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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JuxE 15. 



THE FUND FOR HELEN KELLEE. 



SOME GOOD NEWS FROM TOMMY STRIN6EE. 



In response to the appeal in our last issue, 

 the following friends have responded by the 

 amounts placed opposite their names, and the 

 sum of $49.45 has been forwarded, that little 

 Tommy may be emancipated from darkness to 

 the light of civilization and Christianity. 



G. W. Harrison. Cojiley, O 8 1 00 



A. A. Simpson. Sw.^rtz, Pa 6<l 



•• Helen," Farina. HI 1.00 



For Tommy S., Warrenton, Va 30 



E. West, Channahan. Ul 1 00 



C. V. Kintner. Carrollton. 1 00 



G. W. Gates. Bartlett. Tenn 1 43 



"A Reader,'" Leawood Mills, Md 60 



A. Gardner, La Salle. Ill 1 00 



Mrs. C. B. Moore, White Plains. N. y 1 00 



C. J. Qninbv, White Plains. N. Y 1 00 



W.J Ellison. Citihall.S. C 2 30 



" For Tommy." Crystal Springs, Miss 100 



J. A. Buchanan, Holliday's Cove, W. Va 100 



Factory Hands 10 00 



Geo. O. Goodhue. Danville, Can 5 00 



A. I. Root, Medina, 20 00 



Dear Mr. Roof; — Gleanings for June 1st is at 

 hand, and I am much mure than pleased with the 

 warm, whok^hearted reception and generous start 

 you give to mj- little friend's unselfish appeal. The 

 only thing I would have changed is your reference 

 to myself, wliich I fear is much more than I deserve; 

 but I thank you most sincerely for the heart that 

 prompts such kindly feeling toward me. Yes, I am 

 re.sting, a poor undeserving sinner, upon the Sav- 

 ior's finished work, and onlj-regiet I did not begin 

 to follow him earlier, and that I do not serve him 

 better. Altlioiigli the amount raised for little Tom- 

 my is not nearly sufficient to educate and maintain 

 him, still it is large enough to induce Mr. Anagnos 

 to send for the little fellow, and make a start, and 

 he is now at the institute in Boston. Helen is pei-- 

 fectly delighted. 1 have had two letters from her 

 since he came. In the last one she thus speaks of 

 him: "Tommy is well and liappy, but does not like 

 to spell yet; but that is because he does not realize 

 what a wonderful thing our language is. When lie 

 can tell us what is in his mind, and we can tell him 

 that we love him, he will learn very rapidly." Dear, 

 unselfish, loving little heart ! I hope, my dear kind 

 friend, that you may some day have the pleasure of 

 meeting her yourself here on earth. If you do you 

 will get, I aril sure, a stimulus and inspiration from 

 ber sunny, cheery disposition, lo^^llg heart, and most 

 wonderful mind, that you will not soon forget. I 

 shall watch with very great interest the reception 

 her appeal receives from our brother bee-keepers. I 

 am sure it will be a most hearty one. 



June 9.— Since the above writing I have received 

 your kind letter of the 3d, with the extra copies of 

 Gleanings, for which I tliank you very much I 

 will forward same to Helen's friends in Boston at 

 once. 



Thanking jou again most sincerely for all your 

 verv gi'eat kindness, I remain — 



Dain-ille, Que. Geo. O. Goodhue. 



THE improved BENTON CAGE. 



This cage, spoken of elsewhere, will be sent com- 

 plete, filled with candy, with directions for intro- 

 ducing, etc., as well as instructions to the postal 

 authorities, 3 for a dime: V) for 2.5 ets.; 100 for $2.00. 

 Without candy or wire cloth, one-half tliese prices. 

 If sent by mail, add one cent per cage extra. 



LAWN-MOWERS FIVE PER CENT OFF. 



Now is the time when j-ou need a good lawn- 

 mower to keep your yard and apiary clipped down 

 and looking neat. To reduce our large stock of ma- 

 chines, as shown on page 50 of our price list, also on 

 next page of this number, we will give a special dis- 

 count of five per cent for the next 60 days to all who 

 order from this notice, and mention it. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



Everv day brings encouraging reports for a good 

 honey vield, and the bright outlook is very marked 

 in the Increase of orders so far this month. For the 



first two weeks of June we have received nearly as 

 many orders as during the whole month of May; 

 and notwithstanding this increa.se we are keeping 

 up close, most orders being filled in three days or 

 less after they reach us. 



