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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



July 



clocks to the jeweler's, a great many people of a 

 mechanical turn of mind are in the habit of repair- 

 ing their own clocks; and as most bee-keepers are 

 of a mechanical turn of mind, they usually have in- 

 genuity enough to keep any common clock in re- 

 pair. Jf, however, the mainspring of a clock breaks, 

 it usually has to go to the jeweler's, unless you go 

 to the jeweler's and buy your spring. In that case 

 he will, as a rule, charge you not less than 25 cts.— 

 that is, a spring for a one-day clock. Well, we have 

 just made arrangements to get springs for one-day 

 clocks, so that we can put them on our 10-cent 

 counter. We have two different widths, ,\ and V 

 inch. The /g are intended for the striking side of 

 most clocks, or for the running side of most time- 

 pieces that do not strike. It the springs are wanted 

 by mail, add 3 cts. each extra for postage. Clock- 

 springs are wanted for a great many purposes be- 

 sides repairing timepieces. In fact, the cheapest 

 way to buy a light steel spring for almost any pur- 

 pose is to get clock-springs and cut them up. 



THE NEW PURPLE-TOP GLOBE TUtJNlP. 



I notice by the agricultural press that I am not 

 the only one that has found this turnip a great ac- 

 (luisition. We have a line stock of new seed that 

 we can ship promptly as follows: Per ounce, 5c; 

 per pound, 40c; .5 lbs., or over, 33\ic per lb. If want- 

 ed by mail, add 2c per single ounce, or at the rate 

 of 18c per lb., for postage and packing. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



JUST IN TIME. 



The goods I ordered came to hand all right. I 

 had a swarm of bees come out the day that T re- 

 ceived the goods. I used some of the wired frames. 

 They are very nice ones. A. M. P. Pearson. 



Epping. N. H., June 14, 1888. 



THE COLD-BLAST SMOKER. 



I have seen and used a number of smokers, but 

 I think one of Clark's worth the whole batch. 



Benjamin Hazard. 

 Highland Mills, N. Y., June 26, 1888. 



Labels and ABC books are all in good shape. I 

 put the zinc on my hives the next day. The book 

 is worth twice the price to any one who wants to 

 read about bees, and the lithograph labels are per- 

 fect gems. I am well pleased. C. P. Kyzar. 



Ridgeway, Ind. 



THAT HYBRID-QUEEN DEPARTMENT, AND ITS VALUE 

 TO BEE-KEEPERS. 



My queens are all gone, and I have received about 

 3.5 more orders than I can fill. That advertisement 

 in the free column of May 15th did the business. I 

 have all the blacks and hybrids weeded out of mj- 

 apiary. E. A. Liggett. 



Leesville, Ohio, June 19, 1888. 



The bee-material I ordered of you— wheelbarrows, 

 section stuff, etc., came duly to hand, and I was 

 very much pleased with all, especiall.v the barrows. 

 The amount of the freight was at the rate of two 

 cents a pound. This seems rather high; but at this 

 figure I can obtain my section material of you 

 cheaper than the 2-lb. stuff manufactured here. 



De Luz, Cal., June 37, 1888. O. A. Stewart. 



THAT QUEEN IN FINE SHAPE. 



The queen ordered of you May 21st, and mailed 

 May 28th, was received on the 4th inst., and was in 

 fine shape. There was not a dead bee in the cage. 

 The queen was received by the bees to-day, and will 

 begin laying to-morrow, judging by the way she has 

 increased in size since I i)laced the cage in the hive. 



Puyallup, Wash. Ty., June 8, 1888. G. W. MORE. 



A KIND WORD IN REGARD TO OUR LAWN-MOWERS. 



I received the lawn-mower last Tuesday all right. 

 It works flno. I am 75 years old, and, as the boys 

 have as m\ich as they can do, I have had to mow 

 the lawn with the scythe; and any one who has ever 

 tried to mow blue grass knows how it is. Now, it is 

 just fun for mv girls to run the Globe. They arc 

 delighted with it. W. E. Farrell. 



