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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



Gleanings in Bee Colture, 



ruhllshed Scmi-Mouthlij. 



.ZL.. X. IROOT, 



EDITOR AISTD PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For CluVciis Estes, Soo First Pago cf Headii; Hatter. 



DECLINE IN BEESWAX. 



For the present we can pay only 33 cts. cash, or 

 34 in trade for fair beeswax. Foundation will be 10 

 per cent lower than our list price, as we gave j'ou 

 notice last month. 



ONE OF OUR BEE-,JOURNALS DISCONTINUED. 



Friend Merrill,, of the New-England Apiai-ian, 

 says he loses money every year in publishing a bee- 

 journal, and it will therefore be printed no more. 

 All whose subscriptions have not expired will re- 

 ceive some other bee-journal for the rest of the 

 time. With the competition now in the field, one 

 who makes a bee-journal succeed must put his 

 whole soul into it; and, for that matter, a good deal 

 of the contents of his pocket-book also. 



A VERY VALUABLE NEW BOOK. 



Those who are acquainted with the writings of 

 our veteran market gardener of the world, Peter 

 Henderson, will rejoice that he has just published a 

 new book which he calls "Garden and Farm 

 Topics." It not only gives a vast amount of infor- 

 mation that is new, but he tells us how things have 

 worked, and>bout the improvements made in mar- 

 ket gardening, since his book on " Gardening for 

 Profits " was printed. Mailed from this office, post- 

 paid, for f 1.50 



queens from ITALY IN 17 DAYS. 



We have just received .50 imported queens that 

 were shipped by our friend Bianconcini only 17 days 

 ago; 49 of the 50 were alive and in good condition. 

 One of our boys, however, killed one in taking the 

 lid ofl:' the box. When he opened it so the queen 

 could crawl out, she started out with the rest; but 

 by this time our young friend had pried up the op- 

 posite side of the cover, and mashed her. Moral.— 

 Be careful when you pry a nailed lid off from any 

 box that contains a queen. 



ROOFING TIN FOR SIMPLICITY HIVES. 



Since Simplicity hives have got to be almost a 

 household word the woi-ld over, we have had some 

 tin manufactured expi-esslj^ for making covers for 

 them. The size is 18x32 inches. The price is 8 cts. 

 per single sheet, or S8.00 for a whole box of 113 

 sheets. Getting this tin at these reduced prices en- 

 ables us to make the Simplicity dripping-pans at 15 

 cts. each, instead of 30, the old price. In lots of 10, 

 *1.40; or 100 for S13.50. In moving bees temporarily 

 to meet bass wood-bloom, these tin dripping-pans 

 would make a light cheap cover, for they will nest 

 into each other, and they will slip over the top of 

 the hive. Of course, such hive-covers woulil not do 

 very well to sit down on. 



A WRONG NAME. 



On page 466 of our last issue, at top of second col- 

 umn, please read " C. E. Curtis " instead of Custer. 

 The error was occasioned in copjing the original, 

 and we hope all will note the change. Let us here 

 repeat, friends, what we have so often said, don't 

 write two things on the same sheet of paper, one of 

 which which must go into the composing-room and 

 the other somewhere else. Put advertisements by 

 themselves; also articles and orders for goods, put- 

 ting your name, county. State, and address on each 

 one. In making a capital L, make it like this; or an 

 S, make it crooked; for an I, make a straight mark; 

 for a J, like an umbrella-handle. Perhaps it would 

 be well to say that this protest comes from our 

 printers. 



FOUL BROOD. 



Quite a number of letters are at hand, detailing 

 troubles with foul brood. Bear in mind, friends, 

 that all the troubles you have ever had in bee cul- 

 ture are probably as nothing in comparison to the 

 one trouble of foul brood. Be very careful indeed 

 in buying beesof anyone who through ignorance or 

 want of pi'inciple may spread this dread scourge. 

 Although one large branch of our business is sell- 

 ing bees, I often feel as though it were a blunder. 

 With the present knowledge we have now on the 

 subject, bees can be reared so cheaply that any one 

 who has got any sort of a start ought to be ashamed 

 to send off to buy bees. Get a good queen to stai-t 

 with, and that should be all you need. Take the 

 bees you have ai'ound home, and build up an apia- 

 ry. You may have a thousand colonies in a little 

 time, if you want them, without buying another 

 bee. No foul brood has ever been seen or heard of 

 in Medina County; and I hope that such may al- 

 ways be the case. I have thought of publishing 

 some of these letters; but on some accounts it is 

 not well to give publicity to the matter. Now, then, 

 look out, and remember, "I told you so." 



AVHOLESALE PRICES ON THE ABC BOOK. 



As usual, where there is a considerable demand 

 for any certain article, there begins to be a difficulty 

 in fixing prices. After having given the matter 

 considerable thought, we have decided, at least for 

 the pi-esent, to fix prices on the ABC book as fol- 

 lows: Single copies, cloth bound, postpaid by mail, 

 $1.25; same as above, only paper covers, SI.OO. From 

 the above prices there can be no deviation to any 

 one; but each pui-chaser, after he has paid full re- 

 tail price for one book, may order the cloth-bound 

 to any of his friends on payment of $1.00, or the 

 paper cover at 85 cents each. This discount we give 

 to pay you for showing the book, explaining its 

 worth, etc. If you order them by express or freight, 

 you may take off 15 cts. from each cloth-bound book, 

 or 13 cts. for each one in paper covers. Of course, 

 it will not pay to do this unless you order a number 

 at a time, or orderthem with other goods. To those 

 who advertise ABC books in their price lists and 

 circulars, a discount of 40 percent from retail prices 

 will be made, and this discount will be given to all 

 booksellers and newsdealers. To any one wiio pur- 

 chases 100 at one time, a still lurtliei- (liscoinil will 

 be made, to be given on ai)i)liciiti<>n, and tlic 1(10 may 

 be madf up oC part cloth iin<l part i>apcr. it dcsii-cd. 

 Purchasers are nMiiicstcd not to s( 1! siiialc books at 

 less than the rcjiular r.'tail prices, ait houiili th<>y 

 may sell two or more at any price they think proper; 

 or the A B C may be clubbed wi(h any other book 

 or periodical, at sucli prices as tln' agent thinks 

 proper. 



Convention Notice.— The North-Eastern Ken- 

 tucky Bee-Keepers' Association will meet at Cov- 

 ington, Ky., in Walker's Hall, August 13, 1884. All 

 bee-keepers are cordially invited. 



G. W. Cree, Sec, 



