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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. J 5 



this. If there is a larger percentage than one 

 queen in a hundred that will go through a zinc of 

 this size, we should like to have our readers fur- 

 nish us the facts. But so far, as a general rule, 

 the exceptions are so rare that the jVt^ff width 

 works in a perfectly satisfactory way. Now, is 

 it not possible that queens reared from large 

 larvfe would be smaller than queens reared 

 from smaller larvse? and may not this one in a 

 hundred be accounted for by the fact that they 

 were partially developed as a hec before the 

 bees decided they were to be queens ? 



Now, this matter of excluding queens is an 

 interesting and important one, and we suggest 

 that R. L. Taylor procure zinc of various sizes, 

 and try various races of queens, and various 

 queens of the same race— not forgetting, also, to 

 try queens from the same mother, some queens 

 reared from large larv«. and some from small. 

 Manufacturers can easily produce any size of 

 perforation that will always exclude. It is ex- 

 ceedingly annoying to have queens go through 

 the zinc; and if there is a possible way of mak- 

 ing a sure thing of it, and yet not hinder tlie 

 workers from passing through it. we want to 

 know it. It is barely possible that Dr. Miller's 

 bees, even when loaded, would go through zinc 

 ^"ij inch wide; and, on the other hand, we 

 know almost positively that certain Carniolans 

 could not get through it; and also some Italians 

 that we have had — indeed, we think all of them. 

 Let us hear from the brethren who have tried 

 our latest zinc. 



We clip the following [from the Farm <md 

 Fireside: ^ 



;WHAT THE RELlGKJNcOF .JESUS DOES.j 



It gives a peace that tlie world can not take away. 

 It makes men pay debts that the law can not col- 



I(>Ct. 



It makes women stop talking- scandal. 



It makes children ol)ey tlieir parents. 



It makes men do g-ood with their money. 



It makes those wlio have been vicious strive con- 

 tinually to control themselves. 



It makes the drunkard stop buying' beefsteak for 

 the siiloou-keeper, and g-o to providing- for his own 

 family. 



It throws the jailer out of employment and raises 

 the woi'kman's wag-es. 



It builds hospitals and asylums, and furnishes the 

 money to run them. 



It makes men unselfish and women more lovable. 



It throws a bright light into the valley of death, 

 and shows that there is a city of eternal beauty just 

 beyond it. 



Special Notices. 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE SEED. 



New crop right from Eugene Davis, the origina- 

 tor. Oz.,20c; pound, f 1.75. 



EXTRA EARLY AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



Now is the time to put these out. We have a good 

 supply at the prices given in our issue for Sept. 1. 



We iiave made arrangemeiUs with tlic publishers 

 of tliat maynificent magazine, tlie fyosiiuipnUtari, 

 whereby we can clul) that journal and Gleanings 

 for two years for $a.OU a year. Up till very recent- 

 ly the C(w/»(()")/(f('*i was $8.U0ayear, Send in your 

 subscriptions at (ince. Old or new subscribers may 

 take advantage of this offer. 



RADISH SEED FOR SEPTEMBER SOWING. 



Wood's Early Frame or Chinese Rosi' Winter, will, 

 with ordinary fall wi'alhcr, make nice i-adislies in 

 the open air if sown at once. If you wish to pro- 

 long the cro]), put them in beds so you can put on 

 sash about the time severe freezing sets in. We 

 can furnish a nice strain of either at 10 cts. per oz.; 

 75 cts. per lb. If wanted by mail, add the usual 9 

 cts. per lb. for postage and packing. 



"world's fair" EXHIBIT. 



Thosi' of our readers, and others who may be at- 

 tending tlie World's Fair during tlie i-orning six 

 weeks, will find our exhibit in section 33, H, in the 

 gallery of tne Agi-icultural Building, near the 

 honey exhibits of the various States and countries 

 represented. Surmounting the exhibit is a fine 

 watei--color drawing, 25x40 inches, giving a very 

 good idea of how we appear at the Home of the 

 Honey-bees. In the glass case will he found a line 

 of the goods we manufacture. 



