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Names of responsible parties will be inserted in any of the following departments, at a uniform price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2,00 per year.

$1.00 Queens.

Names inserted in this department the first time without charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2,00 per year.

Those whose names appear below agree to furnish Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, or anything of the kind, only that the queen be reared from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to return the money at any time when customers become impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable.

Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, put up most neatly and most securely, will probably receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted and tested queens, furnished on application to any of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us and we will send you another. Probably none will be sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list.

*E. W. Hale, Newark, Wirt Co., W. Va. *A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio.

HONEY PLANTS!

BLACK LOCUST.-Splendid for honey, and will pay alone for posts. Price $1. per 100; seed 25 cents per ounce.

SOURWOOD.-Always produces a large yield of honey. Price of young trees, $3.50 per 100.

BUCKBUSH.-An ornamental shrub for the yard. Begins to bloom when all else fails with us, and continues about two months. Very hardy, and produces a great deal of honey. Price $2.00 per 100; seed 50 cents per ounce.

BUCKTHORN.-This is one of our best honeyplants; yields honey abundantly. Price 50 cts. per 100: seed 25 cts. per ounce.

POPLAR.-This certainly yielded more honey the past season than any thing else in this vicinity. Valuable for timber; unsurpassed as a shade tree; nice, straight young trees at $1.00 per 100.

PERSIMMON.-Blooms sometimes for nearly a month, yielding an abundance of honey, and the fruit is just splendid (for those who like it). Price of young trees, $5.00 per 100; seed, 10 cts. per oz.

SUMAC-Blooms in the summer, when there is but little else; would be considered very ornamental where it does not grow wild; grows from 4 to 6 ft. high. Young trees. $2. per 100; seed, 25 cts. per oz. CHERRY, BLACK TARTARIAN.-Good for honey and fruit: very hardy. Price $2.00 per 100. GOOSEBERRY.-Bees work on it lively; splendid fruit. Price $2.00 per 100 by mail, post paid. APPLE-TWIGS for grafting; almost any variety; 25 cts. per bunch by mail, postpaid.

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*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. tf *E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City, Mo. *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La.

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The above trees delivered on board cars here at prices named: seeds sent by mail postpaid. Address CHAS. KINGSLEY,

Greeneville, Greene Co., Tenn.

The Oldest Bee Paper in America--Established in 1961.

AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,

Published WEEKLY, at $2.00 a year.

Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices The first and third numbers of each month, $1.00 a year. named, as those described on our circular.

A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio.

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As I am about to change my location for one near the city, I offer for sale, in bulk or lots, 14 L. bives, hinged covers, well finished, some of them used but a few months. Also one Muth Extractor, used but one season. All in good order. Price for the whole, $35.00. Address, MRS. DR. GILLESPIE, 12d

West Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., Pa.

FOR durability, ease of manage-
ment, beauty and rapidity of
work, and low price, our Printing-
press can not be excelled. For terms,

address S. D. RUTHERFORD,
Kearneysville,
West Virginia,

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The first number of each month, 50 cents a year. THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.

FLAT-BOTTOM COMB FOUNdation.-High side-walls, 4 to 14 square feet to the lb. Circular and samples free. J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 12tf fdn Sole Manufacturers, Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. Y.

HEADQUARTERS FOR

Early Italian & Cyprian Queens.

Imported and home-bred; nuclei and full colonies. For quality and purity, my stock of bees can not be excelled in the United States. I make a Try it. If you wish to purchase Bees or Supplies, specialty of manufacturing the Dunham foundation. send for my new circular. 1tfd

Address

DR. J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, Ga.

HIVES! HIVES!

I am now prepared to manufacture bee-hives, whole sale and retail at the very lowest prices. Send one dollar, to get one of D. A. Jones' celebrated hives. Catalogue furnished on application. 9tfd JOHN M. KINZIE, Doon, Ont., Can. THE

British Bee Journal.

The British Bee Journal is now mailed to our ad dress in packages, each month. In order to dispose of thera, we offer them at present at 75c per year, postage paid, beginning Jan. 1881, if ordered so they can be mailed in December, 1881, on account of post age. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio.

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The 15-cent dictionary came to hand all right, and I declare it is quite a prize for the money. I showed it to my teacher, and asked him what he thought it ought to be worth. He replied that he thought such a book would cost 40 or 50 cents. ISABELLA WIER. South River, Anne Arundel Co., Md., Nov. 18, 1881.

I write to acknowledge the receipt of your bee book, with which I am highly pleased. I gave the letter containing the order to the clerk to mail on Monday morning, eight o'clock, and Wednesday evening before my little boy went to bed, I was showing him the picture of Novice and little Blue Eyes. I think that an instance of promptness rarely equaled. W. H. WRIGHT.

Edmore, Mich., Oct. 21, 1881.

