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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Appropriation of 8ilK) «22 



Artifioial Comb 64'2 



Arizona 62;i,6-i8 



Baldensperprer's Apiary 626 



Bees on Shares 633 



Bees and Strawberries 627 



Bees. Fussing with 618 



Bee-hat 631 



Bee-trees in Florida 633 



Bricks on Hives 619 



Cage. New Benton 620 



Celery. Raisintr 6."» 



Chamberlain. W. 1 636 



Colonies. Dividing; 618 



Contraction, Dayton on 625 



Drone CoTnb IQ. B.).631 



Failure in Pennsylvania — 633 



Feeding to Fill Sections R3:i 



Florida Bees tothe Rescue..630 



Honey-dew Dripping 632 



Honey Statistics 629 



Honev Used in Jumbles 612 



Kentucky, Poor Season 622 



Kerosene vs. Propolis 631 



Larva? Carried Out 632 



Linden, Early 63S 



Minnesota. Good Report 633 



I'arartine in Cages 642 



Pierce, Thomas 620 



Posy-garden in .\ugust 643 



Potato. Freeman 637 



Queen to Jamaica 642 



Queens to Austi'alia 6,33 



Riinbow. Artilicial 634 



Seats in Apiary 619 



Shade on Hives 619 



Starters vs. Full Sheets 632 



Story, Upper, for Cells 632 



Stray Straws 617 



Sulphuric Acid to Clarify •642 



Swarms on Tall Trees 631 



Swarming-ladder 624 



Wintering in Dove'd Hive. .633 

 Wiring, Keeney 621 



gPECI^L ^e^^ICES. 



Something' new in liives in our next number. Look 

 out for it in this department. 



CHINESE ROSE WINTER RADISH. 



Now is the time to sow tliis, tlie most liandsome 

 and delicate of all radishes. In our opinion. 



SPINACH. 



This is the montli I should prefer to sow .spinach 

 for fall, winter, and spring use. We have a nice lot 

 of seed, just g-athered, of our own raising'. Ounce, 

 5c; pound, !i5c; 5 lbs. or over, 20c. per lb. 



STKAWBERRY-PLANTS DURING AUGUST. 



As we are having- about all the orders we can 

 handle, without an.v advertising, wo do not feel very 

 much like urging people to buy. The demand for 

 the Sterling Is alread.v beyond our cap;icitj-; but we 

 can proliably keep up on any of tlie other four 

 kinds. We lire going to i)ush the Sterling the very 

 best we know how; but as it is slow in making run- 

 ners and plants, we fear we shall not be able to catch 

 up as we did on the Havei-land last year. 



THE AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



We have finally made out to get ten bushels of 

 these new onion-sets, and we can fill orders promptly 

 —at least so long as the ten bushels last— at the fol- 

 lowing prices: Pint, 20c; quart, 3.5c; half a peck, 

 fl.25; peck, «2.2,5; bushel. ?8.0U. If wanted by mail, 

 add lOc per quart extra for postage. Now, piea.se 

 remember, friends, that all we can say for these sets 

 is tliat, in our localitj-. they wintered over perfectly. 

 We planted them in the fall, as I have told you be- 

 fore, and they came right up and made a nice 

 growth; and every one— or, at least, nearly every 

 one— started and grew in the spring, and made 

 great big handsome white onions, long before any 

 thing to be compared with them was found in the 

 markets, and long befoie we succeeded in getting 

 any good-sized onions from those started in tlie 

 greenhouse. The great achievement is, that you do 

 all the work in the fall of the year. They can be 

 planted anytime during this month or next. Wt> 

 .shall put out our own at once. We do not know 

 whether these are the same thing as the BloomsdMle 

 or not. You will remenilier that some of Landreth's 

 people think it .somewhat risky to put out the 

 Bloomsdale pearl in the fall, in our locality. 



HONEY, COMB AND EXTRACTED. 



We are beginning to get some inquiries for new 

 honey, and also have a good deal offered us. A 

 large part of the ofleiings ccmtain lione.v-dew. We 

 have onl3' one or two outlets for such honey, and 

 these seem to be well supplied at present. We have 

 received several lots of choice extracted honey, 

 which we offer as follows: 



L'lin (or basswood) honey in bairels, @ 7i-i cts. per 

 lb.; in 6u-lb. cans, @. 9 ets., or a full case of two cans 

 @8>^ cts. per lb. In lots of four cases or more, 8 cts. 



Clover extracted. 1 ct. per lb. moi-e than basswood. 



