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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 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 Home and Gardening Dep'ts. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor of Apicultural Dept. 



J. T. CALVERT, Bus. Mgr. 



A. I,. BOYDEN, Sec. 



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

 years, $2.00; five years, $3.00, in advance; or two copies 

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

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

 »nd 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 coatinued, 

 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. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



r Our notice in last issue has brought to us several lots 

 of Japanese buckwheat, aggregating over twenty 

 bushels; and while this lasts we will furnish it at the 

 following prices: Trial packet, 4 oz., by mail, 5 cents; 

 1 lb., postpaid, 15 cts. By freight or express, at your 

 expense, peck, 40 cents; Yz bushel, 70 cents; one bushel, 

 $1.S5; 2 bushels, $2.50; ten bushels or more, $1.15 per 

 bushel, bags included. 



BUSINESS. 



Our orders are in good condition except for sections. 

 We are still over a week behind on .section orders, al- 

 though we are making about 600,000 a week. Our 

 lack of lumber in the winter and early spring put us 

 behind so we have not been able yet to catch up. 

 Most of our agencies are supplied with a fairly com- 

 plete assortment. We still have a surplus over orders 

 of No. 2 in i}{xi''4xl]4 plain; 3^-8x5x1 '4 plain; 4x5x1^^ 

 plain; 45^x4i^.xl|g and 2-inch four beeway. These 

 latter can be reduced to 1% in width if there are those 

 who prefer to use them rather than wait for what 

 they would rather have Orders for other goods are 

 up, and being filled promptly. Some, which include 

 sections, are, of course, delayed a few days for these. 

 In spite of unfavorable weather the demand for sec- 

 tions indicates a gocd honey flow, and frequent reports 

 from different sections confirm this opinion. 



BEESWAX. 



Until further notice we will pay 28 cts. cash, 30 in 

 trade, for average wax delivered here. From one to 

 two cents extra for choice yellow wax. We find it 

 necessary to give again our oft-repeated injunction to 

 be sure to put your name and address in or on j'our 

 shipment so that we may be able to identify it when 

 it reaches us. Write us also, stating how many pack- 

 ages and what kind, whether box, barrel, or sack, and 



the gross weight, weight of package or tare, and the 

 net weight as you make it. We sometimes get as 

 high as ten or a dozen shipments in a day; and unless 

 you are careful you not only make us a lot of trouble 

 but may have your own settlement delayed. We just 

 recently found the owner of a shipment received last 

 August. The shipment came in without any name or 

 notice or shipping-receipt; and instead of writing to 

 us to inquire about it, giving particulars, the shipper, 

 after waiting several months, made claim on the rail- 

 road for the wax. The claim papers showed delivery 

 to us on a certain date last August, and our record 

 tallied with the unidentified shipment. 



SLATE TABLETS. 



We are again supplied with slate tablets such as we 

 used to catalog for making hives in queen rearing. 

 We have tried tor some time to secure these at a rea- 

 sonable price and have finally succeeded. One con- 

 cern wanted 5 cents each on an order f or 5000, but we 

 bought them so we can offer them for sale at 2 cents 

 each. In lots of 10 or more $1.75 per 100; 500 for $7 50. 

 Our stock has not arrived at this writing, but we ex- 

 pect it here within a few days. 



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Tested Queens.** 



No ! not for color, but for honey. Will sell queens 

 from colonies that have stored a good surplus from 

 palmetto; some have 3 10-frame supers full to date. 

 Old enough to show what they will do, but not aged. 

 Price for queen and bee brush, $1 00. 



£AR.AH A. SMITH, 



Grant, Fla. 



CARTONS FOR HONEY 



Wanted to introduce 

 the best, most practi- 

 cal, lowest- price carton for honey, all things consider- 

 ed; costs nothing. We have wholesaled honey in this 

 city for 30 years. We have seen no honey-carton equal 

 to this. Send us five two-cent stamps, and we will 

 send you sample, together with explanation, and some 

 practical suggestions regarding matketing honey to 

 best advantage; also live poultry-. We originated and 

 introduced the new popular one-pound section. 

 Established in 1870. H. R. WRIGHT. 



Wholesale commission. Albany, N. Y. 



Root's Goods in Central Michigan 1 



Sold at their prices. Present given vrith each 

 order amounting to S2 or over. I,ist sent free. 



W. D. Soper, Rural Route No. 3, Jackson Michigan. 



The A. I. Root's Go's Goods in Oklahoma. 



Save freight by buying of F. W. 

 VAN DE MARK, RIPI^EY, O. T. 

 Catalog free for postal. 



Red Cloyer and Three and Five- 

 Banded Queens. 



Untested. 65 cts,; 2 for $1.00. 

 Fine tested queens, $1.00 each. 

 Remember we guarantee our 

 queens to work red clover as 

 well as white clover. Get my 

 circular. Plenty of queens, and 

 go by return mail. Fifty and 

 one hundred, special prices. 



G. ROUTZAHN, BIQLERVILLE, ROUTE 3, PENN. 



Wood=wofking 

 Machinery. 



For ripping, cross-cut 

 ting, mitering, groovi 

 boring, scroll-sawing, 

 moulding, mortising ; for 

 working wood in any man- 

 ner. Send for catalog A. 

 The Seneca Falls M'f'g Co., 

 44 Water St.. Seneca FS..N.Y. - - 



