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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aro 



New Ouinby Smokers ! 



The Smoker I am offerinjr the present season, is 

 entirely new in many respects, and is pronounced 

 the best in market. In quality of material and man- 

 ner of construction, it is as durable as can be made. 

 It works as perfectly in every way, as any smoker 

 now in use. 



See what bee-keepers say of it. 



"I have thoroughly tested the smoker. It works 

 like a charm. Everything- about it is perfect. They 

 are made in a thorough and workmanlike manner. 



1 consider it the best snu ker in use." 

 Wenham, Mass., July 10, 1878. H. Alley. 

 '•.\fter selling- a large n\imber of yeur smokers we 



are gratified to know that thej- give general satisfac- 

 tion. We keep all the prominent styles in stock, 

 and whenever a visitor buys one he always selects 

 the Xew Quinby in preference to any other." 



Canajoharie, N. Y., July 17, 1878. J. H. Nellis. 



Sent on receipt of price. 

 2^ inch tube by mail f 1 7.5 



2 " " "" 150 



By express 2.5 cents less. 



Send for circular of General Supplies to 

 5-1 L. C. ROOT, Mohawk. N. Y. 



1878. TTATL.T/VIV QJJUJZlSi^. 1878. 

 Large, very handsome and prolific. Warranted 

 S1.25: unwarranted Sl.OO; tested $2.00. No money 

 required until purchaser receives his queens. Send 

 for circular. Address H. ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



SET OUT GRAPE VIHES. 



I will send free by mail the following vines at ^100 

 per dozen. 



Hartford Prolific, Rogers Xumber Two, Wilber, 

 Croton, Massasoit. Maxatawney, Rulander. Goethe, 

 Taylor, Catawba, Telegraph, Martha, :5 Year old 

 Concords. 3 Year old Concords, *2.00 per doz. 1 

 Year old Concords, #1.50 per doz. 15 one of each kind 

 for $.5.00. J. G. WARXER, 



8-lOd Clover Farm Vinyard, Butler, Mo. 



FULL stocks of Italian bees with natural stores 

 for winter use, after October first, from six to 

 eight dollars each. Send for Circular. 



O. H. TOWXSEND, 

 ^ Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



Send Ten Cents for a, Sample Copy of 



The American Bee Journal 



The Oldest, Largest and Best Bee Paper. 

 THOMAS G. XEWMAX tl: SC::^", CHICAGO. 



ITAI.IAN BEES and PANCY POULTRY. 



For Italian Bees, full colonies or queens, also Fan- 

 cy Po'.iltrv, including the leading varieties of Land 

 and Water Fowls, Address JNO. R. LANDES, 

 2-9 Albion, Ashland Co., Ohio. 



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TROXG 2 frame nuclei with queen reared from 

 a choice imported mother for S2..50. 



HIRAM ROOP, Carson City, 

 -S Montcalm Co., I>Iich. 



We are pleased to announce that we are now pre- 

 pared to supply Comb Foundation made from pure 

 yellow beeswax", that has wire incorporated in it. 

 This is manufactured by an entirelj- new process, 

 and we are able to make 6 sq. ft. to the lb. of Foun- 

 dation containing the wire. By any other process, 

 it has not been possible to make over 3 to 1 sq. ft. 

 per lb. when wire was added. The necessity for 

 putting wire into brood foundation, is becoming 

 daily more apparent. Capt. Hetherington, C. C. 

 Van Deuscn, L. C. Root, and other prominent apiar- 

 ists could not be induced to use foundation with- 

 out the wire addition. It positively prevents all 

 sagging, and the combs handle so much stronger 

 that the difference in cost is of no account in the 

 long run. Without the wire, by this new meth- 

 od we can make foundation for surplus comb honey 

 that measures 10 sq. ft. to the lb., and the base of 

 cells are so thin that the weight is nearly all in the 

 side walls. Xo "■fishbone" will ever be found iu box 

 honey made on this foundation. 



We" are able to supply this fdn. promptly, in any 

 quantity, at following sizes and prices, viz: founda- 

 tion containing wire— sheets cut 10x16, lOxlP, 

 8i4x]6'4 or ll?/x]2— less than .50 lbs. 8Qc per lb., 50 

 lbs. and over, 7.5c per lb. If wanted in diflferent 

 sizes from those mtntioned, add 10c per lb. to above 

 prices. Sample sheets of either size, post paid, by 

 mail aOc. 



The thin yellow fdn. for surplus comb honey in 

 sheets 8x164 or 12x21 less than 50 lbs. 70c per lb. .50 

 lbs. and over, f5c per lb. The latter kind made from 

 white wax, add 2.5c per lb. to price of yellow. Small 

 samples of all three kinds by mail, 1.5c. We have 

 issued a small circular telling how to use it. and de- 

 scribing it more fully. 



For prices of old style fdn. and Italian queens, see 

 July Xo. GLEANixns. Shipping crates of all kinds 

 made to order. The Hetherington crate a specialty. 

 See mv circular for prices. 



Send P. O. money orders, pavable to me. on Xew 

 York Citv. 



J. H. NELLIS, 

 8tf Canajoliarie, N. Y. 



QUEEMS FOR SALE. 



Since queens have be'en entirely excluded from 

 the mails, I shall be unable to purchase any farther, 

 for the present, but will furnish you from my own 

 apiary, as follows: 



Queens reared from imported mothers, as soon as 

 they commence laying, each .?1.00. These are to be 

 taken just as they come, and no one is to be allowed 

 to pick them over, under any circumstances. Test- 

 ed queens of ordinary appearance, and ordinarilv 

 prolific, will be ?2.00. If we select the largest, yel- 

 lowest, most prolific, and that produce the finest 

 bees, the price will be ??.00 



For such as are small, dark, or old, but that pro- 

 duce nicely marked bees, the price will be S1..50. 

 Hvbrid queens when we have them, will be .50c. 



All of the above, we guarantee safe at your ex- 

 press olHce, and that they are as represented, but 

 can be responsible for them no farther. I do not 

 know what the express charges will be, but, from 

 what experience I have had, I fear it will be a 

 grevious burden for us all. On this account, and 

 because of the great number of losses that are being 

 almost constantly incun-ed, especially by beginners. 

 I would advise you to buy your queens in a nucleus. 

 This does away with all trouble or risk of Intro- 

 ducing, and vou can build them up into fair colonies 

 if purchased any time during this month. To make 

 the burden as easy as possible, I will furnish a neat- 

 ly painted 2 frame nucleus full of brood and bees. 

 fors;2.50; a 3 frame nucleus, S:?..50. These prices are 

 for nuclei, without (jueens, and you can have any 

 kind of a queen you wish, by adding the prices a-^ 

 above given. A nucleus hive should stand a 

 journej'of a month or more. 



jTW" Wherever there are offices of the U. S., Am., 

 Adams, or LTnion Express Co's, queens can be pre- 

 paid fm- 10 cts. Send us that amount in addition to 

 the regular price, and. if we can not prepay for the 

 whole distance, we will do so as far as we can. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



