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GLEANINGS IN 



TRADE NOTES 



BEE CULTURE 



March, 1917 



We have six copies of " Fifty Years Among the 

 Bees," by Dr. C. C. Miller, 1915 edition, which have 

 the covers slightly soiled. Otherwise the volumes 

 are in perfect condition, and in some cases the 

 covers are soiled only on the corners. To clear 

 these volumes we offer them at 75 cts. each, prepaid. 



COGGSHALL BEE-BRUSH. 



Broom-corn has become so scarce and high that we 

 are unable to buy Coggshall bee-brushes except by 

 paying about two and a half times the normal price. 

 We are obliged, therefore, to advance these brushes 

 to 30 cts. retail, with a corresponding increase in 

 wholesale and jobbing prices. 



SECOND-HAND HONEY-EXTRACTORS. 



We recently accepted two two-frame Cowan honey- 

 extractors in' part payment for a larger-size power 

 machine, and we offer these machines at special price 

 as follows : . . ^, • 



A No. 15 Cowan for two L. frames, from Chicago, 

 m at $11 00; A No. 15 Cowan two-frame machine 

 from Grandview, Wash., at $13.00. Both machines 

 are in good condition, and are of late style with slip- 

 gear device. 



ORDER YOUR SUPPLIES EARLY. 



On account of the special stress of war conditions, 

 freights are now greatly delayed. If there was ever 

 a year when beekeepers should order early to get 

 supplies it is this one. It may take anywhere from 

 a month to six weeks to deliver freight that ordinarily 

 would not require more than three or four days. 

 Unless beekeepers are forehanded they will be order- 

 ing by express and paying big bills. Order early and 

 be ready for the harvest. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



In line with the advance in comb foundation we 

 are prepared to offer higher prices for beeswax. 

 Until further notice we will pay 34 cents cash, 36 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered at Medina ; 1 ct. a 

 pound less at our branch offices. This is a higher 

 price than we have ever published in Gleanings 

 during the more than forty years it has been publish- 

 ed. Thirty years ago this month we were offering 

 20 cts. cash, 23 trade. If you have a good lot of wax 

 on hand, let us hear from you. Remember we ex- 

 change comb foundation for beeswax at very favor- 

 able exchange rates, which we will mail to those in- 

 terested on application. 



COMB FOUNDATION ADVANCED. 



Because of an unusual and excessive demand for 

 beeswax for export to Russia, the market price has 

 sharply advanced in recent weeks to a point far 

 above "anything in our experience this early in the 

 season. Altho our catalogs have hardly all been 

 maile'^1, we are under the necessity of announcing 

 an advance of 5 cents a pound in the price of 

 comi) foundation of all grades, retail, wholesale, and 

 jobbing, effective Feb. 20. 



We started in the year with a larger stock of bees- 

 wax than usual; but our output of foundation for 

 December, January, and February will reach over 

 seventy thousand pounds, and some additional was 

 sold on contract last fall, not yet delivered, so that, 

 in self-defense, we are under the necessity of making 

 this advance in the price of foundation this early in 

 the season. We give no assurance that there will not 

 be anotlier advance before the season closes. Prices 

 are more liable to go higher than to recede, for sever- 

 al months. The A. I. Root Company. 



and Supplies at Factory Prices 



Satisfaction guaranteed or your 

 money refunded. We are glad to 

 have " Kretchmer's" popular make 

 of bee supplies, and we still have 

 some of the " Lewis " make, which 

 we are closing out at a reduced 

 price. Liberal discount to new 

 customers. Drop us a card for our 1917 catalog. 



W. H. Freeman . . . Peebles, Ohio 



I CANDY I 



I Bees sometimes starve with plenty of honey in | 



i the hive. Why not avoid this risk by placing a i 



I plate or two of candy on the frames when you I 



I pack for winter ? It is a good life insurance. | 



I Send for circular also catalog of supplies. | 



I H. H. Jepson, 182 Friend St., Boston, Mass. | 



PENNSYLVANIA BEEKEEPERS 



Our catalogs now out. Postal 

 will bring you one. Root's goods 

 at Root's prices. Prompt shipment. 



E. M. Dunkel, Osceola Mills, Pa. 



From roses to raspberr 



rvery need of the subiii bn,ii 

 garden is helpfully covered 

 , h.v the sturdy plants, roots 

 j_^ vines and trees sliown in 



Collins' Guide, FREE 



Cet your copy at once. 



= Arthur J. Collins & Son, Moorestown, N. J. 



= Box 42 



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Finest ITALIAN QUEENS \ 



We have on hand a limited number of select j 



tested queens that were reared during the light f 



honey flow last September and were wintered in i 



large nuclei. We are offering these queens for 1 



$2.50 each, safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- | 



teed. Will be shipped any time desired, as soon i 



as weather will permit. If supply is exhausted 1 



when order is received, money will be promptly | 



refunded. . . . Send for booklet and price 1 



list of queens and bees by the pound. | 



Jay Smith, 1159 DeWolf St., Vincennes, Ind. | 