OLD-STYLE DOVETAILED HIVES. 



We still have a good supply of the last year's pat- 

 tern of Dovetailed hives, all ready to ship at a mo- 

 ment's notice, at 10 cents each less than prices of 

 present make, given on page 21 of our price Ust. 

 The only difierence is, that they have no followers, 

 wedges." nor division-boards, and are >2' inch narrow- 

 er. The same discounts for quantity and to dealers 

 apply. 



HONEY QUEENS. 



We have a good stock of them in the South, and 

 our Southern breeder writes that they are very nice. 

 Price 25 per cent more tlian our regular queens; 

 viz., untested lioney queens, each, this month, ?fl.56; 

 in July, $1.25. Tested honey queens, each, this 

 month, §3.33; same in Julj-, $~.f)0. These queens are 

 bred f I'om a mother whose bees were remarkable as 

 honey-gatherers. While the bees or tliese queens 

 may not equal the bees of the original queen in en- 

 ergy, the chances are that they will. Their bees 

 arerather leather-colored than otnerwise. 



.TAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



This has been going ofl' veiy rapidly within the 

 past few days, and by the time this reaches our 

 readers we sliall doubtless be sold out of all seed 

 available that we know of. We may find more, so 

 as to keep up all orders, but shall not be able to sus- 

 tain present prices. If any of our readers in this or 

 adjoining States have any choice seed to sell, let us 

 know at once how much you have, and what you 

 want for it. In this way we will try to di%ide up so 

 that all can be supplied, and we will bill it at the 

 lowest price we can, depending on what we have to 

 pay. 



OLD-STYLE EXTRACTORS CHEAP. 



A year ago we began making our honey-extractors 

 of two-cross tin, and with larger honey-gate; also 

 about two inches deeper, to prevent honey going 

 over the edge. We have still on hand a few of the 

 old-stjie machines that will answer just as well for 

 those wlio have t)nly a small amount of extracting to 

 do. We will sell these, to close out, as follows: 



No. 1, for Gallup frame, III4XII14, at $5.00. We 

 have four of these. 



No. 5, for Simp, or L. frame, $5.50. We have five of 

 these. 



No. 5, with 50 lbs. extra room below, $6.00. We 

 have nine of these. 



No. », fo. frames up to 12 inches deep and 18 inches 

 long, $6.50. We have five of the.se. 



No. 9. for frames up to 13 inches deep and 18 inches 

 long, $6.50. We' have onlj' one. 



WHITE AND CREAM SECTIONS. 



We have finally got out of the woods on sections. 

 For over a year, excepting the time between Au- 

 gust and March last, when we had choice lumber 

 from Michigan, we have been criopled, both in 

 quantity and quality of our output of .sections, be- 

 cause of a scarcity of suitable dry white basswood. 

 Having two very open winters in succession, with 

 soft ground, and roads almost impassable, we failed 

 in getting a good supply of suital)le l)asswood lum- 

 ber cut. In order that it may dry white, suitable 

 for section.s, it must be cut in winter. The cream, 

 sections we have been offering are made from lum- 

 ber just as good in every respect as the very best, 

 except color; and this off color was caused by its. 

 being cut in warm weather. Last winter was quite 

 favorable, and we have secured nearly twice what 

 we usually use in one .season, of the nicest white 

 basswood we ever had. Over half of this (400,000 ft.) 

 Is to come from Michigan. We have been using 

 from this year's lumber for the past three months. 

 by kiln drying, and picking out the driest planks we 

 could find; l)ut till within a short time it has not 

 worked to our satisfaction. Where complaints of 

 poor (luallty have been made, we have endeavored^ 

 by rebate and otherwise, to give satisfaction. As. 

 we say. we are now out of the woods, having an al- 

 most unlimited supply of choice lumber, and hope 

 that from now on we shall have more of praise and 

 less complaint of the quality of our sections, as we 

 have begun to have already. We are out of cream. 



