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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



only tliat, you have yotir refuse put ini- 

 mediateh into marketable shape. I.iet us 

 see: In ten days, just irom little bits of 

 scraps we obtained in lljs. of an extra quality 

 of wax. At the lowest figures, or 22 cent's 

 per pound, this would amount to $2.8(1; 5 

 lbs. of basswood honey at, say, a low cal- 

 eulation, 7 cts., '^'i cts. ' Total, |o.21. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Published Setni-Monthhf. 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



n^EiDinsr^s., 0^3:10. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clubbisg Bates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 



i^/diEiDiisr^A^, JTJL^" IS, laaT'. 



It is the Lord : let him do wliat seemeth him good.— I. Sam. 

 .•!: 18. 

 Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?— Gen. 18:26. 



THOMAS WM. COWAN. 



The following- card comes to hand from Professor 

 Cook: 



Ml!. Editor :— A letter from Mr. Cowan, editor of the B. B. .1., 

 tells me tli.it he sailed on the illh for America. Mr. Cowan is a 

 jfentlemaii of culture, a in.ni of generous heart and purpose, 

 ami perhaps the most tlioroiigiilv informed bee-keei)er inEn^j- 

 land. Let us all show hini (hat ur :!pi)reeiate real worth, by 

 giving him a most hospitable uclmme and entertainment 

 while he is with us. I wish we eonlii keep biiii till our N'orth- 

 Anieriean Association meets in November, but 1 fear we can 

 not. A. .1. Cook. 



.\grieultural College. Mich., July 11, 1887. 



All right, friend Cooli. We heartily second all you 

 .say. Wc hereby extend to Mr. Cowan a hearty invi- 

 tation to call upon his friends in Medina. If he can 

 make it convenient to stop off with us for a while 

 we will ffive him a hearty welcome. 



A WELL-BALANCEI> JOURNAL. 



That is what we are trying- to have Gleanings, 

 but there seems to be a constant tendency toward 

 jriving- undue prominence to certain matters ; but 

 if we consider all the different subjects within our 

 scope, at least to some e.xtent, we are obliged to be 

 continually repressing- as well as encourag-ing-. 

 ■Just at present the number of kinds words for the 

 Homo Papers, accompanied by Scripture texts, and 

 strong- earnest words from good men and women, 

 would seem to all demand a place, but space for- 

 1)ids. Sometimes, it is true, 1 take the liberty of 

 adding a page or two to give you something I deem 

 valuable in regard to some of mj' pet hobbies and 

 industries. But this costs money, and I don't feel 

 as if I ought to do it unless 1 can feel pretty certain 

 that our readers will be l>eneflted enough to war- 

 rent the expenditui-e. 



THOMAS HORN. 



I HOi'E, dear friends, wc are getting near the last 

 chapter. Now, while 1 really can not see wherein I 

 have been at fault in the inattcr, nor can 1 see 

 clearly how 1 shall be able to guard against similar 

 impositions in the future. I have decided to make 

 good the amounts that our subscribers lost by send- 

 ing to Mr. Horn. Tell me briefly how much money 

 you sent him, for which you received nothing, and 

 we will place the amount to your credit, to be taken 



inhe€8 and ijunrvK at oui- regular prices. .\s a mat- 

 ter of course, no bees or queens will be taken from 

 any apiary where foul brood does now exist or has 

 existed for si. \- months or more. We can not agree 

 to pay (express charges, however, as did Mr. Horn; 

 and I hereby protest against any other advertiser 

 making any such or similar offer. No one can pay 

 express charges to any point, when it is often likely 

 to be much more than the amount of money re- 

 ceived. We ha\o a record of the names and of the 

 amounts, in a book; but the whole correspondence 

 was sent to Mr. Horn, to enable him to fix the 

 amounts of notes he was to send out. Nobody has 

 ever yet received a note from him, so far as we can 

 learn, and it is on this account that I propose to set- 

 tle as above, if Mr. Horn can tell such willful 

 falsehoods now, when there seems to be no object 

 in it, he probably was a swindler in the outset. 



^PECI^li ]^0WICEg. 



WANTED— BACK NUMBERS OF GLEANINGS. 



At the present time we are making up and bind- 

 ing a few back volumes of Gleanings, from the 

 time it started up to the present time. We find 

 that we lack the following: March and November, 

 1881; Jan. 15, Feb. 15, March 1 and 15, and Dec. 1, of 

 1883. Any of our readers who may have a copj' of 

 the above numbers to spare, we would gladly pay 

 them 10 cts. for each copy. 



REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF I'ARAFFINE. 



There are manj' uses to which this article maj- be 

 applied at this time of year, and later, such as wax- 

 ing honey barrels and kegs, and waxing bee-feeders 

 for feeding up your bees in the fall, etc. We are 

 pleased to an notice the following low prices: 15 cts. 

 per single pound. In cakes of about 12 lbs., 12'4 cts. 

 per lb. In original cases of about 250 Ihs., 10 cts. per 

 pound. 



A CARLOAD OF BASKETS. 



As a light and cheap package for handling and 

 shi])ping small wares, nothing compares with what 

 is commonly called the " market basket." We have 

 for .years, in our counter store, given away a basket 

 when a customer bought enough goods to fill it; 

 and merchants are more and more finding out that 

 it is cheaper for them, and a great convenience 

 to their customers, to practice the same thing. 

 Ever since we have been making- the Clark smoker 

 we have been shipping them by express in baskets, 

 5 in a basket, because we could not begin to make a 

 rrate to hold 5 smokers, for twice what a basket 

 costs, and then the crate would weigh as much, or 

 inoi-e, than the smokers. I Ijelieve tljere are many 

 uses to which we might put these market baskets il' 

 we get them cheap enough, and always have them 

 handy by. We use so many that we buy them by 

 the carload, and thus get bottom prices. One great 

 objection to shipping baskets is the enormous 

 freight charges demanded by the railroad compa- 

 nies. Baskets with handles on, and nested in the 

 ordinary way, are charged at four times first-class 

 freight; but the last carload we received a few days 

 ago are so packed that the.y will go as double first- 

 class freight, the same as bee-hives nailed up. 



These baskets in question are put ijp, three sizes 

 in a nest, as follows: Three ^s-bushel, four ^i-bush- 

 el, and four Vs-bushel baskets, making in all eleven 

 baskets in each nest. All include handles, but they 

 are loose, and have to be tacked in after you get 

 them. They are the celebrated " Diamond" basket, 

 and better than any other we have ever had. As 

 the.y come to us thus nested, and as they ship at a 

 lower rate of freight than iu any other shape, we 

 have decided to sell them bj' the nest, at the follow- 

 ing prices: 85 cts. per nest of 11 baskets; $3.25 for 10 

 nests; *30.(X) per 100 nests. At this verj- nominal 

 price, your baskets cost you about 3 cts. each. We 

 also include tacks to nail the handles in with, at 

 these prices. Each nest weighs 8 lbs., and you can 

 tell what the size is l)y turning a half-bushel basket 

 upside down on top of another. 



