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,^ GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



Metal-spaced Hoffman Frame. 



IN GREAT DEMAND. 



Patent Applied for. 



Has come to stay. Can be used interchangeably with regular Hoffman Jrames. 

 Has all the advantages of the regular Hoffman. Is not affected by propolis. Can be 

 handled without pry or screwdriver. Has no rights or lefts, and, therefore, can not 

 be put up wrong. See full description in 1906 Gleanings, page 16. 



PRICES.-Metal-spaced Hoffman frames-100, put up, $4.50. In flat-10, 35c; 100, 3.00; 500 $14 00 

 Metal spacers only-30c per 100; $2.50 per 1000. Hives with metal-spaced frames, 5c extra each body 8 or 10 

 frame, put up or m the flat. 



The A. I. Root. Company, Medina, Ohio. 



THE ROOT QUEEN-REARING OUTFIT. 



In this outfit are embraced the best points of the best 

 systems in use. It will give satisfaction to the ama- 

 teur as weU as the expert. The cell-cups are made of 

 wood, wax-coated. No melted wax is used in their 

 manipulation, as they are attached to the cell-stick by 

 means of a small nail-point. 



FIRST-PRIZE MEDALS 



For largest strawberries and gooseberries shown at 



St. Louis Fair. Catalog. 

 A. T. Goldsborough, Wesley Heights, Washington. D. C. 



Convention Notices. 



The nursery cage combines the features of nursery 

 and introducing cages. By their use a queen can be re- 

 leased on the candy plan or caged in the hive as desired. 



In connection with the outiit goes a booklet on queen- 

 rearing— one which ought to put the veriest amateur on 

 the high road to success. Outfit comprises three cell- 

 bars with fifty waxed wooden cells, i frame cages (20): 

 one cell-forming stick; oneset gtafting-tools, and a book 

 on queen-rearing, $4.50. 



Xools for Qtxeei\»bree<lers. 



Wood cell-cup, with point for attaching to bar, 50c per 

 100; $4.00 per 1000. 



Same, waxed ready for use, 75c per 100: $5 00 per 1000. 



TitofF wire nursery-cages, 15c each; 11,35 for 10; |t2.5o 

 per 100. 



Frame for holding 20 cages, including cages, $3.00. 



Cell-stick, each loc; |i.oo per dozen. 



Transferring-needle, double-ended and nickel- plated, 

 15 cents. 



Jelly-spoon, nickel-plated, 15 cents. 



We can supply, also, fine-pointed lace-scissors with 

 extra large bows, for clumsy fingers, at 35 cents each. 

 THe A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



Mr. W. A. Selser has resigned his position of Director 

 of the National Association. The Executive Committee 

 has reluctantly accepted the resignation, and appointed 

 Mr. Jas. A. Stone, of Springfield. Illinois, R. 4, to fill the 

 vacancy. C. P. Dadant, President. 



The second annual convention of the Pennsylvania 

 State Bee-keepers' Association will be held at State Col- 

 lege, Center Co., Pa., March 29 and 30. 1906. The first 

 session will be at 7:30 P.M.. March 29, and will be devoted 

 to addresses by the President and Secretary, and reports 

 of officers and committees, election of officers, and gen- 

 eral business. On Friday, the 30th, there will be three 

 sessions — forenoon, afternoon, and evening, all at the 

 Pennsylvania State College, at State College (postoffice 

 and railroad station by the same name). Among the 

 speakers will be Dr. E. F. Phillips, Messrs. E. R. Root, 

 EL. Pratt, the President and Secretary of the Associ- 

 ation, and others Excursion tickets for the round trip 

 will be sold at one and one- third fare, upon the presen- 

 tation by purchasers, at time of buying ticket, of a card 

 order. These card orders are to be obtained free by 

 writing to either Rev. D. L. Woods, Secretary, Muncy, 

 Pa., or Prof. H. A. Surface. President, State College, 

 Pa. All interested in bee-keeping are invited to attend, 

 as this will be an important and interesting meeting. 

 Write to the officers mentioned above for the card orders 

 for excursion rates. Lodging and meeting rooms will 

 be given free of charge by the Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege, and the only cost while there will be 25 cents per 

 meal for board. D. L. Woods, Sec, 



