1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



The demand for goods continues very light, and we 

 have no trouble in filling all orders promptly. We 

 get reports from different sections of the country 

 which point to a large yield of clover honey if weath- 

 er c nditions continue favorable. The demand for 

 sections has been remarkably good; and if we have a 

 repetition of the clover bloom of two years ago the 

 demand for sections should continue till August Send 

 on your orders if in need of any thing, with the as- 

 surance of receiving prompt service. 



BEESWAX LOWER IN PRICE. 



A year ago at this time, owing to the very great de- 

 mand, there was a flurry in the price of wax, and it 

 brought 32 cents in some cases This year the tenden- 

 cy is just the reverse. The market is easier and we 

 are obliged to reduce the price we pay to 24 cents 

 cash, 26 in trade, for average wax drlivered here. We 

 have enough wax on hand to finish the season, so that 

 what we take in from now on will be accumulated 

 stock for the year to cjme. We do not lower the price 

 of foundation: but if any have wax that they want to 

 exchange for foundation we will allowl'Sc in exchange 

 for foundation only. Exchange price for any thing 

 else will be 20c or cash price 24. 



LENOX SPRAYER. 



We still have on hand a few of the Lenox sprayers. 

 The regular retail price of this has been $4 00. " We 

 have sold them heretofore at $2.50. We offer the few 

 we have left at only §1 50 each. They are used for 

 spraying potatoes and other small shrubs and vines, 

 and by means of the rubber bulb you have perfect con- 

 trol over the direction and amount of spray. We can 

 not supply any more after the half-dozen on hand are 

 gone. We have also two or three of the Myers foun- 

 tain knapsack sprayers which work on the same prin- 

 ciple. Price $2 50. Little Giant spray-pump. $2.50. 

 Barrel spray -pump, $6.00. Knapsack spray-pump, 

 $5.00. We have only two or three of each kind on 

 hand to furnish. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



We have at this writing the following second-hand 

 foundation-mills which we offer at the following 

 prices : 



One 0-inch Root, No. 1858. This will make fair thin 

 or extra thin; in good order; several cells slightlv 

 •damaged; price $12.00. 



One 0-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 $8 00. 



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

 good order; price of a new mill is $30.00; will furnish 

 this 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- 

 room; 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. 



One 0-inch hexagonal 2'i-inch roll, for thin super or 

 light brood; new mill; would be worth new $24.00; 

 price for this, in fair order, only $15.00. 



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. 



FARMING WITH GREEN MANURES. 



The above book, which I have alluded to elsewhere, 

 •we can furnish to our readers for 90 cts., postpaid. 

 The publisher's price is $1.00. This is a good-sized 

 book, and it seems to me it ought to be worth many 

 'times the price to anybody who is at all interested in 

 Uhe subject. 



THE FAULTLESS SPRAYER, ONCE MORE. 



I am very sorry to say that, since the manufacturers 

 have been so terribly rushed in getting out these ma- 

 chines, in at least one lot there has been a careless 

 adjustment of the tubes. Sometimes they can be got 

 in place by simply bending the water-tube. To be 

 just right, the air-tube should blow just across the top 

 of the water-tube. With one or more sprayers we had 

 to take a file and cut the top of this tube down so the 

 air-blast could blow directly over it. It takes only a 

 minute or two, and anybody can do it with a common 

 file. Please don't send any machines back, but try to 

 fix them according to the above in-tructious. and we 

 will pay for all time and trouble. The manufacturers 

 were duly warned of the imperfection, and I hope 

 only a few.got out that did not work properly. 



Root's Goods for California. 



We have just received a large carload of sec- 

 tions, extractors, smokeis. veils, etc., direct 

 from the factory, and are prepared to supply 

 bee-keepers with the same promptly. Do not 

 send a long distance and pay high freights. 

 W'rite for our prices. 



M. R. MADARY, = Fresno, California. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



LAKE GEORGE BEHI POULTRY FARM. 



Breeder of pure Gray Carniolan and Golden Italian 

 bees and queens, and Barred, Buff, and While Ply- 

 mouth Rocks. Eggs for setting (15). $1.50. Untested 

 queen. 75c; tested queen, $1.50; select tested, $2.50. For 

 prices on imported queens, nuclei, and full colonies 

 send for free descriptive price list. 

 Testimonial. 



Cohoes, N. Y., April 17 1899. 



Gentlemen: — The queen I got of you last year is a 

 beauty, and her bees are great workers. 1 wish all 

 my bees were like them. Wm. B. L,owe. 



ADDRESS 



F. A. L0CKHART & CO., Caldwell, New York. 



In writing, mention Cleanings. 



Queens. Queens. 



If you want good queens try mine. They are strict- 

 ly pure Italians, and are all purely mated. My strain 

 of Italians are unequaled as honev gatherers, and 

 have no superior. Tested queens, $1 00; select tested, 

 $1.50; untested, 75c. 



ARTHUR P. BENDER, Rutherford, N. J. 



Untested = Italian = Queens. 



Fifty cents each; warranted 

 lst-class. Tested queens, $1. 



W. C. Gathright, Dona Ana, New Mexico. 



flllFPNQ Untested, 65c; two for $1.25. Warrant- 

 ytLCnO. ed, 80c; two for $1.. 50 Tested, $1.25. Se- 

 lect tested, $2 00. My bees are bred for business, and 

 work well on red clover. If you want honey try 

 them. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for circular. 

 C M HICKS, 

 Hicksville, Washington Co., Md. 



rillpCVC Either five-banded golden or from im- 

 Vi'UlwL.n.J. p 0r ted Italian mothers. A few breed- 



^—™~ — — ers at jo 00 each; tested, $1.00, or for 

 $5.00; untested, 75c, or 6 for $4.00. B. P. Rock eggs. 75c 

 for 13. CHAS. H. THIES, Steeleville, III. 



nilFFNQ Untested Italian, $1.00 each; tested, 

 yULCIiJ. $1.25 each. Catalog free. Address 



~~" """ — ~ "*" Theodore Bender. Canton, Ohio. 



FOR SALE. — Self-regulating incubators. Guaranteed 

 to hatch 90 per cent. Send for catalog. Address 

 M. E. FIRESTONE. Sidney, Ohio. 



FOR SALE.— Japanese buckwheat for seed. Price 

 $1.00 per bushel, f. o. b. Lehigh Valley R. R. Bags 

 free. C. J. Baldridge, Kendaia, Seneca Co., N. Y. 



