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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



SEED POTATOES READY TO BE SENT OUT. 



On and after this date, March 1.5, we will ship seed 

 potatoes anywhere at our risk from frost. Of 

 course, if the Weather Bureau notifies us that a 

 cold wave is coming', we shall wait till the cold wave 

 is over. If you have not already our latest list of 

 seed potatoes, we will send you circulars with great 

 pleasure. 



FORCING PIEPLANT WITHOUT THE BSE OF GLASS. 



The first time you find the ground thawed out and warm, get 

 a lot of loose coarse strawr stable manure. Cover the whole 

 surface 6 inches oi- a foot thick. Make little openings right 

 over the great buds, and this will keep the ground from freez- 

 ing, and, to a great extent, keep the ti'ost fiom the early shoots. 



ANAGER 



HONEY. 



We have little comb honey lelt in stock, liaving 

 sold otf recently all taut a few cases. This we oflfer 

 to any in need, at 14c per lb. tor fancy white; 9case 

 lot at 13c. Wp still have a good supply of extracted 

 California and alfalfa at 7c per lb. in tiO-lb. cans, 3 in 

 a case; and willow herb, very white and nice, in 60- 

 Ib. cans at 7'/2C. We have a 200-lb. keg of the latter 

 which we will sell at 7c, also some in lard-cans and 

 palls at same price. Orders and inquiries solicited. 



SPECIAL FOUNDATION AT A SPECIAL PRICE. 



Three years ago we furnished a wealthy party in 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia several hundred pounds 

 of medium brood foundation, L. size. His plans 

 changed, and most of the fo'-ndation still remains 

 in the boxes as originally shipped. We have just 

 bought it back; and beforemakingit over into new- 

 process foundation, we give any one an opportuni- 

 ty to buy it as it is at a special price. There is from 

 300 to 400 lbs., put up 25 lbs. in a box. We otfer it, 

 while it lasts, at $9.00 a box; $35 for 100 lbs. Those 

 who are looking for something below regular prices 

 will find in this a bargain. 



those on the end to support the short section-hold- 

 ers. These have ends -ps thick, y>H long, dovetailed 

 into the straight bottom, M thick, and same width 

 as narrow part of section. Short separatoi's, slotted 

 full lengtli, top and bottom, are used; or, if fasten- 

 ed, straight separators 4M could be used with equal 

 or better advantage. To give sufficient depth to the 

 super, a rim must be added. This rim should be K 

 inch deep, if you preserve a bee space above the 

 sections; or if a sheet of wax paper is placed over 

 the sections under the cover, a half- inch rim will 

 suffice. When supers are ordered especially for 

 this section they will be made 5^4 inches deep. 

 Some may want to try this section in supers which 

 they already have; hence we provide for a rim. 

 Soine have written to know whether they would 

 have to pay a royalty for using any of the hives 

 and fixtures covered by Danzeiibaker's patent. 

 After buying the hives or fixtures at the prices 

 quoted, you are free to use tliem, but not to make 

 more like them, any more than you are free to make 

 any article that is patented. I'ou will observe rhat, 

 by an extra depth of % inch in the super, 30 of these 

 tall sections can be placed in any 8 frame super 

 instead of 34 of the regular 4;^ size— an increase of 

 25 per cent. 



We will furnish the No. 1 Dov. 8-frame hive with 

 5!4-inch super, and the above rig, at 10c per hive 

 extra; or we will furnish the S'i-inch super, com- 

 plete, in flat, with fittings as shown above, at 50c 

 each in lots of 10 or more; without starters, 30c each. 



It is quite a little extra trouble ;ind expense to 

 make the open-cornered sections, as we have not 

 automatic machinery adapted to that style as we 

 have the regular style. This makes it necessary to 

 charge 35c per 1000 more for sections of any size 

 made open-cornered, over the price of the regular 

 style. We are prepared to furnish the 4^4 in vari- 

 ous widths in this open-cornered style. 



MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR. 



We now have a good supply of new maple syrup 

 and sugar ready to supply on short noiice at much 

 lower prices than those named a monili ago. ^^'hat 

 we have bought so far is of the very finest quality, 

 being produced early. We offer the Fyriip in gallon 

 cans at 90 cents each; 10 gallons at 85 cts. a gallon. 

 We should be pleased to hear from those who can 

 use larger quantities. Maple sugar has not been 

 offered very freely yet, and on this we can not make 

 any better prices than 10 cts. per lb. for be.st grade; 

 9 cts, for second grade; 8 cts. for tlilrd grade; Vj ct. 

 less in .')0-lb. lots; 1 ct. less in barrel lots. 



OPEN-CORNERED PRIZE SECTIONS ADAPTED TO THE 

 8 FRAME DOVETAILED SUPEK. 



As promised in last issue, we now show you in the 

 above cut a method of using on the regular 8-frame 

 hive the tall open-cornered sections described in a 

 recent issue under Trade Notes. All that is needed 

 Is tin strips for the side of the super, in place of 



REMOVAL OF CHICAOO BKANCH. 



Ill order to get more convenient and commodious 

 quarters in which to transact business at oui- Chi- 

 cago branch and to makeitmore convenient for our 

 manager there, by having his own business on the 

 same floor, we have found it necessary to move 

 from 56 Fifth Ave. to 118 Michigan Street, third 

 floor, which is within three blocks of the North- 

 western passenger depot. We now have a room 38x 

 70 feet in which will be found very soon a fairly 

 complete stock of our goods. 



A KIND WORD. AND SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL 

 THAN "WORDS "along WITH IT. 



Dear Mr. Root:— I saw yesterday, for the first tlme» 

 your too kindly notice of me in January Glean- 

 ings, which was showed me by a friend and sub- 

 scriber in the adjoining township of Ca.stlebar. If 

 I was given the opportunity and privilege of being 

 in any small degree helpful to you in furthering the 

 great work in which you are engaged, the pleasure 

 and benefit were by no means all yours, for your 

 wonderful success has been a constant pleasure to 

 me, and the rich return of kindly feeling which you 

 have ever shown me since our first meeting has 

 been so extravagant as to cause me shame that I do 

 not more truly deserve so many of your very kindly 

 ^\ords. It will be my aim, however, to more fully 

 merit in the future those of them that I can reach. 

 A jjart of them are unattainable, for I am, oh so far 

 )cmovnl from being an " able teacher " ! I ever de- 

 sii e to keep my place in the ranks of the "learners," 

 foi that is the only place for which I am fitted. 



Since writing- you, encouraging signs of the ful- 

 fillment in this case of that promise, "Surely the 

 wrath of man shall praise thee; the remainder of 

 wiath shale thou restrain," have appeared. I refer 

 particularly to the call which it is proposed to make 

 tor a representative meeting to be most appropri- 

 ately held in the City of Brotherly Love (Philadel- 

 phia) on Washington's birthday, and which, in the 

 terms of the notice, " is in furtherance of the plan 

 to preserve lasting peace between the great English- 

 speaking peoples." May God bless the movement! 



Your kind words, and the remembrance of the 

 kindly acts of yourself and readers toward dear 

 Helen Keller's protege. Tommy Stringer, have 

 to-day put it in my mind to make another and far 

 more urgent appeal for help to you and our brother 

 bee-keepei-s and their friends of America. It is for 



