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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



Gleanings in Bee CniTURE. 



J'uhliahed Srmi-^-IoHthh/. 



.ZL.. X. I^ooT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 

 MEDINA, O. 



TERMS. SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID, 



For Clubticg Bites, See First Page cf Eeaiiz^ Muter. 



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VIALLON S NEW FACTORY ALREADY STARTED. 



The following is at hand just as we go to press: 

 Jly new factory is just completed, and I liave steamed up 

 this morning:, and I am again in i-unning or<ler, except tor 

 sections. P. L. Vi.\li,on. 



Bayou Uoula, La., March 23, 1885. 



That is what I call business, friend V. Such en- 

 erg'y deserves encouragement, does it not, boys? 



C. K. IsHAM, Peoria, N. Y., sends us samples of 

 some very nice wooden separators, about 1-16 inch 

 thick. These separators, he states, are cut from 

 well-seasoned lumber, and will therefore keep 

 straight. The prices of these separators are 50 cts. 

 per 100, or -¥4.00 per 1000. 



STINGLESS BEES. 



The newspapers get hold of these about once in 

 so often, for a sensation, and then the item goes 

 the rounds. These bees do not amount to any thing. 

 They have been carefully tested; and although it is 

 true, they do not sting, it is also true that they do 

 not gather any honey of any account. There is no 

 rose without its thorn. 



MAIL, EXPRESS, OR FREIGHT. 



When making an addition to an order you have 

 previously made, or when referring to something 

 you have had or ordered, please state whether by 

 mail, express, or freight, for a separate set of 

 clerks are employed on each department, and much 

 time will be saved by saying how you ordered the 

 goods sent. 



OUR OWN APIARY. 



We are happy to say that our apiarist, Mr. Wm. 

 Kimber, has gone thus far with his 198 colonies, 

 with the loss of only T. With reasonably fair weath- 

 er, the probability is we shall not lose any more. 

 The evidence is heavily in favor of stores of granu- 

 lated sugar. Neighbor H. has lost nearly half of 

 his River apiary, and we think it was owing almost 

 entirely to the stores of honey-dew honey. 



A .lOURNAL ON CARP CULTURE. 



A NEAT little sheet comes to us from the neigh- 

 boring town of Akron. O., entitled. National Journal 

 of Carp Culture. There is a real want for a journal 

 on carp culture, and we gladly welcome the new 

 comer among our rural class journals. The abund- 

 anoe of beautiful springs in the vicinity of Akron 

 would, we should suppose, give wonderful facilities 

 for making carp-ponds, especially in keeping the 

 water at a uniform level the year round; for these 

 soft-water springs of Summit County are, as a rule, 

 never-failing. I presume the editor has, of course, 

 a pond or ponds of his own, in order that he may 

 give us the benefit of his practical experience in the 

 new industry, but T do not find any mention of it in 

 this first number. 



nUDDING AND PRUNING KNIVES. 



We have just added to our counter store, knives 

 j for the above purpose, made by the celebrated 

 ! Northfield Knife Co., expressly for us. We have 

 j three pruners and one budding-knife. The heavi- 

 est pruner, which has a metal plate on the lower 

 end, and is heavy enough to drive a pretty good- 

 sized nail, is 7.5 cts. The next size to this above is 

 :]o, and the smallest 2.5 cts. Budding-knife, £5 cts. 

 If wanted by mail, the postage on the above knives 

 will be C, .5, ,3, and 5 cts. respectively. My name is 

 put on the blade of each knife, and I do not hesitate 

 to guarantee them equal to any thing made, as to 

 steel and temper. We are enabled to give the 

 above low prices because we buy them' in large 

 quantities. 



BUSINESS AT THE PRESENT DATE. 



I AM glad to be able to saj-, that although we have 

 been a little behind, we have now caught up on 

 every thing, unless it is a few orders for odd-sized 

 sections, which have been delayed on account of 

 the difficulty in getting lumber sufficiently season- 

 ed fast enough. As we have now fine weather, bj' 

 the time this reaches you we hope to have every 

 order clear up. Well, as we are so much abreast of 

 the season, we extend the discounts on foundation- 

 mills, sections, and comb fdn., 10 per cent from list 

 ' prices, until our next issue. Beeswax is still low, 

 I compared with former seasons, probably, some- 

 j what, on account of the loss of so many bees. May 

 be we shall be enabled to carry the above discounts 

 through the entire season. We will if we can; but 

 demand and supply must regulate the matter. 



THE NEW WEEKLY "CANADIAN BEE-JOURNAL." 



We have long expected that friend Jones would 

 be obliged to publish a bee-journal, sooner or later, 

 but we did not quite expect it would start out to be 

 a weekly bee-journal at the outset. So it is, how- 

 ever. We have the following from friend Jones 

 to-day: 



We suppose that you have, of coorse, heard that we are go- 

 ing to have a Canadian Bee-Jodrnal. Canadian beekeepers 

 have been at us incessantly to start one, for raanv years past, 

 and wc have at last decided to try it. It will consist of same 

 iniiiil.ri-..r )m,l:vs .-IS N,,iiis. ,111(1 :it >aiH,' piirc. There wlllbe 

 lull till' iimnli.-r ,11 |.:i,j-,-. Ill 1 :.rli 11 M 1 11 1 1. r , I ill t it will be issued 

 Mc.kis iii-t,;Ml ,ii ,■> .'i^ |>\.. ^^.■,■l^v. w , ■ v, ,i 1 it t o Work in uni- 

 >.iiiv\iili ,-ill .Mir i.i(.il,ci-,|.iii.ii>liri ,v. Wr kii,.w that we can 

 wUii VL.ii. Wi- jiULiid pulilL-hiuu lii.-^t i.-MU- about the fir-t of 

 April.' ^ D. A. Jones & Co. 



Beeton, Ontario, March H, 1885. 



In friend Jones's prospectus we find the following 

 sensible remarks: 



Though it may ultimately prove a source of fair recompense 

 for the aniount'of labur expended, it will be some yeai-s before 

 it docs sn, and vuu all know that it is not a pleasant prospect 



In the bnsim-ss. 



THE A B C OF POTATO CULTURE. 



Tm-s is to be a book of 50 or 60 pages, size and 

 style of the ABC book. It is written by Mr. T. B. 

 Terry, the successful farmer and potato-grower of 

 the State of Ohio. Mr. Terry is emi)loyed most of 

 his winters in giving lectures before farmers' insti- 

 tutes, and he is always authority on any thing con- 

 nected with agriculture. The book is not only a 

 valuable one to ])Otuto-growcrs, but a great part of 

 it applies to the management of almost any crop on 

 the farm, especially to the preparation of the soil, 

 manures, etc. Mr. Terry reminds me a good deal of 

 friend Hutchinson's early writings. He is emphat- 

 ically opposed to farmers investing largely in com- 

 mercial fertilizers, new-fangled seeds, and, to a 



