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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



Until further notice we will pay 35c cash, 28 cents 

 in trade, tor average wax delivered here. This is Ic 

 per lb. higher than we have been paying. Selling 

 price will be 31c for average, 35c for selected. 



GRAPEVINES. 



Now is the time for planting; and for immediate 

 orders we can furnish strong two-year-old Concord 

 vines, in lots of 100, for $4.00. Our regular price in 

 the price list is $6.50. We give this low figure, as 

 the vines must be moved if not sold soon, 



EARLY PURITAN POTATOES. 



Besides our own stock here of our own raising, 

 we have 10 bushels in Crete, Neb. In order to dis- 

 pose of them at once we will sell them for $1.35 

 per bushel. They are worth here $1..50. We offer 

 them for $1.35 on account of the expense of ship- 

 ping such bulky goods so far. 



MAPLE SUGAR. 



We now have a good stock of maple sugarthat we 

 can furnish promptly. We grade it the same as in 

 former years, at 11 cts. per lb. for No. 1; 10 cts. for 

 No. 3; 9 cts. for No. 3, and 8 cts. for No. 4; >4 ct. 

 less in .501b. lots; 1 c. less in barrel lots of 300 lbs. 

 The greater part of our stock comes in the two mid- 

 dle grades, Nos. 2 and 3. We have a limited quanti- 

 ty of syrup in 1-gallon cans, at $1.10 per gallon; or 

 in 10-gallon lots at $1.00. 



IGNOTUM TOMATO SEED. 



There, we have gone and done it again, just as 

 we did with the Japanese buckwheat. We have 

 paid more for the tomato-seed than we shall in all 

 probability ever get back. As we have 15 or 30 lbs. 

 of Ignotum seed still remaining on our hands, and 

 the season for planting in most localities is pretty 

 nearly at an end, for the rest of the season the 

 price will be reduced to 50 cents per ounce, or $6.00 

 per lb.; >* oz., 15 cents. Hundreds of testimonials 

 seem to indicate that the world has never seen a 

 better all-purpose tomato. 



KED R.\SPBERR1E9 AS A HONEV-FLANT. 



We have no idea that it will pay to raise red rasp- 

 berries alone for honey, but we do think, notwith- 

 standing, it would pay about as well to raise them 

 for honey alone, as almost any other plant, and 

 when we add to this that it usually pays well for 

 its beautiful fruit, we may call it one of the most 

 promising honey-plants. For immediate orders, 

 before we commence cultivating them, we will fur- 

 nish either the Turner or Cuthbert for $1 25 per 10;), 

 which is just one-half our usual prices. They can 

 be sent by mail at an addition of 35 cts. per 100. 



DOUBLE-TOP BROOD-FR.4MB8. 



Since the publication of the article on page 304, 

 March Gleanings, a number have inquired the 

 price of the double-top brood frame. 



We will furnish them for 30 cts per 100 more than 

 our regular frames. They may be wired, metal cor- 

 nered, or all wood. If you order them already put 

 up, the price will be 50 cts. per 100 extra; in flat, 30 

 cts. per 100 extra. Where comb-guides are wanted, 

 add 30 cts. extra per 100; but we would not advise 

 the use of comb-guides with the double-top-bar 

 frame. 



VEGETABLE-PLANTS. 



Our three greenhouses are now completely stock- 

 ed, as close as the plants can stand, with cabbage, 

 lettuce, celery, and tomato plants. A great part of 

 the cabbage and lettuce is, however, now in the 

 open air. Our boys and girls have got their ar- 

 rangements so fixed that the plants are frequently 

 in the mail-bags within one hour from the time 

 thev were taken out of the erround. As fast as the 

 letters are opened, the plant orders are put in a 

 separate place for me to carry to the boys in the 

 greenhouse. Thus you see they catch each train 

 as it passes our establishment, within a few hours 

 after the order reached us. We have a full supply 

 of every thing except pepper-plants and cauliflow- 

 er. These have acted kind o' contrary this soring, 

 and we have none yet that I call fit to send out. 



been used almost none. It was made two or three 

 years ago, and, of course, is not equal to a new 

 mill made now, but a bargain at the price— $15.00. 

