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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



AtTG. IS 



'Tis sad, I must relate, that in almost every State 

 There are apiaries scattered hert and there; 



And because of sundry stings the owner seldom brings 

 His smoker to examine them with care. 



He does not know a queen, be he waking or in dream. 

 From a worker, or a drone with noisy buzz; 



Nor can he understand how easy face and hand 

 Maybe made immune with simple veil and glove. 



'Tis the queen that tells the story of failure or of gloiy, 



Be your apiary large or small; 

 And let me kindly mention, that, without some small 

 attention, 



You might as well have kept no bees at all. 



There is lots of wasted honey that might be turned to 

 money 

 If bees were only given simple care 

 And the time you thus employ would bring health 

 and wealth and joy. 

 And sweetness to >our home and daily fare. 



We can now supplj- The Irish Bee-Guide, by Rev. J. 

 G. Digges. It is divided in three parts — The Houey- 

 Bee; Hives and Appliances; and Modern Bee-keeping; 

 32 chapters: illustrated; 220 pages; cloth bound. Ful- 

 ly ud to date, and worthy a place in every bee-keep- 

 er's library. Price 90c. Postage 10c extra. 



We have before us a copy of the new edition of A 

 Modern Bee Farm, by Sam'l Simniins. This book is 

 fully revised and up to date, and while the methods 

 are largely British the book contains so much ot value 

 that we heartily recommend it to our readers. You 

 are sure to be pleased. Cloth bound. Price $1.85; 

 postage 15c. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 



The season is at hand when bushel 

 boxes are needed for handling pota- 

 toes and other farm crops. The ac- 

 companying cut shows our all slatted 

 box which has been used for years, 

 and is a most popular box. It is 16 

 inches long by 13>^ wide and 1214 

 'deep, inside measure, holding a heap- 

 ed bushel when level full. One box 

 mav be nested inside of two when 

 empty, so they can be handled in bunches of three. 

 As packed, there are 11 in a bunch — 2 nailed up and 

 the other 12 in flat, with nails included. We usually 

 make them with oak corner-posts ; and, so made, the 

 price is 81.90 per crate of 11. We have quite a stock on 

 hand, packed ready for shipment, of all basswood 

 slats, no oak corners. We offer these, to close them 

 out, at SI. 75 per crate; ten-crate lots, 5 per cent dis- 

 count. 



AIKEN HONEY-BAGS. 



We did not include these bags in our catalog this 

 year because we wanted to see them more generally 

 tested in different sections of the country, and proven 

 a satisfactory package everywhere before doing so. 

 We are prepared to supply them, and have arranged 

 for a 1-lb. size in addition to the four other sizes sold 

 heretofore. We are now supplied with all sizes. 



100 

 5C0 



1-LB. SIZE, 354x5^. 



I .65 I lOnO $5 50 



3.0U I 5000 @ 5.25 



2 LB. SIZE, 5x71/4. 5-LB. SIZE, 7x10. 



100 8 .80 



500 3 75 



1000 7.00 



5C00@ 6.60 



3K-lb. SIZE, 6x9J^. 



100 $1.00 



500 4.75 



1000 8.75 



5000® 8.25 



100 $ 1.20 



500 5.50 



1000 10.50 



5000® 10 00 



101b. SIZE, lOxlOH. 



100 $ 1.50 



500 7.00 



1000 13 50 



5000® 13.00 



We will print in name and address of producer or 

 dealer, in different quantities, at the following sched- 

 ule of prices for any size: 



Lots of 100 30cts. 



Lots of 250 50cts. 



Lotsof 500 75cts. 



Lots of 1000 $1.00. 



For each additional 1000, add 50 cents. Each change 

 of name and address counts as a separate order. For 

 instance, 1000 bags printed with four different names 

 and addresses, 250 of each, would be $2.00; with ten 

 different names $3.00, etc. As the bags must be print- 

 ed before they are made up and coated, we can not 

 change the label except in lots of 19,000 or over. We 

 have some plain 2-lb. size of darkdrab paper which 

 we can furnish plain at $2 00 per 1000 less than prices 

 quoted above, or we can print a smaller special label 

 in one color at above rates extra for printing. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We keep on hand a large stock of extracted honey 

 from different sources, and are prepared to supply at 

 the prices shown below. The following flavors are 

 usually in stock. 



PRICES. — F. O. B. MEDINA, CHICAGO, OR PHILADELPHIA 



P.^CKAGES. 



By far the largest part of our honey comes put up in 

 the 60-lb. square tin cans, two cans in a case. We 

 also get some in kegs and barrels. We agree to 

 furnish it only in such packages as we happen to have. 

 Unless you find price quoted for different packages, it 

 is understood that we furnish only in 5-gallon and 1- 

 gallon cans. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



A. I. ROOT'S DEPARTMENT IN THIS ISSUE. 



To-day, Aug. 13, I have just returned from a trip of 

 about 400 miles through Ohio in my automobile. I 

 expected to be around in time to furnish copy, but 

 failed. Well, friends of my special department, 

 please be lenient and I will try to give you extra space 

 in our next issue to make up. This trip was taken 

 with the view of studying humanity, and al.so of con- 

 sidering the question of automobiles on our public 

 roads. I visited and passed through about a dozen 

 county-seats besides a host of other towns and villages. 

 I passed vehicles of every description, even going into 

 the city of Xenia as the people were returning in the 

 evening from their county fair; and during all this 

 trip of two weeks' time I did not receive a single un- 



