As Cheap as the Cheapest, 



AND 



As Good as the Best! 



i\ixV4 section boxes, per 100,50c. . .per 1000. . .$5 00 



Prize boxes " 70c... " ... 6 00 



Good Colonies of Italian Bees, in 8-frame Langstrotb 

 Hives, in May, $8.00 ; 2 for $15.00 ; 10 and over, $6.00 

 each ; after May, $1.00 less each colony. Take your 

 choice at the price. 



Tested Queens, from Imported Mothers, in May, 

 $3.00 ; after May, $2.00. Untested Queens, in May, 

 $1.50 ; after May, $1.00. 



I have had 23 years' experience with bees in Lang- 

 strotb. hives, and 17 with Italian Bees and have been 

 extensively engaged in the bee business for 11 years. 

 I have now nearly 700 colonies. I have manufactured 

 my own supplies for a number of years with steam 

 power ; though I have been engaged in other pur- 

 suits. I now intend to make the bee business and its 

 connections a specialty. With my experience, and 

 no other business to look after, I think I will be able 

 to satisfy my customers in every particular. 



Comb Foundation manufactured by the pound and 

 on shares. 



My facilities for shipping are such that orders can 

 often be filled the same day they are received. To 

 those who may favor me with their patronage, I will 

 try and make it a mutual advantage to us both. 



Cash must accompany the order. All my goods 

 warranted. 



Cash paid for beeswax. Honey bought and sold. 



US'*' Price List Free. 



I. S. CROWFOOT, 



1-12 Hartford, Wis. 



HEADQUARTERS 



FOB 



EARLY ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Imported and Home-bred. Full Colonies and Nu- 

 cleus Colonies. For quality and purity of stock, it 

 cannot be excelled by any in America. 



If you want Queens or Bees, Hives, Extractors, 

 Comb Foundation, Smokers, or Bee Fixtures of any 

 kind, send for my new Circular. Address, 



DR. J. P. H. BROWN, 



1-6 Augusta, Ga. 



Our FLAT BOTTOM 

 COMB FOUNDATION, 



with high sharp side-walls, 10 to 14 feet 

 ,to the pound, has been used the past 

 season in POLL SIZE SHEETS in Surplus 

 Boxes, adding LARGELY to the YIELD 

 and to market value 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. VAN BE¥9EK <fc SONS, 



Sole Manufacturers, 

 1-6 Sprout Srook, Slont. Co., N. Y. 



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 



COFFINBERRY'S 



Excelsior Honey Extractor 



Sizes ami Prices : 



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



" 2.— For 2 American Frames, 13x18 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 1880, 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 

 rlrml v 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 having vertical sides, insures the 

 extracting power alike for top and bottom of frames. 

 The sides of the basket being movable and inter- 

 changeable, greatlv facilitate the operation of dust- 

 ing before and thoroughly cleaning after use. 



It has a small comb-holder for extracting pieces of 

 comb or partlv-fllied 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 pivot of the basket, thereby givingroom 

 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 PffiJCE© MACHINE 

 being called for by those having but few colonies, 

 and not making a specialty of bee-keeping, 1 have 

 made a special size to take the Langstrotb frame, 

 and one lor the American, to sell at »8.»0 each. 

 These have no covers or strainer, and are smaller 

 than the 112.00 and $14.00 sizes, but for the frames 

 named are equal to the others for effective work, and 

 are the beat cheap Extractors nasitle. 



|E#"A libera! discount to dealers. 



Address, C C. C©5'FSNISEIEICY, 



Or American ISes «3<oMrnal, Chicago, 311. 



