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WHEN THE BEES STING ^''s^n^vVe^^ '^'^ 's°.^^^ pSs^^\^'UTI.\^ 



WAX-OLD COMB. We pay the highest market price for rendered wax, less 5c per pound rendering 

 charges. Our rendering process saves the last drop of wax for you. "Put your name on all packages." 



HONEY. Send us a sample of your extracted honey. We also buy comb honey. Tell us how much 

 you have and what you want for it. We pay the day shipment is received. 



THE FRED W. MUTH COMPANY, Cincinnati, Oliio 



•THE BUSY BEEMEN' 



The Diamond Match Co. 



(APIARY DEPT.i 

 MANUFACTURERS OF 



DEEKEEPERS, wherever they may be located, before deciding where 

 -LJ to obtain supplies, should write to The Diamond Match Co. for 

 prices, and for their Beekeepers' Supply Catalogue. 



This Company are the largest manufacturers in the world who make 

 ,^ , , _ ,. Bee Supolies. They own th^ir own timber lands, mills and factories. 



ll66K66D6rS SUDDMBS ""^ supply goods direct from the tree to the beekeeper. 



CHICO, CAL., U. S. A. 



Dadant's incomparable Foundation 

 is always kept in stock. Western 

 Beekeepers can be supplied ad- 

 vantegeously. 



Full advantage of this low cost of production is given to the purchaser. 



The Apiary Department (which is in charge of experienced supply men, 

 wh>.. are also practical beekeepers) maintains a constant excellence of 

 product and ofiFers unsurpassed service. 



Tlie Diamond IVIatch Co. 



Apiary Department 



CHICO, CAL., U. S. A. 



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Glance at this illustration to 

 compare this hive with "Standard" 

 Langstroth hive. 



Your present brood equipment 

 can be put above the Modified Da- 

 dant hive used as full-depth su- 

 pers. 



MODIFIED DADANT HIVE FEATURES 



1. Eleven frames, Langstroth length, Quinby depth. 4. Dovetailed body, regular reversible bottom and 



2. Frames spaced V/, inches for swarri^ control. , ?^^'='' '°°l '^,?^f with inner cover 



5. Langstroth Standard equipment; easily used 



3. Extracting frames 6% inches deep. with this hive. 



For free booklet write any distributor of Lewis "Beeware," or to 



G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, Watertown, Wisconsin 

 DADANT & SONS, Hamiiton, lliinois 



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You get 40 per cent greater 

 brood-comb area than in the 

 "Standard" ten-frame Langstroth. 



You get deep frames, large 

 one-story brood-nest, frame space 

 ventilation, excellence in winter- 

 ing, swarming easily controlled. 



