fastening down to a 

 platform. It can be in- 

 stantly taken to pieces for 

 cleaning, having no rusty 

 screws to take out or nuts ' 

 to remove. 



The top or cross-band, to which is attached the 

 gearing, is wrought iron, three inches broad, with the 

 ends turned down in such manner as to thoroughly 

 brace and strengthen the can and hold the basket 

 firmly in an upright position. 



The strong over-motion gearing, so necessary to 

 ease in running and speedy operating, was designed 

 and is manufactured expressly for the Excelsior. A 

 child ten years of age can operate the machine as 

 rapidly as it can be supplied with combs. 



The Comb Basket huving vertical sides, insures the 

 extracting power alike for top and bottom of frames. 

 The sides of the basket being movable and inter- 

 changeable, greatly facilitate the operation of dust- 

 ing before and thoroughly cleaning after use. 



It has a small comb-holder for extracting pieces of 

 comb or partly-filled sections. 



At the bottom of the can, and below the basket, is 

 a cone or metal standard, in the top of which revolves 

 the bottom pivotof the basket, thereby giving room 

 for sixty or seventy pounds of honey without touch- 

 ing the basket or pivot below. 



Nos.3, 4 and 5, have neatly-fitting covers, movable 

 sliding sides to the baskets, and movable strainers 

 covering the canal to the faucet, whereby all honey 

 can be drawn off without a particle of sediment. 



The baskets of Nos. 4 and 5 have no center rod 

 running from top to bottom, which will be found 

 very convenient by those who uncap both sides of 

 the comb before putting in the basket, as they can be 

 turned without removal. 



The wire baskets are very neat specimens of skill- 

 ful workmanship, thoroughly braced at every point 

 where experience has proven it to be most requisite, 

 and nothing has been omitted that could add to its 

 efficiency. 



The No. 4, for three frames, has a triangular bas- 

 ket, movable sides, no center rod, runs smoothly re- 

 gardless of number of frames, and is fast supersed- 

 ing the demand for four-sided baskets. 



A LOWEK PKKiED MACHINE 

 being called for by those having but few colonies, 

 and not making a specialty of bee-keeping, I have 

 made a special size to take the Langstroth frame, 

 and one for the American, to sell at SSS.OO each. 

 These have no covers or strainer, and are smaller 

 than the $12.00 and $14.00 sizes, but for the frames 

 named are equal to the others for effective work, and 

 are the best cheap Extractors made. 



B^"A liberal discount t<> dealers. 



Address, » C. C. COFFISBERRT, 



Or American Bee Journal, Chicago, 111. 



THE BLESSED BEES, 



BY JOHN ALLEN. 



Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 182 Fifth Ave- 

 nue, New YO RK. 



Price, post-paid, $1.00. 



This Romance of Bee-keeping has received wide 

 commendation for its literary excellence and its con- 

 tagious enthusiasm. 



I scarcely looked up from the volume before I had 

 scanned all its fascinating pages.— Prof. A. J. Cook. 



It possesses such a fluent style that its perusal was 

 a great pleasure. Its contents cover all the ground in 

 bee-keeing, from " Beginning" to " Marketing."— 

 American Bee Journal. 



The book is beautifully written, and commanded 

 my undivided attention from the beginning to the 

 end. In justice to your inexperienced readers, I 

 think you ought to have called it " The Romance of 

 the Blessed Bees."— Rev. L. L. Langstroth. 



It has the fascination of a novel. Its English is so 

 simple, terse, and good, that it has given me real de- 

 light.— Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson (" H. if.") 



Mr. Allen's book is a very clear and precise account 

 of the way in which he succeeded in bee-keeping. — 

 Atlantic Monthly. 



The subject is deprived of all dryness and made as 

 interesting as a story, by an accompanying narrative 

 of personal effort, investigation, and industrious ap- 

 plication.— Harper's Magazine. 



His method of procedure is told in simple, beauti- 

 ful language, and the story is more fascinating than 

 many a novelette with greater pretensions.— Chris- 

 tian Register. 



* * * These chapters cannot fail to aid in diffus- 

 ing a knowledge of bee-culture, and they will give, 

 moreover, great pleasure to many readers who have 

 not the remotest anticipation of undertaking bee- 

 culture.— Denver Tribune. 



The book is written in a clear, concise manner, and 

 will hold the reader spell-bound until he has perused 

 the last page.— Bee-Keepers' Exchange. 



It is not only valuable, but interesting as a story. — 

 Detroit Post and Tribune. 



Conveys a good deal of information in a pleasant 

 way. — Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 



So delightfully written that no one can fail to enjoy 

 it.— N. Y. Churchman. 



For sale at tlie Bee Journal Office. 



CONNER, BURNETT & CO., 



165 South Water Street, Chicago, 



General Commission Merchants, 



MAKE SPECIALTY OF HONEY. 



Refer to : Preston, Kean & Co., Bankers, Chicago ; 

 H. A. Burch & Co., South Haven, Mich. 10-tf 



Italian Queens or Colonies. 



Eighteen years' experience in propagating Queen 

 Bees from imported mothers from the best districts 

 of Italy. Persons purchasing Queens or Colonies 

 from me will get what they bargain for. Send for 

 circular. 



WM. W. CARY, 



3-tf Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



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IAflDtlQ PLANTED with BERRIES. 

 AOilliD lOO varieties of Selected Fruits. 

 Plants grown for transplanting, and Fruit for 

 the market. %3T See New Catalogue for 

 what sorts to Plant. Sent free. Address 10-3 



JOHN S. COLLINS. Moorestown, New Jersey. 

 W Also JERSEY RED PIGS, all pure stock 



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