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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15. 





BUSINESSfc^sgSr^^" 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED WANTED. 



There seems to be an unprecedented boom on this 

 seed this year. We have handled more during- the 

 past six months, severjtl times over, than we did in 

 the previous six years. He are again in need of 

 more, and sfiould be glad to liear from any of our 

 readers who have it for sale. 



RUBBEK GLOVES, SECONrS. 



We have a stock of rubber gloves, Nos. 10, 11, and 

 12, which we bought as seconds, but which are so 

 good that it is ditticult to see wherein they are infe- 

 rior to firsts. We are able to offer them postpaid, at 

 SOc a pair. With other goods, S6c. Special rates in 

 dozen or half-dozen lots. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



As we go to press we are loading a third car, 

 made up of export orders for New York, and have 

 just shipped a second car to Barteldes & Co., Den- 

 ver, Col. We are :it work on the third car this year 

 for Syracuse, N. Y., where F. A. Salisbury is pre- 

 pared to take care of your orders for any thing in 

 our line. 



SECOND-QUALITY ABC BOOFS. 



I find we have about 50 copies of the above, m;ide 

 up from sheets that were a little soiled or otherwise 

 injured. They are just as good in every respect, 

 and can be easily read— every page and every word, 

 Until they arQ gone we offer them, cloth bound, at 

 only 50 cts. each, by express or freight with other 

 goods. If you want one by mail, add 15 els. for 

 postage. These are the last edition, and exactly the 

 same as those we are selling for $1.25. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are finally closed out of comb honey entirely, 

 except two small lots in hands of commission men 

 In Cleveland. We have a good supply of extracted 

 honey in cans and barrels. We have one lot of 

 clover honey, which we will sell as it is, 350 lbs. in a 

 barrel, at 8c, or put up in 60-lb. square cans at 9c. 

 Choice basswood and clover honey in kegs and bar- 

 rels at 7c; in 60-lb. cans, at 8X, or two-case lots 8c. 

 Choice Alabama honey, in barrels of about 500 lbs., 

 at 6c. Samples mailed to those interested. 



BEESWAX EASIER. 



The highest point lias been reached in the bees- 

 wax market, and prices are again declining slightly. 

 We have some six or seven tons in .'itoc-k, and we 

 decline the price we pay till [utther notice, to 27c 

 cash, 30c trade, for average wax delivered here. 

 When you ship wax. be sure to put your name in or 

 on the package, and write by mail, giving the 

 weight of the wax shipped. We have over h:ilf a 

 dozen lots of wax on hand now for which we can 

 not find the owners, as they have failed io take 

 these simple precautions when they shipped it. 



DIVIDED-TOP BROOD FRAMES. 



We have nine boxes, each roniaining 250 thick-top 

 frames, with divided top-bar. They are just like 

 our regular thick-top frame a \ ear or two ago, with 

 top-bar in two sections, each" V4 inch wide. Those 

 who like to fasten foundation in the top-bar by 

 pinching between two pieces of wood, would find 

 these frames convenient to use. We will sell them 

 in the boxes, as packed, at $2. CO a box, which is 80c 

 per 100— about half the price of the regular thick- 

 top frame. This is something we do not catalog, 

 and we desire to close out this stock, hence this low 

 price. We will not repack a less number for less 

 than $1.20 per ICO. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



AVe are being crowded to our utmost capacity 

 these times— are running 12 hours a day; and if we 

 had enough extra comj elcnt men at hand we would 

 have a night force at work lor two or three weeks, 

 so as to turn out the goods laster. There are but 

 few orders ih.at have not been shipped within a 

 week after they were received. On Tuesday, May 



7. we broke all previous records by putting up 130 

 shipments by freight, besides quite a number by 

 express. In the eight days ending Saturday, 11th, 

 wf received six hundred orders, and we had left un- 

 tilli'd at tliat time 250. But we had during that time 

 shipped about as many as received, so we are really 

 less than a week behind. 



CHEAP LAWN-MOWERS. 



Here is a bargain for those in want of a low-priced 

 mower. This machine used to be our leader, and we 

 have sold hundreds of them. Desiring to close out 

 present stock we have cut the price down this sea- 

 son to less than we paid for them a few yenrs ago. 

 We sell the 10-inch for $2.00. and the 12-inch for .$2.50. 

 In lots of 3 we will discount these prices 10 per cent; 

 6, 16 per cent; 10 or more. 20 per cent. They are a 



good light-running machine, and a bargain at these 

 prices. We can not supply any more when present 

 stock is sold. If you desire a bargain, let us hear 

 f r< m you at once. 



THE MOHEKMAN BRASS SPRAY-PUMP. 



The adjoining cut shows a spray- 

 pump which we secured after our list 

 of spray-pumps was m;ide up. It was 

 such a decided bargain that we bought 

 some of them. It is made on the same 

 nrinciple as the Myers bucket-pump. 

 The hose is attached to a tube run- 

 ning up through the air-chamber. The 

 nozzles used on the pump are the same 

 in construction as the Myers. We can 

 sell this one for $'2.r,0; by mail, »3.25. 

 An eiglit-foot pipe extension, which 

 cm not be mailed, will be included at 

 35 cts. extra. There are a good many 

 spray -pumps on the market, but I 

 doubt if you will find or e equal to this 

 at the price at which we otter it. Spe- 

 cial prices to dealers, on application. 



PROTECTING PLANTS FROM FROST, ETC. 



May /.?.— Well, we got some rain last Saturday, 

 the 11th, and, more than that, it wound up with a 

 frost last night. We liad 125 large tomato-plants, 

 I'lany of them in blossom: and as the frost came 

 Swiday nigl it, it was desirable to get ihem covered 

 with as lit tie work as possible. The touiatoes were 

 right adjoining our pie-plant piitch. After a little 

 study I diiectfd the boys to cut off' just the largest 

 leaves from each pie-plant, and sort them out so as 

 to put the biggest leaves over the biggest tomato- 

 plnnts. The plant was carefully turned over on its 

 side, and the great pie-plant leaf spread over, the 

 point of the leaf coming down right by the root of 

 the plant. Then Ben. with a scoop-shovel, put a 

 little fine dirt all around the edge of the leaf to 

 make it tight and to hold it secure. It took perhaps 

 half an hour, with three of us, and this morning our 

 tomatoes areas bright aud fresh as if there had 

 been no frost at all. About an acre of kidney wax 

 beans upon the liill were all laid flat, and the same 

 with some Biirpee's bush limas. Of course, I knew 

 when I planted them I was taking a risk. 



THE CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY WOR.M. 



This pest started out earlier with us than ever 

 before, and with more persistence than ever liefore. 

 We first tried liellebore, but it did not work very 

 well, b''cause all we could get at the drugstores was 

 kept over from last year. Then we tritd insect- 



