1879 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



327 



There are about 110 nails in a lb., and the price is 3?^e 

 per lb., or $3.40 per keg - . 



No. 3 (8d. finishing-), we use but very little. There 

 arc 175 in a lb., and the price is i% per lb., or $4.00 

 per k< \g. 



No. 4 (6d. common), is used only in the packing 

 room. There are 150 in a lb. Price 3>ic per lb., or 

 $8.75 per keg. 



No. 5 (6d. casing), is used for Simplicity cover, and 

 for bottom boards in story and a half and Chaff 

 hives. There are 200 in a lb., and the price is 4Hjc 

 per lb., "or $4.00 per keg. 



No. 6 (6d. finishing), is used for ridge board of half 

 story cover, and rim of Chaff hive. There are 300 in 

 a lb. Price i% per lb., or $4.25 per keg. 



No. 7 (4d. common or shingle), used only in packing 

 room. There are 300 in a lb. Price per lb. 3'4c, or 

 $3.25 per keg. 



No. 8 (4d. casing), is used only in packing room. 

 There are 330 in a lb., and price is 4!4c per lb., or 

 $4.00 per keg. 



No. 9 (4d. finishing), is used for half story cover, 

 inside of Chaff hive, cover of Chaff hive, 2 and 3 

 frame nucleus hives, and cases for 28 sections. 

 There are 550 in a lb., and price is 5c per lb., or $4.50 

 per keg. 



No 10 (2d. common) is used for outside shell of 

 Chaff hive and fastening metal rabbets inside of 

 hives. There are 800 in a lb. and the price is 5^c, or 

 $5.25 per keg. 



No. 11 (2d. fine), is used but little, except in packing 



room. There are 900 in a lb., and the price is 6c, or 



$5.75 per keg. 



Nos. 12, 13, and 14 are brads or light finishing nails. 



No. 12 (1J4 in. brad), is used only occasionally; 



there are 800 in a lb., and the price is 10c. 



No. 13 ( 7 3 in. brad), for chaff division boards and 

 honey boxes. There are 2250 in a lb., and the price 

 is 12c. 



No. 14 (13-16 in. brad). There are 2400 in a lb., and 

 the price is 12c. 



Nos. 15, 16, 1", and 18 are tinned tacks and nails, 

 and are especially valuable for out door work as 

 they never rust. 



No. 15 (1 inch tinned nail), is used expressly for 

 driving into hives to hang the slates on. There are 

 200 in a lb., and the price is 12c per lb. 



No. 16 (Y 2 in. tack) is used in the wax room for fas- 

 tening the lighter pasteboard on 1 and 2 lb. boxes of 

 fdn., and in smoker room, for securing one end of 

 the spring inside of the bellows; there are 150 in an 

 oz., and the price is 3c per oz., or 35c per lb. 



No. 17 (; j s in. tinned tack) is used for putting enam- 

 eled cloth on chaff division boards, and leather on 

 smoker bellows; for tacking pasteboard, cardboard, 

 etc.; and for all purposes where No. 18 is too short. 

 There are 275 in an oz. and the price is 4c, or 40c per 

 lb. 



No. 18 (14, in. tack) is just the thing for tacking 

 screen wire on queen cages and mosquito screens, 

 queen cards on hives, cards on boxes, etc., etc. It 

 never rusts. There are 500 in an oz. and the price is 

 5c, or 45c per lb. 

 Nos. 19 and 20 are cigar-box nails. 

 No. 19 (?i in. cigar-box) is used for all-wood frames, 

 broad frames, tin separators, and sections not dove- 

 tailed. There are 4400 in a lb. and the price is 18c 

 per lb; for 10 lbs. or more, 16c per lb. 



For the benefit of the aforesaid women and chil- 

 dren (begging their pardon still again), I would re- 

 mark that nearly, if not quite, all of the nails men- 

 tioned heretofore must be placed right when they 

 are driven, or they will split the wood. If you 

 look at a common nail, you will see that, if set one 

 way, it acts like a wedge, and is sure to split the 

 wood. If set the other way, the wide part goes into 

 the wood first, and the nail gets narrower, the deep- 

 er it goes. 



THE NEW WIRE RAILS. 



