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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June I 



IPECIAI^NWCES 



*^ r U^i'«"- nirciMF<;<; MAN 



BY 



BUSINESSJVIANAGER 



NO CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF COMB HONEY. 



We learn just as we go to press that the Western 

 Classification Committee, at their recent meeting in 

 Monterey, Cal., after full consideration, made no 

 Change in the classification of comb honey. 



BEESWAX MORE PLENTIFUL. 



As we have a good supply of beeswax, and it is be- 

 ing offered more freely, we mark down the price we 

 pay one cent a pound, and will likely reduce further 

 by the middle of June. Price we pay now will be 27 

 cents cash, or 29 in trade for average wax delivered 

 here. 



NEW ROOT ZINC. 



We have been making new dies and punches for 

 our Root zinc-perforating machine during the past 

 few months, and aie just starting them in operation. 

 The perforations have round end holes like the 

 Tinker zinc, and the holes are a little longer than the 

 Tinker and almost as close together, so that our new 

 Root zinc will be just as accurate and perfect as Tin- 

 ker zinc. Send for sample if interested. 



GERMAN WAX-PRESS. 



We are bringing out a new wax-extractor which we 

 shall call the German wax-press. We hope to have 

 an illustration to present in next issue. It is very 

 strongly made of No. 20 galvanized iron, 16 inches di- 

 ameter," 24 inches high, with heavy wire-cloth basket, 

 holding about a bushel of combs, and with galvanized 

 cast-iron cover, plunger, and basket-support. Price 

 for introduction, 87.50. 



HAMMOND BEE-BRUSHES. 



On another page we illusturate a new bee-brush 

 manufactured by a bee-keeper in Southern Ohio, who 

 is also a brush maker. We have for the present three 

 grades of material in these brushes — tampico at 50c,; 

 horsetail hair at 65c; Russian bristle at 80c. By mail, 

 10c each extra for packing and postage. After testing 

 them this season we shall no doubt decide upon one 

 grade only. The hair or bristle brushes will probably 

 be much more desirable than the tampico. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



JAMAICA SORREL — THE NEW FRUIT. 



We have just received J^ lb of good seed from a 

 seedhouse in Florida, and are going to give it a good 

 test ; if you want to help us make the test, send for a 

 five-cent package. .See p. -184. 



BOOKS ON GINSENG CULTURE, ETC. 



If any ot our readers sent $1.00 for the book on gin- 

 seng culture, advertised in our last issue, we will 

 make good what they are out of pocket if the adver- 

 tiser refuses to take the book and refund. The ad- 

 vertisement would never have been received had we 

 seen the "book " before inserting it. 



NICE SEED POTATOES TO BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE 

 READERS OF GLEANINGS. 



We Still have about 300 bushels more than we shall 

 need to plant, to be given away to our patrons, as 

 described on page 452 of our last issue. The greater 

 part of them are Early Ohio, celebrated Red River 

 stock. Our own potatoes, most of them, will be plant- 

 ed during this month of June ; and we rather prefer 

 the latter part of June to the fore part. We still have 

 every thing in the table except Early Trumbull, New 

 Queen, I,ee's Favorite, Twentieth Century, and New 

 Craig. 



Ffifi FOOn ' The kind that tones and keeps up the hen 

 EUU rUUU. so that she simplv must lav. LEY'S POTTL- 

 TRY CONDITION POWDER puts poo.l red blood into poul- 

 tr.v veins; kills all disease germs; tones anil nourishes fowls 

 —big and little get all there is in the food when fed in con- 

 junction with It. Price '25c pkg.; 5 for $1. Ley's Thorough- 

 bred Minorca eggs, $1 for i;i Thoroughbred Belgian Hares. 



Tar Heel Apiaries !! 



THE BEST BEES KNOWN 

 IN : AMERICA : TO-DAY. 



American Albino Italians. 