I have one of the Waterbury watches, and think it keeps good time. It keeps within a minute or two, and sometimes within a half-minute a week. The honey season has been extra poor around here; rain, rain, all the time. I increased from three to seven, and have been feeding them up for winter. I shall try a snow-bank this year. CHAS. O. MELOON.

Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 26, 1881.

The Clark smoker works very satisfactorily: indeed, more so than the Bingham I had been using all along, and for which I had to pay one dollar. I should think as soon as bee-keepers of this country (and Europe too) will have become apprised of the fact, that for 50 cents they can buy the most servicable smoker, they will not use any other. LOUIS KNORR, M. D. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 8, 1881.

The queen came last evening in splendid condition-only one bee dead in the cage. I have just introduced her this forenoon, and hope she will be graciously received. I like to see such promptness in business matters; it is satisfactory to deal with men of your stamp. T. BOLES. Ridgeway, Ont., Can., Nov. 2, 1881.

I have the ABC book, which has been a great help to me. I paid you $125 for it, and if I could not get another I would not take five times that amount for it. I have learned more about handling bees since I have had it than I ever knew about bees be fore in my life. JAMES K. GREGORY.

Crooked Lake, Wyoming Co., Pa., Oct. 28, 1881.

That "tested queen and 1 lb. of bees" sent me last April did well. I let them go on 3 L. frames containing comb and some honey; added other frames as needed, and soon had to put on the upper story. Her highness" was crowded out below, and just walked into the upper parlor and filled it nearly full. I took solid comfort with them. The bees are large, yellow. beautiful, and kind. Columbus, O., Oct. 28, 1881.

R. G. WARNER.

The Waterbury watch and the A B C were received the 28th. They were very nicely packed, and came safely. Husband was quite disappointed in the watch it being much better than he expected. I think we shall order one or two dozen in the course of a few weeks. The A B C is worth $10, at least to me, as I have just bought a large colony of Italians, and knew nothing whatever of bees or bee-keeping. IMOGENE DONNELLY. Omer, Bay Co., Mich., Nov. 1, 1881.

FOR TWO-POUND CANS.

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if wanted by mail, add 5c per 100. Address and source of honey printed in like this samblack. Two colors at once, one-half more. Address A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio.

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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE.

A KIND LETTER.

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We must have GLEANINGS for another year. Also
send sample copies as follows, to
The last is our minister of the Church of Christ at

this place. He is a worthy man. I love him much.
If you still have some of the cards against swearing,
send me 25 or 50. I can use them. I will give them
to those I think they will benefit. I am superintend-
ant of the Bible-reading class of our town. It is an
interesting study. I was once an unbeliever, yea,
an infidel of the vilest type; but I now believe.
Your kind
Pray for me that I may be humble.
words have done me much good. God speed you,
my dear friend! I once used tobacco; quit its use
I use
Jan. 26, 1880, and have never touched it since.
no alcoholic drinks, and, my dear sir, I do not pre-
scribe them in my practice. You are right in fight-
ing these pernicious poisons; and for one I will be
your co-worker. We must pray, and read God's
word if we desire to overcome sin and temptation.
'Tis the only way.

My bees are doing finely now. Honey crop good;
only few bees kept here, however. I have much to
thank you for more than you can ever know. Bee-
keeping has made me a much better man. I do not
know why. Your brother in Christ,
J. E. LAY, M. D.
Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Tex., Oct. 27, 1881.

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RECENT ADDITIONS, CHANGES, AND PROVEMENTS, IN OUR COUNTER STORE. OUR paper collars were by mistake put on the 5cent counter last month. If you will note the prices per tens and hundreds, it will be plain that it was out of place.

"CHARLEY," our painter and varnisher, has just got up something new for honey-cases. On the sheet of glass forming one side of the case he has put in bronze lettering, similar to that on our honeyAs the bronze letters extractors, "Honey for Sale" are on the back side of the glass, they are always bright and clean. The extra expense for lettering one of the glasses to a honey-case is 25 cents.

IF you you can not make a folder as per description on page 613 we will furnish you one for 50c. If wanted by mail, 5 c extra. These folders will without trouble fold rabbets for Simplicity hives, or any"John" wishes us thing else, not over 14% inches. also to say, that if any of you need any help in making tin cups or honey-pails, he will be glad to explain, if you will address him in our care.

THE new Waterbury watch has created quite a sensation wherever it has gone, and I tell you we have sent out a "heap" of them since our last. The expression "My neighbor wants one just like it," has got to be a pretty common phrase. Well, we have a good supply still on hand, and, what is more, we can now send them free of postage for the $3.50. If by express or freight, with other goods, 15 cents may be deducted from each watch.

WE are just about adding children's sleds to our counter goods. The 5-cent sled is rather to be used indoors. The 10-cent one will do very well for small children to ride on. The 15-cent one is the same tastily painted. Any of these can be sent by mail in the flat, and the postage will be equal to the value of the sled. For 25 cents we can furnish a sled that will hold any reasonable (in pounds) boy; is pretty fairly ironed, and tastily painted. As it is put together with screws, it can be sent in the flat without much extra expense, when ordering goods. We will try to give you engravings of them next month.