We have also a supply of choice new comb honey 

 in 1-1 b. sections, 24-lb. cases, that we offer at 18 cts. 



per lb., in lots of four cases or over. We have al: 

 little of last year's choice comb honey in 48-lb. ca 



We have also a 



^ „.. year's choice comb hone.v in 48-lb. cases, 



1-lb. sections, at 2 cts. per lb. less than this j'ear's. 



GLASSED CASES OF COMB HONEY MUST HAVE GLASS 

 COVERED FOR SHIPMENT. 



Among the recent rulings of the Western Classifi- 

 cation Committee we find the following: "June 23d. 

 Honey in comb, packed in boxes having glass fronts, 

 should not be received for shipment unless fronts 

 are fully covei'ed and protected." From our experi- 

 ence this ruling will work mischief unless honey is 

 crated as outlined on p. 643. If comb honey is so crat- 

 ed I think it will pass under the ruling, and it was 

 no doubt intended to enforce such crating or pro- 

 tection that the ruling was made. If, however, in- 

 stead of crating your honey you simply cover the 

 glass with a Ijoard. as you will no doubt be obliged 

 to do unless the I'uling is changed, your honey will 

 faie woise than before. When, by means of the ex- 

 posed glass, the freight-handlers can see the contents 

 they are more likely to handle with care than if in 

 a solid box; at least, this has been cmr experience. 

 From this point of view the ruling Is unjust to bee- 

 keepers; and if they desire to have it changed, the 

 person to write to is J. T. Ripley, chairman. Room 

 733, The Rookeiy, Chicago, 111. Remember, this rul- 

 ing applies on the roads west of Chicago and St. 

 Louis, not in the territory east of these points. 



GOODS FOR EXHIBITION AT FAIRS. 



Inquiries are already coming in for our terms on 

 goods for exliiliition at fairs. We are prepared to 

 make the same reductions we have done for several 

 years past. The articles on which we will allow a 

 discount of 25 per cent are only of our own manu- 

 facture, found on pages 10 to 27 of price list, and 

 there are some exceptions on these pages; namely, 

 Bingham and Quinliy smokers, rubber gloves, im- 

 plements foi- hec-lmnting; Whitman and Smith 

 sprinklers; Chicago zinc; Stanley extractors; honey- 

 knives; burlap: cheese-cloth; duck; enamel cloth, 

 etc. Only enougli for exhibition purposes are fur- 

 nished at this reduction, and on condition that you 

 distributi' judiciously the advertising matter we 

 send along with the goods. We havehardl.y received 

 sufficient returns from our I'eturn advertising cards 

 to warrant ntlering an ABC or Gle.\nings free for 

 their distribution, as we did last year. If, however, 

 you will send 2.5 cents to co\'er postage we will fui- 

 hish you Gleanings one year free. Or, for 40 cts., a 

 cloth ABC free for distrlbutingthe advertising mat- 

 ter we shall send. Where we can send the printed 

 matter with otliei- goods by express or freight at 

 your expense there will be no postage charge, and 

 the terms will be the same as before. 



THE PURPLE-TOP WHITE-GL(JBE TURNIP. 



We have received from one of our bee-keeping- 

 friends a whole two-bushel bagful of nice seed, on 

 which we give you the following- very low prices: 

 Ounce, 5c; K lb., 20c; pound. 35c; 5 lbs. at 30c per 

 lb.; 10 lbs. at 25c per lb. If wanted by mail, add 9c 

 extra for postage and packing. We are now selllng 

 these turnipson our wagon, andthey may be sown in 

 most localities, with a good chance of a crop, almost 

 anytime during the present month of August. I 

 have just learned U'?iy it is best to sow turnip seeds 

 just after a rain rather than just before. If sown 

 just before a heavy rain, in- many soils the ground 

 may bake so hard that the plants can not get 

 through the crust. If, however, you prepare your 

 ground before the rain, and then break the crust 

 again just alter the rain, and sow your seed in a 

 loose soil, there is a good chance of Its germlnating 

 and gettine- through the ground before another rain 

 comes. Of course, all depends very much on the 

 way the rain comes. The >Vhite Egg we place next 

 for a late turnip. The Breadstoue is perhaps the 

 most toothsome of all turnips, but it takes longer to 

 mature th.an the two first mentioned. If sown at 

 once, however, and we have a late fall, you will get 

 nice turnips for table use even j'ct. The Southein 

 Prize and Seven-top turnips may be sown any time, 

 for they stand the winter without injury. 



SUPPLIES ! 



standard Goods. Best 

 shipping point. Reason- 



able prices. Thirtj'-page 



I^B^BM^^HH^^BB^ Catalogue free. Walter 

 S. POUDER, 175 E. Walnut St., Indianapolis, Ind. 



