FOR SALE, 



A SMALL FARM OF 3© ACRES, with a 

 good orchard, bouse, and good welJ of water. Also, 

 an APIARY that will be sold very low. BEES 

 to sell at $3.00 to $0.00 per colony. Address, 

 BECKTELL BROS., 

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



SUBSCRIBE FOR THE 



Bee-Keepers' Instructor, 



A monthly devoted exclusively to Bee-Culture ; only 

 5© Cents a veair. Sample copy free. 

 Address, SAMUEL 1». 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. 



(3F° The highest price paid for Beeswax. 



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



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. 



J. M. BROOKS & BRO'S. 



Golden Italians. 



Fine Tested Queens a specialty. Send for Cir- 

 cular, and see what others say of them. 



Columbus, Ind., Box ill. 3-9 



Headquarters for the Best Queens & Colonies 



IX THE UNITED STATES. 



As I make Queen-rearing a specialty, 1 guarantee 

 to those ordering from me. just what they bargain 

 for. I";?" ('in ulars free. Address, 



B. A. PIKE, 



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



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



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. 



WM. W. CARY, 



3-tf Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



CLEAR AHEAD! 



M'-E LEAD IX SMOKERS! 



Our new invention of a 



DOUBLE BLAST 



Smoker is pronounced the finest improvement ever 

 made on smokers. N'o more sparks or ashes in the 

 hive. Doolittie says : "The arrangement to change 

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

 is kindled, places it a bead 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 oi 

 it. Prices— Large. 2'<n inch tube, $1.50 ; medium, 2 inch 

 tube, $1.25; small. \% 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. 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, 



By E. C. ROOT. 



This is the most practical work published. It con- 

 tains 100 illustrations, including an excellent portrait 

 of M. Qninby. Price, by mail, SI. 5©. 



We sell everything used by practical bee-keepers. 

 Send for our illustrated circular. 



I>. <'. ROOT «V IS ICO., 



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



PRIZE-BRED ESSEX FIGS. 



Essex are the best Farmers' Pig ; have been known 

 to dress HO per cent, of live weight ; small bone, light 

 offal, quick to mature. Jos. Harris, author of "Har- 

 ris on the Pig," etc., says of my Boar " Porter," that 

 he is the finest Essex Pig he ever saw. A few Ped- 

 igree Pigs for disposal at moderate prices, suitable 

 for breeding or exhibition. Personal inspection of 

 my stock is solicited. All correspondence will have 

 cheerful and prompt attention. 



C. W. CANFIEEO, Athena, Pa. 



N. B.— A limited number of Eggs for Matching from 

 prize-winning Brown Leghorns and Black Red Ban- 

 tams, at $2.00 per 13. Warranted to hatch. 4-yl 



Stabilimento D'Apicoltura 



S^XEITI^O PILATI, 



Strada StefatioSS, Bohxjna, Italy. 



April. May, June. July, Aug. Sept., Oct. 



1 Queen 11.50 francs. !).50 francs. francs. 



6 " 06 " 55 " 35 " 



12 " 130 " 108 " 68 



I guarantee purity, proliflcness and safe arrival. 

 Should any die en route they will be replaced. The 



vali t a franc is 18%cents in gold. I solicit Ajner- 



can orders. 4-5 



combIwjndation, 



For sale at 40e. per lb., by WM, HAM1ETOX, 



103 W. Main Street, Louisville Ky. *-6p 



BOKHARA CLOVER SEED. 



We have received a hit of Imported Bokhara Clo- 

 ver Seed, which we can sell at 60 cents per lb. n sent 

 by mail. 70 cents per lb. 



TIKimasi;. NEWMAN & SON, Chicago, ni. 



THE SPIDER PLANT. 



I can now supply bee-keei 

 this remarkable honey plant 

 cents per ounce. Address, 



4-6 ,J. A. MAOOl'X, , Jr., Sioux City, Iowa. 



. ..ith the SEEK of 

 Price, $3.00 per lb. ; 2i 



PURE BEESWAX. 



Bought at best market rates, and paid for promptly. 

 ,J. I.F.I'. SMITH A' CO., 



l-6«f s«; Beekman St., New York. 



CTCTPBIAX VXD ITALIAA QTTEENS 



ASD XTJCLEI.-A Descriptive Price List will be 

 sent Free. JTLIX'S HOFFM AX, 



1-6U Fort Plain, Mont. Co., N. Y\ 



