1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



383 



For Sale.— At a bai-Rain. fine 150-acre farm with a 

 good four-room house, stable, cistern, and two wells; 30 

 acres or more rich tillable land; located on railroad 14 

 miles from San Antonio. An ideal location for bees. 

 Price $750. This is a bargain. Come quick. 



Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio, Texas. 



For Sale.— For a limited time we offer No. 25 honey- 

 jars, porcelain cover, metal screw-cap, holding one 

 pound of honey net, one gross in case, in five-gross lots, 

 $4.00 per gross; less quantities, $4.50 per gross, f. o. b. 

 New York. If you want to secure some, let us know at 

 once. HiLDRETH & Segelken, 



82-84 Murray St., New York City. 



For Sale.— Two hundred and fifty colonies of bees in 

 two-story ten-frame hives; standard L. frames, wired, 

 full sheets foundation; located in two yards, four miles 

 apart, in best sweet-clover range in U. S. Must sell at 

 once, as I can not attend to them. Don't write unless 

 you mean business. W. N. Cannon, Greenville, Ala. 



For Sale.— S. C. W. Leghorns exclusively; splendid 

 layers; can't help but give satisfaction; can fill orders 

 nearly the year i-ound. Fresh eggs the day shipped 

 $1.25 per setting of 14 eggs. Cockrels, $1.50 to $5.00 in 

 the fall. Mrs. H. W. Bartrum, 



Chicago 'phone 415. Route 1, Newark, 111. 



Hunter-Trader-Trapper 



moved to Columbus, Ohio, 

 May 1. All yearly sub- 

 scriptions received before 

 that date, five back num- 

 bers free. Regular sub- 

 scription price $1 a year. 

 Sample copy ten cents. 



A. R. HARDING. Editor. 



Galllpolis, Ohio 



I will Mail Free jS? j^ 



Interesting bee literature, including nn - < ight 

 page leaflet on queen-rearing; also my experi- 

 ence in curing pickle brood, black brooj, and 

 bee-paralysis. Send your address and that of 



your bee-keeping friends on a postal 



Henx-y A.lley, 'U^enham. Mass. 



Don't Fool Away Your Time 



Hunting queens and clipping wings to manage swarming 



Bo It Easier 

 Do It Better 



by using 



Dibbern's New 

 J Improved Queen=trap 



Price for sample, 50 cts.; 

 10 or more, 40 cts. each; 

 100 or more, 35 cts. each 

 By mail, 20c for postage. 



H. DIBBERN & SON, HILAN. ILLINOIS 



Mr. A. I. Root's Writings 



of Grand Traverse territory and Leelanau Co. 

 are descriptive of Michigan's most beautiful 

 sections reached most conveniently via the 



Pere M ARQUETTER. R. 



For pamphlets rf Michigan farm lands and the fruit 



heit, address J. £. Merritt, Uanistee, Michigan. 



SWARTHMORE QUEEN -REARING OUTFITS. 



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



I 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. 



1 sample Baby Mating Box, with directions. By 

 POST 50 Cts . 



en cups; 1 Holding-frame 



directions. 



POSTPAID 



Outfit No. 1.— Experimental. 



12 Transfer Cages; 12 Wooden Cups, waxed ready 

 for larvas; 1 Cell-bar, bored.for wood- ^ | (F^ ^ 

 with full * I ]V\ 



Outfit No. 2.— Amateur. 



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

 Cups; 1 Holding-frame; 18 Transfer ^ ft PA 

 Cages J or hatchery ) ; Cell-cleaning * J 1^ 1 1 



OiJU 



1 sample Transfer Cage, 

 cup 



with Waxed Wooden 



10 cts. 



Stick, Grafting-tool, and directions. 

 POSTPAID 



"Increase" is a handsome little book telling how to 

 form new colonies without breaking working O'lP 

 stocks. A simple, sure, satisfactory plan i.\i\i 



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

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

 20 pictures. Plain, cheap, simple JUu 



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, $1.7.5. 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. 



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 ^ 

 Improved and complete Baby Mating ▼ 

 Boxes, 18 Transfer Cages, Cell-stick 

 and needle, etc. By express or freight 



6.50 



