1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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we have arranged our second contest to extend over the 

 best time in the year to take pictures. Keep your eyes 

 open for a good view, and when you have found it get 

 a camera and you will have a chance to win one of our 

 liberal prizes. It's a great satisfaction to have a good 

 photo of one's bees, even though a prize is not won. 



We offer the following prizes for different kinds of 

 photos: Class A, photo of apiary. Class B, photo of 

 comb honey. Class C, photo of any object of interest to 

 bee-keepers, not included in two first classes. 



Rewards:— Each class will be awarded a first, second, 

 and third prize. First prize, winner will be allowed to 

 select goods from our catalog to the amount of $5 00; 

 second prize, same as first, except amount is $3.00; third 

 prize, same as first, except amount is $2.00. 



Condifiotis:— Contest closes Sept. 1, 1905. Contest is 

 open to all ages, and limited to United States and Cana- 

 da, as the foreign contest is still on. We suggest that 

 photos of honey should show the product of one colony, 

 and be arranged so as to expose the entire face of each 

 section, similar to the photos often shown by Mr. Dan- 

 zenbaker. If preferred, a select ten sections could be 

 photographed, or any other idea may be used. 



Photos should not be mai-ked in any way, but your 

 full name and address should be put on a separate sheet, 

 and enclosed with photo, marked " for prize competi- 

 tion." Do not neglect this. Photos not winning a prize 

 will be paid for according to the value to us, if we can 

 use them. The prizes will be awarded with special ref- 

 erence to clearness of photo and artistic beauty and 

 the instructive and interest-drawing power. No photo 

 returned unless stamp is enclosed for return. Prize- 

 winning photos are to become our property. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THE MAN WHO ADVERTISES TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY, 



NO MATTER WHERE IT IS LOCATED. 



The Rural New-Yorker is still publishing letters from 



those who have been dealing with Mr. Ostrander. A 



good many sent him $15, some 25, and two or more sent 



50; but no report has come in as yet that he has ever 

 made a sale of anubody's property, and little or no proof 

 has come in that he even advertised the property as he 

 promised to do; and yet some periodicals are still re- 

 ceiving his advertising matter. 



The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Objects of The Association. 



To promote and protect the interests of its members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Annual Membership, $1.00. 



Send dues to the Treasurer. 



Officers: 



J. U. Harris, Grand Junction, Col., President. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, 111 , Vice-president. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan Secretary 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., Gen. Mgr, and Treas 



Board of Directors : 



E. Whitcomb, Friend, Nebraska, 

 R. L,, Taylor, Lapeer, Mich, 

 W. A. Selser, 10 Vine St., Philadelphia, Pa, 

 R. C. AiKiN, IvOveland, Colorado 

 P. H. Elwood, Starkville, N. Y, 

 Udo Toepperwein, San Antonio, Texas. 

 G. M. DooLiTTLE, Borodino, N. V. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 

 J. M. Hambaugh, Escondido, Cal, 

 C. A. Hatch, Richland Center, Wis, 

 C. C. Miller. Marengo. Illinois. 

 Wm. McEvoy, Woodstock, Ont. 



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Swarthmore 

 Queen - rearing Outfits 



Prices of Complete Outfits: 



Outfit No. I --Experimental 



1 Cell-bar, 1 Holding-frame, 

 16 Waxed Flange Cups, 12 Transfer-cages. 



Outfit No. 2—Amateur 



2 Cell-bars, 1 Holding-frame, 

 35 Waxed Flange Cup, 18 Transfer-cages, 



1 Needle, 1 Cell-stick. 



Outfit No. 3 



2 Blank bars, 



3 Holding-frames, 

 1 Cage-pocket, 



1 Grafting-plug, 

 10 Comp. mating-boxes, 

 1 Bar-holder, 

 1 Swarm-box with lid. 



-Professional 



2 Cell-bars, 



1 Incubating-cage, 



1 Grace Cell-compressor, 

 100 Flange Cups, 



2 Swarth. nursery-cages 

 24 Transfer-cages, 



1 Needle, 1 Stick. 



These goods and books are for sale by all 

 dealers in bee-keepers' supplies, and 

 furnished at wholesale and retail by 

 The A. I. Root Company. 



Prices of Separate Parts: exTra 



Bar-holder $ .10 ' .04 



Blank Bar 05 .04 



Bottle Feeder 10 .05 



Bulb Filler and Feeder 75 .08 



Breed ing-Queen Hive 1.00 



16-hole Cell-bar 10 ,02 



Cage-pocket 25 .09 



Flange cups, unwaxed, Iceach; per 100.. .75 .09 



Flange-cups, waxed, 2c each; per 100. . . . 1.75 .14 



Grace Cell-compressor, each 1.75 , 14 



Grafting-needle, each 15 .01 



Grafting-plug, each 10 .01 



Grafting-stick, each 10 ,01 



Holding-frame, each 10 .05 



Incubating cage, each 35 .07 



Mating-boxes, complete, each 20c; 10 1.50 .12 



Nursery-cages, complete, waxed cell-cup .35 .05 



Nursery-cages, no cups 25 .04 



Swarm-box, with lid 1.00 



Swarm-box lid only 25 



Trap-box 50 



T Stands, each 10 .06 



Transfer-cages 10 .02 



Swarthmore Books 



" INCREASE " tells now to form new colonies with- 

 out breaking up working'colonies, postpaid .25 



" BABY NUCLEI ;" how to mate queens with 



a mere handful of bees 50 



"CELL-GETTING:" ready about May 10 50 



