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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



BUSINESSfe^ 



Manager 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



We have shipped the past montli a carload of 

 hives and supplies to W. O. Victor, Wharton, Tex. 

 There were .■)00 hives in the car, all ten-frame, and 

 mostly for extracted lioney, which shows the kind 

 of hives preferred in that section. Mr. Victor 

 lias 450 colonies of bees, and produced 45,000 lbs. of 

 lioiiey the past season. Bee-keepers in that section 

 may supply themselves from liis stock. We have 

 also shipped a carload of hives and supplies to O. P. 

 Hyde, Lampasas, Tex. These are almost all eight- 

 frame hives, and for comb honey. But then the 

 two points, although in the same State, are a good 

 way apart. Mr. Hyde is also prepared to furnish 

 the bee-keepers of Northwest Central Texas. 



As we go to press we are making up a car for St. 

 Paul, Minn., and another for San Mateo, Fla. 



UONKY MARKET. 



The crop of honey tlip past seH.=on must have been 

 more abundunt in many quarters than the reports 

 indicated, or else the people are not eating as much 

 as they did in better times. No doubt both are true 

 to some extent. At iiiiy rate, there seems to be a 

 plentiful supply, and very low prices are ruling. 

 We are prepared to furnish, to those who need it, 

 either comb or extracted of choice quality — comb, 

 in 1-lb. sections, a^ 1.5c per lb.; large lots at a less 

 price, which we will quote to those interested. Ex- 

 tracted, in 601b cans, two in a case, at 8'.;c: two- 

 cas'^ Jots or over. He. We liave choice white alfnlfa 

 and clover and basswood at these prices; also some 

 very good honey, not quite equal to above, at a cent 

 a pound less. Samples submitted to those interested. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Tlie wire netting was received in good order. I 

 am well pleased with it. I don't see how you can 

 sell it So cheap- just half wluit it would cost at my 

 hardware .store, after paying the freight. Prosper- 

 ity to the Root Co. is the wish of your friend. 



Hampton, Ky., Jan. 28. G. W. Duley. 



THOSE yKVf ROOT POLISHED SECTIONS. 



I am much pleased with the 8000 1-11). sections you 

 sent me. I liave already set up 5000. They hold out 

 all riglit, besides the breakage. They are very nice. 



Spragueville, N. Y , Jan. 30. Wm. Hull. 



OUR WORK CAN NOT BE BEAT. 



The goods were received, and the cases and frames 

 are all nailed up. They were all perfect, and went 

 together without any trouble. Your work can not 

 be beat. Thanks for the extras. 



Manchester, N. Y., Feb. 2. Ezra G. Smith. 



THE CRANE SMOKER. 



I bought a Crane smoker of you last spring, and 

 like it very much. I liave used other smokers, but 

 find it far superior to any of them. The blast is as 

 strong now as when I got it, and it saw as much 

 service as a smoker generally does in a season. 



Calamine, Wis., Jan. 6. F. L. Murray. 



SECOND HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



Since our last report five more of the second-hand 

 mills have been .sold. One more ten-inch has come 

 in since, and one or two more are expected. The 

 stock at present stands as follows: 



Six-inch hex., No. 1461. Price f 10 00 This is in 

 good condition, and just right for thin surplus 

 foundation. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 1631. Price SIO.OO. In good con- 

 dition, and will make thin surplus foundation 10 ft. 

 to lb. 



Six-inch hex.. No. 156.5. Price $12.00. 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 round-cell. No. J J. old-style frame. 

 Price $10.00. Has been used but little, and is in 

 good condition. It is well worth the price to any 

 one wanting to make medium foundation for their 

 i.)^n use. 



Samples from any of above mills sent on applica- 

 tion to those interested. 



WINTER soon is over! 



\n(\ if you contemplate buying 

 Bees and On'^er's 

 You will do well to write 

 eitf For prices to 



L.EININGER Bros., Ft. Jennin gs, O. 



W. O. Victor, of Wharton, Tex., took 



45,000 Lbs. of Honey in 1894. 



He offers Italian (.)\u'ens — good, old-style honey- 

 queens— untested, first order, to any address, at 50c 

 each. Also bees in any quantity : 4.50 colonies to draw 

 from. Root's goods constantly in stock. Prices to 

 suit tlie times. Buy near home, and save freight. 



S. J. ENOLIEH. Enelishville. Ga.. will deliver f. o. b. 

 Andersonville. Ga.. 30 COLOHES H7BEID ANB ITALIAN 

 BEES, ON L. FEAMES, m $100.00. 



.ARTICLE MORE THAN FAIR. 



I have read your article in Gleanings (on the 

 dovf tailed corner), and I thank you very muc-li for 

 the kindly spirit in which you have written. Surely 

 your article is more than fair, and I said to Mrs. 

 Abbott that I had not a word of fault to find. There 

 is one thing, however, that T desire to say, so I may 

 not appear to condemn a thing without seeing it. 

 I have one of your hives which came direct to me 

 from you, and I have had a sample once before. 

 They are made the best of any of the kind T have 

 seen. E. T. Abbcjtt. 



St. Joseph, Mo. 



QUEENS ALIVE TO AUSTRALIA BY MAIL. 



Your postal card and queen-cage arrived here 

 Jan. 16. All the bees were dead except two and the 

 queen. I introduced her into queenless nuclei the 

 same day, and she is apparently doins nicely. 



Tryphena, New Zealand, Jan. 22. John Blair. 



The queen you sent me arrived in splendid condi- 

 tion Jan. 8, 1895: in fact, she looks as though she 

 were iust caged. There were 7 bees dead, all the 

 way from a d-y-looking bee to one just dead. I 

 have put her in the hive, under wire netting. Al- 

 thouph liberated by the bees, on looking through 

 the hive I could not sight her. I am afraid I have 

 made a mistake in putline her into a colony which 

 was preparing to swarm, first taking five frames of 

 bees and brood and queen to start another hive. 



James H. Colmer. 



Woolbrook, New England, N. S. W., Aus., Jan. 14. 



Dear Friend Bnof:— I have much pleasure in In- 

 f'^rming you of the arrival of the queens .Tan. 10. 

 I The select tested queen was dead, and all the bees 

 I except one; but the other lot was in splendid con- 

 dition— only 6 bees dead. I consider the double box 

 a great improvment, and very suitable for this 

 country; and they had abuTidance of food that 

 would last them as long again, and it was in splen- 

 did condition. I don't think the tested queen could 

 have been long dead, because she looked quite 

 fre«h. I am pIso sending you our local paper, 

 where you will see the account of their arrival. 

 Thave to thank yo\i very kindly for your prompt- 

 ness in forwarding me the bees, lam liighly pleas- 

 ed with the one that landed alive. Alex. Bain. 

 Asylum, Toowoombo, Queensland, Aus., Jan. 17. 



lam glad to report that the Italian queen sent by 

 you in September last has arrived alive, and has 

 been introduced safely— only one worker was alive 

 when she arrived. I have not seen the queen yet. 

 as I was away from home on a visit to Sydney, and 

 have only just come home again. I intend to raise 

 some young queens from her at once. Please ac- 

 cept thanks for sending the queen. She arrived 

 here October 20. E. Linnell. 



Huonville, Tasmania, Nov. 8. 



