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GLEANINGS IN BRE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15. 



BUSINESS^ 



sm^mm 



LOWER PRICES FOR BEESWAX. 



Owing- to decline in tlie market price of beeswax 

 we will pay from tliis date, till f urtlier notice, only 

 25c casli, :i8c trade, for average wax delivered liere, 

 instead of former price>. 



COMB-FOONDATION MACHINES. 



Since the last edition wm.s mailed we have sold 

 both of the seootid-harid ten-inch foundation-ma- 

 chines tht-re offered. We still have the6iiich, also 

 the old stock of new ones offered at special prices. 

 We have taken in a second-hand 10-inch Pelham, 

 which is in good order, a good machine for a Pelham. 

 This we offer for $8.00. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are entirely sold out of comb honey, and could 

 place more if we knew where to get it at the right 

 price. Dealers seem unwilling to pay any more 

 than they liave been paying in order to get it, pre- 

 ferring to let the trade go without. We have a good 

 supply of extracted, as listed in last issue, and shall 

 be pleased to hear from those in need. 



CREAM SECTIONS. 



We are unable for the present to furnish any more 

 cream sections 1% wide from stock here. We have 

 over a million of tlie No. 1 white of this width in 

 stock; and during this month we liave been and 

 shall be making other widths on orders. The cream, 

 or No. 3, are the seconds accumulated while we are 

 making the best grade; it follows, therefore, that 

 we shall not have any more cream I'a wide to fur- 

 nish this month, and we are not likely to have many 

 more this season. The No. 1 white cost so little 

 more, and are so much nicer, that we hardly see 

 what ol:)ject any one can have in ordering the 

 creams. We have of other widths than 1''8 the fol- 

 lowing lot of cream sections which we offer at $3.00 

 per 1000; 5000. $9.00; 15M 4^^x1:5 or 1%, f\ill, 3 open 

 ings; 80M 414XIM, 4 openings; 3.5M 4)4x1 M. 3 open- 

 ings: lOM 4i4x7-to-foot. We have also some 50M of 

 4Xxm white sections which we offer at the same 

 price. 



SEED POTATOES FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. 



We have just received from Mr. Herbert J. Rum- 

 sey (the man who sent us the Tonga bean) a pint of 

 seed potatoes by mail, in perfect condition for 

 planting: in fact, they have just begun to sprout a 

 little. They were on the way 30 days. This fact 

 may bo valuable to those who wish to send seed 

 potatoes to distant points. It is much better to 

 send whole potatoes, small size, than to attempt to 

 send eyes only. The names of the potatoes sent 

 are Gardner's Imperial Blue and Richter's Imper- 

 ator. 



THE TONGAN BEAN. 



Through the kindness of Mr. H. R. Rumsey, of Bo- 

 ronia. New South Wales, we have received about 

 half a pint of these curious, odd-looking beans. See 

 description on page 119. There are 464 beans, and 

 they cost us $3.00; and while the supply lasts we will 

 mail three beans to anybody who sends us 5 cents 

 in stamps or otherwise. They are especially suited 

 for tropical countries, where one single bush or 

 vine will yield several bushels of edible beans in a 

 season. The Ijcan itself is worth something as a cu- 

 riosity, as it is totally unlike any thing else in the 

 whole bean family. 



VEGETABLE-PLANTS FOR APRIL 15. 



We have a splendid lot of twice-transplanted Jer- 

 sey Wakefield; also a nice lot of the same and Early 

 Summer once transplanted. A fine lot of cauliflower, 

 once and twice transplanted; Prizetaker onion- 

 plants- -a nice lot that will be ready in about ten 

 days; and the finest lot of tomato-plants I think we 

 ever grew. We have tlie Beauty. Ignotum, Dwarf 

 Champion, and Fordhook Early. We regard the lat- 

 ter as the best early tomato we have ever tested, and 

 prices are this year the same as the others, viz., 100, 

 75cts.; $6.00 per 1000. 



We have also a beautiful stock of nice White 

 Plume and Self-blanching celery-plants. 



We. can not sell good strawberry-plants at the 

 prices many advertisers are offering them. 



Now is the time to get the Gault raspbt-rry plants. 

