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THE T SUPER. 



It is astonishing what an amount of correspond- 

 ence has come up in regard to T tins and T supers 

 since Ernest and Ur. Miller have been working at 

 it; and, as usual, there seems to be some little feel- 

 ing: as to who first invented it. I do not suppose it 

 will be possible to tell exactly, now; but you will 

 tlnd a picture of them in Gleanings for January, 

 1876, a little more than eleven years ago. I can not 

 tell whether I got the idea from somebody else, or 

 whether it was one of my own notions. But we 

 made them of two pieces of tin soldered together, 

 and also of one piece of tin folded to the proper 

 shape. The crate there illustrated holds 24 sections. 

 The tins were put in so as to form the usual bee- 

 space between the top-bars of the frames and the 

 bottoms of the sections. Perhaps we might men- 

 tion, right here, that Mr. M. G. Chase, of Whittle- 

 sey, Medina Co., O., has been using these supers 

 for the last tour years. Our friends will remember 

 that he is the gentleman who produced that nice 

 section comb honey we have had occasion to refer 

 to several times. Mr. C. has used them with the T 

 tins stationary. He has also used, in conjunction 

 with this T super, a wooden queen-excluding hon- 

 ey-board, not only for the purpose of excluding 

 queens, but to prevent the bees from soiling the 

 bottoms of the sections in his T supers. Our fore- 

 man, Mr. Warner, has just informed us that he made 

 for Mr. Chase this wooden queen-excluding honey- 

 board something over a year before Mr. Hutchin- 

 son described it. 



gPECI^Ii ]\[0TICE^. 



DISCOUNTS FOR ORDEKS RECEIVED DURING THE 

 MONTH OF MAHCH. 



Rbmembek, there is a discount of 2 per cent on 

 goods of every description, on all orders received 

 during the month of March. After April 1, no dis- 

 counts for the month in which the order is received. 



order early. 

 The rush of business is just now coming on, and 

 indications seem to point that we shall have as 

 much or more business than we have had previous 

 seasons. Our customers needing supplies would do 

 well to order early. Bees seem to be wintering 

 well all over the country, and their owners will 

 soon be in need of more hives and fixtures. 



PRICE of wax. 

 Until further notice we can pay only 30c in cash, 

 or 2:5 in trade, for fair quality of beeswax deliver- 

 ed here. The same will be sold to those who desire 

 it, for 25c. fair average quality, or 28c for best se- 

 lected. When you send us wax, be sure to put your 

 name on the box, so that there will be no trouble in 

 telling to whom to give credit. 



fountain pump, oh SPRINKLER. 



In our last issue wo gave notice of an advance in 

 the price of these pumps, and an improvement on 

 them. We have about 125 pumps of the old style 

 ■which we will sell, as long as they last, at the old 

 price. If you want to secure some at the old price, 

 send in your orders early, as those will not last long, 

 and there will be no more of them. The improved 

 pump will not be reafly for the market till about 

 March l.'i. 



LABELS FOR FRUIT-TREES, ETC. 



Wf, have just invented a process for making these 

 out of our waste white basswood, so that we can 

 furnish labels 3 inches long, '2 inch wide, and ^s 

 inch thick, for only 50 cts. per 1000. Less than 1000 

 will be at the rate of 10 cents per 100. If wanted by 

 mail, add 3 cts. per 100, or 25 cts. per 1000. These are 

 notched for the wire, but no wire is put on. We 



can fit them up with copper wire for 15 cts. per 100, 

 or $1.00 per 1000 extra. 



NEW .JOB LOT OF WIRE CLOTH. 



We have just received from the manufacturers 

 another lot of green wire cloth, a list of which you 

 will tlnd In our ad\'ertising columns. It is all first 

 quality; each piece is nicely wrapped up in paper, 

 and, most iniiJortant to many of you, there are 

 many small pieces just such as you want. If you 

 wish to secure your choice of sizes you will have to 

 order at once, for these small pieces always go off 

 like hot cakes. The price is 1% cts. per sq. ft. in 

 whole pieces; 2 cts. per ft. where we have to cut it. 



