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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa, Time to Cut i65 



Artesian Well 470 



Bees of India 449 



Bottom-bars. Doolittle on..4ri0 



Cases, Surplus 4ol 



Combs, Empty 458 



Covers, Sealed 465 



f (titivating for Health 468 

 ebts, Repudiating 473 



Drones and Queens 452 



Drones Congregating 45i> 



Electricity for Wiring.. .. 467 



Food for Out-apiary 4.iS 



Foul Brood, Spontaneous. 453 

 Grading— A Compromise. . .4-54 



Hartlib on Honey 448 



Hiver, Dibble 4.w 



Iron, Galvanized 464 



Labor, To Lessen 4.')7 



Langstroth in Medina 476 



Lettuce 471 



Mindelson. M. H i&> 



Milk and Honey 448 



Patents and Gleanings 4,53 



Pure-food Bill 453 



Ramblei' at Mendelson's 461 



Sealed Covers 451 



Self-hivei-s 459 



Soui-gum Tree 457 



Swarms, To Make Cluster. .461 



Swarmer, Pratt 4.59 



Swarming Controlled 460 



Tupelo, or Sour-gum Tree .4.57 

 Wewahitehka Apiaries 456 



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. 



Specml Notices. 



We have just been advised of tlie sliipment of 

 another importation of queens, which are now 

 on the way, and we expect them to be here now 

 within two or three days, or, perhaps, by tlie 

 time this journal reaches its readers. These queens 

 are all young and select. The price, during- June, 

 will be $6.00; next montli, $.5.00 for the best. For 

 the second grade, if there are any, $5.00 and $4.00 

 respectively. 



MASON JARS ADVANCING. 



We can not receive any more orders for Mason 

 jars at the prices in last number of Gleanings, as 

 the market is active and prices advancing. For the 

 next two weeks we venture to quote the following 

 prices; but we can not guarantee these prices: 

 1-pint Mason jars, per box of 8 doz., $6.00; 1-quart 

 Mason jars, per box of 8 doz., $6.40; 2-quart Mason 

 jars, per box of 6 doz., $6.25; f . o. b. Pittsburg, Pa. 



L.AWN-MOWEKS. 



Now is the time for trimming the hiwns and bee- 

 yards to make them neat and attractive. You can 

 not do this successfully wit liout a good lawn-mower. 

 We are prepared to supply you with one of tlie best 

 mowers on the market at piices lower than former 

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

 10 in., $4.65; 13 in., $5.00; 14in., $5.a5; 16 in., $5.65; 18 

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

 gle driver, in two sizes, as follows: 10 in., only $3..50; 

 12 in., $4.20. In lots of 2 at a time, 3 per cent off; 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. 



business at this DATE. 



The long-continued wet weather has had a very 

 depressing effect on bee-keepers in all tlic regions 

 affected. Reports of many losses of bees iiave been 

 received, chiehy from spring dwindling; and many 

 of tliose remaining are In poor condition for a 

 honey-flow, of wlilch we have a pretty good pros- 

 pect if the pre.sent fair weather continues. Owing 

 to the many losses, and gloomy outlook, tlie trade 

 in supplies has fallen off very materially: and 

 whereas, two years ago we were running night and 

 day trying to get orders filled, we now have time on 

 our liands, and can serve you the same day your or- 

 der comes. If you get in a pinch, and want some- 

 thing in a hurry, don't be deterred from ordering 

 because you tliink there is a possibility of delay in 

 filling your order now; but remember, we are only 

 waiting an opportunity to serve you. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT ADVANCED. 



rOur stock of nearly 200 bushels of Japiinese buck- 

 wheat was gone liythe 10th; and to meet the de- 

 mand we have been obliged to order over 100 bushels 

 already from New York, at a cost of $1.00 per busliel 

 there, and 2Ui- each extra for bags. Of coui-se, we 

 can not afford to pay this price and sell it at the 

 price quoted in our catalogue. Since June Kith 

 we have been charging on all orders tlie following 

 price, wliich barely covers cost: 1 peck, 40c; Vi 



bushel, 75c: 1 bu.shel, $1.25; 2 bu.shels, $2.40; 10 

 bushels, fll.50. If any of our readers have any 

 Japanese buckwheat seed for sale, or know of any 

 in their vicinity that they can guarantee to be good 

 seed, true to name, write at once when you see this, 

 stating the number of bushels (50 lbs. to'the bushel), 

 and send us a sample in the same mail. The chances 

 are that we can give you orders for it by return 

 mail. If the quality is not equal to that we get 

 from New York, of course we could not paj- the 

 same price. If you wish to set a price you will take, 

 name it in your letter to us, advising us of the 

 amount you have to sell. There is at least a month 

 yet when tlie seed can be sown and mature ripe seed 

 before frost; and, owing to the late planting time 

 for other crops, there will be a good demand for 

 buckwheat. 



NEW HONEY-JARS. 



We have added to our 

 stock of glass jars for ex- 

 tracted lioney the one 

 sliown adjoining. It is 

 straight up and down, with 

 a tin screw top, witli open- 

 ing in the top nearly the 

 full size of jar, making it 

 easy to take out candied 

 honey. The top edge is 

 ground so that they can jje 

 sealed with a rubber band 

 if desired. Tliere are six 

 sizes made, but we keep 

 only two— No. 200, holding 

 1 lb. of honey, as shown, 

 and No. 500, same diameter, 

 twice as long, holding 2 lbs. 

 Prices, without rubber 

 rings, will be as follows: 

 No. 200, holding Mb., 7c 

 -.,«^,.,„..«d« — each; 60c for 10; $7.00 per 



bbl. of 12 doz. No. SCO, holding 2 lbs., 12c each ; $1.00 

 for 10; $6.-50 per bbl. of 7 doz. 



There are two sizes smaller, and two between, 

 which we can furnish direct from Pittsburg at pro- 

 portionate prices if any desire them. Either of 

 above sizes can be furnished from here, or in bar- 

 rel lots from Pittsburg. 



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 

 friends contemplate putting in machinery we are 

 preparcil to tit you out from cellar to garret with 

 eveiytliing you need in engines, boilers, machinery, 

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

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

 chinery we have to sell, if you desire further par- 

 ticulars we shall be pleased to liear from you. 



One 3U-H. P. Fishkill horizontal engine, rebuilt, 

 and as good as new; would cost new, $400; will sell 

 for f 200. 



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

 gine mounted on boiler, in good running order. 

 Price $1.50. 



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

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



One 9-inch cigar-box planer, n(>aily new; has been 

 used very little. Price, new, #t;5; will sell for f40. 



One V-groove section machine, nearly new. Tliis 

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

 years agt) for $75; will sell now for $40. 



One cutter-heatl, witli table complete, for cutting 

 entrances to sections. Old style, but nearly new, 

 and in good repair. Price, new, $26,00; will sell for 

 $15.00. 



One iron-frame hand-jointer; well worth $25; will 

 sell for $15. 



One double-head tenoning-machine, especially ar- 

 ranged for making the coinbined rabbet and miter 

 joint of the Simplicity hive, liut can be used for 

 making sash and window-screen frames, etc. We 

 could not build such a machine, and sell it for less 

 than $1.50; 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 general use, to cut 

 off or rip, with counter-shaft attached to frame; 

 worth new, $50 each; will sell for $20 each. 