 Ouis wintered in splendid shape, because they were 

 heavily mulched with old strawy manui-e. They are 

 just right now to be sent out. By mail, postpaid, 

 35 cts. each. 



ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WHITE DUTCH CLOVER. 



This, by the single pound, will be 35 cts. instead 

 of 30; postpaid by mail. 35 cts., instead of 30, as 

 heretofore. Prices by the pc^k, lialf-bushel, and 

 bushel, will be as given in the price list. 



THE BRE-KEEI'EKS' ARMENIAN FUND. 



CoNTHiBUTii.NS Up to date are as follows: 



Amount previously acknowledged $48 00 



H.G.Collins, Uly.-ses, Pa 100 



Ruth B. Wright, Medina, 1 00 



Leahy Beachy, Aurora, W. Va 3 56 



Y. P. C. D., Beauford. Minn 3 00 



R. A. Huntington, Linden, N. Y 100 



S.C.Frederick, Blberton, Wash 41 



B. D. C, Wilton, N.H 100 



$56 97 

 As we go to pi ess we receive the following: 



Boston, April 10, 1896. 

 The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 

 Missions acknowledges the receipt of fifty-five dol- 

 lars and fifty-si.x cents from subscri hers to Glean- 

 ings IN Bee Culture, Medina, Ohio. 



Frank H. Wiggin, Ass't Treas. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Northern Illinois Bee keejiers' Association will meet at 

 the residence of Mr. O. J. CunnninKs, in Guilford, three miles 

 northeast of Rockford, 111., on Tuesday. Mav 19. All interested 

 in bees are invited. B. K nnedy, Sec, New Milford, 111. 



The illness of the President. Mr. M. H. Hunt, and of the Secre- 

 tary's daughter (Iv.v Hutchinson), has delayed tlie holding of 

 the Michigan State Convention. It is now decided to hold it at 

 one of the hotels in Lansinpr, April 2,"i and 24. the first se.ssion to 

 be held on the evening of the 2;W. I have written to J. H. Lar- 

 labee to make the arrangements. If I do not hear from him in 

 time to give further notice in these columns as to which hotel, 

 the place i-an be easily found by inquiring at the different ho- 

 tels. I presume it will be at the Hudson House. Dr. L C. Whi- 

 ting, of East Saginaw, will have a paper entitled, "Bee-keep- 

 ers must Follow the Wild Flowers." Hon. Geo. E. Hilton will 

 take foi- his topic. •• Tlie Crisis in Michigan Bee-keeping." Mr. 

 L. A. .\spinwall will ha-ie for his topic. '" Requisites for Success 

 in Bee-keeping." The -ubject of tlie Hon. R L. Taylor's paper 

 will be, " Lessons in Wintering." Mr. T. F. Bingham has also 

 promised a jiaper, he to choose his own topic. Mr. Heddon is 

 just home from a sojourn m Florida, and can probabl.v tell u.s 

 something aVjout that land of sunshine and flowers. 



W. Z. HUTi HINSON, See. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The ■50-cent knife is just O. K.— as good as I could 

 get here for .$1.00. S. C. Frederick. 



Blberton, Wash., March 38. 



Inclosed find cash, for which you will please give 

 me credit. The goods came in due time, and are all 

 right. The Crane smoker is suiierb. Accept thanks 

 for services rendered. L. F. Neyland. 



Berwick, Miss., Mar. 38. 



BURPEE'S EXTRA EARLY POTATO. 



I have tried them for 5 or 6 years, and they do 

 splendidly for me. J. H. MoORE. 



Elmwood, 111., Apr. 4. 



I am well pleased with my investment in bees. I 

 have spent with you this year $37.60, and I have got 

 the worth of my money. I can not express my feel- 

 ings of gratitude to you. 1 will always recommend 

 The A. 1. Root Co. J. S. Morris. 



Lyuchburgh, Va., Apr. 3. 



The way you fill out a seed-bill is truly a surprise. 

 This gives more seed than 1 had calculated on, as I 

 figured on the usual amount sent in a packet; 

 but many thanks to you. I will let some of the 

 neighbors have a chance at you. F. S. Clark. _, 



Hastings, m., March 17. ; u^^.;, 



