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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Battery, Electric *11 



Bees Allowed to Make Wax.415 



Bees Hived in Pants. 422 



Bees. Carrying to Cellar 409 



Bee-keeping in Germany. . .416 



Chaff Boxes 41-') 



Chipmunk Poem 414 



Cranks *13 



Dude Bee ... 414 



Feeder, Johnny-cake 421 



Florida 413 



Grading, Dr. Miller on 410 



Heat, Artificial 418 



Hives, Speed in Handling. .406 



Paint for Hives 429 



Propolis. Boiling it Off 419 



Punics, Cross 421 



Queen-excluders for Ext'g..430 



Queens, Two in Colony 416 



Rain in California 420 



Rambler in Ventura Co 407 



Resti-ictors, Cost of 405 



Steam as Manure 430 



Swarms, When to Expect.. .409 



Underdraining 424 



Ventilation, XJpward 421 



Wilev. Prof 409, 4.'?0 



Zinc," Perforated 429 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Carolina Bee-keepers' Association will meet at the 

 Court-house in Charlotte, N. C , July 21. A. L. Beach, Sec. 

 Steel Creek. N. C. 



Special Notices. 



Since we have beg-uri manufacturing- the Cowan 

 Rapid extractor in a wholesale way, we find 

 we can put them on tlie market for a little less 

 money than we advertised in our last issue. The 

 price from now on, instead of $13.00 will be $10.00 

 for the Cowan, to take the L. frame. To be fair to 

 all parties who have already purchased, we will 

 credit them $2.00 on subscription to Gleanings, or 

 in supplies, as they may elect, providing- they writ§ 

 asking to take advantage of this otter. 



LAWN-MOWERS. 



Now is the time for trimming the lawns and bee- 

 yards to make them neat and attractive, i'ou can 

 not do this successfully without a good lawn-mower. 

 We are prepared to supply you with one of the best 

 mowers on the market at prices lower than former 

 years. We sell the Globe in five sizes, as follows: 

 10 in., $4.6'); 12 in., $5.00; 14 in.. $.5.35; 16 in., $5.65; 18 

 in., $6.00. We have also the Young America, a sin- 

 gle driver, in two sizes, as follows: 10 in., only $3.50; 

 13 in . $4.30. In lots of 3 at a time, 3 per cent oft'; 3 

 together, 5 per cent off; 5 or more in one order, 10 

 per cent off. The quantity may be made up of as- 

 sorted sizes, and both kinds if desired. 



A CHEAP BATTERY MOR IMBEDDING WIRE. 



After some little experimenting we are in a posi- 

 tion to offer a battery of three cells, including im- 

 bedding-bnai-d, i-licmicals in the form of <-ryst.-ils, 

 connrctidiis. coinplfte direclions how to use, with a 

 Daisy fdUiulatidu-roller thrown in, packed for $3.,')(l. 

 The billy thing th;it you will need to buy is about 10c 

 worth of suliihurii- ;"i<-id at your drug store; this we 

 can mil very well send safely. Our first outfit cost 

 us abiiiit $9.(10, so what we offer is very cheap and 

 equally scrvieeiible. It will do the work of putting 

 foundation on wire the nicest and most rapidly of 

 any thing we have ever tried. 



MASON JARS. 



A month ago we gave prices of Mason jars, in this 

 department, for immediate orders, and to be shipped 

 direct from Pittsburg, from June 1st to 15th. The 

 orders are just now beginning to come in, and the 

 price has gone up already. The following aie the 

 prices to-day, and they are liable to be from $1.00 to 

 S3.00 per gross higher before this month if over, so 

 that, if you expect to get these prices, you must 

 send your orders at once. 

 Pints, green glass, large caps, 8 doz. in a box, $5.65 



Quarts " " 6.00 



2 " " " 6 doz. " " 6.00 



We will give you the best price we can at tlie time 

 your order comes, if you want to send us your 

 orders. The sooner you do it the better off' you will 

 be. 



EGYPTIAN ONION-SETS READY TO PLANT RIGHT OFF 

 NOW. 



Our esteemed friend M. S. Klum sends the follow- 

 ing just as we go to press. 



Mr. A. I. ROOT :— I have been gathering some Egyptian onion- 

 sets. They would giow right off if planted under favorable 

 circumstances. Let me fill a few orders for you by mail. You 

 set the price, and give me some directions about packing and 

 mailing. During a shower a few days ago. some tops blew 

 down, and some sand washed over them. I noticed roots on 



one that were three inches long. When we use them, after 

 they multiply and will separate, we dig down on one side to 

 the roots, then take holcfof all the tops except one, two, or 

 three; then run a finger between them and those in my hand, 

 and separate them; then 1 take out whatever is in my hand, 

 and those left are the better for the division. Then I eat, set 

 out, give away, or throw away those pulled up. Very few 

 people know how easy it is to have more than they want of 

 those onions. M. S. Klum. 



