1906 



GLE/NINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



41 



Bee~supplles ^ ^ 



We manufacture every thing- needed in the apiary, and carry a large stock and great 

 variety. We assure you the best goods at LOWEST PRICES, and our excellent freight facil- 

 ities enable us to make prompt shipment over fifteen different roads, thereby saving you 

 excessive freight charges as well as time and worry in having goods transferred and damaged. 

 We make the Alternating, Massie, Langstroth, and the Dovetail hive. 



Our prices are very reasonable; and, to convince you of such, we will mail you our free 

 illustrated and descriptive catalog and price list upon request. We want every bee-keeper 

 to have our catalog. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS now. Write to-day. Address 



KretcHmer Mf^. Co., Co^incil Bluffs, Iowa 



CAUCASIAN QUEENS 



Guaranteed mated to pure Caucasian drones. '.Good honey-gatherers. 

 Gentlest bees in World. Can be handled without veil or gloves. 



Notice the distinct gray bands on my strain of Caucasians— can be easily distinguished from other races. 

 ^ >? 1 am breeding queens from a mother of wonderful gentleness, whose bees have never stung me 

 even when I have put them to tests that would have infuriated the gentlest of Italians. ■^ >? I have 

 no mismated queens for sale— only pure Caucasians; and I guarantee every queen sent out to be mated 

 with a pure Caucasian drone. >J» i^ >? »^ »^ ^ >i» Price of Queens, $5 OO £acH. 



Place Orders No%v -M^itH PostofVice Money>oi>dei>, as Queens -will be 

 sHipped first to tHose -who place tHeir orders xto'w. 



D. E. LYON, Ph. D. 



MATAWAN, N. J 



TWELVE YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH BEES. 



WISCONSIN 

 BASSWOOD 



FOR SECTIONS 



We make them and the very 

 best of Dovetailed Hives, Ship- 

 ping-cases, and a full line 

 of bee - keepers' supphes 

 always on hand. We make 

 very prompt shipments. 

 Let us hear from you. 



L 



MARSHFIELB M'F'G CO. 



MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, 



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lappy New Year 



and a Prosperous 

 Season is yours 



if you take time by the forelock, and be 

 prepared for the season when it comes. 

 DON'T put off ordering your supphes 

 until you need them. Order now, and 

 get the discounts. 



I have a full line of Root's Goods, 

 and sell them at factory prices and dis- 

 counts. Send me a bill of what you 

 want and let me tell you what I will 

 deliver them at your depot for. Send 

 for my 36-page catalog— it will be sent 

 free— also a full description of the Hil- 

 ton Chaff Hive and Supers, with a com- 

 parison made by the Michigan State 

 Agricultural College between the sin- 

 gle and double walled hives. All free 

 for the asking. Cash or goods in ex- 

 change for wax. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



