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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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BUSINESS JVIANAGER 



LOGWOOD HONEY FROM JAMAICA. 



If you want to taste some very fine extracted honey, 

 send 10 cents for a mail sample of logwood honey from 

 Jamaica. We have just received a two-ton lot in 60-lb. 

 cans, which we offer at !S cts. per lb.; by the case of 2 

 cans, 7^c, or $9.00 per case. We can furnish choice 

 white California honey at the same price, and amber 

 at 5^ cent less. If interested, let us hear from you. 



A NEW WIRE-IMBEDDING OUTFIT. 



We have just gotten out a new wire-imbedding out- 

 fiL that makes use of six dry cells. It is connected up 

 with a multiple-point switch in such a way that a 

 power of 2, 3, 4, 5. and 6 cells can be utilized according 

 to the strength of the battery as a whole. This outfit 

 is n ever\ way superior o the one we have been send- 

 ing out. It makes use of no liquids; there are no acids 

 to con ode the fingers, and the whole thing is so sim- 

 ply arranged that any one can make it work. The 

 price of the new outfit is $:?.00 instead of 82.50 for the 

 old one. 



BEE.SWAX. 



Since our last issue we have received several very 

 large shipments of wax, so that our bins are now full; 

 but it will be gone by May 1, or soon after. If you 

 have any to ship, not quite ready, don't put it off, for 

 we will crop the price as soon as we get enough to run 

 us through the season. The general market is active, 

 and prices are firmer; but by the first of May the sup- 

 ply is usually more plentiful. We can not afford to 

 pay more and not advance the price of foundation. As 

 it is, we are selling so near the cost that it is almost 

 like changing dollars just to accommodate the bee- 

 keepers. 



HOLDING OUR OWN. 



Between the middle of March and the middle of 

 April we shipped 22 carloads, besides a large number 

 of less than carload shipments. We have unfilled or- 

 ders on hand for 17 carloads, and about 800 less th'n 

 carload shipments. If any thing, we have gained a 

 little on the orders sinc^ April 1, and sliall be in still 

 better shape by May 1 if we do not in the meantime 

 receive too many new orders. Many things go out 

 promptlv. Hives of all kinds are crowding us the 

 worst. Our stock of ch^ff hives, estimated to last 

 clear through the season, is all gone already. We are 

 having an unprecedented demand for the Danzenba- 

 ker hive, as well as for other styles. We have surplus 

 stock ahead of orders on Hoffman, thick-top, all-wood, 

 and shallow frames, slotted section-holders and sep- 

 arators The demand for fences and plain sections is 

 very heavy, showing that these sensible ideas are sure- 

 ly winning their way into popular favor. We have a 

 large surplus of No. 2 sectioiK, only in 2-inch and Ifg, 

 four openings, and 1 H plain, both 4i<j and o%x5. Our 

 No. 2 grade in other widths are taken as fast as they 

 accumulate. 



THE NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION AT DENVER, COL. 



The next national convention is to be held in Den- 

 ver, Col. The following announcement, just received 

 from President Hutchinson, will speak for itself : 

 I *■' Denver has been selected as the place for holding 

 the next meeting of the National Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation — time, the first week in September The exact 

 date has not been decided upon, but the first session 

 will probably be held Tuesday evening or Wednesday 

 morning. The West has several times asked for the 

 convention, and been put off with promises— that we 

 must follow the G. A. R , or something of this sort, in 

 order to secure the needed reduct'on of railroad rates. 

 This year the G. A. R. meets at Washington, :-.way to 

 oi'C side of the country. We met there several years 

 ago, and only about twenty members ■were present — 

 the most of those from near by. The West has been 

 going ahead with great leaps and bounds, and can 

 rightfully claim recognition. The Colorado >tate con- 

 vention last fall was the equal of many meetings of 

 the National Association. And in all probability the 

 Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association will meet 

 with us in joint convention. If held at Denver, the 

 bee-keepers of Utah, California. Texas, and all of the 

 great West will be able to get theie. I firmly believe 



that a convention can be held at Denver that will be 

 the equal of any ever held. 



