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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



SPECIAb^NOT^icEs BY 



Ut E-wi» BUSINESS MANAGER ^ 



HOiVEY. 



Those in need of extracted honey will do well to 

 send for samples and prices. We have choice Califor- 

 nia and Jamaica to offer in tiO-lb. cans. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have in stock qnite a large lot of second-hand 

 foundstion-mills in all sizes and at various prices. If 

 any of our readers aie interested we shall be pleased 

 to submit samples, with prices and descriptions of the 

 machines we have to offer If you have any choice as 

 to size or grade of foundation you wish to make, let 

 us know it when you write. 



COMB FOUNDATION ADVANCED. 



We call attention again to the advance of :> cts. per 

 pound in price of comb foundation, which was made 

 April 22, and announced in last issue of Gleanings. 

 All manufacturers and dealers have made the advance, 

 so far as we have been informed, and the reason for it 

 is the increased cost of beeswax We are receiving 

 wax in good volume, and have a fair supply on hand. 

 We are paying 29 cts. cash, 31 cts. trade, delivered here 

 for average wax. 



BUSINESS BOOMING. 



We have not as many unfilled carload orders as we 

 have had ; but those still unfilled are more urgently 

 needed than at any time yet this season, judging from 

 the reports we get from the dealers who are waiting 

 to receive the goods which will enable them to fill 

 their orders. All orders now in hand we expect to 

 have filled by or before the end of this month. We 

 have been obliged to decline orders for several car- 

 loads because we could not ship them promptly and 

 we would not put them ahead of other orders already 

 enteied. We hope the supplies for which there is at 

 present such a brisk demand will be needed and used 

 up this season. Indication-^ generally are favorable, 

 although in this section the weather continues cool. 



MACHINISTS WANTED. 



We are in need of seveial men of some experience 

 in the use of iron-working tools. We have, during the 

 past year, ii'Stallt d in our machine department over 

 $3000 worth of new tools in charge of a new foreman 

 ■well posted in the latest methods of tool-making and 

 machine construction, and he could use to advantage 

 .several additional men of experience on new work 

 yphich we have laid out to do. We require men famil- 

 iar with the use of lathes drill-pre.'=s. sharer, planer, 

 milling machine, and bench tools If any of our read- 

 ers know of such men d- siring a change, and who 

 would like to work in an institution like ours, in a 

 small town the equal of any in the country to live in, 

 we should like to hear from thtm with references as 

 to character and experience; the length of time engag- 

 ed in such work, and somewhat of the nature of the 

 work done, etc. 



S.\CK FOR HOLDING SEED POTATOES, TO GO WITH 

 THE HAND PLANTER. 



We have just received from L,. L,. Olds. Clinton, Wis., 

 a seed-sack for carrying cut seed-potatoes, that is a 

 great improvement over the sack in common use. A 

 steel hoop holds the sack open enough to get the hand 

 in easily, and three rather ornamental bands support 

 it easily so as to rest on both shoulders. After having 

 it tested in the field, I think such a .sack might save 

 almost the price of it in planting one day. Price 40c ; 

 by mail 23c extra. We have them in stock leady to 

 ship. 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



In connection with and directly adjoining our large 

 manufacturing plant we have an'apiary of <>00 colonies; 

 and this is further supplemetited by an out-yard of 150 

 more. Nearly all of the.se 750 are clevoted to the rear- 

 ing of high-class honey queens or queens for business. 

 In charge of this department we have a queen-breeder 

 of some 30 years' experience, careful and competent, 

 and one who uses the latest and best methods for pro- 

 ducing vigorous healthy stock. None hut honey queens 



are used for breeders (usually imported) — queens 

 whose progeny have excelled every thing else in the 

 yard. Some of them are from our celebrated import- 

 ed red-clover mother, the bees of which will excel any 

 thing else in the yard during the time that red clover 

 is in bloom. Then we have a breeder whose bees stor- 

 ed 160 lbs. of surplus from clover and basswood in a 

 yard where there are already 650 colonies. A colony 

 that can store as much honey as that in a locality so 

 greatly over.stocked is something remarkable, and 

 hence the queen has been set apart as a breeder. 



On account of the intrinsic merit of breeding stock 

 and the pains we take in rearing our queens, we are 

 compelled ( to prevent being swamped with orders) to 

 charge a slight advance over ruling prices. 



PRICES OF RED -CLOVER AND HONEV QUEENS REAR- 

 ED IN THE ROOT CO.'S APIARIES, AT MEDINA, O. 



Untested queen |1 00 



Select untested queen , 1 25 



Tested queen 2 00 



Select tested queen 3 00 



Breeding queen 5 00 



Select breeding queens 7 50 



Extra select breeding queens, 1 year old.. 10 00 



Be sure to specify whether you desire a " red-clover " 

 or a '■ honey " queen. The first - mentioned stock is 

 bred for red" clover ; the last-named, or honey queens, 

 show up well during an ordinary honey-flow from clo- 

 ver and basswood. We can not furni.sh these queens 

 before May 15 (untested before June 1st) nor later than 

 Nov. 15th. We are booking orders, and they will be 

 filled in their season in rotation. 



COMMON ITALIAN QUEENS. 



For those who desire to get pure Italian stock at a 

 moderate price we are prepared to furnish queens di- 

 rect from our breeders in the vSouth, or from our own 

 yards. These queens may be just as good as our high- 

 er-priced stock. Some of our Southern breeders u.se 

 our breeding-queens, and others u.se some of their own 

 choice breeders. 



Untested queens $ 75 



Select untested queens 1 00 



Tested queens 1 50 



Select tested queens 2 50 



PRICES OF NUCLEI. 



One-frame nucleus, without queen $2 00 



Two frame nucleus, without queen 3 (0 



Three-frame nucleus, without queen 3 50 



One colony of bees in 8 frame Dovetail- 

 ed hive, without queen 7 50 



We can supply with the nuclei any of the queens 

 mentioned in the table of prices of queens. When 

 one buys an extra select queen or any high-priced 

 queen he would do well to have her come in a nucleus. 

 This will insure safe arrival, and do away with the 

 hazard of introducing. 



Convention Notices. 



CENTRALVEREIN FUER BIENENZUCHT IN OESTER- 

 REICH. 



An International Exhibition in Bee-keeping will be 

 held at Vienna, on the festival of Easter, 1903, arrang- 

 ed \fy the Central Association of Bee-keepers. It is 

 intended to exhibit bees, hives, instruments, products, 

 books, etc. Information can be received from the 

 Centralverein fuer Bienenzucht in Osterreich, at Vien- 

 na, Austria, I. Schauflergasse, No. 6. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



Gleanings will be the last paper I .shall ever stop 

 taking. God will bless you, Mr. Root, as long as you 

 write such good Home talks. C. G. Turner. 



Mechanic Falls, Me. 



A DANGEROUS COMBINATION. 



In reading the Tobacco Column in Gleanings I was 

 surprised to learn that you employ a boy who uses ci- 

 garettes. I consider them a dangerous combination ; 

 but I think you manage j'our business all right with- 

 out my advice. .S. H. Hough. 



Saybrook, O., Apr. 7. 



