1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



821 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees and Fniitnien SISiHivt-s fur Cuba 



Bt'fdisciisf or Calit'ornia. ...K'JX, Ilivrs for 18!).'. ... 



Biaci' (oml.s KKhlaiice of 837 Ih.nev, Hr.s Tirnsferriiit'. 



Brood III Sliallow Chaiiibers.8:W lloncv, Sillinif, York on 



Cell-cup .\trliif.v',-< 84^1 K i iijiliirds 



<)onvfntion at St. Joseph.. ..84fiNiw Voik.The Poor in 

 •Convention Calvert's Rep't.8:« giieins Tliroiijrh Excluder!- 

 " '■'-■" - H.'iiiililcr at Hilton's 



Kohbiiin- To Stop 



Section lovnier, Improved. 



SinokeiFucl 



SiKuiish Kiimily 



Sw aiiiiiiitj. Preventinj? 



Sw.iniiinf.' a Habit 



Taxiderin\- 



Topolobainpo 



'hi:'M^^f^- 





IMPORTED ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Just as the last form was goino' to press a month 

 ago -we received t-R^euty-six fine tjueens by express 

 from Italy. We had room for only a three-line no- 

 tice calling attention to them. We have iust now 

 received seven more alive by mail. It is' not too 

 late in the season yet to introduce iiueens safely. 

 To reduce our surplus we will continue October 

 prices on queens for two weeks, or until Nov. 15th, 

 giving any an opportunity to get a fine breeding- 

 queen at a low price, ready for early breeding in 

 the spring. This Avill apply to tested as well as im- 

 ported Italian queens. 



EARLY-ORDEK DISCOUNT. 



Those who arc in the habit of taking advantage of 

 •early-order disi'ounts, and securing the supplies 

 needed the following spring, early in the fall and 

 winter, should remember tliat this is the last month 

 111 which the largest discount (6 per cent) is allowed. 

 Dec. 1 the per cent drops to i. Many more would 

 take advantage of these discounts if thev appreci- 

 ated all the advantages gained in so doing. In ad- 

 dition to the saving in price (sufficient, in many 

 cases, to pay the freight), you have ample time dur- 

 ing the long winter evening.s to get hives and crates 

 put up ready for use -when wanted. 



CARLOAD OF ALFALFA HONEY. 



Just as we go to press we are dally idoking for the 

 arrival of a carload of comb and ext racted alfalfa 

 honey from Reno, Nev. Tiiere is about six tons of 

 each kind; and, judging from former shipments 

 from the same place, there is no finer honey pro- 

 duced anywhere. At the international convention 

 at St. Joseph, Mo., it was agreed, by those who had 



tested alfalfa honey, that there was no honey su- 

 perior to it in body, Havor, and color, and every 

 other qiialirtcation that goes to make up a superior 

 honey. 



We already have orders booked for several thou- 

 sand pounds, wliich will be shipped out as quick as 

 car arrives. Our prices are, for extracted, in 60-lb. 

 cans, 9c per lb. for single can; 8i4c per 11). for a, 

 case of 3 cans, or 8c per lb. for 3 cases or more. 



Comb honey, less than 100 lbs., 16c; 1(0 lbs. or 

 more, crated to carry safely by freight, ir.c. 



If you haven't sufficient choice honey to supply 

 your home market, order some of this, and your 

 customers will be greatly i leased with it. 



Later.— T\w car has just arrived. 



iISHING MITTEN. 



Tliere are very few house- 

 keepers who do not have a 

 stove to black, and many take 

 pride in making it shine. One 

 of the best implements for this 

 purpose IS the polish ing-mitten 

 shown herewith. This is a wo- 

 man's Invention, and a good 

 one too, as you might know. 

 It consists of a mitten of oil- 

 cloth, faced with sheep or 

 lamb's skin tanned with the wool on. The mitten is 

 accompanied by a dauber, also of wool on the hide. 

 Those who have tried the mitten are loud in its 

 praise. They are usually sold for 35 cts. postpaid. 

 We can furnish them for 35 cts. postpaid, or, with 

 other goods, not postpaid, 3(1 cts. each, or $1.80 per 

 doz.; 3 doz., $4.50. We will send one free, poslpaid, 

 for one new subscription to Gleanings at Sl.OO. 



Kind Words From Our Customers, 



T have received every copy of Gleanings since I 

 have been a subscriber. I don't think I could keep 

 house without it. Each number comes promptly on 

 time. I can not estimate the value it is to me. I 

 prize it above all of my other journals, for it is al- 

 ways full of good things, and is prompt. 



Dove Park, Ark., Aug. 6. J. W. Morris. 



more than pleased with the GOODS. 



My supplies arrived in ten days from shipment, 

 in good condition. I am more than pleased with 

 the Crane smoker. I would not take ten dollars for 

 it if I could not get another like it. Your one-piece 

 sections I like well. Tliey look the best and neatest 

 of any we have ever liad in this section. I have 

 many of them filled with basswood honey; some 

 were finished in ei^ht days after putting them on. 

 The basswood How was good, lasting ten days. T 

 shall get about 700 lbs. of comb and 300 of extracted, 

 from IT colonies. Frank Champeon. 



Exeter, Me., Aug. 13. 



Costel low's Egg=Box. 



This is an invention of great value to poultrymen in gen- 

 eral, and to those who ship eggs for hatching in particular. 

 The box is complete in itself, nothing in the way of pack- 

 ing being required. It is only necessary to place the eggs 

 in the box, and fasten the cover down; they are securely 

 held in place by lia-ht springs, which allow no play in any 

 direction, but which hold them suspended in the center of 

 the box, where they are secure from all jar, thumping, or 

 breakage 



The springs are so constructed that they will lu)ld with 

 equal security and ease any size of hen's egg. The single 

 box will successfully carry any number of eggs from one 

 to fifteen, and the double box any number from one to 



— thirty. The cover is secured by metal fastenings on each 



end, not shown in the engraving. It is well adapted to 



rning the box over every few days, eggs in it will keep sound and 



PRICES. 



Sample. Per doz. 5 doz. 



lo-eggbox $ 26 $180 $8 35 



30-eggbox 3,5 3(10 14 oo 



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A. I. ROOT. MEDINA. OHIO. 



keepi 



good 



iier prices, as, by tu 

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