JUNE 1, 1912 



By Otjk Busenkss Majsager 



Our Philadelphia manager, Mr. Wru. A. Selser, 

 expects to continue lectures on beekeeping again 

 this year on our roof at 10 Vine Street, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., during May and June, every Tuesday and Fri- 

 day, between 11 and 12 o'clock. Visitors desiring to 

 see the actual work with the bee", and the various 

 manipulations of the hives, will be welcome at 

 these demonstrations. Of course, visitors are wel- 

 come at our store during all business hours, but for 

 lectures and demonstration work are invited par- 

 ticularly at the hours named. 



BEESWAX LOWKK. 



Because of the heavy winter loss of bees there is 

 an increasing lot of beeswax being offeied, as well 

 as a restricted demand for foundation, We have a 

 large supply on hand which should supply our 

 needs for the rest of this season. We quote for 

 shipments after this date 28 cts. cash or 30 in trade, 

 delivered here or at our branch stores. 



SECOND-HAND CANS. 



Just after going to press with our last Issue we 

 received an order for a carload of second-hand cans 

 which have been shipped to California. We still 

 have several hundred cases, but not enosgh for 

 another carload as yet. We shall be pleased to re- 

 ceive orders for what stock we have, as long as it 

 lasts — 83.00 for 10 cases: 25 cases or more, 25 cts. per 

 case of two cans. 



JONES PATTERN UNCAPPING-KNIVES. 



AVe have finally secured a sample lot of three 

 dozen Jones pattern honey-knives with blade IK 

 in. wide across the face, and two wide bevels meet- 

 ing on the opposite side. There are those who 

 consider this style of blade superior to the Bing- 

 ham. We can furnish these, while they last, at 

 SI. 00 each, and would like to get them out for trial 

 this season so as to determine whether they are 

 worthy of a place in our catalog for next season. 



By A, I. Root 



HOW TO TELL THE .STORY OF LIFE. 



The above is the title of a book of a little more 

 than 50 pages, by Professor T. W. Shannon, of Fred- 

 ericktown, Mo. Professor Shannon has not only 

 written several books, some of which have been re- 

 viewed in these columns already, but he is travel- 

 ing and giving lectures on this particular matter 

 of educating our children in regard to sexual mat- 

 ters before they have a chance to have their minds 

 poisoned along this very line by vicious associates. 

 May God strengthen our good brother that he may 

 long continue in the good work that he is doing for 

 the children of our nation just as they are budding 

 into manhood and womanhood. Now, in addition 

 to the excellent teaching of this book I would sug- 

 gest that an incubator is the best object-lesson in 

 the world for the children. With white-shelled 

 eggs, a magnifying-glass, and a good egg-tester, 

 such as I have described, the germ of the chick will 

 be visible in the egg at the end of two days: and the 

 growth is plainl.v visible every night and morning 

 from that time on. The children, with their sharp 

 eyes, will hardly need a glass or strong spectacles, 

 such as I use : and the growth Is so rapid they can 

 easily see the change between night and morning 

 and morning and night. Now. it is an easy matter 

 to explain, after they have witnessed these won- 

 derful developments, that humanity comes into 

 being in much the same way— the commencement 

 is microscopic. In a few days the beating of the lit- 

 tle heart can be plainly seen: the growth of the cir- 

 culatory system, and finally the motion of the 

 chick as it begins to find out it has legs and wings. 

 Explain to the children the consequences of rough 

 handling or lack of heat at this delicate stage. 

 From this the transition is easy to explain to them 



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how boys and girls are crippled or ruined for life, 

 or sent to the Insane or idiotic asylum just because 

 of improper meddling at a critical time with God's 

 sacred and delicate handiwork. This book will be 

 mailed to any address for 15 cents. 



B.^SSWOOD TREES FOR HONEY, LUMBER, SHADE, 

 AND OTHER PURPOSES. 



