My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flow- 



er Seed for 1880, rich in engravings from photographs 

 of the originals, will be sent free to all who apply. 

 My old customers need not write for it. I offer one 

 of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 

 out by any seed house in America, a large portion of 

 which were grown on my six seed farms. Full direc- 

 tions for cultinition on each package. All seed war- 

 ranted to be both fresh ami true to name, so far, that 

 should It prove otherwise, / irill refill the order gratis. 

 The original introducer of the Hubbard Squash, 

 Phinney's Melon, Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican 

 Corn, and scores of other vegetables, I invite the 

 patronage of all who are anxious to have their seed di- 

 rectly from the grower, fresh, true and of the very best 

 strain. New Vest>taHlc« a Speciality. 

 12-4 JAMES J. It. CiR EtJOR Y, Marblehead, Mass. 



~FOR~SALE, 



A SMALL FAK1I OF SO ACRES, with a 

 good orchard, house, and good well of water. Also, 

 an APIARY that will be sold very low. BEES 

 to sell at 13.00 to $0.00 per colony. Address, 

 BECKTELL BROS., 

 3-4 New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Mich. 



My Self-Hiving Apparatus 



Will hive your bees, without your attention or assist- 

 ance, and will not fail one time in one hundred. See 

 American Bee Journal for January, 1880, page 56. 

 JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 

 2-tf Tates Springs, East Tenn. 



SUBSCRIBE FOR THE 



Bee-Keepers' Instructor, 



A monthly devoted exclusively to Bee-Culture ; only 

 SO Cents a year. Sample copy free. 

 Address, SAMTTEL D. RIEGEL, 



2-7 Adelphi, Ross County, Ohio. 



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. 



%W The highest price paid for Beeswax. 



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



Friendo, 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. 



Leather-Colored Italian {Jaeens.- Full Col- 

 nies. $10.00 ; Yearlings from old colon7. $4.50 ; War- 

 ranted Tested Queens, $3.50 ; 3-Combs Nuclei, 8- 

 frame Hive, $4.00 ; Laying Queens. $2.50. Address, 



4-ltif J. 3. II5E, Climax, Mich. 



CHEAP HIVES, 



AND 



CHEAP SECTIONS. 



The BEST BEE HIVES, HONEY BOXES, SEC- 

 TIONS, SECTION CASES, BROOD FRAMES, SHIP- 

 PING CRATES, Etc., for the Least Money. 



We make the LEWIS SECTION, all in one 

 piece -the FINEST IN THE WORLD. 



We will sell our No. 2, or second quality hives, at 

 20 cents per hive less than our first quality. Our 

 Price List gives prices of our No. 1 hive only. 



V&~ Send for Price-List. 



LEWIS & PARKS, 



12 Watertown, Wis. 



Headquarters for the Best Queens & Colonies 



IN THE UNITED STATES. 



As I make Queen-rearing a specialty, I guarantee 

 to those ordering from me, just what they bargain 

 for. J2^~ Circulars free. Address, 



D. A. PIKE, 



2-5 Box 19, Smithsburg, Washington Co., Md. 



CLEAR AHEAD! 



WE LEAD IN SMOKEBS1 



Our new invention of a 



DOUBLE BLAST 



Smoker is pronounced the finest improvement ever 

 made on smokers. No more sparks or ashes in the 

 hive. Doolittle says : "The arrangement to change 

 the draft so as to make it a cold-blast, after the Are 

 is kindled, places it ahead of any smoker in the mar- 

 ket by a long way." So say all who see and test it. 



Don't fail to see an illustration and description of 

 it. Prices— Large. 2!^ inch tube, $1.50 ; medium, 2 inch 

 tube, $1.25 ; small. 1% inch tube, without double- 

 blast attachment, 75 cents. Dust box and extra noz- 

 zle with large size, 25 cents extra. 



By mail, 35 cents extra each. 



Quinhy's New Bee-Keeping, 



By L. C. ROOT. 



This is the most practical work published. It con- 

 tains 11 (Oil lustrations, including an excellent portrait 

 of M. Quinby. Price, by mail, #1.5©. 



We sell everything used by practical bee-keepers. 

 Send for our illustrated circular. 



L. C. ROOT A BRO., 



2-12 Mohawk. Herk. Co.. N. Y. 



HEADQUARTERS FOB. 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES! 



Our facilities for manufacturing Hives, Crates, 

 Sections, &c, are first class. Before ordering, tell us 

 what you want ; we can do you good. We furnish 

 Comb Foundation, Extractors, Smokers, Knives, &c. 

 Queens, Nuclei and Full Colonies a specialty. 

 HIRAM ROOP, 



2-tf Carson City, Montcalm Co., Mich. 



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. 



WBK. W. GARY, 



3-tf Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



