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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



We shall be glad to have the address of some breeder who can 

 furnish good Cyprian queens, both tested and untested. We be- 

 lieve it would be a good plan for any breeder who can furnish 

 this race to advertise in Gleanings. We have had several in- 

 quiries this spring for Cyprian queens, and have not been able 

 to get them for our customers. 



HOW TO KBBP BEBS. 



We have a few copies of this book, with slightly discolored 

 covers, but practically as good as new. which we can furnish at 

 75 cts. each postpaid. Regular price is $1.00 postpaid. 



TYPEWRITERS. 



We have several typewriters, good as new, for any one with 

 limited work, which we can furnish at half the cost of new ma- 

 chines. Particulars on application. 



BREEDING-QUEENS. 



We have on hand a lot of extra-fine breeding queens from 

 mothers of select, imported, and red-clovei strains, at $6.00, $9.00, 

 and $12.00 each. Select tested queens, $3.50; tested at $2.50. 

 We can send these by return mail. 



ALEXANDER'S BOOK. 



Alexander's book is now ready for delivery. It will be sold 

 only in connection with a subscription io Gleanings. New or 

 old subscribers may secure it by the payment of $1.00 for one 

 year in advance, and enough to cover any back dues, if any. 



PROMPT SHIPMENTS. 



While we are a few days behind on orders we can often send 

 a large part of any order at once if so requested when the order is 

 sent. To add to an order during the busy season is apt to delay 

 it. If possible, send enough orders when more goods are wanted 

 to make a minimum local shipment, say 100 lbs. or more, rather 

 than add to an order already filling. This applies particularly to 

 our busy season of May and June. 



CORRUGATED-PAPER SHIPPING-CASES. 



In this issue we show another style of shipping-case for comb 

 honey, which is all creased and pasted together, but folded flat, 

 and which can be easily assembled as shown in the illustra- 

 tions. Cases of this style are a little more expensive than the 

 Crane style, as they require more material, because they are 

 double on top and bottom where the Crane are only single. We 

 call the style shown a month ago the Crane, or twolid style, 

 and this the lap-end style. We quote as follows on both styles, 

 in lots of not less than 100 shipped direct from factory: 

 Size and style of case. Crane. Lap-end. 



100 100 



For 24 sections, 4^x4^x1% $18.50 $20.00 



For 24 sections, 4Kx4Kxl^ 18.00 19.50 



For 24 sections, 4x5 X ij^s 18.00 19.50 



For 24 sections, Sji X 5 x 154 18.00 19.50 



ODD LOTS OF SECTIONS. 



We have accumulated a few odd lots in special-sized sections 

 which some of our readers may have a place for. We give the 

 list of sizes, with the price for the lot, as follows: 



1000 four-piece Dovetailed, 4}4x4MxliS, closed top, $5.00 for 

 the lot. 



3000 one-piece 4^x4Hxl%, No. 1, $5.20 per 1000. 



1500 one-piece 4Kx4^xlK. No. 2, $4.70 per 1000. 

 500 one-piece 5Kx6x2, open top and bottom. No. 1, $3.00. 

 800 one-piece SHxtxlyi, open top and bottom, No. 1, $4.00 

 for the lot. 



800 one-piece 5^x6x1%, open top and bottom, No. 2, $3.50 

 for the lot. 



500 one-piece 3jix5xl%, open top and bottom. No. 1, $2.50 

 for the lot. 



The first-mentioned lot is iV. inch shorter on the bottom than 

 on the top, and is especially adapted for use on T tins. 



We have at Syracuse, N. Y., 5000 four-piece dovetailed sec- 

 lions, 45ix45<^xl/4, two-beeway, which we offer at $4.00 per 

 1000; $18.00 for the lot; 2000 four-piece dovetailed sections, 4K 

 x4Kx2, two-beeway, at $5.00 per 1000; $9.00 for the lot. 



PREMIUM JAR. 



Here is an illustration of the Premium fruit-jar mentioned in 

 this department in our last issue. 

 By the time this number is in 

 your hands we expect our half-car 

 of stock will have arrived, so that 

 we shall be prepared to furnish 

 them as follows: 



Pints, doz.,80 c; 12 doz., $ 7.20 

 Qu'ts, doz. $1.00; 12 doz.. 10.80 

 2 q'ts, doz. $1.25; 12 doz , 13.50 



This jar has a glass cover wifh 

 rubber ring, and seals with a wire 

 fastener. The opening is almost 

 the full inside diameter of the 

 jar, or 35<i inches. The top and 

 bottom are so made that jars may 

 be piled one upon another in a 

 pyramid for display or storing. 

 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, rings, 

 and wire fasteners. 



Dealers and agents supplied at 

 reduced prices, which will be quoted on application. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT SEED. 



The time is near at hand for sowing buckwheat which is not 

 only good for honey but for the grain as well. We have already 

 put out three acres, which we will plow under in July, and sow 

 again for seed. We hope to get in this way two crops of honey, 

 and one of grain for seed. We have on hand a good stock of 

 Japanese which we offer by mail at 15 cts. per lb., postpaid. By 

 freight or express, not prepaid, bags included, 45 cts. per peck; 

 80 cts. per half-bushel; $1.50 per bushel; $2.50 per bag of two 

 bushels. 



For those who prefer the silverhull variety we can supply it in 

 not less than two-bushel lots at $2.75 per bag of two bushels, di- 

 rect from the producer in Luna, III. Do not order silverhull in 

 small lots or for shipment from Medina, as we can not furnish it 

 except as stated. 



Convention Notices. 



At the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Society of Bee- 

 keepers, held in Boston, April 3, the following officers were 

 elected for the present year: President, E. C. Britton, Canton, 

 Mass.; First Vice-president, W. A. Small, Waltham, Mass.; 

 Second V'ice-president, X. A. Reed, Belmont, Mass.; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, S. J. C. Needham, Hotel Eliot, Roxbury, Mass. 

 It was voted to hold the annual field day at the apiary of H. W. 

 Britton, Stoughton, Mass., Aug. 7. E. C. Britton, Pres. 



