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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Sept. 



gcm% % ohm** 



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 far as possible. The 

 prices quoted in our cities for honey are, 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 

 near 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, 

 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," same price. 



fWILL sell ten thousand lbs. of first class, white 

 honey, at 7 cts. per lb., delivered at depot here, 

 _. or on steamboat ; bbls. thrown in. 

 Shreveport, La., A ug., '79. C. R. Carein. 



I have four barrels of white clover and basswood 

 honey for which I will take 7 cts; purchaser to pay 

 for barrels. Also 1,000 lbs. comb honey in 1}£ and 2 

 lb. sections, for which I will take 10 cts. in cash. 



Shellsburg, la. Au g 11, '79. Robt. Quinn. 



I have 1,000 lb. of nice, clover, comb honey, in 1% 

 and 2 lb. sections. I will sell it, in any quantity at 

 12!4cts.; each case holds 28 lb. I will sell light ex- 

 tracted honey at 8 cts. If wanted in 10 gallon kegs, 

 send $10.00. Golden-rod, comb honey, 10 cts. per lb., 

 and extracted 7 cts. R. S. Becktell. 



New Buffalo, Berrien Co., Mich. 



I have 5 barrels of honey, that I will sell for 8c. per 

 lb., with bbls. thrown in. F. \V. Holmes. 



Coopersville, Mich., Aug. 1879. 



Chicago.— Honey— Choice, in single comb boxes, 

 12@14c. Extracted, 6@8c. 

 Bess-wax.— Choice, yellow, 20@22c. Darker grades, 



New York.— Honey— Best comb, 15@16c. Extract- 

 ed, 6@9c. 

 Bees-wax.— Choice, 25c. 



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

 10® 12c. Extracted, 8@10c. 



California.— Honey— New comb, 12^0. ; Old 

 comb 8c. Extracted, 7c. 

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



20<S22i4c. 



The sweet pepper, Clethra alnifolia, has been in 

 bloom on our grounds nearly a month, but as yet we 

 have never seen a bee on it. 



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The troubles I mentioned in July No., in regard to 

 the mail matter, are ended for the present at least, 

 for we have had no loss of that kind, for weeks past. 

 I thank God for having answered that prayer, and I 

 pray that the one who wronged us may be brought 

 to justice, and, if possible, may become a converted 

 man. 



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Those who undertake to deal in supplies should 

 be careful not to quarrel with their customers. If 

 you cannot agree you can certainly agree to disa- 

 gree, and, if you decide to have no more deal with 

 each other, part friends. Straighten up all past 

 transactions, in a way that will be satisfactory, even 

 if it does cost you a "good bit" of money, and then 

 be more careful about what promises and agree- 

 ments you make in the future. Promise little, give 

 much, and don't ever "get mad," if you wish to 

 hold your customers. 



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what you are to do with the bees this month. 

 If you want your hives full of young bees in March, 

 as friend Bolin advises, see that they are full of 

 young bees this month. If they are not getting 

 enough honey to keep brood rearing going on briskly, 

 feed them a little every day. "We use grape sugar 

 for the purpose, and feel very much pleased with it. 

 The manufacturers have very much improved it 

 recently, and it now looks and tastes much more 

 like cane sugar. By feeding just about what the 

 bees consume, you can easily manage so as to have 

 little or none of it stored in the combs. 



NUCLEUS SWARMS AN D QUEENS, 



One-half lb. of bees, sent in wire basket, for $1.00 

 in addition to the price of the queen. These are 

 more bees than are usually sent in two frame 

 nuclei, while the express charges are less. They 

 can readily be built up to a full stock, with brood 

 from other hives, and save all risk of introducing. 



Tested Queens : $2 50 



Warranted Queens 125 



Unwarranted Queens 1 00 



My queens are bred from best imported Italian 

 queens, and I warrant safe arrival and perfect satis- 

 faction. E. M. HAYHURST, 

 9d Kansas City, Mo. 



STAMPS, RUBBER DATING AND AD- 

 DRESSING, 



No. 1. 



Address onlv, 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 



No. 3. 



No. 2. 



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

 trouble." I know, you see. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



Am, Silver Watches 



For $9.50 



In all my experience in the Watch and Jewelry 

 Business, I have never before seen a good Silver 

 Watch for the low price of $9.50. I have just suc- 

 ceeded in getting, of the American Watch Co., a 

 good strong 



SILVER WATCH, 



(STALL REGULATED, AND IN» 



Running Order, 



That I will mail to any address for the above price; 

 and if it does not please you, you may return it 

 within 10 days, and get your money. Or I will send 

 you the Watch, for 20 subscribers, at $1.00 each. 

 You can have either hunting or open face, and such 

 a Watch, for a present, ought to make any boy (or 

 man either) happy. A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



■OEE KEEPERS! Send 5c to A. J. King & Co., 

 ■^^ 61 Hudson St., New York, for a copy of their 

 Journal, and Price List of Extractors, Smokers, etc., 

 etc. Grand Inducements to Live Agents. 4tf 



