1877 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



31 



TABLE OF PREMll'MS. 



The first column is for those only, « 5 

 who send 5 or more names. t's 



C S 

 Names 0/ Premium Articles. ^(v 



Any of them sent post-paid on rec'pt of price. 

 1 — Lithograph of Apia ri/. Implements, etc. 25 



'■I — Phiitograph of ihnine Apiary 25 



■■i—"T/>at i^•<.s•('H^■■ Sofia and' Blue Eyes 25 

 ^'t— Emerson's Binder J\ir (Jlkanings, 



will tiold i'l'oliimes 5( 



<> — " " better mtality 60 



7 — Pocket Magn ifying Glass 60 



S— First or secoml ]'«/«*«<• o/Glkanings.. 75 

 5) — Best quaJity Emerson's Binder for 



Gleanikgs 75 



10--I)(>i<bh' /xn.s- Mar/nifier.on 3 brass feet 1,00 

 l\~Phot<t MtdUii. Br, -JCeepers of Americal, 00 

 li— First ami .v<<v-;/</ To/. ((/"GlkaninGS. .1,50 

 V.i— Centennial Culjinet Clock; a pretty and\ 

 accurate time piece, that will run even 



irhen carried about, for only J2 00 



M — A real Compound Microscope, beauti- 

 fully fini.shed. and packed with Imple- 

 ments in a Mahogany Bo.v 3,15 



20 



iiffoms m mi \m, 



Having succeeded better tli.Tn ever in cur inii)orta- 

 tionf, we will be enabled to sell our 



COLONIES and QUEEUS 



Next spring, at greatly reduced prices, 

 lltr CH. DADANT & SON, Hamilton, 111. 



CASH F OR BEE S-WAX. ^ 



We are paying 20 cents per pound for yellow bees- 

 wax, in lots of from ."iO to 5, QUO or more pounds, deliv- 

 ered at Syracuse, or 31 cents, if exchanged for white 

 wax'. If you have any wax on hand, and can deliver 

 it at the above price, please.do so, and we will send 

 you our check on receipt of ihe same. 



ECKERMAN & WILL. 

 7-7-"77 Wax-bleachers, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Doolittle's Advertisement. 



Having had many calls lor wares used in cur api- 

 ary, we have cor.cludcd to sell lor samples, as belosv ; 

 that our bee-keeping friends, if they desire, ninv have 

 a pattern to work by in making them. 

 Doolittle's improved Gallup hive with 3P boxes 

 :ir;d cases and wintering arrangement all 



complete 56 25 



.■Standard Gallup hive with 21 boxes and cases 



all complete 3 25 



The above are well painted, with tin roof, 

 .^nmple set o) cases with 21 boxes that will fit 

 any frame hive at top 14x20 (outside measure) 



or larger 2 00 



>aniple case with 3 boxes 40 



.-^ample case with 2 boxes (by mail 16c extra) 35 



Sample box ready to nail (by mail 3 cts. extra). . (3 



IJoxeb by the 100 ready to use 2 50 



lioxes by the 100 ready to nail 1 75 



Tin tacks for fastening glass in honey boxes, 

 sample by mail r, cts. ; per 1(00, 40 cts. : per .5000, 

 :J.') cts. ; (by mail 8 cts. extra per 10(0); 



Klock to nail boxes on (by mail 35c extra) 1 .50 



niock to tin boxes on (by mail 25c extra) 50 



Address, O. M. DOOLITTLE, 

 1--4 Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



Kvery Bee-keeper sbould subscribe for it. 



The American Bee Journal 



1> the host Kionlilk- and pniotical .Journal of APICUL- 

 TURE in the world. The most successful and experienced 

 .\piarian.s in Europe, as well a.s America, contribute to its 

 p.Msros. In fact, it is the oldest and largest Bee Paper in 

 tl.<' Knglii-h languaiic. *2. Per Anniim. Send a Stamp 

 lor a Sample Copy. Address TH(JM.\S G. NEWMAN 

 I' 184 Clark st., Chicago, 111. 



f oiw6 feundafmu ! 



PURE BEES WAX. 



Cut to any size desired. 



PACKED IN NKAT W(K)DKN 150XES-PAPER BE- 

 TWEEN KVERY T\V( ► SII KE'fS. AT .'^l.(K) PER 

 POUND FOR TIIK WJilTK. OR 7.". CKNTS 

 PER POUND FOR THE YKLLOW. 



IF WANTED UY MAIL. Aim 25 CEXT8 PER POUND FOR 

 PACKING BOXES AND POSTAGE. 



]f takui in our regular packing boxe.", sheets 12xlS 

 inches, 10 per cent, off from alx)ve jirices on 10 pounds or 

 over. 



Wax will be worked up to order, and cut into sheets of 

 any size desired, for 40 cents per pound. 



We will pay .30 cents per pound cash for bright yellow 

 wax, or sell it for 32. 



One pound of wax makes from 4 to 8 square feet of sur- 

 face. The thinnest will be used by the bees, but is not 

 made into comb as quickly as the heavier, which has a 

 greater depth of cell. 



Sheets just rifht for L. frames both white and yellow, 

 kept constantly in stock ready for shipment ; also 'square 

 sheets for section boxes. About C of the former or SO of 

 the latter (enough for 1 Universal case) weigh 1 pound. 



At above pi ices we can pay no freight or express charges 

 either way. 



The onlj' wholesiile rates we can give is 10 per cent, off 

 from above rates on orders for 50 pounds or over, or 20 

 per cent, on 100 pounds or over. 



Comb Foundation Machines. 



Machines for making sheets 1 foot wide - $125 00 

 Expressly for L. frame, 9 Inches wide - 50 (0 



For making 5 inches for section boxes - 30 00 



The above prices are for cells 4}i or 5 to the inch. 

 If drone size is wanted, add S510, g5 and $3 respectively 

 to above prices. The machines are all ready for use, 

 and lull irstructions will be sent to each purchaser. 

 Address, A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



ITALIAN BEES^AKO QUEENS. 



I can furnish tested queens for 82,00 each. Unwar- 

 ranted queens for Sl,0O each or 10 for 68,5(>. Xucleus 



You cannot look over the back No's of Gleanings 

 or any other Periodical with satisfaction, unless they 

 are in some kind of a Binder. Who has not said^ 

 "Dear me what a bother — I must have last 

 month's Journal and it's no where to be found." Put 

 each No. in the Emerson Binder as soon as it comes 

 and you can sit down happv, any time vou wish to find 

 any thing you may have previously seen even though 

 t were months ago. 



Binders lor Gleanings (will hold thera for four 

 j'ears) gilt lettered, free bv mail for 50, 60, and 75c, ac- 

 cording to quality. For table of prices of Binders for 

 any Periodical, see Oct. No., Vol. 2. Send in your 

 orders. A. I. ROOT, Medina. O. 



ClL,XJBBI]VO LIST. 



We will send Gleanings— 



With The American Bee Journal (S2.00) ?2..Mi 



" The Bee Keeper's Magazine (1.50) 2.00 



" The Bee World ( 1..50) 2.25 



"• All three. Tb.e Bee Journals of America,. ..5.00 



" British Bee Journal (?2,00) 2 £0 



" American Agriculturist (fl.eO) ^2/25 



" Prairie Farmer ($2.15) 2.90 



" Rural New Yorker ($2.50) 3.25 



" Scientific American (J3.2(i) .^.90 



" Fiuit Recorder and CotUnge Gardener (61.00) 1.75 

 [Aleve rates include all Pottage.'} 



