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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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We have at this date, «137 subscribers. 



GLEANINGS AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



The following- from S. W. Morrison, one of our 

 prominent advertisers, has come to hand. 



A. I. RiKiT:-— Don't insert ray .adv't again. I have all tlie ui- 

 ders for queens I can fill for April and May. You can "pi" that 

 ad. I can't take any moie ordeis to lie filled just now. 



Oxford, Chester Co., Pa., April 11, 1888. S. W. Morrison, 



Will our readers please take notice? 



A LIFE ANNUITY TO FATHER LANGSTROTH. 



A MOVEMENT is On foot to Create a life annuity 

 in favor of L. L. Lang-stroth. Those of our readers 

 who have been benefited by his writing's and in- 

 ventions, and who would therefore be glad to con- 

 tribute .something yearly to the father of American 

 bee-keeping, should write to Dr. C. C. Miller, Ma- 

 rengo, 111., for particulars. 



CONDITION OF BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



So far this season orders have, with very few ex- 

 ceptions, been filled within three days from the time 

 they reached us. Most of them have gone the same 

 day, or the day following the receipt of order. But 

 those big piles of goods we had prepared are being 

 depleted rapidly. Another thing, there is a slight 

 upward tendency in the price of beeswax. You 

 will notice in our adv't we have marked the price 

 ui> two cents per pound, although we have not 

 changed the price of foundation. In view of these 

 things, let me urge you to get your orders in early, 

 that you may not be disappointed. The progressive 

 bee-keeper has his supplies in readiness for the bees 

 .just as soon as they are needed. 



pains has been spared, either in material or con- 

 struction. In principle it is similar to the one 

 rigged up a couple of years ago. Its weight is 3400 

 lbs. It has immense power, and is able to perforate 

 70 holes at a " chank." Our machinists were un- 

 able to put it together in time to judge of the qual- 

 ity of work, in order to make a report of it in this 

 issue. But the superior cut of the dies, together 

 with the fine workmanship on the steel and cast 

 iron of the machine itself, justifies us in believing 

 that the quality of the zinc will be second to none 

 on the market. The prices of the zinc will be the 

 same as quoted heretofore. Probably by the time 

 this item reaches your eyes the machine will be 

 in full operation. Samples mailed on application. 



THE LOMB PRIZE ESSAYS. 



From Dr. Irving A. Watson, Secretary American 

 Public Health Association, Concord, N. H., we have 

 received three of these extremely intei-esting and 

 useful essays. The first is entitled, "Healthy 

 Homes and Food for the Working Classes," by Vic- 

 tor C. Vaughan; the second, "The Sanitary Condi- 

 tion and Necessities of Schoolhouses and School 

 Life," by D. F. Lincoln; the third, "Disinfection 

 and Individual Prophylaxis against Infectious Dis- 

 eases," by Goo. M. Sternberg. The price of the first 

 one is 10 cts. ; each of the others, 5 cts. These es- 

 says are published at cost, and should be in the 

 hands of every person in the land. They are not 

 dry dissertations on medical subjects, but are as in- 

 teresting to read as any thing can possibly be. The 

 hints contained in them touch us at every turn in 

 life; and their observance will, without doubt, add 

 to the sum total of human life, and render far 

 more pleasant what remains to us. In the spirit of 

 Christian jihilanthropy, Mr. Henry Lomb, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., paid several hundred dollars for 

 each of the essays referred to above, as being the 

 best out of a large number sent in for the prize. 

 We almost feel like begging of our readers to send 

 and get these valuable works, for they are of vital 

 [ interest to all. The thanks of this generation and 

 of more to follow are due to Mr. Lomb for this ju- 

 dicious expenditure of wealth. Address Dr.Watson. 



roads and road-making. 



The Rural Neiv-Yorker for April 21 is a special 

 number, entitled, " Road Special;" and the pictures 

 on the front cover ought to be worth to every man 

 who travels on our country roads the subscription 

 price of the paper a year. The saddest part of it is, 

 that the first two pictures are true— or, at least, 

 have been true within the memory of most middle- 

 aged farmers. The last two pictures we hope and 

 pray may soon take the place of the former, if they 

 have not indeed come pretty near it already in 

 many localities. Reader, how are the roads in yo>i.r 

 vicinity? and if they are bad at certain seasons of 

 the year, what do your people do toward making 

 them better? 



a new machine for perfok.\tino zinc. 



In consequence of our low prices on perforated 

 zinc, there has been a big run on it ; so much so, 

 indeed, that we felt justified in going to the expense 

 of building a new and better machine. Our ma- 

 chinists have been at work on it for something like 

 eight weeks, and its cost will be about $400. No 



THAT HOARHOUND HONEY. 



One of our subscribers sends us a lai-ge illustrat- 

 ed circular, entitled, " Hoge's Hoai-houud Honey; " 

 price .")0 cents and $1.00 per bottle. On the circular, 

 or advertising sheet, is a series of pictures, the first 

 of which represents cutting honey out of the trees 

 in Santa Rosa, Southern California, where a large 

 amount of hoarhound grows naturally. The pic- 

 ture shows a bee-hunter following the bees; a man 

 sawing off a limb; then cutting out the honey by 

 the tubful. Then there is a picture of an apiary 

 near Santa Rosa, and then there is a packing-room 

 where the bottles of hoarhound honey are packed 

 into bo.xes. On the other side of the sheet there is 

 a series of jiictures representing the manufacture 

 of comb foundation, with a sort of rude backwoods 

 honey-extractor. The pictures are very well gotten 

 up; but ray opinion is. that the whole thing is a 

 scheme to sell this hoarhound honey at a big price. 

 A string of testimonials is appended ; but these tes- 

 timonials are signed by parties without giving the 

 addresses. Two of them are from England. A big 

 testimonial for Mr. Hoge himself comes from the 

 A. B. J., but it does not say when or why it appeared. 

 The New York Commercial and the New York Times 

 also give Mr. Hoge a big puff. Now, if we have a 



