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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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CATALOG OF TOOLS AND HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES. 



A copy of this catalog should reach the hands of 

 our readers, just In advance of this number of 

 GLE.4NINGS, Of soon after, and we trust it viiiy he 

 helpful to many in supplying their needs about the 

 home. 



SECTIONS 3%x5xl5i, OPEN CORNERS. 



The sections used in the 10-3:i hive are 7 to foot in 

 width. We have some 19,000 sections of same size, 

 1^ wide, made last season for Danzenbaker's Safety 

 hive, which we offer at *2..50 per 1000; 5000 for $13.00. 

 There are some of the same at San Mateo, Fla., 

 which may be had there at 35c per 1000 extra, and 

 also some in Los Angeles, Cal., which can be had at 

 $1.00 per 1000 extra. 



GREEN WIRE CLOTH. 



Owing to lack of harmony among the manufac- 

 turers of wire cloth, the present price is very low. 

 We are able to otter tirstquality window-screen 

 cloth, any width, 34 to 36 inches, from stock, at $1.35 

 per hundred square feet, for full rolls, 100 feet long; 

 cut rolls at l^ic a foot. Orders for three rolls or 

 more may be shipped direct from Cliicago or New 

 York. Orders to be sent liere in every case. 



VAN DEUSEN FLAT-BOTTOM FOUNDATION 



There are those who use the Van Deusen flat-bot- 

 tom foundation, and prefer it. We have a supply 

 of this in No. 3 for sections, in large sheets or 17x30, 35 

 lbs. to the box, which we otter at Van Deusen's reg- 

 ular price— $13.50 per box. We have it in stock here 

 and at our Chicago branch, and it may be ordered 

 from either place, or we will take orders to ship di- 

 rect from the manufacturers if preferred. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We are having a fair demand for extracted honey, 

 and can supply either California sage.alfal fa, willow- 

 herb, or clover and basswood mixed. The willow- 

 herb is unusually white and nice. Price for single 

 60-lb. can, 8c per lb. ; 3 cans in a case, IVic; 3 cases or 

 more, 7c. Alfalfa, in 1 gallon or 13-lb. cans, 6 in a 

 case, at $1.00 per can; $5.40 per case. Correspon- 

 dence solicited with those desiring large lots. Sam- 

 ples mailed free to intending purchasers. 



COMB-HONE r MARKET. 



We are entirely .sold out of comb honey. Several 

 commission houses in Cleveland have been calling 

 on us for honey, the market tlieie being rather bare. 

 A large dealer in Chicago writes that they are sold 

 out of hotiey. We also filled a good-sized order 

 from St. Louis for honey. If there is any honey 

 being held by bee-keepers, our judgment is that 

 now is a good opportunity to dispose of it before 

 the new crop is ready for market. If choice grades 

 are well sold ott', the market for lower grades should 

 improve from now on till '96 honey is ready. 



BEESWAX MARKET. 



Quotations and ott'erings just received from large 

 dealers in beeswax indicate a more liberal supply at 

 somewhat easier prices. We do not look for any 

 higher prices this season, and we look for lower 

 prices by June if not before. Those who may have 

 a supply of wax on which they desire to secure the 

 top price will do well not to hold it too long. While 

 we are not likely to make lower prices yet for 60 

 days, we can not guarantee to pay present prices 

 any lonirer than the condition of the market war- 

 rants. Present price is 38c cash, 30 in trade for 

 average wax delivered here. 



MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR. . 



The supply of maple sugar and syrup is more 

 plentiful, and prices liave declined somewhat. Or- 

 ders have not come in as freely as in former years, 

 so that we now have a surplus wiiich we otter at the 

 following prices: 



Choice first-run syrup, in one-gallon square cans, 

 at 85c per gallon; 10 gallons at 80c; 30 gallons or 

 over, 75c per gallon. Good quality, not first run, 5c 



per gallon less. Choice maple sugar, best grade, 9c 

 per lb.; second grade, 8c; third grade, 7c; 60-lb. lots, 

 ^c less; 20D-lb. lots, Ic per lb. less. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



