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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 1873.] 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



Published Semi-monthly by 



The A. I. Root Co., - - Medina, Ohio. 



A. I. ROOT, Editor of Home and Gardening Dep'ts. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor of Apicultural Dept. 



J. T. CAI^VERT, Bus. Mgr. 



TERMS. 81.00 per annum; two years, $1.50; three 

 years, 82.00; five years, 83.00, in advance; or two copies 

 to one address, 81.50; three copies, 82.00; five copies, 

 88.75. The terms apply to the United States, Canada, 

 and Mexico. To all other countries -18 cents per year 

 extra for postage. 



DISCONTINUANCES. The journal is sent until 

 orders are received for its di.scontinuance. We give 

 notice just before the subscription expires, and fur- 

 ther notice if the first is not heeded. Any subscriber 

 ■whose subscription has expired, wishing his journal 

 discontinued, will please drop us a card at once; other- 

 wise we shall assume that he wishes his journal con- 

 tinued, and will pay for it soon. Any one who does not 

 like this plan may have his journal stopped after the 

 time paid for by making this request when ordering. 



RATES OF ADVERTISING. These will be fur- 

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We offer Gleanings in Bee Culture to new sub- 

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 Renewals not accepted at these rates. 



Clubbing Rates. 



As an inducement for our subscribers to renew 

 promptly, which saves us considerable time, we offer 

 the following rates for Gleanings one year and a 

 year's subscription to any of the following papers at 

 prices named: 



For One Dollar Only. 



Gleanings and your choice of the following: 



American Agriculturist, with Almanac, 



Orange Judd Farmer, with Almanac, 



N. E. Homestead with Almanac, 



Farm, Furnace, and Factory, 



Northwestern Agriculturist, 



American Poultry Journal, Poultry Monthly, 



Reliable Poultry Journal, Poultry Keeper, 



Agricultural Epitomist, Farm and Home, 



Am. Poultry Advocate, Farm Journal, 



Farm and Fireside, Farm Poultry. 



For One Dollar and Ten Cents. 



Gleanings and your choice of the following: 



Woman's Home Companion, 



Practical Farmer, Kansas Farmer, 



Michigan Farmer, Ohio Farmer, 



Indiana Farmer. 

 For $1.25. — Gleanings and Rural New-Yorker. 

 For $1.30. — Gleanings and National Stockman and 



Farmer. 

 For $1.50. — Gleanings and Cosmopolitan or McClure's 



Magazine or American Gardening or N. Y. 



Christian Herald. 

 For $2.00. — Gleanings and Country Gentleman or 



Pacific Rural Press. 

 For $2.50. — Gleanings and Review of Reviews. 

 For $3.00. — Gleanings and Scribner's Magazine or 



Scientific American. 



5 PEClAb^N6TJCErByl| 



»jru\*i'»— BUSINESS MANAGER ^ 



THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE, 



The new edition of the A B C of Bee Culture, which 

 has been fully revised again this summer, will be 

 ready in a short time. See full announcement in next 

 issue. 



BETA NAPHTHOL. 



Elsewhere in these columns mention is made of the 

 new drug, beta naphthol, for medicating syrups given 

 to bees for winter food. Where the drug can not be 

 obtained at your local stores we can furnish it by 

 mail in ounce packages, postpaid, at 30 cts.; or in lots 

 of 1 lb. (16 ounces), 25 cts. per ounce. By mail, 16 cts. 

 extra. 



BEESW.'VX. 



We are again in the market for large quantities of 

 beeswax, and our price from this date until further 

 notice will be 26c cash, 28 in trade, for pure average 

 wax delivered here. When you ship, put your name 

 on the box or in the package, and at the same time 

 w^rite us, stating the quantity ycu send, and send us 

 bill of lading. It does not pay, as a rule, to send by 

 express. 



wanted, comb and extracted honey. 

 We are in the market for No 1 and fancy while 

 comb honey and light extracted honey, and also for 

 buckwheat extracted. If you have any to offer, please 

 write us at once, stating quantity. If it is extracted, 

 send us a sa:nple by mail and put your name on the 

 sample. In any case, advi.se us how your honey is put 

 up. We want to hear from parties having honey to 

 sell promptly, as we consider the market now at its 

 best. 



honey. 

 Before the last number of Gleanings was entirely 

 mailed to our subscribers, the car of honey mentioned 

 had all been sold, and the lots of extractt^d mentioned 

 are all sold except Nos. 35 and 45 Of these we have 

 some stock still on hand. We have just secured two 

 cars of Colorado comb honey, same as mentioned in 

 our last, which we expect here about Oct. 5th. The 

 price has advanced one cent, and we are obliged to 

 advance our price correspondingly, which will make 

 the price of this stock lOc per pound. From all of the 

 customers to whom we sent this carload we have not 

 received a word of complaint, hut many words of 

 praise. We are now negotiating for a number of lots 

 of extracted. I,et us know about what you want, and 

 we will advise you what we have to offer. 



sturwold's show-case. 



We are sure bee-keepers generally do not put up 

 their honey as attractively as it should be. A Sturwold 

 case will last years, so the real expense of keeping 

 one or more of these is almost nothing. You will be 

 surprised to see how much honey your grocer will sell 

 if provided with one of these. 



This case is 28 inches high and 20 inches square, out- 

 side measure, top and bottom. The glass of which it 

 is made is 16 <2-l. The case is to be set up in any gro- 

 cery, drugstore, or any other place of business where 

 you want your honey exhibited or sold. The frame is 

 of chestnut, filled and varnished, and finished in nat- 

 ural grain. Price, plain, $•3.00; with name and address, 

 85.50. As the glass is very apt to be broken in transit, 

 we will ship them, if you prefer, with the glass boxed 

 separately, at the same price. In flat, no glass or finish, 

 82.50 ; glass included, 84.00. 



bicycles in trade for honey, beeswax, or cash, 

 AT 815.00. 

 We still have on hand a few of the National Ameri- 

 can bicycles, which we took in payment of account. 

 These are standard wheels, and are li.sted at 830, but 

 we got them at a very low price. While we have been 

 selling them at 81", j'et, rather than hold them over 

 till next season, we have decided to let them go for 

 the rest of the .season, at 815 00. Each machine, be- 

 fore it leaves us, will be tested by A. I. Root himself, 

 so that a purchaser may be assured that the wheel 

 will run right when it leaves us. We do not claim 



