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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



June 



on the people, and with the trade you have 

 started, by being ordinarily prompt your 

 whole establishment will not half suffice." 



His words, though hard, did me good. Do 

 you not see, my friends, now, that those 

 prayers for work for these people to do have 

 indirectly brought curses ? Do you see what 

 a solemn thing it is to plead with God for 

 something out of the ordinary routine of 

 life ? The mother of Zebedee's children 

 asked a favor of Jesus. The reply was, 

 " Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall 

 drink of ? " 



Now, may I make a little plea in self- 

 defense? and may I ask of you to have 

 charity V In all my business experience, I 

 have never yet found a factory which never 

 got behind and delayed orders. During the 

 past few months we have had to wait from 

 ten to thirty days for almost all of our sup- 

 plies, and our only recourse has been to or- 

 der in advance. Had your orders been sent 

 in April, instead of May, it would have been 

 a great help all around. I have been severe- 

 ly blamed because I did not say when the 

 goods would be sent. My friends, at such a 

 time it is impossible to say when. As a gen- 

 eral thing, orders are sent in rotation ; but 

 if the first one is delayed by lack of sections, 

 or something of that nature, the clerks take 

 the first one that does not call for the miss- 

 ing article. With such a great array of goods 

 as we have on our list, it is almost impossible 

 to say when an order may go. The girls at 

 one time commenced writing an apology for 

 each customer ; but this soon became stereo- 

 typed, and, after leading a customer to get 

 mad thinking he was going to be delayed, 

 his goods went promptly by next train. As 

 a great part of this great trade always drops 

 off in June, we hope to be able to send 

 everything with our usual promptness by 

 the time this is in your hands. Anything 

 that is to go by mail, or goods to go by ex- 

 press that the girls can handle, we can send 

 right off, as a general thing. If others in 

 the supply business are doing better than 

 myself, send to them by all means. I do 

 not want all the trade, and I do rejoice in 

 seeing all who deal in supplies build up and 

 thrive. May that kind Savior above help us 

 all to bear with each other, and to bear each 

 other's burdens ! 



Our Alsike clover is unexpectedly in full hloom. 



You will observe this month that we have "Con- 

 tents" once more, and that it is arranged alphabet- 

 ically. How do you like it? 



Please, my friends, do not be so unkind as to re- 

 turn goods that do not happen to please you, before 

 we have had un opportunity of telling you what to do. 



The demand for bees by the pound has almost 

 impoverished our apiary; Will says they are too 

 cheap; that a half pound of bees should be equiva- 

 lent to a dollar queen. 



I was up at 2 o'clock this morning, helping th° 

 night hands make fdn., that you might not be de- 

 layed on your orders for it. So anxious are we all, 

 that I could hardly persuade the younger ones to go 

 home and go to bed at all. 



In our last number, we inadvertantly gave the im- 

 pression that we sent a 2 oz. vial of ink with cheiro- 

 fraph by mail. By mail we send the ink in powder; 

 y express we send it in a liquid form in a bottle. 



CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS OF HEK- 



kEKl'lltN' SUPPLIES RECEIVED 



DURING THE PAST MONTH. 



POSTAL-CARD CIRCULARS. 



Ila Michener, Low Banks P. O., Monok Co., Ont., 

 Can., for queens only, including very yellow or Al- 

 bino queens. I. A. Travis, Lyons, Wis., for Dunham 

 fdn. only. 



A SINGLE LEAF CIRCULAR 



Comes from Jas. A. Nelson, P. O. Box 83, Wyan- 

 dott, Kansas, for comb fdn. only. 



TWO-LEAF CIRCULARS, 



Advertising Apiarian Supplies generally have 

 been received from Lewis A. Best, Best's, Lehigh 

 Co., Pa. ; Ernst S. Hildemann, Ashippun, Dodge Co., 

 Wis.; and A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vt. Also a circu- 

 lar from D. A. Pike, Smithsburg, Washington Co., 

 Md., advertising bees and queens only. 



FOUR LEAF CIRCULARS. 



From O. H. Townsend, Hubbardston, Ionia Co., 

 Mich. Also a pamphlet, by Isaac Hale, 29 Lincoln 

 Road, Horncastle, Licolnshire, giving directions for 

 management of Italian Bar Frame Hives. Price 

 threepence. 



SMALL CIRCULARS OF 6 TO 12 PAGES. 



John Y. Detwiler, 25 Summit Street, Toledo, O. 

 J. W. Newlove, Columbus, O. 



goiKg %eimgn, 



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. 

 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," iame price. 



CITY MARKETS. 



Cincinnati.— Honey.— Best White-clover Honey in 

 bbls. and half-bbls., 10 @ lie. Ditto in tin cans of 

 10 to 25 lbs. net, 1-Kyil6c. Ditto, in 1 ft. jars, per doz- 

 en, $2.25; per gross, $25.00. Ditto, in 2 ft. jars, 

 per dozen, $3.75; per gross, $12.00. Ditto, in Vi ft. 

 tumblers, per dozen, $1.50. Poplar, Buckwheat, 

 Linn, and fall honey in bbls., 9@10c. Ditto in tin 

 buckets of 10 to 25 lbs. net, 12@14c. 



Comb Honey not much in demand, with no stock 

 in the market. 



Beeswax.— Dull and quoted @, 20c. 



Cincinnati, O., May 21, 1880. Chas. F. Muth. 



New York.— Honey.— Best white Comb Honey, in 

 small neat boxes, 15 @ 17c. ; fair ditto, 13 @ 14c. No 

 dark honey in market. Extracted Honey, White 

 Clover and Bass wood, 9 @, 10c; Golden Rod, 8 @ 10c; 

 Buckwheat, 7 @ 8c. Southern strained, per gal., 70 

 @ 85c. 



Bees wax— Crude, 23 (3j 25. A. D. Tburber. 



158 Duane St., New York, April 22, 1880. 



Chicago.— Honey.— Good to choice White-clover in 

 small boxes. 16 and 18c. per lb., and extracted is 

 quoted at 8 @, 9c. 



Beeswax.— Steady at 21 and 23c. per lb. for good to 

 choice yellow, and at 15 and 18c. for common dark- 

 colored to fair lots. Thomas G. Newman & Son. 



974 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., May 25, 1880. 



St. Louis.— Honey.— Our honey market is dull- 

 weather too warm and too much fruit. Caoice 

 comb, 16@17c. Extracted, slow, sells at 8@10c. 



Beeswax.— Steady at 21 1 / 2 @22 1 /2C for prime. 



R. C. Greer & Co. 



No. 117 N. Main St.. St. Loujs, May 22, 1880, 



