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GLEAl^J^INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 



TABLE OF PREIUUIUS. 



The first column is for those only, ^ § 

 who send 5 or more names. S"i 



Names of Premium. Articles. C^-r 



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



\—A R C of Bee Cidlitre, Part First 25 



"2 — Lithoc/r iph of Apiary, Implements, etc. 25 



'i—Ph'>ti)rirfiph of House Apiary 35 



^—•^Th'it Present,'''' yovice and Bltce Eyes 25 

 ^—Einerson's Binder for Gleanings, 



will hold 'i Volumes Sf' 



•i — " " better quality 60 



7 — Pocket Magnifying Glass 60 



S— First or .lecond Volume of QL^KX^sl^s(iS..^5 

 9 — Best quality Emerson's Binder for 



Glbajtings 75 



IQ— Double Lens Maf/ni/i.er, on 3 brass feet 1,00 

 W— Photo Medley, Bee-keepers of A merical, 00 

 12 — First and second FoZ. o/ Gleanings.. 1,50 

 13— /I real Compound Microscope, beauti- 

 fully finished, and packed with Imple- 

 ments in a Mahogany Box 3 15 



1-t — Opera Glass for Bee Hunting §5.00 



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My annual catalogue (a complete garden and floral 

 guide— yo pages) of choice Northern grown seeds— 

 1000 varieties, bulbs, garden and apiarian imple- 

 ments, supplies, agricultural books, bees, queens, 

 &c., &c., is now ready— sent postpaid on application. 



Address, C. F. LANE, N. W. Apiary & 

 2tf Seed Warehouse, Koshkonong. Wis. 



MANUFACtURERS OF SUPERIOR DOUBLE 



REFINED GRAPE AND MALT SUGAR, 



CRYSTAL GLUCOSE SRYUP. 



Superior Double Refined Grape Sugar for feeding 

 bees, at S'^^c per lb. in barrels of 375 lbs., and 4c in 

 boxes of 50 or 110 lbs. Crystal Glucose SjTup 5c per 

 lb., by the barrel. Samples of the Grape' Sugar will 

 be sent prepaid, by Express, on receipt of 10 cents. 

 11-ly LOUIS P. BEST, Sup't, Davenport, Iowa. 



We will furnish the above delivered on the cars 

 here in Medina, at 'i cent in advance of the above 

 prices. Or we will have it shipped from the factory, 

 at factory prices. Any amount less than 50 lbs., will 

 be 5c per lb. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



For further particulars see our Illustrated Cata- 

 logue, mailed on application. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



You can not look over the back No's of Glean- 

 ings 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 muxt have last 

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

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

 comes and you can sit down happy, any time you 

 wish to find anything you may have previously seen 

 even thoiu^h it were months iijro. 



Binders for Gleanings (will hold them for four 

 years) gilt letterecl, free by mail for 50, 60, and 75c, 

 according to quality. For table of prices of Binders 

 for any Periodical, see Oct. No., Vol. II. Send in 

 your orders. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



JUST RECEIVED ; CHOICE NEW CROP 



Alsike Clover Seed. 



A fine new lot of Alsike clover seed, very clean 

 and raised near us. Price per lb., 25e; per bushel, 

 (60 lbs.) .?13.50; Vj bushel, *7.00; peck, $3.75. If want- 

 ed by mail add 18c per lb. for bag and postage. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



E. AV. HALE'S 



Price List of Bees & (Queens for 1878. 



1 Colony Italian Bees with tested queen (before 



July 10th) S14 00; (after July 10th) $11 00 



1 Colony Italian Bees with untested queen af- 

 ter July 10th 9 50 



1 Tested Queen 2 50 



1 Untested " . . l 00 



A discount of 10 per cent on all orders for queens 

 of $10,00 or more. All queens raised from import- 

 ed mothers. I have made arrangements to Italianize 

 all the black bees within 2 miles of my apiary, and I 

 think all my queens will be purely mated; all queens 

 will be shipped in rotation, and I desire parties or- 

 dering queens, to inform me whether they wish the 

 money returned if the order can not be tilled at once. 

 2*d Address, E. W. HALE, Wirt C. H., West Va. 



Italian Queens— Nucleus and full colonies — Comb 

 Foundation — Hives and Section Bo.xes complete, 

 furnished on short notice. Ten years' experience in 

 Bee- Keeping and Queen breeding. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed or money refunded. Send for prices. 



Eggs and chicks from high class land and water 

 fowls. 

 2-7 VALENTINE & SON, Carlinville, Ills. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



All bred from imported mothers of my own im- 

 portation. Dollar queens, $1,00; ready in April. 

 Tested queens before June 1st, $3,00; after, $2,50. 

 Full colonies of Italians from $7,00 to $10,00. Three 

 frame nucleus with tested queen, before June 1st, 

 $5.00, after, $4.50. Comb Foundation, Bee-Keepers' 

 supplies., &c. 

 2-7d PAUL L. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, La. 



We will send a sample copy of the Bee-Keeper's 

 Iflaorazlne, post-paid, to any person in any way in- 

 terested in Bees or their Products, or in the ap- 

 paratus so successfully used in modern management. 

 Just send your name and address to 



A.J. D4ING& Crt., 

 8tf 61 Hudson St., afew York. 



Material ready to nail for standard Langstroth 

 hives. Portico, 10 frames, (beveled top bar) bottom 

 board and cap, in prices ranging from 75c to $1,00 

 each, according to quantity wanted. Sample hive 

 $1.50. Our favorite the "Modest" at same prices. 



We are prepared to beat the world on Honey and 

 Section Boxes. 



Harbison section, 5 to 10 M. per M $6 50 



" " Less than 5 M, per M 7 50 



1 " 8 50 



Dovetailed sections, any size from 4Mx4i4 to 



5x6, 5 to 10 M, per M 8 00 



Less than 5, per M 8 50 



1 " 9 00 



Circulars for 1878 will soon be ready— Send for one. 

 J. OATMAN & SONS, 

 Itfd Dundee, Kane Co., Ills. 



