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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



DANZENBAKER 



" Facts About Bees," a 64-page book written by Mr. F. Danzenbaker, giving a com 

 plete description of his famous hive and directions for using. Full of valuable in- 

 formation. Sent on receipt of a two-cent stamp to pay the postage. Send for it. 



= Danzenbaker Hive 



THE COMB-HONEY HIVE. 

 Three points of Excellence: 



QUALITY. 



You can produce better-looking honey. 



QUANTITY. 



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PRICE. 



You can get more per pound for it. 



Special Notice. 



The great popularity of the Danzenbaker hive has brought the shallow brood-frame and the tall 

 plain sections into prominence. It must be remembered that no other hive contains the essential features 

 of the Danzenbaker. The success of this system depends on having everything just right, so you should 

 place your oider for the Danzenbaker hive with our main office, or any of our branches or regular agents. 



What Others Say About the Danzenbaker Hive. 



Union Bridge, Md., Feb. 9, 1904. 

 The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



Gentlemen:— I saw in a recent issue of your paper 

 that you have a department called "Reports Encour- 

 aging." I shall send you my report. 



I use the Danzenbaker hive and will g-ive you 

 report of the same, as the few Dovetailed hives that 

 I use do not compare at all with the Danzenbaker. 

 One colony gave nie over one hundi-ed pounds No. 1 

 white honey, and the rest averaged about sixty, 

 with an increase by natural swarming of one hun- 

 dred per cent. A friend of'^mine who uses all sorts 

 and kinds of hives in his apiary succeeded in making 

 scarcely enough honey 1o pay for the foundation 

 used in tlie sections. This was about two miles 

 from myppiary. Long live the Danzenbaker hive. 

 It is just the thing for this locality. 

 Yours truly, 



J. B, HOLLOPETER. 



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Mallet Creek. O., Sept. 25, 1902. 

 I now have 250 colonies of bees, of which 170 are 

 in Danzenbaker hives, and shall have all my bees in 

 Danzenbaker hives next spring. During the past 

 poor season. 30 or 40 of the colonies in the Danzen- 

 baker hives gave over 100 pounds surplus. On the 

 average I get more than double the amount of honey 

 from these colonies that I do from those in the old 

 chaff hives. With a seven-inch telescope cover, the 

 Danzenbaker hive winters the bees better than the 

 chaff hives. Vernon Burt. 



I have used both square and tall sections in all my 

 apiaries five years, and I know from practical expe- 

 rience that it will pay to discard the 414 sections, 

 and use only 4x5 sections, and the Danzenbaker hive 

 with the fence separator. They have made enouph 

 more this season in the same yard to pay for the 

 hives. I have made Tnore money this season ptr 

 hive than I have any previous year in my 15 years of 

 bee-keeping. Fifteen of my strongest Danzenbaker 

 hives made a ton of honey. When it comes to sales, 

 I get more for the 4x5 sections, and have no work in 

 cleaning them. I ship them as I take them from the 

 super. This is not the case with the AVa section. I 

 make honey to sell, and anything that sells the best, 

 and for the most money, is what 1 want out of the 

 bee-business. S. D. MATTHEWS. 



, In Gleanings, p. 931, Dec. 15, 1899. 



Rock Valley, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1901. 

 My bees gathered no surplus after July 1. I had 

 only 1200 pounds, but I obtained a fancy price— 151^ 

 for " Fancy " and No. 1 white, and 14M> for No. 2 

 here at my station for all the Danztnbaker 4x5 plain 

 sections used on our hives, while 1 got only 14 and 

 13 cents per pound for the 4Vix4Vi square sections, 

 and I consider that much difference is worth look- 

 ing after— don't you? The Danzenbaker hives dou- 

 bled up, two brood-chambers, are in fine condition, 

 even better than my double-walled hives. I intend 

 to build a bee-cellar and work off my double- walled 

 hives as fast as I can, and get the Danzenbaker 

 hives. , Very truly yours, J. L. Haight 



The A. I. ROOT CO,, il™'^ 



