860 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



SPECIAbiNOT, 



CES BV ;^ 



e'USIME'SS^iVIANAGER jl 



We can use large quantities of comb and extracted 

 honey, if nice light stock. No amber wanted at pres- 

 ent. Advise us how much you have, and send sam- 

 ples of extracted. State price you will take f. o. b. at 

 your station. 



THRITY-HORSE-POWER ENGINK FOR SALE. 



We have disposed of our 60-horse-power Erie engine, 

 and taken in part exchange a 9x14 box-bed engine 

 with drive-pulley 44x12, and six-foot fly-wheel. This 

 engine has been thoroughly rebuilt within two years 

 at an expense of >*100.00, and the former owners re- 

 fused an offer of #225 00 for it before this expejiditure 

 was made. It became too small for their work, so 

 they traded it toward the larger size. We new offer 

 this engine at ^150.00, and it is a bargain to anj' one 

 requiring this size. We should be pleased to furnish 

 further particulars to those interested, on application. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



ROBBING BEE-KEEPERS. 



One of our old-time friends, Mr Edw. Smith, of 

 Carpenter, Madison Co., 111., has had quite a good 

 many misfortunes during the past few years, not only 

 with his bees, but in the failure of crops on account of 

 drouth, etc. In ISO", however, he secured a small 

 crop of honey that he was very anxious to convert into 

 cash, to pay .some neglected bills. Two persons want- 

 ed his honey. They wrote verj- nice and pleasant 

 letters until they succeeded in getting hold of the 

 honey, and then all he could get from them was some- 

 thing like the letters below: 



DE.M4 SIR;— YiMir let!ei reached nie, and I will -a.v that there 

 were >ix (.•oiiibs that ivei e t-iacked. Thev weie .--plit ia two. 

 Ymi do not nee i to he .-iliaid tliat .you will nnt get your money. 

 I have been otl' on a \\ it for abr)nt a month, .so I did ncit Ret 

 tlie letter^ you wrote The money will be ent you as soon as 

 I c ui pet time. Yours truly. 



Jan. 15, 1898, Albert T Roe 



Dealer hi bee,<. honey , and bee kee, ev.s' .-upplies. 



Haytiel.l.Minn. 



Edw. S.MiTii:— I did not think you were insuehabia- hurry 

 for the inone.v, or I eould have rent it sooner I can not ^enil 

 it now before tlie first of next week. » hen 1 » ill ■ end you what 

 I can— all if possible Th^' bill will be paiil wnrhont your put- 

 ting it in the hands of any collection agency, and thereby 

 makinp yourself co.sts. 



I hope this will answer It is the best I can do now The 

 honey came nicel.v, and is nice. I shall try ti> sell it a fa t as 

 possible, to couveit it into money. ' H P. Robie. 



EJ Successful Farmer. 



Sioux Falls. S. D., Jan. 31, 18S8. 



Perhaps I should explain that, some time la.st spring, 

 friend Smith stated the circumstances to tne, and 

 atked me if I could help him anv. I wrote both parties 

 courteously, a.sking them to write either to Mr. Smith 

 or myself, if they could not remit to him at once. No 

 answer came. 1 then waited several months, remind- 

 ing them that they had not paid Mr. Smith tior given 

 me any reply whatever; and that, ii thej' had any 

 objection to being puV)lished as friend Smith request- 

 ed, please answer at once. 



After giving them ample time I wrote again, and 

 nowhere they are in print, in order that they may 

 not deprive other bee keepers of their hard earnings in 

 the .same way; and I would suggest to other bee-jour- 

 nals that we begin a thorough raid on all people 

 of this description. I^et us give them fair and repeat- 

 ed warnings. If they then refu.se to do any thing, let 

 them be published." By the way. plea.se notice how 

 provokingly each of the.se partfes writes. The first 

 fellow says he will send the mow^y as so<i)i as lie gets 

 ti)ne.' He must be a rushing business man indeed if 

 it takes him .something like a year to " get time " to 

 pay a bill for a small amount of honey — S2.0!l. The 

 other man says that, if he had knovpii that friend 

 Smith was in "such a big hurry," he would h.ive sent 

 the money .sooner; but here it is towar.1 a year, and 

 not even a small payment tiiade. The amount was 

 over S24. This man is, too. the editor of an agricultural 

 paper. ] suggested to him that an cditoi could ill 

 afford to have such complaints come up against him, 

 but yet he does not seem to be at all disturbed. 



