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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



Gleanincs in Bee Culture, 



I'uhl'ishrd Setnl-MontliUj. 



^=u. I. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For ClutUng Kites, Sec Fir:t Pigo cf Ecadii:; Matter. 



STANLEY S AUTOMATIC UEVEKSING EXTRACTOR. 



Friend Stanley informs us that one of these 

 for taking foui-L. frames will be on exhibition at 

 the convention in Detroit. 



discount on goods for next season's use. 



As trade is still comparatively dull, we extend 

 our otter until Dec. 15, or an extra .5 per cent on ev- 

 ery thing- you order now, on goods to be used next 



the convention at DETROIT. 



I EXPECT to be on hand to assist all I can, on 

 the morning of Dec. 9, the very day I am 46 years 

 old, Providence permitting; and may the Lord be 

 praised for the 46 jears of life he has given me 

 already ! 



THE MAN who NEVER LOSES BEES IN WINTER. 



We are glad to know that friend Boardman will 

 be at the Detroit convention, and we expect to 

 have a good time in making him tell all about how 

 he fixes his bees for winter. See card below, re- 

 ceived just as we go to press: 



The bees are all safely stored for winter. 1 finished setting 

 them in day before jesterday— 550 colonies in four reposito- 

 ries, two bee-honses. and two cellars. Now 1 am all ready to 

 go to Detroit to meet and excliange notes with my brother 

 Bee-keepers. H . R. Boardman. 



East Townsend, O., Nov. 27, 1S8.J. 



A WHEELBARROW TO MOVE CHAFF HIVES. 



J. A. Althouse, New Harmony, Ind., sends us a 

 model of a wheelbarrow, made to catch up chaflf 

 hives so they can be conveniently lifted and car- 

 ried anywhere, no matter how much honey they 

 contain. I should think the arrangement might 

 prove a convenience to those who practice moving- 

 hives after a swarm is cast. The same wheelbar- 

 row has a box that can be quickly put in place, so 

 it will answer all ordinary purposes of a wheelbar- 

 row. Friend A. will doubtless furnish particulars 

 on application. 



REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF THE MUTH HONEY- 

 JARS. 



We are pleased to note that friend Muth has come 

 down a peg on his prices as well as everybody else, 

 and we can now furnish any of his honey-jars at 5 

 per cent discount on single-gross lots. For two or 

 more gross, 10 per cent. These very close prices 

 can be given only with cash with order, or from 

 some man whose name is good for the cash prompt- 

 ly whenever we sec it. We have such men on our 

 books, quite a few of them, and we thank God for 

 them when we look at their names. The jars are 

 all to be shipped from Cincinnati. If you want 

 them shipped with other goods, we shall have to 

 add freight from Cincinnati, which, however, is but 

 a trifle. 



DON T LEAVE YOUR BASSWOOD LU.MBER TOO LONG 

 IN THE LOG. 



If you want to make nice white sections, cut your 

 logs, draw them at once to the mill and have them 

 sawed into plank, and then have the plank stacked 

 up as described in the ABC book; but have the 

 lumber lie lower at one end than at the other, so the 

 rain will run down and ott' at one end. This is espe- 

 cially important in the winter time. A covering of 

 boards over your pile of plank will pay the expense. 

 Now, in spite of all we can say about this matter, a 

 good many of our farming friends will persist it let 

 ting th3 logs lie, say a month or two, and during 

 that time the white basswood becomes dark, or of a 

 sort of yellowish or smoky color. We have just now 

 been working up such a lot of lumber, making about 

 50,0(!0 sections. The basswood, when cut. was first 

 quality; but owing to this one little item of neglect, 

 we offer the whole lot at a discouut of one-fouith. 

 They are too nice for culls, and hardly fit for first 

 quality. If any one wants a bargain on such sec- 

 tions, now is his chance. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR 1886. 



No one knows just what the honey business will 

 be next year, any more than we know what the 

 coming winter will be; but, of course, it behooves 

 every man v, ho wants to be considered progressive 

 and straight, to be prepared for the worst. Many 

 were surprised by the severe weather of last winter. 

 Now, instead of presuming that this winter will be 

 a mild one, let us make prepai-ations for just such 

 a winter as the last, or even a worse one. In re- 

 gard to business for another year, let us be prudent, 

 and use economy. I do not believe it is well to get 

 into debt very much. A little money ahead, ready 

 for such an emergency, or for any change that may 

 offer for a good investment, is always wise. A 

 man's powers, both of mind and body, are crippled 

 when he is all the time crowded, and short of means. 

 Make expenses come a little below the income, 

 even if it takes almost a leg to fetch it. When you 

 once get into the habit of saving a little every 

 week or every month, you can do it just us easily, 

 and with a good deal more satisfaction, than where 

 you get a little more in debt every week or every 

 month; and one who is hopelessly in debt is hope^ 

 lessly a cripple, and a cripple all his days. 



CALIFORNIA HONEY. 



We have just received a carload of honey from 

 friend S. G. Miller, of Capistrano, Cal., which I be- 

 lieve is the finest honey, in every respect, that I 

 have ever before come across. Of course, this is 

 my taste; and tastes, you know differ. Well, with 

 all its other good qualities this honey does not can- 

 dy, even when exposed to the most severe freezing. 

 You can fill large bottles and jars, and they will be 

 just as limpid and transparent after standing a 

 month in the window as when first put into the 

 bottles. The honey is very thick and heavy. It 

 comes in cans holding 58 lbs. each, and the price 

 will be, can included, 9 cts. per lb. Two cans are 

 crated in a strong box; and if you take one of 

 these whole original packages you can have it for 

 8' 2 cents, or an even $9.75. We also put it up 

 in 5-lb. screw-top cans at 10 cts. per lb., can in- 

 cluded. Wc also have it put in Muth's dime honey- 

 jars, for sample package, to let people taste. It 

 seems to me it should have an immense sale at 

 these figures. Wo will send a very small quantity- 

 enough to give you a taste— by mail, free of charge, 



