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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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It is folly to bp without fruit in its season, 

 when it is so easily raised. W. R. Gkannis. 

 Lodi. O.. July r.'.i. 



[l^erhaps it is no more than fair to inform 

 our readers that, wlien the article above was 

 written, friend (irannis had not seen our last 

 issue. This would account for some trifling 

 repetition. — Ed.] 



[BUSINESS^ 



BEESWAX DECLINED. 



Until further notice we will pay 23 cents cash, or 

 2."> cts. in trade, for averag-e beesw'a.x delivered here. 

 Tins IS a reduction of Ic a lb. from last quotation. 

 Be sure j'ou put your name and address in ship- 

 ments of wax sent to us, and advise us by mail at 

 same time. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



We shipped aTarload of ffoods last week to Colo- 

 rado, consisting- mostly of honev-cases and canta- 

 loupe-crates, and some foundation and sections. 

 There seems to be a fairly jfood crop of honey in 

 that State this year, judg-inj? from a few reports 

 received, and the demand for g-oods in that section. 



HONEY-CASKS. 



While we expected to be shut, down durins- July 

 and August, we have been oblisred to keep going- on 

 full time, making up goods required on orders. We 

 have made many thousand shipping-cases for comb 

 honey: and, judging from the demand on us for 

 these, there must not only he a pretty fair crop of 

 honey, tiut the cases we furnish must meet the bee- 

 keepers' needs in style, quality, and price. See page 

 30 of our catalog for full description and prices. 



Choice white i-omb, 1-lb. sections. l(5c per lb. in ICO- 

 Ib. lots. Choice extracted in (iO II). cans, 9c per U*; 

 ~ cans in a case, s(4l'; lots of 2 cases or more, fa. 

 White-sage honey, ci-op of ISKI?. X c |)er lb. less. 

 Most of the comb and exti-a(-ied we are able to se- 

 cure is from basswood, as there was little gathered 

 from white clover this year. 



HONEV-P.\CK.\(iES. 



Demand for new honey is opening up (juitc bi-isk- 

 ly, and we have been siiipping comb about as fast 

 as received, and we aie sold ahead on extracted. 

 We handle extracted only in (id-lb. cans; have had 

 some offers in kegs and barrels, which we could not 

 accept on account of the package. 1 believe if all 

 honey-dealers once learned the comfort and con- 

 verdeiice of handling honey in tj(l-lb. tins they would 

 not tolerate kegs and barrels. In so far as handling 

 is concerned, there is no doubt that kegs and barrels 

 will roll, and thus move about more easily than the 

 tins boxed. But it is the leakage from kegs and 

 barrels which makes us constant annoyance and 

 loss We recently received a sjimple half-birrel of 

 old hone.v. It arrived without leakage, becavise 

 candied solid. We set the bari-el in our tulj of 

 water to heat and liquefy, not noticing that some 

 of the chimes were broken. Before we discovered 

 it. and I'efore the honey was fully melted, over ten 

 per cent had leaked out into the water, and wc had 

 a swarm of bees after the sweets. We become more 

 opposed every year, by stmie sucli experience, to 

 handling honey in kegs. It is true, they cost a little 

 less tlnin cans; hut 1 will venture to say that more 



honey is lost in leakage to pay the dltlerence. We 

 were chosen umpire in .several cjises of dissatisfac- 

 tion last .season, where honey had been shii)ped in 

 barrels, and had reached the consignee Aiore than 

 half lost by leakage. In one ca.se there was only (.'> 

 lbs. ol honey left in a large barrel. It is well 

 enough to put low grades of honey, which are used 

 in maiuifactures, into barrels if they are well coo- 

 pn-cd: but to us it .seems foolish to put choice ex- 

 tracted ho ne.N up in kegs or barrels when the (iO-lb. 

 cans are .so mu<-h superior. Some one says, " It's all 

 very well for you to run down kegs atid barrels, 

 and advocate cans, when you sell t he latter. It is 

 simply self interest to do so." We say emphatically, 

 it is ixit self-interest, but our honest convictions^ 

 regardless of the consideration whether we do or do 

 not sell cans. Por that matter, we sell barrels and 

 kegs as well, to those who will htive them; and we 

 have as much margin on their .sale, so that, whether 

 we f^ell this or that package, has no elfect whatever 

 on our convictions fornied liy years of experience 

 with different kinds of |)ac-kages. The experience 

 of others may difter from ours, and we should be 

 glad to get tln> views of those who have handled 

 honey in considerable quantities as to the best 

 package to use. 



The aho%e cut shows oui i)0|)nl ti oil slutted 

 hiushi I hi)j We ha\e two otlui si\les; one has 

 si, itted bottom a)id sides with solid ( nds m three 

 |)H»ces called t\\v ^Itttlnl hu'^lii I Inn The oihei has 

 solid ends and close bottom ,ind .iicies, and is bound 

 with galvanized iron and called the galvanized hinutd 

 ho.r. These boxes were devised b.v T. B. Terry for 

 handlina- potatoes, for which purpose nothing could 

 be handier. The potatoes are picked up into the 

 boxes in the field and left in them till sold. Other 

 crops, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and apples are 

 being- handled in these same boxes. They are of 

 such a size that two go crosswise in an ordinary 

 wagon-box. Outside measure is H!ix\ii?ixl2K deep, 

 and they hold a bushel of potatoes level full so they 

 can be piled one upon another. The above cut 

 shows two all-slatted boxes nailed up, and a bundle 

 o: 15 alongside; 13 of the 1.5 are in the Hat, packed 

 inside the other two, and nails of the |)ro))er kinds 

 are included. The xlatted and {lalvaulzrd tmniid boxes 

 are put up In the same way, e.vcept there are only 12 

 in a package instead of 1.5. Each package weighs 

 about 85 to 90 lbs. 



eUICE LIST. 



All-slatted bushel box, per crate of 15 $1 .50 



Slatted bushel box, per crate of 12 1 .50 



Galvanized bound bushel box, per crate of 13 3 10 



In lots of ten crates, 5 per cent discount will be 

 deducted. Price each, nailed, 1.5, 18, and 22 cents, 

 respectively. A 2(i-page pamphlet called Handling- 

 Farm Produce, telling all about these boxes, mailed 

 free on application. 



FOR <sAI F ^" lots to suit, in good condi- 



i \ji\ oriLL,, lion (Italians and hybrids) also 



(\(\ CC\\ niVFF<s '"' "f Dovetailed "hives, wax 



UU V'ULUi'^IL;^ .,„fi |,o„ey extractors, etc., 



OF RFF^ complete in.side furniture for 



\Ji L»u,L,0, all hives. Langstroth frames. 



Address BENJ. B. GRISWOLD, Jr., 

 Catonsville, Bait. Co., Md. 



