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GLEANINGS IN BEH CULTURE. 



May 15. 



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I IF YOU NEED QUEENS J 



T We can fill your orders by return mail. To T 



T use the words of our customers, with the J 



T "largest aTid finest queens you ever saw." T 



T These queens are not only fine looking, but T 



: are very prolific, and their bees are the best of T 



honey-gatherers ; that means strong colonies X 



^ and full supers. Now, to prove that this is not X 



X all talk, send for our price list of Italian ^ 



T queens, and give us a trial order. X 



^ The choicest of tested queens, SI. 00 each. ^ 



^ Untested, 75 cts. each ; $8.00 per doz. 4 



♦ Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed on ♦ 



▼ every order. T 



I J. W. K.SHAW & CO., t 



X Loreauville, - Louisiana. ♦ 

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WHERE TO LOCATE? 



WHY. IN THE TERRITORY 

 TRAVERSED BY THE . . . 



Louisville & Nashville 



RAILROAD, 



THE 



Great Central Southern Trunkline, 



IN 



KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, 



ALABAiVlA, 

 MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, 



WHERE 



Farmers, Fruit-growers. 



Stock-raisers, Manufacturers, 

 Investors, Speculators, 



and Money Lenders 



will find the greatest chances in the United States to 

 make "big money" by reason of the abundance and 

 cheapness of 



Land and Farms, 



Timber and Stone, 



Iron and Coal, 



Labor==Everything ! 



Free sites, financial assistance, and freedom from 

 taxation, for the manufacturer. 



Land and farms at SI 00 per acre and upwards, and 

 500,000 acres in West Florida that can be taken gratis 

 under U. S. homtstead laws. 



Siockraising in the Gulf Coast District will make 

 enormous profits. 



Half-fare excursions the first and third Tuesdays of 

 each month. 



L,et us know what you want, and we will tell you 

 how to get it — but don't delay, as the country is filling 

 up rapidly. 



Printed matter, maps, and all information free. 



Address R. J. WEMYSS, 



Cen'i Immigration and Industrial Ag't, 

 LOUISVILLE, KY. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. * 



VW^W > i^^^ 



Our Bees are Busy 



now carrying loads and loads of pollen and 

 swe<_ts from the flowers to rai^e the thousands 

 of new bees for the coming honey crops. We 

 are busy with the orders for Hives, Sections, 

 Foundation, Comb to enable the bees to spread 

 themselves over a surface for rapid work. 



Many implements and fixtures to help the 

 pe pie to handle the bees conveniently and 

 with profit. 



Drop us a postal card and we will send a 

 catalog of the best and latest Bee hives, etc.; 

 contains also instructions for successful man- 

 aging of bees for profit. 



: : ROOT'S : : 



A B C OF BEE CULTURE 



If interested in buying groceries, ask for our 

 wholesale list, and it will also be mailed. 



We have sold several carloads of Root's 

 hives and .supplies, and can make you the 

 best prices for quantity ordered besides a sav- 

 ing of freight in points adjacent to Evansville. 



ADDRESS 



Vjckery Bros., Evansville, Ind. 



WHQLESAAE GROCERS. 



DITTHER'S FOUNDATION! 



AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 



This foundation is made by an abso'utely non-dip- 

 ping process, thereby producing a perfectly clear and 

 pliable foundation that retains the odor and color of 

 beeswax, and is free from dirt. Working wax into 

 foundation for cash, a specialty. Beeswax wanted. A 

 full line of supplies at the very lowest prices, and in 

 any quantity. Best quality and prompt shipment. 

 Send for large illustrated catalog. 



OUS DITTHER, 



AUGUSTA, WIS. 



WESTERN BEE-KEEPERS 



will save money aud freights by buying 

 supplies from 



BARTELDES & CO., Denver, Colo. 



20-page illustrated price list now ready. 



Root's Goods in Kansas. 



Carl P. Buck, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas. 



D. COOLEY, 



Dealer in BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES, 

 KENDALL, MICH. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. Catalog free. 



