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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULI URE. 



Sept. 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 187S.] 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



Published Semimonthly by 



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



A I. ROOT, Editor of Home and Gardening Pep'ts. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor of Apicultural Depi 



J. T. CALVERT, Bus. Mgr. 



A. L. BOYDEN, Sec. 



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

 years, |2.00; five j'ears. |;!5.00, in advance; or two copies 

 to one address, $1.50 ; three copies, $2.0(1 ; 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. 



DISCO.NTINUANCES. The journal is sent until 

 orders are received for its discontinuance. We give 

 notite 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 plea.se drop us a card at once; other wise 

 we shall assume that he wishes his journa' coitinued, 

 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. 



The National Bee-Keepers' 



Association. 



Objects of The Association : 



To promote and protect the interests of iti members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 



Annual Membership, $1.00. 



Send dues to the Treasurer. 



Officers : 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich., President. 



J. U. Harris, Grand Junction. Col.. Vice president. 



George W. York, Chicago, 111., Secretary. 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., Gen. Mgr. and Treas. 



Board of Directors: 



E- Whitcomb, Friend, Nebraska. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan. 

 W. A. Selser. 10 Vine St.. Phildadelphia, Pa. 

 R. C. AiKiN, lyoveland, Colorado. 

 P. H. Elwood, SfarkviPe N. Y. 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Uno TOEPPERWEIN, San Antonio. Texas. 

 G. M. DooLiTTLE Borodino, N. Y. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 

 J. M. Hambauoh. Escondido, Cal. 

 C. A. Hatch, Richland Center. Wis. 

 C. C. Miller, Marengo, Illinois. 



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.A CORRECTION. 



Now is the time to buy your supplies for next sea 

 sou. Seven per cent discount for cash with order be- 

 fore October 1. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are having a brisk demand for honey, both" 

 comb and extracted, at fair prices. The inquiry is es- 

 pecially strong from the East and South, where there 

 was a short crop this season. 1 here is plenty of hon- 

 ey to go around this year, and the home markets 

 should be developed to their fullest capacity. Use 

 " Food Vahie of Honey," a leaflet which we furnish, 

 and circulate it freely. Keep the subject before the 

 people Give away trial samples, and by every fair 

 and energetic means stimulate the demand for honey. 

 Thousands of people who rarely if ever taste honey 

 would become regular customers if it were brought to 

 their attention in the right waj'. 



AIKIN HONEY-BAGS. 



By a typographical error in our last issue, Mr, Alley, 

 in his adverti-ement, is caused to speak of 2-lb. supers. 

 It should be 2-1-lb. 



I believe all orders are now filled for Aikin honey- 

 bags, and we have a surplus stock on hand ready to 

 furnish promptly. Two complaints received regard- 

 ing leakage call for a word of caution in using paper 

 bags for honey. Remember, first, that these bags are 

 intended to hold candied honey, not liquid, and the 

 honey should not be poured into them till it is in a 

 mushy or serai-liquid slate. The top of the bag can 

 not be folded down over the hone3- till it becomes 

 hard; and unless you have an unusually clean place 

 for filling, it is not best to have the bags standing 

 open any longer than is absolutely necessary. If there 

 are any defects in the seams or coating of the bags, 

 the clear liquid honey will find them, and you may be 

 troubled with leaking when you would have no such 

 trouble if you fill only when the honey is in the right 

 condition to harden quickly. Stirring the honey when 

 it !-hows signs of beginning to granuate will "hasten 

 granulation, and make it more even. The bags 

 should be handled carefully 'o avoid breaking the 

 wax coating when they are cold. Open them up for 

 filling, only after you have warmed them so as to 

 soften the wax coating. In handling or shipping the 

 bags, be careful to avoid chafing and rubbing on the 

 exposed edges or corners. If there is any liability to 

 leak it will most likely be at such points. These 

 packages are so much cheaper than tin or glas-s for 

 extracted honev that you can afford to go to a good 

 deal of extra pains in putting the honey into them in 

 the best possible manner. You will find it most con- 

 venient to have trays of the right size to hold, say, a 

 dozen of the '2-lb. bags, and a less number of the larg- 

 er sizes to use in filling, allowing the bags to stand in 

 the trays till the honey hardens. We hope to have 

 full directions with illustrations showing the mode of 

 operation, as soon as Mr. Aikin gets time to prepare 

 the matter. 



NOTICE TO QUEEN-BREEDERS AND SUPPLY-DEALERS. 



We desire to caution our readers against sending 

 any thing, without pay in advance, to M. H. DeWitt 

 or Fanny B, DeWitt. of Sang Run, Md., alias The 

 Preston Store & Produce Co., of Dority, W. Va., and 

 elsewhere. We have known for years that the De 

 Witts could not be trusted with any good assurance of 

 getting returns. When they projected the Preston Store 

 and Produce Co., at Dor ty. West Virginia, we did not 

 discover their connection with it till six or eight 

 months had passed, and credit to the amount of over 

 8150 was obtained, and they had used the advertising 

 columns of Gleanings for several months. They 

 had gone «o far as to furnish us references tha" 

 gave a good report when application was made to 

 them. Other parties had furnished them goods as 

 well as ourselves. We are prosecuting our claims in 

 the courts of Maryland, but with what success we 

 can not say as yet. Having had a recent complaint 

 from a queen-breeder we deem it wise to publish this 

 caution. 



SEVEN-TOP turnip FOR HONEY OR TO PLOW UNDER. 



The seven-top turnip is perhaps the best one to plow 

 under for fertilizing the soil. It will also give a good 

 crop of honey before it is turned under in the spring. 

 If sown any time in August oi the fore part of .Sep- 

 tember, it will get rooted so as to stand any winter. 

 In fact, I never knew it to be thrown out by the frost 

 here in Ohio when it gets a good start. It comes into 

 bloom between apple-blossom and white clover. It 

 maj- be plowed under for potatoes or any other crop. 

 Price, ounce, 5 cts.; 1 lb., 20 cts.; 10 lbs. or more at 15 

 cts. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. per lb. extra. 



