1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



489 



NO. 2 SECTIONS. 



If any one can use No 2 sections with 4 openings we 

 have a surphis of these in li-| and 2 inch widths which 

 we can easily make narrower if yon use a narrower 

 width, and ship promptlv. We have also a surplus of 

 No. 2 in 354x5x1^, i}{-s.4\is.ly2 plain, and 4x5x13/3. Of 

 all other stj'les of No 2 si-ctions we are oversold. We 

 are now working new basswood, which is so nice it 

 does not make a very Hrge percentage of No. 2 grade. 

 Therefore we should like to work in, whenever possi- 

 ble, some of those mentioned above, of which we have 

 a surplus. 



CONDITION OF BUSINESS. 



Although we have .'hipped the past month 22 car- 

 loads (the best record for one month ever made) and 

 considerably more than a thousand less than carload 

 shipments, we have not more than held our own. We 

 have unfilled orders to the number of between 3.50 and 

 400, and about 10 carloads. As the season advances 

 there is all the more need of promptness. While do- 

 ing our utmost we are still ten days to two weeks be- 

 hind on orders on the average. A few go out m^re 

 promptly, while some are delayed longer. We hope, 

 during this month, to gain so as to be'able, before the 

 end of the month, to ship more promptly. Some of 

 our dealers and branches have been greatly hampered 

 in filling orders for lack of o;oods; but with the cars 

 which have gone to them during the past ten days, and 

 being shipped the coming week, they should be great- 

 ly relieved. 



A Warranted 



Red=clover 



Queen, 30 cts. 



An Offer for New 

 Subscribers. 



We want to add a lot of new readers to our WEEK- 

 LY AMERICAN BEE JOURNAI, list. For that reason 

 we are making those who are not now reading our 

 journal regularly, this liberal offer: Send us SI. 30 and 

 we will mail you the Bee Journal for a whole }-ear, 

 and also one of our WARRANTED LONG-TONGUED 

 RED-CLOVER QUEENS -untested Italian. 



We have arranged with one of the oldest and best 

 queen-breeders (having many years' experience) to 

 rear queens for us this season. His bees average quite 

 a good deal the longest tongues of any yet measured. 

 The breeder he will use is direct from Italy, having 

 imported her himself. Her worker-bees are large, 

 somewhat leather-colored, very gentle, and scarcelj' 

 requiring veil or .smoke. They stored red-clover 

 honej' last season. All queens guaranteed to arrive in 

 good condition, and all will be clipped unless other- 

 wise ordered. They will be mailed in rotation, begin- 

 ning about June 1st, so " first come, first served." 

 Headquarters in Chicago for Root's 

 Bee-supplies at Root's Prices. . . . 

 A free catalog and a sample of the American 

 Bee Journal on request. 



George W. York & Co., Chicago, 111. 



144=146 Erie Street. 



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Barns of plank .save timber 

 p and cash. Neatest, cheap- 

 — est, strongest, most desir- 

 Tested for 2(1 years'. Indor.sed 

 Book for 



able. MX) in 42 Statefe, 



b\' agricultural colleges and scientific men 



stamp. Shawver Brothers, Bellefontaine, Ohio 



Built for Long Service 



FROM THREE FACTORIES 



We ship direct to the contumsr 

 We make the most reliable line of 

 vehicles, h.irness, etc., to be 

 found anywhere and lell at 

 tho lo went wholesale prices^ 



We Handle No 

 Low-Grade Work. 



strong, durabis material and good honest workm.inship make 

 oar vehicles and harness outlast two of tho ordinary kind. 

 WrifO at nnna '*"■•"■■ g«aranle«d freight charges to your 



If illC ■! UliUC station on any T.hiele. Cirts from $11.00t« 

 $33.7,1: Road Wagons from 158.90 to »10.') 00; Buggiss from »36 



to $.SJ45: Surreys from $52.20 to $120.12: Spring Wagons from 

 $37.50 to $112 50; Farm Wagons from $31.55 to $«5 (.5; Single 

 Harn.ssfrom $4 mi to $'..'0.20; Farm harnoss from $12.80 t» $39 CO 

 WP QPMn FDPF "'* '»>'!:••' illnstrated Tahiti* aa4 Bar- 



• It OL HII rriLI. neu eaUla^ erer Ista.d. Send for it. 

 CASH BUYCBB' ITNION, Uept. £-84», OfllOAeO. 



10 CEf^TS 



That's all it costs to get acquainted with the 



Rocky Mountain 

 Bee Journal. 



We want to send it on trial to every 

 reader of Gleanings Three Months for 

 10 cts. This vigorous young month- 

 ly has just entered its second year on 

 a paying basis, and has become the 

 recognized mouthpiece of the bee- 

 keepers of the great Rocky Mountain 

 alfalfa regions. Address 



The Rocky Mountain Bee Journal, 



Box 611. Boulder. Colorado. 



Minnesota Bee-keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 



Manufacturers of 



Bee-hives, Sections. Shipping-cases, and 

 Everything Used by Bee-keepers. 



Orders filled promptly We have the best shipping 

 facilities in the world You will save money by send- 

 ing for our price list. Address 



Minnesota Bee=keepers' Supply Mfg. Co., 

 Nicollet Island Power Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 



CELECT Warranted Oueen, very choice, $1 00 each; 6 

 *^ for $1.00. .See ad. in this issue. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Florida. 



POR SALE.— Italian bees: full colonies, $4.00; three- 

 *^ frame, with queen, $2.25; two-frame, with queen, 

 |2.00; one-frame, with queen, $1.50; queens. SI 00. 



IMrs. .K. a Simpson. Swarts, Pa. 



Fni* ^JiIp Kill", carefully reared, Italian queens, 

 FUl oalC« froui choice honey-gathering strains. 

 Tested queens. »1 2.5; Select tested, |2; untested queens, 

 after June 10, 75 cts. each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 EARL, Y. S.\FFORD. Salem, N. Y. 



QUEENS AND NUCLEI.- Untested queens, either 3 

 or 5 banded, 7.5c; for S4.25. Te.sted, $1.00 and up. 

 Nucleus, including untested queen. 2-fr., $2. .50; 3-fr., 

 $3.25; 4 fr., f>.75. Cha.s. H. Thies, Steeleville, 111. 



RUBBER STAMPS. Send us 25 cts. for year's 

 sub to our 16-p. monthly journal and we will mail .vou FREE 

 as a premium a two-liiie Rubber Stamp, or two one-line 

 Stamps, to print an.v wording .vou want. 



The Farm anu Pocltky News, Middlesboro. Ky. 



!! WHITE LEGHORNS! ! 



Single comb ; stock larsfe and fine ; Satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Pekin ducks Kggs. $1.50 per 13. Address 

 W. H. GiFFORD, 151 Franklin St., Auburn. N. Y. 



