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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15 



INVENTION 



BINGHAM 



Original 

 Direct Draft 



CLEAN 



Bee Smokers 



4 Largest Sizes Soot Burniug 



Tin 4-in. Smoke Engine 3J6-inch S-inch 2Vi-lnch 2-inch Wonder 



Bingham made and 

 sold the first and original 

 Bellows Bee-smoker that 

 would bum stove wood. 

 Bingham made and sold 

 the first and original bev- 

 eled Uncapping - knives. 

 Bingham made and sold 

 the first and original 

 bent-cap and wire-handle 

 Smoker for turning the 

 smoke sidewise and 

 downward without turn- 

 ing the Smoker. 



Bingham made and sold 



the first and original 



Smokers that turned the 



smoke-tar into smoke instead of over the smoker on the outside and into the joints. 



Bingham made and sold the first and original closed-end frame Bee-hives in 1863. 



Bingham made and sold the first and original square Bee-smoker Bellows with 



spring valve and double-cleated joints. f 



Bingham make and sold the first and original five sizes of Bee-smokers. 



Having made all the above tools, and 



improvements upon them, is it any wonder 



that in getting a Bingham tool you get 



the best ? 



Rev. L. L. Langstroth made the hive 

 that has stood the test for fifty years. 

 Bingham made the smoker that has stood 

 the test twenty-seven years. 



Below is a part of the direction card 

 sent with all Bingham Smokers, viz. : "This 

 Bingham Smoker comes to you ready to 

 use, not a bolt nor screw to turn. If you 

 have our four-inch Smoke Engine please 

 send us a card and say how you like it. 

 Mention its faults. They have been in 

 every country the standard of perfection. 

 They have always pleased every one— we 

 hope they will please you." 



The above invitation has brought us 

 hundreds of complimentary letters and only 

 two uncomplimentary ones. 



Mr. Charles Dadant & Son, in their 

 catalog, say "Bee-smokers being one of 

 the most useful and probably the most indispensable instruments used in the apiary. 

 All Bingham Smokers have elastic barrels and cover. If they get stuck they 

 can be sprung and opened without injury. 



Wholesale prices on application. Mail rate, delivered free at your own postoffice. 



4-inch Smoke Engine $1.50 3-inch Conquerer $1.00 



3i-inch Doctor . . . .' 1.10 2^-inch Large 90 



2-inch Little Wonder $ .65 



We make smoker barrels of heavy copper if ordered, but charge 50 cents more 

 than for tin the same size. They are heavier, and don't rust out. 



We have many letters stating that many of our tin Smokers have lasted 20 years. 



Patented May 20. 1 879. BEST ON EARTH. 



T. F. BINGHAM FA RWELL, MICH. 



United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau op Entomology, \ 



Chico, California, October 28, 1905 S 

 Dear Mr. Bingham: — Enclosed find money-order for a honey-knife and smoker. I can't 

 do business without a Bingham Smoke Engine. J M. Rankin, 



Special Agent in Agriculture. 



