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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 



od is not quite so rapid, and would also affect our 

 insurance, we use and prefer the steam, though to 

 the majority of our friends who have comb-mills 

 the gasoline will be found the most convenient. 



I need hardly tell you that the utmost care is to 

 be exercised in handling gasoline. In washing rolls, 

 or even in having an uncorked bottle around, be 

 sure that no lighted lamii or candle is within sever- 

 al feet; and if you do not do the washing in the 

 open air, open the doors and windows wide, so that 

 the CA'plosive vapor may be blown out before a 

 lighted lamp or match is brought into the room. 



P. S.— Our new improved mills will be the same 

 price as quoted in our price list. 



REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BEES AND QUEENS 

 FOR JULY. 



Owing to the continued favorable weather we 

 have decided to allow a discount of 10 per cent over 

 and above all other discounts given in our price list 

 on all bees and queens, excepting on our untested 

 queens when ordered alone ; but if with pounds of 

 bees, or colonies, the above discount Avill be allowed 

 on them also. 



4H IMPORTED QUEENS ALIVE AND IN GOOD ORDER, 

 OUT OF A SHIPMENT OF 50. 



We have to-day unpacked our first shipment from 

 our friend Bianconcini, for the season, with the 

 above good result. These are all young queens, 

 raised this year; in fact, they were reared express- 

 ly for our trade. Now, we have in our apiary 35 im- 

 ported queens, shipped last fall, and wintered over. 

 These will bo 10 per cent less than the lot just re- 

 ceived. 



EIGHT TONS OF WAX MADE INTO FOUNDATION UP 

 TO DATE. 



The low price at which we have been offering 

 foundation has given us another big trade in our 

 foundation department. We have used eight tons 

 of wax so far, and as yet we are just in the height 

 of the honey-flow. Two or three years ago we made 

 fourteen tons of foundation. Our business is still 

 booming in other departments, though we expect 

 trade will drop off soon. Goods of all kinds are go- 

 ing off with little or no delay. 



THE NEW EUROPEAN SILVERHULL BUCKWHEAT. 



Our friends may remember that we some time ago 

 mentioned the fact that Peter Henderson claimed 

 to have something in the way of buckwheat quite 

 superior to any thing heretofore dlsgominated. We 

 sent at once for a bushel of the seed, for a sample. 

 It has a smaller-sized grain, quite distinct from 

 any thing that we have ever before handled; and 

 we are happy to say that we have been able to se- 

 cure a lot of 25 bushels of this new buckwheat. In- 

 stead of f5.00 a bushel, however, the price charged 

 by Peter Henderson, we shall furnish it for f2.50 

 per bushel. In smaller quantites than a bushel, the 

 price will be just double that of common buck- 

 wheat; viz., 70 cts. per peck, or 6 cts. per lb. If you 

 want to see what it looks like, we will mail you a 

 sm^U package for 5 cts. 



THE COMMERCIAL STANDING, OR RATING, OF BEE- 

 KEEPERS AND SUPPLY-DEALERS. 



I SUPPOSE the friends know that we have for 

 years been in the habit of keeping a record of the 

 business habits and finanoial responsibility of near- 

 ly every one who advertises extensively in our line 

 of business. Furthermore, the Bradstroet Commer- 

 cial Agency are in the habit of coming: to us for in^ 



formation in this matter. As a matter of course, 

 there are those who call us impertinent, and request 

 us to attend to our own business; and we beg leave 

 to say that we intend to make it our business to 

 protect bee-keepers in every way in our power; 

 and we do not see how we can serve them any more 

 faithfully than to give warning promptly when we 

 think the time has come to give notice that certain 

 parties are not to be trusted. Wo shall, however, 

 give due notice to the delinquent that we shall have 

 to publish him if he does not make good his prom- 

 ises, and he will have ample time to straighten ui) 

 or make arrangements before he is published, if he 

 wishes to do so. Now, where disagreements and 

 dissatisfaction come up between two parties, both 

 known to be reliable, we do not care to have the 

 matter referred to us; in fact, we have nothing to 

 do with matters that seem to be only differences 

 of opinion; but we do wish to be promptly notified 

 when any one who advertises extensively does not 

 keep his promises, or who receives money and does 

 not make prompt shipments according to agree- 

 ment. One reason why we like to be notified is, 

 that we do not wish to continue the advertisement 

 in our columns, of any man who is not able and 

 willing to do all he agrees to do. 



SLUG SHOT FOI^ KILLING CABBAGE-WORMS, ETC. 



In answer to many queries as to how to apply it, 

 we reply: Take a piece of cheese-cloth, or any other 

 thin fabric, say a foot or a foot and a half square. 

 Pour about a teacupful of the slug-shot in the cen- 

 ter of the piece of cloth, and catch the four corners 

 up with your hand. Now walk through your cab- 

 bages, and with a quick jerk send a cloud of slug- 

 shot down into the center of each plant or head of 

 cabbage. We can not sec that it makes any differ- 

 ence whether it is applied when the heads arc damp 

 or otherwise. Enough of the dust lodges on the 

 foliage to kill the worms. So far as our experience 

 goes it is sure death to them. With potato-beetles, 

 however, it does not seem to be so certain in its re- 

 sults; neither have we been very Avell satisfied with 

 the way it acts on the little black flea-beetles. Slug- 

 shot is a poison, no doubt; but the poison is so di- 

 luted with some other substance that there is very 

 little danger that any thing will be damaged or in 

 any way injured for table use, even though the ma- 

 terial be dusted on quite freely. 



EGGS FRIED IN THE SOLAR AVAX-EXTRACTOR ; NO 

 JOKE THIS TIME. 



June i2.— To-day being unusually warm (85° in the 

 shade) the thought occurred to me to try the solar 

 wax-extractor. After going back of the factory, 

 it was opened up and set in position in a twinkling. 

 Very soon the thermometer indicated 235 degrees. 

 I (Ernest) ne.xt went into the cook-room (an adjunct 

 for convenience to the factory hands) and obtained 

 an egg and a shallow tin pie-plate. In a moment 

 more old Sol was smiling warmly upon the broken 

 egg. After a lapse of 15 minutes the egg was near- 

 ly cooked. In 5 minutes more it looked tempting 

 to a hungry stomach ; but I am sorry to say I wasn't 

 hungry just then. I left, and soon forgot all about 

 it. When I returned in an hour afterward the egg 

 was burned so as to be unfit to eat. For melting 

 wax, the new solar wax-extractors are a grand suc- 

 cess—no daubing, no soiled clothes, or wax-stained 

 floors; and, best of all, your better half will rejoice 

 with you. If you haven't any, and think you 

 can't afford it, perhaps she will forego the pleasure. 



