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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



JAN. 



gPECIjqii ]^0TICEg. 



DISCOUNTS UNTIL FEBRUARY 1. 



Remember, we allow 4 per cent discount on all 

 purchases of whatever nature, made between now 

 and the first of February. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES. 



We have been making some changes in our table 

 of prices; and while it does not affect the price of a 

 complete hive, we have been compelled to advance 

 the price of bodies only, without rims or covers. 

 Our boys have just made the discovery that we 

 have been selling bodies only, for less than cost. 



MAPLE SYRUP. 



In view of the crop soon to come, we offer the re- 

 mainder of the lot mentioned on page 1002, Dec. 15 

 issue, at 80 cts. per gallon, or 90 cts. with package in- 

 cluded to ship it in. The new crop will be in mar- 

 ket probably about March 1. 



COPPER BATH-TUBS. 



We have found the manufacturers of the copper 

 bath-tubs, referred to on page 884, Gleanings for 

 Dec. 1, and are prepared to furnish a tub of 10-oz. 

 copper, 5, 5'/2, or 6 ft. long, at an even $12.00, f. o. b. 

 in New York. The regular price is *13.75. They 

 are made in a neat wooden bo.x, ready for use, and 

 they can be set in the corner of your bath-room. 

 They are furnished with a brass plug in the bottom, 

 to let the water off. 



THE ABBOTT HONEY-KNIFE. 



We have just had a very pleasant visit from Mr. 

 T. F. Bingham himself, resulting in an arrange- 

 ment (paying him a royalty) in regard to the honey- 

 knife, whereby we can sell them as we proposed, 

 and have it satisfactory to all parties. We are sat- 

 isfied, after having carefully examined the steel in 

 friend Bingham's honey-knife, and in friend Ab- 

 bott's foreign copy of it, that the Bingham honey- 

 knife is greatly superior in the quality of steel. 

 The Abbott knife, however, is a very good one for 

 the money. 



reduction IN THE PRICE OF HONEY-EXTRACTORS. 



[n view of the close prices on almost all staples, 

 we have reduced the price of our Langstroth honey- 

 extractors to $6.00 instead of $7.00; and all sizes 

 from No. 1 to No. Swill be $6.00. All numbers above 

 5 have been correspondingly reduced. Send for new 

 price list. We have also "made an important re- 

 duction in circular-saw mandrels. Our $10.00 man- 

 drel for holding a gang of 9 saws is now reduced to 

 $7.50; the $6.50 mandrel to $5.00; the $4.00 mandrel 

 to $3.50; and the $2.50 mandrel to $2.25. Our man- 

 drels were never better made than now, and are the 

 same we are using every day in our wood-working 

 department. 



PERFORATED ZINC TO DEALERS. 



As perforated zinc is proving itself a necessity to 

 the best results in securing large crops of honey, 

 and as the perforations in the zinc of our make are 

 just right, according to the opinion of the Michigan 

 Bee Convention, we have determined to offer deal- 

 ers who advertise our zinc in their catalogues, a 

 special discount. Our prices are as follows: 1 

 sheet, 28X96 in. {18% sq. ft.), $1.50; 2 or more sheets, 

 5 per cent off; 10 or more sheets, 10 per cent off; 

 less than a sheet, 10 cts. per sq. ft. Ten honey- 

 boards, 14X19!8 for Simplicity or chaff hive, $1.50; 

 100 or more, 10 per cent off'; less than 10, 16 cts. each. 

 These honey-boards have a margin of unperforated 

 zinc all round, and have proven easier to remove 

 from the hive than those with a tin binding. Zinc 

 strips, % in. wide and 18 or 19U in. long, with one 

 row of holes, to be used in the slatted wood-and- 

 zinc honey-board, $1.00 per 100; 1000 or more, 10 per 

 cent off. To dealers who advertise our zinc we will 

 give a discount of 25 per cent, the same as we do on 

 extractors and metal corners. Write for prices on 

 odd sizes of honej'-boards. For 14 in. and under in 

 width, and 19J>« in. and under in length, in lots of 20 

 or more, the price will be the same as the regular 

 boards; but over those measurements the price will 

 be much higher, on account of waste. 



HIVES IN THE FLAT. 



