1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



283 



Prize = Photo = Contest. 



For the Best Photo of an Apiary. 



1st prize, one red-clover breeding-queen; value $5.00. 



2d prize, one select tested red-clover queen; value $2.00. 



3d prize, one tested red-clover queen, value $2.00. 



For the best photo of a single hive of bees, or a swarm 

 clustered on a limb, or of any other object interesting to 

 bee-keepers: 



1st prize, one three-frame nucleus with tested Italian 

 queen; value $5.00. 



2d prize, one Danzenbaker hive complete, nailed and 

 painted; value $3.10. 



3d prize, one leather-bound A B C of Bee Culture; 

 value $2.00. 



Photos should not be marked in any way, but your 

 full name and address should be put on a separate 

 sheet, and enclosed with photo, and marked "For prize 

 competition." Do not neglect this. Photos not win- 

 ning a prize will be paid for according to the value 

 to us, if we can use them. 



Parties winning any of these prizes will be given the 

 opportunity to make a selection of some other item if 

 the prize awarded can not be used. The time is short, 

 and photos should be sent at once. 



TO FOREIGN READERS. 



We offer for photos as above described, suitable for 

 half-toning, the following list of prizes, separate from 

 the foregoing, as the time limit on the above is too 

 short to be available for foreign readers: 



1st prize, one red-clover breeding-queen; value $5.00. 



2d prize, one select tested red-clover queen; value $3.00. 



3d prize, one leather-bound A B C of Bee Culture, 

 value $2,00. 



Time limit, July 1, 1905, 



Extension of Time. 



In our March 1st issue we gave 

 particulars of the prizes offered 

 below, limiting the time to April 

 1st. It now appears that the 

 time is too short; we, therefore, 

 extend the time to May 1st. 

 The prizes are as here given. 



Address 



The A. I. ROOT Co., 



Medina, Ohio. 



SWARTHMORE QUEEN -REARING OUTFITS. 



For sale by all dealers in Bee-keepers' Supplies. Trade supplied by The A. 1. Root Co. 



Price List of Complete Outfits for Rearing and Mating Numerous Queens. 



Perfect Nursery Cages with removable compressed queen-cells. Directions go with 

 each outfit, which will enable the small bee-keeper to rear a few queens for his 

 own use. Simple devices, easily understood by any bee-keeper; first prize. Royal 

 Show, London. Leading queen specialists have adopted the Swarthmore plan 

 because of its simplicity and saving. Testimonials for the asking. 



Outfit No. 1.— Experimental. 



12 Transfer Cages; 12 Wooden Cups, waxed ready 

 for larvae; 1 C«»ll-bar, bored, for wood- <J | ^k ■• 

 en cups; 1 Holding-frame; with full ▼ I M W% 



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directions. 

 POSTPAID . 



Outfit No. 2.— Amateur. 



2 Cell-bars, bored, 16 holes each; 35 Waxed Wooden 

 Cups: 1 Holding-frame; 18 Transfer 

 Cages (or hatchery ); Cell-cleaning 

 Stick, Grafting-tool, and directions. 

 POSTPAID 



Outfit No. 3.— Professional. 



1 Grace Cell-compressor, 100 Flange Wooden Cups, 

 1 set Cell-bars, 1 Cell-starting Lid, 1 Swarthmore In- 

 cubating Cage and Holding-frame, 10 C| 

 Improved and complete Baby Mating ▼ 

 Boxes, 18 Transfer Cages, Cell-stick 

 and needle, etc. By express or freight 



txea wooaen 



3.50 



6,50 



1 sample Baby Mating Box, with directions. By 

 POST 50 CtS. 



1 sample Transfer Cage, with Waxed Wooden 

 cup I O CtS. 



"Increase" is a handsome little book telling how to 

 form new colonies without breaking working Kn 

 stocks. A simple, sure, satisfactory plan *•"*' 



''Baby Nuclei" tells how to mate many queens from 

 sections with a mere handful of bees; 42 pages, CQa 

 20 pictures. Plain, cheap, simple """ 



Compressed Cells 



can be used over and over— the oftener they are 

 used the better they work. We compress cups in 

 removable wooden cups at 2 cents each; or you can 

 own a Grace Cell-compressor for $2.00, postpaid; 

 with goods, flat, $1.75. Blank shells, 1 cent each; 

 glass-bottle feeders, 5 cents each; mating boxes in 

 lots of 6, flat, $1.00; bulb filler or feeder. $1.00. 



ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO. 



