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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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\\1 H Y DEVOTE your entire attention 1 o honey production ? You 

 y Y s^y y^^ ^^^ ^^y your queens cheaper than you can rear them 

 yourself. Possibly this is a mistake. Every honey-producer 

 should acquaint himself with the best methods of rearing 

 queens so as to supply his own yard at the greatest economy. With a 

 Swarthmore Outfit and a good breeding queen you will find no diffi- 

 culty in stocking your colonies with vigorous young queens. Queen- 

 rearing is a science; but with a careful study of the books we list 

 low, and an outfit, you will be surprised at the ease with which queens 

 are raised, and the dollars you will save. Get a good breeding queen 

 to breed from. 



SvirartHmore BooKs 



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CELL-GETTING.— The plan that has revolutionized 

 queen-rearing throughout the world. The entire 

 process is fully explained and illustrated by photos 

 from actual life, and vividly showing all the labor- 

 saving points in the best cup system ever invent- 

 ed. Price, postpaid, 50 cents. 



BABY NUCLEI. -In this book Swarthmore thor- 

 oughly covers the field of small mating nuclei 

 management. He has had twerty years' expeii- 

 ence in mating young queens from section combs 

 with but a handful of bees, and feels competent 

 to write on the subject. I'rice, postpaid, £.0 cents. 



INCREASE.— This little book interests all who are 

 anxious for profitable inciease. It tells how to 

 form new colonies without breaking the full ones; 

 no labor; little trouble; safe introduction of 

 queens directly. The colony formed on this plan 

 works like a new swarm. Price, postpaid, 25 cts. 



During the winter of 1603 I lost all my bees 

 excepting a colony of Goldens- By Swarthmore'^ 

 method of '"Increase" I have made good all losses, 

 and have just taken off seven f ull-deplh supers of 

 honey.— Geo. H. Mohler, Pa. 



Swarthmore 

 Queen °» rearing Outfits 



Prices of Complete Outfits: 



Outfit No. I —Experimental 



1 Cell-bar, 1 Holding-frame. 



16 Waxed Flange Cups, 12 Transfer-cages. 



Prices of Separate Parts: exTra 



Outfit No. 2--Amateur 



2 Cell-bars, 1 Holding-frame, 



36 Waxed Flange Cup, 18 Transfer-cages, 

 1 Needle, 1 Cell-stick. 



Outfit No. 3--Professional 



TS-y ^Freiglit; or IBrxissx-ess, $7.30 



2 Blank bars, 



3 Holding-frames, 

 1 Cage-pocket, 



1 Grafting-plug, 



2 Double mating-boxes, 

 1 Bar-holder, 



1 Swarm-box with lid. 



2 Cell-bars, 



1 Incubating-cage, 



1 Grace Cell-compressor, 

 100 Flange Cups, 



2 Swarth. nursery-cages 

 24 "Transfer-cages, 



1 Needle, 1 Stick. 



Bar-holder $ 10 



Blank Bar 05 



Bottle Feeder 10 



Bulb Filler and Feeder 75 



Breeding-aueen Hive 1.00 



16-hole Cell-bar 10 



Cage-pocket 25 



Flange cups, unwaxed, Ic each; per 100. .75 



Flange-cups, waxed, 2c each; per 100 1.75 



Grace Cell-compressor, each 1.75 



Grafting-needle, each 15 



Grafting-plug, each 10 



Grafting-stick, each 10 



Holding-frame, each 10 



Incubating- cage, each 35 



Deuble Mating-boxes, complete, $1 00; 10 T-.'^O 

 Nursery-cages, complete, waxed cell-cup .35 



Nursery-cages, no cups 25 



Swarm-box, with lid 1.00 



Swarm-box, lid only 25 



Trap-box 50 



T Stands, each 10 



Transfer-cages .10 



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