1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



113 



BUSINESSfec^^ 



FLAT COVERS. 



According' to the new catalog, tlie option in liive- 

 covers is between Higginsville and ventilated gable. 

 If any prefer the old style Hat cover they may have 

 them, if specified in iht^ order. When no specifica- 

 tion is made we send Hig-jriiisville covers on sing-le- 

 wall hives, and telescope covers on chatf hives. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



We are having so much work that we are running: 

 on full time, and have been for some time. We are 

 also working the machinery in our wood-working- 

 department to its full capacity with a force of 

 forty men and boys. We are turning out our e.xtra 

 polished sections at the rate of a million a month ; 

 ane we have orders booked, and already shipped 

 since Jan. 1, for over two million. This is some- 

 what of an indication of how they are appreciated. 



CATALOG OF BEE-KEEPEKS' SUPPLIES. 



We expect that every reader of Gleanings will 

 receive a copy of our new 1895 catalog in advance of 

 this number of our journal. We may not have all 

 mailed till a day Of two a ftt-r; but if you have failed 

 to receive a catalog within a week after receiving 

 this, write us for one if you care for it. It may be 

 some time before our catalog of tools, household 

 goods, and specialties, is out; but we will get it out 

 as soon as our multitude of other cares will permit. 



FLORIDA BKANtH. 



Shipment of the second carload for Florida was de- 

 ferred on account of tlie freeze, which materially 

 changed tiie plans and prospects of many bee keep- 

 ers there. We e.xpect to ship a second car early this 

 monlh. If in need of anything in our line, write 

 Mr. A. F. Brown, San Mateo, as soon as possible aft- 

 er reading this item, so that, if he has not in stock 

 what you want, it may come forward in the next 

 carload to go. 



SYRACUSE BRANCH. 



The bee-keepers of Centinl and Eastern New York 

 and adjacent territory have shown their apprecia- 

 tion of the convenience of beina- able to obtain our 

 goods at our catalog pi ices at Syracuse, where Mr. 

 F. A. Salisbury has had charge for the past three 

 years. The sales have increased each year over the 

 preceding. We shipped to Syracuse last week the 

 first carload for this season, and more will follow as 

 needed. 



NORTHWESTERN BRANCH. 



We expect soon to ship a carload of goods to our 

 representative at St. Paul, H. G. Acklin. 1024 Miss. 

 St. Any one in tliat vicinity wantinsr any thing 

 special will do well to write above address, with 

 order, that your wants may be supplied in this car. 

 There is a good stock of hives on hand at St. Paul— 

 Nos. 1, lE. 3, 3e, 8-fiame; No. 5, 8 and 1(1 frame, and 

 No. 1e, 10-frame, packed as furnished last year, with 

 flat cover and without nails and brood-frame start- 

 ers. Mr. Acklin will repack these as per new cata- 

 log, if desired, or he will furnish them as they are 

 at the old catalog price, with .5 per cent deducted. 

 This reduction is offered as an inducement to fur- 

 nish them as now packed, so as to save the trouble 

 of repacking. 



ANOTHER BRANCH HOUSE. 



As we go to press we are loading a car with a gen- 

 eral assortment of supplies destinpd for No. 10 Vine 

 St., Philadelphia, where Wm. A. Selser will dispense 

 the goods to the bee-keepers of the southeastern 

 quarter of Pennsylvai ia and south half of New 

 Jersey. The goods will be sold at our catalog prices, 

 and Mr. Selser is supplied with catalogs as well. Mr. 

 S. is an enthusiastic bee-keeper as well :is a thorough 

 business man, so • hat .v u can depend upon his giv- 

 ing you good service. He will ali-o try to supply 1 he 

 Philadelphia market with honey: and if you have 

 any to dispose of, especially clover honey, commu- 

 nicate with him at above address. He will, no doubt, 

 be able to sell large quantities. 



•lOHN NEBEL & SON. 



We have sold a cai-load of our supplies the past 

 month to John Nebel & Son, of High Hill, Mo , and 

 have piinted tor them a supply of catalogs. It was 

 The plcjisure of the writer to bo i>ntert;iined at the 

 homes of these genial Missourians on his return 

 from the International Convention at St Joseph 

 last fall. They have a very pleasant location at 

 High Hill, and have a beautiful sti ck of bees. 

 They have been prominent as queen-breeders for 

 a number of .years. ;ind well deserve the success 

 they have attained in that line. 



COLUMBIA PRUNING-SHEARS. 



The time for fruit-tree pruning is at hand, and 

 already here in some sections. We have some- 

 thing new in the way of a shear to offer, which is 

 superior in many ways to ttie old style. The joint 

 between handles and blade is so made as to give the 

 blade a shearing movement, ensuring easy cutting. 

 The blade also cuts in the center of lower jaw, the 

 edge bedding in a hard paner filling. The handles 

 are of malleable iron, smoothly polished. It is a 

 superior tool, which will be appr-ciatcd. Price 3.5c;: 

 by mail, .50c. 



BEMAN AUTOMATIC OIL-CAN. 



Who has not been annoyed by occasionally over- 

 flowing a lamp when filling from the ordinary oil- 

 can? If your can is such that you draw the oil from 

 a faucet, have you not been annoyed by the can 

 springing a leak around the faucet? These and oth- 

 er difficulties are overcome by the can shown below. 



This is a plain can, with no openings except in the 

 top, and no projections to get bumped and start a 

 leak. The pivots in the side of the three and five 

 galk)n sizes, t)n which they swing, consist of a steel 

 rod running clear through the can, washered and 

 soldered at each end, inside and out. 



Maimer nf Z7.si(((/.— Sitnply hold the lamp in posi-^ 

 tlon on the Blling-tube, inserting as far as the tube 

 will go in the lami>, and tilt the can over until the 

 oil runs into the lamp, which will fill to the proper 

 heiglit, and eeasr fldtviiKj automatically. Tilt the can 

 back, raising the lamp at the same time to the first 

 position; then remove the lamp, at the same time 

 tilting the can backward until the oil in the tube 

 runs back into the can, and there will be no drtp- 

 ifhaicvrr. 



Principle of Couxtructiioi. — The can is provided with 

 an air tight screw-cap. which should always be kept 

 turned down tight. The filling tube, or spout, is 

 double, one part connecting with the oil-space, and 

 the other with the aii-space of the air-tight can. 

 The oil rising in the lamp to cover the end of the 

 tube, shuts off the air, or vent, and thereby auto- 

 matically stops the flow. 



Three and five gallon sizes are made of galvanized 

 iron, and have swing as shown. If more conven- 

 ient, the stand can be hung on two hooks on the 

 wall as a bracket, allowing the can to swing just the 

 same. A one-gallon size, of tin, without swing, is 

 also made. Price. 1 gallon, 35 cts.; 3 gallons, $1.25; 

 5 gallons, $1.50. 



