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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



April 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



A Ifalfa, When to"Cut £9:i 



Afiiary, Locating an 285 



Bars. Closed-end 579 



Blacks, A Plea for -Xt) 



Burr combs. To Prevent •Jen 



California Vegetation . . . £93 



Canadian Imbroglio i98 



Cloth overl'lant-beds 29? 



Colonies, Weight of 28:i 



Eaton Can.von 291 



FTlectricity', Wiring by 297 



Escape. Porter's, a Success .29J 



Feeder, Manum's 27.'> 



Frames Wired by Electr'ly.297 

 Florida, Tabulated lieport.28.i 



Honey, Cost of— Elwood 272 



Hone.v, Grading 581 



Honey„Poisonous 289 



Kei-osene for Robbing ... 284 

 Onion Egyptian, etc... 296,297 



Paint 287 



Poultry-book, Geer's 298 



Production. Cost of 282 



Propolis, To J'revent 2X3 



Uueens. Raising 284 



Ram' ler,.on the Paeitic 276 



San Diego 294 



Self-hivers 280 



.Spring Dwindling 278 



S warmer, Pratt 281 



Tallow vs. Propolis, etc 28:5 



Vaseline vs. Burr-combs. . 28:5 



Water Cure 298 



Wings In.iurefi in Escapes.. 284 

 Writing for the ,Journals. . .27.'i 

 Zinc.Propolizing 284 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The (irst annuul meetinir of the Connecticut Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will lie held at Hartford. May 12, commencing at 1(1:3(1 

 .*..M. All interested are invited. Mrs. W. E. Riley, .Sec. 



Waterbur.v, Ct. 



CIHCULAHS BECEIVED. 



We have recently received from the following parties their 

 price lists of ajiiarian supiilies in general : 

 O. Moseley. Peru. lud. 

 W. E. Smith, Kentou.O. 

 .V. E. Manum. Bristol, Vt. 

 W. H. Laws, Lavaca. Ark. 

 J. J. Bradner, Marion, Ind. 



A. L. Lindley, Joi'dan, Ind. 

 Gus. Dittmer. Augusta, AVis. 

 Oliver Fostei-, Mt. Vernon, la. 

 J. R. Barnhard. Ottawa, Kan. 

 L. L. Alspauph. Auburn, Neb. 

 T. Phillips & Co.. Orillia, Out. 

 N. D. West. Middleburgh. N. Y. 

 C. F. Muth & Son. Cincinnati. (). 

 W. H. Putnam. River Falls. Wis. 

 Luther ,>t Horton. Redlands. Cal. 

 Mrs. Oliver die Slieiburne, N Y. 



B. Davidson. I'xliridgf. (int., ("an. 

 Gregoiy Bros. <!c ^SoIl. Ottiimwa. la. 



F. W. .lones, Bedford, yuehcc. Can. 



G. H. Kirkpatrick, Union Citv. Iiid. 

 G. D. Black & Co., Independence. la. 



■ Myers Brothers. Stratford. (Jnt.. Can. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 78 Barclay St., New York. 

 Buckeye Bee supply Co.. New Carlisle. O. 

 F. A. Lockhart & Co.. Lake George. X. Y. 

 Burdsal Apiary and Suppl.y Co.. Lebanon, O. 

 Leahy Manufacturing Co., Higginsville. Mo. 



C. E. Lukens. 19 North Second St., Philadelphia. 



Special Notices. 



CONCOUl) (JKAPEVINKS, FOK 



■SHAniNG BEE-HIVES, 



StroiiK, well-rooted, three-year-dld iihiiit.'^, 1(1 cents 

 each; 10 for 85c; fT-oO per 100. 



DECLINE IN POTATOES. 



I'litil further notice we will furnish Earl.v Puri- 

 tan iHitatoe.s, Lee's Favdiite, (ii- Munnie Seedling-, 

 at 7.5 cts. per bushel, (ir $2.00 per barrel of 11 pecks. 



SLICED SLOTTED SEPAKATOKS. 



You will notice these slotted separators, which 

 were shown in our last i.ssue, are priced in our 

 March 1st catalogue at 60 cts. per 100; $.5 00 per lOCO. 

 We have a few from one lot we made that molded a 

 little in ilr.\ iiiM-, which we will sell at half jirice, 

 Ther»> are only two or three thousand of them. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



We should be pleased to send free samples of our 

 foundation on application to prove that we are not 

 behind an.\ of oui' competitors in the quality of the 

 g-oods we send out, both in color and woikmanship. 

