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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



If goods are ^vanted QuicK, send to Pouder." 



established 1889 



RAISING THE WIND. AND SOME STRAWS 

 THAT SHOW ITS DIRECTION. 



By the Bee Crank 



When the crop of honey 

 is coming into the hive very 

 freely, it happens that there 

 is not time for the surplus 

 moisture to evaporate down 

 to the consistency required 

 by the little bee-chemists 

 before sealing. At such 

 times the bees have a way 

 of supplementing the nat- 

 ural evaporation by form- 

 ing a file extending from 

 the entrance far back into 

 the hive, and then by rapid- 

 ly moving their wings set 

 up a current of air that acts as an 

 artificial ventilator and carries off 

 the surplus moisture at a more rapid 

 rate. 



There are certain seasons of the 

 year when orders for supplies do not 

 come in to me as freely as at other 

 times. My method of "raising the 

 wind" to start something at such 

 times is to allow a special discount 

 on all cash orders. For December 

 I will allow four per cent on all 

 cash business received during that 

 month. This allowance is well 



worth your while, and it 

 helps equalize my business 

 and to keep things moving 

 now, and relieve the con- 

 ditions during the rush 

 times of spring. Aside from 

 the saving of money to you, 

 think what it means to 

 have your supplies ready 

 and waiting for you when 

 you want them. 



At our last Indiana State 

 Fair we were awarded five 

 first premiums out of the 

 possible eight: First on 

 Bee-supplies; first on Beeswax; first 

 on Comb Honey; first on Hoosier- 

 Italian Bees; first on Carniolan Bees. 

 All this with very spirited competi- 

 tion, and all exhibits very creditable. 

 Our Hoosier-Italian bees were also 

 awarded first premium at the Illi- 

 nois State Fair. A catalog of these 

 prize-winning goods free for the 

 asking. 



I am now paying 28 cents spot 

 cash or 30 cents in trade for good 

 average beeswax delivered here. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



513-515 MassacKusetts A.veiiue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



