STILL LIVING! 



J. 



4 



would call attention of all desiring supplies for their 

 apiaries the coming season, to the fact that they are 

 prepared to lead the trade in 



DUUHAM FOUNDATION, 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS, 



Modest and Langstroth Bee Hives, 



Honey Boxes, Sections, &c. 

 Wax worked to order on Shares or for Cash. 



Especial mention would he made of the fact that 

 webiiUL'htBOIMPOKTEDQVEEXS of MR, 

 POMETTA last fall, and have them now winter- 

 ing in full colonies, and will be pleased to book orders 

 from all desiring a genuine Imported Queen earlier 

 in the seaason than can usually be supplied. If you 

 do not receive our Price-Last by February 1st, write 

 for it. Address your orders and communications to 



J. OAT MAN & SONS, 



1 Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



Our FLAT BOTTOM 



COMB FOUNDATION, 



with high sharp side-walls, 10 to 14 feet 

 __ . to the pound, has been nsED the past 

 IS • • . I season in Fl'LL size sheets in Surplus 

 ™ Boxes, adding largely to the yield 

 and to market yah'E of the honey. 



The wired foundation does not sag, 

 and gives general satisfaction. 

 Circular and samplos free. 



This foundation is patented, and no infringements 

 allowed. 



J. VAST DEUSEW * SONS, 



Sole Manufacturers, 

 1-6 Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., Bf. Y. 



Full Colonies of Yellow Bee«, in the 



best condition ; honey by the barrel or less. 

 1-tf J. M. MARVIN, St. Charles, Kane Co., 111. 



Foundation Machines. 



For the benefit of bee-culture. I will from this day 

 sell my 12-inch Machines at $35. OO, and the 

 9-inch at V35.00. The Machine gives full satis- 

 faction, and needs no praise. 



t3fSend for circular and samples. 



1 JOHN BOURUMEYEK. Pond du Lac, Wis. 



BEFORE PURCHASING 



supplies for your apiary, send a postal card with your 

 name, and if you will do us the kindness, the names 

 of your bee-keeping neighbors, for our illustrated 

 catalogue of apiarian supplies of every description, 

 sample section box and comb foundation. We wish 

 to present them to every reader of this Journal, and 

 hence offer them FREE. Please send your name 

 at once. Special attention given to rearing Italian 

 Queens and Bees. 



V8~ The highest price paid for Beeswax. 



1-8 J.C.&H. P. SAYLES, Hartford, Wis. 



Qumby's New Bee-Keeping, 



The latest, most practical and most fully illustrated 

 work published. Price f 1.50, by mail. 



Smokers, by mail, $1.50 and $i.75, and warranted the 

 best in the market. 



Send for Circular, giving full index of book and 

 illustration of smoker. 



1 Xa. C. BOOT, Mohawk, N. Y. 



SIXTH VOLUME. 



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A NEW SHOP, 



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James Forncrook & Co. have just fitted up a New 

 Shop for the manufacture of Bee Hives. Honey 

 Sections, &c. Material for the Standard Langstroth 

 Hive Cheaper than the Cheapest. We will make a 

 Specialty of the "Boss" One-Piece Sections, here- 

 tofore called the Lewis Section, this being our own 

 Invention. Send for Circular and Price List. 

 JAMES FOBSCROOK A CO., 



Watertown, Wisconsin. 



The Michigan Homestead. 



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