 (Jompetent judges have acknowledged ours equal to 

 Dadant's, which is the standard. 



SAWED SEPARATORS. 



The ordinary sliced wood separators have a ten- 

 dency to curl considerably, and this is about the 

 only real objection to them. As some prefer not to 

 use them on account of this, we have been making- 

 sawed wood separatois, about 14 to the inch, very 

 straight and smooth, 3>< x 17 to 18 inches long, at 60 



cts. per 100; fS.Oti per 1000. 

 sawed slotted separators. 



We have not made any 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED. 



It is not too late to sow alsike, and we still have a 

 good supply of nice clean seed. As the sea.son is 

 getting late and the market a little easier, we will 

 make the price for the next 30 days as follows: 3 

 bushels, *18.00: 1 bushel. $9..50; X bushel, f4.00; 1 

 peck, t3..5ll; 1 lb.. 2(1 cts.; by mail. 30 cts. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



We have our usual supply of orders for this sea- 

 .son of the year, and, if any thing, they are larger. 

 As we were prepared with a stock of all standard 

 goods to draw on in addition to what we make from 

 day to day, we are able t(j rush the goods off within 

 a few days after receiving the orders. The invoice 

 you receive from us shows the record on the upper 

 left-hand corner, telling just how long the order is 

 in our hands before being sliipped. We aim to make 

 the time covered liy this recoi'd as short as possil)le. 

 We liope to serve you with the same promptness 

 through the season that we have been able to do so 

 far. 



STANLEY AI'TO.MATIC REVERSING 

 OR. 



H()NEV-EXTRAt:T- 



As announced in last 

 number of Gleanings, 

 we have leased from G. 

 W. Stanley the right to 

 make his automatic ex- 

 tractor, and we bought 

 from E. R. Newcomb his 

 stock of materials and 

 machines unsold. This 

 stock consists of about 

 twenty - five machines, 

 two and four frame. To 

 work it off quick, and 

 give us a chance to put 

 out machinesof our own 

 make, we otter these 

 machine.s as long as they 

 last, atone-fourth off old 

 prices. We will sell the 

 two-frame macliines as 

 they are for *9.00; lhe4-frame for $15.00. They are 

 crated ready for shipment, with crank direct on the 

 center-.shaft. We will attach our new horizontal 

 gear, as shown on page 14 of our catalogue, for $3.00 

 each extra. 



THE PliANT BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



During the fore part of April we had several days 

 of very nice weather — so much so that the gardener, 

 and even the plants too, were about to be deluded 

 into thinking that frost and snow for the season 

 wei-e at an end. Since then, however, the weather 

 has been cold, and the ground has been frozen up 

 so it would almost beai- up a horse in the forenoon. 

 Now, we are not complaining at this soit of thing, 

 mind you, for it has been the means of keeping the 

 fruit back so there is great probability that it will 

 escape uninjured. But at the same time tlie weath- 

 er has not been favorable for sending out str.iw- 

 berries and other kinds of plants. While I write, 

 the frost has let up, but it is snowing. Just as .soon 

 as this is over we expect to rush off' every thing 

 promptly. Even the cold-frame cabbages that have 

 been frozen again and again for the last half of the 

 winter could hardly stand the cutting nin-th winds. 

 What few we had in the open gi-ound were prett.v 

 much used up except the small central leaf. The 

 prospect is, therefore, that the one who had his 

 stuff well protected, or had good strong plants that 

 could withstand the freezing and cutting winds, 

 will get a big price for what he has to sell. 



TWO NEW BOOKS— HENS AND "RATS." 



The Rural New-Ynrher sends us two very pretty 

 little industrial manuals. The first is entitled "The 

 Business Ht>n." It was written by H. W. CoUiiig- 

 wood. niaiiiiging editor of the Rural Neiv-Yarker, 

 with special articles by more than a dozen of the 

 prominent authorities on poultry. The price is 7.5 

 cts., in neat cloth binding; paper, 40 cts. The other 

 book is on "rats. "—how to rid buildings and farms 

 of rats and other pests of like character. The book 

 is by "Picket." It is written in one of his happiest 

 veins, and it Is very interesting reading aside from 

 its valuable teachings. In fact, it seems to cover 

 about every plan known for destroying, driving 



