GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1917 



Protection Hives 



Price for 5 hives with outside rims $13.75, 

 without rims $12.00 F. O. B. Grand Eapids, 

 Mich. Delivered to any station in the IT. S. 

 A. east of the Mississippi and North of the 

 Ohio Eivers, with outside rims $15.00. 



Mr. Jay Cowing of Jenison, Mich., has 235 

 of these hives in use and 40 in single-wall 

 hives, his 1916 increase. He has just pur- 

 chased another lot of Protection Hives and 

 says the approximate extra cost of $1.00 per 

 hive over single-wall hives is the best kind 

 of an investment for him. He is a beekeep- 

 er of more than 15 years ' experience and his 

 1916 crop was 580 cases of 32 sections each 

 fancy comb honey. His winter and spring 

 losses of bees from one cause and another 

 have never exceeded 10 per cent even in the 

 most severe winters, like 1908-9 and 1911-12. 

 Mr. Cowan bought some of the first Protec- 

 tion Hives offered on the market and they 

 have proven so satisfactory with him that 

 he is still buying them. 



They Are Double Wall, With Air Spaces 

 OR Packing as You May Prefer. The outer wall 

 is made of % material and will last a life time. 

 Send for a catalog- and special circulars, showing 

 large illustrations. 



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 Middleton, 

 Mich., in writing us says: "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 contract is giving us some advantage 

 over general market quotations. Send us a list of your requirements at once. 



Cases holding . 

 Crates holding- 

 Crates holding 

 Crates holdino- 



60-pound cans, one and two in a case. 



FRICTION-TOP TINS. 



2 lb. cans 2 V2 lb. cans 3 lb. cans 

 24 24 



100 

 603 



100 



450 



5 lb. pails 



12 



50 

 100 

 203 



10 lb. pails 



6 



50 



100 



113 



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



