450 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



CONCRETE 



for building purposes is 

 cheaper than wood, costs 

 less than brick, and is bet- 

 ter than stone 



The " Handy " is a standard con- 

 crete building- -block machine as 

 much as a Remington typewriter 

 is a standard writer. Why ? Be- 

 cause it is practically indestructi- 

 ble, simple, easy to operate, and 

 the fastest block-machine made. 

 Any-sized off-bearing- plate (sim- 

 ply a board 2x8x24 inches) answei-s 

 for any sized block. The cores are 

 removed through the bottom of 

 the block. It meets the require- 

 ments of contractor, manufactur- 

 er, or consumer. It is especially 

 adapted to work required to be 

 done at building site. It makes a 

 block any length up to 24 inches, 

 any width up to 8 inches, either 

 plain or rock face, and is especially 

 adapted to veneer work. Is a one, 

 two, three, or 1 our man machine. 



Price complete, with carrying- 

 hooks, tampers, and all accessories 

 necessary in the manufacture of 

 blocks, 95 O Net 



By April 5th we will have ready 

 for shipment our new adjustable 

 machine, which will make any 

 block up to 12 inches in width, 

 also L-shaped comer-block; being 

 three machines in one— 8, 10, and 

 12 inch. This we will be able to 

 .=ell for $100 00 net cash, f. o. b. at 

 Medina. 



Medina Concrete Company 



MEDINA, OHIO 



SWARTHMORE QUEEN -REARING OUTFITS. 



For sale by all dealers in Bee-keepers' Supplies. Trade supplied by The A. I. 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. J^eading 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 larvse; 1 Cell-bar, bored, for wood- 

 en cups; 1 Holding-frame; with full 

 directions. 

 POSTPAID 



'$ 



.25 



Outfit No. 2.— Amateur. 



ixea wooaen 



3.50 



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

 Cups; 1 Holding-frame; 18 Transfer (^ , 

 Cages ( or hatchery ) ; Cell-cleaning V 

 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 Swarthmoi-e In- 

 cubating Cage and Holding-frame, 10 ^ 

 Improved and complete Baby Mating 'r 

 Boxes, 18 Transfer Cages, Cell-stick 

 and needle, etc. By express or freight 



.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 O'lP 

 stocks. A simple, sure, satisfactory plan ^"" 



"Baby Nuclei" tells how to mate many queens from 

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

 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. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY. 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



