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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



Italians, Carniolans. No disease. Two-comb naclens 

 with queen, $3.00. A. L. AMOS, Comstock, Nebraska. 



Golden yellow Italian queens — my specialty. Price list 

 free. E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Root's Bee Supplies. Send for cataloe. 



D. CooLBY, Kendall, Mich. 



Mott's long-tongues by return mail, also goldens — hardy, yet 

 gentle, but little or no smoke. E. E. Mott, Glen wood, Mich. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 



J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York City. 



For bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send card to 



T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Mich. 



Italian Bees, queens, honey, and Root's bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies. Aliso Apiary, El Toro, Cal. 



Golden-all-over and red-clover Italian queens; circular ready. 

 W. A. Shufp, 4426 Osage Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Order your bee-supplies from Superior Honey Co., Ogden, Utah, 

 ai Root's catalog prices. You save time and money. Largest 

 dealers in the West. 



Root's bee-sapplies at factory prices, Black Diamtnd Brand Rtn- 

 ty, and iei-littraturt. Catolog and circulars free. 



Geo. S. Graffam & Bro., Bangor, Maine. 



Have you seen Hand's queen circular) It's an eye-opener. 

 Your address on a postal card will bring it. It will pay you to 

 send for it. J. E. Hand, 



Birmingham, Erie Co., Ohio. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for business, 

 June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 60 cts.; select, 75 cts.; test- 

 ed. $1.00 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Improved Italian qaeeos now ready. Nuclei and colonies 

 May 1 to 10. Over twenty years a breeder; 500 colonies to 

 draw on. Free circulars and testimonials. For prices see large 

 advertisement in this issue. 



QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, BellevUe, O. 



Italian Bess and Queens. I breed three-banded stock 

 only, and use the finest breeding stock to be had. For prices, 

 st-e display advertising columns in this issue. Send for price list. 

 I wenty-five years' experience. 



F. J. Wardell, Uhrichsville, O. 



Pbnnessee Queens. — Best that experience can produce. 

 Untested three-band and goldens, $1.00 each; 6 for $5.00; 12 for 

 i^.i)0. Caucasians, $1.25 each. Write for circular ; order gold- 

 ens from Ben G. Davis; others from John M. Davis, Spring 

 Hill, Tenn. 



Breeding queens of pure Caucasian and Carniolan 



races— price $3.00. Order from A. E. Titoff, Expert 



in Apiculture, with Russian Department of Agriculture, 



Kieff, Russia. Remit with orders. Correspondence in 

 Knglish. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



WHITE SWBET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have not yet secured enough white sweet-clover seed to 

 supply our needs for the coming year. .'\s this is the time for 

 gathering it, we would be pleased lo hear from those who have 

 gathered, or can gather, seed which they have not sold. If gath- 

 ered, mail sample, stating quantity you can furnish, whether 

 hulled or unhulled. We have already contracted enough seed of 

 the yellow variety. 



HONEY WANTKIJ. 



Notwithstanding the good crop of honey secured in most local- 

 ities we have secured very little so far. We are getting numer- 

 ous inquiries, and do not have the honey at hand to supply them. 

 We would be please to get samples by mail, of extracted clover 

 honey, with oflfers stating quantity and how packed. Write us. 

 also with offers on choice comb honey, stating how packed, 

 quantity, and grade, and the price asked. 



hanger-cleats in DANZ. hives and SIPERS. 



Instead of the usual hanger-cleat for Danz. brood-chambers 

 and supers made 3?s wide and le thick we are planning to fur- 

 nish a cleat 5'8 inch square let into a groove i"8 deep inside of the 

 end of supers and bodies, as a support for frames and section-hold- 

 ers. This will leave ^8 inch space between frames or section- 

 holder and end of hive or super above and below this cleat. As 

 the bees have not bothered building bits of comb in this space 

 above the hanger-cleat in the past, we do not believe they will 

 do so below the cleat. Considerable material is saved, and the 

 narrower support will facilitate the easy handling of frames and 

 section-holders. If any one fears the result of so much space, a 

 piece 3 inches wide by }i inch thick could be nailed in below 

 the cleat, reducing the bee-space to J's inch, and adding that 

 much to the thickness of the end of the super or hive-body. 



untested queens. 

