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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa Fip'.ds. Going: to. ...857 



Bees and Neighbors 8ri9 



Bees in Sections 860 



Bees, Long Flight 8.")8 



Bees. When to Move «S8 



Bees, Peculiar 8.')9 



Bee Disease, Nameless 855 



Bee-escapes 842. S.'iO 



Bee-space, Klo-ht 840 



Boarfiman's Notes 841 



Buckwheat, Japanese 843 



Cacti f^ 



C^ndv. M.nnum's 848 



C vse," Winti-ring: 817, 8f.O 



(Jlamp. M ^niiin'r M9 



Cones, Pel pendicular 8 



Contraction (Q B.).8.-fi 



Covers, Flat 8".r, 



Division-hnards. Two 8(10 



Doctors. Hum's Plea for.. -.844 



Egfjs in Jelly 840 



Etitrance in Bottom 848 



Ernest in Vermont 81? 



Exagrgeratioii in Terms 8l>t) 



Frames, Fixed 8 •; 



Freezing Foundatii>n s.".7 



Funds for N. .■4. B. K. A. . . . 8.i7 



Uive^.. 8 or 10 Frame S5u 



Honcv. HcdiL.n's 8.'i4 



Honi V. Arizniii ( Homes). . .801 



Inciv:iM-. Cunl Killing 843 



Itali.iiisAlicail 859 



Italians v. Hybnds 8.54 



Keokulc Convention 8,52 



Kerosene v. Bees 858 



IJce on Queens 8.58 



Locust, (ireat "46 



Manuni at Home 8~9 



Paris Green 859 



(,IU(ens. E ;|ioitwia' 8.54 



U unbler at L ike George 815 



RpcoKlof Hives 849 



Sin,.kei-, (■ ,irk »r.6 



S|, Mfv-, r <Pie^..s 866 



s-i.H-in^,', < ',o e 841 



Siuiiiu' !>.■. indling 812 



s'lnt;^ l>ir Rheuliuvti^m 800 



S '-.n S'r:>ws 8.51 



Sii-.ir, licet 843 



T.p-fiar.x-s, Thick 868 



Vcntil;Ui.>n, Bottom 8.58 



Watering-place CO 



gPECI^L ]^e¥ICE^S. 



POULTRY-NETTING ADVANCES DEC. 30. 



Bear iu miud, that only a little over two weeks re- 

 main iu which you can buy wire" nettin? at the pres- 

 ent low piice.s. " The .51st pag-e of tlie new catalogue 

 shows what the price will be next year. Notice the 

 list of remnants on anotner i^age. wliieli is subject to 

 10% discount before Jan. 1. 



ORDEKS FOR MACHINERY. 



Some few orders for machinery have been sume- 

 what delayed on account of the interruption and 

 large amount of extra machine work incurred by 

 moving into our new building. We are glad to say, 

 liowever, that our workers in iron and steel are now 

 nicely housed in a large airy room about three times 

 the size of their former quarters, and will soon be in 

 shape to turn out promptly all kinds of machine 

 work. 



A SECOND-HAND PLANER AT A BARGAIN. 



We have on hand for sale a 24-inch heavy pony 

 planer, made by Graham, of Rochester, in good re- 

 pair. It cost new !$240; was used about three years 

 in our works when we sent it back to the works and 

 had it rebuilt new at tin expense of $.50 and f reigiit 

 both ways. We used it only four or five months 

 when we were obliged to put in its place a large 

 double-surface i>laner to do our work. We offer the 

 abovt machine, all ready lo run, free on board cars, 

 for $1.50. 



OUR PREMIUM LIST. 



Some of you may be wondering what is keeping 

 our premium li.st sj late this year. The fact is, we 

 shall not have any. but send you our catalogue in- 

 stead. We shall offer special premiums from time 

 to time during ilie coming months. For the present 

 we wisli to say that you may select any article in 

 our catalogue US a premium; and each subscription 

 you secure for Gleanings will count 35 cents to- 

 ward the price of it, p?(ii;ided that in your list of 

 names you have as many new snbscriiitions as re- 

 newals. Remember, the remaining miniliers of this 

 year after the subscription is received are sent free 

 to new subscribers. 



DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY ORDERS. 



IJv the new catalogue you will notice that the 4% 

 discount we have been allowing the past month is 

 extended to December instead of dropping to 3%. 

 A good many are taking advantage of these earlj^- 

 oider discounts, and are sending us large orders. We 

 are also shipv)ing a number of carload orders to dis- 

 tant points. We have just shipped a carload of hives 

 and sections to friend Ball, of Reno, Nev., who sent 

 us the car of comb honey. 