Now there is a new kind of nails made of wire, 

 that may be driven any way; and, for light work, 

 these seem to be a great improvement over the old 

 kinds. When a nail of the old kind gets drawn out 

 a little, or "loose," as we call it, it comes out very 

 easily, but these wire nails, being all of a size, holil 

 their whole length. In the out, I have shown four 

 sizes; the figures at the points of the nails indicate 

 the number of the wire of which they are made. 

 They are tougher and stronger, tor tin- amount of 

 metal contained in them, than the old kind, and 

 therefore even though they do cost more by the lb., 

 there are so many more in a lb. that, in reality, thev 

 are cheaper. They are used for making all kinds of 



honey boxes, broad frames, nailing on separators 

 (they will drive through the tin without having holes 

 previously made) and are just the thing for a great 

 variety of purposes in the apiary. 



Of the largest size, No. 21, there are 4000 in a lb., 

 and the price is, for 1 to 5 lb., 20c; for 5 to 10 lb., 18c, 

 and for all over 10 lb., 17c. 



No. 22 is the size most used for section boxes, put- 

 ting on separators, etc. There are 4400 in a lb., and 

 the price is 22c, for 1 to 5 lbs., 20c, for 5 to 10 lbs., 

 over 10 lbs. 18c 



No. 23.— With this nail, and a light hammer to 

 match, we can nail lumber that has heretofore been 

 considered out of the question, on account of its 

 thinness, and we can do a good job on it, too. There 

 are 560 nails in an oz., and the price is 3c, or 30c per 

 lb. 



No. 24.— This is the smallest of anything I have 

 ever seen or used in the line of tacks or nails, and 

 yet they are very handy and very cheap, for a great 

 variety of fine work. There are 625 in an oz., and 

 the price is 4c, or 40c per lb. 



Any of the above tacks or nails will be sent by 

 mail, at a cost of 18c per lb. for postage. Jf you 

 want only a single oz., you must send 2c to pay 

 postage. The staple sizes of nails are liable to an 

 advance without notice. 



RED RASPBERRIES. 



Brandywine, Herstine, Highland Hardy (Kirtland), 

 and Turner, 75c per doz.; $3.00 per hundred. 

 8 W. A. SNIFFIN, Spencer, Tioga Co., N. Y. 



N O TIC E . 



1 will sell 100 colonies of bees during the month of 

 September. For prices and particulars apply to 

 8-9d GEO. GRIMM, Jefferson, Wis. 



FOUNDATION LOWER! 



PURE BEESWAX. 



A lb. of wax will make about 350 starters ?.ix3 s 3 

 such as we use in our section boxes, or about 6 

 sheets for the L. frames, or about 4 sheets 12x18. 



The fdn. is kept in stock, in sheets 12x18 inches, 

 and 8x16 '/£ inches [exact size needed for L. brood 

 frames] packed in boxes of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, and 50 lbs. 



DRONE OR WORKER CELLS. 



1 to 25 pounds, per pound 46%c 



25 to 50 " " 45c 



50 to 100 " " Ul&e 



100 to 500 " " 42 l / 2 c 



500 to 1000 " " 40%c 



1000 pounds or more " 38^c 



Packed in neat wooden boxes— paper between ev- 

 ery two sheets. 



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, 8xl6i4, 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. Thus :— 1 lb. by mail, regular 

 size will be 70c; 3 lb., $2.00. 



By freight or express: 



3 lbs. regular size will be $1 34 



5 2 24 



10 " " " " 4 47 



25 ' " 10 75 



There are 5 cells to the inch, and one pound of 

 wax makes from 4 to 9 square feet of surface. The 

 thinnest will be used by the bees, but is not made 

 into comb as quickly as the heavier, which has a 

 greater depth of cell. A box contains different 

 thicknesses; we can not well make it all exactly of 

 one thickness. 



Wax will be worked up to order, and cut into 

 sheets of any size desired, for 20c per lb. in quanti- 

 ties of 100 lbs. or more. For smaller lots, you will 

 have to sell us your wax, and buy fdn. at above 

 prices. 



We will pay for bright yellow wax, price quoted 

 in Gleanings every month. 



At above prices we can pay no express or freight 

 charges either way. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Onio. 



