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GLEAxVINGS IN BKR CULTURE. 



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Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



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EDITOR AND PUBLISHED, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS; $1.00 PER YEAR, POST.^AID. 



For Clatti:^ Eitc:, Ceo First Pags cf Seaih: :::tt5:. 



send out strawberry and raspberry plants; but 

 there is not a sing^lo circular that tells when they 

 will be ready. It is just my luck to be sendinpr for 

 something out of season. Why not state in your 

 j)ric<' list just when you will be ready to send straw- 

 lierries, eg-jrg for hatching, carp for stocking' ponds. 

 I'tc.V Vou see, we are green in the l>usiness, and 

 ni-e almost always " wanting to know, yon know." 



Be ye wisa .-«>< serpents, and harmless as tloi 



We will pay 10 cts. for April 1 Gi.eanixos, 1884. 



We are happy to tell you that we commence the 

 new year with .")145 names. You may remember, 

 that last year wo started with 4275. May God bless 

 you, friends, for the ready support you have given 

 my poor efforts in jour behalf. 



smith's honey-kack. 



The honey-rack shown on page 841, last issue, be- 

 longing to friend Smitii, we shall not offer for sale, 

 as he prefers to supply the trade himself. His cir- 

 cular, which he will be glad to mail you, gives full 

 prices and particulars as to how the lacks are to be 

 used. 



UKcr.ixE IN' pui(;es. 



I ALWAYS feel happy when I can oiler you cer- 

 tain lines of goods that are greatly called for, at a 

 reduction. Now it seems to me, friends, it is a 

 pretty good idea to have a journal that is able to 

 tell you twice a month all about the decline in 

 prices of such things as bee-keepers are obliged to 

 buy, more or less. Don't you think sn'r 



UEDUCTION in HALF-POUND JELIA-TriMlSI.ERS. 



We can now furnish a neater and prettier tum- 

 bler than we ever had before for .1 cts. each, ^'5 cts. 

 lor 10, 8?2.40 per 100, or $22.m per 1000. These are 

 what are usually sold as jelly-tumblers with tin top. 

 By laying on a piece of paper of the proper thick- 

 ness, before the top is put on, the tumblers can he 

 shut as tight as a corked bottle. 



MUEM-EH S I>IFE OP TUUST. 



It lias always pained me, in showing tliis book 

 and e.\i)laining it to friends who were learning to 

 trust in^God, to be obliged to tell them the price 

 was SO high. We are now enableil to otTer it, neatly 

 botind in cloth, for only 60 cts. U" wanted by mail, 

 postage will be 10 cts. extra. This is the latest edi- 

 Tion. with engravings of all the buildings, etc. 



DISCOITNTS UNTIL, .7ANUAKV 15. 



I.vsiKAi) of 3 per cent, the discount will be ~ per 

 cent off on orders forgoods of any description, receiv- 

 ed before Jan. 15. The regular discount of 10 per cent 

 that we have been giving on fdn. and sections will 

 also be held open until .Ian. 15. Wc do this as an in- 

 ducement for sending orders now instead of dur- 

 ing the rush a little later. The offer of 10,0(K) Sim- 

 plicity sections for S40 (Ml is also coiitiiHicd till the 

 fifteenth. 



OATE'VOrU PIUli: I,1STS A.M> ( II{( i i.aks. 

 As for me, I like to see evei-y thing dated, and I 

 like to'sec advertisements and circulars tell what 

 tiracof year the goods are fit to send out. I have 

 been watching price lists of plants lately, to see at 

 what time of venr small-fiiiit men aic ready to 



BEES and CIDER-MII,I,S. 



One of our bee conventions proposes to petition 

 the Legislature to abate the nuisance of cider-mills; 

 that is, the nuisance to bee-keepers. I am afraid, 

 friends, if you start out that way the cider-mill men 

 will be sending a petition to have the nuisance of 

 bee-keeping abated. The bee-friends suggest that 

 the cider-mill men be obliged to keep the bees out 

 by screens of wire cloth. Well, such screens will fix 

 the matter, without doubt; but, who is to pay for 

 them'/ The friendly way would be to divide the ex- 

 pense between both parties, or letthepai-ty making 

 the most complaint bear the larger part of the ex- 

 pense. I think, for the sake of peace and harmony, 

 I would furnish the wire cloth and put it on myself. 

 It seems a sad thing for neighbors to appeal to law 

 or legislation in defense of their seiiarate indus- 

 tries. 



SPIDER PLANT AND FKiWOllT. 



It is a fact, fi-iends, that if you want to have cither 

 of the above plants in perfection the first year, they 

 must be started in a greenhouse, or in boxes by the 

 window. By doing this you will get flgwort to yield 

 a full crop of honey the first year, and the spider 

 plant may be made to commence blossoming out- 

 doors in .lune; and if the ground is rich and deep, 

 the i)lants will grow to a monstrous size by Septem- 

 ber or October. It is a peculiarity of the spider 

 plant, that it continues to grow and put forth blos- 

 soms just as long as the season will permit. So long 

 as the present demand for theseeds continues, these 

 will i)ay all expense of cultivation, to say nothing 

 about the honey. If any one can furnish us seed of 

 the EpUohiiim au{riisti folium, or, in fact, any one of 

 this family of " pnrpleflreweeds," as they are some- 

 times called, we shall be very glad to get them. See 

 engravings on page 726. 



A VERY PRETTY PRICE LI.ST FOR A S.MAI. I. SLM OK 

 MONEY. 



Friend A. L. Swinson, of Goldslwro, X. ('., has 

 just had a very neat job done at our office, in t he 

 way of a price list on a single sheet of Gleanings 

 paper. He had 20 lbs. of paper, which makes about 

 4000 sheets. The regular rate would be ^5.00; but 

 as about two-thirds of the sheet was covered with 

 matter in fine type, we charged him iSS.OOfortbe 

 4000. This would be at the rate of 5 circulars for a 

 cent. The unoccupied portion of the sheet forms 

 the letter-head, and it is closely ruled, so that a 

 good deal of nmtfer can be i>ut on when need be. 

 The blank side of the sheet can also be used for 

 writing, so that friend S. can give every correspond- 

 ent a price list every time he writes. If you want 

 to see what a neat job wc can get up for five for a 

 cent, just ask friend S. for a sample. Of course, we 

 can not furnish them at this very low price unless 

 4000 or 5000 are ordered at a time. 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON REE CULTl HE. 



' This is the title of a new book from our friend 

 I Rev. Wm. Ballantine, of Sago, O. Although the 

 : book does not contain much that is new. friend B. 



