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Special Notice to Bee=keepers ! § 



BOSTON I 



Money in Bees for You. S 



Catalog Price on 9 



ROOT^S SUPPLIES ^, 



Catalog for the Asking. L 



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F. H. Farmer, 182 Friend St., ^ 



[I 

 6! Boston, Mass. ri 



L Up First Flight. I 



P ROVIDENCE n UEENS 

 ROYE THEIR IJoALITIES 



TO BE 



UNEXCELLED 



Head your colonies with them. 

 Use them to invigorate your stocls. 

 They will increase your profits. 

 Produced by many years of careful 

 breeding. A circular will be sent 

 on request. 



LAWRENCE C. MILLER, 

 P. O.Box 1113. Providence, R. I. 



Put Your Trust in Providence Queens 



2G per ceni, Profit 



Pineapples, Oranges, Grape Fruit 



Made a Specialty for Non-Resident Owners 

 and Intending Settlers in the 



Lovely Lalce Region of South Florida. 



20 per cent, annual return on investment. 



Pure air, pure water, no mosquitoes. Higl 

 pine and oak land, bordered by fresh water 

 lakes, suited to all cirtus fruits and pineapples. 

 Good title. Time payments. Address for de- 

 scriptive matter, W. E. Pabor, Manager Pa- 

 bor Lake Pineries, Avon Park, Fla. tf 



CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS, 

 COPYRIGHTS AND DESIGNS. 



Send your business direct to Washington, i 

 ^ saves time, costs less, better service. 



) My office close to TT. S. Patent Office. FREE preUmln- 

 ary examinations made. Atty's fee not due until patent < 

 Is secured. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN-19 YEARS < 

 ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. Book "How to obtain Patents," 

 etc., sent free. Patents procured through E. G. Siggers ' 

 receive special notice, without charge, in the J 



INVENTIVE ACE; 



illustrated monthly— Eleventh year— terms, $1. a year, J 



918 FSt., N. W. 



, WASHINGTON, D. Cl 



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If, 



Tf 'If, BmGHAM 



-*— ■"5 has made aW the im- 

 ' provemoiil:!; in 



Bee Smokers and 

 Honey Knives 



made in ilie last 20 years, uiid()iil)t(-;lly 

 he makes the best on earth. 



Smoke Engine, 4 inch stove, none too larg^, .'<eiit 



postpaid, per mail ? 1 £>0 



i\(< inch ].1(J 



Knife, 80 cents. 3 inch 1.00 



2 ^^ inch 90 



r. F.Bingham, ^inch to 



Farwell, Mich. 



Little Wonder, 2 in. .65 



Patent Wired Comb Foundation 



has no sag in brood frames. 



TMn Flat Bottom Fouidatioi 



has HO Fish-bone in Surplus Honey. 



Being the cleanest is usually worked the 

 quickest of any foundation made. The talk 

 about wiring frames seems absurd. We furnish 

 a Wired Foundation that is Better, Cheaper 

 and not half the trouble to use that it is to 

 wire brood frames. 



Circulars and samples free. 



J. VAN DEUSEN <£ SONS, 



Sole Manufacturers 

 Montgomery Co., Sprout Brook, N. Y. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 Park Place, 

 NEW YORK . 

 Furnishes everything a bee-keeper uses. We endeavor to have 

 our Hne of suppHes include the most practical articles. Full col- 

 onies of bees. Nuclei colonies and queens in season, Discount 

 for early orders. 

 Apiaries. Glen Cove, L. I. Catalog free. 



