STILL AHEAD! 



THE 



Improved Quinby Smoker 



MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. 



The Double-Blast Outdoes Itself. 



Testimonials from the best bee-keepers in all quar- 

 ters, and, best of all, larger sales than ever before 

 prove its superiority. 



Price by mail. Medium, |1.50 ; Large, $1.75 ; Small, 

 Single Blast, $1.00. 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping. 



The number and the character of the commenda- 

 tions of this book, that we are continually receiving, 

 prove very conclusively that it is a plain, practical 

 work, invaluable to the beginner as well as to the 

 more advanced bee-keeper. Price, postpaid, Sil.iiO. 



If you desire practical information, such as has 

 enabled us to secure over 15,000 lbs. of honey from 

 176 colonies, the present poor season, send for our 

 fall circular. Address, 



X.. V. ROOT «fc IE ICO. . 



9-12 Mohawk, Herk. Co., N. Y. 



PRIZE-BRED ESSEX FIGS. 



Essex are the best Farmers' Pig j have been known 

 to dress U0 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. 



V. W. CASPIELD, Athens, Pa. 



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

 prize-winning Brown Leghorns and Black Red Ban- 

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



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. 



VERY CONVENIENT. 



Binders for the Bee Journal. 



" We can furnish Emerson's Binders, gilt lettered 

 the back, for the American Bee Journal, at the 

 following prices, postage paid : 



Cloth and paper, each 50c. 



Leather and cloth 75c. 



d?~ We can also furnish the Binder for any Paper 

 or Magazine desired. 



THOMAS G. NEWlttAK, 

 974 West Madison Street, Chicago, 111. 



THE LAST AND BEST OFFER ! 



See W. Z. Hutchinson's advertisement, page 491. 



Tested & Imported Queens 



D UNHAM FO UNDA TION, 



MODEST BEE HIVES, 



SECTION BOXES, &c, 



TO BE HAD OF 



j. orai i sons, 



DUNDEE, KANE CO., ILL. 



N. B— We shall hereafter rear NO DOLLAR 

 QUEENS, but will confine our Queen-rearing to 

 producing FINEST TESTED QUEENS, bred 

 for BUSINESS. Please take notice. Write for 

 Price List. 



J. OATMAN & SONS, 



Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



D- S. GIVEN, 



Inventor and Sole Manufacturer of the 



FOUNDATION PRESS. 



Foundation in Wired Frames a Success. 

 Common and thin foundation made on our press is 

 not surpassed ; 13 of these presses were soldi last 

 spring, and we will return any their money who is 

 dissatisfied with them. We also make dies without 

 presses. Send for descriptive catalogue and sample 

 of wired foundation. D. S. Given, Hoopeston, 111. 



HONEY A SPECIALTY! 



CONNER, BURNETT & CO., 

 165 South Water Street, Chicago, 



G-ZEZLSTIEiFL^IL, 



PRODUCE COMMISSION. 



We ask you to correspond with us before disposing 

 of your HONEY CROP, as we can be of much serv- 

 ice, having constant intelligence from all parts of the- 

 country. 



We would refer to James Heddon, Dowagiac, 

 Mich., and J. Oatman & Sons, Dundee, 111. 9-tf 



Land in Florida for Sale. 



ggr CHEAP FOR CASH. 



,x-;i 



Timber Land in Northern Florida— (90 acres— 

 about 50 miles south of the Georgia line, 25 miles 

 west of Tallahassee, and near the Apalachicola river. 

 Title clear and unincumbered. Will sell cheap for 

 cash, or trade for a farm, apiary or other property. 

 Address, with particulars, KLORIDA LAND, care 

 American Bee journal, Chicago, 111. 



