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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bee book Review 814 



Blow's Establishment 807 



Cages, Waxingr 811 



California, Dayton in 81.'j 



Combs, Shallow 817 



Convention Report 818 



Division-boards, Value of ..82<) 

 Drone-cells for Queen cups. 811 



Engines, Hot-air 82(> 



Extractor, Bohn's 813 



Frames, Hoffman 83o 



Golden Coi'eopsis 82il 



Honey, Kellogg- on 820 



Horseradish.. . 824 



New Mexico 817 



Nuclei. Two in a Hive. 806 



Queens to Ireland 819 



Rambler at Inquest 812 



Reports Discouraging 821 



Reports Encouraging 821 



Roval Jellv, To Preserve. . . .811 



Sfi'tidiis, to Scrape 820,821 



ViinDeuscns' Death 829 



Wag..n-\vheelsof Wood 819 



Walcr-cure 827 



Zinc, Perforated 829 



Special Notices. 



Choice extracted honey wanted. Send sample.s. 



FIVE PER CENT DISCOUNT. 



Forehanded hee-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 your 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 liives of all kinds, and 

 winter cases, but not to lioney packages and ship- 

 ping-cases for immediate use. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are still tilling orders for choice comb and 

 extracted honey at the same prices as hereto f or j; 

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

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

 buckwheat lioney tliat we will sell at 13c, or, for a 

 full crate of about aOO 1I»., 13c. Choice extracted 

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

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

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

 tination safely by freight. 



VEGETABLiE-PLANTS FOR NOVEMBER. 



If any of our friends in the South or anywhere 

 .else want onion-plants we can furnish them nice 

 White Victoria, Prizetaker, or American Pearl, for 

 15 cts. per 100; JSl.OO per 1000, or $7.50 per 10,000 

 plants. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. per luO extra 

 for postage. 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE-PLANTS. 



If any of you neglected to sow seed for plants in 

 September, we can give you nice transplanted ones 

 for 5 cts. per 10; 40 cts. per 100; $3.50 per 1000. If 

 wanted by mail, add 35 cts. per 100 for boxing and 

 postage. Seedling plants, directly from seed-bed, 

 half above prices. 



Horseradish-roots, 35 cts. per 100; S3.00 per 1000. 

 If wanted by mail, add 30 cts. per 100 for postage. 



Horseradish we think perfectly safe to put out in 

 the fall; in fact, horseradish will grow at almost 

 any time and under almost any circumstances. 



PRICE OF FREEMAN POTATOES FOR NOVEMBER, 



1893. 



LARGE AND MEDIUM SIZE. 



1 lb., by mail, 2!! cts.; 31bs S 6» 



1 lb., by freight or express with other goods lo 



Ipk., •■ " '• ■■ 7.5 



Ibush.," " " '• 1 7"i 



1 bbl. (.11 pecks), " " " 4 00 



SECOND SIZE. 



1 lb., by mail, 20 cts., postpaid; 3 lbs $ 43 



1 lb., by freight or express with other goods 07 



Ipk., " " " •• 40 



Ibush.," " " " 1 2.5 



1 2-bushel sack, " '• " 2 2.5 



1 bbl. (11 pecks), " " " 3 00 



SECOND SIZE. 



In regard to the size of these, I picked 14 potatoes 

 at random out of the sacks, and they weighed .iust 

 1 lb.; and they run so evenly all through tliat I 

 think there will not be very mucli variation. Take 

 out 14 nice smooth potatoes of .your own, that 

 weigh just 1 lb., and you have a fair idea of the 

 size. As I have said before, these make a very nice 

 table potato if you tjake them skins and all. 



THIRD SIZE. 



These were sifted out, with a suitable screen, 

 from the second size. Tliey run from an inch in 

 diameter down. Tlie only reason why we saved 

 them was, that there has been such a demand for 

 Freeman potatoes a great many would have been 

 glad to get any thing, to get a start. I do not know 

 how they will answer for seed, as 1 have never tried 

 any so small. With very rich ground, however, I 

 havenodoubt that Ihey will make a good yield. 1 

 should think they would be very good for sending 

 by mail. We have only four or five bushels. While 

 they last, the price will be, 1 lb. by mail, 15 cts.; 1 

 lb. l)y express or freight with other goods, 5 cts.; 

 peck. 35 cts.; bushel, 75. 



By the last Practical Farmer I see that Wm. Henry 

 Maule states, " We ai-e now booking orders for 

 Freeman potatoes, for fall shipment, at $6.50 per 

 barrel. Price for spring shipment will be $7.50 per 

 barrel." You will notice he takes this plan to avoid 

 the great rush and crowd and disappointment in 

 the spring. J can not tell how long we .shall be able 

 to maintain the above prices. 



PRICE OF OTHER POTATOES FOR FALIj SHIPMENT. 



We can furnish the following kinds of potatoes 

 besides the Freeman : Early Ohio, Early Puritan, same 

 prices as Freeman : Lee's Favorite, Beauty of Hebron, 

 Monroe Seedling, Rural New-Yorker, at the following- 

 uniform prices: 1 lb. by mail. 36 cis.; 3 lbs., 45 cts.; 1 

 lb. by express or freight with other goods, 7 cts.; peck, 

 40 cts.; bushel, $1.35; 1 bbl. of 11 pecks, $3.00. Judg- 

 ing from former experience, we feel quite sure that 

 most if not all of the above will Ije much higher next 

 spring. Second size of any of tlie above, while we 

 have them, by the peck, bushel, or barrel, half the 

 above prices. 



n flRinA For s.ile, 76 hives of bees; inquire of 

 rkUniUn. Aug. Ley VRAz, Francis, Fla. 19tf 



VANDERVORT 

 COMB -FOUNDATION MILLS. 



Send for samples and reduced price list, 

 itfd JNO. VANDERVORT, Laceyville, Pa. 



Cf\ Fnr ^ "^'^ UQM for 6, Finest 



Qll ' W O, Brown Leghorns, or 



i Plymou til Rocks. Other varieties. 



Circular free. Address Geer Bros., St. 



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



Read what J. 1. Parent, of 



Charlton, N. Y., says— "We 

 cut with one of your Combined 

 Machines last winter .50 chaff 

 hives with 7-inch cap, 100 honey- 

 racks, 500 broad frames, 3,000 

 honey-boxes, and a great deal of 

 other work. This winter w e 

 have doubled the amount of bee- 

 ^ hives, etc., to make, and we ex- 

 / peet to do it all with this saw. 

 ' It will do all you say it will." 

 Catalogue and Price List free. Address W. F. & 

 JOHN BARNES, 546 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



When more convenient, orders for Barnes' Foot- 

 Power .viachinery may be sent to me. A. I. Root. 



$5 



Dovetailed Hives, Simplicity Hives, 



SHCT/O/VS, EXTRACTORS. ETC. 



FUL.L UNB OF 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



60-RAGE CATALOGUE. Itfdb 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Alabama. ' 



|t^"In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



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