ONE-STORV CHAFF HIVES. 



FoK those who would like to know the prices of 

 the one-story chaff hives, illustrated and described 

 in another column, we append the following; viz.: 

 One-story chaff' hives, with half-story cover, as illus- 

 trated elsewhere, complete for comb honey, with 

 metal - cornered frames, perforated zinc honey- 

 board, enameled sheet, and a crate of sections with 

 fdn. starters and separators, S'S. 00; one-story chaff 

 hive, nailed, painted, and stuffed, no furnitire, 

 112.00. 



ONE-STORY CHAFF-HIVE IN FLAT. 



Price of each in flat, *1.20; price of five in flat, 

 each, $1.10; price of 25 in flat, each, $1.00. Above 

 price includes half-story cover. For further par- 

 ticulars, see page 19 of our new price list. 



CIKCULARS RECEIVED. 



The following price lists have been received at 

 this office: 



George E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich., a l-page li,st of apiariau 

 supplies. 



T, A. Salisbury, Syracuse. N. Y., a 20-page list of apiarian 

 implements. 



W. W. Gary. Coleraine, Mass., 30-page list of bees, queens, 

 und general "supplies. 



.1. W. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, Iberia Parish, La., a 4-page 

 list lit biHs. queens, nuclei, etc. 



F. A. Snell, an 18-page list of apiarian supplies; specialty, 

 Snell's Eclipse hives and furniture. 



Geo. Wheeler. Xuiwkh, N. Y., a 10-page circular of Sim- 

 plicity and Langstruth hives, crates, etc, 



O. E. Heacock, Barberville, Volusia Co.. Fla., a 14-page cir- 

 cular of bees and queens. 



Frank Boomhower, Gallupville, N. Y., an 8-page circular 

 (large size) of poultry, and price list of bees and queens. 



Smith & Jackson. Pillbury Center. Ontario, Can., a 20-page 

 circular (large size) of bee-sui)plies; specialty, the Excelsior 

 bee hive. 



Dougherty & Wiley, 601 Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind., 

 an 8-i)age circular, large size, of general supplies, bees, nuclei, 

 hives, etc. 



J. D. Goodrich, East Hardwick, Vt., an advertising sheet of 

 general bee-supplies. Mr. Goodrich again sends out this year 

 his sample package of sections and foundation. The latter is 

 very line. 



Thomas Gedye. La Salle, 111., a 4-page circular of bee-sup- 

 plies; specialty, the German brown bee. The last-mentioned 

 was ijrintcd at this office. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The St. Joseph Inter-state Bee-keepers' .Association will meet 

 in the le(tvnt-ruiin\ of Unity Church, in St. Joseph. 9th St., be- 

 tween Edmund and Felix, on Wednesda.y, March 16tli, at 2 and 

 7 P. M. All an- invited. E. T. ABBOTT, Sec, 



St. Jo.seiilL, Mo.. Feb, 14. 1887. 



10-INCH FOUNDATION-MILL FOR SALE. 



A friend at Carson City, Nevada, has one of our 

 improved 10-inch foundation-mills, with dipping- 

 tank and boards, that has never heim used, he having 

 been taken sick soon after he received it. At our 

 present prices it is worth over $23.00. We will sell 

 it for him at $23.00 for the outfit complete. This is 

 a good chance for some Western bee-keeper, who 

 wants a mill, to save quite a sum in the way of 

 freight charges. A. I. ROOT. Medina, Ohio. 



PURE ITALIAN BEES FOR SALE. 



In superior movable-frame hives. Frames V2^4,X 

 12^4 ; eight frames each, at from five to six dollars 

 per colony; or same in light strong shipping-boxes, 

 75 cts. less. Liberal discount on large lots. 

 4tfdb. DK. G. W. YOUNG, Lexington, Mo. 



CAENIOLAN AND ITALIAN aUBENS, BEES AND SUPPLIES. 

 Also B. Leghorns. P. Rocks, and Raspberries. 

 6-6-7d Box 34. J. W. CLARK, Clarksburg, Mo. 



