1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



31 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



BBSS AT PHILADELPHIA. 



Oar Philadelphia manager, Mr. Wm. A. Selser, advises us that 

 he has on hand, ready for early delivery, a very choice lot of 

 Italian bees in Danzenbaker hives. Eastern breeders will do 

 well to send orders direct to bis address. 



OUBRNS. 



So far this season we have been able to take care of orders for 

 queens of nearly all graies promptly, and orders reaching us 

 from now on can be filled with little or no delay, especially if 

 separate from communications intended for other departments of 

 our business. 



HONBY-PAMPHLBTS. 



To answer the numerous inquiries we are receiving regarding 

 prices on the pamphlet entitled Food Value of Honey, by Dr. C. 

 C. Miller, we quote the following: 



Prices— le, 5 cts. 100, 20 cts.; 500, 75 cts., all postpaid; 1000, 

 75 cts.; 5000, $3.50; $10,000, $6.50. If you desire your own 

 name and address on the first page, add $1.00 extra to the above 

 prices. Should you desire your own advertising card on the last 

 page instead of our own, the price will be $1.50 more; or $2.50 

 extra for your name and address on the front page, and your ad- 

 vertising card on the last page. Already folded, the price will 

 be 50 cts. per 1000 extra. 



AGENCIES DISCONTINUED. 



The stock of bee supplies which we had in the hands of A. H. 

 Reeves & Co., Watertown, N. Y., has been shipped to Syracuse, 

 N. Y., and Mr. Reeves is no longer agent for our goods. If any 

 or our ctistomers in Northern New York have sent him orders and 

 have not received the goods, we should be pleased to get particu- 

 lars. 



Mr. E. E. Pressler, of Williamsport, Pa., seems to be handling 

 supplies from some other bouse, as De is not sending us his orders 

 this season, and has written customers that he could not supply 

 certain goods which we furnish. He has some stock of our goods, 

 which he is doubtless working of? when he gets orders for such. 



PREMIUM FRUIT-JAR. 



On another page of this issue will be found a half-page adv't 

 of this new jar, made in Cotleyville, Kan. We hope to have in 

 our next issue an illustration showing its constiuction more in de- 

 tail. It has a glass cover with ruuber ring, and seals with a 

 wire fastener. The opening is almost the full inside diameterof 

 the jar, or 3^ inches. The top and bottom are so made that jars 

 may be piled one upon another in a pyramid for display or stor- 

 ing. The pint and quart are of the same diameter, and have the 

 same size of opening. All three sizes take the same size of tops, 

 rubbers, and wire fasteners. We are puttin&in at Medina a half- 

 car of stock to supply the eastern trade, and lor western trade we 

 can ship direct from the factory in Kansas. I'he jars are put up 

 12 in a partitioned case, made of corrugated paper, which fully 

 protects them. We had a local shipment a few months ago all 

 the way from CotTeyville, Kan., and no jars were broken. The 

 price is 80 cts. per dozen for pints; $1.00 for quarts, and $1.25 

 lor half-gallons. Gross lots, 10 per cent less. Special prices to 

 dealers on application. 



NEW PRICES ON SWEBT-CLOVER SEED. 



This has some valuable traits, as standing frost and drouth, and 

 in some localities it is the nain honey-plant. About 6 or 8 lbs. of 

 the hulled seed, or 8 to 10 lbs. with the hulls on, are needed for 

 an acre. It will grow on almost any barren hillside, but it is 

 never a bad weed to exterminate. II it is mown down to pre- 

 vent seeding, the roots will soon die out. Sow in spring or fall. 

 In many pans of the country, sweet clover is now the main 

 honey-plant, and the quelity of the honey is equal, in the opin- 

 ion of many, to any in the world. The plant lives through the 

 dry summers in Utah. It succeeds well in the South. See 

 " leaflet " about sweet clover, sent free on application. 



We have on hand a good stock of choice white-clover seed, 

 both white and yellow. Of the white we have both hulled and 

 unhulled seed, and of the yellow we have at present about 250 

 lbs. hulled, and have engaged a lot of unhulled yellow which is 

 expected soon. It is usually difficult to supply the entire demand 

 for unhulled white and yellow, and we suggest immediate orders 

 to be sure of getting from our present stock. Prices are: 



In lots ... 1 lb. 10 lbs. 



Unhulled white, per lb. .15 .13 



Hulled white, per lb. .22 .20 



Hulled yellow, per lb." .22 .22 



These prices are all subject to market changes. 



KIND WORDS. 



About supplies, I must say yours are the best I can get for the 

 money, and I am always well pleased with them. 



Analomink, Pa., April 20, 1909. C. H. Gurr. 



1 am much pleased to be able to tell you that the golden Ital- 

 ian nuclei I got of you in October, 1907, did very well indeed 

 this year — far better than any of my native bees. 



Buenos Aires, So. Am., March 19, 1909. H. Holland. 



The queen arrived in fine order. 1 like the looks of those 

 bees — not too bright or light in color. It is quite likely we shall 

 have some further dealings before the season is over. 



Ailsa Craig, Ont., April 24, 1909. John McEwen. 



The southern-bred queen arrived all right, and has been suc- 

 cessfully introduced. We are well pleased with her. Thanks 

 for prompt and fair dealing. 



Summerville, Pa., April 22, 1909. W. P. Keeper. 



Last fall we got 1000 sections, 4x5, from , and they were 



of the make. We had too mu. h trouble in getting them to- 

 gether like some Hoffman frames from arother agent of yours in 

 New Mexico. They never came from Medina. We know 

 A. I. R. goods when we see them or when we feel of them. 



Tucson, Ariz., April 22, 1909. Gus Marvin. 



the coming GBNBRATION — WHAT SHALL IT BE? 



1 would not be without Gleanings, even if I didn't have 

 bees, as there is so much good reading in it. Let me say I ad- 

 mire your temperance spirit. I have belonged to the Temperance 

 Band 35 years, and have in all ways tried to help others and put 

 down old King Rum and make the coming generation clean and 

 bright instead of befogged half-witted sals. 



South Barre, Mass., April 26. Miss Myra A. Bemis. 



BEESWAX 



WANTED 



E are always in the market for bees- 

 and will pay the best market 



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price. We used li^st year in the manufac- 

 ture of Comb Foundation over 



EIGHTY TONS 



and are likely to need fully as much for 

 this year's trade. Send your wax direct to 

 us, being sure to pack it carefully for 

 safe shipment, and mark it so we can easily 

 tell who sends it. Write to us, at the same 

 time sending a shipping receipt, and stating 

 weight of shipment, both gross and net. 



We are paying at this date for pure aver- 

 age beeswax delivered here, 29 cents per 

 pound cash, or 31 cents in trade. On 

 choice yellow wax we pay a premium of 

 one to two cents a pound. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO 



