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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



Goula. Iberville Par., La. If you wish to catch the 

 trade for next season, you should g-et out your cir- 

 culars early. We have excellent facilities for do- 

 ing- price-list work. At no other office will you find 

 such a complete line of electrotypes pertaining- to 

 bees. Write us for prices on circulars which you 

 may propose to get out for next season. 



QUESTIONS FOR THE QUESTION-BOX DEPART- 

 MENT. 



We have received a large number of queries, and 

 some have requested that they be inserted in 

 next issue. Of course, this is impossible. A 

 list of questions must be, in many cases, re- 

 worded, abbreviated, then sent out and returned, 

 after which each must take its turn. We are 

 sorry to say that some queries sent in " For Ques- 

 tion-Box " can not receive insertion, either from 

 lack of importance or because the point concern- 

 ing which information is desired is fully answered 

 in the text-books. But the friends may rest as- 

 sured that all their questions will receive some sort 

 of answer. If the question is hardly suitable for 

 the Question-Box Department it will be answered 

 in Gleanings by the editor, or by private letter. 

 If you do not get any kind of answer, write us 

 again and we will make haste to reply. 



queens during THE WINTER. 



Instead of sending your oi'^ers to us for the 

 next three months, please send them to Miss 

 Nellie Adams, Sorrento, Fla. She was formerly in 

 our employ, and understands our ways and meth- 

 ods, and we can recommend her with the utmost 

 confidence. Whatever deal you may have with 

 the lady, if she does not make it all satisfactory 

 we will. Ifshe has more orders that she can fill, 

 we hope some other enterprising queen-breeder 

 in the South will take hold and help; and I think 

 it would be a good idea for those who have queens 

 on hand, ready to ship, in the extreme South, to 

 make it known by an advertisement. Let the 

 advertisement read : " LTntested queens, ready 

 to ship by first mail." It is not very likely that 

 many will want queens during the winter, in the 

 Northern States; but a large part of our trade has 

 usually been from the South, and a good deal 

 from the extreme South. Now, is there any reason 

 why our friends, in localities where the bees are 

 flying almost every day, should not have queens in 

 the winter months as well as in summer? 



gPECI?IIi ]S[e¥ICE3. 



discounts for DECEMBER. 



During- the month of December we will allow 5 

 : discount from all articles in our catalogue. 

 This is an inducement for you to order your next 

 year's supply now. and not wait till spring, when 

 we are crowded with orders. Of course, we are 

 glad to get orders any time, but we like them a lit- 

 tle better now, when we are not so .crowded, and 

 can give them our very best attention. Remem- 

 ber, the discount grows less the longer you wait. 

 January discount will be 4;;' ; Fcb.,;J''. After Feb., 

 no discount. 



LITHOGtlAPH LABELS AT $:i.00 I'EU lOOU. 



When Mr. James Abbott, of London, Eng., was 

 with us a year ago, he had samples of a very neat 

 lithograph'label, oblong in shupe, measuring 3i8x2''s. 

 We mentioned them at the time in (i leanings, 

 agreeing to send samples as soon as we received 

 them. Well, they have just come to hand, although 

 we ordered 50,000 over a year ago. They are about 



the nicest labels we ever saw for glass tumblers, 

 pails, and small packages of honey. We will mail 

 a sample inclosed in our label catalogue, free on 

 application, and will furnish them postpaid at the 

 following prices: Sets, for 10; tOcts. for 100: $1.3.5 

 for 500; «3.00 for lOUO. 



You have NO IDEA how nice the 



BEE KEEPER'S MAGAZINE 



is. wily ncit si'iiil fur sample and 

 !-fe! Adfire.ss 



BARRYTOWN, 

 N. Y. 



DASAITT'S FOi;^DATIOK FACT0S7, WHOLESALE andSETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3tfbd 



I could sell Maple Sugar; to my honev customers, 

 consign me some. ARTHUR TODD, 



32d 3133 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



APIARY FOR SALE. 



I am offering for sale one of the best locations for 

 bee-keeping, in the famous 



SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 

 Ten acres of ground, splendid house, stable and 

 out-buildings, all new; also a carp-pond of about 

 one acre; never-failing spring of excellent water; 

 plenty of fruit, :> miles from Martinsburg, W. Va. 

 Write for further particulars. Paul Peine. 



Martinsburg. W. Va. 23-24-1 d. 



LEPAGE'S LIQUID GLUE. 



Few words of praise are neces- 

 sary for this excellent article, so 

 widely known and advertised. It 

 is one of the best of liquid glues. 

 Always ready for use. Mends 

 every thing. Wejiave 4 different- 

 sized packages. y«« 



Glass bottle like the adjoining 

 cut for 10 cts. ; 75 cts. for 10; *7.00 

 per 100. Halt -gill tin cans with 

 screw cap, and brush fastened to 

 inside of cap, price 15 cts. each; 

 $1.10 for 10; .*10..5O per lOO. This 

 latter can be sent by mail for lOc. 

 extra for postage and packing. 



Gill tin can with brush, -30 cts.; 

 10 for $1.50: 100 tor $14,00; '/z-pint 

 tin cans, no brush, 35 cts. ; $3 30 

 lor 10; $21.00 per 100. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received the 16-inch saw some time ago, but I 

 did not try it until to-day. I must say it works 

 well, and stands up to its work beautifully, and 

 holds a good edge. The 6-inch wrench is a fine 

 thing. J- R M'Clymonds. 



Pleasant Hill, Pa., Sept. 23, 1887. 



WHAT A bee-man THINKS, WHO HAS VISITED 

 THE HOME OF THE HONEY-BEES. 



1 shall always remember the hearty welcome you 

 gave me, and the trouble you went to in showing 

 me through the many different departments, and 

 at the same time explaining all tome. To say the 

 manufacturing shops alone, with all the different 

 machinery drfveu by the 90-horse-power engine, 

 was a grand sight to me would be expressing it 

 verv lightly. 1 wish every reader of Gleanings 

 could go and see for themselves. My advice to all 

 who are in the bee and honey indu.stry, and want to 

 see a master bee-supply dealer, is, to visit A. I. 

 Root. His employes show honesty and gentility in 

 all their words and actions. Each has his allotted 

 station, running like clockwork the great supi)ly- 

 manufactory— an establishment which never could 

 be explained on paper. A. C. Fassett, 



Watson, Mich., Oct. 13, 1887. 



