1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



557 



Advertiser's Department of Short Write-ups. 



Dry Weather and Wagoruwheels. 



This is the season when farmers and others begin 

 to experience the difficulty and annoyance of having 

 their wagon-wheels dry out, shed their tires, and be- 

 come shaky and creaky. This condition means one 

 of several things. Either the wheels will have to 

 submit to repeated soakings in water, which but 

 helps on the general tendency to decay, or the tires 

 will have to be cut and re-set, or rt-iet in boiled oil, or 

 a new set of wheels will have to be purchased. 



If a practically indestructible wheel were bought in 

 the first place, repairs with their attendant expense 

 would be out of consideration entirely. Then, too, 

 there would not be that waste incident to hauling half 

 a load because the wheels were weak and would not 

 stand more. Surely the remedy lies in buying wheels 

 so made that the tires can not come off from any possi- 

 ble shrinkage; so that hubs, spokes, and felloes can 

 not shrink, become loose, or rot; wheels that are 

 strong enough at all times to carry any load two 

 horses can draw with comfort, and, finally, wheels 

 with broad tires that afford perfect traction and ease 

 of locomotion without cutting or rutting up the farm 

 or roads. 



Such wheels can be had at a merely nominal price. 

 We make a solid metal wheel with straight or stagger 

 oval steel spokes that will fit any wagon ever made. 

 We also make a low-down handy wagon of superior 

 merit, at a very reasonable price. Write for catalog, 

 prices, etc. 



The Electric Wheel Co., Onincy, 111. 



* PORTER BEE = ESCAPES 



for the 



HIVE B HONEY=HOUSE 



have no equal. Save time, save hard 

 work, save stings, save cappings to 

 the honey. No practical bee-keeper 

 can afford to get along without them. 



Last a Lifetime. 



Their great superiority over every 

 thing else of the kind has driven all 

 competitors from the field. For sale 

 everywhere. Manufacturers' agents. 



S The A. I. Root Co., Medina, 0. 



that will just " roll " in the honey, and that are won- 

 derful red-clover workers, also gentle to handle and 

 exceedingly hardy, then try Moore's strain of Italians 

 — the result of 20 years of careful breeding by select- 

 ing the finest honey-gathering stock each season from 

 which to rear queens, and stocking my apiary with 

 drones reared from other fine honey-gathering stock 

 not akin. Send for circular, and see wlr-it my custom- 

 ers sav. Warranted queens, 75c each; G for iJJ.OO: 12 

 for 17.00 Select warranted, $1.00; 6 for 85.00; 12 for 

 $9.00. Strong three-frame nucleus, with warranted 

 queen, $2.50. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Those who never dealt with me I refer to A. I. Root, 

 who has purchased of me over 900 queens. 



J. P, Moore, Lock box 1, Morgan, Pend. Co., Ky. 



OI IFFN^ Either five-banded golden or from itn- 

 ytlLLl^O. ported Italian mothers, 60c each: 6 for 

 —■™==— S3 00. Breeder, $1.50. I warrant safe 

 delivery and satisfaction, or no pay. Give me a trial. 

 CHAS. H. THIES, Steeleville, III. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



GLEANINGS AT REDUCED RATES 



We do not need to tell about our 

 journal, for it will speak for itself ; 

 but as an extra inducement we make 

 the following low offers: 



OFFER NO. I. 



For 25 cts. we will send Glean- 

 ings from the time your subscription 

 is received till Jan., 1900. If you 

 send in your order promptly you will 

 get 6 months for only 25 cts. 



OFFER NO. 2. 



For $1.00 we will send an untested 

 Italian queen, worth 75 cts., and 

 Gleanings one year. 



OFFER NO. 3. 



For $1.00 we will send Glean- 

 ings the rest of this year, and all of 

 next year; that is, from the time 

 your subscription is received till Jan . , 

 1901. The sooner you take advan- 

 tage of this offer, the more numbers 

 you receive. 



Old as well as new subscribers may take 

 advantage of these offers; but all arrear- 

 ages or back subscriptions must fiist be 

 paid, at SI. 00 per year. Address 



THE A. I, ROOT CO., MEDINA, OHIO. 



Queens by Return Mail. 



Daughters of best imported Italian queen mothers; 

 reared by Doolittle method warranted purely mated 

 to drones of imported stock from a different source — 

 hence, a direct cross. Fourteen years as a honey- 

 producer on a large scale has taught me what good 

 queens mean to the producer, as well as how to rear 

 them. Price of queens 50 cts. each. Safe delivery and 

 satisfaction in every case, or money refunded. 



L. H. Robey, Worthington, W. Va. 



\A/A!NTED. — Samples of American anJ Foreign 

 "" Honey. lam making a collection of samples 

 of honey from different sources, and shall he pleased 

 to hear from parties in any locality who can supply 

 me. I have only some of our most common honeys 

 now, so can likely use any variety that may be offered. 

 Would like to exchange with as many as possible. 



A. L. BOYDEN, Medina, O. 



Wants and Exchange. 



WANTED —For cash, No. 1 white honey in Danz. 

 '" 4X5 plain sections. Write for particulars. Four 

 sizes of Prize cartons for comb honey, and 06 page 

 book, " Facts about Bees," for (i cts. in stamps. 



F. Danzenbaker, Box 66, Washington. D. C. 



WANTED.— Several thousand pounds of 1899extract- 

 " " ed clover honey. Will furnish cans. 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, N. Y. 



llf ANTED. — To exchange my Common Sense non- 

 * ' drip shipping-cases, holding 18 1%-inch wide, or 

 16 wider sections, put up in lots of 50, laid down at your 

 station for 8 cts. each, in exchange for No. 1 white and 

 fancy comb honey at right prices in any quantity. 



B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