They have no superiors and few 

 equals, as hundreds of bee-keepers 

 testify. Untested queens, |1.00 ; 6- 

 85 00. Tested queens, 82.00 each. 

 Choice breeders, 85 00 to 810 00. Nu- 

 clei, 75c per I,, frame — add price of 

 queen 200 3-frame (1,.) nuclei for 

 sale in May and June. Safe delivery insured always. 



Swioson & Boardman, Box 358, Macon, Ga. 



FRIllT-fANMNfi ™ade easy and sure by us- 

 ri\UI I -^ani^inU ingCoddington'sSelf-melt- 

 ing. Self-sealing Wax Strings. 'Very convenient and 

 economical. Inquire of your dealer or send me his 

 name and 45c in stamps for 100 strings, by mail. Men- 

 tion this paper. C. C. FOUTS, Middletown, Ohio. 



P^|. Cal A Choice prolific Italian queens — grand- 

 I Ul oalC* daughters of a queen of which Doolit- 

 tle wrote me, "8100 will not buy her" — mated with 

 drones of Hutchinson's Superior Long-tongue Strain. 

 Warranted queens, 75c; tested, 81 00 and up. Good. 

 references, and satisfaction guaranteed 



EARI, Y. SAFFORD, Salem, N. Y. 



pOR SALE. — 20 strong colonies of long-tongued 



*^ strictly pure Italians with tested queens, and in 

 new light chaff eight-frame hives, combs in Hoffman 

 wired frames. Price 86.50 including hive ; 85 per col- 

 ony without hive, or five colonies at 820. 



W. C, KISTLBR, Rutherford, N. J. 



pOR SALE CHEAP.— California bee ranch and 500 

 ■ colonies of bets. Write for particulars, price, and 

 easy terms. I. A . King, Almond, SanDiego Co., Cal. 



IVANTED. — A purchaser for a second-hand ten-inch 

 "" Root comb-foundation mill in good condition. 

 Price 810. Also for sale about 50 second-hand hives, 

 10 I,, frame. Also many other fixtures for an apiary. 

 W. H. BiRNEY, Nelson, N. Y. 



Wants and Exchange. 



VVANTED.— To exchange 50M polished sections (No. 

 '" 1, nice) for beeswax, at a bargain. 



W. H. Norton, Skowhegan, Me. 



iVANTED. — To exchange two ladies' bicycles — but 

 '^" little used and high grade — for offers. 



J. W. Provan, Traer, Iowa. 



WANTED. — To exchange first-class bee-keeping sup- 

 plies for 2000 lbs. beeswax. Will allow 32c for 

 nice wax. W. H. Norton, Skowhegan, Me. 



WANTED.— To exchange a 100-chick hot-air brooder 

 "' —in good condition, used only once — for three 

 colonies of Italian bees in 8-frame dovetailed hive, on 

 wire Hoffman frames. Also 350-egg incubator for 

 Cowan extractor. M. M. Wygant, 



18 Bergen St., Hackensack, New Jersey. 



IVANTED. — To exchange Japanese buckwheat at 

 '" 80c per bu. — sacks, 15c extra — for bees in ship- 

 ping-boxes, if not too far away. 



Albert I,. Martin, lyeonardsburg, Del. Co., O. 



IVANTED.— To exchange a 850 Columbia bicycle 

 "' that has not been ridden 100 miles: never been 

 rained on; out of the factory only about one year. 

 I will sell it or exchange for clover honey, or two- 

 frame Cowan extractor and new Dovetailed hives, to 

 the value of 835. A. H. Kanagy, Milroy, Pa. 



\VANTED. — A young man or married man, to work 

 ' ' with 50 to 100 colonies of bees, and work on fruit- 

 farm the rest of his time. Good position to right 

 man. Want one that likes to work with bees; don't 

 care if he doesn't know so much about them, as I 

 have my own method. Good hou.se and plenty of 

 fruit free to married man. 



J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Ter. 



