1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



689 



THE PORTER SPRUNG HONEY 

 HOUSE ESCAPE 



shown in use on a window screen, reduced in size 

 one-half, and having a pait of the exterior broken 

 away to give a view of the springs, is a perfect device 

 for getting the bees out of extracting-rooms, house- 

 apiaries, piles of supers, etc. It permits the bees to 

 pass out through it easily and rapidly, yet it absolutely 

 prevents their return or the entrance of the most per- 

 sistent robbers. Without a trial it is difficult to real- 

 ize its va'ue to the apiarist. 



Mr. Kretchmer says of it: " I hasten to express to 

 you niy admiration for an article I have been waiting 

 for so long a time. It is just the thing." And all 

 who have used it similarly commend it. 



Directions. — Tack the escapes as shown in the en- 

 graving over holes punched through the wire cloth 

 at the upper corners of each window oh which they 

 are to be u.sed, or over holes bored wherever conveni- 

 ent, if the enclosure is without windows. 



Prices ; Each, 2.5c; per dozen, $2.75, postpaid. 



The Porter Spring Hive=escape. 



The Porter Spring Hue escape for getting the bees 

 out of the vuper automatically before removal from 

 the hive, which is similar to the e.scape shown above, 

 is one of the most popular and useful apicuUural im- 

 plements of the dav, and its friends have been gained 

 by substantial merit alone. At the Columbian Expo- 

 sition it won the highest and only award given an es- 

 cape. Leading bee-keepers the world over use these 

 escapes and give them their unqualified endorsement. 

 Directions for use with each escape. 



A Few Extracts from Testimonials : 



They are perfect in action. — British Bee Journal. 



I would not do without them if they cost So.OOapiece. 

 — Wm. Muth-Rasmussen, Independence, Calif. 



Bee-men are certainly behind the times if they can 

 afford to use them and do not.— M. H. Mendleson, 

 Ventura, Calif. 



We can not too highly recommend them, We in- 

 tend to use them in all our apiaries hereafter.— Chas. 

 Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111. 



I have 85 of them in use and don't see how I could 

 possibly get along without them.— John Nippert, Phcje- 

 nix, Ariz. 



The most sting-proof bee-keeper will appreciate the 

 Porter Bee-escape with the first attempt and place it 

 among the indispensables of the apiary.— Chas. F. 

 Muth, in American Bee Journal. 



The Porti r Bee-escape clears the supers of bees so 

 quickly and peifectly and easily that it makes the 

 laking-off of honev a pleasure instead of a dread as 

 in former ytars.— G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N Y. 



Prices : Each, 20:; ; per dozen, S2.25, postpaid. 



Order of > out dealer, or of 



THE A. I. ROOT Co , Hedina, Ohio. 



General Agents for the U. S. 



The Modern Farmer and Busy Bee. 



Emerson Taylor Abbott, Editor. 



A live, up to-date Farm Journal with a Gen- 

 eral Farm Department, Dairy, Horticulture, 

 Live-stock, Poultry, Bees, Home and General 

 News. The Editor has had practical experi- 

 ence in every department of farm work. To 

 introduce the paper, it will be sent to New 

 subscribers one year for 2.5c. Sample copies 

 free. Best Advertising Medium in the Central 

 West. Clubbed with Gleanings for $1.00. 



ADDRESS 



Modern Farmer, St. Joseph, Mo. 

 Wants and Exchange. 



Notices will be inserted under this liead at, one-lialf our 

 usual rates. You ninst say you want your ad in this depart- 

 ment, or we will not be responsible tor any error. You can 

 have the notice as many lines as YOU please; but all over ten 

 lines will cost vou according to our regular rates. We can 

 not be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these 

 "swaps." 



WANTED.— To buy 500 bu. No. 1 dry rice popcorn. 

 ^ Geo. G. Willard, 270 Pearl St., Cleveland, O. 



WANTED. To exchange one extractor. Root make, 

 good as new, 2-frame; one honey-vat that holds 

 2400 lbs.; a lot of Root chaff hives; two comb baskets, 

 and one uncapping can. I should like any thing use- 

 ful in the grocery or any thing el.se. 



G. G. Green & Son, Lyons, Ohio. 



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f ANTED. —To exchange for anything useful in bee 

 business, tested or untested Italian queens from 

 imported or golden mothers ; bred Sj-i miles apart. 

 Also want pure black-and-tan rat pup. 



J. M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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ANTED. — To exchange modern firearms for flint- 

 lock guns and pLstols of all descriptions. 



Wm. S. Ammon, 216 Court St., Reading, Pa. 



WANTED —To exchange fine orange-grove and 

 home in Florida for an apiary well located, or 

 real e.state. Full particulars asked and given. 



M. W. Shepherd, Mannville, Putnam Co., Fla. 



I want to say the queen I got of you last September 

 as a premium to Gleanings is one of the best. Her 

 bees are all alike, and very gentle and fine as to work, 

 and staying on combs, etc. 



I want another, and inclose 81 00. I'm getting sick 

 of the so called stingless bees. They are the worst I 

 ever saw to chase one all over the yard. 



Hallowell, Me., June 16. E. P. Churchill. 



