1879 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



283 



Our ingenious friend, D. S. Given, Hoopeston, 

 Ills., has sent us a queen and 3 Vices by mail, in the 

 tin mailing eases that have received the sanction of 

 the Dept., but, if I am correct, the decision is that 

 no bees shall be mailed in any shape. However, I 

 have sent the queen, cage, letter and all, to the P. M. 

 G., with a prayer that it may be accepted and if he 

 decides they may go in that way, I will send you a 

 Gleanings extra, at once, to celebrate the event. 

 The food was a very little, soft, moist candy. 



I shall have to call the editor of the Western lb>n- 

 ey Bee, a little bit of a fraud after all. He now ad- 

 mits he never succeeded in making sheets more 

 than 4x4 inches, with his machine. I have made 

 fair sheets by dipping only, the size of an L. frame, 

 but, as the dipping plates were plaster of Paris, they 

 soon failed. 1 have been waiting over two weeks 

 for an electrotyper to make me some metal ones, 

 and am now almost ready to start an electrotype 

 foundry myself. I hope to be able to give you a ma- 

 chine to dip beautifully thin starters, for only 25c, 

 and larger sheets in proportion. When I get ready, 

 you may expect that extra No. of Gleanings. 



to hang up in your door yard, with the words "Honey 

 for Sale" neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10c. 

 extra for postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens 

 for Sale," ;ame price. 



*Eff HAVE 3 bis. of extracted honey that I will take 

 :» 7c. per lb. for, and throw in the barrels. 

 A G. W. Gates. 



Bartlett, Shelby Co., Tenn., May 31, 1879. 



GOOD NEWS FOR THE UNLUCKY.— A Section box 



cage full of bees from a queenless colony will accept 

 of any queen almost without a failure. Well, put 

 your queen, the minute you get her, into such a cage 

 of bees, if she is not already in such a one. Do it 

 before a window, and you can easily rescue her, if 

 they should attack her. When you see that they 

 behave properly toward her, turn bees, queen, and 

 all loose on a frame of hatching brood, and she will 

 begin laying at once. Now, build them up to a colo- 

 ny, and you are all right. One of our smaller girls 

 introduces all our queens thus, both imported and 

 home bred, and she has, as yet, never lost one. 



OUR CARTOON FOR JULY. 



MR. MONEYBA-NKS IS GETTING ALONG FINELY SINCE 

 THE CLOVER SEASON, BUT HE HAS SO MUCH TROUBLE 

 IN FINDING HIS QUEEN, HE HAS RESOLVED TO PASTE 

 A LABEL ON HER BACK EVERY TIME HE SEES HER. 

 HIS PASTE AND LABEL ARE RIGHT HANDY, BUT, ALAS ! 

 SHE IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AS USUAL. 



%oim\ (diuiin. 



Under this head, will be inserted free of charge, 

 the names of all those having honey to sell, as well 

 as those wanting to buy. Please mention how 

 much, what kind, and prices, as Ear as possible. The 

 prices quoted in our cities for honey arc, at present, 

 too low, to make it worth while to publish them. 

 As a general thing, I would not advise you to send 

 your honey away, to be sold on commission. If 

 hear home," where you can look after it, it is often 

 a very good way. By all means, develop your home 

 market. For 25cts., we can furnish little boards 



Chicago. -lionet/ -Choice, in single comb boxes, 

 S@13c. Extracted, 6@9c. 



Bees-wax.— Choice, yellow, 2l@20c. Darker grades, 

 I5@80c. 



New York.— Honey— Best comb, ll@13c. Extract- 

 ed, 7@8c. 



lift n-icax.— Choice, 25c. 



Cincinnati.— Honey— Best, in single comb boxes, 

 HXg 12c. Extracted, 8@10c. 



California.— Honey— Comb, 6@7c. Extracted, 

 4@.5c. 



Bees-wax.— Best, 30@31c. For darker colored, 

 2il.v22!4c. 



FOUNDATION LOWER! 



Friend Nellis, like myself, it seems has discovered 

 that wax is lower, and that fdn. can be furnished 

 still cheaper. You will see by his advertisement 

 that he does it in the shape of a discount. I like 

 plain figures better than discounts, and I have there- 

 fore figured it out as follows. I have given the 

 fractions, because I think friend N. has got the 

 price very low, and I do not wish to undersell him. 



DRONE OR WORKER CELLS. 



1 to 25 pounds, per pound 46%c 



25 to 50 " " 45c 



50 to 100 " " 44Jic 



100 to 500 " " 42 l / 2 e 



500 to 1000 " " 405£c 



1000 pounds or more " 38Jie 



If wanted by mail, add 25c per lb. for boxing and 

 postage, on any quantity less than 2 lb. ; over 2 lb., 

 add 20c for boxing and postage. Now, all that you 

 will order in our regular sized sheets, 8x16; £, or 12x18, 

 will be lc per lb. less. If you will also order it in 

 our regular sized boxes, of 5, 10, or 25 lb., you may 

 deduct lc more per lb. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Onio. 



STAMPS, RUBBER DATING AND AD- 

 DRESSING, 



No. 1. No. 



Address only, like 

 No. 1, $1.50; with bu- 

 siness card, like No. 2, 

 $2.00; with movable 

 months and figures for 

 dating, like No. 3, $3.00. 

 Full outfit included— 

 pads, ink, box, etc. 

 Sent by mail postpaid. 

 Without ink and pads, 

 50c less. 



Put your stamp on 

 every card, letter, pa- 

 per, book, or anything 

 else that you may send 

 out by mail or express, 

 and you will save your- 

 self and all who do business with you "a world of 

 trouble." I know, you see. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohi3. 



