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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



'BS^ <PFf lAl^NOTJCES i 



The new edition of the ABC book will not he out 

 by Sept. 1st, but we hope it will be ready for delivery 

 Sept. loth. This last edition contains more new mat- 

 ter, by considerable, than was put into any of the 

 former editions. Quite a number of entirely new sub- 

 jects have been incorporated in it, and, in short, it 

 will be almost entirely new. 



FORMER PRICES WITHDRAWN. 



We call attention to an announcement on the cover 

 page of this issue, withdrawing all former prices on 

 bee-hives, sections, shipping-cases, etc. If in need of 

 any goods before the new schedules of prices are pub- 

 lished, send in a list of what you want, and we will 

 quote you. The new prices will be, approximate!}', 

 20 per cent higher than former prices; in some cases 

 quite a little more, and in a few cases a trifle less than 

 this per cent. 



SCREEN WIRE CLOTH. 



We have for some time been getting higher prices 

 for this article, but have failed to note them in this 

 department. For the present the price will be 2c per 

 sq. foot for cut pieces; 13 4 c for 50 or 100 foot rolls, 

 which is an advance of %c a foot over prices listed in 

 our catalog. 



ADVANCE IN WIRE POULTRY-NETTING. 



With all other wire goods it becomes necessary to 

 quote advanced prices on Climax netting listed on the 

 cover page of our catalog. Taking effect Sept. 1 we 

 make the following prices: 



12-inch Climax netting, SOc per roll, 150 feet long, 



1 20 



1 00 



2 00 



2 -10 



2 SO 



3 20 

 ■i 00 

 -1 SO 



% or 1 inch staples for same, 10 cts. per lb. Climax 

 sheep and hog fencing will be, for 



23 inches wide, $fi 00 per roll of 20 rods. 

 50 " " 10 80 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



WANTED — WHITTAKER ONIONS OR ONION-SETS. 



We find ourselves already sold out of this variety of 

 potato onions. Now, as we have sold quite a quantity 

 of them within the last three or four years, we think 

 our readers must have at least a few to spare. Let us 

 know what you have and what you will take for 

 them. My impression is they differ from the ordi- 

 nary yellow potato onion, and that they grow, under 

 favorable conditions, a much larger onion. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY-PLANTS AT THIS DATE. 



Our recent low prices brought in quite a flood of or- 

 ders, but they are mostly filled at this writing. With 

 the scant supply of rain we are having almost every- 

 where, layer plants would be pretty sure to be a fail- 

 ure — that is, unless they are watered and shaded: and 

 even then it is a pretty hard matter to make them all 

 grow with weather so exceedingly dry. I should be 

 glad of reports as to how the potted plants are suc- 

 ceeding during this very dry fall. 



AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



This is the month for planting them out ; but I 

 would not advise anybody to go into it very heavily 

 until he has ascertained that on his ground, and with 

 his knowledge of the business, they will winter over 

 all right. At present we can not make a better price 

 than 25 cts. a quart; peck, 81.50 ; bushel, $5.00. Any 

 thing over a quart will have to be sent from Philadel- 

 phia. Prizetaker onion-sets, same price. These suc- 

 ceed with us about as well as the American Pearl. 

 Winter onion-sets succeed everywhere. We have a 

 good stock of these at SI. 50 per bushel. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The 33d semi annual meeting and picnic of the 

 Seneca County Beekeepers' Association will be held 

 at Kim Beach, three miles ea^t of Hnvt Corners, on 

 Cayuga Lake, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1 S ' ,M 



C. B. Howard, S.c, Romulus, N. Y. 



QI will send you young laying Ital- 

 ll^f^flC ' an queens, warranted purely mat- 

 UWV,flSO* ed with drones of a different 



strain, at 50 cents each. Address 



JAMES WOOD, North Dana, Hass. 



COR SALE. — Ten swarms of bees in Root's Sim- 

 * plicity hives, at $2.50 per swarm; also 100 brood- 

 combs, at 12 cts. each, all in first-cla«s condition. 



E. R. GIBBS, Norwalk, Ohio. 



VyARRANTED QUEENS from imported mother, 

 ** 50 cts. Hybrid queens, 25 cts. 



J. B. Hains, Bedford, Ohio. 



Advertiser's Department of Short Write-ups. 



How are you Going to Dig your Potatoes? 



It will be time very soon to dig your potatoes; and, 

 in fact, in some places it is time already. If you want 

 something that will put the potatoes all on top of the 

 ground, and do it, too. with one good strong team, 

 you probably can not do any better than to use the 

 Dowden potato-digger, made by the Dowden Mfg. 

 Co., Prairie City, Iowa. Drop them a postal card, and 

 they will cheerfully give you all the particulars, an- 

 swering every question anybody will probably ask in 

 regard to the machine. Mr. A. I. Root, of the A. I. 

 Root Co., is using one with excellent satisfaction in 

 digging his crop of potatoes grown expressly for seed. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleanings is ever welcome at my home. I can not 

 do without it. All that I am sorry for is that I didn't 

 take it years ago, as 1 have handled bees for 25 years 

 and have had no less than 20 colonies at any one time, 

 SO at present. There is something singular about bee 

 culture. The more you learn, the more you wish to. 

 The 25,000 sections you shipped me c.re all right — none 

 better. S. Wight. 



Sickels, Mich. 



THE CORNEIL SMOKER \ A HINT TO EDITORS. 



The Corneil smoker you sent is splendid for either 

 noise or smoke — the best smoker I ever saw. When 

 the tube leading from the bellows gets clogged with 

 soot and creosote I shall bore a %-iuch hole in the bel- 

 lows just back of the valve, and clean the tube with a 

 stick, ramrod fashion. The hole is to be closed with a 

 wooden plug. I have made such a hole in all smokers 

 for years, except the Crane, which does not admit of it. 



I suggest that all editors keep Corneil smokers to 

 keep intruders out of their sanctums. I have put 

 every living tiling that I have tried it on to a retreat, 

 including men larger than I am. A good revolver 

 would not take my smoker, even up. 



Accept thanks for " Facts about Bees.'' For comb 

 honey the D. hive is certainly good. For extracted 

 honey it suits me better to turn bees loose in a large 

 hive." W. A. H. Gilstrap. 



Gravson, Cal. 



