836 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees. How Long They Live. 



Bertrami's Card 



Chickens— t'other Side 



Chicorv 



Counting the Cost 



Cj'prus 



Drone Comb (Q. B.I 



Drugs and Medicines 



Feeding in Fall 



Helen Keller.. 



Home of the Honey-bees. . 

 Home ot Honey-hees. Illu'd 

 Hoffman Fiame Discussed. 



Hambaugh'sCard 



Lettuce trom Washington. 

 Lippia Kepens 



Out-apiaries. Hauling HomeSlO 



Paint r.ir Hives Set 



Paralv is. Salt for 84.i 



U.-eord b.i.iU-s. Miss Wilson's8.'i7 

 Rolili.rs How Punished ....8ifi 



Killing. Ripley's, Bad 86.") 



Salt for Paralysis 84S 



Silk-moth Larva 8.56 



Smuts in Wheat 8.W 



Starters, Pasting in 8.')6 



Strawberry", Everbearing . SB(i 



Tarred Paper 8.")."> 



r nderdrains. To Find 86(1 



Water for Bees 856 



Wheat at Chamberlain's.... 859 

 Winter. Preparing tor 8i57 



^PEcmii pieTicEg. 



SOME NEW TOOLS. 



We !ire carefully watcliing- tlie market in tools; 

 and when any tiling- comes out that is i-eally superi- 

 or to wliat is'already in tlie market, we expect to be 

 able to furnisli it. 



PLIERS WITH PARALLEL JAWS. 



All ordinary pliers, as joii may have noticed, are 

 faulty when you come to jyi-asp any tiling- with any 

 deg-ree of thickness, because tlieir jaws open at an 

 ang-le; and the wider they oj^en. the more obtuse 

 the ang-le, and the greater dangci- of slipping. Well, 

 a new plier has been brought out with jaws that are 

 constantly parallel. There tire three sizes— 50, 65, 

 and 90 cents eacit respectively. The smallest size 

 will open its jaws half an inch; the hirger sizes a 

 little more, of course. They are also a great deal 

 stronger tlian the smaller size. The smallest size is 

 4X inches long; the next 5^4, and the largest size Is 

 6 inches. Tlie jaws are of tlie finest tem]jered steel, 

 and a groove is made longitudinally in the center 

 of each jaw, for grasping different sizes of wire. 

 The jaws are not only parallel, but they liave an im- 

 mense lever purchase. If wanted by mail the post- 

 age will be respectively 5, 7, and « cents each. 



The next thing is 



TINNERS' SNIPS AT A LOW PRICE. 



Did you ever borrow your wife's sliears to cut a 

 piece of tin, and spoil your tin and your shears also, 

 and possibly spoil your wife's temper— or, if not 

 quite that, give it a pietty severe strain ';' Well, 

 there is no need of your doing so any longer, for 

 vou can get a pair of tinneis' snips, made ot mallea- 

 ble chilled iron, for only 2.5 cents. When I look at 

 such a tool it seems ridicuUms to otter it at such a 

 low price. It is almost a foot long, and weiglis 1 lb. 

 6 ounces. In fact, it is so heavy that, if you want it 

 by mail, you will have to pay 23 cents postage on it. 



A STEEL HATCHET FOR 35 CENTS. 



