GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



WEED DRAWN FOUNDATION. 



We have been compelled to disappoint a good 

 many who have ordeitd a supply of drawn founda- 

 tion. Our machine was finished for a strip only two 

 inches wide, and that not as perfect as we wanted 

 to make it. A mishap occurred to the dies, making 

 it necessary to repair. In doing so we have made 

 them over new, and full size, .5 by 8 inches, and 

 they are almost completed. We expect to have the 

 machine running by the time this number is mail- 

 ed. We have a number of orders wailing; but with 

 increased capacity of the machinf we hope to be 

 able to supply promptly all that will be needed from 

 now on for experimental use this season. If you 

 have not seen any, and wish to try it, send on your 

 orders. Pieces 4x8 inches (or 2 4x4), 5c each; 6 for 

 25c. A box of 'i lb., 75c, or prepaid for 90c. There 

 is still time to give the drawn foundation a good 

 test this season. 



BUSINESS STILL BOOMING. 



There is very little let-up on orders yet; and as 

 the season advances the demands for immediate 

 shipment become more imperative. We are in a 

 little better shape than we were June first, but are 

 still several days behind. If this week does not 

 bring too many new orders we liope, by the end of 

 the week, to have almost all orders filled. We con- 

 tinue to send out three full carloads a week, besides 

 the multitude of smaller orders. We are shipping 

 this week the ninth carload for the season to Jos. 

 Nysewander, Des Moines, Iowa, and the fourth car 

 to Syracuse, N. Y.; have shipped the fourth car to 

 St. Paul, and also to Chicago; the third to Geo. E. 

 Hilton, Fremont, Mich., and the flr.st to Byron 

 Walker. Evart, Mich. We have also shipped a car- 

 load to L. A. Watkins Mdse. Co., Denver, Colo. Our 

 records show that, up to this date, we have shipped 

 over fifty full carloads this season, while up to the 

 same date last year we had shipped forty cars. We 

 are still running night and day, aod are likely to 

 continue the rest of this month, from present out- 

 look. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



ROOT S CATALOG. 



A short time ago I had occasion to look over your 

 catalog more closely than usual. I read a few par- 

 agraphs here and there; and the more I read, the 

 more I was interested in its contents, until I had 

 the whole pretty well perused. It is not only a cat- 

 alog or price list, but it is a veritable bee-keeper's 

 cyclopedia. It contains a little of every thing, and 

 that " little " seems to be the cream of ail beeiitera- 

 ture. It contains more matter of real value on its 

 few pages than some ISOO page volumes. I am sur- 

 prised that we have not before realized its worth, or, 

 if we have, have not mentioned it. There is hardly 

 a question in the line of apiculture that the pam- 

 plilet does not answer in some way. Its condensed 

 information makes it valuable, not only to the ama- 

 teur and professional bee-keeper, but to every one 

 who is the least interested in bees. I should not 

 consider a library complete without it. 



Naples, N. Y. G. C. Greineb. 



Mr. Boot:— Tours was a kindly, generous thought, 

 to send out potatoes to your Gleanings family; 

 and when the nice new barrels came so promptly, 

 filled with choice potatoes, it was too much, and we 

 hoped it might be returned to you, "in basket and 

 store," pressed down, full, and running over, for 

 many years. Lizzie Hurley. 



Mt. Carroll, 111.. June 9. 



My dear friend, you do not know how your letter 

 softened up some of our faces, and brought a smile 

 to the face of one overworked faithful clerk. We 

 had just been trying to untangle a snarl because two 

 barrels of potatoes got " swapped," in our hurry in 



getting off over 500 bushels of premium potatoes in 

 a little over a week. The two barrels of potatoes 

 that got swapped contained other things of value, 

 which made the matter more complicated. After 

 some search among tiie records, overhauling the 

 clerks, etc., I uttered an exclamation when I picked 

 up your letter. The clerk mentioned said, "Oh 

 dear! I hope it is not another mistake." In reply I 

 handed her your brief but kindly epistle. Had you 

 seen her face soften you would have felt amply re- 

 paid tor your kind words. May God bless you for 

 them. Such letters are sometimes like glimpses of 

 oases in the desert of business, especially when 

 business is rushing and crowding until almost ev- 

 erybody is overworked. 



Single=tube Bicycle Tires. 



Good ones, too, for 



$5.00 Per Pair. 



Including repair kit and pump. We have given 

 them a thorough test and find them well made and 

 durable. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



nilFFlV^ P"""^ Italians, 3 or 5 banded, tested, 

 yUL,uno, 1100; untested, 50 cts I have 500 

 nuclei. Can send queens bv return mail. 



DANIEL WURTH, Falmouth, Rush Co., Ind. 



cn Cts. Each for Untested Leather=colored Italian 

 *''^ Queens. It you want cheap Bees, Queens, 

 and Sweet-Clover Seed, send tor my price list. 

 Address W. J. FOREHAND. Fort Deposit, Ala. 



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ARRANTED Three and Five Banded Italian 

 Queens at 50 Cents each. 



GEO. W. COOK, Spring Hill, Kan. 



Limited Number of Untested Italian Queens 



from pure stock, at 65 cts. each. 



T. N. BRIGGS, Marion, Mass. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half our usual 

 rate. Advertisements intended for this department must not 

 exceed five lines, and you must say you want your adv't in this 

 department, or we will not be responsible for eiTors. You can 

 have the notice as many lines as you please ; but all over five 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This depart- 

 ment is intended only for bona-flde exchanges. Exchanges for 

 cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale, can 

 not be inserted under this head. For such our regular rates of 

 20 c. a line will be charged, and they will be put with the regu- 

 lar advertisements. We can not he responsible for dissatisfac- 

 tion arising from these " swaps." 



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ANTED.— To exchange Belgian hares, homing 

 pigeons, White Leghorn eggs or breeding-stock, 

 for Italian queens from imported mother, pure-bred 

 geese, ducks, or ducks' eggs, or offers. 



Ecgene Manning, Jacksonville, N. T. 



WANTED,— To exchange for any thing useful, St. 

 Bernard puppies at greatly reduced prices; 

 also Pekin ducks. Bee hives 16x16x10 in, 



W, W. Prevey, Elroy, Wis. 



WANTED,— To exchange three 100-gallon heavy 

 tin tanks— improved honey-faucet, four bands, 

 worth $5,00— for extracted honey, 



Wm, a, Selser, 10 Vine St., Phila., Pa. 



WANTED,— To exchange Pekln ducks or eggs for 

 Italian queens, African geese or offers, 



John Burr, Braceville, 111. 



Black and Hybrid Queens for Sale. 



I have a few mismated Italian queens, also a few 

 black queens, very prolific. Will sell for,35c each, 

 or 5 for $1.00. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Ark, 



