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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr 1. 





BUSIKESS^ 





BUSINESS AT THJS DATE. 



Orders are coming- at a lively rate, and are beinp- 

 slilpped quite as lively. Very few remain untllled 

 longer tlian four days after heing received. We 

 are running on fiili 1 ime to our full capacity, and 

 have about all we can do to keep oiders filled 

 promptly. This we are bound to do at all hazards, 

 even if we have to run over time. Send on your 

 orders for any thing in our line, and we will do our 

 best 1o serve you promptlj' with goods that will 

 please you. 



BEE-KEEPING IN RUSSIA. 



If the demand for comb-foundation machines is 

 an indication, imjiroved beekeeping is on the in- 

 crease in Russia. Two years ago in March we sent 

 over ^hereashipmentof eight foundation-machines; 

 last year the number was tliirteen, and we are now 

 executing an order for sixteen machines. We 

 have recently seni two 14-incli mills to Spain; some 

 i! or 10 to Australia; quite a number to France, 

 Germany, Austria, and some to England. 



SHORT NOVICE HONEY-KNIVES. 



We have received two and a half dozen of Novice 

 honey -knives, with biHdes from one to two inches 

 shorter than the regular length of seven inches. 

 These will be just right for uncapping shallow 

 frames, and very convenient for scraping frames 

 and hives, transfer? ing, etc. We offer them for 50c 

 ■each, or 5.ic by mail postpaid. This is two-thirds the 

 price of the regular Novice honev -knife. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



Owing to a very unfavorable season, the maple 

 product of this section is only about a third the usu- 

 al amount We are obliged, therefore, to advance 10 

 cents per gallon on the price of syrup quoted in 

 this department in last issue, making the price $1.10 

 per gal., or $1.00 in 10-gallon lots or more. Sugar 

 will be 10c per lb. for first grade; 9c for M, and 8c 

 for third; Kc per lb. off in ."SO- lb. lots, and Ic off in 

 barrel lots of 300 lbs. We will not guarantee to fill 

 all orders at these prices, but think we can do so. 



SPRAY PUMPS AND SPRINKLERS. 



Those interested in these goods will find them list- 

 ed again on the inside cover pages of this issue. I 

 hardly think you will find pumps of equal value of- 

 fered elsewhere for the low prices we name. Those 

 who wish to buy in quantities, or act as atrents, will 

 do well to write for our wholesale prices, stating 

 which pumps they desire prices on, and, if possible, 

 the number wanted. As we have bought for tiiis 

 season nearly a thousand pumps and sprinklers, we 

 are prepared to give bottom prices. 



STERESCOPIC VIEWS. 



A manufacturer of stere8coi)ic views in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., has become interested in bees, and we 

 have traded him some supplies for views We have 

 secured a lot of views of the Centennial Exposition, 

 some four hundred different subjects, mounted on 

 fine cards, 43:^ x 7 inches, wliich we can_ sell at 3c 

 each, 30c per dozen. By mail, 4c each or 3iic per 

 dozen. We (^an, for a 2-ceiit stamp, mail you a 66- 

 page catalog of oriental, foreign, and American 

 views, giving a list of subjects, with number to 

 order by. These views, nicely mounted on cai'ds, 

 3V4x7in.,we can mail postpaid at $1.10 per dozen, 

 or $i;J.(K) per gross, your own selection. 



CATALOGS. 



We have printed and miiiled, since Jan. 1, about 

 one hundrtKl thousand of our cjitalogs of bee-keep- 

 ers' supplies, and wehaven't got nearly through our 

 list of names yet. We are going 1o niake u)) a 

 new list of names to mail to during 1 he rest of this 

 year. IJy means of this list all (hii)licates will be 

 eliminated, and also names of those no longer in- 

 terested in bees. In sending the last catalog on the 

 ■old list we have inclosed in e:ich one a card to be 

 returned, filled out with address of sender, if fur- 

 ther catalogs are desired. We want to send at least 



once each year one of our catalogs to everyone 

 interested. " Readers of Gleanings will, of course, 

 be In tlie new list; and we want, besides, the names 

 of all bee-keepers. Our new list of names will be 

 so arranged, each on a card by itself, thnt we can 

 always keep it fresh, and containing nn!y the names 

 of those who want the catalog; and we hope to send 

 them one each year. 



SPECI.VL SECTIONS. 



Of the special sections at special prices offered in 

 last issue, we are sold out of the regular size, !'« 

 wide, both here and at Bankers, Mich. We do not 

 have ecougli No. 3 to supply the demand. If any of 

 those who order IJs-inch cream or No. 3 can use 1 !g 

 or IJi inch instead, or a pare of each, we can till 

 their orders with these \\idths, of which we still 

 have a goodly quantity. We will let the llg go in at 

 cream-grade "price, $3.00 per lOCO. though they wei-e 

 made for No. 1 white, two years ago. What fe w 1 'p, 

 inch creams we get in making No. 1 will be, from 

 now on, sold at regular catalog price, 5t:c per It.oO 

 less than white. 



NEW FAVORITE FAMILY SCALES. 



The manufacturers of 

 t h e Favorite Family 

 scale liave recently im- 

 proved this convenient 

 household article by 

 making- the case of sheet 

 steel instead of cast iron. 

 Either size, 13 or 24 lb., 

 boxed tor shipment, 

 weighs now only ,t lbs. 

 The adjoining cut shows 

 the scale. You notice, 

 right under the platform 

 is a screw. By turning 

 this screw you can take 

 off' the tare for any ves- 

 sel placed on the scale, 

 bringing the pointer to 

 4-lb., *3.50. 



AUGITE STOVE-MAT. 



We .supposed the 

 last time we fixed 

 prices on stove- 

 mats that it would 

 not be necessary 

 to go any lo-wer ; 

 but heie we come 

 again, with anoth- 

 er reduction. The 

 mat we handle i;^ 

 the original An- 

 gite, superior tc 

 any other, and is 

 stiil flist quality. 



Prices liereaftei 

 will be 1.5c each, 

 postpaid; 3 for 4( 

 cts. ; $1.35 a doz.. 

 postpaid. By ex- 

 pri'ssor freight, at 

 your expense, oi 

 ■with other goods. 10c eiuMi; 3 for 35; 75c per doz.; ( 

 doz., S4.35; 13 doz. for $S.OO. Send on your ordei s. 



gleanings binders. 



As ])T-omised in last issue we present above a cut 

 of the binder we have adopted for Gleanings. It 

 has a half-oval block of wood bound into the back 

 so that it sliows in the case as a full volume, wheth 

 er it has one or more numbers in it. ^ ou no- 



