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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



DiECEMBEB, 1917 



Southwest Virginia five-band Italian queens, the 

 fancy comb-honey strain, gentle to handle. They 

 will please you. Try one. $1.00 each. 



Henry S. Bohon, Rt. 3, Box 212, Roanoke, Va. 



HELP WANTED 



EXPERIENCED BEEMAN wanted to work 

 mountain apiary on percentage. Pine hunting and 

 climate. References given and required. 



C. F. Alexander, Campl:ell, Cal. 



HELP WANTED.- — A good reliable man to work 

 on a small farm and help take care of 400 swarms 

 of bees. Would lease the complete outfit to le- 

 sponsible party. Good locations for all the bees. 

 Address S. R. Stewart, Newcastle, Colo. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



WHEN GTiEANINGS WAS PRINTED BY WINDMILL 

 POWER. 



Since page 9-56 was in print I have found men- 

 tion in our back Tolumes of nearly forty years ago 

 that when the wind-power press ran too fast for 

 my inexperienced hands to feed the sheets, Ernest 

 aiid Maud (our two oldest childi-en) helped; and 

 when I did not have time to get the sheets straight 

 after being printed, the children pushed them up in 

 a pile; and I now recall that sometimes, when the 

 wind gave a sudden spurt, it was too big a job for 

 the whole of us, and u great lot of sheets were 

 piled up helter-skelter. When the wind slacked up 

 a little we straightened things out. 



THAT " AIiDRESSBD POSTAL CARD," ONCE MORE. 



In our issue for November I did not have space to 

 tell you (once more) that down in my Florida home 

 I have no stenographer, but that if everybody writ- 

 ing me would inclose an addressed postal card, 

 properly stamped (Uvo cents), I would do my best 

 to give you a prompt answer on said postal. At my 

 age I "cannot undertake to vn-ite long letters to 

 anybody ; neither can I undertake to decipher ad- 

 dresses. If you will send an addressed postal card 

 I shall have "nothing to do but to wTite the answer; 

 ftnd if I am in a hurry I do not even need to trv to 

 decipher the name of the one who vn-ites. Matters 

 pertaining to business with the A. I. Root Co. should 

 be sent to Medina, Ohio; but questions regarding 

 Florida gardening, " windmill electricity," chickens, 

 etc., can be mailed to A. I. Root, Bradentowu, 

 Florida. 



VEGETABLE FORCING; OR, GARDENING UNDER GLASS. 



The above is the title of another new book by the 

 O. .Tudd Co., clear up to date. It contains 425 pages 

 and l.'iS beautiful illustrations. It discusses the 

 whole sub.iect of vegetable forcin'; from beginninGc 

 to end. There are 28 pages devoted to lettuce 

 alone, principplly the Grand Rapids kind. With 

 the high prices that vegetables grown under glass 

 are now bringing there is a greater incentive than 

 ever before to push this winter industry. Thei book 

 is written by Ralph L. Watts, Dean and Director, 

 School of Agriculture and Experiment Station, The 

 Pennsylvania State College. One thing that im- 

 pressed me is the dedication, which reads as follows: 



" To my mother, my first teacher in vegetable 

 gardening." 



The above comes home to me because it was my 

 mother who first taught me how to plant seeds 

 and ho,v to make them do their best. May God 

 bless the mothers I This beautiful book is a gem 

 •n the way of print and engraving; and so far as 

 I have reviewed it I should pronounce it, un- 

 hesitatingly, the outcome of practical experience in 

 the work. The price, postpaid, is $2.00. It may be 

 ordered of the O. .Tudd Co., New York, or of us, 

 if you choose, at the price mentioned. 



EaUblished 1885 



It will pay you to get our 50-page 

 catalog and order early. 



Beekeepers' 

 Supplies 



The Kind That Bees Need. 



The A. T. Boot Co. 's brand. A good assort- 

 ment of supplies for prompt shipment kept 

 in stock. Let us hear from you; full in- 

 formation given to all inquiries. Bees- 

 wax wanted for supplies or cash. 



John Nel)el & Son Supply Co. 



fTigh Ilill, Montgomtry Co., Mo. 



HONEY-JARS 



We carry several etyles of honey-jars, the most 

 popular being 1-lb. screw-cap at $6.50 per gross. 

 If you need shipping-cases we have them. Cat 

 alog of supplies mailed on application. . . i 

 We have a fair stork of light amber and ambei 

 honey. . Write for prices 



I. J. Stringham, 105 Park PI., N. Y. 



Apiaries: Glen Cove, L. I. 



Brother 

 Beeman ! 



I am trying io interest all peo- 

 ple in the study and love of 

 bees and all nature. It's a big 

 job, especially in these times. 

 I want you to help this cause 

 and yourself. Send 25 cts. for 

 four months' trial subscription 



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The Guide to Nature 



Edward F. Bigelow 



ArcAdiA 



Sound Beach, Connecticut 



