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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mah. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



I'ublishfd Setnl-MoHthlij. 



.^. I. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS. $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTFMID. 



For Clutbing Eites, Sea First Page cf Eeadit: llit'.sr. 



Fear not. little floeki for it is your FatVier's nood |ilea'in( 

 to give ^ oil tlie kingdom. —IA'KK 12. .'K. 



B.iUXES" I>.iTEl?T l.Ml'K()VKI> I'OWEU BUZ/. S.WV. 



Will those who have jiurcliased these inachiiics, 

 please tell us how they work? ]f itossibk', liow thej' 

 work compared with the old st.yle? 



(iREGOKY'S LITTLE BOOK OX FEKTI LIZEK.S. 



After a hast.v review of the sample copy sent us, 

 we think the work is one that will prove of very 

 much value to every one engaged in raising- plants. 

 See advertisement in this issue. 



DISCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF .M.\RCH. 



These are the same as those given for February; 

 namely, 10 per cent off on foundation, and .5 per 

 cent off on sections; but only 3 per cent, instead of 

 ;i, additional, on orders received during the month. 



MATTER FOR GLE.^NINOS. 



Again we tind it iminissible to find room for 

 .great numbers of good articles. I'nder such cir- 

 cumstances, we are compelled to use the best of 

 our judgment in deciding what shall or shall not 

 fill the pages. 



SENDING I'S BEK-HIVES TO KX.\.MINE. 



Don't send me any more beehives without tlrst 

 writing nie about them. We have not room to store 

 them until we can write you, and I have not time to 

 look them over, to pass an opinion on them. Be- 

 sides, I do not believe we want any more hives than 

 we have already. There are too many now. If you 

 have something that is away ahead of any thing 

 heretofore discovered, give me a rude sketch of it 

 on a piece of paper. After looking at this, if I want 

 to see the hive I will tell you. * 



ANOTHER BEE-.JOURNAL. 



A VERv pretty-looking journal on bees and jjoul- 

 try, called /fai/.s of Liijht, is at hand. The name, 

 certainly, is different enough from any other now 

 in the field to prevent confusion on that score, and 

 I don't suppose we shall ever have too many "raj'S 

 of light" while the world stands. We have been a 

 little backward lately about mentioning new jour- 

 nals, because so many start up, run a little while, 

 and stop without even so niuch as making good 

 their une.xpircd subscriptions. I have been won- 

 dering if it wouldn't be a good plan for new bee- 

 journals to give some refei-ence in regard to their 

 standing, and flnanciftl ability to keep the thing 

 going for a whole j'ear at least. Hays of Litjht comes 

 from J. .1. Martin \' Co., North Manchester, Ind., 

 who is quoted by Bradstreet as having means and 

 ability to publish at Icagt a ."i'l-cent magazine. 



MLTH .S (OLD-BLAST SMOKERS. 



oiTR old friend Muth has startel something new 

 in the way of a smoker having a bellows made of 

 tin, so the smoker is all tin except the leather. 

 This all-metal cold-blast smoker is much like ours 

 in appearance, except the material of which the 

 bellows is made. I'l-ice ."lO cts., or f1\e for f 3.0(1. By 

 mail, 35 cts. e.xtra. An improvement on this, which 

 he calls the "Perfection," has a valve in the lieiit air- 

 tube, to prevent the smoke from being drawn iiack 

 into the bellows. Price of the Perfection, 'Jy cts.; 

 five for #8.00; either of the above, 35 cts. e.vtra 

 when sent by mail. The third is a muzzle feeder, 

 something on the style of Bingham's. The flre-pot, 

 also, has an e.xtra covering of tin, to prevent burn- 

 ing the fingers. I'liee of muzzle feeder, !f].35, or 

 fi\e for $5.00. By mail, ■io cts. each extra. Wc can 

 furnish them at the above figures. 



NICE HONEY FOR ONLY 7 CTS. I'ER LB. 



One of the bee-friends has just sent us a beauti- 

 ful lot of honey in sap-pails, and he wants the pails 

 right back for sugar-making. A good part of the 

 honey is clover, but is flavored more or less with 

 basswood, and it is/*cau</i(U/(i't7i- /((Kifjy. To close it 

 out at once, he ottered it at such a low price that I 

 can send you a .58 lb. iron-jacket can full at only 7'; 

 cts. per lb., or an even .14.35 for the whole package 

 (the iron-jacket can being worth .58 cts.). If you 

 will take two cans full, you may have it for only 7 

 cts. per lb., or an even *8.00 for the whole 116 lbs.. 

 cans included. Of course, this otter is for immedi- 

 ate orders. Sample free on application. 



P. S.— We have just secured two barrels of rasp- 

 berry honey, which we will sell at the same price as 

 the above; or if you will take a whole barrel of 4(5 

 gallons, we will make itti'j cts. No charge for the 

 barrel. Sample of the latter, also, free on applica- 

 tion. 



A CRATE TO HOLD SECTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR 

 THE CHAFF HIVE. 



We are now making a crate of this description on 

 the J. E. Moore plan. It holds 33 regular Simplicity 

 sections, or 36 T-to-the-foot sections. Of course, 

 this style of crate does not admit of the use of sep- 

 arators. The pi-ice of the crates, made up, is 30 cts. 

 Two of them fill the upper story of a chatt' hive nice- 

 ly, taking 64 ordinary sections, or 73 7l,o-the-l'oot 

 sections. Now, although this arrangement takes 

 nearly the same number of sections as the wide 

 frames, the expense of the arrangement is consider- 

 ablyless. As to whether we would advise thisinpref- 

 erencc to the arrangement of wide frames, we Cim 

 not answer. The .1. E. :Moore case has been received 

 with considerable favor, and doubtless many will 

 prefer the arrangement. One good thing in their 

 favor is, that you can get at the lower story so much 

 easier, having only two cases to remove instead of 

 ten wide frames. Wc can furnish the above in the 

 Hat at the same price as there gular S. size; viz., 1, 

 16c; 10, $1.:;5;100, .tl3.00. 



l!.VSSWOI>U-TREES, DIFFERENT Sl'EClES. 



In Kllwangcr & IJarry's illustrated catalogue ol 

 ornamental trees for 1886, you will find mentioned 

 ■14 different varieties of basswood, or linden. T was 

 at first tempted to order a tree of each kind, to test 

 them for honey; but a good many of them cost a 

 dollar apiece, so it would be a somewhat expensive 

 experiment. The distinguishing features, as I un- 

 derstand it, are the shape and size of the leaf, 



