1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Please take note of our low clubbing offers on page 

 348. 



BEESWAX PLENTIFUL. 



The present indications are that in the very near 

 future we shall have to reduce the price we pay for 

 beeswax one or two cents a pound. The heavy winter 

 losses are beginning to have the double effect of mak- 

 ing wax more plentiful in the market, as well as cut- 

 ting off the demand for it in comb foundation. If any 

 have been holding for better prices our advice is to 

 get rid of it as soon as possible, while present prices 

 hold good. By next issue we shall undoubtedly an- 

 nounce lower prices unless there is a decided change 

 in conditions which we do not now foresee. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



This has been one of the most favorable seasons in 

 the history of this section for the production of maple 

 sugar and syrup ; and as a consequence it is quite 

 plentiful; and now that the season is advanced the 

 price is lower. We are prepared to furnish choice 

 sugar, in 50-lb. lots and upward, at 8 cts. per pound; 

 by the barrel, 7% cts.; choice maple syrup at 85 cts. 

 per gallon; in 10-gallon lots, 80 cts. Twenty gallons 

 or upward, 75 cents per gallon. These prices are good 

 only so long as the present surplus exists, and will not 

 apply through the warm summer months. Send in 

 your orders now if you want any. 



LIGHT- WIRED FOUNDATION. 



Mr. Weed is now preparing to get out foundation 

 already wired — wires incorporated into the wax itself. 

 Of course, the idea is very old, for Capt. Hetherington 

 and the VanDeusens accomplished this result some 

 twenty years ago. But Mr. Weed proposes to go one 

 step further, and provide a means for fastening the 

 strands of wire to the brood-frame, top and bottom, 

 or on each end, as may be preferred, something that 

 has not heretofore been accomplished. It is proposed 

 to furnish this product at the same price per sheet as 

 medium brood is sold for unwired. But there will be 

 this difference — the wired foundation will run about 

 ten c r eleven feet to the pound as against about seven 

 feet to the pound for medium brood. In a small way 

 this foundation will cost probably 8 cts. a sheet; and if 

 there are ten sheets to the pound it will make it cost 

 somewhere about 80 cts. While the machinery is not 

 completed, Mr. Weed is very confident he will have 

 the product ready soon. When it is ready we will 

 make due announcements. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



The first of May this year finds us up with orders, 

 and a good surplus stock of regular goods on hand 

 here as well as at our various branches and agencies, 

 so that we are in position to serve our patrons very 

 promptly. This is in sharp contrast with our condi- 

 tion a year ago this time, when the demand was such 

 that we could not keep up, but were three to six weeks 

 behind. The heavy winter losses in bees have been 

 the cause of this slackness in trade just now. Still, 

 our facilities have been greatly increased, as evidenced 

 by the fact that we have shipped up to date this year 

 sevent3'-seven carload shipments against fifty two up 

 to the same time last year — a gain of about fifty per 

 cent. Up to this date last year we had run two months 

 double turn, while this year we are running 10 hours a 

 day, after having run if hours for about 3 months. 



We call attention to our list of branches and agen- 

 cies on one of the cover pages of this issue. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



During the past two weeks we have shipped the fifth 

 car for the season to our Syracuse branch The second 

 to our Northeastern branch at Mechanic Falls, Me.; 

 the second to our Northwestern branch at St. Paul, 

 Minn.: the second car to John Nebel & Son, High 

 Hill, Mo. A car has gone to M. R. Madary, Fresno, 

 Cal., and another to Buell Lamberson, Portland, Ore. 

 We shall ship within a few days the third car for the 

 season to our Chicago branch. 



DANZENBAKER CARTONS. 



We presume you have received a sample; but if not, 

 send a two-cent stamp for one. These are meeting 

 with considerable favor, and as the price is less than 

 the old, we look for a large sale. We have, in fact, 

 already ordered 78,000 of this style. We are prepared 

 to furnish the following sizes: 

 4^x4 i/x2 



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" " 1% 



" " 1-VJ, or 7-to-foot. 



" " 15 



" " 1J* 

 4x5x1 jj 

 3|x5xlJ£ 



PRICES. 



100 



500 



1000 



5000 



10000 30.00 



If you want your name 

 and address printed on 

 cartons, add to above 

 prices: 30c per 100 ; 75c 

 per 500 ; $1 00 per 1000. 

 For more than 1000, 50c per 1000 after the first thou- 

 sand. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



We have at this writing the following second-hand 

 foundation-mills which we offer at the following 

 prices: 



One 6-inch Root mill, No. 2111; has never been used, 

 but exhibited at several fairs; will make good thin 

 super; several cells slightly damaged; price 110.00. 



One 6 inch Root, No. 1858. This will make fair thin 

 or extra thin ; in good order; several cells slightly 

 damaged; price $12.00. 



One 6-inch Root mill, No. .05; one bad cell-point 

 slightly flattened; extra thin; price $15.00. 



One 10 inch old-style Root mill No. V. V.; round cell; 

 price 88.00. 



One 10-inch Root mill No. .01 ; round cell ; medium 

 brood; in fine order; price $15.00. 



One 9-inch old-stj-le Root, No. .04. This is one of 

 the first mills we made; hexagonal cell damaged in 

 one place only: price $10.00. 



One 12-inch Root No. .02; 2 inch roll; round cell; in 

 good order; price of a new mill is $36.00; will furnish 

 this for $15.00. 



One Root 12 inch; No. .03; round deep cell; price of 

 a new mill would be $36.00; will furnish this also for 

 $15.00. 



One 10-inch Root mill, No. 1949; hexagonal cell; this 

 has 2^-inch rolls and has been in use in our wax- 

 r< om; in first-class condition for thin super. A new 

 mill of this style is worth $30.00; will furnish this one 

 for $20.00. 



One 10-inch hexagonal No. 1959 for thin super. This 

 has also been used in our wax room, and has one bad 

 cell; price $18.00. 



Send for samples of the mills you are interested in, 

 provided you intend to purchase, and state which ones 

 you wish to see samples of, and we will forward them 

 promptly. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



SEED POTATOES. 



The demand for early and extra early has been be- 

 yond precedent, and we have not a single one remain- 

 ing earlier than Carman No. 1. Of these we have 

 about 20 bushels; Carman No. 3, 12 bushels. Price, 

 while these last. $2.50 per barrel; Ten bushels of Rural 

 New Yorker, $2.00 a carrel; 25 bushels of Manum's 

 Enormous at $3.50 per barrel; 8 bushels of the Poor 

 Man's Friend and 6 bushels of Adirondack at $2.50 per 

 barrel. Should you order any of the above, please 

 tell us what kind you would prefer if the kind you 

 order is sold out. 



THE THREE MOST PROMISING POTATOES AT THE 

 PRESENT DATE. 



Judging from our experience last year, I should say 

 Bovee for extra early, Maule's Commercial for medi- 

 um, Manum's Enormous for late. All three varieties 

 have fcot a sort of " boom " about them that pleases 

 me. They do not seem to be susceptible to blight, and 

 are not affected much by scab; but I am sorry to say 



