1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



283 



We have one 12-iiich round deep cell. No. 1253. 

 Price $26.00; just right, for medium and heavy brood 

 foundation. 



Also three 14-inch round-cell machines, Nos. 138T, 

 1561, and 1600; flrst^-elass machines. Price $30.00 each. 



Remember, the reg-ular prices for these sizes are 

 $;36.00 and $42.00. They have tlie birg-e 2^-inch rolls, 

 geared at both ends, and are a bargain to any one 

 wlio can use this size and style of cell. 



Just a« we go to prefa we get the follnwing, dated 

 March 25, ism: 



SPRAYING WITH ARSENITES. VS. BEES. 



The Ohio Experiment Station has made a series of 

 very careful experiments to ascertain the probable 

 effect on bees of spuiying fruit-trees when in bloom 

 with solutions of ar.senical poisons. The results, 

 which will be published in full in Bulletin 68, now 

 In the printer's bands, show conclusively that bees 

 may be killed in large numbers by such spraying; 

 and as spraying at th;it time is never necessary for 

 the destruction of injurious insects it should be 

 altogether avoided. The trees should be sprayed 

 before blooming, and as soon as the blossoms have 

 all fallen, but never wbile in bloom. 



Not only are bees useful as honey gatherers, but 

 they are essential to the fertilization of the flowers. 

 Without bees we should probably have little or no 

 fruit. 



VEGETABLE-PLANTS READY TO SEN1» OUT APRIL 1. 



Asparagus-roots, both one and two ye^rs old; 

 cabbage plants, cold-frame sold out; but we have a 

 fine stock of twice-transplanted, at the same price 

 as cold-frame plants 10 cts. for 10, 80 cts. per 100. 

 These were put in cold-frames outside, a good dis- 

 tance apart, because they were too crowded in the 

 greenhouses. Cauliflower-plants, nice ones, same 

 price as above. r)f lery-plants. White Plume, 5 cts. 

 for 10, 40 cts. per 100. The above aie the <inly vege- 

 table-plants we have at present in good shaiie. ready 

 to send out. We have a good stock of nice straw- 

 berry-plams at 15 cts. for 10. or 75 cts per 100. All 

 the above can be sent by mail atr an addition of 5 

 cts. for 10, or 25 cts. per 100, tor postaee. We can 

 not sell good srrawberry-pUints— that is. what I call 

 good— at the prices advertised this present soring 

 by many growers. We haveaflne stock of Prize- 

 taker onion plants which will be ready, probably, 

 by the middle of April. For further particulars in 

 regard to both seeds and plants, see our spring 

 catalog, just issued, mailed free anywhere on ap- 

 plication. 



KIND WORDS FROM ODR CUSTOMERS. 



I have used the B. Taylor comb leveler, and it is a 

 success. D. H. Whitmore. 



Etna, Minn., Feb. 20. 



Certainly your seeds are very much below others, 

 except in quality, which is A No. 1. 

 Lochiel, Ind., March T. A. C. Bugbee. 



Having used one of B. Taylor's levelers for the 

 past two years. 1 wish to say to the many readers of 

 your journal that it ought to be had in every apiary. 

 It levels the comb very nicely and quickly, leaving 

 the comb in fine shape for the bees to fill, making 

 just as nice a card of honey as can be made by full 

 sections of foundation. Wm. Urie. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 15. 



ADVERTISING IN GLEANINGS. 



I do not wish my ad. continued longer in Glean- 

 ings. I have sold part of my bees, and fully expect 

 orders for the remainder. The ad. has brought me 

 letters frona Connecticut to Colorado, and from 

 Canada to Texas. James Mach h. 



Linwood, Kan., March 11. 



We are still unpacking your goods. So far all is 

 satisfactory. The foundation is simply superb— the 

 finest we ever had. Those Clark smokers can't be 

 beat for material and workmanship. If it contin- 

 ues as it has begun we shall have to duplicate lots 

 of our first order. J. Nebel & Son. 



