April, 1917 



GLEANINOS IN BEE CULTURE 



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TRADE NOTES 



BEESWAX MARKET. 



The market price of beeswax continues firm. We 

 have secured during the past month or six-weeks 

 some over thirty tons, and shall ncod in additicm dui- 

 ing the next three months as much more. As the 

 spring months open, supplies should be more plenti- 

 ful, especially 6o if there should lie a considerable 

 loss of bees by winter-killing. If you have any wax 

 to offer, let us hear from you. In sliipping beeswax, 

 whether by mail, express, or freight, be sure to put 

 your name and address on or in the package so se- 

 curely that there can be no troullc in idenlilii ation 

 on arrival. Also write to us, stating the amount 

 sent, and how. If possible give the gross weight 

 as well as the net. In case it reaches us in bad 

 order it is much easier to put in a claim for loss if 

 we have full information at time of arrival. If you 

 send small lots by parcel post put in a cloth sack; or, 

 if wrapped in paper, use something very strong, and 

 several thicknesses, with strong cord. We are con- 

 stantly receiving lots broken open and so poorly put 

 up it is hard to identify the lot or determine who 

 the sender is. Be careful, and save trouble for us 

 and you. 



ADVANCE IN PRICE OF METAL GOODS. 



Because of the continual rise in price of metals, 

 especially everything in steel and iron, we are 

 obliged to announce a further increase in prices of 

 metal goods. Most of these changes will not be made 

 till May 1, so that, if you contemplate ordering, you 

 have a chance to do so before advances go into effect. 

 This applies particularly to honey and wax extractors, 

 tanks, capping-cans, tin cans, pails, and other articles 

 of metal. 



We are obliged to make an advance effective at 

 once on a few goods as follows: Eight and ten 

 frame unbound zinc honey-boards are advanced 4 cts. 

 each, or $4.00 per 100; retail wholesale and jobbing. 

 Sheet zinc advanced to $4.00 per sheet. 



Alexander honey-strainer is advanced to $4.50; 

 oil and gasoline stoves, one and two burner, all ad- 

 vanced 50 cts. each. Townsend uncappingbox is 

 marked up to $20.00. 



Comb-foundation mills are again marked up to the 

 following schedule : 



69511 — 14-inch mill, 2i^-inch rolls, $120.00 



69512 — 12-inch mill, ay2-inch rolls, 110.00 



69513 — 10-inch mill, 2 1/2 -inch rolls, 100.00 



69514 — 6-inch mill, 2y2-inch rolls, 100.00 



69515 — 10-inch mill, 2 -inch rolls, 90.00 



69516 — 6-inch mill, 2 -inch rolls, 80.00 



Dipping-tank for 12 or 14 inch mills $5.(iii 



Dipping-tank for 6 or 10 inch mills 4.00 



ONE-POUND ROUND JARS. 



Due to conditions brought 

 about by the great war, there 

 is increasing difficulty in se- 

 curing glass packages of all 

 kinds, and prices are advanc- 

 ing at such a rate that, not- 

 withstanding the fact that we 

 buy more than twenty carloads 

 a year, we are now asked 

 about fifty per cent more than 

 we paid a year and a half ago, 

 and we have to wait for months 

 to get the goods ordered. We 

 have applied to at least a 

 dozen factories, and are un- 

 able to find one which will 

 take on new business. In 

 the face of this condition we 

 have secured at Alton, 111., , 

 nearly three carloads of jars holding an even pound 

 of honey, as shown above. They have lacquered 

 tin tops with wax-paper wads; are put up in two 

 dozen paper reshipping-cases. For such orders as 

 we can ship at once before May in lots of 30 cases 

 or more we offer them at 85 cts. per case; 100-case 

 lots at 80 cts. After the stock has been shipped to 

 our Des Moines, Chicago, and St. Paul branches the 

 price will be $1.00 per case; 6 cases or over, 95 cts. 

