1900^ 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ourselves, givins: the one who gets another to send 

 with him, a cloth-bound book. 



"a few of the best seeds selected from 

 thousands." 

 The above is the title of a condensed seed catalog 

 from our good friend Burpee, of Philadelphia. Our 

 friends will remember that, years ago, with the assist- 

 ance of an experiment station, I selected out of thou- 

 sands a few seeds of vegetables which I thought ( 

 could recommend. During the years that have passed 

 I have tried hard to keep the list from getting larger, 

 but not always with success, say with tomatoes, 

 for example. The greater part of our .seed catalogs 

 keep adding to their list each ySar; and when there 

 are fifty or sixty different kinds of peas,* and other 

 things in proportion, it is not only an enormous burden 

 on the seedsman to keep all of these in stock, but it is 

 a tremendous burden on the purchaser to decide wliat 

 he had better have when he can not afford to bother 

 with more than three or four of a kind. Well, I was 

 very agreeably surprised to see how nearly Burpee's 

 condensed catalog tallies with our own. He selected 

 onlj' two kinds of celery; namely. Giant Pascal and 

 Golden Self-blanching. I think / would add White 

 Plume to the two, but perhaps the Self -blanching 

 would answer very well in its .stead. He has only three 

 varieties of cucumber.* — two of them the same I have 

 selected. His list of onions is very nearly the same as 

 our own, but he has some we do not have, and so on 

 through. Now, I am well aware that there are certain 

 localities where they want a certain strain of seed 

 which is very much better for them than any thing 

 else, and for different localities somebody is almost 

 sure to want almost any one in the list. We have 

 proved this by undertaking to drop out those that 

 were not called for very much ; but almo.st invariablv 

 there has been a protest; and we have been compelled 

 to put the thing back that we had once dropped. 

 Burpee has done a good deal the .same thing with 

 flowers; but I notice his list of sweet peas still includes 

 forty or fifty different kinds; but as that is his great 

 specialty, perhaps it could not be helped. Of these se- 

 lected varieties, he offers any 32 packets for $1.00. 

 With the packets of peas, beans, and corn, he offers 16 

 ten-cent packets for 81.00. 



*May 1 call attention to one illustration that lies right be- 

 fore me ; 1 thouerht 1 should like to have a few nasturtiums 

 in that greenhouse. I had hea'd of a Tom Thumb nastu tiiim, 

 and thought that would be about what I wanted, to grow under 

 glass. So I wrote to Burpee, asking hm to send me a packet 

 of Tom Thumb nasturtiums, and added that, if there were 

 more than one color, he might send a packet of each How 

 many packets do you suppose I got ? Only 28 different kinds 

 of Tom Thumb, and he added two more named Lilliputian, 

 making an even 30. There are two morals here: One is, that 

 Burpee is an enterprising seedsman, and fully up to the times; 

 and the other is, that in so simple a plant as the common 

 nasturtium there are— nobody knows how many different va- 

 rieties cataloged and put up iii packets; but we do know there 

 are 28 different sorts of ToJl Thumb nasturtiums. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I have been reading Gleanings for 20 years, and I 

 can see an improvement in both matter and make-up 

 of the journal every vear. IJmil J. Baxter. 



Nauvoo, 111., Dec. 25. 



The queen I ordered from you last season proved 

 pure, and her bees are great honey-gatherers. I am 

 well pleased with her. Peder I,. Johnsend. 



Bee, Minn., Jan. 2. 



Friend Root: — I received your A B C of Bee Culture, 

 and am much pleased with it. I don't know how I 

 could get along without it. I think every bee-keeper 

 ought to have one. A. B. C. 



Texas, N. Y., Feb. 22. 



OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER. 



Of course we do not take space to repeat all the kind 

 TTords about it ; but here is one friend who is moved 

 to start out with a little couplet, and so we give it: 

 Pretty maidens, swarming bees ; 

 Happy homes and blooming trees. 



Order No. 81,427 I sent you, filled by you promptly, 

 and shipped by freight as directed, was received the 

 18th inst., and found to be in first-class condition. 

 Every thing is complete, and exactly as I have expect- 

 ed. I have never before had more satisfaction in re- 

 ceiving a bill of goods than I did in receiving this one. 



American Fork, Utah, Jan. 20. B. Blohm. 



BEES! 



12 colonies of Italian Bees in Simplicity hives for 

 sale, $4.00. JOHN F. NICE, 



329 Manyard St., Williamsport, Pa. 



/MUIIIU V"*^*^**^« prolific queens; if you 

 want the gentlest bees; if you want the best hiney- 

 gatherers vou ever saw, try my Albinos. Untested 

 queens, .fl.OO; tested, 11.50. 



J. D. GIVENS, Lisbon, Texas. 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS I 



Best farmer's fowl ; large size ; mature 

 early ; yello a- skin ; no pin-feathers to 

 show ; great layers ; prize-winners. 



BLACK MINORCAS 



Ivarge size ; layers of large eggs ; are 

 PRIZE WINNERS. Prices reasouab'e 

 for eggs and stock. 



Robert Mairet, : : : : Akron, Ohio. 



Wants and Exchange. 



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

 usual rates. You nui.st say vou want your ad in this depart- 

 ment, or we will not be responsib'e for any error You can. 

 have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over ten 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates. We can 

 not be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these 

 ■' swaps." 



IV ANTED— By active young man of 20, strictly tem- 

 VV perate, work by the month ; had some experi- 

 ence with bees. Chas. I,. Manley, Yale, Mich. 



\1'ANTED — To exchange, 125 Falcon surplus cases 

 VV and 2 Daisy foundation-fasteners, for maplesap 

 evaporator or sap-buckets, or 32 repeating rifle. 



Harry Beaver, West Groton, N. Y. 



VI' ANTED— To exchange, an Aspinwall two-horse 

 VV potato-planter, as good as new, for bees, honey, 

 or supplies ; or would sell cheap. 



Ed. Wilkinson, Wilton, Wis. 



\VANTED — To exchange, 4x5 Kodak, Singer sewing- 

 ' ' machine, and bicycles, for Barnes or Union saws, 

 emery grinders, etc. Robert B. Gedye, I,aSalle, 111. 



\VANTED— To exchange for honey or offers : One 

 ' ' dovetailing machine, one drum sender, one stick- 

 er, one cutter-head for cutting entranres in sections, 

 one planer, 24-inch, double cylinder ; all in good con- 

 dition. Address Wm. H. Bright, Mazeppa, Minn. 



WANTED. — Situation as as.sistant bee-keeper by a 

 young man having had a season's experience 

 with an Ohio bee-keeper. Good reference. 

 J. C. McCormick, 671 Mitchell Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



\VANTED.— To exchange full colonies of Italian 

 ^^ bees in D. hives, and 1 extractor, for Hereford or 

 Durham caU'es a few weeks old. 



J. N. CoLWiCK, Norse, Texas. 



Wanted.— To buy honey. Should like to hear from 

 parties having extracted honej' to offer, and their best 

 price, delivered at Cincinnati. I pay cash on delivery. 

 C. H. W. Weber, 

 Sue. to C. F. Muth & Son, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Wanted. — Your honey. We will buy it, no matter 

 where you are. Address, giving description and price. 

 Thos. C. Stanley & Son, Fairfield, 111. 



For Sale. — Light amber honey, good body and fla- 

 vor, at 8 cts. per ft , in 60- ft), tin cans. 



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



Wanted.— Comb and extracted honey. State price,, 

 kind, and quantity. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



163 South Water St., Chicago, 111. 



