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GLEANINGS IN BEE CQLTURE. 



Feb. 1. 



Special Notices. 



MAPLE-SUGAR SUPPLIES. 



The time is at liand wlaeii those wIjo v>roduce the 

 delicious sweets from tlie sugar maple must be get- 

 ting ready. For the best results you must have 

 good clean apparatus of the most approved type, 

 and you really can not afford not to read Prof. 

 Cook's book, "Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush," 

 which we furnish at S.'ic, or we will give a copy free 

 to all those who buy sugar-makers' supplies of us to 

 the amount of $10.00 or more. We do not sell evap- 

 orators, but I think we can do you some good on 

 spouts, pails, covers, and cans. We have ordered a 

 carload of the.se for delivery Feb. 1st, and they are 

 made of American tin-plate. The plates are tinned 

 and made up into cans by the same firm; and by 

 taking a carload we get tliem at bottom prices. See 

 table below. The pails and cans are machine-made, 

 far superior to hand-made, and guaranteed not to 

 leak. 



PRICE LIST OF PAILS, COVERS, SPILES, ETC. 



Price per 100 jIC tin. IX tin. 



10-quart bright tin buckets, per 100. . $15 00 

 12 " " " " '• .., 16 00 



15 " " " ■ ■ I 18 00 



Patent hinged tin covers, per 100 $6 00 



Wood reversible covei's, per 100 $4 .50 



Record sap-spouts, per 100 ... .$1 00; 1000 for $8 00 

 1-gal. sq. cans, " . . 11 00 



1 " " " 6 in a box, per box.$ 90; 10 boxes. $ 8 60 

 1 " " "10 " " " .. 1 50; " " .. 14 00 



5 " " " not boxed, each... .30; 100 26 00 



5 " " " Sin a box, per box. 75;10for 7 00 



5 " " "1 " " "... 45; "".... 4 20 



Milltrack. Price per lb.. 15 cts. ; if wanted by mail, 

 25 cts. By express, with freight or otlier goods, 12>^ 

 cts. per lb. Directions for cultivation go with each 

 package. 



FOR 

 SALE 



AN APIARY OF 100 STANDS 



of bees in Simplicity and Dovetailed liives, on mov- 

 able frames; all fixtures for both Comb and Ex- 

 tracted honey; drawn Combs ; Honey-e.xtractor; 

 Wax-extractor; everything complete, and the .fin- 

 est of Alfalfa ranges in Colorado. Also 



l.">0 ACRES OF LAJSID, 

 to be sold as one or in small tracts of 10 to 30 or 40 

 acre tracts for fruit-raising. A small fruit-farm is 

 a paying investment here; the finest of fruit-land 

 and alfalfa land, and beautiful climate on the west- 

 ern slope of Colorado. 

 Apply to MRS. A. A. HODGDON, 



DELTA, DELTA CO., COLORADO. 



NEW VEGETABLES WORTHY OF TRIAL FOR 1893; 

 LIVINGSTON'S NEW STONE TOMATO. 



□This was tested on our grounds last season; but 

 owing to the extreme wetness of the weather at the 

 time of setting them out, they were delayed later 

 than usual; and, as a consequence, only a few of 

 them were ripened; but tiiere was tl^ greatest 

 number of large, smooth, hand.some, green tomatoes 

 on the vines, 1 tliink. 1 ever saw in my life. They 

 seemed to stand the frost remarkably, also. Those 

 under the foliage, many of them, ripened up nicely 

 after some considerable freezes. There is another 

 thing we have discovered : Tomatoes growing in an 

 orchard, under trees containing considerable foli- 

 age, will stand frost a long while after others are 

 gone. In thinking the matter over, we decided not 

 to increase the number of tomatoes in our catalogue ; 

 but so many others have reported favorably, and 

 expressed a desire to have seed of tlie Stone, that 

 we have decided to put them in our list. Price— 

 5c per packet; 2.'')C per oz. ; $3 per lb. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



May be you had thought I had forgotten all about 

 the Kumerle and my former enthusiasm. No, I 

 liave not. Last year, in spite of the wetness, some 

 Kumerles on high ground, thoroughly underdrain- 

 ed, did so well that my courage has revived. Other 

 seedsmen are coming to the same conclusion, and 

 there is now a limited supply in the market, both of 

 the Kumerles and Burpee's bush lima. Price of 

 either, $8 per peck; $1.35 per quart; 7.5c per pint; 

 40c per ^ pint, to which must be added the usual 

 amount of 8c per pint, or 15c per quart, for postage, 

 if wanted by mail. My impression is, that the 

 ground for these bush lima beans should be ridged 

 up something as we do for sw(!et potatoes. If they 

 are in a low spot, tliey are very apt to rot on the 

 ground during wet weather; and. by the way, I 

 think I shall always have a preference for lima 

 beans hanging on poles. They ripen earlier, and 

 mature more perfectly, (^f course, the drawback 

 is the expense and trouble of the poles. With bush 

 limas you can plant ten a<'res if you like, providing 

 you can get the .seed; and if the season is a dry one, 

 so that the pods mature, >i)u ouglit to make a big 

 thing of your investment, for they should be raised 

 almost as easily as common white beans. All the 

 bush limas have quite a fashion of lying tlat on the 

 ground — that is, they do in our rich market-garden 

 soil. 



MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



Last, but not least, we for the first time ofter 

 mushroom spawn for sale. Ours is the best English 



FOR OCT/^ COLONIES 

 SALE ^^KJ FINE ITALIAN 



IN DOVETAILED HIVES, $A.OO EACH. 



Lots of 30 or more, special prices on application. 



3tfdb MRS. PAUL B. LEEDS, AVERY P. O.. LA. 



Please mention this paper. 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.— Four colonies of 

 Golden Italians, Foundation, Honey-racks, etc. 

 3-4-5d L. L. BSENHOWER, Reading, Pa. 



AUTOMATIC 



COMB FOUNDATION 



MILLS. 



Made by 



W. C. PELHAM, 



Maysville, - Ky. 



Please mention Glranings. 



37db 



WANTED.— To sell or exchange, 160-acre farm in 

 Colorado, and country store building and % acre 

 in Bary Co., Mich. Let mc hear from i/ou. Will take 

 bees or any thing I can use. Address 

 J. li. COLE, Boyne, Charlevoix Co., Micb. 



OTTUMWA BEE-HIVE FACTORY. 



Bee-keepers, look to your interests. Every thing 

 in the line of bee-supplies constantly on hand. 

 Price list free. GREGORY BROS. & SON, 

 l-23o Ottumwa, la. South side. 



Please mention tnis paper. 



4 H. P. Engine 6 H. P. Boiler 



For sale cheap if wanted at once. 

 P. S. HALL, South Cabot. Vt. 



OiiPPTiQ Prom Best of Stock. IRQJ? 



\4Ut;t;n£> gy poolittles Method. *^OVO 



Itfd J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



HUNT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY. 



Send for Free Samples of the Finest Foun- 

 dation and Sections made. Special prices and 

 advantages to dealers in Foundation. Send for my 

 new illustrated Free Price IilMt of every thing- 

 needed in the apiary. M. H. HUNT, Bell Branoli, Uleh. 



atfclb Please mention this paper. 