 We desire again to call attention to the fact that the past sea- 

 son was exceptionally favorable to the production of high-cbss 

 queens, both as regards quality and quantity. For this reason we 

 believe this presents a golden opportunity for many bee-keepers 

 whose queens are failing from old age or hard work. By insert- 

 ing a young queen in place of an old one we secure a sort of in- 

 surance for next year. A young queen winters better, commences 

 to lay earlier, and is less likely to swarm next breeding season. 

 Moreover, there is always a probability of an old queen dying at 

 a very inconvenient season when queens are very difficult to pro- 

 . cure. Just at present queens can be bought for little money and 

 may be introduced easily because the supers are oif in most apia- 

 ries. W'e have a large stock of untested queens ready to mail, 

 so there will be no delay; in fact, will ship by return mail when 

 so ordered. Price of one queen, $1.00; six, $5.00; twelve, $10.00. 

 Prices quoted on lots of 50 or 100. 



discounts VOK EARLY C.\SH OKllERS. 



.As usual at this season of the year we are prepared to reward 

 those forehanded people who not only have faith in the future but 

 who can tell before their bees begin to swarm in the spring some- 

 thing near what they are likely to need for the coming season — 

 people who like to avoid the worry of delay in the hands of the 

 transportation companies or excessive express charge? on goods 

 ordered the last minute because they can not wait for freight to 

 arrive — people who prefer ro take leisure time during winter to 

 prepare the supplies for use the coming season. After such a 

 bountiful honey crop as has been gathered in most sections the 

 past season there ought to be a much larger number than usual 

 who will take advantage of the liberal early-order discounts which 

 we are offering for out-of-season cash orders. On all orders ac- 

 companied by cash received during the month of September, and 

 subject to conditions named below, we allow 7 per cent discount. 

 On October cash orders we allow 6 per cent discount. 

 " November " " " " 5 " " '' 



" December '' " " " 4 " '' " 



'' January '' " " " 3 " " " 



" Febmary " " " " 2 " " " 



•■ .March ' " I " " " 



This discount will apply on all articles listed in ou' regular 

 catalog at current corrected prices to date except as follows; 



Tinned wire, paint, Bingham smokers. Porter bee-escapes, 

 glass and tin honey-packages, scales, bees and queens, bee books, 

 papers, labels, printed matter, bushel boxes, seeds, and special- 

 ties not listed in our general catalog. Where any or all of these 

 articles in a general order do not exceed fifteen per cent of the 

 whole order the discount may be deducted from the whole order, 

 including these items which are otherwise excepted. 



CHANfiES in SUPPLIES FOR THE SE.^SON OF I908-"9. 



In addition to the changes in our honey-extractors already an- 

 nounced, with the increase in price made necessary by the im- 

 provements, we desire to call attention to some further changes 

 in styles and prices. 



On another page we show an improved shipping-case with slid- 

 ing cover and corrugated paper in bottom in place of drip-sticks. 

 In connection with these improvements we propose to make the 

 width of our cases for A\i sections just right for the standard 1% 

 beeway section instead of making them, as heretofore, wide 

 enough for a 2-inch section. The great bulk of beeway sections 

 used are l''s wide, and the standard case should fit that section. 

 Those desiring cases for other widths should have them cut to or- 

 der. For 24 sections, 4'4Xlj8, the case will be liyg inches, 4 

 row; for 24 sections, 4J4xl}-'2, or 20 sections 4Vixl^'8, the case 

 will be 9i''8 inches, 4-row. The 12 and 10 inch 2-row cases will 

 be likewise reduced to ll:-8 and 9^'3. The slide-cover caseswith 

 corrugated packers for bottom will be one cent each more than 

 the regular old-style case for the present. Eventually we hope lo 

 have but the one style at regular price. 



There has been a growing demand for a hive-bottom ?8 inch 

 thick instead of ;'8,and we plan to make the J's-inch the standard 

 for the coming season. Until stock in dealers' hands has been 

 disposed of, orders may be filled with either style unless the one 

 ordering' states a preference with his order. 



