GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa for Sore Throat 70 



Bees and Fruit 55 



Beekeepers' Union 71 



Builtling-paper 59 



Cans, To Clean 71 



Cell-hatcher. Golden's 54 



Columbian Fair 58 



Detroit Convention 61 



Disease, Nameless Bee 64 



Ernest at Marengo 56 



Experim't Stations.. (Q.B.). 63 



Extractor, Boardman's 50 



Ferry's Seed-house 62 



Foundation, Use of 61 



Frame, Hoffman 49 



Fruit and Bees 55 



Hives, Painting 51 



Hives, Single-walled 59 



Hive, Heddon 49 



Honey, Adulterated 61 



Honey, Grading 64 



Lettuce Disease 68 



Market, A Home 55 



Muslin, Painted, for Covers. 69 



New Things, Adopting 71 



Out-apiaries, Dadant's 60 



Paint V. Whitewash 51 



Queens to Australia 73 



Queen-rearing — 48 



Kegister-Boards 64 



Repositories. Winter .54 



Saw-tables. Home made -53 



Seeds, To Get Good 67 



Sports in Vegetables 68 



Sugar, Beet, How Made .52 



Ventilation, Bottom 64 



Weather. Foretelling the. . . 59 

 Wliitewash on Hives 51 



gPEci^L piewicEg. 



BROOD FRAMES WITH TOP-BAB DIVIDED. 



Instead of fastening' comb t'oundation to the wood 

 comb-g-uide. s )me prefer to have the top-bar divided 

 vertically, and place the sheet of foundation be- 

 tween the two sections; drive three ov four one-inch 

 nails through, and the foundation is secure. We 

 can furnish i hick-top Hoffman or closed-end frames, 

 witli divided tops, without extra charge, if mention- 

 ed in the order. Of course, no comb guide will be 

 included with these frames. 



REMNANT PIPICES. 



Some six months ag-o we advertised some remnant 

 pieces. 11 inches long by 'Z% wide by H tbicli, planed 

 on one side, at 3.ic per 100. They went off like " hot 

 cakes," and were soon gone. We have since accu- 

 mulated quite a good many more, which we offer, as 

 long as they last, at the same price. If any of our 

 readers have use for such pieces, here is a chance to 

 g-et them cheap. 



DISCOUNT FOR EARLY ORDERS. 



A discount of 3 per cent is being allowed on all or- 

 ders for g-oods listed on papes U) to 37 of our new 

 catalogue, received ln^fore Frb. 1st. During- Febru- 

 ary, 3 per cent is allowed; after that date, no dis- 

 count. Quite a number are iivailing- themselves of 

 the discount; others would do well to do so also. If 

 any of our readers in Southern California intend to 

 take advantage of carload rates of f reig-ht they mu.st 

 send their order at once, as the car we are now mak- 

 ing up will start about Feb. 1. 



5% DISCOUNT ON WIRE NETTING TILL FEB. 20. 



By advice just received from the manufacturers of 

 wire netting and fencing we are able to offer you a 

 special discount of 5 '' on the new prices in our Jan. 

 1st catalogue, until Feb, 2i)th. This is an inducement 

 offered to get as many orders filled as possible before 

 the rush of spring orders begins, and many should 

 avail themselves of it. Send f'<;r our 3n-page netting 

 and fencing catalogue, and remember that on all 

 orders received by Feb. 3.ith, an additional discount 

 of 5 % may be deducted as well as those given on the 

 discount sheet sent with the catalogue. This special 

 b% may be deducted also from the list of remnants 

 on another page, for orders before Feb. 20th. 



A NEW EXPRESS COMPANY IN MEDINA. 



Trains have been running on the P., A. & W. from 

 Medina west since Jan. 1. and the rnited States Ex- 

 press Co. has been d( ini;- business since the lOch. 

 Connection has not yet been made from here east to 

 Akron, but it will SOI )n he eonipleteil. We are now 

 able to send your exi)ress shipments by either the 

 American or United Slates Exp. Co's; and if you 

 have a preference, plea.se .state it in your oi'der, or 

 ttU out the blank on the order sheet, telling what ex- 

 press eomiiaiiy does business at your ottice, and we 

 can decide which one to give tlie business to in order 

 to secure you the best rates. 



WIRE CLOTH FOR PROTECTING FRUIT-TREES. 



One of the men in our packing-room, Mr. H. A. 

 Horn, who has a little place of his own, and raises 

 fruit, tells me that young trees can be pterfeetly pio- 

 tected from rabbits, etc., by the use of our cheap 

 wire cloth, so that the wlole expense, including labor 



and material, will not cost over a cent and a quarter 

 per tree. Get the cheapest green wire cloth— even 

 remnants will do. Cut it into strips 3 inches by 3 ft., 

 or as near it as you can without much waste. Take 

 one of these strips and wind it spirally around the 

 tree from the ground up. No sti'ing, wire, nor anj- 

 thing of the kind, will be needed to make it keep its 

 place. Wind it on snug, and saueeze the last end 

 closel.v around the tree with your hand, and it will 

 stay. As the ti'ce grows, the wire cloth will stretch 

 as long as the protection is needed. He says he pro- 

 tected 3.50 trees in ,iust two hours and a half. The 

 cheap remnants ottered in our table are .lust as good 

 as any for the purpose. 



SUGAR -MAKERS' SUPPLIES. 



Maple-sugar-making time IS at hand, and some are 

 inquiring the price of supplies. First, you should 

 supply yourself with that excellent book by Prof. 

 Cook, "Maple Sugar and the Sugai'-Bush;" price 36 

 cents; by mail, 3Sc. By studying this you may save 

 many times the price of it. Notwithstanding the ad- 

 vance in the .cost of tin, we are able to offer you sap- 

 buckets and spiles and cans at last year's prices, as 

 below: 



Above cut shows a bucket hung on wire loop, with 

 hinged tin cover, and manner of emptying. 



IMPROVED RECORD SAP-SPUUT. 



Record sa])-spouts. f 1.00 per lOO; S8.0 ' per 1000. 



10-(|t. buckets, I(^ tin, fl.'i.OO per 100; IX tin, $17.00. 



12-( t. buckets. IC tin, *16.on per IfO; IX tin. SIS.CO. 



Patent hinged covers. $6.00 jier lOil .Hcversible wood 

 covers. MSM per 100. Wire loops for wood pails. 30e 

 per 100: for tin pails. 2.ic per 10;). 1 g-al. square cans. 

 50 or lOO in a crate, $13.00 per 100. Boxed 10 in a box, 

 for re-shipment when filled, $1.50 per box; $14.00 for 

 10 boxes. 



BACK NUMBERS OF GLEANINGS CHEAP. 



We have quitealargequantity of old back numbers 

 of Gleanings, containing much valuable reading- 

 matter. As our list of readers is constantly growing 

 larger, there are no doubt a good many who have 

 been readers but a comparatively sliort time. It any 

 of these desire to use these long winter evenings by 

 reading up on the sub.iect covered by Gleanings, 

 here is an opportunity to get a good deal of leading- 

 matter for a small amount. We can send you a large 

 variety of back numbers, no two alike (unless you 

 are not particular, and want to use them foi- distrilm- 



