1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



279 



Wanted— Comb and extracted honey. State price, 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



199 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



Wanted. — Beeswax. Will pay spot cash and full 

 market value for beeswax at any time of the year 

 Write us if you have any to dispose of. 



Hildreth & Segelken, 

 265-267 Greenwich St., New York. 



Wanted — Beeswax. We are paying 27c cash or 29 

 cents per pound in exchange for supplies for pure av- 

 erage wax delivered at Medina, or our branch houses 

 at 144 E. Erie St., Chicago, 44 Vesey St., New York 

 City, and 10 Vine St., Philadelphia. Be sure to send 

 bill of lading when you make the shipment, and ad- 

 vise us how much you send, net and gross weights. 

 We can not use old comb at any price. 



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



CKas. Israel (Si Brothers 



486-400 Canal St.. Ne^r YorK. 



Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merohasts in 

 Honey, Beeswax, Maple Sugar and Syrup, etc. 



OonsignmentB Solicited. Established 1876. 



IT PAYS '^O raise pineapples and early vegetables in 

 '* rAi4j Florida. The profits are alwa.vs reasonable and 

 sometimes enormous. Besides, you can have a pleasant 

 home, good weather, and kill game or catch fish. It costs 

 nothing to find out about it. Address 



J. 0. RICKARDS, Boca Eaton, Florida. 



DEE-KEEPERS AND CREAMERYMEN I Write for 

 *-* prices on white-ash butter-tubs; butter, cheese, and 

 berry boxes, and bee-keepers' supplies; stating quanti- 

 ties wanted. J- E. Murphy. Mfr., Berlin, Wis. 



DURE MAPLE SVRUP.-90 cts. gallon, f. o. b. Bruns- 

 wick, Ohio; sample if desired. 

 Perry C. Kellogg, R. F. D. 2, Brunswick, Ohio. 



DANZENBAKER 



...S1.00 Smoker... 



Guaranteed to suit or the dollar back. 



Buy the D 20th Century Smoker, 

 it is the best. The construction is so 

 simple and complete, it is sure to please, 



can not clog, smokes three to five hours at one 

 filling. $1.00 each ; three, $2.50, by express or 

 with other goods; by mail, each, 25c for postage. 



F. Da nzenbaker, 



Miami, - - Florida. 



A NEW BOOK ON BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. 



THe IrisH Bee Guide 



By REV. J. G. DIOaES, M. A. 



Expert, and Member of the Examining Board, Irish Bee-keepers' Associ- 

 ation. Editor " Irish Bee Journal." 



SPECIMENS OF CHAPTER CONTENTS. 



Chapter III.— The Bee in Summer. Page 7. 

 A Crisis, 14. The Mysterious Influence. 15. Indomitable Spirits, 16. 

 Queen-rearing, 17. The Swarm— a deliberated sacrifice, 18. The 

 Swarm— an ecstacy, 19. Virgin Queen, 20. Queen's Wedding, 21. Par- 

 thenogenesis, 22. A Splendid Example, 23. 



Chapter V.— Anatomy of the Bee. Page 15. 

 General Remarks, 26. External Skeleton, 27. Head, 28. Simple Eyes, 

 29. Compound Eyes, 30. Antennae, 31. Organs of Mouth, 32. Thorax, 

 33. Legs, 34. Wings, 35. Spiracles and Tracheae, 36. Abdomen, 37. 

 Honey-sac, 38. Worker's Sting, 39. Palpi, 40. Queen's Sting, 41. 

 Organs of Drone, 42. Organs of Queen, 43. Parthenogenesis, 44. Fertil- 

 ization of Egg, 45. 



Chapter XIX.— Breeding. Page 108. 

 Breeding Begins, 186. Congestion to be Guarded Against, 187. Drone- 

 breeding Queens, 188. Age of Egg, 189. Worker Brood, 190. New 

 Combs for Breeding, 191. Stimulating in Spring, 192. Spreading the 

 Brood, 193. Drone Brood, 194. Controlling Drone-rearing, 195. Queen- 

 cells, 196. Nursing Queen-larvae, 197. Wonderful Effects of Special 

 Nursing, 198. Queen Brood, 199. Laying Workers, 200. Removing Lay- 

 ing Workers. 201. Stimulating inJlAutumn, 202. Breeding Closes, 203. 

 Metamorphosis, etc., of Bees, 204. 



[.The figures refer to the paragraphs bearing the numbers indicated.^ 



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Just published. Crown 8vo. 220 

 pages. 150 illustrations including 

 21 full-page half-tones on art 

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A large stock of the Irish Bee Guide on hand. Price $1 .00 postpaid. THE A. I. ROOT CO. 

 (For sale also by our branch houses and agencies.) 



IVIedina. Ohio. 



