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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



Bee-supplies ^ ^ 



We manufacture evei-y 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 vei-y 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 Mfg. Co., Cotii^cil Bluffs, lovtra 



4 Largest Sizes soot Burniu. B||jQ}|j||^ yygg {116 FIRST' 



Tin 4-m. Smoke Engine SJ^-inch S-inch 2>4 -inch 2-inch Wonder 

 Prices— $1.50; $1.10; $1.00; 90e: 65e by mail on receipt of price. 



T. F. BINGHAH, FARWELL, HIGH. 



to invent and make a bee-smoker thaft 

 would bum sound wood, and go all th« 

 time without puffing. It has been th« 

 World's Standard for 26 years. Binjr°> 

 ham invented all the patented improv©= 

 ments in bee-smokers, and uncapping= 

 knife for his own use in his own apiar/c 



Oxford, O., Sept. 30, 1878. 

 Your smoker has been in daily us« 

 for months in a friend's apiary. He is 

 enthusiastic in its praise, and, after 

 seeing how greatly it facilitates th« 

 handling of bees, I heartily endorse alB 

 he says of it. L. L. Langstroth. 



ONLY BINGHAM SMOKERS 



Have These Latest Improvements 



WISCONSIN 

 BASSWOOD 



FOR SECTIONS 



We make them and the very 

 best of Dovetailed Hives, Ship* 

 ping -cases, and a full line 

 of bee - keepers' supplies 

 always on hand. We make 

 very prompt shipments. 

 Let us hear from you. 



MARSHFIELB M'F'G CO. 



MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN. 



rosperous 



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 supplies 

 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. 



