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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



V*B§|"r To All Seed Buyers 



■iHliH Our complete illus- 

 ■ Rlkktrated Anna 1 1 of 

 Tested Seeds, Bulbs, Tools, | 

 ete., tells all about seeds and 

 Kardeniiig. Colored Plates, 



gardening. i;olorea f lates. 

 A.W.IilVliSGSTON'SSONSj 



DO YOU 

 WANT 



SEEDS 



th-ices low for reliable seeds. 

 I Sold last season lo Thousands of 



Farmers and Gardeners and no 

 J complaints. We are Growers ii-; 



well aa Dealers. Ortelnators of Acme 

 I Favorite and OEAl'TY Tomatues. j.r 



Box ^73, Colnmbns, O. 



SEEDS 



GIVEN AWAY! A package 

 Mi.xcd Flower-sieeds (5()0 kind!^) 

 _^.^__^^__„,^,.^ with Pakk's Fr.niiAi. Guidk, 

 all tor- stamps. Ever.v tlower-lovpr delighted. Tell 

 all your friends. G. W. Park, Fannettsbiirg, Pa. 

 f;^~Be prompt. This offer appears but once more. 



Western BEE-KEEPERS' Supply Factory. 



We iiuuiufaeiure Bee-Keepers' sup- 



plie.. uf all kinds, best quality at 



St prices. Hives, Sections. 



idation, Extractors, Smokers, 



es. Veils, Feeders, Clover 



Seeds, Buckwheat, etc. Im- 



I p.irted Italian Queens. 



Queens aud Bees Sample 



( npv of our Bee Journal, 



"The Western Bee-Keeper," 



and latext Catalogue mailed 



' Free m Bee-Keeiiers. Address 



JOSEPH NYSEWANDER, 



DE8 MOINES, IOWA. 



BEES, Queens, Hives, Given Comb Foundation, 

 Apiarian Supplies, German Carp, Small-fruit Plants. 

 Send for catalogue Iree. E. T.Flaaigan, Belleville, Ills. 



1 ^'4db. 



LOOK HERE I 



A complete hive for comb honey, loronlj' $1.30. 

 Planer-sawed, V-groove sections a specialtj-. Price 

 li.stfree. .T. M. KINXIIC A; €0., 



ITtfdb Kocliester, Oaklatiid ^'.o., ITlleli. 



DAD ANT'S 



FOUNDATION 



is asserted by hundreds of practical and disinterest- 

 ed bee-keepers to be the cleanest, brig-htest, quick- 

 est accepted by bees, least apt to sag, most regular 

 In color, evenest, and neatest, of any that is made. 



It is kept for sale by Messrs. T. G. Newman & 

 Son, Chicago, 111. ; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O.; Jas. 

 Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich.; Dougherty & Wiley, 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; B. J.Miller & Co, Nappanee, 

 Ind. ; C. H. Green, Waukesha, Wis. ; Smith & Goodell, 

 Rock Falls, 111.; Ezra Baer, Dixon, Lee Co., 111.; E. 

 S. Armstrong, Jerseyville, Illinois; Arthur Todd, 

 3123 North Front Street. Phil'a, Pa. ; E. Kretchmer, 

 Coburg, Iowa; P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula. La., 

 M.J. Dickason, Hiawatha, Kansas; J. W. Porter, 

 Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Va. ; E. K. Newcomb, 

 Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; D. A. Fuller, 

 Cherry Valley, 111.; J. B. Mason & Sons, Mechanic 

 Falls, Maine; G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia, O., 

 Jos. Nysewandor, Des Moines, la.; Aspinwall & 

 Treadwell, Barrytown, N. Y.; Barton, Forsgard & 

 Barnes, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas, W. E. Clark, 

 Oriskany. N. Y., G. B. Lewis & Co., Watertown, 

 Wis.. E. F. Smith, Smyrna, N. Y., J. Mattoon, and W. 

