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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1917 



WANTED. — From April 1 until bept. 15, 1917, 

 a man who has had some experience with bees to help 

 work in apiary. State wages, with board furnished, 

 iu first letter. Frank C. Alexander, Schoharie, N. Y. 



Two young men can, during the season of 1917, 

 reap the benefit of my experience for nearly forty 

 years with up to 800 colonies of bees; also as public 

 demonistrator with bees and lecturer and experience 

 in beekeeping at the Ontario Agricultural College. 

 One with clean body and mind required. Board; 

 and, if the season is good, a little more given. 



R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



TRADE NOTES 



We would again notify the readers of Gleanings 

 that we begin on March 1 the better subscription 

 policy of discontinuing all subscriptions on expira- 

 tion — excepting IhoFP who speeifiraUy write us ask- 

 ing that their subscription be continued after expir- 

 ation, and telling us on or about what date they ex- 

 pect to remit. This is not only the better subscrip- 

 tion policy, but it is the one that a majority of our 

 readers have come to prefer. Well, then, after 

 March 1 we shall run nobody into debt for this 

 journal — except by his own express order — and ex- 

 pired subscriptions will be discontinued. We be- 

 lieve that every reader of Gleanings will agree that 

 this is the better business way, the just way, and the 

 honest way to treat subscribers. 



SECOND-HAND CANS ADVANCED. 



Since the great increase in the price of new cans 

 for honey we are receiving more inquiries for our 

 choice secondhand cans than we are able to furnish. 

 To be more in line with the present price of new 

 cans we quote, till further notice, on second-hand 

 cans of sixtv pounds capacity, two in a case, at 

 $5.00 for lO" boxes; $11.00 for 25 boxes, or $40.00 



per 100 boxes. We already have contracts for all 

 that we may accumulate for some weeks, and will 

 accept orders only at these prices, subject to supply 

 available. 



BEESWAX ADVANCED. 



Largely due to a heavy export demand for bees- 

 wax the market has advanced in recent weeks so that 

 we are warranted in offering 31 cents cash, 33 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered at Medina ; two 

 cents less delivered at our California branches, or 

 one cent less at other branches. 



For choice yellow we pay one to two cents extra. 

 This is as high a price as we were paying before the 

 gTeat war broke out two and a half years ago, after 

 which the price dropped about ten cents a pound. 

 It has been slowly coming back to the former level. 



If prices should advance any further it will be 

 necessary to make an advance in the price of comb 

 foundation, for we cannot work on any less margin 

 between prices named above and present prices of 

 comb foundation. 



If you want your wax worked into foundation 

 we are prepared to work it at very reasonable rates, 

 which we will quote on application. The quantity 

 should be at least 25 pounds and upward. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



Convention Notices 



The annxial convention of the Southeastern Minn- 

 esota and Western Wisconsin Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Winona, Minn., in the Court- 

 house, Feb. 27, and 28, 1917. 



O. S. Holland, Sec. 



The annual convention of the Pennsylvania State 

 Beekeepers' Association will be held in the capitol 

 building, Harrisburg Pa., March 2 and 3, 1917. 

 An interesting program in preparation. 



H. C. Klinger, Sec-.Treas. 



Liverpool, Pa., Jan. 15. 



The New Monthly, "The Domestic Beekeeper 



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Have you seen the New DOMESTIC BEEKEEP- 

 ER, successor to the Beekeeper's Review? It ap- 

 peared January 1, 1917, with a new dress and im- 

 proved in many ways. Besides the eight extra 

 pages, each page is nearly 60 per cent larger than 

 the old Review. We are paying much more for 

 material and labor in getting out the DOMESTIC 

 BEEKEEPER than the Review cost, but we are sell- 

 ing it at the same price — i. e., $1.00 per year. If 



you take advantage of the long-time subscription the 

 price is even less than before the enlargement. We 

 quote the DOMESTIC BEEKEEPER one year, 

 $1.00; two years, $1.50; three years, $2.00; five 

 years, $3.00. We are printing several extra sets of 

 the DOMESTIC BEEKEEPER, so can begin your 

 subscription with the .January number, thus making 

 your volume complete. 



What We are Doing for Our Subscribers 



Likely the most important feature of the DOMES- 

 TIG BEEKEEPER, from a financial standpoint, is 

 our service department, where we buy almost every- 

 thing needed by honey-producers at a considerable 

 saving to them. Beekeepers' supplies, including 

 honey-containers, are a special feature with this de- 

 partment. Then we have a department (absolutely 

 free) where our subscribers' crop of honey is listed. 

 This department has sold, without cost to our sub- 

 scribers, many hundred tons of honey. You should 

 take advantage of this department. If you have 

 beeswax to be made into foundation, we handle it 

 for you at a saving, having it made by any manu- 

 facturer you prefer. Your first number of the 

 DOMESTIC BEEKEEPER will explain how to pro- 

 ceed to take advantage of this proposition. 



The Editor is one of a committee whose object is to 

 establish a selling price of honey, both at wholesale 

 and retail. You should all keep tab on this great 

 movement; and the DOMESTIC BEEKEEPER will 

 be headquarters for information along this line. 

 Subscribe today, so as not to miss a single thing 

 said upon this important subject. There is not a 

 single honey-producer who sells honey but is more 

 or less interested in this great scheme, which is des- 

 tined to become national in character. All produc- 

 ers of honey should get togther and help this move 

 along. You will find the DOMESTIC BEEKEEPER 

 always working wholly for the producer, and the one 

 journal that all producers should support. Remem- 

 ber the new address. 



The Domestic Beekeeper, Northstar, Michigan 



