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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15 



Tennessee Queens. — Best that experience can produce. 

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

 $9.00. 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 

 English. 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



WANTED — SEED OF THE SIMPSON HONEY-PLANT, OR FIG- 

 WORT. 



We have just now sold out, and our new seed is hardly ripe; 

 and, even if it were, we have not enough to go around. If any 

 of the friends have any of the seed in stock, or can collect it for 

 us, we shall be very glad to hear from them. Please mail us 

 samples, tell us how much you have, and what you want for it. 



WAX CRAFT. 



The number of orders received for this book have been so large 

 that we are obliged to report some little delay in mailing the 

 same, and to beg the indulgence of our customers in this respect. 

 We are rapidly catching up on orders, and trust this note will ex- 

 plain ihe delays in the receipt of the same. That the book is 

 well thought of is shown by the large number of orders received 

 for it. The price, as will be recalled, is $1.00 postpaid. 



HONEY-LABELS. 



We have never enjoyed a larger trade in honey-labels than 

 during the present season, and for the most part we have been 

 able to fill all orders very promptly indeed, often getting them 

 out within twenty-four hours from the time received here. On 

 some labels for which we do not have many calls there has been 

 rather more delay, for the low prices we make are possible only 

 when several orders for the same label are printed at the same 

 time. It is, therefore, our practice to accumulate several orders 

 for the same label; and because of this the first orders in after 

 one printing is done have to be held several days before another 

 printing is made of the same order. This will explain to our la- 

 bel customers the little delays that sometimes ensue on certain 

 label orders. 



COLD-FRAME SASH. 



As cold weather approaches, track-gardeners are making plans 

 for protection to the plants. We are prepared to furnish not only 

 the regular cold-frame sash, 3 ft. 4 in. by 6 ft., but we also make 

 special sash to order. The regular sash are usually shipped 

 knocked down. Price 90 cts. each; 5, $4.75; $8.00 for 10. If put 

 up, 10 cts. each extra, without paints; add 10 cts. for each coat of 

 paint and $1.00 for glazing, making the sash complete, with 

 glass and two coals of paint, $2.10 each. Our sash are made of 

 cypress, 1/3 thick, and as regularly furnished they are grooved 

 for glass to be butted together. If preferred we also rabbet the 

 bars so glass can be lapped and set in piuty. Regular sash take 

 four rows of 8x10 glass. We make on order other styles and 

 sizes. Enquiries and orders solicited. 



Convention Notices. 



BEE-KEEPERS CONVENTION AT YORK, PA. 



The Pennsylvania State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 

 annual convention at York, in the Court house, on Thursday and 

 Friday, November 12 and 13. Ihe program is not completed; 

 but as it now stands it may be announced to begin at 1:30 p. m., 

 Thursday, with an evening session; and two sessions Friday fore- 

 noon and afternoon. Dr. E. F. Phillips will speak on one or 

 both of the following subjects: A general discussion of apiculture 



in the United States, and the treatment of bee diseases. Pro- 

 fessor Surface will speak on hay and honey-plants. Mr E. R. 

 Root will be present, and will probably speak on some phase of 

 bee-keeping. A. F. Satterthwait, Sec. 



PANHANDLE BKB-KEEPERS CONVENTION. 



The Panhandle Bee-keepers' Association will meet in Knights 

 of the Golden Eagle Hall, corner 38th Street and Jacob Street, 

 Wheeling, West Virginia, on Monday, Nov. 16. 



Blaine, Ohio. W. L. Kinsey, Sec. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



THE " CHURNLESS-BUTTKR PROCESS. 



We are pained to see in the Farm andRanch and several other 

 agricultural papers a full-page advertisement of a secret process of 

 making butter in one minute without a churn or any other ma- 

 chinery. The operation is so easy that any child can work it. 

 Butter of the highest grade is made in this way, and with no hard 

 work. Family rights are sold at $5.00; but the periodicals giving 

 place to the advertisement usually offer to send their journals for 

 several years for a much smaller sum than the $5.00, and " fling 

 in " the " $5.00 secret." At the present writing 1 am not able 

 to give our readers the inside of the wonderful process, but we 

 hope to do so soon. The whole get-up has the earmarks of the 

 seedless apple and the Miracle wheat. If I am making a mis- 

 take 1 will gladly apologize to the " Churnless Process Butler 

 Company." 



Some time ago the Rural New -Torker published what is prob- 

 ably the above secret, and the editor tells me in a private letter 

 that the great discovery is " older tnan some of the hills " at any 

 rate. Friend Collingwood adds the following: 



Dear Mr. Root: — I regard it as a great shame that some of our 

 agricultural papers should act as they do about these humbugs. I 

 noticed something first in the Texas Farm and Ranch, and then 

 in a Chicago paper. The Farmer's Voice. 



I sometimes wonder how it is that these humbugs and frauds 

 are able to prosper as they do. Not a day passes that I do not 

 hear of some new one that is being launched upon the maiket or 

 else is being trained for the race. 



New York, Oct. 2. H. W. Collingwood. 



NAVIGATING THE AIR. 



Since my remarks in the last issue, Mr. Wilbur Wright has not 

 only carried a bag of sand, but he has carried several passengers, 

 and one of them a lady. Yes, Queen Marguerite, of Italy, has 

 witnessed his flight, and had quite a talk with Mr. Wright. And 

 now the papers tell us she is begging to take a trip with him in 

 his machine; but the people protest, and I believe my good friend 

 Wilbur objects — at least 1 hope so. God forbid that President 

 Roosevelt or any other important personage should take any un- 

 necessary risk at this stage of the proceedings. I admire the 

 courage and bravery of both our President and Queen Marguerite; 

 but 1 do not think they really have the right to risk their lives 

 unnecessarily. What I mean is, that many good innocent peo- 

 ple might suffer if tnese dignitaries were removed from their im- 

 portant duties by sudden accident. Our good friend Wilbur has 

 also succeeded in remaining up in the air over an hour with a 

 passenger, and we are told he has been granted the $100,000. It 

 rejoices my heart to hear of this complete success; for these two 

 young men have worked hard and faithfully for many years. 

 They have been so careful at every stage of proceedings, that, 

 even alter having made hundreds of flights, no accident occurred 

 until the fatal one of September 17. And, by the way, I am told 

 that Orville's broken bone is knitting nicely, and that it will 

 probably very soon be as good as ever. It has been suggested in 

 the papers that Wilbur might undertake to cross the English Chan- 

 nel. With favorable wind he could make the trip in about forty 

 minutes. But 1 want to protest again against any unnecessary 

 risks. While sailing over land, if any accident happens the ma- 

 chine can glide down and probably be managed so it will alight 

 in a favorable spot. Before making voyages across the water, a 

 boat (or several of them) should be provided, and a series of ex- 

 periments made, with plenty of help at hand, in dropping into the 

 water and starting up again out of it. When they can do this we 

 are ready to cross the channel, and, may be some time in the 

 future, cross the great ocean. I have made mention of President 

 Roosevelt and the queen of Italy; but would it be extravagant to 

 say that Wilbur Wright just now is worth more to the world than 

 any president, king, or queen .' May God help both of these 

 to continue to exercise the care and caution they have been show- 

 ing since they commenced their work. 



We find a notice in the Woman's National Daily to the effect 

 that Wilbur made a short trip with hall a dozen passengers. 1 

 think this must be a misprint or a mistake in some way; for their 

 present equipment could not possibly carry more than two people 

 besides the operator, and these two people would have to be very 

 light. 