 The special price named above is only for immediate 

 orders for shipment direct from Alton, 111., before 

 stock is moved from there. We must order the 

 stock from there by early May, hence it is important 



that you order promptly if you would secure any at 

 tlio special price. For less than 30 cases, not less 

 than 6, the price is 90 cts. a case. 



THE 1917 EDITION OF THE ABC AND X V Z OF BEE 

 CULTURE BEING DELIVERED. 



We are happy to announce to our readers that we 

 have finally completed the 1917 edition — the largest 

 work on bees ever published. This edition is over 

 100 pages larger than the former one; and this 

 increase in size, together with the extra cost of 

 paper, makes it necessary for us to charge $2.50 

 instead of $2.00 as before, or with Gleanings one 

 year for $3.00. If there ever was an edition of the 

 A B C and X Y Z that was new from cover to 

 cover, this is the one. Every article has been gone 

 over carefully. A large number of them have been 

 revrritten entirely ; a much larger number have 

 been very extensively revised, and these, together 

 with new subjects that never appeared before, make 

 the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture just what its 

 name signifies — a work on bees from beginning to 

 end, and a work for beginners and for veterans. 



SWEET-CLOVEB SEED. 



In closing out our seed department we have a 

 number of odd lots of seed which we offer at bar- 

 gain prices. We have at Chicago about 128 lbs. 

 hulled white-sweet-clover seed; 465 lbs. unhulled 

 yellow, and 85 lbs. hulled yellow biennial at Des 

 Moines, Iowa ; several hundred pounds each of un- 

 hulled yellow and white and of hulled white. At 

 Medina we have several hundred pounds of hulled 

 and unhulled yellow biennial and a good lot of 

 hulled annual yellow. We offer the several kinds 

 to close out at the following prices which are away 

 below cost : 



Hulled whip 18c lb. ;$15. 00 per 100 lbs. 



Unhulled white 10c lb. ; 8.00 per 100 lbs. 



Hulled yellow 15clb. ; 12.00 per 100 lbs. 



Unhulled yellow .... 9c lb. ; 7.00 per 100 lbs. 



Annual yellow 6c lb. ; 3.00 per 100 lbs. 



We have also several hundred pounds of alfalfa 

 and white sweet clover, mixed a little more than 

 half alfalfa. We offer this at $8.00 per 100 lbs., 

 which is about half the price of clean seed of either 

 variety not mixed. Sweet clover is often used to 

 prepare the ground for alfalfa. As the sweet clover 

 is a biennial, while the alfalfa is perennial, there 

 would be no serious disadvantage in sowing the 

 mixed seed. This lot is none too clean. If interest- 

 ed we will mail a sample on application to Medina. 

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



CONVENTION NOTICES 



north CAROLINA BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The organization meeting of the North Carolina 

 Beekeepers' Association was held at Winston-Salem, 

 January 11. Over 100 state beekeepers attended, 

 these owning upward of 3000 colonies of bees. Dr. 



E. P. Phillips, of Washington, and Mr. E. R. Root, 

 of Medina, Ohio, were both present and took part. 

 There were also other visitors from Pennsylvania 

 and Ohio. Interest was keen, and the whole meet- 

 ing went thru with enthusiasm. 



All discussion was in favor of a state association. 

 Committees were accordingly appointed, which re- 

 ported at the evening session, when a constitution was 

 adopted, and officers elected as follows: President, 



F. Sherman, Raleigh: Vice-president, C. A. Sams, 

 Mars Hill; Secretary-Treasurer, S. S. Stabler, Salis- 

 bury ; Executive Committee, the three named, and 

 F. L. Johnson, Mount Airy, and W. C. Fleming, 

 Greensboro. Dues were fixed at one dollar per 

 year. 



The association already has 48 members without 

 having yet canvassed all the known beekeepers of 

 the state. It is already in position to offer some 

 real advantages to members. All North Carolina 

 readers of this notice are invited to become members 

 by sending one dollar (with name and address plain- 

 ly written) to Mr. S. S. Stabler, Salisbury, N. C. 



Either the president or the secretary will be glad 

 to corrosijond with interested persons. 



