1877 



GLEANINGS IN HEE CULTURE. 



258 



Prices Reduced. 



I have best machinery and promptly supply 



Pure Bees-wax Comb Foundation, 



DRONE AND WORKER CELLS, 

 at followinK low prices. Made fiom yellow wax. in any 

 Quantity and sheets cut «, any desired size. ^^ ^^ 



1 to 25 lbs., sheets larger than 6x6 inches 65c 



25to50lhs^ " '^ '„ ^. .. ■.'.'* 5)c 



50tol00 1bs., " .. .. „ „ 50<- 



100 to 500 lbs.. ., „ « « ■"■ 4«c 



500 to 1000 lbs., ^ ^^ „ ..'■■■ 45c 



1000 lbs. ormore ' . . ■■■■■.'„„„_ 



When sheets are .5x6 inches or '^^sm size add 10c per 



3b. for extra work in cuttinjc and packine. If «««« iron 



"'•^r SemiS^nf^ worked up to order for 25c 

 Berlb or for 5 12 of the wax. Highest cash price paid 

 for pu^e vellow wax. All freight or express charges to be 



''If ffi'ed^r'S add 25c per lb. to above prices. 



^ZfcTJi;?:^a'r,'$i^1n?prices of Queens, Bees Hive. 

 TJoYPs Fitractors &c., &c., sent free to all. It tells how 

 to inl'rSiu™ qul4ns,'how to use foundation, and gives 

 many useful hints. . ^ _ — 



ITALIAN QUEENS FOR 1877. 



I warrant safe arrivals of all my queens by mail. 



„ , , $2 50 



Tested queens, each -j3 ^ 



** SIX-. .".•.•....••••"•'"•"•*'• ' tj.2 AA 



" « perdozen \ ^i) 



Warranted queens, each •••• g ,|^ 



u " ^^rdozeni .".'." ".''■- 3^ «» 



Dollar queens, each ,, -« 



>• " perdozen :••• xi ou 



A few choice imported queens, safe arrival «^^^^^^-_ 



FuU?olonksYtkiians'in""Ndh 

 the best adapted to all purposes and the easiest 

 to handle of any hive extant) with tested queens, 

 each 



Sample Hive ,*""."' \t x- 



J H NELLIS, Canajoharie. N. \ 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



PURE BEES WAX. 



Packed in neat wocden boxes-pni>er between every 

 „r. ci,<.<>*c |)er lb. per pcKir. 



by freight or exp. 58c 



two sheets. 



lib. 6xr,. by ttail • 2^c 



3 " 12x18 or SxK))^. by mail y »|Jt- 



3 



5 

 10 

 25 



r,rt 



100 

 fjOO 

 1000 



.55c 

 .55c 

 .53c 

 52c 

 60c 

 4fic 

 46c 



80. 

 1.2 40 



1 75 



2 75 

 5 .50 



13 25 

 26 00 

 50 00 

 240 00 

 450 00 



6 00 



12 CO 



4 00 



Improved Quiuby Smoker. 



Quinby's " Bee - Keeping Explained." 

 Bol material for as practical a box as can 

 be made. Glass cheaper than ever be- 

 fore Queens, Hives. Colonies, Extractors, 

 Hive Clasps, Bee Veils, etc. . 



Send for Illustrated descriptive 

 cular L. C ROOT, 



Mohawk, Herkimer, Co., N. Y. 

 4tf 



White wax. 25C per lb. extra, if wanted, but we consider 

 the .vellow in every respect prefe.able; even for comb 



'"I'hT.-idn. is k.pt in stock, in sheets 12x18 indies^ and 

 Sxl6>2 inches [exact ^i/e needed for L. brood frames I 

 packed in boxes cf 3, 6, 10. 25, 50 and 100 l))s. each, and 

 Lbij)ped only in these boxes at the above prices 



T'here are 5 cells to the inch, and one P;'""'! of ^^ 

 makes from 4 to J) square feet, of surface. The tbmnest 

 will be u.-ed h^ the bees, but is not '""de into comb as 

 quickly as the heavier, which has a gi eater depth of oc . 



