1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 





HURRAH FOR FLORIDA. 



On Tuesday evening', Jan. 15, Constance and my- 

 self expect to start for Floiida. During- the past 

 year she has bf'cn working in the office as sliorthand 

 writer and tjpewriter; so 1 sliall liave somebody 

 along to whom I can dictate my Notes of Travel. 

 Of course, I do note.xpect her to follow me in all 

 my raids on the wheel, etc.; but she will be ready to 

 "take down " when I get around full of something 

 to talk to you about^ A. I. K. 



cataijOgs printed at this establishment. 

 We have just finished A. T. Cook's seed catalog for 

 189.5, and I think the job does credit both to friend 

 Cook and ourselves. We have printed his catalogs 

 for several years, but never so good a one as this. 

 Inasmuch as I have watched the growth of friend 

 Cook's seed business for almost twenty years, per- 

 haps I feel more than a usual interest in it. If you 

 wish to see a new catalog, address A. T. Cook, Hyde 

 Park, N. Y. 



a valuable strawberry catalog. 

 I have been greatly pleased by reading clear 

 through from beginning to end a little catalog by 

 C. N. riansburg, Leslie, Mich. One refreshing 

 thing about this is, that Mr. C. tells us how nearly 

 all the plants he advertises have behaved on his own 

 grounds; andwheie they have faults he evidently 

 is as ready to tell about those faults as he is of the 

 good qualities. Now, a good many who advertise 

 strawberry-plants have nothing in their catalog 

 whatever from iinlividunJ pir^tmal experience. Can't 

 a good many of us gather a moral right here ':' 



ELECTRICITY. 



I do hope our people will give this periodical a 

 generous support. It tells you exactly the truth in 

 regard to what electricity is doing in the world to- 

 day; and, more than all of that, it sifts truth from 

 falsehood, and sounds timely warnings against the 

 stupendous frauds that are being continually put 

 upon the people in the way of electricity for curing 

 human ailments. Still further, it exposes frauds 

 along this line, that do not have a bit of electricity 

 al)Outthem. The price is only $100 a year. Ad- 

 dress Electricity, 6 Park Place, New York. 



HONEY MARKET. 



Our supply of extracted honey is very low, and we 

 should like to get track of some more of it, in 60-lb. 

 cans, not too far away. If any of our readers have 

 si7ch to offer we shall be pleased to hear from tliem. 

 We have also placed out on commission very nearly 

 all of the alfalf.i comb honey we have been offering 

 the past few months. We have reserved a little, 

 which we offer to those in want of choice comb hon- 

 ey, at 1.5c per lb., in 100-lb lots or more. 



NEW PRICES ON SEEDS, ALSIKE, ETC. 



The seed market changes so much that we are 

 obliged frequently to make new prices on many of 

 the staple seeds The following table gives the 

 prices as they will appear in our piice list now go- 

 ing to press. How long we shall be able to hold 

 these prices will depend on the market. Most of 

 the prices, you will notice, are lower than last quot- 

 ed. Bag to ship in always included. 



SECOND-H.^ND FOUNDATION-MACHINES. 



Since our notice of these a month ago we have 

 sold half of them, and are negotiating with i)arti..'s 

 for some of those which remain. Three more ma- 

 chines discarded from our wax room are added to 

 the list. Those unsold at the present time are as 

 follows : 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1461. Price flO.OO This is in 

 good condition, and just right for thin surplus 

 foundation. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1031. Price $10.00. In good con- 

 dition, and will make thin surplus foundation 10 ft. 

 to lb. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1565. Price $13.00. This is in 

 good condition, with very light wall, and will make 

 extra thin foundation about 11 ft. to lb. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1669. Price $10.00. This has 

 made a good many hundred pounds of thin surplus 

 foundation in our wax-room, and will still do good 

 work; has a few slight blemishes which are no det- 

 riment practically, but hardly suitable for the high 

 standard of excellence attained by our foundation. 



Ten-inch hex.. No. 1640. Price $13.00. This has 

 been used for light brood, and is discarded for same 

 I'eason as above; is an e.xcellent mill otherwise. 



Ten-inch hex.. No. 1638. Price $7.00. This is a new 

 machine, and all right, except for one thing: The 

 sheets do not come from the rolls easily, and it is 

 tlierefore a source of some annoyance to use it. 



Ten-inch round cell. No. G. G. Trice $8.00. This 

 is old-style heavy cell w;dl, and makes foundation 

 something like that from the Given press. 



Ten-inch round cell. No. 1. 1. Price $8.00. Similar 

 to No. G. G. 



All the above machines are our own make. We 

 have also the following: 



Hex. Vandervort, 10>2-inch, No. H H. Price $8.00. 

 Will do well for heavy brood. 



Samples from any of above mills sent on applica- 

 tion to those interested. 



TRIUMPH MEAT-CUTTER. 



Family meat-cutters are a very great convenience, 

 and well nigh a necessity. Certain it is, that, if 

 prope ly used, they will pay for themselves in a 

 very little time in any family of ordinary size. 

 There is hardly another item in ihelistof provisions 

 for tlie family board that counts up faster than the 

 meat-bill; and any thing that will serve to econo- 

 mize in the meat supply, and at the same time ren- 

 der much of it more eJible, is certainly worth in- 

 vestigating. The Triumph meat-cutter, which we 

 offer, is different from most of the old-style chop- 

 pers, as will be seen from the illustration. It is also 

 very easily taken apart to clean. We cut furnish 

 the Triumph for $1.50 each. Special prices in quan- 

 tities to agents. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meetinsr of the Ontario Co. Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held in Canandaigua. N. Y., Jan. 2.i. 26, 189.). Come 

 early, every one. Ruth E. Taylor. Sec, Bellona, N. Y. 



The nth annual meeting of the Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in the Capitol, Madison. Feb. 6 and 7. dur- 

 ing; the convention week of the State Agricultuial Sociei.v. 

 thus securing reduced railroad fare. Let all interested at 

 tend. Programs .sent to as many as possible, but come whetli 

 er you get one or nut. H. LATHRor, Sec, Browntown, Wis. 



The California State Bee-keepers' .\ssociation will liold its 

 fourth annual meeting on Tuesday and Wedne-day. Feb. -'i an. I 

 fi. at the Chamber of Commerce, in Los Angeles, corner Bi'oa I- 

 wav and Fourth Sts. Programs ready. 



J. H. Martin. Sec. Bloomiugtoji. Cal. 



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H. C. SIMPSON. 

 BBEEDER OF ITALIAN BEES AND QITEENS, 



And dealer in Bee-keepers' Supplies. 

 Send for price list. CATAWBA, S. C. 