HONEY market. 



We have no change to report in the situation on 

 honey, except that, in many localities, the amount 

 secured does not seem to hold out to what was first 

 expected. Prices are no better, and demand fair. 



We quote choice extracted clover or basswood 

 honey, in 60-lb. cans, at 9c per lb.; by the case of 2 

 cans; 854c; two cases or more, 8c. 



Choice white comb honey in 1-lb. sections, 24-lb. 

 cases, 17c per lb.; in lots of 100 lbs. or more, 16c. In 

 four-case lots or more we crate it so will ship safely 

 by freight without having the combs broken down. 



THE STONEWARE WATER-FILTER. 



In order to save correspondence it may be well to 

 say here that the price of the stoneware water-filter, 

 figured on page 719, is, for the four sizes manufac- 

 tured, respectively, $3.00, $3.75, $5.00, and $0.25. Ad- 

 dress the Zanesville Stoneware Co., Zanesville, Ohio. 

 Or if you are ordering goods of us, or if for any oth- 

 er reason you prefer to send here, you can do so. 

 While we do not, as a rule, intend to advertise goods 

 in our reading-rolumns, yet where any thing is so 

 manifestly beneticial to the liealth of community 

 we are pleased to give the manufacturers a lift by 

 mentioning things which, in our juda-ment, merit a 

 free advertisement. 



REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF EGYPTIAN OR WINTER 

 ONION-SETS. 



Until further notice the price will be 10' cts. per 

 quart; 50 cts. per peck; $1.75 per bushel. If wanted 

 by mail, add 10 cts. per quart extra for postage. 

 These can be planted any time this month or next; 

 but the .sooner the better. They will grow wliether 

 it rains or not. In fact, the Egyptian or winter on- 

 ion is the most hardy and vigorous plant to take 

 right hold and grow, under all circumstances and 

 conditions, of any plant I ever saw, of any sort. Aft- 

 er you once get them in the ground tliey will be 

 there for evermore unless you plow or dig them up. 

 You may cut off the tops, or let them grow up to 

 weeds or any thing else you choose. Tliej' will keep 

 on growing, splitting up and multiplying, and fill- 

 ing the ground ; but, of course, they will make ever 

 so much nicer bunch onions if you give tliem deep 

 rich soil and lots of manure. 



HONEY-PACKAGES FOR SHIPPING AND RETAILING. 



On the second and third cover pages of this issue 

 we print a couple of pages from our catalogue, of 

 seasonable goods, to which we call your attention. 

 The No. 25 jar is one of our leaders in glass pack- 

 ages for retailing, and it deserves to be. It is made 

 of clear Hint glass, and holds a pound without 

 crowding: has a glass cover with rubber ring: and 

 the screw rim, instead of being tin as we have here- 

 tofore represented it, we find to be nickel-plated on 

 brass, or some metal that will not rust. This adds a 

 decided advantage to this jar. The jam-jar screw- 

 top pails and i umblers are all quite popular, and are 

 not expensive, esitecially the latter. We have a 

 good stock on hand to ship pi-omplly. 



There is nothing equal to ilieej-ll). cans for ship- 

 ping extracted honey. Many use kegs and barrers 

 because the first cost is some less than cans. Our 

 experience has been, that, after paying for the loss 

 from leakage, they co.st more than cans. Two cases 

 of leakage have come to our notice the past week. 

 One shipment of two barrels went a distance (jf two 

 or three hundred miles without transfer, and a 

 week on the way. When the barrels were delivered 

 there was 152 pounds of choice honey gone from 

 one bari'el In the other case the shipment did not 

 g-o much farther; and in one barrel of .5W) pounds, 

 only 1.') pounds was left. We know another man 

 whose honey was leaking so badly during this very 

 dry weather we have been having tliat he was com- 

 pelled to get cans and empty the barrels into them. 



