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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 1 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



We have several fine lots of fancy No. 1 and No. 2 

 amber comb honey at prices which will pay you to ob- 

 tain. Do not forgpt that we have all grades of white 

 and buckwheat comb honey. 



If you can use any amber extracted we can supply 

 you with a single can or a carload. If you need honey 

 of any grade, let us quote you prices and send you 

 free samples before you place your orders. 



Convention Notices. 



EARLY-ORDER DISCOUNTS. 



Our cash discount for orders placed during this 

 month is four per cent. There is a double advantage 

 in getting good:^ early— you save quite a good margin 

 on your purchase, and you have the goods early 

 enough so that you can get them ready for use long 

 before they are actually needed, and while other work 

 is slack too. It is easy to anticipate your needs in 

 hives, frames, and sections, at least, and you may as 

 well get these now and take advantage of the dis- 

 count. We are in better shape to take prompt care of 

 orders now than we shall be later when the spring 

 rush begins. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



"fruit and vegetable growing in manatee CO., 



FLORIDA." 



The Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., has just put out 

 a very pretty little pamphlet with the above title, that 

 will tell you more about Manatee Co., Fla.. than any 

 thing else I know of. The pictures showing the amount 

 of crops grown are probably taken from successful 

 gardeners; but after looking it over carefully, so far 

 as I can see it is a truthful account of conditions around 

 our Florida home. If you want it, address Seaboard 

 Air Line Railway Co., Portsmouth, Va. 



TO THE kind friends WHO ARE WRITING ME IN MY 

 FLORIDA HOME. 



Please, friends, do not send orders here, in Florida, 

 for any kind of goods advertised by The A. I. Root Co. 

 While I am here I have nothing to sell and nothing to 

 even give away except advice, and not more of that, 

 to any one person, than what I can put on a postal. Do 

 not send me any money — not even postage-stamps. 1 

 really have not time to bother with them. Put just an 

 addressed postal card in your letter, and then I need 

 not take time to try to read your name if it should be 

 long and crooked. I have spent a great part of my life 

 in trying to read hurried writing, and bothering with 

 " stuck " postage-stamps ; but now that I am seventy 

 years old I am sure you will excuse me a little. Now, 

 do not let the above prevent you from coming to me 

 whenever my opinion (on a postal) will be of any 

 value to you. 



" POULTRY SECRETS." 



This little book, published by the Philadelphia Farm 

 Journal, is now in its ninth edition and 60th thousand. 

 When I first got the new edition I looked it over and 

 said, " May the Lord be praised that the Farm Journal 

 -folks have gotten out such a beautiful and valuable 

 book for the low price of only 25 cents! The poultry- 

 men who have been charging from 25 cents to $1.00 for 

 their poorly printed little tracts of a dozen pages or 

 less ought to be ashamed of themselves when they 

 take a look at this beautiful book, or anybody who 

 loves chickens. Why, it is worth almost 25 cents to 

 look the book over on the outside, without opening it 

 at all. It is a gem of artistic work. The editors of all 

 of our poultry journals ought to be ashamed of them- 

 selves too. I think they would be if they would ask 

 every person who wants to advertise some secret to 

 send them a sample of their great invention or "new 

 system." 



This book is sent to every one who sends $1.00 for the 

 Farm Journal for five years. Let me say again that 

 where such a valuable high-toned home paper (see ex- 

 tract on p. 714, Nov. 15, as an illustration) can be had 

 for the ridiculously small amount of 20 cents, a farmer 

 (and I might almost say everybody else) should cer- 

 tainly have it in the family; and the quickest and sur- 

 est way to be sure that it comes right along without 

 stopping is to send $1.00 for the whole five years at 

 once, and then you get this poultry-book free. We 

 can m?il the book from this office for 25 cents if you 

 prefer to send to us for it. 



NEW YORK ASSOCIATION. 



The annual meeting of the New York State Associa- 

 tion of Bee-keepers' Societies will be held in the City 

 Hall, Albany, Dec. 8 and 9. Arrangements have been 

 made for accommodations at the Globe Hotel at $2.00 

 per day. An interesting program is being prepared. 

 C. B. Howard, Sec, Romulus, N. Y. 



W. D. Wright, Committee on Local Arrangements, 

 Altamont, N. Y. 



FILLMORE COUNTY. MINN.. ASSOCIATION. 



The eighth annual meeting of the Fillmore County 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held in the Court- 

 house, Preston, Minn., Dec. 8 and 9. The following is 

 the program, beginning at 1 P.M. first day: 



Call to order; reading of minutes; reports of secre- 

 tary, treasurer, and committees. 



"Producing Comb Honey," by E. Rank and J. J. 

 Kadlets. 



" Keeping Bees as a Side Line," by E. R. Antrim. 



" The Importance of Good Young Queens," by P. B. 

 Ramer. 



"A Sure and Simple Method to Prevent Swarming," 

 by Dr. H. Jones. 



Questions and answers. 



Evening session, 7 o'clock: 



"Marketing Honey," by E. W. Pust. 



" The Ravages of Foul Brood, and How to Treat it." 

 Discussion by members. 



" Filling Frames with Full Sheets of Foundation to 

 Secure Perfect Comb." 



Second day, 8 a.m. 



Address by President M. V. Facey. 



Has the Association been a success? What can we 

 do to improve it? 



Exhibitions of the best manipulations of appliances 

 for securing best results. Exhibit by bee-keepers. 



Awarding prizes by judges; election; adjournment. 



Harmony, Minn. P. B. Ramer, Sec. 



COLORADO ASSOCIATION. 



The following is the program of the thirtieth annual 

 convention of the Colorado State Bee-keepers' Associ- 

 ation, Dec. 7 and 8, 1903, in the Senate Chamber of the 

 Capitol, Denver, beginning at 10 A.M.: 



Opening. Reading of minutes. Reports of officers. 



Annual address of the President. 



Reports of standing committees. 



"Control of Swarming in the Production of Comb 

 and Extracted Honey," by Herman Rauchfuss. 



Discussion, led by M. A. Gill. Question-box. 



Afternoon session, 1 : 30. 



"The Relation between Producer and Buyer, and 

 best Method for a Small Producer to Market his Hon- 

 ey," by W. W. Hickox. 



Discussion, H. Hayward and A A. Lyons. 



" Shipping Bees by Rail," by M. A. Gill. 



Discussion, led by W. C. Dyer. Question-box. 



" Spring Management," by Oliver Foster. 



Discussion, led by W. P. Collins. 



Evening session, 7 : 30. 



" Proper Supering to Insure Best Results," by Wal- 

 ter Martin. Question-box. 



"Relation of Bee-keeper to Fruit-grower," by V. 

 Devinney. Discussion, led by W. L. Porter. 



" Best Honey-producing Flora — Can we Improve it 

 Artificially? " and short discussion (with illustrations 

 if possible) on the anatomy of the honey-bee," by 

 Prof. C. P. Gillette. 



Dec. 8, morning session, 10 o'clock. 



" Overstocking Bee Territory — How Many Colonies 

 will Do it? " by W. C. Dyer. 



Discussion, led by A. J. McCarthy. 



" Methods of Making Increase," by C. H. Howard. 



Discussion, led by Lockie Steele. 



"Grading Comb and Extracted Honey," by Wesley 

 Foster. 



Discussion, led by N. L. Henthorne. 



Afternoon session, 1 : 30. 



"Taking Off Honey, and Preparing Bees for Win- 

 ter," by R. C. Aiken. 



" Business Methods for Honey-producers," by Frank 

 Rauchfuss. 



Election and qualification of officers. 



Appointment of standing committees. 