Jaxboro, Texas, May 21. 



Of course, they will grow. Last spring I pulled 

 them out just as soon as they began to look like sets, 

 and planted them at intervals all along, and they 

 grew splendidly. I would suggest that those who 

 want them send at once to friend Klum. Our prices, 

 when we have them, are, 15c per quart, or $1.00 per 

 peck; 10c per quart extra when ordered by mail. 



STEEL-L.-VID SHEARS, BEAUTIFULLY NICKEL-PLATED, 

 AT HALF THE USUAL PRICE. 



We desire again to call the attention of our read- 

 ers to this rare bargain. (See adv't on another page). 

 We have been selling .shears of this brand for ten 

 years or more, and our sales are constantly increas- 

 ing, which shows that the goods are appreciated. 

 We made one purchase of 1.50 dozen, which .sold so 

 rapidly that we bought another lot of 350 dozen. 

 Strictly speaking, they are seconds; but the defects 

 are so slight that, in many cases, it is hard to find 

 tliem at all. It may be a slight defect in the nickel 

 plating, or a little pit in the metal on which the 

 steel is laid— any little thing that would exclude 

 them from perfect goods, but which does not injure 

 their cutting quality. The cutting quality is what 

 you want, and you have it to perfecticm in these 

 Leader shears; and when you see them I think you 

 will agree that thej' look pretty nice too. As we 

 buy the whole factory output of this grade, we get 

 them at about our own price, and are thus able to 

 make the very low prices in the table, page 437, 

 which you will find, by inquiring, are about half 

 what you have to pay usually for the same size. 

 You notice we quote the price in quantities as well 

 as singly. Quite a number of customers are doing 

 a good thing for themselves as well as their neigh- 

 bors, by buying in quantities and introducing them 

 among their neighbors. You notice from the talkie 

 we have none of the 8-inch size, but we have about 

 90 dozen V^^-inch, and plenty of 6. 6>i, and 7. Our 

 .stock of 8'/i and 9 is also low. The four smaller 

 .sizes are, however, the best for general use. 



SECOND-HAND MACHINERY. 



During the past few months we have bought up 

 several outfits of machinery for making bee-keep- 

 ers' .supplies; and if any of our readers or their 

 friands contemplate putting in machinery we are 

 prei^ared to fit you out from cellar to garret with 

 everything you need in engines, boilers, machinery, 

 shafting, pulleys, hangers, belting, saws, etc. The 

 following is a partial list of the second-hand ma- 

 chinery we hnvc to sill. If you desire further par- 

 ticulars we shall be pleased to hear from you. 



One 30-H. P. Fishkill horizontal engine, rebuilt, 

 and as good as new; would cost new, $4U0; will sell 

 for $300. 



One 5-H. P. horizontal engine and boiler, with en- 

 gine mounted on boiler, in good running order. 

 Price $150. 



One 24-inch two-roll Fay sandpaper machine, near- 

 Iv new. Price, new, $450; will sell for $175. 

 " One 9-inch cigar-box planer, iiearlv new; has been 

 used very little. Price, new, $65; will sell for $40. 



One V-groove section machine, nearly new. This 

 is our make, old style, with screw-feed; sold some 

 years ago for $75; will sell now for $40. 



One cutter-head, witli table complete, for cutting 

 entrances 1o sections. Old style, but nearly new, 

 and in good repair. Price, new, $25.00; will sell for 

 $15.00. 



One iron-frame hand-jointer; well worth $35; will 

 sell for $15. 



One double-head tenoning-machine, especially ar- 

 ranged for making the c-ombined rabbet and miter 

 joint of the Simpli<ity hive, but can be used for 

 milking sash and wiiiddw-screen frames, etc. We 

 could not build such ;i inacliine, and .sell it for less 

 than $150; we will sell this for $60. 



One iron planer, 16x36-inch bed, automatic revers- 

 ing device to run back and forth. It cost us, second- 

 hand, several years ago, $150; is about as good now 

 as then, but we had to have a larger size. We offer 

 this for $.50. 



Two extra large saw-tables for genertil use, to cut 

 off or i-ip, with counter-shaft attached to frame; 

 worth new, $50 each; will sell for $30 each. 



