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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



stock in trade will be found to be exactly 

 what you need. One has to have a little ex- 

 pHiience in these matters before he learns not 

 to be upset by a bad season now and then. 

 'J'he beeswax "is as good as cash to us any 

 time, but probably it will bs worth more 

 toward the honey season. In the fall is a 

 bad time to sell beeswax. The other goods 

 you mention, I presume some of our readers 

 will be glad to take of you. if you really 

 think best to sell out. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



INTERNATIONAL nKE - KKEPEIIS' CONVENTION AT 



THE WOIU.D'S EXPOSITION, NEW ORLEANS, 



FEBRrAUy 24, ~r>, AND 26, l^S'). 



It is pi'oposcd to hold an liitertiiitional Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Congress on the Exposition Grounds during 

 the 24th, 25th, and 26th ot February, 1X8.5. An inter- 

 estine- programme of subjects will be presented and 

 discussed, of importance to every beekeeper in 

 America. The disposition of our honey product, 

 with a view to secure better prices, will be fully 

 considered. Atthesaun' time there will be an ex- 

 hibit of bees and ai)i;iriaii suiijilies. Fuller particu- 

 lars will be given hereafter. At the time selected, 

 the Exposition will be at its best, and excursion 

 rates low. The bee-keepers of our country should 

 lay aside business for a week or two, arid make 

 every exertion to attend this convention. Come 

 prepared with facts and statistics, and ideas arrang- 

 ed, to take part in its deliberations. 



Dfi. N. p. Aleen, Smith's Grove, Kv. 



W. Williamson. Lexinjiton. Kv. 



Dk. O. M. Blanton, Greenville, Miss. 



P. I-. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 



•ludjre W. H. Andrews, McKinney.Tex. 



W. S. Hart, New Smyrna, Florida. 



S. C. BOYLSTON, Charleston, S. C. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown, Augusta, Ga. 



H. C. Austin, Austin's Springs, Tenn. 



11. C. Taylor, Wilmington. N. C. 



J. W^. Porter, Charlottesville. V... 



S. Valentine, Hagerstown, Md. 



With the above, comes the following letter 

 from our friend Dr. Brown: 



I herewith inclose you a call for an International 

 Bee-Keepers' ConventioiL After an extensive coi-- 

 respondence these dates have been selected as the 

 best suiting the majority of the beekeepers. The 

 Exposition otters a large hall for the meeting-, and 

 space for exhibits, free of charge. Hates of board, 

 and quarters for bee-keepers attending the conven- 

 tion, will be announced through the journals as soon 

 as practicable. Kttorts arc being- made to have all 

 apiarian exhibits withheld until the time of the 

 meeting. Judging from your deep interest in 

 apiarian progress, and the interest you feel in the 

 welfare and prosperity of the honey-producers of 

 our country, 1 have reason to belie\ c that you will 

 use your journal to give the call a wide circulation, 

 and that you will throw the weight of your influence 

 to promote its success. Go yourself and take your 

 wife with you. and persuade all your friends to go. 

 The money spent in the trip will be well spent. 

 You can look in the face, and talk to your bee- 

 keeping brethren; take in the sights: see the ex- 

 hibits of many foreign countries; gathernew ideas; 

 improve in mental and physical vigor by change of 

 scenes, and then return to your home a better man. 



Augusta, Ga., Dec. 9, 1884. J. P. H. Brown. 



So far as I am concerned, the above lime 

 will suit me as well as any, and I heartily 

 seco'.id friend Brown's remarks. Of course, 

 every one knows best whether or not he 

 ought to take the time and money for such a 

 visit ; but it seems to me that this meeting 

 promises to be such a one as the world never 

 saw before, and that we are in duty bound, 

 all of us who cau consistently, to be on hand. 

 I will endeavor to be present on all the days 

 mentioned, and GleaninctS will be glad to 

 lend its influence to make the meeting a 

 pleasant and protital>le one. 



Gleanincs in Bee Cultdre. 



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Our offer of sections at an even 84.00, in lots ot 

 10,003, will be extended to Jan. 1, 188r>. We are not 

 yet very badly crowded. 



DBCLINE IN tin PL.\TE. 



We ha^ e recently made arrangements for getting 

 separator tin so that we can reduce the price of 

 separators to $1..50 per hundred, or $13..'j0 per thou- 

 sand. There is quite a decline in the price of wire 

 nails also. 



SEED OF THE PYRETIIRUM. 



We have secured seed of the genuine pyrethrum, 

 the kind that produces the insect powder, and, sin- 

 gular enough, bees gather honey from it— at least 

 to some extent. We can mail you a paper for 10 cts. 



WATERBURY WATCHES TO CANADA BY MAIL. 



Will our friends across the line please bear in 

 mind that the postal authorities refuse to take 

 watches by mail, on account of the duty? We do 

 not know of any way you can g(^. the premium 

 watches, unless they are sent by express. 



THE bee-keeper's shop and APIARY CO.MBINED. 



AVE arc sorry to say, our cngravci-s wore just a 

 little too late in getting out a couple of pictures, one 

 representing a bee-keeper's apiary in the rear of his 

 shop, and the other showing the shop itself, front 

 view, with hives, etc.. arranged just about as they 

 would need to be on the approach of swarming time. 

 The illustration also shows how to build such a 

 small shop, the ai-rangement of the signs over the 

 door, etc. —such a work-shop as every town in our 

 land ought to furnish, where the bee-keepers of the 

 neighborhood could always go and get a nice hive 

 completely rigged, at a moment's notice. It will 

 appear in our next issue. 



DECLINE IN PRICES. 



There are many important reductions in the price 

 of many of the commodities used by bee-keepers. 

 Thus, wire nails are reduced one-fourth .n value. 

 A copy of our latest price list will give you full par- 

 ticulars. By the way, I had almost forgotten to say 

 that our price list now comes out in a new dress, 

 with a cut on the co\er that cost of itself about 

 $75.00. The list is being mailed as fast as we can 

 get at it to our 200,0.X) list of bee-keepers of the 

 world : and if the clerks do not get to you as soon as 

 you would like one, just say on a card, " Send price 

 list." In f.ict, we have several girls now without 

 vei-y much to do, and they would jump at the 

 chance of sending you as numy as j-ou can dispose 

 of among your neighbors, or anybody who wants 

 one. Do not be backward about telling how many 

 you think you can distribute, 



