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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



correct,' no better feeder has ever been de- 

 vised, especially for so small an amount of 

 money. They are r, ds. each, or only 4 cts. 

 each by the hundred. Of conise. si)eeial 

 niacliinery has to be employed to make them 

 at tliis price. 



;K!N-H0AUDS FOIJ UEE-KEEPEUS. 



Those we have been sending out are not 

 just what they ouglit to have been ; but dur- 

 ing the present dull season we are trying to 

 get up some that none of our friends "will be 

 ashamed of. 



drone-bkt:. 



Some time ago I told you we had no iiic- 

 ture of a drone that pleased me. At that 

 time a good friend, whose name l)y some 

 means we lost, sent us several photographs 

 of drones, taken from life. From these our 

 artist ma<le the picture a])ove, which we call 

 very satisfactory. If the friend who sent 

 the photogra])!! will stand up and s]ieak, we 

 shall be glad to pay him for iiis tionWIe; and 

 if any of the rest (if you tiiiuk his (lionesliip 

 is not just as it ouglit to )je, we should like 

 to have you also stand up and speak. 



THE HAMMERS AVE SEI,T,. 



Improved methods for converting iron into 

 steel, and of working steel, liavp nuidc a 

 wonderful reduction in tiic jnice of lianuners. 

 In the cut below, tlie first ligiu'c refers to the 

 manufaclurei'sinunber. Tlius, No. 1 means 

 an ordinary-sized carpenter's hammer; No. 

 2 means a size smaller, and No. .". two sizes 

 smaller. No. H being only half the weight of 

 No. 1. The No. 1 liamnK-r, handle and all, 

 nsjially weighs alxuit liO oz. We are now en- 

 abled to furnish No. 1 with tJie bell face for 

 an even half-dollar, and the lianimer is in 

 every respeet ecpial to those that iised to sell 

 for il.rjO and SLi.dO. Our jirices are perhaps 

 lower than tiiey are ordinarily sold, because 



we buy in unusually large quantities. It is 

 not an uncommon thing for us to give the 

 manufacturers an order for over 1000 ham- 

 mers of a single size, and we often let them 

 make them during dull seasons, when they 

 figure them very low to avoid stopping their 

 hands and machinery. I told you tlie lirst 

 ligure i-efers to the niaiuifa(>urei"s number. 

 Well, the figures after the dash are the price. 

 For instance. No. 1 hammer, plain adze-eye, 

 is S.'j cts. The finish of this hammer, how- 

 ever, is not quite equal to the plain adze-eye 

 No. '2. This hammer weighs exactly 1 lb., 

 handle and all, and th<' i»rice is r.o ets. It is 

 probably more used than any other hammer 

 in the catalogue, being just about what is 

 needed for ordinary bee-hive work. If you 



HAMMERS FOR BKE-KEEPERS. 



are going to drive spikes or large nails, for 

 instance in framing, >()u would want to lay 

 dow^n your No. li hammer and take a No. 1. 

 The hammer above this. No. li, bell face, is 

 only 85 cts. The price is thus low on these 

 l)ecause I happened to tind a large lot of 

 them that 1 could l)uy low. The weight of 

 I thishannner is 1 lb. The same is the case 

 I with No. :'> hammer, price only 25 cts. This 

 hannner weighs exactly 10 oz., and during 

 the past year has sold beyond any thing we 

 ever had in the line of hammers, for it is a 

 nicely hnished solid steel hammer with a 

 tirst-class hickory handle, and all foi- an even 

 2-5 cts. The one below it. No. 8, plain adze- 

 eye, is ;'>r) cts. These are stai)le goods, and 

 tins hammer is a great favorite for honey- 

 lioxes, brood - frames, and the like. This 

 weighs lU oz. At the left of the picture, a 

 farrier's, or horse-shoer's hammer is shown. 

 This weighs 13 oz., and the price is 50 cts. 



