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Gleanincs in Bee Culture. 



J* lihlish ed Srm i - Mo ii th I if . 



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.^. I. lE^OOT, 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



iviEisiisr^a., OHIO. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clubbing Rates, See First Page of Reading Matter. 



thilikeLli no evil.— I. Ci>r. VA.h. 



We have today, Seyit. 1, 7638 subscribers. 



Wk have a powder-gun that kills bouse-tlies by the 

 use of pyrethrum, as dead as door-nails, and we 

 killed them in Ernest's new house, without shutting- 

 the outside doors for the very g-ood reason that his 

 house didn't have any outside doors, as yet, to shut 

 up. I will tell you more about it, when T get to the 

 next chapter In my new book. 



HONOK TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. 



In Our Own Apiary, p. ^*'i, mentioning the Ship- 

 ment of 2."> queens without a single one being dead, 

 we carelessly omitted to say the (jueens were sent 

 us by Charles Bianconcini, Bologna, Italy. He has, 

 since then, sent us a second shipment, only two be- 

 ing dead, and the third shipment is expected daily. 

 We take pleasure in recommending friend B. to any 

 who would like to try their hand at importing; and 

 our readers who are writing us for queens, from 

 California, New Zealand, Sandwich Islands, and 

 Australia, we think had better, by all means, send 

 their orders direct to Italy. I presume, however, it 

 would not pay to order less than ten or a dozen at 

 one shipment. 



GLEANINGS POSTERS AT FAIRS. 



To those who propose to exhibit some of our 

 goods at their county fairs, we shall be pleased to 

 send a few Gleanings posters, and sample copies 

 of our journal, empowering the exhibitor to act as 

 agent, and receive subscriptions for Gleanings. 

 For every subscription so received, at $1.00 each, we 

 will allow 2.5', commission. Remember that, if you 

 wish to take advantage of this olfer, you must not 

 cut on the regular price of one dollar, nor can you 

 say in any printed price list or circular that you 

 will take subscriptions for a less amount than one 

 dollar. The idea is, to get you to obtain subscrip- 

 tions by personal work, and to extend the subscrip- 

 tion-list of Gleanings. This docs not apply to re- 

 newals. We have no objection to your remaining 

 agent after fair time, but subject to the conditions 

 above named. 



THOMAS WM. COWAN. 



Among other places which the editor of the 

 British Ber Journal expects to visit is Medina. We 

 are not advised as to the exact time when he will 

 be with us, but it will not be many days hence. 

 Mr. Cowan is not only a practical bee-keeper, but a 

 careful" student in microscopy. In connection 

 therewith he has made the anatomy of the bee, and 

 Ihe'gerras of foul brood, a special study. We hope 

 our distinguished visitor will not fail to bring 



along his microscope and microscopical slides. 

 As foul brood is still a problem with us, Mr. Cow- 

 an's knowledge and personal investigations on the 

 subject will be eagerly sought after, particularlly 

 by Ernest, with whom microscopy has been a fa- 

 vorite pastime. Our friend and brother - editor 

 should not fail to visit the Home of the Honey-Bees, 

 so called, with its throng of busy workers. 



GOOD news FOR THOSE HAVING HONEY FOR SALE. 



The following is just at hand: 



Friend HooT: Yours of the S6th is at hand. I am surprised 

 at thf otter of 7 cts. for the honej-. delivered in Medina. I am 

 ottered '.) cents here, f. o. b., and could not take less this year. 

 Newman holds his at 10 cts. in barrels, and mine is worth one 

 cent more in cans. Heddon gets 10 cts in cans, f. o. b. at Dow- 

 asiac, and the best I will do is 10 cts., f. o. b. at Glenwood. 

 W^hen you realize and advocate higher prices, you must set an 

 example for others to follow. 6. S. COMPTON. 



Glenwood, Cass Co., Mich., Aug. 29, 1887. 



The above state of affairs may not be general, of 

 course, but I shall be very glad to know that bee- 

 keepers are getting the prices mentioned for their 

 honey once more. It looks as if they might rejoice 

 at the prospect of not only a good demand for comb 

 honey, but for extracted also; and if we keep up the 

 standard of our product I am inclined to think the 

 prices will not go back again where they have been. 

 At present we dare not give any quotations on the 

 prices of ttoney we have for sale. When we get 

 some we will let you know what we will take for it ; 

 but for the present we are sold out, with the ex- 

 ception of the California hone.v, which we offer at 8 

 cents. 



iafer.— Since writing the above I notice that 

 Blake & Ripley, of Boston, quote comb in one- 

 pound sections at 30 and 33 cts. What do you think 

 of that, friends? And, by the way, I wonder if any- 

 body remembers how much abuse I got years ago 

 when I first trotted out my section that held exact- 

 ly a pound of honey. Look at our market reports 

 now, and see how it has turned out. 



gPECI^Ii ]S[0¥ICES. 



DISCOUNT ON GOODS BOUGHT THIS FALL FOR NEXT 

 season's USE. 



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 

 for manufacturing; all tin and glass honey-recep- 

 tacles; tin plate, and all counter goods. On Sim- 

 plicity, portico, and chaff' hives, we can give only 

 ,^re per cent. The principal goods included under 

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

 zinc, extractors, comb-foundation machines. 



.\ FOUK-COLOR LABEL FOR ONLV 7.5 CTS. PER 

 THOUSAND. 



Just think ofiti we can furnish you a very neat 

 four-color label, with your name and address, with 

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

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

 thousand; .50 cts. per 50O, or 30 cts. for 2.50, postpaid. 

 The size of the label is 3^2 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. 



THOSE BEES IN MISSOURI. 



As the lot is not yet disposed of (see editorial on 

 page 447, issue for June 1) we will, until further no- 

 tice, make an additional discount, besides that men- 

 tioned on page 520, of 10 per cent. This will make a 

 full-sized colony only i4.05, and a two-frame nucle- 

 us .$1.62. If anybody wants bees at this time of 

 year, they surely can make it pay to take them at 

 these figures. It is true, you are to take the risk of 

 getting them through the winter; but for several 