Since our last repoit we have shipped, with one 

 we are now loading, three carloads of hives to Tex- 

 as; one carload to Inyo Co., Cal.: a car to Rocky 

 Ford, Colo.; one to Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, 

 Iowa: one to our Chicago branch, and are loading 

 one for Reno, Nev., as we go to press. We are pre- 

 paring a second car for St. Paul, and a carload for 

 the northeastern branch at Mechanics Falls, Maine, 

 where J. B. Mason, an old veteran supply-dealer, 

 will look after the interests of bee-keepers in want 

 of our goods. Just as we go to press an order comes 

 by wire for a carload of sections to Central Califor- 

 nia. 



DANZENBAKER HIVES. 



We have a quantity of Danzenbaker's 10-32 comb- 

 honey hives, shown in the advertising columns, 

 ready to send out promptly on orders to those desir- 

 ing to test this hive. The arrangement shown in 

 this department in last issue was for the accommo- 

 dation of those desiring to try the tall section on 

 regular hives. In quoting a price on the o'/i-inch 

 eight-frame super, with these 378x5 sections we 

 made an error which we here connect. The 5'/2-inch 

 super complete with crosswise section-holders, sep- 

 arators, sections, and starters, in fiat, 50c each, in 

 lots of 10; without starters, 45c each; without sec- 

 tions or starters, 35c each; separators also omitted, 

 30c each. 



CALIFORNIA BEE-KEEPERS' EXCHANGE. 



We have made arrangements with the California 

 Bee-keepers' Exchange to supply them with our 

 goods in car lots at wholesale prices. So far as we 

 have examined int(j the objects and proposed work- 

 ings of this organization we believe it may be of 

 immense benefit to tlie bee-keepers of that State 

 and the country generally, provided the bee-keepers 

 practically all join the association. The advantages 

 promise so well, and the cost of membership is so 

 nominal, that we should be much surprised if they 

 do not all heartily unite in this ettort for their mu- 

 tual benefit. Particulars may be obtained by ad- 

 dressing Bee-keepers' Exchange, P. O. box 153, Los 

 Angeles, (Jal. Our stock in the hands of G. G. 

 Wickson «& Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles, is 

 subject to the call of the Exchange. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



At this writing we have in stock the following 

 second-hand comb-foundation machines, all of 

 which are desirable mills for the prices. 



One 6 inch hex.. No. 1467. Price $13 00. This mil 

 make extra thin foundation, 11 to 13 feet per lb., 

 and is in good order. 



One 6-inch Vandervort, No. P. P. Price $9.00. 

 This mill is in fairly good condition, and will make 

 foundation about 11 feet to the pound. 



One 10-inch round cell. No. 1693. Price $10.00. This 

 mill is in fairly good order, and a bargain at the 

 price. Will make medium to light brood foundation. 



One 10-inch round-cell, N. N., old-style frame. 

 Price $10 00. This mill, although old style, is in good 

 order, having been used but very little, and will 

 answer nicely for medium brood foundation. 



NEW MILLS AT SPECIAL PRICES. 



Besides the above second-hand mills we have a 

 few new ones, not quite up to our present high 

 standard of excellence, which we will close out at 

 special low prices. Except for dealers who are very 

 particular tor a superior-looking foundation, these 

 will answer as well as any. 



One 6-inch hex.. No. 1185. Price $13.00. This has a 

 rather deep cell wall, and will make surplus foun- 

 dation 9 to 10 feet to the pound; would answer nice- 

 ly for light brood starters or half L. sheets; a bar- 

 gain at this special price. 



One 6-iuch hex.. No. 1399. Price $13.00. Same de- 

 scription will fit this mill. 



One 6inch hex.. No. 1507. Price $13.00. This has 

 a little finer cell wall, and will make foundation 10 

 to 11 feet to the pound. A bargain. 



We have little or no demand for mills larger than 

 10-inch, except in Europe, where we sell many 13 and 

 14 inch machines; but they all require the hex. cell, 

 so we otter the few round-cell mills of these sizes at 

 special cut prices to close them out. 



