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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Al>K. 1. 



Speciol Notices. 



We are sold out of Parker Earle strMwberry-phuits. 



CCOVElt SEEDS. 



We liave had a very brisk trade in alsike clover 

 seed, and can still supply it at the same ]irices, 

 $10.00 per busliel; $5.10 for Vi busliel; !|f:.'.(i(i pci' peck; 

 •^i cts. per lb. We can also supply alfalfa rlover 

 seed at $7.50 per bushel; $3.90 per Vi busliel ; $i.00 per 

 peck; 15 cts. per lb. We have a supply of sweet or 

 Bokhara clover; also scarlet or German clover, at 

 18 cts. per lb.; 10 lbs.. $1.50; 25 lbs. or more, 13 cts. 

 per lb. Common red and peavine clover.s are bring- 

 ing- abovit $10.10 a bushel as we go to press. 



NO. 1 CREAM SECTIONS. 



As we have quite a large stock of No. 1 cream sec- 

 tions, 4^x414x1 's and lis, we will sell them, till fur- 

 ther notice, at $a.u0 per lOuO. or 5000 for $9.00. These 

 sections are just as nice as our best, in every i-e- 

 spect, except color, and many of them are of so 

 slight a cream tinge that it is hard to distinguish 

 them from the white. We have in tlie past sent out 

 much poorer seuiioiis for best when we could get 

 no better than tliese No. I cream, and they are cer- 

 tainly a bargain at the above price. 



COMB AND EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Since our last issue we have sold out of comb 

 iioney entirely, so that, if any of our readers not 

 too far away have any desirable lots still on hand 

 looking for a market we should be pleased to hear 

 from them, as we may have more orders for which 

 we have no supply. We have secured about 1500 

 lbs. of very choice extracted honey in kegs of 100 to 

 300 lbs. Price 10>^c per lb.; in 60-lb. cans, 11>^ ; 10- 

 Ib. cans, 13c per lb. This seems high, but it is little 

 more than it cost us, and choice honey is hard to 

 obtain just now at any price. 



SLICED SLOTTED SEPARATOUS. 



We are now making all our slotted separators by 

 sawing them, l)ec:^l^e we believe them to be strong- 

 er and better made in that way, even if they do cost 

 a little more. We have on hand several thousand 

 slutted sliced separators, some of which became 

 slightly discolored in drying. These are 4!4xl8 

 inches, for use with section-holders We have also 

 a lot not discolored, the same width, 17 inches long, 

 for use with slotted bottoms for four rows of sec- 

 tions, without blocks at the ends, or such an ar- 

 rangement as our combined crate. We will furnish 

 either, while they last, at 3.c per 100; $:^.00 per 1000, 

 ■or half the price of the sawed ones. 



OUR NEW CATALOGUE, SPRING EDITION. 



We have had so many price lists and so much 

 printing to do for other people during the past few 

 months, that, notwithstanding we have had two or 

 three extra printers, our own work has sutfered 

 much delay. We have been resetting our cjttalogue 

 in new type, and making electrotypes to print 

 from. We expected to have it all done, and a large 

 edition ready to mail, by March 1st; but here it is 

 April 1st. and it is not tlni.hed yet. We have sent 

 to all our readers, ahead of this issue, a new price 

 list, of which the middle 16 pages are printed from 

 the old type. If all goes well we shall have the new 

 plates ready for these pages within two weeks. 

 There will be no material change in the matter or 

 prices. 



In the new price list we havi' added considerable 

 7iew matter in the way of brief instructions, telling- 

 how to Italianize, rear queens, produce comb and 

 extracted honey; transfer, and many other opera- 

 tions that beginners especially are interested in. 

 Note, also, honey and wax extractors, which aie re- 

 written. Counter-store matter has been condensed, 

 and now miscellaneous matter of interest added in 

 tlie last few pages. 



AUQITE STOVE-MAT. 



We gave you a rest on the stove-mat (juestion in 

 last issue; but the orders and kind words we receive 

 do not abate any, but come, seemingly, with re- 

 newed vigor. The mats are still going out at the 

 rate of about 5 gro.ss a week, bringing smiles and 



contentment to many a home. Here is one of the 

 testimonials in poetical form, just received: 



Yes, the augite mat is a treasure. 

 We can praise it without measure; 

 We cooked rice on it to-day, 

 And we said, "Ah, it does pay." 



Mary said rice does not stick, 

 And that is the trick. 



She came at no slow pace, 

 And with a " smiling face," 

 To show me tlie basin. 

 And surely 'twas amazin'. 



I can say this much about it— 

 We could never do without it. 

 It is so very flue. 

 This is true, every line. 

 North Greenfield, Wis. Miss Ida Sheldon. 



We have listed the mats with prices. i)age 49 of 

 the catalogue, just sent out, so we will omit the 

 prices here. 



Here is another kind word, just received, which is 

 a sample of many, showing how readily the stove- 

 mat sells in the hands of agents who carry it from 

 ho use to house, making known its merits. 



My goods (Stove-mats) have come in good order. 

 I have sold every one already. It is a very good 

 article. I will send another order in a few days. 

 If I do, please be prompt and send it without delay. 

 I am selling different articles, but there is nothing 

 that sells like this stove-mat. John Bradley. 



Hurley, Wis. 



safety BICYCLES. 



So much has been said in Gleanin(;s during the 

 past few months in regard to riding the wheel that 

 we naturally get a great many inquiries in regard 

 to wheels. The number of different kinds of wheels 

 upon the market is getting to be legion, and the 

 number of agents for the various wheels still more 

 numerous. We have decided that it will not add 

 much to the throng- if we enter the ranks. We come 

 with a wheel that is tried and proven. The Lovell 



Diamond Safety was one of the tirst to appear, and 

 the manufacturers have each year kept pace with 

 tlie march of improvement, and their 1,S93 models 

 are surpassed in grace of appearance, lightness, 

 and strength, by but very few if any of the high- 

 priced wheels made. 



The list ])rice of these wheels is $115.00, and we 

 shall bp pleased to send a catalogue, with full pai'- 

 ticulars, on application, together with a special 

 price that we are able to make, delivered at your 

 nearest station. Yon can have your choice of the 

 Columbia "hosepipe" tire or the Moi-gan & Wright 

 "inner tube" pneumatic. We have a sample wheel 

 here which we ride, and can recommend it unre- 

 .servedly. 