I liave been for many years watching for some- 

 thing i-eally .serviceable that can lie futnished for 

 less than half a dollar; and now we liave it— a good 

 steel hatchet for only 35 cents. This is too heavy to 

 send by mail, so you will have to get it with other 

 g-oods by express or freight. WJio has not seen the 

 time he would not almost give the tibove amount 

 for a good hatchet to use one day? You need onein 

 the barn, and then your wife sliould have a good 

 hatchet to be her own property; and when tlie 

 children get older, she should teach them liow to 

 use it without chopiiing their fingers or toes, Some- 

 timeswe are inclined to say that a ten-cent cast-iron 

 hatchet is good enough for the uomcn-folks. Well, 

 it is a good deal belter than no hatcliet at all; but 

 my wife deserves a better hatcliet than a ten-cent 

 one. How is it at youi- house"? A few days ago I 

 c-alled for a hatchet in a gieat hurry, and was a 

 g-ood deal disgu.sted when my wife iiroiluced a cast- 

 iron one. When 1 expressed my displeasure she 

 said somebod.v bori-owed lier nice hatchet, and did 

 not bring it back; and when she sent for it they 

 sent that thing. It was just the same way with her 

 nice kitchen saw. It was not the neighbors, dear 

 friends— it was only some of our own men on the 

 premises wlio had it, and I suppose they thought the 

 cast-iron hatchet was the one I furnislied her, and 

 whicli she called her own itroperl.v. Now, I am go- 

 ing to take a good saw and a good hatchet this very 

 minute, and give my wife. She has worked very 

 hard, not only while I had the fever, but she did a 



s))lendid job of house-cleaning since then. By the 

 way, don't these women-folks of ours deserve good 

 nice tools? Ma.v be yen don't think tht'.i,- under- 

 stand oi- a) predate them. Butjuit you tr.v giving- 

 ,vonr wifeas:iw or a hatchet, or even a pair of 

 pliers. Ma.v be shewou!d like a pRir of sliears to 

 prevent the cliildi-en and other folks fi-om usijig- 

 her goi'd ones. B.v the way, has she got the nicest 

 pair of shears ,vou c;tn find in your market, and are 

 they kept in nice culling order? If you do not know 

 how to put a pair of shears in nice cutting order, 

 .vou ought to be ashamed of .voui-,-elf. And this 

 brings in the matter of nice little grindstones, whet- 

 stones, and oilstones. We have them all in oui- 

 price list; and. by the way, have yim had a new 

 price list lately? If not, drop us a postal. You see, 

 as I have got to feeling real well I am natui-all.\- full 

 of business. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Your Benton cages are Indeed greatl.y improved. 

 The Porter bee-escape Is .something that can not be 

 valued enough. The old queen you sent me last 

 fall is ]nire three-banded Italian, and does well yet. 

 She made a strong colony. L. Hammerschmidt. 



Amana, la,, Aug. 17. 



Please insert my name In your list of "Unte.sted 

 Queens." I .see you insei-t free the first time, so I 

 will send 20 cts. for another insertion. I think this, 

 will bring- all the orders I can fill, if it wiii-ks like 

 the other ad s .vou gave me. The.v brought so many 

 ordeis that 1 had tn take queens trom full colonie.s; 

 but 1 would not keeji a customer waiting if I had to 

 do It again, for I know bj- sad t^xperience what It Is 

 to wait several weeks for a queen after she is paid 

 for, E, C. Eaglesfield, 



Berlin, Wis.. Aug-. 7, 



'yyire Clotlx- 



For door and window screens, tacking over hives 

 and nuclei for shipping, making hee and queen 

 cages, and a variity of purpo8<'8. We have the fol- 

 lowing list of green and black wire cloth which is 

 not exactly first class, but is practically as good for 

 the purposes mentioned, and atjirices much below 

 the ordinary price. You can no doubt select from 

 this list a piece to suit your needs. Price in full 

 pieces, IM cts. per square foot. When we have to 

 cut It, 2 cts. In case the piece you order may have 

 been taken by some one else before your order 

 comes, please say whether we shall send the nearest 

 in size, or cut one the size ord-red at 2 cts. per ft.,, 

 or give a second or third choice. 



°S \ Pieces less than 100 ft. long. These 



g* figures are the number ot square 



~ I ty I -Cg I ^^*^^ '° each piece. Multipl.v by 



53 I » Ph5 li^ cents for the price of piece. 



66, 64, 63, 63, 63, 62, 



140, 8, green; 200 black, 

 I This is below reg, pr, of 1% c. 

 224. 224, green. 



I 



269. black ; price $4.70 



I. ROOT, Medina. Ohio. 



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ANTED.— To sell fifty colonies of bees. Will 

 take $100.00 for them on the ground. 



C, G. Strong. Atoka, Tipton Co., Tenn. 



Hatch Chickens by Steam. 



IPROVED EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 



trTT "^r°r> ^'ll ^° it'- Thousands in successful oper- 

 ation, l^hnple, Ferfert and Sflf-lifguhniiig. 

 Lowest-priced first-class Hatcher made, 

 lire freej Guaranteed to hatch a larger percent."vg6 

 ^ of fertile eggs at less cost than any other. 

 Send 6c. for Illus. Catalog. tiEO. M. STAHL, (ioiuuj, ill. 

 ^"In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



