1908 



(JI.KANINGS IN BEK CUI/rURK. 



719 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



We have just received a special fmportation of Italian queens. 

 As other importations are coming we shall be in position to send 

 this year's stock. 



We are issuing an appendix to our little book, "Modern 

 Queen-rearing." To those who have already purchased this 

 work we will furnish the appendix for 2 cts. to cover postage. 



The Alexander bee-veils are proving to be very satisfactory. 

 They are just the thing for extremely warm weather, because 

 they can be worn without a hat, thus avoiding the unpleasant 

 sweat-line around the forehead where an ordinary hat is worn. 

 Price 72c postpaid. 



FOUNDATION SPLINTS. 



Some have been writing Dr. Miller for foundation-splints. He 



does not have them for sale. We are prepared to furnish them 



for 10 cts. per 100, 50 cts. per 1000 postpaid, or 40 cts. per 1000 



with other goods. 



MISMATED CAUCASIAN QUEENS. 

 At our south yard we had quite a number of mismated Cauca- 

 sian queens, a cross between our leather-colored strains of Ital- 

 ians and Caucasians. There may be some who desire this mix- 

 ture. So long as they last we will furnish them for $1.00 each. 

 When we nin out we will take the liberty of substituting an 

 untested Italian. 



SPECIAL BARGAINS. 



We call your attention to a page of special bargains in bee- 

 keepers' supplies — some styles not listed at present in our catalog, 

 but which are preferred by some. Most of these goods are offer- 

 ed at reduced prices. If you see any thing you can use, let us 

 have your order and we will see that the goods are promptly for- 

 warded. See our issue for May 1. 



BUSINESS BOOMING. 



HIVE NUMBERS. 



We can supply hive numbers with figures 1% inches high, 

 printed on tough cardboard, then boiled in paraffine so as not to 

 be injured by the weather. They may be fastened to the hive 

 with tinned tacks. We have them in sets up to 400 numbers. 

 Price $4.00 per set postpaid, or $3.50 with other goods ; 100 post- 

 paid, $1.15, or $1.00 not prepaid; 50 postpaid for 65 cts.; not pre- 

 paid, 60 cts. 



BEESWAX. 



For good average beeswax shipped before the middle of June 

 we will pay 29 cts. per lb. cash, or 31 in trade delivered here. 

 The season is so far advanced that we make this raise of 1 ct. per 

 lb. for two weeks only, because we do not want to stock up at 

 the close of the season at high prices. If you have any to furnish 

 send it on at once and secure this temporary rise in price. 



CARTONS FOR OUNCE CAKES OF BEESWAX. 



We can supply cartons for one-ounce cakes of beeswax, printed 

 with name and address blank, at 35 cts. per 100; 250 for 80 cts.; 

 500 for $1.50; 1000 for $2.75; by mail, 15 cts. per 100 extra. 

 These prices will also include the large carton to contain 32 of 

 the small ones. The complete package weighs 2 lbs., and, when 

 filled, sells to the dealer at $1.00. They retail the cakes at 5 cts. 

 each. Retinned molds for molding ounce cakes cost 35 cts. per 

 dozen; by mail, 40 cts.; for two-ounce cakes, 40 cts.; by mail, 

 50. We do not have cartons to fit the two-ounce cakes. To 

 print your name and address on the cartons will add, 250 or less, 

 50 cts.; 500, 75 cts.; 1000, $1.00. 



There has been an unusual amount of swarming this season, 

 and in many localities it has been about a month early. As a 

 result, there has been an unexpected demand for hives. Our ca- 

 pacity has been taxed to its utmost, running 11 hours a day, and 

 still many customers have been disappointed in time of delivery. 

 Such seasons as this emphasize the importance of being fore- 

 handed and better prepared for emergencies. Dealers need to 

 carry larger stocks, and bee-keepers should anticipate their needs 

 longer in advance. The foresighted people who order in the 

 fall and early winter, taking time to get their goods, not only at 

 reduced prices, but also in time to prepare them for use in leisure 



lime ready for use when the season opens, are the fortunate ones 

 in a time like this. We have a good supply of sections ready for 

 prompt shipment, also of most other goods except hives and su- 

 pers. Some of our dealers have been obliged to hold orders wait- 

 ing for fresh stock to arrive, and we have been unable to ship as 

 promptly as we should like, because of our inability to turn the 

 goods out fast enough. 



IMPLEX HONEY-JARS. 



The factory people have advised us of 

 a carload of these jars as already on the 

 way to us, with more to follow in due 

 course. By the time your order reaches 

 us we shall have a supply in the ware- 

 house, ready for instant shipment. They 

 will be packed in reshipping-cases of two 

 dozen each, and the price will be $1.10 

 ner case; six cases, $6.30. 



NO. 25 HONEY-JARS. 

 During the past year we have had an 

 nusual amount of trouble with breakage 

 f this jar, even in the reshipping-cases 

 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 a waxed paper 

 wad which seals tight on the top edge of the jar. This style of 

 cap not only does away with nearly all breakag, but enables us 

 to furnish the jar at a lower price. We are now ready to fill 

 orders. 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. 





J.\PANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



The season for sowing buckwheat is at hand. We have a 

 choice lot of seed grown for us last season, which we offer, bags 

 included, at 15 cts. per pound, postpaid; not prepaid, 5 cts. per 

 lb.; 45 cts. per peck; 85 cts. per half-bushel; $1.50 per bushel; 2 

 bushels, $2.50; 10 bushels, $11.50. 



BEES AND FRUIT. 



We have just issued from the press a new booklet by E. R. 

 Root on the subject of the bee-keeper versus fruit-grower, ex- 

 plaining how their interests are mutual ; also how the fruit-grow- 

 er can keep a few bees to pollenate his fruit-trees and not be 

 troubled with swarming. This booklet is nothing more nor less ■ 

 than an address delivered by Mr. Root for the Ohio Agricultural 

 Society, at Columbus, comprising not only horticulturists but po- 

 mologists of note throughout Ohio. He introduced a large amount 

 of evidence going to show that there is no direct antagonism be- 

 tween the fruit-grower and the bee-keeper — that their interests 

 are mutual and interrelated, and to a gieat extent one depends 

 on the other 



