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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MAR. 



Chas. Kingsley, of Benton, Bossier Parish, La., 

 Guyton Bros , Waco, McLennan Co., Texas, and D. 

 McKenzie, Carrollton Station, New Orleans, La., are 

 now ready to ship untested queens. 



GLEANINGS TYPE FOR SALE. 



We offer for sale the type Gleaning.s is now print- 

 ed on. We have about 200 lbs. of the nonpareil, or 

 small size, and 150 lbs. of brevier, or large size. For 

 the whole lot we would take 20 cts. per lb. The small 

 type is, of course, worth more than the large, but it 

 has been worn more, so we make the above offer of 

 the lot right through, and we should consider it a 

 bargain. You can tell how good it is by looking over 

 our pages. 



NO. 36 TINNED WIRE. 



You will see that a mistake has been made in quo- 

 tations on this size of wire, and the price hereafter 

 will be as follows: On spools containing about ^oz., 

 5 cts. each; 45 cts. for 10, or S4.00 per 100. Price of 

 the wire in coils, 5 cts. per oz.; 35 cts. per lb.; or in 

 coils of from 5 to 10 lbs., as it comes from the factory, 

 28 cts. per lb. As it is extremely difficult stuff to 

 handle, we have to have a higher price by the ounce 

 or single pound. 



DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF WIRE CLOTH FOR 

 QUEEN-CAGES. 



By purchasing in very large quantities, we have 

 been enabled to reduce the price to 3 cts. per sq. ft., 

 or rolls containing exactly lilO sq. ft., $2.75. If want- 

 ed by mail, 3 cts. additional per sq. ft. This wire 

 cloth is made dark blue, with 13 meshes to the inch, 

 and is the best thing for queen-cages, or for hiving 

 bees for shipment, putting up nuclei, etc. It is 

 made in three different widths— 24,30, and 36 inches. 

 But at the prices we have given per 100 feet, each 

 roll will be all of one width. 



sending bees and queens long DISTANCES. 



Letters are coming again this spring from Aus- 

 tralia, New Zealand, and the Sandwich Islands, to 

 say nothing of California, Oregon, and other remote 

 points in our own country, for queens and bees. 

 Now, dear friends, we coukl probably prepare them 

 to go these long distances, and get there alive; but 

 I do not believe it will pay either you or us to under- 

 take it. The queens and bees in our apiary are 

 probably not one whit better than those you can ob- 

 tain probably not very far from your vicinity. I say 

 this with the understanding that there are good 

 Italian bees in all these points; in fact, articles 

 from all these places indicate as much. 



pasteboard boxes for 1-lb. sections op comb 

 honey. 



This box has a bit of "red 

 tape" attached to it to car- 

 ry it by. It malies a safe 

 package for a single section 

 of honey for the consumer 

 to carry, or it can be packed 

 in a trunk, if he wants. It 

 can be opened in an instant. 

 The price of the box is 2 cts. 

 each, set up; in the flat, 15 

 cts. tor 10; $1.25 per llO; or $12.00 per 1000. Colored 

 lithograph labels for putting on the sides, two kinds, 

 one for each side, $3.50 per 1000. They can be sold, 

 labeled on one side or both sides, of course. We 

 have only one size in stock, for Simplicity sections. 

 Sample by mail, with a label on each side, 5 cts. If 

 you want them shipped in the flat, labels already 



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pasted on, the price will be one cent each additional, 

 for labels. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Our friends will notice by the market reports, that 

 only 7 and 8 cents is now offered for extracted hon- 

 ey. Now, while we are not prepared to buy honey 

 in large quantities, I will say this: Until further 

 notice I will pay 8 cts. per lb. in trade for a nice ar- 

 ticle of either basswood or white-clover honey, de- 

 livered here. This is a small price, I know; and if 

 you can do better, I shall be very glad to have you 

 do so. The offer is made mainly for those who want 

 supplies, and have not money on hand, but who have 

 honey. Before you ship, send me a small sample by 

 mail. I will furnish you a block to put it in, on ap- 

 plication. I will also furnish you iron-jacket cans 

 to ship it, where it is not in barrels or suitable pack- 

 ages. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Bee-Keepers' Association of Central Illinois 

 will hold its next annual meeting in the office of 

 the County Surveyor, in the Court-House in Bloom- 

 ington, on the second Wednesday of April. 



w. B. Lawrence, Sec. 



The Mahoning-Valley bee-keepers will hold their 

 next meeting in the town hall at Newton Falls, O., 

 Thursday. April 10, 1881, at 10 o'clock A. Ji. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all. 



L. Carson, President. 



E. W. Turner, Secretary. 



The Central Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its serai-annual meeting at Lansing, in the 

 Pioupprs' Rooms, in the State Capitol huililing.April 

 15, 1884, at 10 o'clock A m. All are cordially invited 

 to attend. Any one having any new apiarian imple- 

 ments, or any thing that will advance the interest 

 of the association, is requested to bring it; and if 

 not convenient to bring it. then send it to the secre- 

 tary, and he will place it on exhibition. 



Rev. J. Ashworth, Pres. 



E. N. Wood, Secretary. 



CIRCUL.A.RS RECEIVED. 



H. H. Brown. Liprht Street, P.a., sends out a 20-pagc circular 



li :-inl Mm h <ii.|- ..HI ,, -.MiLj I,. 1,-af list of prices on extracted 

 l[ I! I I . I ! I I iLT his drone and queen trap; 



\v. 1. ,si. .: I I. -(lids us a one-page circular 



evuti'd (.-I I. ■ . i.. . -, .,1,. . ■. - i.-tc. 



Simon 1' K i : . i i n. Md.. sends out a 2-page cir- 

 ular. de\ I I : i |t . n^ nnd bees. 



B. Davjil II I iiii.|_, .Mil ^. nds out a 4-page circular, 

 in-..t..il I.. hiM-, ii.iii. x-r\-ii-:i<-inrs. fdn.,etc. 



Win l'.:ill.iiitiii.- .V s.,ii. Na.iro, 1 1 . send out a circular devoted 



II 111 . ~, ,|ii. III-. Iii\ (^, mill .ipiarian supplies. 



Sill lili 111 ,v KiiiLi. I 111 1-1 II- mil 111 I', Iowa, send out an 8-page cir- 

 iiliir. ill \ lit I li |ii iiiii]ially li.> hives, fdn.. and extractors. 



AV. I;, MiiiM ,V Cii.. of North Lansing, Mich., send us an 8-page 

 iiiiilai . ilivntril principally to hives, section boxes, and cases 



11. 1'. shi liii.lt.Winooski.Wis., sends us a very pretty 12-page 



III I ii-t I liii iiv devoted to Simplicity hives, as we gather by 

 ink ii;-. .11 III. iHi'tures. 



11. ! I 11 r.L-e-hive works, Hiawatha, Kan., send us a 



■ i: i I 1 I I ;;p circular, devoted principally to Simplicity 



circular in 



. I : 'v : .111. .Ill a viTV instruet- 

 i . -. . . ,1- Tin- remarks in 



iihy I. r note. 



..i, i I I -.1 -i.i\N II, Mil. -I ml (Hit a neat price 

 iii-ir sliei-ialty is albino hee-s. As they have 

 monials, we judge albinos seem to find con- 



LADIES ! 



For $'i.50 you can use a iicw 

 attachment that tits «**.'/ ma- 

 chine; and if has turned out 

 ahed-quiltin less ihati nitic- 

 i:. MZTCHJ^T.L, Af/enf, 



Box 102, HaitMihsi'Ule, Ga. 