 J. Stratton, Atwater, O., Oliver Foster, Mt. Vernon, 

 Iowa, and numerous other dealers. 



Write for gamvUs /ree, and price list of supplies, 

 accompanied witti 1 50 Complimentary and ttnso- 

 Hcited testimonial a, from as many bee-keepers, in 

 1883. We guarantee every inch of nur foundation et/uaJ 

 lo fiample in evei-y rexpect. 



CHAS. DAUAIVr \. SON, 

 3btld lluinilton, IliiiK-ook Co., Illinois. 



Price of seed: 4 oz., *1.00; 10oz.,f3 00: 1 pound, 

 $300. Larger quantities by express, at reduced 

 rates. Sow very early in the spring, or late in the 

 fall. It vegetates in a low temperature. I have 

 twelve acres that will bloom next spring. I shall 

 sow two acres this fall. It is a success. 



He Sugar^le Sugar-Busn 



THIS IS A NEW BOOK BV 



IPI^OI^. -i?^. J. COOI^, 



AUTHOR OF THE 

 BEE-KEEPEH'S GVIDE, INJURIOUS IN- 

 SECTS OE MICHKiAN, ETC. 



The name of the author is enough of itself to rec- 

 ommend an.v book to almost any people; but this 

 one on Maple Sugar is written in Prof. Cook's hap- 

 piest style. It is 



-« PROFUSELY ;- ILLUSTRATED,e<- 



And all the difficult points in regard to making the 

 very best quality of Maple Syrup and Maple Sug- 

 ar are very fully explained. All recent inven- 

 tions in apparatus, and methods of making 

 this delicious product of the farm, are fully 

 described. 



Published by A. I. Hoot, Mesiita, Ohio. 



If you Wish to Obtain the 



Highest Price for Honey 



THIS SEASON, 



WRITi: TO HEADQUARTERS, 



F. U. STKOIIMEYEK & CO., 



17-4db 



AVlioIexalc Honey Mercliants, 



laa Water St., New York. 



Costs less tlmn !i iwiits per week. 



THE CANADIAN BEE JOURNAL. 



THE FIRST DOLLAR WEEKLY IN THE WORLD. 



THE D.A.JONES CO., PUBLISHERS, BEETON, ONTAEIO, CAN. 

 D. A. Jones is its editor, and this fact is a guaran- 

 tee of its worth. It is thoroughly practical and con- 

 tains weekl.v excellent articles from leading bee- 

 keepers in the United States and Canada. Fifty-two 

 numbers make a volume of 1040 pages. American 

 currency and stamps at par. Samples free. 



HOW'S THIS? 



33-3d 



H. CHAPITIAN, Versailles, N. Y. 



G. B. LEWIS & CO. 



We make the best Bet-Hives, the best sections, the 

 best shipping-crates, the best frames, etc. 

 We sell them at the lowest prices. 

 Write for free illustrated catalogue. 



C. B. LEWIS & CO. 



WATERTOWN, WIS. itfdb. 



S. p. YoDEK, E. Lew- 

 istown, O., has a few 

 choice pure -bred P. 

 Hock and L. Brahma 



cockerels for sale at $1.. 50 and *3 each. (Wt. 8 to 10 

 lbs.) Can l)f ri'iiniud if not satisfurtoiy. Speak in time. 



ON 30 DAYS' TRIAL 



- TH8S NEW V, 



.ELASTIC TRUSS 



'U-.lh a I'ad diirerrnt from all 

 others. IS cup t;liai>e, with Self- 

 adjustint? Ball in center, adapts 

 itself to all pusitions of tho 

 bodywhilo the ball inthecup 

 / presses back the intes-> 

 — ,^ fines just as a person 



does with the finger, with light pressure the Her- 

 nia is held securely &xy and nigrht, and a radical euro 

 certain. It is easy, durable and cheap. Sent bv mail. Cir- 

 culars free. EOGLESTON TUUS3 Co., Chicago, lU. 



