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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apiut, 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Cobs and Kernels 234 



Combs, Emptv 239 



Combs, To Get 230 



Combs, Old Drawn 239 



Combs. Drawn-out 2*29 



Contraction in Harvest 243 



Cost of Extracted Honey.. 231 



E.xtractor, Cowan 243 



Fovindation-roller, Eclii).se..210 

 Foundation, Tliin and Fresh244 



Foundation, Hatch on 2«l 



Foundation. Exper's With..238 



fiovernment Aid 228 



Hive. Dovetai'd, Improved 247 



Honev, Adulterated 'SA 



Honey. Fall 230 



HoneV, Extracted. Cost of .230 

 Honey. How Injured 231 



Hiinev. Objections to 23,') 



Inibtdders 240 



Increase, Preventing 239 



K tiler, Helen 24.i 



Onion sets 249 



Philo'sGluer 242 



Plionog:rai)h 2.'i4 



PoUpii Substitutes 2.H 



Queens Sent 11,.">00 Miles 2^)2 



Kanililer in San Francisco. .236 



Section-former, Philo's 212 



Starters, l.')0O an Hour. ..'i'i3 



Strawberries in fio Days 249 



Straws, Comments on 242 



Stringer, Tommy 24.'j 



Tobacco Column 2iK) 



Wires. To Imbed 241 



World's Fair. Space in 2.')4 



Specml Notices. 



greiner's second edition of the new onion 



CULTURE. 



This is just at hand, and contains 15 more pages 

 than the old edition, and pretty much all that is 

 new in the matter up to date. The autlior has liind- 

 ly put several extracts from Gle.\nings in liis new 

 edition. The price is tlie same as before— 30 cts. per 

 copy, or 3.5 if sent by mail. We have a limited num- 

 ber of the first edition, wliich we will offer for 20 cts., 

 or 25 by mail. The latter contains alltlie directions 

 that are really imi)ortant for raising onions on the 

 new plan. 



CLOVER SEED. 



Wlien our last issue was printed the market on 

 peavine and medium clover was about at its heiglit. 

 It has since declined somewliat, so that we are now 

 able to offer peavine at $8.00 per busliel; flS.iiO for 3 

 bu.shels; H 20 for ^ busliel; $3.25 per peck; 18c per 

 lb., bag included. We still have a good supply of 

 alsike seed at the same prices as liereto fore— $20.00 

 for 2 bushels; i;i0..5O per Inishel; $5.-l:0 per }i bushel; 

 $2.80 per peck; 30c per lb., and at this price it is 

 cheaper to sow than the large clover at above price; 

 that is, for the same money you can seed more acres. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



We have had a splendid trade in these products so 

 far. We have been obliged to delay some orders for 

 second-grade sugar, as the most of that brouglit in 

 was of the very be.st quality. With the exception 

 of two or three orders for second grade we have 

 been able to supply orders promptly; and if any of 

 our readers still want either sugar or syrup we can 

 furnish it promptly as follows: 



No. 1. Best maple sugar, 9c per lb. 



No. 2. Good maple sugar, 8c per lb. 



Half a cent less in 50-lb. lots; Ic less in barrel lots 

 of 300 lbs. 



Choice maple syrup, $1.00 per gallon; $8..50 for 10 

 gallons; 80c per gallon In 20-gallon lots or more, all 

 in gallon cans. 



PAINT FOR BEE-HIVES. 



After much experimentation, and a careful study 

 into the paint question, we offer a mixed paint pre- 

 pared csin'cially for bee-hi\es. It will in)t chalk or 

 Make off. and wc gnaraiitec it to be free from adul- 

 teiants. such as whiting, barytes, lime, and other 

 sulistitutcs that do not add to the enduring quali- 

 ties of t he paint. Our paint is made of strictly pure 

 lea<l. strictly pure zinc, and genuine Fi-ench ocher 

 of , about cinial pi'( (portions, mixed in pure linseed 

 oil. It is generally recognizi'd that there is no pig- 

 ment more peimaneiit tlian French ocher; and this, 

 combined with zinc and lead, makes a most durable 

 combination. The resultant tint is a pale straw 

 c-olor. Price: Pint, 353; quart, 60c; half -gallon, 

 $1.00; gallon, $1.75. Half a gallon will cover ten No. 

 1 Dovetailed hives two coats. 



THE NEW ONION CULTURE, AND SELLING ONION- 

 PLANTS. 



