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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JAN. 



ter receiving tbem, aud shall also want a press be- 

 sides. I know a good many find fault with the cau- 

 tions way in which I advise new improvements; but 

 I presume the majority of our readers are well 

 aware that I am trying to do it for their sakes, and 

 also try not to let any selfish motives bias my decis- 

 ion. After havmg done this, if I receive unkind or 

 abusive words, I will try to bpar them with meek- 

 ness. It is a very important question now before 

 our Bee-keepers, as to whether they shall get a pair 



of rolls or a press. 



We open the new year with 4375 subscribers, 

 which is certainly quite encouraging for a start. 

 Many thanks to you all. 



I EXPECT to be at the Ohio Bee-keepers' Conven- 

 tion, to be held in Columbus, Jan. 14, 15, 16, nothing 

 preventing. For particulars, see page 782, Dec. 

 Juvenile. 



We notice that one of our advertisers offers comb 

 fdn. at from di^}3 to37»/4 cts. per Ih., which is hardly 

 equal to the value of the wax. We presume he will 

 be sold out speedily^ 



Bear in mind that fdn. is now 3 cts. higher than in 

 any catalogue you may have. The price of wax is 

 the same as In our last. We pay 32 cts. cash, or 34 

 trade; but we have none for sale less than 38. The 

 demand seems to be so brisk that prices will probably 

 go hitrher very soon. 



ADULTERATION OF SUGAR, AND ADULTERATION OF 

 aONEY. 



People who are ignorant of the present advanced 

 state of bee culture accuse bee-keepers of manufac- 

 turing their honey, or adulterating it with glucose; 

 of putting it in artificial i3ombs, and sealing it up 

 with hot irons, and the like. We smile at their ig- 

 norance, and lament their uncharltableness. Now, 

 then, to turn it about, are we not in danger of accus- 

 ing sugar refiners of dishonesty and fraud. In some- 

 thing the same way ? Do wo as a claes know much 

 more about refining sugar, than the masses know of 

 bee-keeping ? Is it not possible, that the talk about 

 granulated sugar being adulterated is nearly on a par 

 with that stale piece of folly about comb honey be- 

 ing manufactured ? There are some recent articles 

 in the Scientific Amencan bearing on this subject. 



THE BBE-KEEPER'S HAMMER. 



A GOOD many times one can do quite a good deal 

 with a little ready cash on hand. A few days ago a 

 manufacturer of hammers told me he had a large 

 lot of light hammers of a special pattern that he 

 would sell very low to get rid of them. On examin- 

 ing a sample I found It was just about what bee- 

 keepers want to nail up hives, honey-boxes, etc. He 

 wanted about 25 cts. apiece for the whole lot of 50 

 dozen. I made him an offer of a price that would 

 enable me to sell them to you for an even 25 cts., and 

 he finally, with many protests, took up with my of- 

 fer, to get them off his hands. They are tempered 

 cast steel, beautllully finii-hed, with a solid hickory 

 varnished handle. The claw is nicely made, sharp, 

 and so finely tempered that a nail without a head 

 can be pulled without trouble. These hammers are 

 just what every bee-man will want as soon as he sees 

 one, so it seemB to me. We can nmil you one for 13 

 cts. more than the price (25 cts.), so you will see that 

 the hammer weighs just about 11 ounces. In lots of 

 10, we can furnish them for $3.40. nr 100 for f23 00. 



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END for the STANLEY DOLLAR SMOKER. 

 See advertisement in another column. 



DUNHAM COMB FOUNDATION. 



We have bought a large stock of chnice yellow 

 beeswax, and can turnlsh Dunham Comb Fdn. for 

 brood comb, cut to any size, for 45c. per lb. Extra 

 thin and bright yellow fdn. for sections, at 55c. per 

 lb. We will guarantee our fdn to be made ot pure 

 beeswax, and not to sag. Will pay 30c per lb tor 

 yellow wax, or will work it up for 10c. per lb. To in- 

 duce our customers to order fdn. early in season, we 

 will»l|Mw8?j discount on h11 orders received before 

 the first of March. Address orders at once to 



F. W. HOLMES, 

 1-3-5- 7-9-lld Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Mich. 



Great improvement for 1884 ! New type ! New 

 paper! New cover ! Only $1.00 per year; 3 months, 

 30 cents. Sample free. 



KING & ASPINWALL, 



Id 14. Park Place, New York. 



BEE-HIYES! BEE-HIYES! 



Simplicity. Langstroth, and Chaff Hives, Section 

 Boxes. Brood-Frames, and Comb F 'Undarion. Send 

 for price list. The successors of A. B. Miller & 

 Son. MILLEK BKOS., 



l-3-5d Nappanke, Elkhart Co., Ind. 



MAKE YOUR OWN FDN. 



My foundation-molds have given good satisfac- 

 tion for 3 years Lately improved. Used and praised 

 by leading bee-men. Price, $3 75 ff>r L. size, or 

 12x13. Circulars free. OLIVER FOSTER, 



Id Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



A FDii Liie of km Mm 



Headquarters for the West. Send for price list. 

 Cash paid tor beeswax. HOWE & SON, 



Id Council Bluffs, Iowa. 



NOTICE.— All persons indebted to me are re- 

 quested to remit at once; Hud all persons hav- 

 ing demands ugainst me will please send statement 

 ot account, and have rhem ndjusted. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



Eo::sEs. 



All one-piece boxes and L. hives, at a reduction 

 for Jan , 1884. Send for price list and circular. 

 Id F. P. McGregor. Freeland, Saginaw Co., Mich. 



BEESWAX WANTED! 



Will pay 32c. per lb. for clean yj'llow wax. deliver- 

 d here. A- F. Unterkirchek. 



l-3d Manchester, Washtenaw Co., Mich. 



JIOQII 6 Warranted Queens for $5.00. MQQII 

 1004. VVrite for circular. iOO't, 



Id J. T. WILSON, 



MORTONSVILLE, KV, 



CANAIHANS, send for our illustrated catalogue 

 and price list of Apiarian Supplins. Address 

 M. RICHARDSON & SON. 

 1 3-5d Port Col borne, Ont. 



BEES EOI^ S-iL-XjE! 

 A large lot of Black Bees for sale cheap, all in 

 good condition. Address P. H. KiNG, 



l.'iid Henderson, Henderson Co., Ky. 



NUCLEUS cot.ONY With Italian queen after June 

 Ist foronlv *3.00. Samples of Bu.siness cards, 

 2c. J. L. HYDE, Pomfret Landing. Conn. 12'/jtfd. 



WANTED.— 100 Three Langstroth-Frame Nuclei 

 next sprine. Write for particulars. 

 F. A.SALISBUKY,Geddes,Onon. Co., N. Y. laVjtfd 



MAMMOTH RUSSIAN SUNFLOWEK SEED, 

 lOc per packet. Stamps taken. Address 

 T. Graham Ashmead, Williamson, Wayne Co., N, Y. 

 ia-2d 



