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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 1873.] 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



Published Semi-monthly by 



The A. I. Root Co., - - Medina, Ohio. 



A I. ROOT, Editor of Heme and Gardening Dep'ts. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor ot Apicultural Dept. 



J. T. CAI^VERT. Bus, Mgr. 



A. t,. BOYDEN, Sec. 



TERMS. |1.00 per annum ; two years, $1.50; three 

 years, $2.00; five years, $8.00, in advance; or two copies 

 to one address, $1.50 ; three copies, $2.00 ; five copies, 

 $3.75. The terms apply to the United States, Canada, 

 and Mexico. To all other countries 48 cents per year 

 extra for postage. 



DISCONTINUANCES. The journal is sent until 

 orders are received for its discontinuance. We give 

 notice just before the subscription expires, and further 

 notice if the first is not heeded. Any subscriber whose 

 subscription has expired, wishing his journal discon- 

 tinued, will please drop us a card at once; otherwise 

 we shall assume that he wishes his journal continued, 

 and will pay for it soon. Any one who does not like 

 this plan may have his journal stopped after the time 

 paid for by making his request when ordering. 



BEESWAX MARKET. 



During the past month we have secured over twelve 

 tons of beeswax — the larger portion of his being im- 

 ported wax from our neighbors in the South. This 

 provides us with a better stock than we have had for 

 some time We shall need a good deal more before 

 the season is past, and trust that our friends who have 

 it to furnish wi 1 send it along whenever they accu- 

 mulate enough for a shipment. We are paying, till 

 further notice, 29 cents cash, 31 in trade, for average; 

 one cent extra for choice yellow wax. 



BUSINESS STILL BOOMING. 



Although we have shipped out the past month some 

 eighteen carloads, and have gained a little on the or- 

 ders, we still have unfilled orders on hand for about a 

 dozen cars, some of which are not wanted at once. 

 We are in position to take care of orders with rea- 

 sonable promptness where shipments are urgently 

 needed. During the month of March an early-order 

 cash discount of 2 per cent maybe deducted on all or- 

 ders accompanied by remittance. The delay to trafiBc 

 on the railroads is still quite serious, and it is well not 

 to delay your orders too long if you would receive 

 your goods in season for use. 



A NAIL-PULLER FOR A QUARTER. 



On receiving a shipment of hives or other goods, 

 how often have you felt the need < f a good nail-puller 

 with which to open the boxes without breaking or 

 splitting them? Such nail pullers as were effective 

 have been beyond the reach of most people who 

 have a box to open only occasionally. Here is some- 

 thing that works on the same principle as the best 

 nail-puller, and yet is within the reach of every one. 

 It will be worth all it costs in opening up one ship- 

 ment of hives. It is nickel-plated, weighs only three 

 ounces, and may be carried in the vest-pocket, yet it 

 is strong enough to draw nails up to two inches. The 

 jaws are bedded over the head of the nail; then with 

 the hammer attached, the nail is easily drawn. The 

 head may pull off from some cement-coated nails, and 



then, of course, you can not get a hold on them. 

 Usually the grip is such as to hold the nail under the 

 head, so it is not likely to come off. Price only 25 cts. 

 each; by mail 30 cents. A heavier size is made that - 

 will take 2i4-inch nails. Price 35 cents ; by mail, -K). 



"How to Make Morvey with PouHry and Incu- 

 bators" is the title of the new 1903 Poultryman's 

 Guide and Catalog (196 pages) of the Cyphers Incu- 

 bator Co., of Buffalo, N. Y. It shows photographic 

 views of the largest and most successful poultry 

 plants in the United States, England, Germany, 

 New Zealand and South America, and contains 

 twelve special chapters, each written by an expert, 

 treating of profitable poultry keeping in all its 

 branches, as follows: Starting 

 ,with Incubators, Handling Chicks 

 I in Brooder, Feeding Chicks, Duck 

 ' Producing on Large Scale, Broiler 

 Raising, Profitable Egg-Farming, 

 Egg and Poultry Combination, 

 Egg and Fruit Fanning, Scratching- 

 Shed House Plans, Incubator Cel- 

 lar and Brooding House Plans, 

 Feeding for Eggs, Standard-Bred Poultry. Most 

 valuable book of the kind ever issued. Write to-day 

 for free copy, asking for book No. 74. Sixty pages 

 devoted to illustrated description of Cyphers Non- 

 Moisture Incubators, Apartment Brooders, Poultry 

 Foods and Clover Products. 



Wants and Exchange. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at 10 cts. per line. 

 You must SAY you want your adv't in this department, or we 

 will not be responsible for any error. You can have the no- 

 tice as many lines as you please ; but all over ten lines will 

 cost you according to our regular rates. We can not be re- 

 ■ponsible for dissatisfaction arising from these " swaps." 



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.\NTED.— To buy up 50 to 300 colonies of bees. 

 J. W. Warner, Box 20, Constance, Ky. 



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ANTED. — To sell a Barnes machine of latest mod- 

 el cheap. G. F. Tubes, Annincreek, Pa. 



WANTED.— To sell fine Early Michigan seed pota- 

 toes $1.00 per bushel. 



Joseph Sowinsky, New Era, Mich. 



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ANTED. — To print your return envelopes. 25 white 

 XXX No. 6, for 10c. The Bee Farmer, 



Woodstown, N. J. 



\VANTED. —Two men with families, to work on 

 ' ' farm and keep bees on shares. Every thing fur- 

 nished must be o k. T J, Penick, Williston, Tenn. 



\VANTED,— To sell 3000 No, 1 Ideal sections, 3J^x5x 

 "" 1^ with open top and bottoms, for $4,50, Sam- 

 ple free. Geo H Denman, Pittsford, Mich. 



ANTED, — A hustling, honest, temperance man to 

 work on my farm and to peddle vegetables 



H W. Hoar, Rangelcy, Me. 



WANTED.— To sell extra good catnip seed ; 10 cts. 

 an ounce or 3 ounces for 25 cts. ; 1 lb , $1 15, 



O, S, Hinsdale, Kendrick, Idaho 



Y^ANTED,— To sell farm of 52 acres with iraprove- 

 ' ' ments, $800; 80 stands of bees at $2, Farm stock, 

 if wanted, J H. Johnson, 



Middaghs, Northampton Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— Man, either married or single, to work 

 on farm by month or year. Must no use tobac- 

 co, drink or swear. Give references, state age and 

 experience. 



C. J. Baldridge, Kendaia, Seneca Co , N Y. 



IVANTFID.— To buy a Second hand foot and hand 

 '' power saw for hive-making: Barnes or Seneca 

 Falls combination machine preferred .^^tate condi- 

 tion, make, number, and lowest cash price. Second- 

 hand foundation-mill wanted also; must be cheap and 

 in good condition. J, I Chenoweth, Albia, la. 