This seems to be the absorbing topic just now— 

 iKjt only with the catalogue-makers, but dealers in 

 general. The market isahijost cleaned out of Prize- 

 taker seed, although we have enough to last for a 

 little while, and liope to bu able to get some more. 

 As there is some .iangling in regard to whetlier 

 Prizetaker and Spanish King are one and the same 

 thing or iu)t, we are using at present the Prizetaker 



seed .straight from William Heniy Maule liimself . I 

 believe, however, that man.y of you will be better 

 plea.sed with the White Victoria. It is not so large, 

 but it is so wondei'f ullj' handsome; and, by the way, 

 this reminds me theie is going to be a tremendous 

 demand for onion-pfroits. I think they can be sent 

 by mail just as safely as cabbage and celery, and we 

 are planting heavily in order to be able to furnish 

 them at the following price — 5 cts for 20; 20 cts. per 

 100; $1.50 per lUOO. If wanted by mail, add 6 cts. 

 more for postage on 30 lots; 15 cts. more on 100 lots, 

 and $1.0(1 on KKiO lots. Pei'haps you had better try 

 exjierinients first by ordering 30; if these reach you 

 all right, and grow without anv trouble, then you 

 can try lots of 100 or lOOO. They will be fully as 

 hardy as cabbage-plants, I think, and may therefore 

 be set out in the open field at the .same time. Of 

 course, onion-plants will be sent out right from tlie 

 seed-bed; they need not be transplanted as cahliage, 

 celery, tomatoes, etc, are. 



OUR NEW BOOK ON TILE-DRAINING. 



After many delays it is just about finished; and 

 if you have only a little ditching to do it will cer- 

 tainly pay .you to invest the small sum of 40 cents 

 in the book. As an illustration, a few days agolsent 

 a big strongman who has done ditching, and thought 

 he knew how, out into tlie lot to dig where I had pre- 

 viously drawn a string for him to go l3y. It was 

 two or three hours before I g( )t ready to come around 

 and inspect. I found him making little progress 

 in trying U^ dig the hard clay with a Tpick. I took 

 the spade given him at first, and in five minutes 

 taught him to throw out the dirt a full spade depth 

 almost as fast as he could handle his spade, and 

 this, too, in ground so hard he thought he would 

 have to u.se the pick. Had he tried to push his tile- 

 spade into tlie ground with botli edges in tlie clay it 

 would have lte(>n impos-sible, even if he had put his 

 full weight (200 lbs.) on top of the spade; but by 

 putting only one edge in the clay, leaving one edge 

 cleai-, he managed it easily, and the dirt dropped 

 from his spade without a bit of trouble; whereas, 

 by the old plan the clay would stick to the spade st> 

 as to have to be cleared off' with a trowel almost 

 every time. Tlie book explains all of this by draw- 

 ings so plain that anj- one will " catch on " in an in- 

 stant. Why, since I liave learned how to do it as 

 friend Chamberlain does, I find it just fun to dig in 

 the hardest ground, and the labor isn't .severe and 

 exhausting either. This one item, it seems to me, 

 ought to he worth many times the cost of the book; 

 but aside from this the book considers everything 

 pertaining to tile-draining, brought up to the pres- 

 ent date, including all recent improvements. Price 

 40 cents by mail, postpaid. 



Hastings' Lightning Bee-Escape. 



Send for sample of Hastings' "Lightning " Bee 

 Escape, and you will be convinced that it is the 

 best and most practical escape yet produced. It 

 will clear the supers in a short .space of time (2 to 4 

 hours), and it is impossible for the bees to clog the 

 passage, as they can not return. Each escape guar- 

 anteed as represented. Price, by mail, each, $0.20; 

 by mail, per doz.. $2.25. Full directions with each 

 escape. Electrotypes furnished free for dealers' 

 catalogues. Write for discount. 7-12db 



M. E. HASTINGS, New York Mills, Oneida Co., N. Y. 



Bee-Keeper's Supplies. 



Hives, Honey -Cases, Sections, and Frames. 

 We are the only concern in Southern Califor- 

 nia who make a 



SPECIALTY OF BEE-KEEPERS' MATERIAL. 



Agents^for the white basswood^l-lb. sections. 

 Send for catalogue and price list."CZl 

 fi-13db Oceanside Mill Cc'.Oceanside, Cal. 



