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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Gleanings in Bee Cclture. 



I'uhli.slixl .Sf 



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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clubbiag Bate:, Seo First Pago of Eeadh^ Kittsr. 



ThinkeUi no evil.-COR. 13: 



day morning-, and was prevented by a rain from 

 getting- around as I had intended. The show of 

 comb honey at the State Fair was not extra this 

 year, owing- to the fact, probably, that the yield ol 

 honey round about Columbus has been rather poor. 

 The northern part of the State of Ohio, and also in 

 Michigan and other northern States, the yield seems 

 to have been excellent on the whole. The honey 

 on exhibition was mostly built without separators. 

 This of itself, however, need not necessarily have 

 made it not first class in appearance; but coupled 

 with the poor season it would probably have that 

 effect. The nicest honey we have ever handled we 

 are selling- now, and it was all secured without the 

 use of separators; but the sections are the nai-row 

 ones, only seven to the foot. 



OUR SILVKKHULI> BUCKWHE.^T AT THIS D.VTE. 



To-D.w, Sept. 14, the bees are just roarin<? on our 

 Silverhull buckwheat. If it is not beaten down by 

 the storms, nor Itillcd by premature frost, we have 

 tlic promise of an abundant crop. 



MOItE SLANDEHS OX THE BEE-MEN. 



And this time it is the N. Y. Witneas that goes on 

 fearfully about the way that honey is adulterated, 

 comb honey at tlnit, and ends up by saying-, " Let us 

 have pure honey, Mr. Bee-man." And now we say, 

 Mr. Wtchly iriOk's.s, be sui-c you are )■l;//l^ before 

 .>ou accuse your neig-hbors of fraud. 



EXHIBITS OF HONEY ON THE EAlH-CUOf N H. 



.\S we go to press we are busy filling- the little 

 building-, 1~X 16, which has been put upatour own ex- 

 pense on ourcounty fair-ground. Thebuildingcost 

 about $10.1, and is to be permanently our property. 

 It (.-overs a pyramid of packages of honey, both 

 comb and extracted. The latter embraces every 

 thing from an iron-jacket can down to a jiaper pail 

 of honey small en :)ugh tobe retailed at a nickel. The 

 managers of our fair give us the ground for the 

 liulkling and jiermit us to retail honey dui-ing the 

 tlii-ee daysof the fair, in considerationof the display 

 we make, and that we keej) a man present to talk 

 with lice-men, and exiilain all about a hi\-e of bees 

 k(;pt near by, and the vai-iuus iniplcmenls for bee 

 culture kept on e.xliibition. 



(iOODS KOlt NEXT SEASON'S USE. 



On lines and other fixtures that are iniichased 

 now, to 1 (• used during the season of 188H, we will al- 

 low a discount of 5 ])er cent: and this offer will le 

 good until Nov. 1. We mention it thus early, that 

 the friends who ha^e small orders to make this fall 

 nmy be induced, by the discount, to have heavier 

 articles for next season go with them, thus in ell'ect 

 saving- freight. Simplicity hives, honey-extractors, 

 section boxes, brood-frames, etc., would come un- 

 der the discount given, (hatf hives would not, as 

 llH-y are mainly intended for winter use. This dis- 

 i-ount comes in addition to all other discounts given 

 for other reasons. Comb fdn. ordered now, to be 

 used next season, will be subject to a discount of 10 

 per cent, and the abo\-ementioned .5 per cent, from 

 our list price. We do not change our prices on 

 comb fdn., because we are unable to say how the 

 wax market will stand next spring. 



M.\TTEK TH.VT WE C.VN NOT FIND KOO.M F01{. 



It pains me almost every day to be obliged to 

 forego the pleasure of publishing good letters on 

 many subjects. For instance, some very kind 

 words, and some very able papers, have been writ- 

 ten in regard to the " mix " in Gleanings; but as 

 the matter has been sufHciently discussed already, 

 it does not seem to me that we can afford to take 

 space foritany further; the same in regard to"dry 

 f.eccs." It seems to me that this (|uestion, like a 

 host of others, can not be settled definitely. IJoth 

 parties are right in one sense, and both parties are 

 wrong in one sense. It seems to be more a matter 

 of opinion in regard to terms, than because there is 

 any thing further to be brought to light; and, like 

 many other (juestions that are hotly discussed at 

 great length, I can not discover that there is any 

 important point involved in the matter. May be I 

 am not posted. If so, it is my misfortune, and I shall 

 be glad, to hear what the friends may have to say. 

 that I nuiy become better jiosted. But I hope you 

 will excuse me for declining to put them in print, 

 unless something very much more important is 

 submitted than has been brought forward. 



THE ST.VTE F.Vin AT COiaiMBUS; THE HONEY YIELD 

 FOK OHIO, ETC. 



Perhai's I owe an apology to the bee-friends in 

 Columbus for not being present the last day of the 

 convention held dm ing the fair. I visited the Agri- 

 pulturol College nnd Kxi)r'rimental Farm ejirjy Fri- 



UEDCCTION IN I'RKES OF THE PASTEBOARD BOX- 

 ES, OR "CARTONS," FOR HOLDING THE ONE- 

 I'OIND 4'.iXll,i SECTIONS. 



.\N Immense trade has sprung up in these boxes; 

 and as a conseciuence of being able to give the 

 manufacturer larger orders, we are able to put the 

 l)rices as follows: Single boxes, Sets. ; in lots of 

 2.-), in the Hat, :w cts.; IIX), fl.OO; ICO^ *!t.OO; 10,00(), 

 •■yso.OO. ]f wanted by mail, add -fl.OO per hundred 

 for postage. Colored lithograph labels, ^3.00 per 

 lOtiO. There are two different kinds of these labels, 

 so you can have the two sides of the carton show a 

 different picture. Where you wish the labels past- 

 ed on before shipment, add 10 cts. per hundred for 

 putting them on. Sample box by mail, with a label 

 on each side, 5 cts. 



Your name and address, and the kind of honey, 

 may be printed on these labels, the same as otlier 

 labels. The charge for so doing will be 30 cts. per 

 lOQ; 250, 50 cts.; .500, T5 cts.; lOCO, S=1.00. 



Thei-e has been quite a little call for a similar box 

 to hold a 21b. section. The trouble of getting this 

 up is, that there is no regular size for a2-lb. section, 

 as there is for a Mb. section. We can have them 

 made, however, to order, for just about double the 

 above prices, and the manufacturers could not very 

 well make less than a thousand of any particular 

 size. If the friends will agree on the dimensions of 

 a 2-lb. section, we can have a box made for about a 

 half niore than the one-pound. 



