1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1151 



HALF-POUND TUMBLERS. 



After the notice in July Gleanings reg-arding- these 

 tumblers we found that it would make a much more 

 symmetrical package to pack 4 dozen in a case instead 

 of 3 dozen. Therefore we have not put up any 3 dozen 

 to the case, as we at first proposed, but we put 2 dozen 

 in a tier and two tiers to a case, making- a package 

 practically the same size as the case containing two 

 dozen Simplex jars, and uniform in price with that. 

 It also holds the same quantity of honey, and may be 

 sold at the same price per case, filled. We include 

 also parchment-paper disks of the rig-ht size to place 

 over the tumbler before putting on the cover, which 

 makes a tight seal. Price .tl.OO per case; 10 cases at 

 95 cts. for either the %-lb. tumblers. Simplex, or No. 

 35 pound jars. 



PRICES FOR THE COMING YEAR. 



The cost of materials entering into bee-keepers' 

 supplies has advanced during the past year from 5 to 20 

 per cent. The average advance is about 10 per cent. 

 Compared with prices two years ago the advance is 

 not Quite so much on some lines. Pine lumber has 

 never before reached as high a point as during- the 

 past eight months. For some of our stock we have 

 paid 20 per cent more than a year ago, and the average 

 advance is about 12 per cent. 



Basswood lumber has been lower than it was two 

 years ago. but the price is back up again, very nearly 

 to where it was. The advance in tin plate and steel 

 is about 10 per cent, while in pig tin, lead, and zinc 

 the increase has been greater. Beeswax is a trifle 

 higher than it was a year ago. 



Last year we reduced the price of comb foundation 

 two cents a pound, and gave a more liberal early-or- 

 der discount than usual. This year we have already 

 announced some reduced prices on honey-packages 

 where we have a large surplus stock and have secured 

 favorable prices on fresh supplies. 



As we have a large surplus stock of No. 2 plain sec- 

 tions we have marked the price of these down 25 cts. 

 per 1000. Aside from these few changes the same retail 

 prices will be continued for the coming year. We 

 may have to increase somewhat our wholesale and 

 jobbing prices on some items to save us from loss in 

 view of the increased cost of materials. 



We reduce the early-order discount to what it was 

 two years ago — namely, 7 per cent for cash order, be- 

 fore Oct. 1, and cutting off one percent a month as 

 the season advances. 



EARLY-OBDER DISCOUNTS. 



The discount for early cash orders this year will be: 



7 per cent for cash with order before Oct. 1. 



6 " " ■' " Nov. 1. 



5 " " " " Dec. 1. 



4 " " " " Jan. 1. 



3 " " " ■' Feb. 1. 



2 " " " " March 1. 



1 " " " " April 1. 



The discount will not apply to tin and glass honey- 

 packages, scales, glass, paint, bushel boxes, hot-bed 

 sash, labels, printing, comb-foundation machines, 

 books, and other special or miscellaneous goods ex- 

 cept where a few such items not exceeding ten per 

 cent of the entire order, are included in a general or- 

 der. The discount is intended to apply to hives, 

 frames, sections, comb foundation, section-holders, 

 separators, extractors, smokers, shipping-cases, zinc, 

 and miscellaneous implements used in bee-keeping or- 

 dered early for use the following season, and only 

 when cash accompanies the order, or is paid before 

 the dates named. 



REVISED PRICE OF PLAIN SECTIONS. 



For the coming season we will furnish 45ix4J€xl54, 

 4x5x1%, and 3^x5x1% plain, or no-beeway sections, as 

 follows: 



1000, No. 1, $4.75: No. 2. $ 4.00: 



2000, No. 1, 9.25: No. 2, 7.75; 



8000. No. 1. 13.50; No. 2, 11.25; 



4000, No. 1, 17.50; No. 2, 14.50; 



.5000, No. 1. 21.25; No. 2, 17..50; 

 lO.OCX), No. 1, 40.00; No 2. 32.,50. 

 Our No. 2 grade of sections is superior in workman- 

 ship to what any of our best sections were made 15 or 

 20 years ago, or to the best sections put out to-day in 

 some factories where they lack skill and experience 

 in this very delicate piece of workmanship. We will 

 continue this reduced price on No. 2 only as long as 

 we have a surplus stock of this grade; and if many 

 who now use No. 1 realized how good these No. 2 grade 

 sections are, the surplus stock would not last many 

 months. 



Convention Notices. 



SIOUX CITY INTERSTATE FAIR. 



Bee-keepers expecting to send an exhibit to the In- 

 terstate Fair (Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and 

 Nebraska) at Sioux City, Sept. 10-15, are requested to 

 advise the superintendent of this department on or 

 before Sept. 1. 



On Thursday and Friday, Sept. 13, 14, there will be 

 a bee-keepers' convention afternoon and evening of 

 each day. R. A. Morgan, Supt. 



Vermilion, South Dak. 



The annual meeting of the Southern Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held in Atlanta, at the State Fair 

 grounds, October 11 and 12. All interested are invited 

 to attend. Further particulars may be had of the 

 president, J. J. Wilder. Cordele, Ga. 



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