 One 10-inch mill, f 11.00. This mill has been used 

 considerably; was made a number of years ago. It 

 will still make fair foundation where you make 

 principally for your own use, and are not particu- 

 lar about its being first class. It Is surely worth 

 $11.00 to someone. 



We have a second-hand 10-inch dipping-tank, with 

 4 boards, that we will sell with either of the above 

 for $1 00. One 13-inch Dunham mill. This was origi- 

 nally used by Dadant & Son In making their heavy 

 brood foundation. It has made about 300 lbs. since 

 it left their hands (when it sold for $35 00), and it is 

 still in fair condition; will sell for $20.00. 



SAWS THAT NEVER NEED FILLING. 



Ever since we first gave notice of the Star saws, 

 some years ago, the blades of which were sold so 

 cheap that a new one could be put in cheaper than 

 to have a saw filed, there has been an immense 

 trade in them. The Millers Falls Co. have recently 

 got out the saw shown in the cut below, that takes 



a 14inch blade, and yet the price is only 50 cts.— 

 saw, blade, and all. Extra blades cost a dollar a 

 dozen; therefore, when your saw needs sharpen- 

 ing it costs less than 10 cts. to have a bright new 

 blade, ready for business. And this is not all. 

 These Star saw-blades, by some special process, are 

 given a higher temper than any thing else in the 

 saw line. You can saw a board or a bone, saw off a 

 gas-pipe or a gun-barrel, and all with the same saw. 

 The first one I ever saw I carried down into our ma- 

 chine shop, gave It to our machinist, and told him 

 to see what it was worth. After a few minutes' 

 trial he asked the price and handed out the money, 

 without a word. The truth is. he had never seen 

 any thing like it before, for sawing iron and steel. 

 The one we picture is made a specialty, to be hung 

 up in the kitchen; and I rather think, my friend, 

 you can not make your wife a better present than 

 to get her one of these saws, to hang up in her 

 kitchen. If you behave yourself, may be she will 

 lend it to you occasionally; but, be sure to bring it 

 back when you are done with it. If you don't, 

 there may be a family jar. If wanted by mail, the 

 price will be 20c extra. Postage on blades, 10c per 

 doz. Star butcher saws have been reduced in price. 

 See page 43 of our latest price list. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Tlie Capital Bee-keepers' Association will meet in the Super- 

 visor's Room of the Court-house. Springfield. III. May 7. 1890, at 

 10 A.M. AH interested are invited. C. E. YocUM, Sec'y. 



A meeting of the Erie Co. N. Y.. Bee-keepers' Association 

 will be held in Hamburg, N. Y., April 19, at 10 a.m. and 1 P.M. 

 Mrs, Chas. Faville. Sec'y. 



PRICE LISTS RECEIVED, 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have the following second-hand foundation 

 mills to dispose of : One 10-inch mill for $15.00; has 



We have received jiriee lists of bees, queens, hives, etc., from 

 the fnllowiiig parties: 

 A. D. Ellingwood. Milan, N. H. 

 C. H. Dibliern & Son, Milan, 111. 

 A. Hunt. Gordon, Darke Co., O. 

 C. F. Muth & Son, Cincinnati, O. 

 F. A. Lorkhart & Co., Pattens Mills, N. Y. 

 1). Kauffnian, Needy, Oregon. 



F. A. Eaton, Bluff ton. Allen Co.. O. 

 J. W. Clark. Clarksburg. Mo. 



G. B. & Katie Reploele, Centerville, la. 



Mrs. A. M. (Taylor) Kueeland, Mulberry Grove, 111. 



W. H. Bright. Mazeppa, Minn. 



Oceansiile Mill Co.. Oceanside, Cal. 



H. H. Brown, Light Street. Pa. 



E. T. Abbott, St. .loseph. Mo. 



W. S. Vanilruff, Waynesburg, Pa. 



W. W. Bliss, Duarte, Cal. 



.1. Van Deusen & Sons, Sprout Brook, N. Y. 



L. J. Tripp, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



We have also lust printed price lists for Nimshi Nuzum, of 

 Bouthsville, W. Va.; M. D. Johnson, Webster, la.; A. L. Swin- 

 son. Goldsboro, N. C: Wm. Hutchison, Benton, 111.; F. H. & B- 

 H. Dewey, Westfleld, Mass. 