Lake Cit.v, 111., June 25, 1888. 



GLEANINGS AND ITS VALUE. 



F. A. K., in April 15th issue, says Gleanings is 

 not worth more than .50 cents. It is very seldom 

 that I do not get information out of a number that 

 is worth more than a dollar to me, independent of 

 bee-lore. A few numbers back, from one of your 

 remarks about certain ways of doing work, I learn- 

 ed what was worth at least $5.00 to me. 



Hondo City, Tex. Geo. E. Hailes. 



TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 



Catonsville, Md., April 3, 1888. 

 Having disposed of my Queen-breeding depart- 

 ment, together with the entire outfit and good will 

 of the business to F. L. Curtler, Esqr., proprietor of 

 Albion Fruit Farm, Alexandria, \^a., R. R. Cuyler 

 Apiarist and manager, it att'ords me much pleasure 

 in recommending the said parties to my former pat- 

 rons and the Bee-Keeping fraternity, feeling confi- 

 dent the reputation of " Sunny Side's " Bees and 

 Queens will be fully maintained under so able a 

 manager. CHAS. H. LAKE, 



Formerly Sunny Side Apiary, Baltimore, Md. 



QUEENS AND QUEEN-REARING. 



Having purchased of Mr. C. H. Lake, formerly of 

 the Sunny Side Apiary, of Baltimore, Md., his en- 

 tire Queen-Breeding Outfit, together with the good 

 will of his Queen business and his select strains of 

 bees, so generally known throughout the United 

 States and Canada, we are happy to announce to 

 those seeking superior Queens that we will spare 

 no pains in keeping our stock up to their well-earn- 

 ed reputation. 



Six S 5 00 



Twelve 10 00 



Tested, each 3 00 



Write for wholesale prices. 



Send for circular. F. L. Curtler, 



Mention Gleanings. Alexandria, Va. 



OADAKT'S FOUITDATION FACTORY, WHOLESALE aniBETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3tf bd 



CnrCQlD PURE ITALIAN 



rUlDdlG-«-..¥;rd,%:i,'!i.'f->'>'H«, 



14d WM. EARTH, Petersburg, Mahoning Co., O. 



t:^"In respondiniJr to tliis adverti.-eiiiL-r.t imiitiuii C.l.KA.xiNiiS. 



p» ^% I 8 colonies hybrid bees, 



k f\ 90 ^^ ^ I O Also some new chaff 



I ^1 ^^ CI I W • "' lii^'^s (Root pattern), 

 very cheap. Write for 

 prices Immediately. P. J. Hartzler, Weilersville, Wayne Co., 0. 



QPPA and queens cheap. Tested queen, $1.50. 

 qF F X Untested, .«1.00. Frame of brood, 50 cts. 

 ■•^^" Bees, per lb., 90c. Send card for price 

 list. MISS A. M. TAYLOR, 



Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., 111., Box 77. 



Italian and Hybrid Bees 



for sale. Full Colonies in 8 or 9 frame hives, with 

 wire cloth on top, and bottom to confine the bees. 



Hybrids, each *5 00 



Pure Italians, each 7 00 



Tested Queens, 3 00 



Untested Queens, 1 00 



13tfd JAS. Mt'KERlTIAN, 



PI)llip(»burs> Center Co., Pa. 



t_^lll iVslMiiul.nu I.I . in ^ "!• >-, : i , ,,.. ,i. LmhI 1 : 1.1. \MN(iM- 



Gash (or Beeswax ! 



Will pay 20c per lb. cash, or 23c in trade for any 

 quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, delivered 

 at our R. R. station. The same will be sold to those 

 who wish to purchase, at 2.5c per lb., or 28c for bei<t 

 selected wax. 



Unless you put your name mi the box, and notify 

 us by mail of amount sent, I can not hold myself 

 responsible for mistakes. It wTll not pay as a gen- 

 eral thing to send wax by express. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