We have revised our prices of Simplicity and 

 Portico hives in the flat. There is little if any 

 change in the prices of hives taken as a whole; but 

 where bodies or covers are taken alone there is a 

 marked change. We have also given prominence 

 to "Ten crates," as we call them, in the hope that 

 you will save yourself and us much trouble by 

 ordering regular packages instead of an odd num- 

 ber of hives. We have these regular packages all 

 put up ahead; and when you send us an order we 

 can very often get it off with more dispatch if you 

 order regular packages than if you order odd num- 

 bers of hives. Please read the following on page 18 

 of our price list, instead of the tables of prices of 

 hives in the flat given there. The cuts referred to 

 in the following, you will find on pages 17 and 18 of 

 our price list. If you have lost or mislaid your 

 pi-ice list, drop us a postal and we will send you an- 

 other. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES IN THE FLAT (KNOCKED DOWN). 



Also Portico Hives and a combination of the two. 



See cuts on this and the preceding page. Hives 

 in the flat consist of the material all shaped, ready 

 to nail together. These include metal rabbets for 

 the frames to rest on, but nothing else— no frames, 

 sections, or inside furniture of any kind included 

 at these prices. For brood-frames, see page 14. For 

 sections and wide frames for holding the same, see 

 page 25; comb fdn., page 8, and enamel-cloth sheets, 

 page 10. 



The Simp, hives are packed in what we call "Ten 

 crates;" i. e., 10 Simp, bodies, 5 covers, and 5 bot- 

 toms, are packed in a crate. This makes five 2-story 

 Simp, hives; but the bottoms and covers are made 

 just alike, and interchangeable, except that the 

 cover is a better board than the bottom, or has a 

 sheet of tin on it to prevent its leaking. Thus you 

 can use the bottoms for covers, making 10 one- 

 story hives by supplying home-made bottoms. 



The bottom is used the same side up as the cover, 

 and stands on four half-bricks. The entrance is 

 made by sliding the hive forward a little on the bot- 

 tom-hoard. The alighting-board shown on page 3 

 is a valuable addition. With it the entrance can be 

 contracted or enlarged as necessity demands, in 

 different seasons of the year. Some prefer to 

 make their own bottoms, and want 10 all good cov- 

 ers in their "Ten crates," and no bottoms. Others, 

 again, prefer the '/i-story cover shown on the Por- 

 tico hive on this page. 



Again, there are people that will have a hive with 

 the old-fashioned Langstroth portico, and a perma- 

 nent bottom-board, which the Simplicity hive has 

 not. There are some very good reasons for such 

 a preference, where hives are to be moved much; 

 as into the cellar and out, or when they are to be 

 shipped and sold. For these reasons and others, we 

 make and keep in stock the Portico hive shown 

 above. Some want the Portico hive for the lower 

 story and a Simp, upper story with flat cover, like 

 the one shown above. Others want Y^-dejiXh bodies 

 for tiering up. Others, still, want their hives made 

 of better lumber than that we ordinarily use, 

 which is No. 2 stock boards. We desire to meet 

 all these wants; and as a help to you as well as oui'- 

 selves, we have devised the following table, giving 

 the price of each piece in lots of 10. 



Ten bodies must be taken to get the 10-rate, but 5 

 covers and 5 bottoms entitle you to 10-rate on each. 

 You may order any combination that suits your 

 taste and purpose, calling the articles wanted by 

 the names given in sm.\ll caps, and giving the 

 price. 



TABLE OF PRICES. 



Those who oi-der less than 10 must add one-flfth 

 to these prices to pay the extra expense of packing. 



Price of 10 in flat. 



SIMPLICITY BOTTOM-BO.\RDS - - - - - $1 00 



" " WITH ALIGHTING-BOARD - - 1 50 



SIMPLICITY COVBRS - - - - - - 2 00 



J^-STORV COVERS - • - - - - - 2 50 



K-DEPTH BODIES ■ - - - - - 2 00 



SIMP. BODY, NO. 2 STOCK BOARDS - - - - 3 00 



•■ •' 1 " '■ - . - 4 00 



PORTICO HIVES, with permanent bottom, no fover - - 4 00 



" " without the bottom ■ - - - 3 60 



TEN CRATE NO. 1, Contains 10 Simp, bodies, 5 Simp, bottoms, 

 and 5 Simp, covers, malcing five 2-story hives, in flat. . .H 50 



TEN CRATE NO. 2, contains 10 Simp, bodies and 10 Simp cov- 

 ers, no bottoms. Price of crate 6 00 



TEN CRATE NO. 3, contains 10 Simp, bodies and 10 J^-story 

 covers, no bottoms. Price of crate 5 60 



TEN CRATE NO. 4, contains 10 Portico hives, with perma- 

 nent bottom-board and ten }<j-story covers 6 50 



By combining ten crate No . 2 ^nd 10 Portico hives, no cov- 

 ers, at $4.00, you get ten Portico hives with Simp, up- 

 per story • W 



