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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr 1 



HOME AGAIN. 



Will the friends who want to write A. I. Root per- 

 sonally, bear in mind that he expects to be in Medina 

 once more, shortly after April 1 r 



HONEY WANTED. 



We are in the market for comb honey in Danzenba- 

 ker sections, either clover or basswood. Only fancy 

 or A No. 1 grades are required. If you have any on 

 hand which meets these requirements, please com- 

 municate at once, stating quantity and price. 



MAPLB SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



The maple-groves in this vicinity have produced 

 an abundant crop of choice sweets this season ; and 

 while we have not yet secured very much of it, we ex- 

 pect to be well supplied as soon as the roads improve 

 and producers have time to bring it to market. Fancy 

 first-run syrup brings $1 15 per gallon ; six gallons or 

 over, $1.10, while good ordinary syrup can be had at 

 $1.00 per gallon; six gallons or over, 95 cts.; twenty-flve 

 gallons and upward at' 90 cts. Maple sugar is worth 

 12 to 15 cts. per lb., according to quality and quantity. 

 We should be pleased to hear from those interested, 

 stating quantity you can use, when we will quote you. 



A BARGAIN IN DAN/,. SUPERS AND SHIPPING-CASES. 



We Offer at a special bargain 120 Danzenbaker ten- 

 frame supers, nailed and painted, filled with secti-n- 

 holders, Hjde-SchoU ' M" fences, sections with full 

 sheets of foundation They have been used, but are 

 nearly new and in good condition. Such supers new 

 are listed in our catalog at .i;i.75 each, yet we offer this 

 lot crated and on board cars at Floresville, Texas, at 

 50 cts. each for the lot, and will throw in 1000 4x5 sec- 

 tions to make good any in the lot which may be broken 

 or missin g. In lots of not less than ten the price would 

 be 60 cts. each ; 50 at 55 cts. each as they are crated 

 and loaded on cars. There are also 400 shipping-cases 

 to hold 20 4x5 sections in the crates as shipped from 

 the factory, which we would sell at $5.00 per crate of 

 50. or $9 00 per 100 for the lot — that is, ;};140 cash for 

 goods worth new at carload prices over $340 This 

 surely is a bargain for any one desiring to produce 

 fancy comb honey with equipment that can not be 

 excelled for the purpose They are not in the right 

 locality for comb-honey production, but should work 

 excellently in some other locality. Send your orders 

 here to Medina. 



CLOVER SEED OF ALL KINDS SCARCE 



Judging from the very high prices prevailing for 

 clover seeds, the supply must be scarce. Mammoth 

 mrdium and alsike are selling at $13.00 and upward 

 per busHel. White clover is not so high. This can 

 be furnished at $10.00 per bushel. Alfalfa is also high, 

 and brings $12.00 per bushel, while there is no change 

 in crimson. 



We have had aia unusual demand for sweet-clover 

 seed, and have but very little of it left. We shall be 

 in the market for several tons of seed from this sea- 

 son's crop ; and when the time comes to gather it we 

 -should be pleased to correspond with those who can 

 supply the seed of both white and yellow, hulled or 

 unhulled. If any of our readers have any seed on 

 hand to dispose of we should be pleased to hear from 

 them, naming quantity and price. We still have 

 some yellow hulled seed which we offer, while it 

 lasts at 25 cts. per lb. ; 10 lbs., $2.30; 25 lbs., $5.50; 100 

 lbs., $21.00. We have some white seed, nearly all 

 hulled, but containing a small per cent of unhulled 

 seed Price 3 cts per lb. less than the above. We 

 can also supply a limited quantity of unhulled seed at 

 17 CIS. per lb.; 10 lbs , $1.50 ; 25 lbs. or over, at 14 cts.; 

 by mail, 10 cts. per lb. extra for any of the above to 

 pay for postage and packing. 



THE ALEXANDER BEE-VEIL. 



We have secured, for making a bee-veil of wire 

 cloth, a special weave of cloth 

 having 8 meshes to the inch, 

 and No 32 wire painted black. 

