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GLEANINGS IN BEE CUi.TUUK. 



was a tew mouths ano. ^'e8tc•^llay, Sopt. ^S, I snap- 

 ped into friend Kcntlfl's, in Clovcland. and there 

 was not a pound of honey to lii' seen, of an.\- sort 

 sood, liad, or inditlerent. It looked a little tunny, 

 lor the reason that I ean not remember thi' time 

 before in years back when there was not at least 

 some sort of refuse oi- culled stock pushed back 

 out of theway. It is now all sold out clean, and 

 every pound is gone almost as soon as he K'ets it ; 

 and, in I'ai-t, I do not remember of seeinjr a sint>le 

 ease of honey in the city of Cleveland. 



gi'KKNI.ESSNESS IN OC'TOKKR — A <'.\t'TU>N. 



Almost every fall, when the weather begins to 

 yet cold, a great many of the younger ones order 

 • lueens, saying theircolonies have suddenly become 

 (lU^enless. The reason wh.> they declare them to be 

 ipieenless is because the.v can find neither eggs nor 

 l>rootl. Well, when we send them a new (jueen, thej- 

 tintl it impossible, of course, to introduce hei', and 

 then they discover tliey had a queen alread,^■. Now, 

 remember, friends, that, as a rule, you will Hnd no 

 eggs noi- brooil at this season of the year. While 

 the weather is warm, and honey comes, the tpieen 

 will often commence to la.v, and a little brood may 

 be seen in < )ctoberand November; but these arc the 

 exceptions. After a rest of a month or two, how- 

 »n'er, brood-rearing generally commences, and is 

 kept up more or less till spring; that is, where colo- 

 nies are strong. We are glad to furnish you queens, 

 liut we don't like to see yf)u waste your money use- 

 lessly; therefore remember, the absence of eggs 

 and brood at this season is no evidence of iiueen- 

 lessness; and as the queens arc small and insignifi- 

 canl looking now, if yon arc not careful you will not 

 llnd them. If you can not find the (lueen, and feel 

 troubled about it, give them a little unsealed brood 

 from some other colony, in case you can fmd it to 

 givi' them; and linn if they start (piecn-cells you 

 may lie sui-e the queen is gone. 



THE HONEY FROM TEXAS. 



I-IIIKM)I,V KKL.\TI()NS BETWEEN THE EUITOUS OF 

 1 HE BEE-.10URNAI,S OF THE WOUI,0. 



We are to-<lay,'l:*ept. 3!i. honored by the presence 

 of Mr. I var S. Young, editor of TidKhrift for Bixkjot- 

 Ki'l iJdurnal nf Apiculture), of Christiana, Norway. 

 Brother Young is a big man in a good many ways. 

 I do not know how much he weighs avoirdupois, 

 nor exactly how wide he is across his big broad 

 .slK)ulders; but 1 do know that he has a kindly and 

 generous heart withal, and that he is wide and large 

 and liberal in his views, and in his genial friendly 

 good luiture toward all humanit.v. A few hours ago 

 we knew hardly enough about Norway to be able to 

 saj-, without consulting a map, just where it is lo- 

 i;ated; l)ut his visit has oiiened our eyes to the fact 

 that a great people, and a very friendly people, are 

 across the water reading our Ijee-.journals, and 

 jirotitiiig liy the improvements that are coining up 

 so rapidly. What a responsibility rests upon the 

 shoulders of the editors of our bee-.journalsl and 

 what a grand thing it is lor those who have been 

 heretofore separated by thousands of miles, and 

 great expanses of water, to talk face to face, com- 

 )>are notes, and exchange friendly and neighborly 

 greetings: For myself. 1 begin to feel too small for 

 the place I occupy; and many times, when I think 

 of the great field before us, and these loving hearts 

 read.>' to extend a friendly hand of greeting, that 

 little prayer of mine comes up again iinoluntarily, 

 '• l,(M(l, help! " 



SOl'I IIKKN IIOMOV I.N (tENEH.M.; UOW I T ( OM I' A It i;S 

 WITH oil! HKST (SHADES OFTHK NOKTH. 



K. KOOT:— I send you by express two sei-- 

 tions of honey, representing the two grades 

 of my crop. As Texas honey has no stand- 

 ing in the markets I want your opinion of 

 ttiis hone.>'. fully expressed; and I especial- 

 ly want to know how these two pieces ot honey 

 compare with what is ijuoted as " white" and " dark" 

 in the markets. .As your decision will be of interest 

 to your Texas subscribers, j)lease answer tlirnugli 

 (ir/EANi.N(;s. .7. S. White. 



Dodd City, Fannin Co.. Texas, Sept. 16, 188'i. 



Fiieiid W., J have examined t'arefiillv both 

 sections. In appearance the dark seel ion 

 looks very miicli like our biickwlieat honey ; 

 but lor table use i should consider it ratiier 

 inferior. In fact, if you didn't know il to lie 

 otherwise, I should say it was pre(t\ iu';ir 

 honey-dew. Such hone\ with us is \er\ 

 slow sale ; but iieiiiaps during this very dry 

 season it mif^ht brin<;- 10 or l:Jcts.per pound. 

 The other compares quite favorably with 

 our nicest comb honey in appearance ; l)ul 

 when we tested it on our supper-table, side 

 by side with our clover and basswood honey, 

 no one wanted it. At first taste it seeiris 

 very fair; but there is an after-taste much 

 resembling the horsemint honey that we had 

 some years ag(» ; and most of the Southern 

 honey that I have got hold of is somewhat of 

 this rank flavor. The looks would pvobaliiy 

 sell it ; but if there were a considerable 

 (luantity of it I am afraid that cuslomers 

 would com])lain that it <lid not lia\e the 

 right sort of taste for honey looking so hand- 

 some. Just at present, while our l)assvvood 

 and clover honey brings from IS to 20 cts.. I 

 think your best sample might sell for from 

 14 to IH cts. 



gPECI^Ii ]^03FicES. 



KUBBER TIRES FOR CARPET-SWEEPERS. 



jMany times, after a cari)et-sweeper has been 

 used for some time the tires on the wheel bctome 

 worn or loose. We are prepared to f\irnish new 

 rubber tires for Ladies' Friend and (iosheu sweep- 

 ers, at 10 cts. each, or i}0 cts. per do/.. By innil, :.' 

 cts. each extra. 



:i4-r>B. DOUIU.E-TIER SHIPI'INO-CASES. 



Oiiii".i4-lb. single-tier case has l)ecomo so popular 

 that the old-style double-tier case has rather gone 

 to the background. Some, however, prefer a dou- 

 ble-tier ca.se. We have (piitealarge stock that we 

 wish to close out; and to do so we otter them at the 

 following low prices: Single case, in flat, no glass, 

 1.') cts.; in lots oi 10, #1.:,'.^; 100, *10.00. (ilass for 

 same, «xl3'/2, in lots of 10 sheets, tit cts. I'er box of 

 U sheets, $:i.50. 



DISCOUNT ON GOODS BOUOHT THIS FALL FOR NE.XT 

 SEASON'S l^SE. 



Until furthei' notice we will gi\e a discount of 

 ten per rent on goods strictl.v 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, iiiid chatt' hives, we can giv <■ only 

 /in per tent. The principal goods included under 

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

 /.inc, extractors, comb-foundation machines. 



