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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



■WANTED — R. ABE NUSBAUM, TANEYTOWN, MD. 



The above young man who advertised for a si nation 

 on pige 98, Jan. 15, is wanted by his parents. He left 

 home March 2 Address Mrs. D. C. Nusbaum, Taney- 

 town, Md., Route 17. 



A POSTAL-PARCEL SY.STEM FOR THE UNITED STATES. 



A former postmaster-general, when asked about the 

 chances of a postal-parcels system, said there were 

 four insuperable obstacles to such a law, specifying by 

 name four express companies. These companies had 

 influence enough 30 years ago to direct any legislation 

 they w.'inted, and they have the same influence to-day. 

 And yet it costs just four times as much to send an 

 eight-pound parcel by mail from Rochester to Buffalo 

 as it would to send the same parcel from Edinburgh 

 through the United States to Seattle. The Govern- 

 ment has got to buv out the express companies. 



And now arises the question. '' Is the postal depart- 

 ment of the United States run by these four express 

 companies, or is it managed b3^ the people and for the 

 good of the public at large?" 



ADDRESSING GOODS FOR SHIPMENT, 



Every person who makes an order for any thing 

 whatever should be especially careful to tell exactly 

 how he wants his goods marked. It would save no 

 end of bad feeling, and thousands of dollars in money, 

 if every one who makes an order would say at the end 

 of his 'etter: " Mark goods as follows;" and then put 

 on a blank leaf of the letter, if there is one, or wher- 

 ever there is plenty of room, just exactly what you 

 want the shipping-clerk to put or top of your box. 

 This is the more important, oecause so many of the 

 friends have a freight depot with an address different 

 from that of their postoffioe. And even if there is not, 

 there is scarcely a case where there is not some little 

 kink about the way goods should be addressed that 

 the writer knows more about than anybody else. The 

 shipping-clerk, especially in the busy season, is rushed 

 with business. It takes lots of time for him to turn 

 the letter over and look at the beginning and end to 

 find out where the writer lives and how the goods 

 shoul 1 be marked. I have talked so much about rub- 

 ber stamps, giving your address just as you want it, 

 that I thought I would not say any thing more about 

 it here; but whatever you do. in making an order do 

 let us know just what you want put on the box in the 

 way of marking. If you do not know which will be 

 cheapest for you — expre,ss, freight, or mail — we will 

 gladly figure out, the best we can, which way will be 

 best. But when you wish us to do this, give us the 

 postoffice, express office, and freight ofiSce, especially 

 if they happen to be different. 



Just now I have a case before me where one of our 

 friends in the South lost a whole season's work with 

 his bees just because the goods were addressed exactly 

 as he requested us to address his mail; and, if I am 

 correct, he failed to say in his letter that his goods by 

 freight were not to be marked the same way as letters 

 went. He thinks " anybody of common sense ought 

 to have known," under the circumstances, that his 

 freight should not be addre.ssed the same as the letter 

 to his postoffice He fina'ly went to law in regard to 

 it; but I think his own attorney told him the fault was 

 his own. Now he threatens to publish us if we do not 

 make good his loss. Now, whatever you do, tell us 

 just how your box of stuff is to be marked. 



Kind Words from our Customers. 



In regard to hives made at a planing-mill (page 174), 

 excuse me. I tried a few and had nothing to fit right 

 or proper. Root's factory hive suits me best. 



Mechanicsburg, Pa. E. P. Slarry. 



"Your A B C of Bee Culture came a few weeks ago. 

 It is the best bee-book I ever saw, and I am 61 years 

 old, and have kept bees 4.5 years, and have a varie y of 

 bee-books. I have three of your ABC books, but the 

 last one tops them all. H. F. Carpenter. 



East I,os Angeles, Cal. 



Since a neighborint bee keeper called my attention 

 to Gleanings with a sample copy I have taken a very 

 deep interest in you all, and your success. I have kept 

 a few bees for a good many years, and they have been 



a great help as well as a source of much enjoyment. 

 We have a large family, and a good addition to our in- 

 come has come from my bees, as well as the sweeter of 

 the two luxuries that has come to us unchanged from 

 thegirden of Eden. Milk and honey are seldom ab- 

 sent from our table Sometimes it has been hard work 

 to keep up my subscription, and I have allowed it to 

 run behind, and this year I thought to stop it as I do 

 not enjoy it when I know it is not paid for as I do when 

 it is mine. I generally look at the honey market, then 

 at Straws then turn to the Home talks.'and they have 

 so many times bolstered up my courage to pick up my 

 burden of daily care and toil that I have felt as if I 

 must some time tell you of it, and wish you God speed 

 in your work. Mrs, S C. B socks. 



Springcreek, Pa., Dec. 11. 



The Breed that Lays is the Breed 

 that Pays. 



We make a specialty of 

 SUPERIOR STOCK 

 in .Single-comb White Leg- 

 horn eggs for hatching. 



$3.00 for 15. 



$5.50 for 30, 

 $6.75 for 45, 



$12 for 100. 



KINGSTOWN, 



The SNYDER BEE 

 & HONEY CO., 



NEW YORK. 



When you need bees 



and want your order filled by leturn mail, with the 

 BEST queens that money can bu}i , we can serve you. 

 Our queens are large, healthy, and prolific, from our 

 reliable strain of three-band Ita'ians, which all bee- 

 keepers know to be the honey-gatherers. Our queens 

 are all select. Choice tested queens $1 00 each; 812.00 

 per dozen; untested queens 75c each, $8.00 per dozen. 



Send for price list. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 



LOREAUVILLE, Iberia Parish, LOUISIANA. 



Try my strain of three 

 and five banded queens; 

 untested, in April and 

 May, SI. 00 each ; six for $5.00. Tested, in March and 

 April, |1.25 each ; six for $7.00. Orders by return mail. 

 Am booking orders for early delivery. Sold 1800 last 

 year. Can fill all orders, no matter how large. 



DANIEL WURTH, Karnes City. Karnes Co., Texas. 



Mention Gleanings in your order. 



QUEENS FOR 1904 



1 <) O 4. 



TRY J. W. TAYLOR'S record-breakers. Thej^ are three- 

 bauded leather-colored Italians. They have broken all 

 records as honey gatherers. I have made a specialty of 

 queen-breeding for ten years to secure the best bees, and 

 now I have them. 



Untested, 75 cts., or $8.00 a dozen; tested, $1.25 each; select 

 tested, $1.75; each. Breeders, the best, $4.00 each. 



I have three yards, and can till all orders by return mail. 

 I guarantee safe arrival and .satisfaction. J. E. Atchley 

 says the finest queen he ever owned he bought from me. 

 Tryone. J. W. TAYLOR, Ozan, Ark. 



E. E. Lawrence (Box G 28), Doniphan, Mo. 



ij' Breeder of Fine Italian ^ 



QUEEN BEES. Send for Price List. 

 Local Agents for Root's Goods. 



Y^ANTED.— Twenty-five cents in stamps for 25 T. W. 

 '^' bee-brushes, by mail. Nothing better. They 

 wear too. Dan White, New London, Ohio. 



