GLEANINGS IN BEEoCULTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



A Dollar Saved 



is better than one earned. Read my 87th 

 annual catalog, and don't send out West for 

 goods you caii buy cheaper here at home. 



I have added 2400 feet of floor-space to my 

 store-house and shall keep in stock Root's 

 polished one-piece sections. Dovetailed 

 hives, new Weed foundation, etc., in addi- 

 tion to my old line. 



GBest breeds of bees and queens at bottom 

 prices. Don't buy iintil you see what you 

 can do with me. 



W. W. GARY, Colrain, Mass. 



rsrinr?sponding to tills artvei-tlsement mention wlkanikhr 



Our Prices are Worth Looking at! 



IN THE 



New Champion Chaff Hive Especially. 



All other supplies accordingly. Send 



for catalog-ue and price list. Address, 



mentioning- Gleaninos. 



R. H. SCHMIDT & CO., Box 187, Sheboygan, Wis. 



I ^^1, t-i ^1 Do you need queens? the 



Look riGrG ^ purest and best. If so, 

 LfUUIV lltl ^ . ^g ^^g prepared by re- 

 turn mail to ship the 3 band and golden Italians, 

 and silver gray Carniolans, untested, warranted 

 purely mated, for .501-: tested, 75c: breeders $2.25. 

 fc; JUDGE E. Y. TERRAL & CO., Cameron, Texas. 



DEE SUPPLIES FOR SALE AT A REDUCTION. 



*-* Consisting if comb bucket. Novice e.vlracior, 

 wax-extractor, bee-tent, Manum swarm Cdtcher, all 

 in good oondition, and not used mii'ii ''le latter 

 uamed not used at all. FRANK T. HOOPES, 



E. Downington, Chester Co., Pa. 



f\**r^ C r^n4- Invested in a postal card 

 \JIlC wt^nL will get my large cata- 



•^' logue of all Root s goods. 



Can save you money. M. H. HUNT, 



Bell Branch, Mich. 



MUTH'S HONEY-EXTRACTOR, 

 SOUARE GLASS HONEY-JARS, 

 ROOT'S GOODS AT ROOT'S PRICES, 



Bee-keepers' Supplies in general, etc., etc. 

 Send for our new catalog. "Practical 

 Hints" will be mailed for 10c in stamps. 

 Apply to 



CHA8. F. MUTH & SON, Cincinnati, 0. 



BLOOM. 



Gladioli onr specialty— 200 kinds 



Send for our Catalog of Big Bargains. 



10 Extra Choi, e Gladioli or 1 Gold Bond Lily. 15c. 



6 Tubero-es. Chrysanthemums. Gei'aniums. or roses, 



35c. Betscher Bros., Florists, Canal Dover, O. 



larin responding to this advertisement mention (Cleanings. 



[S HEAR ME! ffi 



nJ Early Mammoth corn, 30 varieties of new U] > 



[j| choice potatoes, garden seeds, i ee-flxtures. fu ; 



ju Packet Chartier radish and ca'alog free. J] ' 



f{] J. F MICHAEL. [}j 



LeOX R, GREENVILLE, OHIO. [U 



i^Tn responding to this adveitisement viention GLKANING4 



Early Queens 

 By Return Mail. 



Best tested Italians, $1.00 each. Queens are vigor- 

 ous, healthy, and prolific. The workers are unsur- 

 passed as honey-gatherers. Send for price list. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La. 

 For Sale. 



500 swarms of bees, at $3.00 each f . o. b. Sickness 

 the cause of going. Tlie bu-iness must be sold. Will 

 sell lot, buildings, and all pertaining thereto if de- 

 sired. I. W. HOUSE, Chittenango Falls, N. Y. 



Strawberries! Strawberries! Strawberries I 



If you want the finest and largest berries of the 

 following varieties, send me atrial order:. HaAer- 

 land, Crescent, Lovet. and Burt. $3.00 ppr 1000: 50c 

 per 100. F. B. YOCKEY, Paulton, Pa. 



cy In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



HTIn responding to this advertisement menti- 



STRONG ENDORSEMENT 



"In the spring of '88 1 put up 600 rods. 1 have never 

 had to repair it from that day to this. In '90 1 put up 

 about 3U0 rods, with equally good results. There is no 

 reason why a Page fence will not stand 20 years 

 without any expense for repairs." 



Will W. Shepard. 

 Honeoye Falls, N. Y. lin letter Jan. 18, '97) to 



PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich. 



rrF"ln responding: to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Read what J. I. Parent, of 

 Charlton, N. Y., says— "We cut 

 with one of your Combined Ma- 

 chines ast winter 50 chaff hives 

 with 7-inch cap, 100 honey- 

 raeks, 500 broad frames, 2,000 

 honev-boxes, and a grea deal 

 of other work. This winter we 

 have doubled the amount of 

 bee-hives, etc., to make, and we 

 expect to do it all with this saw. 

 It will do all you say it will." 

 Catalogue and Price List free. 

 Address VV. F. &'JOHN BARNES, 545 Ruby Street, 

 Rockford, 111. :.. .-,^ 



When more convenient, orders for Barnes' Foot- 

 Power Machinery may be sent to 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



f^ln responding to this advertisement mention GLEANiNOa. 