If 60 lbs. are wanted, send money for a 10 lb. box and a 

 no lb. box, &c. The difference in price '^^""b' enough to 

 cover the difference in cost o boxmg packmfr f-*--; ye i« 

 lb. boses, and packing, handlmgand nailm.^un fi^e box- 

 es cost much more ihan one oO lb. box, ana pacKing, 

 handling and nailing up one box. 



As these packages are all put up ^nd Jcept ', stcK;K. 

 there can te ho variation, unless at an additional price. 



Now mv friends, it you want all sorls of quantities, or 

 want t fui all sons of sizes, I will accommodate you w.ta 

 Til the nlea^ure in the world, for ten cts. pee lb- extka. 

 •^ Wax Vvil be worked up to order, and cut >mo ^^heeU. of 

 any size desired, lor 25c per lb. in quantities of 100 lbs. or 



""we will pay 30c per lb. cash tor bright yellow wax, or 



''itatovf prices we can pay no express or freight 

 charges either way, _ 



ComlD Foimdation Machines 



For making 5 inches lor section boxeB - oO 00 



Double Boiler for above machines, - |3 00, .3.50 ana i.w 



""'^^'^^ol'iirjr^r. for ceils .f'^h If^A^^. 

 If drone s^ze IV anted, add «10, §5 and §;^ refepectivelr 

 to above prices The machines are all ready tor use, 

 ^^Kfl^Jl^^n^ictionsw^^ 



We have sold ?;30.00 machines for making comb foun- 



%ev. j'van Eaton, York, N. Y. .; Lewis Walker, Wu- 

 ri Cai G. M. Dale, Border Plains, Iowa; G.\\. Gates, 

 Bartlett, Tarn,; A. Salisbury, Camargo His. ; C. F. Lane. 



Cir- 



JBritisli Bee jroi:iraal5 



l«. a larze beautifully printed, and profusely illus- 

 rrnfprf MONTHLY- clear type and fine heavy paper. 

 ItlscSct"d by CHArZesNASH ABBOTT, Fan- 

 la!^, >V London f England. Annual subscription, 



^ We*wUl send It with Gleanings and pay all postage 

 for 82.50. 



ITAtmttt BEES. 



qSens bred early in the^e^ason.^SeM^or^cat^logue. 



Augusta, Ga. 



ytf 



Wm. W. Cary, Colerain, Franklin Co^ Mass. Six- 

 teen vears experience m Propagating Queens direct 

 from imported mothers, from the best district in tab- 

 Persons purchasing Queens or S\varms from me will get 

 what they bargain for, '^^- ' ' '«"• ^ '" "■ 



C MrS.:MrD::&i."ch^rli^"Mich. ; T. G. Newman. 

 Phiciitro Ills • C. L. Johnston, Danville, Pa. 

 aIIoO (Sinch drone comb) machine to J. H. Nellis. 



^Nhiffnch^$oO.-00 machines to C. R. Carlin Bayou 

 Goal" La.TJno. Hunter, 5 Eaton Mse, Ealing. England; 

 T R <;tpvf>nson San Bernardino, Cal. . 



"^-Twelve inch $100.00 machines to C O. Perrine, Chicago. 

 Ills D A Jones, Beaton. Ont.. Canada ; J. Madory, 

 Lo= Angeles, Cal. ; J. H. Neltis^ana pliarie. N. 1. 



Send for circular. 



3 in q. 



CX.XJB33ING 3L.IST. 



We will send Gleanings- . ,^(^. jm ra» 



With The American Bee Journal (^.00 ?2.5« 



W T»i(^ Rpp Keener'a Magazine (1..50) w 



" Both The above Bee Journals of America 4,00 

 " British Bee Journal (S2,00) |.60 



" All Three : • ' W V I" ld^"i^^, «>' 25 



» American Agriculturist mm ^-^^ 



" Prairie Farmer 'sT-n -T'oi 



" Rural New Yorker (|2..-.0 3,-5 



" Scientific American '*^/.l'l;,--,;;V,«i'i^ri 75 



" Fruit Recorder and Cottage Gardenci (81.00) 1,7a 

 \_Above rates include all Foslage.i 