BUSINESS FOR THE WINTER.

ISN'T the following suggestive?

Will you please send me 300 one-pint honey-pails by R. R.
Lsent-
freight, via Cincinnati, unless you know of a shorter route. If
you can not ship without delay, please advise me.
an order nearly eight weeks ago, and have not the pails
E. M. HAYHURST.
yet.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23, 1881.
As we had the pails ahead, they went by first train;
but, my friends, it does not pay to send long dis-
tances for such goods. The 300 cost only $12 75, and
they ought to be obtainable near every bee-keeper's
bome. Boys, are you going to let Mr. Merrybanks'
neighbor John," have all the fun making tin pails?

IN selling the counter goods so closely as we do, many of them, we have found it necessary to add one cent each, besides the postage, for packing; so if you find the stamps are not equal in value to the amount charged in the list, do not think we have overcharged. The strong paper and twine we have found it necessary to use to stand mailing are more expensive than you may perhaps be aware of. Postage.]

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| Bowls, yellow ware, 1 pt.; useful..
Handkerchiefs, for children, pictured,

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Key Rings, superior quality, with balls
Mugs, for children, glass..

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Mugs, for children, china

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4 | Pans, Corn cake, circular, 3x2 in..
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5 Kaleidoscope, a pretty optical toy.
4 Papeteries, 12 white envelopes and 12
sheets of paper in a pretty box
2 Pen and pencil, Combination
7 Pans, patty, per 1⁄2 doz
Over 20 different sizes and patterns. Splendid
sugar cakes, etc.

2 Spoons, table, tinned iron.....
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A. I. ROOT,

Publisher and Proprietor,

Medina, O.

Devoted to Bees and Honey, and Home Interests.

DEC. 1, 1881.
Published Monthly.

No. 12.

TERMS: $1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE 2 Copies for $1.90; 3 for $2.75: 5 for $4.00; 1 or more, 75 cts. each. Single Number, 10 cts Additions to clubs may be made at clu rates. Above are all to be sent to ONE POSTLESS than 90 cts. each.

Established in 1873. OFFICE. Clubs to different postoffices, NO

NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. by leaving the bees queenless a day or two before

No. 25.

HOW OFTEN I GET LAYING QUEENS FROM MY NUCLEI.

70, friend Hayhurst, I don't get a laying queen from each nucleus once in ten days. Several times I have taken laying queens from nuclei from which laying queens had been taken only eight days previous; but even in the height of the honey season I do not get, upon an average, more than one queen from each nucleus once in two weeks, while early in the spring, or late in the fall, I do not do as well as that. Yes, some of my queens go off upon their wedding trips, and never return.

INTRODUCING VIRGIN QUEENS. Friend Doolittle has not had very good success introducing virgin queens, while the editor of one of our bee papers seems to almost doubt that it can be accomplished. Now, when honey is coming in plentifully, I prefer to give a nucleus a young queen at the same time that the old queen is removed, rather than wait a day or two and then give it a young queen, or even a queen-cell. At such times the bees seem to pay no more attention to a young queen than they do to a newly hatched worker, and Ifhave no trouble in introducing virgin queens, even when they are two or three days old. When honey is plenty, the bees seem to be fairly "crazy" to gather it; they have no time to spend quarreling with virgin queens. But when there is a dearth of honey they have more time to brood over their troubles, and then, as friend Hayhurst says, I am more successful

offering them a stranger.

QUEENS WHOSE DAUGHTERS ALL PRODUCE THREEBANDED BEES.

Now, friend Doolittle, about those extra-puro queens. I have read the references that you gave in regard to the matter, but not one of them mentions a queen whose daughters did not produce one ortwo banded bees, or hybrids. The daughter of each wonderful queen produced no black bees, but nothing is said as to whether they produced hybrids. Like friend Root, I have seen queens whose daughters produced no black bees, but I have yet to see the queen whose daughters produced no one or two banded bees, if they had mated with a black drone. Now come right out fair and square, friend D., and tell us if you have a queen whose daughters produce no one or two banded bees, even if they have mated with black drones; and, also, how you can tell which kind of drones they have mated with. When you rear queens from this extraordinary queen, do you send them out as tested queens, without first testing them? And if you do not, it would look as though you did not have perfect faith in the capabilities of your queen. If you really have such a wonderful queen, and are willing to sell her. I think I can find a man who will pay $100.00 for her; because he could send out her daughters as tested queens, just as soon as they commenced laying.

I don't know, friend D., but you will think me very inquisitive; but in your report for the present year you say that you commenced the season with 30 colonies; increased them to 80, and reared and sent out 83 tested queens; while in the Aug. GLEAN

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