" Of course, the first question asked will be : ' What 

 about rates?' Well, they are all satisfactory, or. of 

 course, we could not have gone to Denver as a conven- 

 tion without low rates on the railroads was never a 

 success. The National Letter-carriers' Association 

 holds its annual convention in Denver during the first 

 week in September, and an open late to eveiybody 

 will be made at that time.' A representative railroad 

 man told Mr. Working, the Secretary of the Colorado 

 .State Bee-keepers' Association, that the regular fare 

 outside of Colorado would be one fare, plus Jt2.00, for 

 the round trip, with a regular rate of one fare for a 

 round trip in Colorado, while there have been made 

 some specially low rates from some points in the East. 

 From Chicago the fare will be only f25 for the round 

 trip From .St. L,ouis it is 1'21. From .St. Joseph, Kan- 

 sas City, and Omaha, it will be only $15. Rates from 

 points still further east have not yet been definitely 

 settled. 



" Bee-keepers in the West will need no urging to 

 come. To the bee-keepers of the E st I will say, take 

 the trip It will open your eyes, not only in regard to 

 bee-keeping, but to the wonderfvil possibilities of the 

 great West. Your tickets will give you all the time 

 you wish to see Colorado's w ndeiful mountain scen- 

 ery — ' The Switzerland of America.' Don't miss this 

 op'portunity of seeing its wonders, and mingling with 

 its bee-keepers — the men and women with great big 

 hearts. W. Z. Hutchinson, Pres."^ 



I am satisfied, from what I know of the bee-keepers 

 in and about Denver, that this will be one of the most 

 largely attended conventions of the Association ever 

 htld in its historj'. From all present indications bee- 

 keepers in California will have a good season ; and we 

 hope that many of them will feel able to be present 

 and help form a na ional policy to be pursued with 

 reference to the prices of honey throughout the United 

 States. Denver is right in the heart of the great 

 West, and where, I predict, the great bulk of the hon- 

 ey of the United States will be produced in the future. 



The railroad rates promi-ed are as low as we could 

 ever expect to get ; and now is the opportunity for the 

 bee-keepers, west of the Mississippi at least, to get to- 

 gether in one grand omclave, and I hope that there 

 will be seveial from the East. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Eastern part of the Northern Illinois Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association will hold their spring meeting at the 

 residence of C. J. Cummings, 'IV? miles northeast of 

 Rockford, III., on Tuesday, May 20-, 1902. All interest- 

 ed in bees are invited to attend. R. Kennedy. Sec. 



Rockford, 111., Rural Route No. 5. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



SPECIAL EXCURSION RATE TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN 

 VIA THE PERE MARQUETTE RAILWAY. 



The P re Marquette Railway will make a special 

 fishing rate to Northern Michigan of one fare for the 

 round trip, between May 1 and August 31. This will 

 bring the round-trip fare from Toledo to Traverse 

 City (locality I have been writing about) down to $8.25. 



THAT HUBBARD SQUASH SEED. 



On page 153, March 15, I a.sked about the Hubbard 

 squash seed we sold last season. I am glad to be able 

 to say that, up to date, not a single customer has re- 

 ported squashe-; not true to name; therefore we may 

 reasonably conclude the seed was all right. 



THE AMERICAN WONDER LEMON. 



Two years ago I bought of Schmidt & Bottley, of 

 Springfield, Ohio, an American Wonder lemon, about 

 a foot high. I,a.st season it bore about half a dozen 

 lemons. While I was absent the fr st got into the 

 greenhouse and made it drop part of its leaves and 

 two lemons. The other four made handsome fruits, 

 larger than any lenii n in the market, and it seemed 

 that the lemonade they made was ahead of any thing 

 el.-e in the world. But that may be bec-nise they grew 

 on my own tree. This tree is now loaded with bloom, 

 and its branches would all lie on the ground covered 

 with fruit if I let them bear so much; and, all togeth- 

 er. I consider it a beautiful house-plant, hardy enouih 

 to stand quite a frost without injury, and very easy to 

 manage. My first plant cost me 25 cts. They are now 

 offered at 15 cts. each, or five for 50 cts. 



