1878. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



139 



imFLEMENTS FOU BEE CULTURE 

 ALFHABETICAI.LY AKRANGED. 



For description of the various articles see our 

 Twelfth Kdiiion Circular and Price List found in 

 May No., Vol. \ I., or mailed on application. 



h or directions Hoiv to Make all these \arious arti- 

 cles and implements, see A B C of Bee Culture. 



This Price List to be taken in place of those of 

 former date. 



Mailable articles are designated in the left hand 

 column of figures ; the figures giving the amount of 

 piistaue required. 



Canada postage on merchandise is limited to 8?^ 

 oz., and nothing can be sent for less than 10 cents. 

 15 1 Alighting Board, detachable. See ABC, 



1 I'art First $ 10 



I Basswood trees for planting. For prices 



! see Price List 



I Balances, spring, for suspended hive (60 lbs.) 8 00 



I Barrels for honey 3 50 



I " " waxed and painted... . 3 50 



I Bees, per colony, from $7 to $16, for partic- 



I ulars sec price list 



10 I Bee-Hunting box, with printed instructions 25 



I Binder, Emerson's, for Gleanings .'SO, 60. 75 



10 I Blocks, iron, for metal cornered frame raa- 



i king 15 



One of the above is given free with every 100 



frames, or 1000 corners. 



10 I Burlap for covering bees. 40 in. wide, per jd 10 

 I Buzz-Saw, foot-power, compJeh'; circular 

 I with cuts free on application. Two saws 

 I and two gauges included 35 00 



I Buzz-Saws, extra. 85c, to $8.50. See price list. 

 The above are all tiled, and set, and mailed any 



where 



CO i Buzz-Saw mandrel and boxes complete for 



I 6 inch saws. No saws included 5 00 



; The same for 7 and 8 in. saws (not mailable) 8 00 



1 I Cages, wood and wire cloth, provisioned. 



See price list 05 



13 1 " " " per doz 50 



I " Larger size double above prices.. . 

 20 Candy for bees, can be fed at any season, 



I per lb 15 



I Cards, queen registering, per doz 06 



" " " per 100 40 



fiO I Chaff cushions for wintering (see Nov. No. 



i for 1877) SO 



9 I •' " without the chaff 15 



40 1 Chaff cushion division boards 20 



2 I Cheese cli )th, for strainers, per yard 10 



10 I Clasps for transferring, package of 100 25 



I Climbers for Bee-Hunting 8 50 



I Comb Basket, made of tin, holds 5 frames, 



I has hinged cover and pair of handles 1 50 



1 Comb Foundation Machines complete $35 to 100 00 



20 I Corne'^, metal, per 100 75 



20 I " " top onlj-, per 100 100 



15 1 " " bottom, per IWI 50 



On 1,000 or more a discount of 10 per cent will be 

 roade, and on 10,000, 25 per cent. The latter will be 

 given to those who advertise metal cornered frames. 

 1 Corners, Machinery complete for making $250 (X) 

 15 1 Enameled cloth, the hest thing for covering 

 i frames, l^ees do not bite and seldom 

 ! propolize it. Per yard, 45 inches wide, 



I 25c. By the piece, (13 yards) 22 



i Extractors, according to size of frame, 



I $7 50 to 10 00 



i " inside and gearing, including 



I honey-gate 5 00 



I " Hoops to go around the top 50 



per doz 5 00 



5 1 Feeder, Simplicity, (see price list) 1 pint — 05 

 7 I Feeders, 1 quart, tin, (see April No) 10 



4 I The same, half size, 05 



25 I The same, 6 qts, to be used in upper story 50 



1 Files for small circular rip saws, new and 

 1 valuable, 20c; per doz. by express... 3 00 

 j " Tlie same, large size, double above 

 I prices 



2 1 "3 cornered, for cross-cut saws, 10c; doz 1 00 



5 I Frames with sample Habbet and Clasps... 10 

 18 i Galvanized iron wire for grapevine trellises 



1 per Ih. (about 100 feet) 20 



25 I Oates for Extractors tinned for soldering. . .50 

 .50 I Oenrinir for Extractor with s\ipporting arm 1 50 



I Gleaninos. Vol's I and TI. ench 75 



I " Vol's TV and V. oaeh 1 00 



fli " Vol. Ill, second-hand 2 00 



I " first five neatly bound in one. . . fi 00 



C " " " unbound.... 5 00 



I Hives from 50c to f 6 25 ; for particulars see 



I price list 



I Honey Knives, straight or curved blade. . . 1 00 



I ',' " % doz 5 35 



I " " '/4 doz by Express 5 00 



I Labels for honey, from 25 to 50c per 100 ; 



