GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



Gleanikcs in Bee Culture, 



Published Semi-Month Itj. 



.^. X. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAiD. 



Tor Clutbiag Eates, Seo First Page of Keadisr Hatter. 



Let the words of my inou'h, and the meditation of '"v heart, 

 be aceeptable in thy sight, O Luud, my strengMi, and my le- 

 deemer.— I's.l9; 14. 



The best we can pay for wax at present is 26 cts. 

 cash, or 28 in trade. 



Remember the Convention at the State Fair at 

 Columbus, O., Sept. 1st to 5th. I expect to be pres- 

 ent Thursday and Friday. 



The cases for shipping one-pound sections, as per 

 engraving- on page .586, are now reduced in price in 

 lots of 100 or more to $16.00 for the large size, and 

 $12.75 for the small size. The above prices do not 

 include glass. 



the honey-chop of WISCONSIN. 



Two of our AVisconsin friends have written a lit- 

 tle protest to friend Lewis' statement, that the sea- 

 son has an excellent one. From reports we have 

 received, I think it at least pi-etty fair in some lo- 

 calities. The one on page .580 of this number looks 

 pretty well, it seems to me. 



SEEDS of the CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN SAGE. 



[Tntil this season it has been a pretty hard thing 

 to get, and we have been paying for it 25 cents 

 per ounce; therefore we were a little surprised a 

 day or two ago when we received by mail two big bags 

 full. Please do not send us any more, friends, for 

 we have probably all we shall need for some time 

 to come. We can now furnish good fresh seed by 

 mail for 5 cents per packet, or 35 cents per ounce. 



GOODS FOR NEXT SEASON. 



With a view of preventing the evils attending 

 such delays as we were obliged to make during the 

 honey months of the season past, we are now filling 

 our capacious warehouse with sections, chaff hives, 

 Simplicity hives, and almost every thing else that 

 anybody will be likely to want next season. We 

 have already a larger stock of beautiful sections 

 stored away ready for shipment than wo ever had 

 before at any seasoji^ 



BOILER FOR SALE. 



We offer the steam-boiler we have now in use for 

 sale. It has a 48-inch shell, is 12 feet long, contain- 

 ing 48 3-inch flues. The boiler has been in use about 

 six years; but new flues were put in last Christ- 

 mas, so that it is virtually almost as good as new. 

 It has never been injured in any manner whatever. 

 The only reason why we wish to dispose of it is, 

 that we are putting in a larger one, for the increased 

 demand of our work. We know exagtly what a new 

 one like this can be bought for, Mr we obtained 

 very close figures for putting in another like it, in- 

 stead of one large one. Such a boiler new, includ- 

 ing front grates, etc., will cost at the boiler-shops, 

 $475. We offer this just as it is for $22.5. and warrant 

 it perfect in evefy respect. 



GOODS TO BE EXHIBITED AT FAIRS. 



Almost every day we are solicited to send goods 

 to be put on exhibition at conventions and fairs. 

 With the large amount of business we have now on 

 hand, we can not undertake to do this; but those 

 who wish to purchase for the above purpose can 

 have them at a discount of 25 per cent; or after the 

 fair is over, if they do not succeed in disposing of 

 them, they may be returned, providing the one who 

 orders them pays expenses both ways. If a judi- 

 cious selection is made, they can ordinarilv be sold 

 at almost if not quite the retail price while on exhi- 

 bition. Oi-'lers for such purposes, as a general 

 thing, shipped by first train. 



ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT ON BEES, QUEENS, ETC. 



As our apiaries are now very full, we will, until 

 further notice, allow a discount of five per cent on 

 orders amounting to $5.0D or upward. Discounts on 

 larger amounts, as per price list. We have a very 

 nice stock on hand of untested queens, reared in 

 our own apiaries from the best imported stock, and 

 reports have for some time back showed that al- 

 most every queen proves to be purely mated. Per- 

 haps I might mention here, that queens reared di- 

 rectly from imported stock are, as a rule, dark, so 

 that you need not expect lyellou.' queens; but you 

 may expect yellow bees every time, as soon as their 

 workers hatch. Untested queens from the new im- 

 portation by Mr. Howard, from Palestine, will soon 

 be ready. Price, one-fourth more than Italian 

 queens. We have now in our apiaries eight of these 

 Palestine imported queens. Price, safe arrival 

 guaranteed, $15.03.^ 



A SYMPTOM OF A GOOD TIME COMING. 



We clip the following from the Christian Herald 

 and Sigiis of our Times: 



A conscientious printing company out in New 

 Jersey has taken a decided stand (jii the liquor 

 question. The Crinni) Lalxl ('(iiiipany. ot Montclair, 

 N. J., has Issued a notice I hat it will jMiiit no more 

 labels for liquor-dealers. One of the directors thus 

 explains its attitU(h': "We einiiloy between lillO and 

 401) hands, and there are not more'tlian halt a <l()zen 

 of the uieu who have not signed tlie teniiierance 

 liledge. Soniooltliem wei-e luifd di-inkeis. When the 

 present temperance -awalienins struck Montclair, 

 and our men begun to feel its inliuence. we felt as 

 though the company o\iglit to do something too. A 

 comi)any can't take the pledge, but this company 

 coulil show its desii-e to lie with the men by refusing 

 to work for the li(|Uor tra(h's. So its president, 

 Samuel Cruinii, proniiseil lor the company that no 

 more work of that kind slicmld betaken. 'We liave 

 been making I'oi- one li(|uor lirni about 1(1.(10I»,00() 

 labels a year. About .r:.'l),(l(l(l worl h of business a 

 year is what this decision will cost the company." 



We are interested in the above in two ways. The 

 question has come up in our office already, as to 

 whether we should print any thing that anybody 

 wanted (within the bounds of decency, of course), 

 providing he furnished the copy and paid for the 

 work. I believe we have never had an order for la- 

 bels for liquors— perhaps because of the reputation 

 of our establishment. Our friend George Gray, 

 shortly after he advertised as label printer, had an 

 order, accompanied by the cash, for some labels for 

 some rare wines. If I remember correctly, the cash 

 was returned, declining to do the work, giving his 

 reasons. 



now TO MAKE PLANTS GROW 



Take a long spade (an underdraining spade is 

 best), and push it into the ground a little distance 

 from the plant, and then tip it enough to make the 

 ground break a little. Go clear around the plant in 

 this manner. Of pourse, you miist not get so cIorp 



