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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1535 



The New Food Law 



Takes Effect January I, 1907 

 BEE-KEEPERS, BEWARE! 



EVEN that gathered from your own 

 bees is not sure to pass inspection 

 if it is near a city, or honey-tlew 

 localities, or you feed your bees syrup 

 in the fall. I will analyze your honey 

 at the following rates: 



$8.00 for a single sample. 

 $5.00 for two samples. 



I will also sell line basswood and clover 

 mixed, two 60-pound cans to the case, at 9^ els. 

 per pound. My bottled honey, trade-marked 

 ' Blossom Nectar," packed two dozen in a case : 



Larg^e size 2.5c retail; $2.50 per doz. 



Medium size iSc " 1.3.5 



Lunch 10c " .90 



Quantity price Kiven on application. 



A written guarantee and certificate of anal- 

 ysis with every purchase. 



Wm A. Selser 

 Philadelphia :: Pennsylvania 



8 Vine Street 



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Make More Money 



on Fruit Crops 



Everyone who grows fruit, whether a large com- 

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The Southern Fruit Grower, Box 1 , Chattanooga, Tenn. 



Convention Notices. 



We have just decided to hold the Michigan Slate 

 bee-keepers' convention, Dec. 2.5 and 26. at Big Rapids, 

 There will be reduced rates on the railroads at that 

 time. Particulars will be given in Dec. 1.5th Glean- 

 ings. W. z. Hutchinson. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of the Minnesota 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held in Minneapolis, 

 at the -ame time that the Minnesota State Horticul- 

 tural Society will hold its exhibition of fruit. 'I he 

 sessions will be held Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri- 

 day, December 5, 6, and 7. 1906. in the First Unitarian 

 Church. Corner of Eighth Street and Mary Place. It 

 is believed that our program will prove to be a help- 

 ful one, and a cordial invitation is extended to all bee- 

 keepers to attend. Chas. D. Blakkr, Sec. 