I for particulars see price list 



I Lamp Nursery, for hatching queen cells as 



1 built 5 00 



I Larvae, for queen rearing, from June to 



I Sept 25 



15 I Leather for smoker bellows, per side tO 



j Lithograph of the Hexagonal Apiary 26 



i Magnifying Glass, Pocket 50 



1 " " Double lens, bi-ass on 



I three feet ICO 



i Medley of Bee-Keeper's Photo's, 150 photo's 1 CO 

 12 I Microscope, Compound, in Mahogany box 3 CO 

 i Prepared objects for above, such 



1 as bees' wing, sting, eye, foot, &c., each 25 



7 I Muslin, Indian head, for quilts and cush- 

 I ions, pretty stout, but not good as duck, 



1 per yard 10 



10 1 Opera Glasses for Bee-Hunting 5 00 



18 I Paralfine, for waxing barrels, per lb 30 



I Photo of House Apiary and improvements 25 



I Queens, .50c to 16 00. See price list 



1 I Rabbets. Metal, per foot 02 



I Salicylic acid, for foul brood, per oz 50 



8 I Saw Set for Circular Saws 75 



I Screw Driveis all tiietal (and wrench com- 



I bined) 4'4 inch 10c; 6 inch 15c. Very nice 



I for f oot-po we r saws 



i Scissors, for clipping queen's wings 40 



6 1 Section boxes, fancy, hearts, stars, crosses, 



1 &c., each 05 



Section Honey box, a sample with strip of 



1 f dn. and printed instructions C5 



I Section boxes in the flat by the quantity, 

 I $9 50 per thousand and upwards, accord- 

 I ing to size ; for particulars, see price list. 



15 1 Case of 3 section boxes showing the 



I way in which the separators are used, 



suitable for any kind of hive, see price list 10 



18 I Seed, A Isike Clover, raised near %ts, per lb . . 25 



18 i " Catnip, good seed, per oz. 20c; per lb. 15 CO 

 I " Chinese Mustard, per oz 15 



18 I '■ Mellilot, or Sweet Clover, per lb 60 



18 " White Dutch Clover, per lb 60 



I " Ml therwort, per oz. 2(.c; per lb 2 00 



18 I " Mignonette, per lb. (2.5c per oz) 1 75 



I " Simpson Honey Plant, per package 05 

 I " " " " peroz 50 



18 I " Silver Hull Buckwheat, per lb 10 



I " " " " peck by Express 75 



18 I ■' Summer Rape. Sow in June and 



I " July, per lb 15 



A small package of any of the above seeds will be 



sent for 5 cents. 

 5 I Sheets of Enameled cloth to keep the bees 



1 from soiling or eating the cushions 10 



I Shipping Cases for 48 section frames of 



I honey 60 



j The same for 24 sections, half above 

 i prices. This size can be sent by mail in 

 I the flat, for 75c 



10 I Smoker, Quinbv's (to Canada 15c extra) — 1 50 



5 1 " Doolittle's, tobeheldinthemouth 25 



I " Bingham's '.....$125:160; 200 



25 1 " Our own, see illustration in price 



1 " list 75 



2 I Tacks, tinned, per paper, (two sizes) 10 



5 I Thermometers 40 



I Veils, Bee, with face of Brussels net, (silk) 75 



I The same, all of tarletan (almost as good) 50 



I "Wax Extractor 3 50 



I Copper bottomed boiler for above 1 50 



5 1 Wire cloth, for Extractors, tinned per 

 I square foot 15 



2 Wire cloth, for queen cages 12 



I Above is tinned, and meshes are 5 and 18 



I to the inch respectively 



3 I Painted wire cloth, for shipping bees, 14 



I mesh to the inch, per square foot 07 



All goods delivered on board the cars here at prices 

 named. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



2E FANCY CARDS, vour name & a Morocco Card 

 S5 Case, 10c; Schell, Bros., Smith's Land'g, N.Y. 



rTAliIAN QUEENS from an imported mother. 

 Full stocks, and nuclei for sale cheap, with sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. Send stamp for price list. 



O. H. TOWNSEND, 

 5 Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



