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Books for Bee-Keepers. 



Cook's Manual of the Apiary.— Entirely re- 

 written, greatly enlarged and elegantly illustrated, 

 and is fully up with the times on every conceivable 

 subject that interests the apiarist. It is not only in- 

 structive, but intensely interesting and thoroughly 

 practical. The book is a masterly production, and 

 one that no bee-keeper, however limited his means, 

 can afford to do without. Cloth, $1.25 ; paper cov- 

 ers, SM.OO, postpaid. Per dozen, by express, cloth, 

 $12.; paper, $9.50. 



Quinby's Jfew Bee-Keeping, by L. C. Root.— 

 The author has treated the subject of bee-keeping 

 in a manner that cannot fail to interest all. Its style 

 is plain and forcible, making all its readers sensible 

 of the fact that the author is really the master of the 

 subject. Price, #1.5©. 



Novice's ABC of Bee-Culture, by A. I. Root. 

 This embraces "everything pertaining to the care of 

 the honey-bee," and is valuable to beginners and 

 those more advanced. Cloth, $1.35; paper, SSI.OO. 



Kin;;'" Bee-Keepers' Text-Book, by A. J. 

 King.— This edition is revised and brought down to 

 the present time. Cloth, Sl.OO; paper, 75c. 



Langstroth on the Hive and Honey Bee. 

 This is a standard scientific work. Price, J82.00. 



Blessed Bees, by John Allen.— A romance of 

 bee-keeping, full of practical information and con- 

 tagious enthusiasm. Cloth, $1.00. 



Bee-Culture ; or Successful M a nam men t 

 of the Apiary, by Thomas G. Newman.— This 

 pamphlet embraces the following subjects : The Lo- 

 cation of the Apiary— Honey Plants— Queen Rearing 

 — Feeding— Swarming— Dividing— Transf erring- Ital- 

 ianizing—Introducing Queens— Extracting— Quieting 

 and Handling Bees— The Newest Method of Prepar- 

 ing Honey for Market, etc. It is published in Eng- 

 lish and German. Price for either edition, 40 

 cents, postpaid, or $3.00 per dozen. 



Food Adulteration ; What we eat and should 

 not eat. This book should be in every family, where 

 It ought to create a sentiment against the adultera- 

 tion of food products, and demand a law to protect 

 consumers against the many health-destroying adul- 

 terations offered as food. 200 pages. Paper, SOc. 



The Bzlerzon Theory ;— presents the funda- 

 mental principles of bee-culture, and furnishes a 

 condensed statement of the facts and arguments by 

 which they are demonstrated. Price, 15 cents. 



Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomas G. 

 Newman.— This is apamphletof 24 pages, discoursing 

 upon the Ancient History of Bees and Honey ; the 

 nature, quality, sources, and preparation of Honey 

 for the Market ; Honey as an article of food, giving 

 recipes for making Honey Cakes, Cookies, Puddings, 

 Foam, Wines, &c. ; and Honey as Medicine, followed 

 by many useful Recipes. It is intended for consum- 

 ers, and should be scattered by thousands all over 

 the country, and thus assist in creating a demand for 

 honey. Published in English and German. Price 

 for either edition, 6c; per dozen, 50c. 



Bees and their Management. This pamphlet 

 was issued by the Italian Bee Company, and has had 

 a large circulation. The price has been reduced from 

 20 cents to lO cents. 



The Hive I XJse— Being a description of the hive 

 used by G. M. Doolittle. Price, 5c. 



Kendall's Horse Book— No book can be more 

 useful to horse owners. It has 35 engravings, illus- 

 trating positions of sick hoses, and treats all diseases 

 in a plain and comprehensive manner. It has a large 

 number of good recipes, a table of doses, and much 

 other valuable horse information. Paper, 35c. 



Chicken Cholera, by A. J. Hill,— A treatise on its 

 cause, symptoms and cure. Price, 35c. 



Moore's Universal Assistant contains infor- 

 mation on every conceivable subject, as well as re- 

 ceipts for almost everything that could be desired. 

 We doubt if any one could be induced to do without 

 It, after having spent a few hours in looking it 

 through. It contains 480 pages, and 500 engravings. 

 Cloth, $2.50. 



Bopp's Easy Calculator.— These are handy 

 tables for all kinds of merchandise and interest. It 

 is really a lightning calculator, nicely bound, with 

 slate and pocket for papers. In cloth, JSl.OO ; Mo- 

 rocco, S1.50. 



fW~ Sent by mail on receipt of price, by 



THOMAS G, SEWMAJf, 

 974 West Madison Street, Chicago. 111. 



COFFINBERItY'S 



Excelsior Honey Extractor 



No. 1.— For 2 Langstroth frames. 10x18 inches.. . $9 00 



" 2.— For 2 American Frames, 13x13 inches 9 00 



•' 3.— For 2 frames, 13x20 inches or less 12 00 



" 4.— For 3 

 " 5— Fori 



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 he ex- 

 celled, and can only 

 he 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 

 firmly 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, greatly facilitate the operation of dust- 

 ing before and thoroughly cleaning after use. 



It has a small comb-holder for extracting pieces of 

 comb or partly-filled 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 giving room 

 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 verv neat specimens of skill- 

 ful workmanship, thoroughly braced at every point 

 where experience has proven it to be most requisite, 

 and nothing is omitted that can make it efficient. 



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 LOWER PRICED MACHINE 



being called for by those having but few colonies, 

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

 made a special size to take the Langstroth frame, 

 and one for the American, to sell at!$9.©© each. 

 These have no covers or strainer, and are smaller 

 than the $12.00 and $14.00 sizes, but for the frames 

 named are equal to the others for effective work, and 

 are the best cheap Extractors made. 



JWA liberal discount to dealers. 



Address, C. C. COFFIJTBERKT, 



Or ALFREB H. NEWMAN, 973 West 

 Madison St., Chicago, 111. 



