1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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than heretofore, as follows: Quart, 15 cts.; peck, (50 

 cts.; bushel, $2.25. We have just furnished our Ohio 

 Experiment Station ten bushels. In' making the order 

 they write as follows : 



Ohio Agr'l Experiment Station, 1 

 WooSTER, Ohio, March IS, 1898. | 

 Ml . A. /. Roo/: — I am thinking now of trying them 

 on a larger sale than ever before as a crop to plow 

 under, putting them on this spring instead of oats, 

 and plowing down for wheat this fall. 



J. Fremont Hickman. 



SEED POTATOE.S. 



We are practical^ .sold out on every thing except 

 the Freeman, Bovees, and a few Red Triumphs. For 

 prices see last issue. Th.e^ Freeiiians at SI. 00 a bushel, 

 or S2.50 per barrel, it seems to me, are a baigain. You 

 see they are worth Sl.OO a bushel for eating purposes. 



STRAWBERRIES MAY 15. 



Well, we actually have young plants, and quite a lot 

 of them, potted in jadoofiber, in the month of Maj'. 

 Who ever heard of a potted strawberry-plant in May ? 

 Catalog-makers generally announce that they are 

 ready by the finst of August ; and some enterprising 

 strawberry growers have furnished them as early as 

 July. We have only the variety called Earliest ready 

 to send out. Price, postpaid, 10 cents each, jadoo fiber 

 and all. Or we will give two of these potted plants to 

 all who send us fl.OO for Gle.^nings, as offered on 

 page 324, April 15th issue. The Darlings will be ready 

 a little later. These two, you .see, have been forced 

 under glass. Nick Ohmers we shall not be able to 

 send out this way. probably, before June or July. By 

 the way, the Nick Ohmer is in about as great demand 

 now as any other strawberry before the world, and I 

 think it commands the highe't price of any that I 

 know of. And there is something funny about the 

 Nick Ohmer that will always enable you to tell when 

 you have the genuine plant. It has a fashion of hav- 

 ing, every now and then, four leaves on a stem, like a 

 four-leaf clover. Almost every plant will show one or 

 more such leaves ; and occasional y you will see a 

 plant with the fourth leaf united so as to make a little 

 cup like a vase — something like a pitcher-plant, for in- 

 stance. We find these pitcher-leaves every now and 

 then on the Nick Ohmer, but I have never seen it on 

 any other strawberry-plant. It does not make run- 

 ners as fast as the Earliest and Darling, and that js 

 one reason why the p'ants are going to be high-priced 

 for some time. But just give them fair soil and cul- 

 ture, and the great large rank leaves and .stems will 

 astonish people, even before the big berries astonish 

 them still more. Every strawberry-enthusiast ought 

 to have at least one Nick Ohmer. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The next annual meeting of the Central California 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held at Hanford, 

 Cal., June 1, at 10 a.m., to elect officers, and attend to 

 such other business as may need attentirn. All tee- 

 keepers invited. 'W. A. H. Gilstrap, Sec. 



Canithers, Cal. 



The next quarterly meeting of the Fresno County 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held at Fresno, Cal., 

 in the City Hall, at 1 p.m., June 8, to adopt constitution 

 and by-laws, arrange for marketing honey, and to at- 

 tend to other business. All bee-keepers invited. 



Caruthers, Cal. W. A. H. Gilstrap, Sec. 



QUEENS 



Untested, 50c; doz., S6.00. 



Warranted, (iOc; doz., 87.00. 



Tested, 75c; doz., 88.00. 



Imported Italian mothers onlj' are used, and for in- 

 dustry, gentleness, and beauty their bees are unsur- 

 passed. We have in our yards bushels of drones from 

 imported mothers and their daughters, and a mismat- 

 ed queen is rare. No defective queens sent out. Re- 

 member that we are in the far South, and can send 

 queens by return mail. Safe delivery. Money-order 

 office, Decatur. 



CLEVELAND BROS., Stamper, Miss. 



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HITE and Bl'k Minorcas; pure bred; best strains. 

 Eggs 81 per 15. Sarah Shaw, Winthrop, N. Y. 



Don't Monkey with Cross Bees. 



Buy .good stock. The be.st is the cheap- 

 est. Nuclei, full colonies, and queens a 

 specialty. Have been breeding queens 

 for the trade 14 years. Tested, in May, 

 81.25; unte.sted, 75c; ;5 or more at 81 and 

 ()5c each. Send for 40 page catalog, in- 

 formation to beginners, etc., free. 

 A. I. Root Co.'s goods kept in stock. 

 JNO. NEBEL& SON, HIQM HILL. MO. 



In writing advertisers, mention Gleanings. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 PARK PLACE, 



NEW YORK, 



keeps ill stock a full line of popular 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 



which are first-quality, both in material and work- 

 manship. 



NUCLEI 



Celebrated Wisconsin Basswood 

 Sections, Dadants' Foundation. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, 75 cts. ^§:^' 

 Michigan Headquarters 



for G. B. LEWIS CO.'S SUPPLIES, DADANT'S 

 FOUNDATION, every thing needed in the apiary. 

 Send for price li.st to 



L. C. Woodman, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



FOR SAI^E. Three - frame 

 nuclei on Langstroth frame, 

 82.25; two-frame, 81.85, with 

 queen. 

 W. H. STANLEY, Dixon, Lee Co , ML 



5UU tarly l^UeenS ,„ent, either imported or 

 Golden Italian. Unte.sted queens, 75c each; 6 for 84.00; 

 12 for 87.00. Circular free. 



Chas. D. Duvall, Hamilton, N. C. 



3C a lb. Advance on Comb Foundation 



Both wholesale and rttail, taking 



effect April 20th, is announced by 



Chas. Dadant & Son, - Hamilton, IIL 



FOR SALE. — An apiarj- of 75 colonies in new eight- 

 frame D. hives; run for comb honey; situated on 

 block of three acres with lovely home; in town. Also 

 other valuable town property and stock of merchan- 

 dise. Would exchange for valuable farm in middle 

 Tennessee. Northern parties conteniDlating coming 

 South will find this a valuable investment. 



R. V. Goss. Carbon Hill, Ala. 



FOR SALE. — Ten strong swarms of Italian bees in 

 Simplicity hives, at 85.00 per swarm. Also Barred 

 Plymouth Rock eggs, 75c per \Z. 



E. R. GiBBS, Norwalk, Ohio. 



J. ROSEN KRATZ, 



Breeder of Belgium Hares, Hom- 

 ing Pigeons, and Dutches Pigeons. 



HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA. 



UNTESTED ITALIAN QUEENS 70 cents each, 3 for 

 82.00; tested, -81 00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed 

 bj- return mail. Theodore Bender, Canton, Ohio. 



WANTED. — To exchange 150 cases empty cans (two 

 in a case) in good condition, for comb or extract- 

 ed honey at market prices, 1898 crop. Price, per ca>e, 

 25c, f. o. b. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



M. H. Tweed, 1135 I^iberty St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



UEENS. Untested, either 3 or 5 banded, 75c each. 

 My bees are as good as any in this country. 



Daniel Wurth, Falmouth, Rush Co., Ind. 



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