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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



ONION SEEDS FOR GROWING SETS." 



As the onion seed mentioned on page 378, last issue, 

 is not yet all sold, we offer Yellow Danvers at 50 cents 

 per lb.', and Red Wethersfield at 40. 



SWEEfT-CLOVER SEED — ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



At present writing we are not able to obtain any 

 sweet-clover seed so as to sell it for less than 1.5 cts. 

 per lb ; single pound, by mail, 25 cts. We shall prob- 

 ably be able to make something like our old prices 

 when the new crop is gathered, but can not promise. 

 It seems to be much the fashion nowadays to put all 

 clover seeds " away up." This is good for the grower, 

 but a little hard on the purchaser. We may be able a 

 little later to make a lower price on lots of 10 and 25 

 lbs. If so, w^e will advise you. 



A BARREL OF SEED POTATOES TO EVERYBODY WHO 

 SENDS US $1.00 FOR GLEANINGS. 



While our potatoes hold out we will send a barrel of 

 seconds free of charge to everybody' who sends us 

 SI. 00 for Gleanings, past, present, or future ; and we 

 will sell a whole liarrel of firsts to every old subscriber 

 who sends us SI. 00 for a new name as heretofore ex- 

 plained. Please notioe that this barrel of potatoes as 

 a premium for getting subscribers is only for this 

 month of June. If you wait till next year, or even 

 next fall, and then send in your dollar^ expecting a 

 barrel of potatoes, you can not have it. I have thought 

 best to say this because a good many were disappoint- 

 ed when we on one other occasion several years ago 

 offered a barrel of potatoes as a premium. Some of 

 the friends got an idea that we kept up such a scale of 

 liberality all the year round, but that was a mistake. 

 Our early potatoes are about all gone, but we have 

 several hundred bushels of medium and late ones as 

 follows : Both firsts and seconds of Mills' Prize, Car- 

 man No. 1, Manum's Enormous, and Adirondack. Of 

 firsts, we have only the Russets; seconds only, Mon- 

 roe Seedling and Blue Victor. Here is what one cus- 

 tomer says in regard to our Blue Victor seconds : 



The tardy barrel of Blue Victor potatoes eanie to hand at 

 last, and are a very atrreeable surprise— much lar^fei' (for sec 

 onds) and in better condition than I expected. 



D. W. Dickinson, Hickman, Ky. 



We have 15 bushels left of Maule's Commercial. 

 This is the potato for which I paid SIO for a single tu- 

 ber when I got my start, and that only a few year ago. 

 From a single tuber, with the ^id of the greenhouse, I 

 grew a barrel in one season. Maule's price on these 

 is S4 00 per bushel ; but we will give a bushel as a pre- 

 mium for one new name as above ; ]/2 bushel as pre- 

 mium for every dollar you send for Gleanings. 



the faultless sprayers, and are they fault- 

 less? 

 I mentioned last j'ear having quite a few complaints 

 to the effect that sprayers would not work. To avoid 

 any similar trouble this season we have examined our 

 whole stock, going up into many hundreds, to see that 

 every sprayer works right when it is sent out. Well, 

 now, a great many of them are sent by mail. It is 

 often cheaper, and there are postoffices in thousands 

 of places where there are no express offices : but they 

 are more likely to be damaged, in spite of our most 

 careful packing, than by express. Sometimes a tri- 

 fling bend or bruise can be remedied with the fingers. 

