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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. i. 



Special Notices. 



BUCKETS, COVERS, SAP-SPILES, AND CANS FOR MAPI.E 

 SYRUP. 

 We are ready to mail on application a leaflet giving 

 exceedingly low prices on implements for making 

 sugar. Please do not forget our maple-sugar book, 

 sent postpaid by mail for 25 cts., if you expect to do 

 any thing with maple sugar the coming spring. 



HONEY. 



We have a good supply of various grades of comb 

 honey to offer to those who may be in the market, 

 send for prices. We are in want of good extracted 

 honev. and should like to hear from those having any 

 to offer, stating how put up, quantity, and price ask- 

 ed. White extracted preferred. 



CATALOG FOR 1899. 



We have already printed a large edition of our new 

 catalog except the cover, which goes on the press 

 next thing after printing this number of Gleanings, 

 and we will soon be mailing large quantities of them. 

 Our list of names is so large that it will take us about 

 two months to make, and mail all of them. If you 

 get tired waiting for yours to come, drop us a postal 

 request, and we will send you one ; and when you re- 

 ceive the regular one from the list, hand it to some 

 one interested. 



To avoid advancing prices on foundation during the 

 season, we have placed the list price high enough to 

 cover any ordinary advance s in the price of wax, and 

 until April 1st, or "further notice, we will sell founda- 

 tion 2 cents a pound less than the prices listed in the 

 catalog, which are the same as given in last issue of 



OLEANiNGS. 



Within the past two weeks there have been two 

 futther advances in the price of sheet zinc, making a 

 total advance since last May of about thirty per cent. 

 We have not advanced the price of Tinker zinc; but 

 on Root zinc the price is $1.40 per sheet, and an ad- 

 vance of 2 cents each on honey- boards over the price 

 ruling last year. 



A NEW STRAWBERRY — THE NEW YORK. 



The great strawberry specialist, Mr. W. F. Allen, of 

 Salisbury. Md., in 1897 offered $100 in gold to anybody 

 who would produce a better strawberry than the Glen 

 Mary. The berry was produced by a schoolma'am; 

 and after she received the S100 here is what she says 

 about it : 



"Pleasantly surprised ! " Well, I should think so. To say I 

 was delighted when the express agent handed me that pack- 

 age yesterday alternoon would but faintly express my feel 

 ings. V& the pat two or three years I have tried nearly all 

 the new varieties, and never in all the trials have I found a 

 berry that gave me as much satisfaction and profit as my new 

 seedling, the "New York." I was satisfied that we had a su 

 perior berry when the boarders here were so anxious to carry 

 berries home with them, gladly paying us 25 to 30 cents per 

 qua) t, when we were selling our other berries for 8 and '0 cents 

 per quart Martha Q. Yates. 



Tompkins Co., N. Y., Jan , 1898. 



Theberiyis a selected seedling from the Bubach 

 and Jessie. The price is only 15.00 for 12 plants. Mr. 

 Allen controls, of course, the entire stock. One does 

 not want to buy a great many at that price; but we 

 have already sent in our order for two plants, and ex- 

 pect to report in regard to them during the season. 



Farm Wagon for only $19.95. 



In order to introduce their low metal wheels with 

 wide tires, the Empire Manufacturing Company, 

 Quincy, 111., have placed upon the market a Farmer's 

 Handy Wagon, sold at the low price of $19.95. The 

 wagon is only 25 inchesjhigh, fitted with 24 and 30 inch 

 wheels with 4-inch tire." 



This wagon is made of best material throughout, 

 and really costs but a trifle more than a set of new 

 wheels, and fully guaranteed for one year. Catalog 

 giving a full description will be mailed upon applica- 

 tion by the Empire Manufacturing Co., Quincy, 111., 

 who also will furnish metal wheels at low prices, 

 made any size and width of tire to fit any axle. 



Maple Syrup Outfit. 



Nearly new; hundreds of tin buckets. Record spouts 

 and wood covers at yout own offers, or will take 87.75 

 per 100. buckets, spouts, and covers. 



GEO. VANDEVORD, SaultSte. Marie, /lien. 



STRA\AJRFRRV Plants. largest and choi 

 I l\«WWDLI\l\l cest stock in lhe W orld 

 (50,000 000; 100 varieties. ) Lowest prices. Safe- 

 ly and cheaply delivered anywhere on conti- 

 nent. Catalog free. Continental Plant Co., 

 Strawberry Specialists. 49 South St., Kittrell, N. C. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings 



Fflf Ool p 20 Strong Colonies Hybrid Bees, Dive- 

 rUI uQlCi tailed hives. Most of the frames wired 

 combs, straight, in good condition: *2.f'0each. 



M. GARRAHAN, Kingston, Pa. 



A due I A cents' worth 1A or more good names of 

 bill for ■" of plants for *" fruit growers. Hand- 

 some catalog free. W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, O. 



Wants and Exchange. 



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

 usual rates. You must say you want your ad in this depart- 

 ment, or we will not be responsible for any error 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 de- 

 partment is intended only for bona tide 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 cts a line will be charged, and they will be put with 

 the regular advertisements. We can not be responsible for 

 dissatisfaction arising from these " swaps." 



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ANTED — To exchange apiarian supplies for colo- 

 nies of bees from the South in April. 



I. J. Stringham. 105 Patk Place, New York. 



YVANTED. — Man who understands bees, gardening, 

 *' and hotbeds, for coming season. Must give ref- 

 erence. Jas. West, Box 229, Montpelier, Ind. 



IVA,NTED. — To exchange one thousand wide frames 

 ' ' with tin separators, tor something I can use. 



C. J. Baldridge, Kendaia, N. Y. 



Vl/ANTED. — To exchange two small printing-presses 

 ** and printing outfit for bloodhounds, fetrets, fan- 

 cy poultry, bicycles, or something I can use. 



James M. Denham, Valley, Ky. 



'ANTED. — No. 1 white comb honey in 4x5-iuch sec- 

 tions; also to furnish my hives and 4x5 sections 

 for a share of the next honey crop, to parties within 

 100 miles of this city. Address at once 



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



VVANTED. — Young man who does not use liquors or 

 ' ' tobacco to work the coming season on farm where 

 honey, fruits, and general farm crops are taised. Give 

 references. C. J. Baldridge, Kendaia, N. Y. 



\UANTED- Your address for a free copy of my 

 *' book on queen-rearing. 



Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



WANTED. — To exchange No. 1 Star sweep feed 

 mill, 2 horse, good as new, for rifle, shot gun, bi- 

 cycle, or offers. D. V. McManus, Forestville, N. Y. 



U/ANTED. — Position in California apiary. Can take 

 " full control. References if wanted. Age 29. Sin- 

 gle. T. P. Murrey, Fort Collins, Col. L,. B. 585. 



1VANTED. — To exchange raspberry plants (Gregg) 

 ** for queens, nuclei, or .something that can be used 

 in bee-yard. J. E. Henderson, 



Box 7, Elm Grove, Ohio Co., W Va. 



'ANTED. — By a practical apiarist and queen-breed- 

 er, a position, in any locality; or an apiary on 

 shares. Abbott I,. Svvinson, Goldsboro, N. C. 



WANTED.— To exchange for 25 or 30 H. P. engine 

 '" and boiler or offers, the Ronda machine and en- 

 gine boiler we have, "both to apply. 



Ronda Mfg. Co., Ronda, N. C. 



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WANTED —To exchange supplies, nursery stock, or 

 seed potatoes, for printing-press, honey, or wax. 

 O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



