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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



" If goods are wanted cfuicR, send to Pouder.** 

 £stablishea 1889 



AS THE CROW FLIES 



By the Bee Crank 



When the Wright Broth- 

 ers have established their 

 Consolidated Cloudland 

 Atmospheric Express Ser- 

 vice they may be able to 

 clip off a few rods from 

 the length of the present 

 route from you to me. It 

 is not yet established, and 

 they are not even likely to 

 ha^e it in operation before 

 you are ready for your 

 spring bee-supplies. 



I mention this now be- 

 cause some of my custom- 

 ers are going to delay ordering until 

 the last minute, and then find them- 

 selves in a great hurry for their 

 goods. If you do, I shall be ready 

 for you. But why wait.? Isn't it 

 better for you to take my catalog 

 to-night, sit down in front of the 

 cozy fire, look through it carefully, 

 and check off the things you will 

 need, and drop me a line telling me 

 about them.? If you do not want 

 the goods at once, tell me when to 

 ship them, and when the day comes 

 they wiil be packed ready to go 

 forward to you. This makes it 

 easier for me, and it also relieves 

 your mind and provides against 



overlooking it during the 

 spring rush. 



1 handle Root's standard 

 goods, and sell at Root's 

 prices. If you haven't my 

 catalog, a card request will 

 bring it. I should like to 

 show you what I have in 

 stock by way of Danzen- 

 baker hives, metal-spaced 

 frames, smokers, veils, and 

 all the necessaries that be- 

 long to the bee industry. 



Write for quotations on 

 finest white-clover extract- 

 ed honey in five-gallon cans. I 

 am supplying many up-to-date bee- 

 keepers with this fine honey, thus 

 enabling them to hold their estab- 

 lished trade. Send me your bees- 

 wax. I pay 28c cash or 30c in trade. 

 I am running full blast in my 

 new building, where I have increased 

 facilities for handling this particular 

 line of business. In fact, I claim 

 to possess the most perfect and 

 complete distributing house in all 

 the world, outside of the large fac- 

 tories. 



Every communication sent here 

 receives an immediate and cour- 

 teous reply. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



859 MassacKusetts A.venue, Indianapolis, Indiana 



