GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Maech, 1917 



Protection Hives 



Price $13.75 for five hives, $12.00 without 

 outside rims, F. O. B. Grand Eapids; $15.00 

 for five hives with rims delivered to any 

 point in the U. S. A. north of the Ohio and 

 east of the Mississippi Rivers. 



Double wall with air spaces, insulation or 

 packing as you may prefer. If you have had 

 occasion to spend any time in a building 

 single-boarded during cold weather, you can 

 appreciate the advantages of double walls. 

 Single-wall hives often do not provide suffi- 

 cient protection during brood-rearing in the 

 spring. 



An apiary of single-wall hives was visited during 

 fruit bloom ; the weather was cool ond no hees flying 

 Old newspapers were called for and the wrapping 

 of the hives was about half completed when there 

 was an interruption. Returning again in the course 

 of an hour or so, it was found that the bees in the 

 wrapped hives were flying freely while those that 

 were not still remained inside the hives. It is rea- 

 sonable to conclude that if 20,000 bees were required 

 to keep up the temperature that 5000 were released 

 for field and other duty by the added protection 

 given. Protection hives cost only about $1.00 more 

 than single wall hives and are well worth the extra 

 cost, which may be more than made up in a single 

 season. Send for a special circular, 16 large illuB- ■ 

 trations. 



Section-fixer 



A combined section-press and foundation- 

 fastener of pressed-steel construction. It 

 folds the section and puts in top and bottom 

 starters all at one handling, thus saving a 

 great amount of labor. With top and bot- 

 tom starters the comb is firmly attached to 

 all four sides — • a requirement to grade 

 fancy. Increase the value of your crop by 

 this method. H. W. Schultz, of Middletoii, 

 Mich., in writing us '^ays; "Your section- 

 fixer is the best yet; can put up 150 sections 

 per hour with top and bottom starters. ' ' 

 Price with lamp, $2.75. Shipping weight 

 5 lbs. Postage extra. Send for special cir- 

 cular fully describing this machine. 



Tin Honey-packages 



A local wholesale house secured a carload of tin plate in September that was 

 promised for April. Conditions are now even worse. When it is necessary to order 

 tin plate a year or more in advance of the time it is wanted for use, advances in prices 

 must be expected. The highest bidder will get the stock. 



Freight at this time is very slow and uncertain. Prices are liable to advance. It 

 would be a wise thing to secure your packages for the 1917 crop. Our three-year con- 

 tract is giving us some advantage over general market quotations. Send us a list of 

 your requirements at once. Our prices may have to be advanced again on March 20. 

 We can supply the following 60-pound cans one and two in a case. 



FRICTION-TOP TINS. 2 Ib.cans 21/2 Ib.cans 3 Ib.cans 5 Ib.pails 10 Ib.pails 



Cases holding 24 24 ... 12 6 



Crates holding ... ... ... 50 50 



Crates holding 100 ... 100 100 100 



Crates holding 603 450 ... 203 113 



A. G. Woodman Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan 