Toward forty years ago I decided that basswood 

 or linden yielded more honey In a short space of 

 time than any other tree or plant known. This 

 basswood honey is almost as light In color as any 

 other known. Perhaps the California water-white 

 sage would be ahead In that respect. But where 

 well ripened. It is so thick that you can turn over 

 a saucerful of it In average weather without hav- 

 ing it spill. When thoroughly ripened like this, 

 most people consider it equal to the best grades of 

 white-clover honey, if not superior to them. Of 

 course, raw unripened basswood honey, with its 

 strong aromatic flavor, is seldom liked by any- 

 body. It can. however, be ripened artlflcially, 

 either by the sun evaporators or properly con- 

 structed ovens, so as to be almost if not quite 

 equal to that ripened on the hive. Well, as a mat- 

 ter of course, after Gleanings has been teaching 

 this, year after year, there has been a correspond- 

 ing demand for basswood trees for shade in our 

 towns and cities, and for lumber where timber is 

 grown. I think It was more than forty years ago 

 that I sold several thousand basswoods to be 

 planted in the city of Dayton. Many of them are 

 now of large size. Until quite recently we ^ave 

 been sending our basswood trees, both in the fall 

 and spring, by mall and express, handling mary 

 thousands of them yearly. Since the writer has 

 been getting w ell along in years, and our manu- 

 facturing industry has assumed such large propor- 

 tions, there has not seemed to be anybody here In 

 Medina to keep up growing basswoods from the 

 seeds and caring for them in the nursery: and 1 

 have several times mentioned the fact that there is 

 a good opeiling for some beekeeper who has the 

 land, and Is located conveniently for a mail and 

 express business. By the way, 1 have frequently 

 had seedlings that came up In the spring grow 

 three feet the first season, and such trees sold read- 

 ily and rapidly for eight or ten cents each, depend- 

 ing on the number ordered, of course, most of 

 our nurserymen offer basswood or linden trees: but 

 they generally want from 25 cts. to SI. 00 apiece, 

 which beekeepers can not afford to pay. 



Now I am pleased to note that a great nursery 

 firm located at .South Framlngham. .Mass., near 

 Boston, on a place known as the "Little Tree 

 Farms." and doing business under the name of the 

 American Forestry Co., is growing basswoods not 

 only by the hundreds <rnd thousands, out by the 

 hundreds "/ thousands: and their prices for quan- 

 tities are quite similar to what we used to 

 offer. For instance, seedlings by the thousand. 6 

 to 12 Inches high, are offered as low as Si. 25 per 100: 

 for transplanted trees, 2 to 3 feet high, only S5.00 

 per 100. Of course. If you make small orders, say 

 for 5. 10. or 25 trees, you would have to pay a com- 

 paratively larger price. They have the American 

 basswood, the large-leafed European linden, and 

 the small-leafed European: and, what seems to be 

 a little singular, the European lindens are even 

 cheaper than the American. 



By the way. we have always been In the habit of 

 using the words "basswood" and "linden" inter- 

 changeably; but this firm calls the American tree 

 a "basswood," while the foreign trees are called 

 " linden. " I can not tell which of the two yields 

 the more honey. If there is any difference in this 

 respect. We have both kinds growing on our 

 place here, and one would hardly notice the dlflt :- 

 ence unless his attention were called to It. It 

 seems as If It would be a splendid thing for bee- 

 keepers to buy a lot of the little seedlings at SI. 25 

 per 100 or S8.00 per 1000. and transplant them Into 

 very rich garden soil. Then they can be moved to 

 their permanent place, sa.v when they are from 5 

 to 10 feet high. In this way the postage or expre!^s 

 charges would be comparatively light. 



I know I am giving this firm a pretty good write- 

 up: but when you see the literature they send out 

 with their catalog I think you will decide with me 

 that their literature is educational. I did not know 

 before that there was an institution in the world 

 that was doing so much In the way of growing for- 

 est trees of every description. They also furnish 

 seedfi of the different basswoods. 



