1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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was quite vehement then about it, and she 

 declared there was no justice or sense in 

 caUing any potato worth $10; but after I 

 explained the matter at great length, she 

 partly came over to my side ; but I should 

 almost fear to tell her there is a potato now 

 that they call worth over $2000 per pound. 

 What puzzles me is, why they did not give 

 this valuable potato to some greenhouse 

 man or send it to Florida and get some 

 expert to go to work, before a single day 

 passed, in duplicating tubers that are worth 

 nearly ten times their weight in gold. And 

 this reminds me that I have before heard of 

 Rev. J. R. Lawrence, of Middleboro, Mass., 

 and what he is doing in raising potatoes. 

 If I can get an invitation from him I may 

 visit his place this summer and write it up 

 for the readers of Gleanings. 



I have just been informed that the bottom 

 has fallen out of the potato market in Cleve- 

 land also, and that the farmers of Portage 

 County are trying to dispose of their crop 

 in that city at 15 cts. a bushel. 



Convention Notices. 



The spring- meeting of the Middlesex Bee-keepers 

 Association will be held in the City Hall, London, Ont. 

 on Saturday, May 6, 1905. E. T. Bainard, Sec. 



Lambeth, Ont., March 28. 



THE NEXT NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT 

 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 



For years Texas has been asking that the National 

 Bee-keepers' Association hold its convention within her 

 borders, but there has always seemed to be some reason 

 why the meeting should be elsewhere. There is now no 

 reason why it should not be held in Texas this year, if 

 it is ever to be held there. Texas is the largest State in 

 the Union, and stands at least second, if not first, in 

 honey-production, while she has a good list of members 

 in the National Association. Considering all of these 

 facts, the Executive Committee has decided upon San 

 Antonio as the place for holding the next convention. 

 The exact date has not yet been decided upon, but it 

 will probably be the latter part of October, after the 

 busy season is over with the bees, when the weather is 

 comfortable, even in the South, and when cheap ex- 

 cursion rates can be secured. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec'y. 



The prize-photo contest, announced March 1, closes 

 May 1st for all American competitors. The winners of 

 these prizes will be announced in our next issue. We 

 shall also in an early issue announce another photo con- 

 test for American readers, so our readers are urged not 

 to lose any opportunity for securing a good photo- 

 graph of any phase of bee-keeping. 



THE foreign prize-photo CONTEST. 



This contest does not close until July 1. All foreigTi 

 photos should be mailed to reach us by that date. The 

 following are the prizes offered: 



1st prize, one i-ed-clover breeding queen; value $5 00. 



2d prize, one select tested red-clover queen; value $3. 



3d prize, one leather-bound A B C of Bee Culture; 

 value $2.00. 



Additional prizes offered by E. Bondonneau, Paris: 



4th prize, one A B C of Bee Culture in French. 

 5th prize, goods selected from Paris stock to amount 

 of $2.00. 



BIGELOW EDUCATIONAL HIVES. 



We have arranged to supply the trade with these 

 hives on short notice at the following prices: 

 Bigelow educational hive complete, as shown page 



478, in pine, nailed and varnished $20.00 



Same, in oak 25 .00 



Either of the above furnished, with glass only 



omitted, at a reduction of 1.50 



The feeding-board and one and two frame hives 



may be omitted if desired, and price reduced by 5 . 00 



Flying-cage in pine, no wire or glass 3.00 



Same, in oak 4.00 



Mahogany feeder, with lens, in pine 4.00 



Same, in oak 5.00 



Samples of these hives may be seen in our New York 

 and Chicago offices, at 44 Vesey St. and 144 Erie St., 

 respectively. Fuller particulars on application. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



CRIMSON-CLOVER SEED— ADVANCE IN PRICE. 

 Instead of the prices given in our catalog, on and aft- 

 er this date crimson clover will be : Two-bushel sack, 

 $11.50; bushel. $6.00: '2 bushel, $3.10; peck, $1.60; ponnd. 

 15 cts. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. per pound for 

 postage and packing. Remember that crimson clover is 

 not sown in this locality until about July. With good 

 soil and favorable conditions it is all right in August and 

 even September; but the early sowing seems much the 

 safest. Sow 8 to 15 pounds per acre. 



HULLED SWEET CLOVER. 



We have in time past found a difficulty in getting a 

 nice article of hulled sweet clover, or Bokhara, as it is 

 often called. Just now we have a handsome lot of fresh 

 seed. But the price will have to be, 100 lbs., $16.00; 10 

 or more pounds, at 18 cts; 1 lb., 20 cts.; by mail, 30 cts. 

 This is considerably higher than that with the hulls on; 

 but it is much cleaner seed, and there are ever so many 

 more good and perfect seeds in a pound. It is hard to 

 determine which is the cheaper; but if you want the best 

 I think you had better have hulled seed, especially if 

 you want it by mail, as you thus save paying postage on 

 worthless hulls. This is true to some extent by express 

 or freight. The above prices take the place of all other 

 quotations from this date on. 



Sweet clover may be sown now or almost any time be- 

 fore winter, providing it gets root enough so the frost 

 does not pull it out, and this latter very seldom happens 

 with sweet clover. A new leaflet on sweet clover will 

 be out soon. 



Our catalog of seeds of honey-plants is not sent out at 

 the present time unless called for: but it will be mailed 

 at any time to any address on application by postal card 

 or otherwise. 



RADIUM AND RADIUM " MEDICINE." 



Look out for the quack advertisers who claim they 

 have radium in their bottles and stuff. The papers are 

 full of radium advertisements. Please bear in mind 

 that it is not yet settled that genuine radium possesses 

 any great curative properties; and in the next place 

 there is no probability that the radium medicines con- 

 tain any radium at all. A careful reading of their print- 

 ed letters (not genuine letters, mind you) indicates very 

 clearly the humbug "ear-marks." Better trust to the 

 wisdom of your family physician. Our genuine medical 

 schools are carefully testing and making use of every 

 thing the world can furnish to alleviate human suffer- 

 ing. Do not be humbugged by the quacks who claim 

 that they belong to or are at the head of this or that 

 medical school or college. 



A SHORT CUT IN BEE CULTURE. 



Just as we go to press a subscriber sends us the fol- 

 lowing advertisement: 



Wonderful discovery (copyright). Don't pay $5 to 

 $10 for a stand of bees when you can learn the art and 

 secret of fitting up empty hives and place same in your 

 own dooryard .so as to attract bees for miles, and thus 

 catch all the swarms you want at home, year after year, 

 for nothing. Eas-ily done. Booklet mailed for $1.00. 



We omit the address, for obvious reasons. We have 

 sent a dollar, and a description of the booklet will be 

 given to our readers in our ntxt issue. 