 A few days ago a friend returned a sprayer, saying it 

 would not work a bit. When it was unpacked I found 

 the brace that connects the reservoir with the pump 

 had a kink in it. I put my thumb on the kink, and in 

 about a second of time the sprayer worked as nicely 

 as one could ask for. It cost 25 cents postage each 

 way to get the sprayer back and forth. Who is going 

 to lose this fifty cents? I have taken pride in making 

 very small margins on these sprayers. We buy them 

 in large lots, and retail them at but a few cents' ad- 

 vance, and we do not make profit enough so that we 

 can stand charges back and forth, especially when 

 we are in no way at fault. If the sprayer is damaged, 

 look it over carefully and try to save expense by fix- 

 ing it if you can. If some of the solder is broken 

 loose, get a tinsmith to fix it, and we will pay the ex- 

 pense, even if we do not agree to stand damages in 

 transit. If the tube gets out of place, have the tin- 

 smith adjust it so the air-blast will blow right again.st 

 and over the top of the water-tube. The water-tube 

 can be bent if necessary so as to get it in just the right 

 position. One more thing : A sprayer was just return- 

 ed from California, the owner saying it would not 

 work ; and the whole trouble was, the leather plunger 



was not oiled according to directions on the tag at- 

 tached to the sprayer. In fact, this tag was on the 

 pump when it came back, saying in plain print, 

 " Keep the plunger well oiled." Of course, the man- 

 ufacturers oil the plungers when the sprayers are sent 

 out, but they have to be made and packed up some- 

 times months ahead ; therefore you should not attempt 

 to use your sprayer at all until yon fii si oil the leather 

 plunger; and if you want it to work nicely, keepM 

 well oiled. The card that goes with the pump gives 

 directions for preparing insecticides ; but we can fur- 

 nish a complete sheet made out by the experiment 

 station for preparing and applying all sorts of chemi- 

 cals for insects, bugs, and worms. Now, we are work- 

 ing hard to help you in the fight against our insect 

 foes ; hut please do not put additional burdens on our 

 shoulders if you can help it. 



I By Return Mail. 



Owing to our unusually favorable season for 

 rearing queens I shall be able to fill orders 

 same day received, after June 1st, with large 

 vigorovis queens reared'under the swarming im- 

 pulse. Our motto is not how many but hoiv good 

 queens we can rear. We make no advance in 

 price on selected queens, for the reason no queen 

 will be sent out that is not perfect in every ap- 

 parent particular. Bred from Doolittle's best 

 breeders of the golden strain, and crossed with 

 drones of Hutchinson's "Superior stock." Un- 

 tested queens, 81.00 each ; S5.00 for (i ; fit 00 for 12. 

 Send for circular, and with it will be sent "How 

 to Build a House Apiary" (illustrated). 



Jewell Taylor, Forestville, Minn. 



Money-order Office, Spring Valley. 



Lone Star 

 Queens. 



June tested queens, 

 $1.00 each; untested, 

 Go cts.; dozen, S7.00. 



G. F. DAVIDSON, 



Fairview, 

 Wilson Co., Texas. 



Quee|is. 



IICO Nn Qmnla '* '* "°* necessary with the 

 UOC llU OIIIUlVCi Sweetheart strain of bees. A 

 postal card or letter will bring my descriptive circular 

 and price list of these gentle hustlers and other 

 strains. I am booking orders for them now, which 

 will be filled in the order received. Don't delay. 

 A. J. WRIGHT, 

 Bradford, Steuben Co., N. Y. 



REMOVED ! ~ 



EA-RLY W. H. L,aws has removed his entire 

 queen-rearing apiaries to Round 



Q 



UEENS, Rock, Texas, where he will be better 

 fitted than ever to fill orders for the 



LAWS strain of FAULTI^ESS 5-BANDED bees the 

 coining .season. BREEDING QUEENS always on 

 hand. Price 82.50 each. I am also breeding the 

 leather-colored stock from imported mothers. Test- 

 ed queens, either strain, Sl.OO; 6 for 85.00; untested, 

 75c; 6 for 84.00. Queens ready in season. 



W. H. LAWS, Round Rock, Texas. 



CUPERIOR HONEY QUEENS. Bred from our su- 

 *-^ perior strain of Italian Queens. Untested, each, 

 70c; Vi doz., 83.75; tested, 81.00; J4 doz., $5.50. 



IvEININGER BROS., Fort Jennings, O. 



ir mmmI A gets poultry, bee, and fruit journal one 

 In liRnTS J'ear, if ordered now ; regular price 35c. 



I u u u 1 1 1 u POULTRY, BEES, AND FKUIT, Davenport, la. 



