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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Our Factory is the Largest, 

 Our Facilities are the Best. 



® 



Jan. 15. 



We are Located 



on the banks of the St. Croix 

 among the saw-mills, where 

 we are able to select the best 

 lumber. We buy it cheap. 



We kiln=dry our Lumber, and Manufacture 



BEE-HIVES, SECTIONS, AND SHIPPING-CASES. 



We Handle Bee=keepers' Supplies. We are Prompt Shippers. 



Write for catalog. 



Interstate Mfg. Co., Hudson, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. 



BEE=SUPPLIES. 



We have the best-equipped factory in the West. Capacity 

 — one carload a day; and carry the largest stock and greatest 

 variety of every thing needed in the apiary, assuring best 

 goods at the lowest prices, and prompt shipment. 



Illustrated Catalog, 72 Pages, Free. 



We also manufacture Tanks of either wood or galvanized 

 steel, all sizes, any form, and for all purposes. Price list free. 



Address E. K.RETCHMER, Red Oak, Iowa. 



In writing advertisers, please mention Gleanings. 



PRICES OF 



Bingham Perfect Bee=smokers and Honey=knives. 



Smoke Engine ('^f^ma.le" 1 *") 4 -> nch stove. Doz. $13.00; each, by mail, $1.50 



1.10 



1.00 



.90 



.70 



.60 



Doctor SJ^-in. " " 9.00 



Conqueror 3-in. " " 6.50 



Large 2%-in. " " 5.00 



Plain 2-in. " " 4.75 



Little Wonder (wt. 10 oz.) 2-in. " " 4.50 



Honey-knife " 6.00 



Bingham Smokers have all the new improvements. 

 Smoker or Knife, look up its record and pedigree. 



FIFTEEN YEARS FOR A DOLLAR ; ONE-HALF CENT FOR A MONTH. 



Dear Sir: — Have used the Conqueror 15 years. I was always pleased with 

 its workings, but thinking I would need a new one this summer I write for 

 a circular. I do not think the 4-iuch Smoke Engine too large. 



January 27, 1897. Truly, W. H. Eagerty, Cuba, Kansas. 



Before buying a 



Bingham & Hethering- 



ton Uncapping- 



knife. 



T. F. BINQHAfl, Farwell, nichigan. 



To Sell or Lease for Cash, f 



An up-to-date apiary consisting of 200 

 good colonies or over, with fixtures 

 complete. Privilege to remove to 

 some other location if desired. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. Address 



* The Gila Farm Co., Cliff, Grant Co., N. M. 4 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



QI will be ready as usual to furnish 

 IJGdl^ queens the coining season. Manv 

 unsolicited testimonials tell of the 

 "™ "™""™ = "" =, '" a— ™™ superiority of the Laws strain of 

 faultless 5-banded workers. Breeding queens 

 always on hand. Price $2 50 each. I am aho breeding 

 the leather colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain, $100 each; 6 for $5.00. 

 Untested, 75c each; 6 for $4. Queens ready in season. 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



COR SALE.— 7000 lbs. fine white Extracted Honey. 

 1 Also Southern Bloodhounds. 



El ins Eox, Ilillshoro, Wis, 



with our new patent 



KEROSENE SPRAYERS 



is simple .ndeed. Kerosene Emul- 

 sion made while pumping. 12 var- 

 ieties sprayers. Bordeaux and Ver- 

 morel Nozzles, the World"s Best. 



THE DEMING CO.- Salem, 0. 



Western Agents, Henniou & Hub- 

 bell, Chicago. Catalog, formulas free 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Dovetailed Hives, 



Sections, Extractors, Smokers, 

 and every thing a bee-keeper 

 wants. Honest goods at close 

 honest prices. 60-page cata- 

 log free. 



J. M. JENKINS, Wetumpka, Ala. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



