1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



921 



BUSINESS 



EARLY-ORDER DISCOUNT. 



Only two weeks of this year remain in which to 

 take advantage of tlie December t'our-per-otnt eurly- 

 ordor discount. Look over your stock of supplies 

 and send us your order for such things :is you are 

 in need of for next season. We are in position to 

 give your orders our very best attention. 



HONEY. 



We are still prepared to supply choice comb and 

 extracted honey at very low prices. Shall be pleas- 

 ed to hear from those interested, stating quantity 

 they can use. We have choice alfalfa comb in 1-lb. 

 sections, 24-1 b. cases, at 15c per lb., in lots of 4 cases 

 or over. The same honey in No. 2 or unfinished 

 sections, 3c per lb. less. Extracted California and 

 alfalfa, in 60-lb. cans, at 7c in lots of 3 cases or over. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



The wax market still continues firm, wi(h a de- 

 cided upward tendency in price. Those who have 

 it for sale can now realize a good price. If our ad- 

 vertised price is not equal to otiier otters you have, 

 write us, stating quantity you have to offer, and the 

 price you are offered. We need wax, and can afford 

 to pay as good a price as anybody. Let us hear from 

 you. 



YOUR OWN WAX WOKKED INTO FOUNDATION FOR 

 YOU. 



With our new process of sheeting wax we are 

 much belter able to work up individual lots of wax 

 into foundation. There are some who have a decid- 

 ed preference for having their own wax, and go so 

 far as to invest in a foundation-mill in order that 

 they may have foundation made of their own wax. 

 We are prepared to receive your wax, and work it 

 Into foundation of our superior new process at the 

 following rates, you paying charges both ways. 

 For not less than 35 lbs. : 

 Heavj' and medium brood foundation, 12c per lb. 

 Light brood " 15c " 



Thin surplus " 20c " 



Extra thin surplus " 35c " 



Lots of 200 lbs. or more at special prices on appli- 

 cation. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I can't see how I could get alone- in the " bee biz " 

 without your valuable semi-monthly. 

 Albuquerque, N. M., Dec. 3. J. K. McCowan. 



The queen came O K; and to say I was pleased 

 does not express it: therefore pleiise accept thanks, 

 and I have just been testing the Porter bee-escape. 

 They are iust wiiat every beekeeper should have. 



Starkviile, N. Y. A. H. Smith. 



FIVE QUEENS ALIVE TO AUSTRALIA. 



The bees ariived all right; 5 out of the 9 were 

 alive, and as lively as if they had just come out of 

 the hive. The other 4 succumbed on the passage. I 

 am well satisfied, hs 1 did not expect otherwise. 



Auckland, N. Z. Frederick Richardson. 



THRRE queens ALIVE TO AUSTRALIA. 



1 am pleased io be able to report that 3 out of the 

 5 queens arrived H live by the last mail. The two in 

 envelopes were 1 he ones dead, I think, but of this I 

 can not be q\iito sure, as I was not present when 

 they were opened, and my son was not aware 1 was 

 desirous of knowing whether an envelope was an 

 improvement on the method of packing. A close- 

 fitting envelope, such as you used, is not what is 

 wanted, but a large one similar to what is used by 

 solicitors for deeds, etc. T. G. Bkicktell. 



Dunedin, N. Z., Oct. 29. 



more about haw beep. 

 In reply to Gleanings I woulfl say that Dr. J. W. 

 Sykes, Penn Ave., Pittsburg, in 1874, put my brother 



on raw oeef , to be scraped as lint is scraped from 

 cloth. It was not used exclusively, but it built him 

 up, and made lilood the quickest of any thing I ever 

 saw. I use it with a little vinegar and black pepper 

 on it. because I like it. G. W. Martin. 



Saltsburg, Pa., Dec. 5. 



HOW TO keep seed POTATOES FROM SPROUTING 

 DUHINO THE WINTER. 



Friend Root : — ^The following may be of use to you : 

 Last winter we saved more Freeman potatoes than 

 we afterward decided to plant, just such as we sent 

 you. Some 40 bushels of these, as I remember, 

 were sold to The Kobertsou Celery and Produce 

 Farms, Kearney, Neb. The manager wrote me then 

 that he could get seed cheaper, but wished to try 

 ours. Nov. 16 he wrote me that the Freeman seed 

 got from us did finely. Tried side by side with 

 otherseedt)f the same variety, purchased elsewhere, 

 the plants from our seed were so strong and 

 healthy that they seemed like a different and 

 stronger-growing variety. This is exactly what we 

 thought our seed woulddo when weseut it out. We 

 haven't grown potatei(!S all these years for nothing. 

 Kindly shovel over with a wooden shovel the New 

 Queen and Freeman potatoes you have once a week, 

 when it becomes necessary, beginning before any 

 sprouus start to speak of, and keep them cold, and I 

 think they will uive. as good, or better, results as 

 the seed sent to Kjarney. T. B. Teeiry. 



Hudson, O., Dec. 7. 



Mr. Root:—l bought of Mr. Craig last spring 

 four quarts of his Craig Seedling potatoes; 

 planted one eye in the hill. They froze once 

 after they were up, then there were twenty 

 hills missing. They kept green till the frost 

 killed them. I dug 345 lbs. of nice potatoes, or 

 5% bushels, allowing 60 lbs. to the bushel. I 

 think them very good cooking potatoes. 



Vienna, N. Y., Nov. 9. W. P. Abel. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half our usual 

 rate. Advertisements intended for this department must not 

 exceed tive lines, and you must .say you want your adv't in this 

 department, or we will not be responsible for errors. You can 

 have the noti 'e as many lines as you please; but all over live 

 lines will co t you according- to our regular rates. This depart- 

 ment is intended only for bona-flde exchanges. Exchanffes for 

 cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale, can 

 not be inserted under this he:id. Korsuch our regular rates of 

 20 c. a line will be charged and they will be put with the regu- 

 lar advertisements. We can not be responsible for dissatisfac- 

 tion arising from these "' swaps.'" 



WANTED.— To exchange foundation-mills and 

 honey-extractors for honey or wax. 

 I. J. Strinoham, 105 Park Place, New York. 



ANTED —To exchange 300 colonies of bees for 

 anything useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



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WANTED.— To exchange safety bicycles, Barnes 

 No. 414 lathe for metal work, Odell type- 

 writer, for honey, beeswax, or gasoline or kerosene 

 engine. J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



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ANTED.— To excliMnge Japanese buckwheat for 

 bee-keepers' supi>lies or fdn. mill. 



Philip Rath, Oraville, Jackson Co., III. 



WANTED.— To exchange peach-trees, and Abon- 

 dance, Burbank. and Satsuma plum-trees for 

 Italian bees. John Padwallader, 



North Madison, Ind. 



WANTED.— A yotmg man with small family to 

 take charge of a fruit-farm. German preferred. 

 Will furnish good house and give good wages 



Write to J. B. Murray, Ada, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exch;itige 26-in. planer and matcher 

 and scroll-saw (for power) for wood-working 

 machinery or cash. Geo. R.\ll, Galesville, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange chaflf hives in flat, and 

 tin-type outfit for bicycle. 



Wm. De Worth, Bordentown, N. J. 