We are also loading a car of supplies for the Bee- 

 keepers' Association of Maricopa Co., Ariz., from 

 whom we received a car of honey in August, and 

 are daily expecting another. We have orders iu for 

 three or four more carloads for various points. We 

 expect to load a car for Portland, Ore., within a 

 month; and it any of our readers in Oregon or 



Washington wish to secure catlo id rates of fi-eight 

 as far as Portland the.y should send their ordei-s in 

 at once. We liope, alst>, to make up one or more 

 cars for Soiitiiern California within the next si.x 

 weeks or two months at the oulside; and if any in 

 that section want to avail themselves of tliis oppor- 

 tunity they would do well to write or send their 

 orders very soon. 



NEW ENLARGED EDITION OF OUR CATALOGUE. 



We have given our illustraled catalogue and price 

 list a thorough revision, and added eight more 

 pages of matter. In order tluit our readeis may see 

 what we have done, and be sure to have a new cata- 

 logue to order from, we are mailing a copy to eacli 

 subscriber of Gleanings. If you fail to get it with 

 this, or soon after, drop us a card and we will mail 

 tinother. 



I will briefly mention a few of the alterations, ad- 

 ditions, and changes in price. The matter has been 

 re-arranged a good deal: and in order that .you may 

 easily find any tiling that you want, we have' added a 

 compreheiisi\'e index on the inside of front cover. 

 The catalii.tiiic was f()rinerl,\- arranged with a view of 

 making aiticles c(aiie in alidiabetical order. This 

 could not lie strictly followed, as kindred articles, of 

 neces.sity, must soinetimes be mentioned togetlier, 

 though not beginning with the same letter. We 

 have given up the alphabetical order, and arranged 

 in a natural order, wliich you will iK^tice as you 

 turn over tlie pages. Notice the additional matter 

 in the introductory pages, inducements to order 

 early, and discount ft)r so doing. 



Trie following articles hive advanced in price: 

 Perforated zinc and lioney-boards, all kinds; Sim- 

 plicity feeders; a few of the hives have changed in 

 price. Tin separators, tin pails, tin plate, and gal- 

 vanized poultry-netting are advanced. A number 

 of new articles have been added, which we will leave 

 you to discover. 



The discounts for large cash orders have been abol- 

 ished, and the discounts for early orders take their 

 l>!ace. You will observe, however, that the early- 

 order discount applies only to such articles as we 

 manufacture, found on pages 10 to 37 of the list. 

 Mucii of the matter is entirely re-written. Some in- 

 structions are given in the matter of feeding and 

 wintering. Further changes, especially in the 

 Counter Stoi'C list, afe anticipated. Any suggestions 

 from our |)atioiis that will lead to makin.g the cata- 

 logue more hcliiful and convenient to order from, 

 w 11 be api)rei-i;iteil. 



mij woRBS noi oua customers. 



GLEANINGS A PROFITABLE ADVERTISER. 



I have been a constant advertiser in Gleanings for 

 over four yetirs, and can htinestly .say it is the best 

 medium lever used. C. M. Goodspeed. 



Skaneateles, N. Y., Nov, 17. 



MORE ADVERTISING THAT PAID. 



I am well pleased with the results of my adverti.s- 

 iug in Gleanings. I am all sold out of queens, and 

 sending back money nearly every day. I received 

 enough orders to take all the queens I had left in 

 four days after my last ad't was out, ;ind I had quite 

 a large hunibei' of them too. Elmer Hutchinson. 



Rogersvilie, Mich., Oct. 37. 



A BIG BARGAIN FOR $1.00. 



SPECIAL CROPS, one year, «1 03. MONTREAL 

 FAMILY HERALD AND STAR (weekly), $1.00. 

 GOLDEN CENSOR (Roekford. III., weekly), S1.25. 

 All of above one tuU year for $1 00. Special Crops 

 and either one of the others for .50 cts. This offer is 

 good until Dec. 26. Renewals accepted same as 

 newsubs. Address C. M. GOOOSPEED, 



Skaneateles, N. Y. 



J^"In respond inpr to this advertisement mention Olkanings. 



FOR SALE. 



f-A STANDS of bees; two Italians, others hybrid 

 OU and blacks in 10-frame Simplicity and 8-frame 

 Dovetailed hives. Price i4 each. 



J. HAMWOND, 



Buena Vista, Scioto Co , Ohio. 

 tS^ln responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