 Ordinary window-screen cloth 

 is of the same size of wire, and 

 12 to 14 meshes to the inch. 

 This special cloth is. therefore, 

 more transparent, and obstructs 

 the vision less, than any other 

 cloth we were ever able to se- 

 cure. One ob.1 ection to a veil of 

 this kind is its bulk and the 

 difficulty of transporting it, ei- 

 ther by mail or when packed 

 with other goods. We have 

 overcome this one objection by 

 making it with an open seam from the crown to the 

 bottom of the skirt. Eight small safety-pins are in- 

 cluded to pin up this seam when you receive it. or 

 you may prefer to sew it up. The veil is rolled up so 

 as to be placed in a box 3 x 3 x 12 inches so that it can 

 be mailed safely for 12 cents postage, or packed with 

 other goods to go by freight Price, complete, 60 cts. 

 By mail, 72 cts. Special wire cloth for veil furnished 

 at 6 cts. per foot or piece for a veil at 18 cts. ; by mail. 3 

 cfi. a foot extra, or 25 cts. postpaid for a veil-piece 10 

 X 33 inches, having edges folded ready to sew on the 

 cloth parts. ; 



SIMPLEX HONEY-JARS. 



The factory have assured us 

 that we may again secure this 

 popular honey-jar in several sizes, 

 including the one holding one 

 pound of honey. We have ordered 

 afresh supply, and expect to have 

 them in stock this next month. 

 They will be packed in reshipping- 

 cases of two dozen each, and the 

 price will be $1.10 per case; 6 

 cases, $6.30. 



NO. 25 HONEY-JARS. 



During the past year w3 have 

 had an unusual amount of trouble 

 with breakage of this jar, even in 

 the reshippingcases packed with 

 corrugated paper. The breakage 

 occurred either;in the porcelain cap or the top rim of 

 the jar where the cap rests. We find we can get this 

 same jar with lacquered tin cap without the center 

 being cut out. This cap is lined with waxed paper 

 wad, which seals tight on the top edge of the jar. 

 This style of cap not only does a wpy with breakage 

 almost entirely, but enables us to furnish the jar at a 

 lower price. We are not jet supplied with the new 

 stock, but expect to have them this month at the 

 following price. They will be packed as usual, two 

 dozen in reshipping partitioned cases. No. 25 jars, 

 tin cap lined, 90 cts. per case;.6 cases, $5.10. We can 

 still furnish from stock the usual style of No. [25 with 

 porcelain caps at $1.10 per case; 6 cases, $6.30. 



A NEW SIZE OF SECTION. 



There seems to be a demand in some localities, 

 where bees are inclined to daub with propolis or oth- 

 erwise discolor the wood in sections for a wide frame 

 completely enclosing the sections. Our regular su- 

 pers are adapted to the regular sections in section- 

 holders without a top-bar. To provide a top-bar as 

 well as a bottom it is necessary either to make the 

 super deeper or the section shorter. In order to use 

 the regular deep super we have decided to make a 

 new section, 4Mx4?4Xl% or i% plain, no beeway. 

 This will be used in a section frame hanging by top- 

 bar in the regular deep super, interchangeable with 

 the shallow Hoffman frame 5% deep. This will ne- 

 cessitate a new fence adapted to this size of section, 

 which will be designated by the letter N. The 4^x 

 4?4Xli^ will hold a full pound, and will work best in 

 the eight-frame super, 24 to the super. In the Danz. 

 width (165^) ten-frame super the, 4i4x4%x\% will fit 

 best 32 to the super. These sections may be split for 

 inserting foundation by the Hand method, and the 

 correct size of sheet for that purpose would be 4^x 

 17^. Price of N section-frames, $2.50 per 100 in flat. 

 Price of N fences, $2 00 per 100. Sections 4Mx49ixl% 

 or Ws. same price as regular Danz., $4.75 per 1000, No. 

 1 ; $4.25 for No. 2. Unless you specify we will send 

 frames and sections U wide, and supers fitted with 

 the same. Deep super fitted with N section-frames. 



