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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULtUUE. 



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Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



J^HhJished Sttui- 3lonthh/. 



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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



i^:eit)Ii^.£^, OHIO. 

 TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



^PECI^Ii pieTICEg. 



For Clubbing Bates, See First Page of Eeading Matter. 



When thou passest throvigh the waters, 1 will be with thee: 

 and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee.— Isa. 4S:2, 



SENDING IN ORDERS FOR GOODS WANTED NEXT 

 SEASON. 



With the poor honey crop that has been secured 

 In most localities, we presume it will not be a very 

 great inducement to make purchases so long- ahead. 

 Where one has money, however, that he has no 

 particular use for, quite a saving may be made by 

 purchasing- Id the fall, especially where you have de- 

 cided as to what goods j-ou expect to use, so there 

 is almost no possibility but that they will be want- 

 etl. It is also very convenient to have the goods on 

 hand all ready for use long before they are needed; 

 and it is such a convenience to us to fill orders dur- 

 ing these months of comparative leisure, we have 

 decided to make the large discount on orders re- 

 ceived during the month of September, as given in 

 the next column. 



THE AUSTRALASIAN BEE-.IOURNAI.. 



J'JST as we go to press. Vol. I. No. 1 of the Aus- 

 tndotiian Dec-Journal comes to hand. It is edited 

 by I. Hopkins, and published by Hopkins. Hayr cV 

 Co., at Auckland, N. Z. It is well printed on good 

 paper, and altogether in make-up and general ar- 

 rangement it iiresents quite a creditable appear- 

 ance. Mr. Hopkihs was the editor of a former 

 journal, entitled the ^cw Zealand a?jd Australian 

 Bee Journal, which, after two years of existence, 

 died for want of patronge (but not, we believe, 

 from the lack of editoral talent). Since this time 

 the progress of apiculture has so far advanced in 

 Australia and the neighboring islands that the 

 present management feel warranted in starting an- 

 other journal. 



GETTING A GOOD YIELD DURING SEASONS THAT 

 OTHERS GET LITTLE OR NONE. 



We have two bee-keepers in Medina Covinty who 

 have secured quite nice crops of beautiful comb 

 honey. One is W. H. Shane, of Chatham Center, 

 and the other is M. G. Chase, of Whittlesey. Both 

 of them use I's-inch sections — the kind that D. A. 

 .lones .sends out as his regular-width sections. The 

 honey is the nicest we ever handled. Mr. Shane has 

 tliis season secured about 6000 lbs.; and, strangest 

 of all, he has always had a crop of fine honey ever 

 since he commenced keeping bees, and he keeiJS 

 this up right along, even when bee-keepers north, 

 south, east, and west, universally say there is no 

 honey at all. It is just so in market-gardening. 

 Give us a man with sufilicient energy and eater- 

 prise, and he will have a crop, no matter what the 

 season may be. We have just paid 16 cts. for over 

 half a ton of the above honey. 



DISCOUNT ON GOODS BOUGHT THIS FALL FOR NEXT 



SEASON'S USE. 



After Sept. 1, until further notice we will give a 

 discount of ten per cent on goods strictly for next 

 season's use, except the following: Machinery of all 

 kinds lor manufacturing; all tin and glass lioney- 

 ri'ee]it:icles; tin plate; all counter goods. On Sim- 

 plicity, portico, and chaff hives, we can give onlj- 

 five per cent. The principal goods included under 

 the 10'. discount are foundation, frames, sections, 

 zinc, extractors, comb-foundation machines. 



A KOl'K-COLOIt LABEI, FOR ONLY 7.') CTS. PER 

 THOITSAND. 



Just think of it I we can furnish you a very neat 

 /«wj--t'oJ(jr label, with your name and address, with 

 the choice of having either " comb " or " extract- 

 ed " before the word " honey," for only 75 cts. per 

 thousand ; .50 cts. per 500, or 30 cts. for 3.50, postpaid. 

 The size of the label is 2!,4 x 1 inch— -just right to go 

 round the neck of a bottle, to put on a section, or to 

 adorn the front of a honey-tumbler. Send for our 

 special label catalogue for samples of this and 

 many other pretty designs in label work. 



EXTRACTED CLOVER HONEY WANTED. 



SiN(^E our last we have sold out entirely our stock 

 of extracted clover honey, and shall have no more 

 to offer till we succeed in getting some more. We 

 shall be pleased to receive samples (with your name 

 and address plainly marked on them), and the price 

 you will sell for of either this or last year's crop, 

 clover or basswood extracted honey. If you have 

 not any tiling to send a sample in, remember we will 

 mail you, free, a small vial in a wooden block, 

 in which to send us a sample. Remember, too, that 

 we will pay more for honey in our 60-lb. square 

 shipping-cans than in any other package. We want 

 only flrst-class honey. 



LATER. 



We have just sold the last of our stock of extract- 

 ed basswood honey, and can fill no more orders till 

 we get another lot. We have one case of Scans of 

 raspberry honey at 7c per lb. We have also 12 flve- 

 gallon iron-jacket cans of a poorer quality of fall 

 honey, 50 lbs. to the can, that we offer at 6 cts., can 

 included. The can is worth 50 cents. 



WHITE COMB HONEY. 



We have closed out our entire stock of old comb 

 honey, including the large lot of glassed honey we 

 have "mentioned several times. We have, however, 

 secured some of the nicest white comb honey of 

 this year's crop that we ever handled. It is in sec- 

 tions I's wide, averaging about ^i lb. each, 28 sec- 

 tions in a single-tier case. This honey is so nice that 

 we shall have to get 18 cts. per lb. in case lot, case 

 included. 



ASH KEGS 



FOK EXTRA<'TEI) HONEY. 



16-17d M. Isbell, Norwich, N. Y. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FAOTOEY, WHOLESALE AND 

 RETAIL. Seeadvertisementin another column. 



FOR SALE--A FARM IN TENNESSEE 



A !iO-acre farm, U miles from Nashxille; heavily 

 timbered, 50 acres with a new rail fence, about 15 

 acres clear, half of this in a young flourishing 

 orchard; 'i of an acre in grapes. Plenty of room 

 lor a large family; a good stable for about 15 head 

 of cattle, good ice-cold spring water, sho)) with a 

 water-wheel suitable for hive-making, or to turn a 

 corn-rail", with farm - implements, .50 Italian bee 

 swarms in Langstroth hives, 18 head of cattle; 

 horse and wagon; a French-buhr mill, and a com- 

 mon thrasher, on the place, to be run by water 

 power. All for $2,500. A very good i)lace for a man 

 to start a saw-mill, by steam or water power. For 

 particulars, address I. IiANZ, 



16d Joeltoii, Davidnioii Co., Tenn. 



