1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



177 



Gleanincs in Bee Cdlthre, 



ruUislud Scmi-Moitthl;/. 



.A.. I. ZROOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $I.OO~piR YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Cluttisg Kate:, See First Page of Eeidi;^ L'atter. 



And I say unto vou. my friends. Be not afraid of tHem that 

 kill the l)odv, arid alter that have no more that they can do. 

 - Ll-KK12:4." 



After laboring- hard for two weeks to make ray- 

 self "useless" among the j'oung people here, Er- 

 nest and I start this morning, Feb. 'Xi, for a 13-rtays' 

 absence at New Orleans. 



A CORKECTIOX. 



In neighbor H.'s article on sweet clover, on page 

 l<i;2, he states that it is ajjcreunid?; the rest of the 

 sentence, however, will show that he meant to say it 

 is a biennial. 



FIHE. 



We are pained to learn th(^ I'ollowi 

 IJinghnm & Hcthcriugtoii: 



We lost our sinokcr-i^hop bv lirc.'M 

 Feb. !). iss.-,, and all its coiilcnls. I,( 

 $180(1, -•jllKI insurance. In this loss is 

 for our early trade. We are cnlircl 

 now, l)ut have a lot making, which wi 

 forward to meet the orders. 



DISCOUNTS FOH THE FOItH PART <)1<' MARCH. 



As orders Still hold back, and as we are very anx- 

 ious indeed to get business now, rather than be 

 obliged to run nights a little later, we extend the 

 discount on foundation-mills, foundation, and sec- 

 tions, of 10 per cent until March !•">. Sections will 

 also be furnished for $4.00 per 1000 until the above 

 date, 1)1 ten-thousand lots. No discount on this latter 

 otter. 



THE AUG OF CARP CULTURE. 



The above is the title of a new book mentioned in 

 last month's editorial; and by the way, friends, if 

 any of you have any special questions you would 

 like answered in regard to it, mail them at once to 

 Milton P. Pelrce, 3:.'3 Walnut Street, Philadelphia; 

 and if it is something he has not already considered 

 in the work, he will touch upon it, if important. 



SECTIONS DOVETAILED ALL AROUND. 



We have so much improved our machinei-y for 

 making these, that we can make them of basswood 

 at the same prices as the one-piece sections. If 

 made of the white poplar, however, the price is ^1.00 

 Iter 1003 exti-a. One reason why we can furnish 

 these cheaper is, that the new machine uses up all 

 tlie odds and ends— every piece that is large enough 

 to make a section-blank. 



SENDING LETTERS IN PACK.\GES OF MERCHANDISE. 



Although editors have taken up this subject 

 over and over again, there seem to be a great many 

 people who either do not understand or will not un- 

 derstand that lettci-s must be sent by themselves, 

 and paid for at the rate of letter postage. To-day a 

 snuiU beehive containing a model of a reversible- 

 frame device came with a long letter in it, and the 



package was so badly tied up that it burst open be- 

 fore it reached us, and so Uncle Sam got hold of our 

 offending friend. If the law should be enforced, It 

 is something like five or ten dollars' tine. Will our 

 reversible-frame friends, as well as all others, 

 please take notice? 



PREPARING WAX SHEETS READY FOR ROLLING. 



A FRIEND writes us that he has made the great 

 discovery, that If sheets of wax are kept in a tank 

 of warm water, and taken out just as they are jiut 

 through the mill, they will go through with very 

 little or no starch at all on the rolls. Now, to tell 

 the truth, this is the way we have worked for years 

 past, and we have oblong tin pans made just right 

 to hold a pile of sheets. IJut come to look at our 

 A B C book, and directions for usiug the founda- 

 tiou-mill, I can not find that I have ever mentioned 

 it in print. In making foundation during cold 

 weather, this vat, or pan of hot water, is almost a 

 necessity. 



OUR 1.5-CENT STRAWBERRY-BOOK. 



We tried to get it so it would go in our ten-cent 

 library, but could not quite make it. It is the well- 

 known " Strawberry Culturist," by Andrew S. Ful- 

 ler, and I do not believe there is a better writer on 

 small fruits in general. The book contains 48 pages 

 and 11 illustrations. Price 15 cts.; by mail, 2 cts. 

 more. We make the following extract: 



One eentleman in this city, who has no room for a straw- 

 berry Bed— in fact, lie has no garden, nothinfrbut a small yai-d, 

 whiA is paved, and upon which the sun shines only a part of 

 the (lav— vpt frviiws ni:\iiv rjuiirts of tlufi strawberries every 



if boufflit lr(iir\ the nmri-et. i;ach plant u.-ually trave one 

 (luart of line fruit. I mention this merely to show under what 

 (lilBcult circumstuDccs this beautiful fruit may be grown. 



SEEDS FOR THE YEAR 1885. 



Although seedsmen are getting to be pretty 

 careful in testing seeds before sending them out, 

 the country-store dealers, and perhaps others, may 

 not be equally careful; that is, if they do not sell 

 out one year, the same seeds may be brought out 

 and ofl'ered for sale hereafter. There is a reason 

 for doing this, because many seeds grow as well 

 when three or four years old as when freshly gath- 

 ered, and it is claimed that some seeds are even bet- 

 ter for having age. I believe most of us, however, 

 would prefer to take our chances on seeds carefully 

 raised only a year before. Landreth Sons, of Phila- 

 delphia, have made a move in the right direction, 

 by what they call their "cremating" process, and 

 any dealer who iiurchases seeds of them, and hap- 

 pens to get more than his trade requires, can have 

 the whole lot replaced by fresh seeds by sending 

 a statement, properly witnessed, to the Landreths, 

 that their old seeds have all been burned up, accord- 

 ing to orders. Of course, pease, beans, corn, etc., 

 are good to cook or feed to chickens, so we do not 

 need to burn them up. But I do believe, friends, 

 we had better get over the idea of using seed more 

 than a year old, if it can possibly be avoided. If 

 you can not furnish any other, tell your customers 

 so, and make your price according, and theu let 

 him take the chances if he chooses. We are just 

 taking measures to put this in practice with our 

 seeds for honey-plants, and every package put up is 

 to have the date, when the seeds were raised, print- 

 ed oil the wrapper. 



