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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1. 



his wires by electricity; but it looks now as if 

 it would be quite a saving in time for the large 

 bee-keepers and all supply-dealeis. 



PRODUCER AND CONSUMER— MAKING A SHORT 

 CUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. 



While we sat at the foot of Wilson's Peak 

 drinking our lemonade, friend Stevenson sug- 

 gested that evaporated fruits were, in many 

 parts of California, a drug. He said he had 

 some beautiful apricots of his own growing and 

 evaporating that he would be glad to sell at 7 

 cts. per lb. I told him to send me a barrel. 

 They reached us safely at a cost of 3 cts. per lb. 

 for freight. He paid the freight in advance, so 

 as to be sure there would be no overcharges. 

 Well, they proved to be about the finest fruit 

 that our Medina people had ever got hold of. 

 The boys put them on the wagon, and they sold 

 nearly half the barrel the first trip they made 

 through the town. We retailed them at 13 cts. 

 per lb., and this is about what they are worth 

 at wholesale in Cleveland. Now, the point is, 

 by this operation we made a short cut, like can- 

 cellation in arithmetic, skipping the middle- 

 men, as has been talked of. Of course, you 

 know I do not mean to intimate that "middle- 

 men" are not good members of society; but 

 they are not alivays needed. When we can 

 make a short cut crosslots, to the benefit of both 

 parties, by all means let us do so. The question 

 then is. How shall we find out who has nice 

 stuff for sale? and who else it is that wants it. 

 Why, I think our home journals should be the 

 medium of this sort of exchanges— a brief notice 

 in the "Wants"' and "For Sale" column, for 

 instance. The next point is, that both buyer 

 and seller should be good square men. I do not 

 know whether fiiend Stevenson has any more 

 left or not. If he has not, I think very likely 

 his neighbors have. His address is, Wm. Ste- 

 venson, 80 Orange Grove Avenue, Pasedena, 

 Cal. A. I. R. 



Down G-o tlie Prices ! 



Must Be Sold ! 



100,000 No. I One-Piece Sections at §3.00 per M. 

 In 5000 Lots, - - - - §52.80 per M, 



Fifty Colonies of Italian Bees; 1 Colony, $6.00; 

 .5 C(jloiiies, $.5.00 eacli. Tested Italian Queens in May, 

 $1.50 each. Untested, $1.(0 each. Hybrids. 75c each. 

 Comb Foundation and a full line of Apiarian Sup- 

 plies. Twenty-page price list free. 



J. M. KINZIE, 



9-13db Ko«'liesl€'r, Oiiklaiid ♦!«»., Midi. 



t^In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



^fayy^^Tr^^ 1 TNTESTED QUEENS from the 



Jt w *M "^^s original and only imported 



cooocccccccc<x:CCs stocks in tlie country; $2 (H) racli. 



___■.■_ I \ Pratt's swarmer, by mail, 60c; 'Z 



SSSS for $1.00. E. L,. PRATT, 



9-13db Beverly, Mast*. 



Please mention this paper. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



25 Colonies Italians, 100 Colonies Hybrids 

 and Blacks. 



All on Simplicity frames. State what you want 

 and write for prices to 



CiliO. E. HII^Tt>:S, Fremont, A/io/i. 



Please mention this paper. 



i QOn Golden Italian and Wliite band Albino A OQO 

 loOa bees at very low rates. Do not fail to *OiJfl 

 send for my prices before purchasnig-. Also Eggs 

 for hatching from my choice strain of Silver-laced 

 Wyandottes that gave sucli good satisfaction tlie 

 past season ; $1.00 per setting of 13; 3 settings. $1..50. 

 Address W. J. Hillman, Green River, Vt. 



J. W. K. SHAW li CO.. 



TESTED QUEENS from our best 

 Imported MILAMO Strain. Ready 

 by Return Mail, $i.oo Each. Un- 

 tested, $9.00 per Doz. 



Loreauville, Iberia Parish, La. 



t^"lii resiionding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Ladies' Home Journal 



Of fhiladeliihia. 



New or renewal subscribers to this best of all, 

 only 75 cts. lull year. Reference as to our reliabili- 

 ty. Editor of Gle.\mnos. Address 



AM. CLiUB 1.1ST, Miamrock, N. Y. 



twin respondintr to this aavertisement mention liLKANlNGa. 



Five-BanHfiil Soincii Italiaiis. 



One untested, 3 or 5 banded, $1.00; six for $5.00; 

 one tested 3-baiided, $1.35; .5-banded, $1.50. A few 

 bvl3rids, iJoc each. Two-frame nucleus and queen, 

 $3.50. Full C(jlony, $5.00. Supplies cheap. My 

 Queens are yellow to the tip, and if not found as 

 represented your money will be returned. Send for 

 catalogue. CHAKLES H. THIKM, 



9tfdb Steeleville, Illinois. 



I^"1ji responding to this advertisement mention Gleaninos, 



BEE.HIVES AND SUPPLIES. 



Send for catalogue free. Address 

 SAMllEIi JONES, Highland Park 

 College, Des Moines, Iowa. 9-lOd 



$1.00. 



READY TO MAIL. 



$1.00. 



My Golden Italians are " Hustlers." Untested, six 

 for $4.50; dozen, $8.00. Tested, $1.60; three for $4.00. 

 Select for breeders, $3.00; very choice, $3.00. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Make P. O. 

 payable at Daytona, Fla. 

 JOHN B. CASE, I'ort Orange, Vol. Co., Fla. 



.-jivjiiding to this advertisement nientiuii (^lkaM.sg i 



BERRY 



CliATKSand 

 liASKETS. 



^^JsJi^^ Indorsed by all 

 ^ ^ "Fleadlne berry 

 growers as The 

 BEST. Also (.ift . 



_. I'actages, ilrape," _^^ 



f eacD an.l oluer lluuets. Prices low. Ulus. Catalogue Fre«I 



DISBROW MFC.CO.,ROCHESTER,N.Y, 



tyiii /•-v'i'iiiiiiL' ti) this adviTti?-<-Muiit nifntioii Hlka.vings 



limaxi 



UIANTED-I.ADY OB GENT IN EACH 



" county to distribute and collect for Brabant's 

 ladies' toilet cases; 338 articles, worth $1; will send 

 sample and full particulars by mail for 35c in 

 stamps; returnable if not satisfactory; territory 

 free; $3 to $5 per day easily made. Address J. C. 

 Fbisbee, general agent, VrZ Maple St., Denver, Col. 

 Reference, A. I. Root, Medina, O. 



8L-^In respondinj^ to tliis aciverti-^ement mention GLEANINGS, 



TAKE NOTICE. 



If you are looking for the bees that give the best 

 profits, and mt)st gentle in handling, try the Albi- 

 nos. I also have the Golden Italian, and can fur- 

 nish eitlier variety. But if you ask for my prefer- 

 ence I say Albino, and in my circular you can see 

 what others say of them. Send for circular and see 

 how cheap I .sell them. 



I also manufacture and deal in Hives, Sections, 

 Foundation, Extractors, and other Apiarian Sup- 

 plies. S. VAI.ENTINE, 



Hagerstown, Md. 

 I^rin responding to this advertisement mention Gleanu'g.s. 