PRICES OF SEED POTATOES UP TO DATE. 



At present writing no grower has submitted to me a 

 price list ; but, so far as 1 can learn, the prices below 

 will probably be the ruling ones for next .season. If 

 any reliable grower, however, offers the .same potatoes 

 cheaper, I will make my prices to cor espond. Until 

 further orders, seconds will be half the price of firsts, 

 providing you will accept among the seconds those 

 that are somewhat scabby, badly shaped, etc. If you 

 want seconds that are perfect it every respect except 

 in .size, we shall have to make an extra price. We are 

 already sold out of seconds of Rural New-Yorker and 

 Carman No. 3, but we have a good stock of all the oth- 

 er kinds. 



Name 



Varieties are in order as 

 regards time of matur 

 ing; earliest first, next 

 earliest second, and so on. 



White or Red Triumph... 



Bovee 



E Thoro'bred, Maule's. 



Early Ohio 



Early Norther 



Burpee's Extra Early. . . 



Freeman 



New Queen .. 



Monroe Seedling 



Rural New-Yorker No. 2. 



Sir William 



Caniian No.l 



C.^rman No. 3 



State of Maine 



Manurn's Enormous 



New Craig 



n 



% 3 00 

 3 50 



2 50 



3 00 

 3 00 

 3 00 

 2 50 

 2 60 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 50 

 2 50 

 2 50 



2 00 



3 50 

 3 00 



As heretofore, we will give as a premium 2.5 cents' 

 worth of potatoes to everybody who sends $1.00 for 

 Gleanings, without asking for any other premium. 

 But please remember that, if you want potatoes ient 

 by mail, you will have to pay the postage. Any old 

 subscriber who sends us a new name may have 50 

 cents' woith of potatoes instead of 25 cents' worth. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in the city of Guelpli, on the tith, 

 7th, and 8th of December, 1898. There is every pros- 

 pect of there being a good meeting and a large attend- 

 ance, owing to there being other attractiotis in Guelph 

 on the.se dates; namely, the Guelph fat-stock show, 

 which has a continental reputation; the Guelph poul- 

 \.xy and petstock show; the Experimental Union. 

 Many bee-keepers have an interest in all these a.ssoci- 

 ations. All bee-keepers are cordially invited. 



Streetsville, Ont.. Oct. 20. W. Couse, Sec. 



To ALL Colorado Apiarists: — The State Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association will meet in the Capitol building, 

 Denver, room 33, second floor, Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st 

 and 2d. The State Horticultural Association also 

 meets Nov. 28, 29, and 30 their last day being our fir.st. 

 This arrangement is to allow members of each to at- 

 tend to both meetings, and that any common interests 

 may be discussed or differences adjusted. Never in 

 the history of the as.sociation have we had so large a 

 membership and so much work done as this year. 

 There is important work to be done at this meeting. 

 Your maiketing committee will have a report of the 

 season's work. Last winter we revised oirr constitu- 

 tion and bv - laws, and there are yet some more 

 changes to f)e acted upon at this meeting. We will 

 di.scuss marketing, grading, foul brood, e.xperiments, 

 improved appliances, legislation for bee-keepers, etc. 

 We expect help from the Agricultural College and 

 Senator Swink. Let every Colorado bee keeper who 

 reads this come if po.ssible ; and if you can not come, 

 write of what mo.st interests you, and tell us what 

 you want done. Write either to me or to Secretary P". 

 Ranch fus.s, Elyria, Col. 



R. C. AiKiN, Pres., I<oveland, Col. 



FOR SALE. 



7000 Lbs. Fine White Extracted Honey. 



Also Southern Bloodhounds. 



ELI AS FOX, Hillsboro, Wis. 



ll^ANTED. — Your address for a free copy of my 

 '' book on queen-rearing. 



Henry .\lley, Wenham, Mass. 



