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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Answers to Questions 787i 



Apiculture in England 77:i 



Bee-book Review 7sn 



Bee-brushes 77 1 



Bee-hawk 784 



California Hay 781 



Combs, Preserving 786 



Covers. Cracked 781 



Cucumbers for Honey 781 



Dialysis of Honey 785 



En!.'iisli Apiculture 778 



Esrajies Not Wanted 776 



Extiactoi-. nust n's 79:. 



Foundation, Advantage of. .705 



FoNvls' Conversation 77."i 



Frames, Self sjiacing 7*^4 



Fuel for Smokers 776 



Government Stations 782 



f Jrahani Bread 785 



Honcv-ilew 786 



Hoiu- y. Testing 785 



( iniori Swamp near Lodi 788 



Pinkvine 784 



Pollen and Larval Bees 772 



Queens, Two in Hive 784 



Queens. Two, Fighting .... 783 



Queens Mating Twice 786 



Rambler Outing 777 



Raspberry, Gault 789 



Swarms, Date of Second 786 



Tobacco Injurious 791 



Tobacco Remedies 792 



Water Cure 785 



Yellow Ocher 781 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The lyth annual meeting of the Vermont Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in Burlington, Vt , Jan. 24, 25, 1894. Partic" 

 ulars soon.. H. W. Scott, Sec, Barre, Vt. 



The 14th annual convention of the N. E. Ohio and N. W. Penn- 

 sylvania Bee-keepers' Association will meet in the parlois of 

 the Coleman House, Union City. Pa., Oct. 25th, at 10 a.m., for a 

 two days' session. All interested are invited. Union City is 

 located on two roads — the New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio, 

 and the Philadelphia & Erie. Hotel rates, $1.00 a day. 



Geo. Spitler, Sec, Mosiertown, Pa. 



Special Notices. 



winter cases, but not to honey-packages and ship- 

 plng--cases for immediate use. 



EXCELLENT SEWING-MACHINES. 



We have for about five years been .selling- sewing- 

 machines, during- which time we have disposed of a 

 nviniber of hundred machines. Here is a sample of 

 many kind wt)rds we receive: 



Tlie sewing-maciiine arrived in good order last 

 Saturday. I am more than pleased with it, and 

 thank you for the price you gave me on it. I don't 

 wonder at the business you do. You always make 

 your customers happy. M. T. Williamson. 



Trumansburg, N. Y. 



The favorite style machine, and the one we rec- 

 ommend, is called the Columbian. It is high-arm 

 iind high-g-rade, warranted for ten years, and sold 

 for $16 to $20, depending on the number of drawers. 



No. 3, with 2 drawers, one side $18.00 



" 4, " 4 " 19.00 



" 5, " 6 " 20.00 



Shipped direct from Chicago. Send for circular 

 with further description. 



extra early AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



As so many wanted them after the rains, we have 

 just received another barrel of sets. For prices, see 

 page 689, Sept. 1. 



GAULT'S PERPETUAL RASPBERRY. 



Since the matter on page 791, giving the price of 

 the above raspberry, was in print, I have received a 

 letter from friend Gault, saying his whole 10,000 are 

 practically sold already. 



CHAFF HIVES AND WINTER CASES. 



These are seasonable goods for this month, and 

 you will find none better or cheaper than those 

 listed on pages 23, 24, and 2.5 of our catalogue. Our 

 winter case is larger than it was last year, and a 

 mammoth cover telescopes down over it, making it 

 the most desirable winter protection for single- 

 walled hives that you can obtain. Price in flat, 60c 

 each; SB.OOforlO; nailed and painted, 16c each extra. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are still filling orders for choice comb and 

 extracted honey at the same prices as heretofora; 

 viz., choice comb honey in 1-lb. sections, in lots of 

 100 lbs. or over, 16c per lb. We have a little dark or 

 buckwheat honey that we will sell at 13c, or, for a 

 full crate of about 200 lbs., 12c. Choice extracted 

 honey, in 60-lb. cans, two in a case, 8>^c per lb.; two 

 cases or over, 8e. Single can, 9c. Comb lioney in 

 lots of 100 lbs. or more is crated so as to reach des- 

 tination safely by freight. 



GLASS HONEY-PACKAGES. 



Owing to the long-continued strike among glass- 

 workers there is beginning to be a scarcity of many 

 items in glassware. The stock of one and two 

 pound Muth square .jars has been exhausted for 

 over two months, and no hope of getting more till 

 the glassblowers begin work again. W^e are also out 

 of V4-lb. "Oaken Bucket" pails in full packages. 

 We have a few yet for small orders. All other glass 

 packages in our list we can supply promptly from 

 stock here. 



FIVE PER CENT DISCOUNT. 



Forehanded bee-keepers are already beginning to 

 plan for next season. Many know now, or will very 

 soon, many things they are sure to need. It will be 

 to j'our interest to get your order in before Dec. 1st; 

 for, during the time intervening- before that date, 

 we allow 5 per cent discount from our catalogue 

 prices, pages 10 to 30, on goods ordered for next sea- 

 son. This applies also to hives of all kinds, and 



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ANTED. — BEESWAX. — Will pay highest 

 cash price for same. 

 I. J. STKINGH AM, 10.5 Park Place, N. Y city. 



or $10.00 for 6, Finest 



ror Oj Brown Leghorns, 



^^^J • Plymouth Kocks. Other varieties. 



^^ Circular tree. Addre.ss Geer Bros., St. 



Marys, Mo., or H. B. Geer, Nashville, Tenn. 



Apiary for Sale. 



Fine opening for queen-rearing. Five months' 

 honey-flow. No failure in 15 years. No disease 

 among bees. No loss or expense in wintering. 

 Pure Italians only, in this valley. Best climate in 

 America for persons aftlieted with bronchitis, ca- 

 tarrh, or incipient consumption. Address 



S. W. SHERFEY, Las Cruces. N. M. 



Young Tested Italian Queens, 



Bred from best imported stock, $1.00 each; untest- 

 ed, 60c; these queens are all very prolific. Safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, Ohio. 



PflR QAI F A f^r™ of 56 acres; 185 colonies of 

 I Un OrlLb. bees in good condition; 2 acres of 

 fine strawberries; 2 acres of blackberries; 1 acre of 

 raspberries; with good buildings on. Honey crop 

 for this year 4700 lbs. comb honey. 



Address Box 419, Lima, Ohio. 



W ANTED. ~A buyer for 27 acres of '-Winter 

 garden" land, amidthe Palmettos, Mangroves, 

 Bays, etc., on the INDIAN RIVER, Fla. Water 

 front. R. R., \H miles. Ocean, % mile. Address 

 LOUIS K. SMITH, Grant, Brevard Co., Fla. 



V\ nQinA For sale, 75 hives of bees; inquire of 

 rLUnlUH. Aug. Leyvraz, Francis, Fla. 19tf 



For Sale. 



One trio each of WHITE and 

 GOLDEN WYANDOTTBS at $5.00. 



One pen of 5 White Wyandottes, $7.00. Fine birds 



of last spring's hatch. 



a. S. ]S.IASaiS[, Medina, Ohio. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



WANTED.— To buj' or rent a small farm, in good 

 locality for bees. If the place has bees on it, 

 all the better. Address J.E.Henderson, 



Valley Grove, Ohio Co., W. Va. 



WANTED.— To exchange extracted honey for a 

 good bicycle. 



W. C. Gathright, Cameron, Texas. 



WANTED.— To exchange printing-press and sev- 

 eral fonts of type; prints 4^x9 in., self-inker, 

 for safety bicycle. 



C. L. Brooks, Deansville, N. Y. 



