Jan. 10. 1907 



American Hee Journal 



Trade Notes. The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 



Premium List.— For the first time in 

 many years we have been publishing 

 a list of premiums offered for subscrip- 

 tions to Gleanings in Bee Culture 

 either six months trial, or new or re- 

 newal yearly subscriptions. We shall 

 be pleased to send a copy of this pre- 

 mium list to any one who may have a 

 little time to devote to securing sub- 

 scriptions for us. With this are also 

 listed our Clubbing otfers which con- 

 tain some very remarkable bargains. 

 If you think of subscribing for Glean- 

 ings, and especially if there are others 

 near you whom you can interest, you 

 should have a copy of this premium 

 list at once. We send it promptly on 

 request. 



Book Circular.— This is the season 

 of the year when bee-keepers have 

 time to read up on the subject of bee- 

 keeping more than at any other time. 

 If you haven't a copy of our book cir- 

 cular giving description of nearly every 

 book published on Bee Culture, send 

 for a copy of this at once. 



Old Books on Bee-Culture.- There 



is a growing demand for old literature 

 on Bee Culture, so much so that we 

 have given considerable time during 

 the past two or three years to looking 

 into the matter. If you are interested 

 in a single old volume or a large list of 

 old books on Bee Culture, send us a 

 statement to that effect so that we may 

 enter your name on a list of those inter- 

 ested in these. 



Advertising Rates.— We have some 



highly complimentary letters from sub- 

 scribers who have used the advertising 

 columns of Gleanings in Bee Culture 

 during the past year. If you are inter- 

 ested in the sale of bees, queens, honey, 

 or bee-keepers' supplies, and expect to 

 advertise the same, you can not afford 

 to fail to investigate our prices. If you 

 can do so let us know about what 

 amount you would be willing to expend 

 in advertising, and your facilities for 

 supplying the goods you advertise, and 

 we will lay before you a definite propo- 

 sition covering the proposed expendi- 

 ture and a statement of what we think 

 you might reasonably expect from it. 

 If we do not think Gleanings is adapted 

 to what you have to offer we will tell 

 you so. 



If you have a farm for sale, or want 

 to locate in some other part of the 

 country, or want help for your bee- 

 yard, or want to secure a position. 

 Gleanings will undoubtedly be of value 

 to you as it has been to hundreds of 

 others. 



Dealers in Supplies.— We are just 



now revising the list of names of deal- 

 ers in bee-keepers' supplies, which we 

 maintain whether they handle our 

 goods or others. If you are handling 

 bee-keepers' supplies either in a limited 

 way or on a large scale, please send us 



a postal card to that effect that we may 

 have your name entered on this list 

 with the correct present post-office ad- 

 dress. Even if you buy none of our 

 goods direct there may be some items 

 in which you will be interested, and at 

 least there will be no harm in having 

 your name registered with us as a 

 dealer in supplies. 



Observation Hives.— There has been 

 I an increasing demand for observation 

 hives for a number of purposes during 

 the past few years. Bee-keepers have 

 found in many places that an observa- 

 tion hive with bees placed in a store 

 window is a good way to advertise their 

 honey. Particulars regarding these 

 have been published in various bee- 

 journals from time to time. We shall 

 be glad to quote you prices on any of 

 our regular styles, or any special style, 

 that you may want for this or any 

 other purpose. Bee-keepers are learn- 

 ing that a better understanding of bees 

 on the part of the public generally in- 

 creases the interest in honey, and there 

 is no better way to educate people re- 

 garding bees than by the use of a 

 good observation hive. 



Early Order Discounts.— For cash 



orders in January 3 percent. For cash 

 orders in February, 2 percent. These 

 are the discounts we offer for early 

 cash orders. The discount is only for 

 cash sent before the expiration of the 

 month named, and is intended to ap- 

 ply to hives, sections, frames, founda- 

 tion, extractors, smokers, shipping- 

 cases, cartons, and other miscellaneous 

 bee-keepers' supplies. It will not ap- 

 ply on the following articles exclu- 

 sively ; but where these form no more 

 than about one-tenth of the whole or- 

 der the early-order discount may be 

 taken from the entire bill : Tinned 

 wire, paint, Bingham smokers, Porter 

 bee-escapes, glass and tin honey-pack- 

 ages, scales, bees and queens, bee 

 books and papers, labels and other 

 printed matter, bushel-boxes, seeds, 

 and other specialties not listed in our 

 general catalog. 



Weed Coml) Foundation.— The large 



sales of Weed Process Comb Founda- 

 tion are a sufficient indication of its 

 worth. There are, however, many bee- 

 keepers that are not familiar with it, 

 especially those in out-of-the-way 

 places, who depend upon Foundation 

 of their own or local make. If you 

 have never used our Foundation and 

 would like to see small samples of the 

 four grades — medium brood, light 

 brood, thin super, and extra-thin super 

 — we shall be glad to send yon samples 

 on request, and at the same time will 

 advise you, if desired, from what point 

 nearest you you can secure our make 

 of Foundation. We shall be glad to 

 figure how many pounds you will need 

 for a given number of frames or sec- 

 tions, and let you know the lowest cost 



for our Foundation. The excellence 

 and uniformity of its manufacture 

 often make it require a great deal less 

 than some inferior makes. 



Hoffman Frames. — Considerable 

 has been published in the various bee- 

 journals during the past year on the 

 use of the Hoffman or some other style 

 of self-spacing frame as compared 

 with the non-spacing frame. We have 

 a leaflet giving the opinion of some of 

 the leading users of these frames, and 

 if you are in doubt as to the advis- 

 ability of using these frames, we shall 

 be glad to send you this leaflet on re- 

 quest. We will also send you a com- 

 plete sample postpaid for 10 cents. 



Marftach Metal-Spaced Frames.— 



For a full description of these frames 

 we refer you to Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture for January 1, 1906. These frames 

 have been in use for about a year, and 

 are very favorably regarded by those 

 who prefer some metal instead of wood 

 spacing for their frames. A sample of 

 these frames will be sent for 10 cents, 

 or a sample of the spacers only for 3 

 cents ; or we will send a complete Hoff- 

 man frame and a set of spacers for 12 

 cents. 



Honey. — We have at several of our 

 offices large quantities of honey. If 

 you are in need of either comb or ex- 

 tracted honey for your trade in excess 

 of your own production, write us for 

 prices, stating what you require. 



Breeding Queens.- This is the sea- 

 son when orders should be sent us for 

 breeding queens, if you have not 

 already secured the same for the com- 

 ing season's trade. As usual we have 

 our Italian stock, lycather Colored or 

 Three- Banded in breeding queens at 

 $5, $7.50 and $10 each. We can also 

 select from our Medina yard a few 

 queens at S2S each. The number is 

 limited, and we can not guarantee to 

 furnish these beyond the certain num- 

 ber that we have now on hand in win- 

 ter quarters. 



Bees of Other Races.— whiie we do 



not breed other races here at Medina, 

 we have most excellent facilities for 

 furnishing high-grade stock of the fol- 

 lowing varieties : Carniolan, Cau- 

 casian, Banat, Cyprian and 5-banded 

 Italian. 



Special. — Send 10 cents (stamps or 

 silver) for our 1907 Calendar, entitled, 

 "Little Miss Mischief." Copyrighted 

 in December, 1906, by T. Fred R6b- 

 bins. With it we will send your choice 

 of the following books: ''Habits of 

 the Honey-Bee," " Bee-Keeping for 

 Women,'" "Modern Queen-Rearing," 

 or "How to Produce Extracted Honey." 



