1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1617 



translation, as that would be impossible, but at the 

 same time not one of Mr. Pratfs ideas has been lost 

 in the transferring, which so often happens when 

 foreitrners attempt to translate American "ideas" 

 into French. Our French friends have many books 

 of merit on bee-keepinj?, queen-breeding included, but 

 we are sure they will tind in this one some novel ideas 

 well worth paying for. It is published by Mr. E. 

 Bondonneau. Price 50 cts. We can furnish it at the 

 publisher's price. 



C The following book comes from the 

 Pall Mall Press, Loudon. 



THE BEE-MASTER OF WARRILOW. By 



Tickner Edwards. The author is a well-known 

 writer on rural subjects, and romantic articles on 

 bees and bee-keeping-, which have appeared in matja- 

 zines and newspapers. In the 11 chapters of this little 

 hook he has produced some delightful stories in con- 

 nection with bee-keeping, which will be found most 

 interesting, even to those who do not keep bees. 



From Dodd. Mead & Company: 



THE SWA RM , by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated 

 from the French, 113 pages. "The book considers 

 the different episodes of the swarm as they occur in 

 the ordinary hive." Price $1.20. 



We can supply any of the above books at 

 publishers' price. 



HOW TO KEEP BEES. By Anna Botsford 

 Comstock; 228 pages; 32 pages of ilustrations. 

 A charmingly written manual describing clear- 

 ly and in detail the outfit, first steps, and meth- 

 ods. The author's well-known literary ability 

 has combined with her enthusiasm for a subject 

 to produce a very unusual volume. It is a hand- 

 book for those who keep bees for happiness and 

 honey, and incidentally for money. It serves as 

 well as an introduction to the more extended 

 manuals already in the field. " Finally with all 

 due deference to the authors of the excellent 

 books on bee culture which we have already, my 

 opinion is that this new book, ' How to Keep 

 Bees,' is the best one for a beginner, or one who 

 does not wish or expect to keep more than a 

 dozen colonies, that has yet come before the 

 world."— ^. /. Root, in Gleanings. July 1. 1906. 



Chap. 1. " Why Keep Bees," urges honey, per- 

 haps money, recreation, love of nature study, 

 and the need of bees in "a perfect gai-den," as 

 good reasons for keeping bees. The second 

 chapter tells "how to begin" in a small way, 

 and we may get all the necessary detailed in- 

 formation for management from later chapters, 

 arranged in order of demand for information. 



Price $1.00. Postage 10 cents extra. 



Money refunded to any dissatisfied 

 purchaser. 



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



ADVANCING PRICES. 



We are obliged to withdraw the special prices named 

 a few months ago on tin cans and glass packages for 

 honey. Tin cans have already advanced ten per cent, 

 and manufacturers of glassware withdrawn prices 

 owing to increased cost of material and labor. Prices 



will be those printed in our catalog for 1906 till further 

 notice on tin cans as well as No. 25 and Simplex jars. 

 We still have in the East some stock of Simplex jars, 

 but are sold out here and in Chicago, and can not get 

 more of the one-pound size from the factory for some 

 time yet. We can get some holding about 13 oz. of 

 honey at the same price, or some holding about 18 oz. 

 at regular price, shipped direct from factory in West 

 Virginia, if any one can use a jar a little larger or 

 smaller than the regular size. 



PRICE OF PERFORATED ZINC ADVANCED. 



The price of sheet zinc has been advancing for two 

 years past, and has now reached a point where we 

 can no longer continue present prices on perforated 

 queen-excluding metal. Accordingly we mark prices 

 up an average of about ten per cent. The advance in 

 zinc in the last two and a half years amounts to two 

 and a half cents a pound, or over thirty per cent. As 

 we are able to sell the punchings at a corresponding 

 advance, we can get along for the present with a ten- 

 per-cent advance. Revised retail prices are as follows: 



Zinc sheets, 32X96, .*1.65 each. 

 A corresponding advance is made in wholesale and 

 jobbing prices. 



HONEY BOARDS. 



No. 1, unbound zinc, 10-frame, HHXioJi. 

 " 2, " " 10 



$1.55 for 10. 



16X20 1.70 



11, " " 8 " 12X1953 1.40 



9, slatted wood-zinc, 8-frame, 137^ X30. . 2.20 



10, " " 10 " 16X20.... 2.40 



12, wood-bound zinc, 10 " 16X20 2.00 



13, " " 8 " 137ix20 .. 1.85 



10. 

 10. 

 10. 

 10. 

 10. 

 10. 



HALF-POUND TUMBLERS. 



The half-pound tumblers we are now furnishing are 

 a little smaller than those we had first. They will 

 hold half a pound of honey without filling to the brim. 

 Paclved 4 dozen in a case, with corrugated partitions, 

 $1.00 per case; 10 cases at95cls.; 50 cases or over, 90 

 cts. a ease. Packed 33 dozen to the barrel, .$5.00 a bar- 

 rel. May be had from stock from here, New York, or 

 Philadelphia. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



Until further notice we will pay 28 cents cash, 30 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered here or at our branch 

 oflices. This is an advance of one cent a pound in the 

 cash price. 



PRICE LIST FOR 1907. 



The preparation of our catalog for UK)7 has been very 

 much interfered with and delayed because of the dis- 

 traction of preparing and moving into our new build- 

 ing A^fter we become settled in our new quarters we 

 shall be in shape to turn out the work with greater 

 dispatch. From present indications we shall not have 

 catalogs in any quantity before the middle of January. 

 Those wishing to take advantage of early-order dis- 

 counts can order from the old catalog, as there are very 

 few changes m prices. 



We are planning to list hives and supers with full 

 sheets of toundation in the frames and sections, as 

 well as with starters and without. 



No. 2 plain sections will be 25 cts. per 1000 lower in 

 price, as noted in August loth issue; 5-lb coils No. 30 

 wire will be 10 cts. each higher. Perforated zinc is 

 advanced, as noted in tnis issue, several new items 

 will be listed, such as the German bee-brush in black 

 bristles at 25 cts.; in white at 30 cts. each, Alexander 

 feeders at 25 cts. each, $2:20 for 10; Root wax-press, 

 $6 00. This will be dtscribed in our next issue. Root 

 smokers in copper. Jumbo and Standard si^es, will be 

 50 cts. each more than same size in tin. Hot bed sash 

 are 5 cts each higher, and 8x10 glass for same 60 cts. a 

 box higher. 



In honey-packages the list prices are restored in the 

 place of some special prices announced in this depart- 

 ment a few months ago. We are planning to furnish 

 more of the glassware put up in cases of two dozen 

 each, with corrugated packing ready for reshipping 

 when filled with honey without additional protection. 

 Because of the increasing cost of materials and labor 

 we may find it necessary during the year to make 

 further advances in prices. If so, due notice will be 

 given in this department For the present the few 

 changes in price noted above are all that the new cata- 

 log will contain, so far as we are able to tell at this 

 writing. 