High Hill, Mo., Feb. 29. 



I do not want Gleanings stopped. It is a help to 

 me in many ways — as a bee-keeper, a gardener, a 

 farmer, and a Christian. C. E. Varnum. 



Atco. N. J., March 10. 



We have received 17 inquiries mentioning your 

 paper, up to Feb. 22. We think that, if you could 

 have used one of our reading-notices, it would have 

 made a still better showing. Iowa Seed Co. 



Des Moines, la.. Mar. 2. 



You will find 81.00 inclosed for Gleanings, as I 

 can't afford to stop it on account of two failures 

 that we liave had here these last two years. 



Poneta, Ind. J. W. CoOK. 



I think lots of Gleanings. I have not smoked 

 any since the first year that Gleanings came to my 

 house. So much good tor me. E. B. Pier. 



Factoryville, Mich., Dec. 23. 



finish NOT excelled. 



Accept my thanks for the fine lot of goods you 

 have sent me. 1 am highly pleased with it. 1 do 

 not believe it can be excelled in fineness of finish, 

 and I hope another order will f(3llow this. 



Lund, Tex , March 25. Nels Ankarstolpe. 



Yours inclosing check for balance on wax is re- 

 ceived. ] see you are still in the habii of "doing a 

 little better than agreed" by those who deal with 

 yi)u. for which please accept thanks. 



Fort Howard, Wis., Jan. 10. C Van Hei^rck. 



I inclose $1.09 to pay my subscription on Glean- 

 ings, to the end 6t 1896. I think it is the best paper 

 or journal of its kind printed; and as long as it con- 

 tinues to be as good as it now is, I will continue to 

 take it, if 1 can scare up the $1.00 to pay for It. 



Marion, Mich., Jan. 23. K. S. Chapin. 



I could not g( t along without Gleanings, and my 

 wife savs the same. May God give you strength of 

 soul arid body to go on for many years with your 

 grand work. Geo. M. Deibert. 



Florence, Colo., Jan. 24. 



I start next month for the Rambler's country. 

 It 1 have as much pleasure in dealing with your 

 agent in California as I have had with the home 

 firm, I shall probably continue to use your goods, as 

 I think them the very best made. S. E. McKee. 



Port Huron, Mich., Jan. 10. 



Gleanings is tl e only bee-paper that I am now 

 taking. I have taken it eVer since its advent, and 

 don't expect to cut it off very soon. It is away 

 ahead of all others, and the cheapest bee-hterature 

 published. W.D.Wright. 



Altamcmt, N. Y., Jan. 6. 



The two tested queens came duly to hand, and I 

 am pleased to say they were alive and in good order; 

 but had thev been two or three days longer they 

 would most likely have been all dead, for the food 

 was all consumed. 1 like your new shippmg-cage 

 very much, but would suggest that, for long jour- 

 neys, a Utile more food might be added. 



W. P. Clennett. 



Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia, Nov. 24. 



SO.METHING in regard to gleanings' ADA'ER- 

 TISERS. 



[[ hardly need tell our readers that wc expect our 

 advertisers to be good, square, honest men. Iii 

 fact, we take a great deal of pains to ascertam that 

 they are such before they are permitted to use our 

 columns; and when any one of them is found to be 

 not straight in deal we wish to be informed of it at 

 once. But do not write to us until you have written 

 to them, so that the matter is fully understood on 

 both sides. The following is the closing part of a 

 letter from one of our good veterans who had a lit- 



i tie difflculiy with one of our advertisers:] 



In this connection I will say I have had dealings 



i with many other advertisers in Gleanings during 

 the last 20 years, more or less, and, with this solitary 

 exception, always satisfactorily. When I say 20 

 years you will know that I am one of the oldest 

 Gleanings subscribers. I commenced with No. 1 

 Vol. I. when it was printed, I believe, by wind 



1 power. Of course. Gleanings was (and is) always a 



