1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Convention Notices. 



65 



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BEESWAX ADVANCED. 



From this date until further notice we will pay 30 

 cents cash, 32 trade, for average wax delivered here 

 or at our branch offices. This is a higher price than 

 we have ever paid before at this season of the year. 

 If any of our readers have any wax to dispose of we 

 shall be pleased to hear from them. Be sure to mark 

 your shipment with your name so that it may be 

 identified on arrival, and mail us shipping receipt 

 with gross and net weight of shipment. 



COMB FOTTNDATION ADVANCED. 



We came to the close of the season last July with a 

 good stock of beeswax on hand, which, with what we 

 have had from producers, has kept us going till now 

 without our buying from wax-dealers. When we 

 come to replenish our stock we find that the supply is 

 short, and prices have advanced sharply, so that the 

 market at present is fully 2 cents a pound higher than 

 at this time last year, and fully as high as at any 

 time during the past two years. It is unusual for 

 prices to be so firm this early iu the season, and we 

 are not warranted in issuing our catalog with the old 

 prices on comb foundation, as they would have to be 

 raised very soon if the inci-ease were not made now. 

 We have determined, therefore, to mark up all prices 

 2 cents a pound. New prices — retail, wholesale, and 

 jobbing— take effect this date. The revised retail list 

 will be as follows: 



Grade 



Medium Brood . 

 Light Brood . . . 



Thin Super 



Extra Thin 



Size, and sheets 

 per pound 1 lb. 



7%xl6% 7 to 8 

 7%xl6% 9 to 10 

 3%xl5y2 28 

 i3%xl5y2 32 



-IN LOTS OF 



5 10 25 50 



63 61 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



THE CONSUMPTIVE WOMAN WHOSE CHICKENS WEKE 



STOLEN. 



On page 1449 I spoke of a woman threatened with 

 consumption, having her chickens stolen, etc. One 

 of our family suggested that the readers of Glean- 

 ings chip in and make up to her the loss of her chick- 

 ens which she took so much care and pains with. I 

 am glad to see expressions of sympathy for those who 

 arc in trouble; but it is my sad duty to tell you that 

 this good woman died recently of the very disease that 

 threatened her — consumption. Just think of it, 

 friends. How can one calling himself a man be so de- 

 praved, and so lost to all that belongs to manhood, as 

 to steal a poor woman's chickens under the circum- 

 stances I have mentioned? 



HOW TO BOAST CHESTNUTS. 



If you put them on top of the stove you must cut a 

 slit through the shell or they will burst open and fly 

 all over the house. Our Italian friends manage it by 

 making a cross with a sharp knife. But that is con- 

 siderable trouble, especially with the small American 

 chestnuts. After considerable experimenting, my 

 way is this: Unscrew the handle from your corn-pop- 

 per, fill it with chestnuts, and set them in the oven. 

 You will not forget and let them burn up as you might 

 do with peanuts, for when they are cooked to a turn 

 you will hear such a popping that no one on the prem- 

 ises would miss the message, "We are done — come 

 and take us out." 



The annual meeting of the Nebraska State Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at the Experiment 

 Building at the State Farm, Lincoln, Neb., on January 

 16, 1907. An interesting program on practical subjects 

 has been prepared, and bee-keepers will be benefited 

 by attending. Lillian E. Trestbb, Sec. 



The New Jersey State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet at the State-house, Trenton, N. J., on Wednes- 

 day, Jan. 16. at 10.30 p.m. Addresses will be made by 

 the President, by Chas. Stewart, foul-brood inspector, 

 Sammonsville. N. Y.; H. S. Ferry, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 

 J. H. M. Cook, Caldwell, N. J., and others. All bee- 

 keepers, and especially ladies, are cordially invited to 

 attend. G. N. Wan.seb, Sec. 



Program of the second annual convention of the 

 Washington State Bee-keepers' Association, held at 

 State College, Pullman, Washington, Jan. 7—9, 1907. 



FIRST session. 



Monday, January 7, 7:30 P.M. 

 Meeting called to order by the President. Reading 

 minutes of last meeting, and report of Secretary and 

 Treasurer. 

 Annual address of President, Anson S. White. 

 "The honey flora, and how to improve it; and zig- 

 zag journeys among bee-keepers in Southern Idaho, 

 Eastern Washington, and Oregon," by 



A. A. Hansen, Lewiston, Idaho. 

 discussion. 

 "Co-operation in buying supplies and marketing 

 honey," by R. C. Aiken, Loveland, Colo. 



discussion. 

 Question-box. 



MORNING session. 



Second day, January 8, 9 A.m. 

 "Foul brood and other diseases," by 



E. F. Atwater, Meridian, Idaho. 



discussion. 

 "Exhibiting apiarian products at fairs," and "A 

 model premium-list," by 



Anson S. White, Cowychee, Wash. 

 discussion. 

 "Adopting a uniform package; best size and kind," 

 by J. B. Adams, Kennewick, Wash. 



DISCUSSION. 

 AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1:30 P.M. 

 Election of officers. 

 " The pure-food law and its relation to apiculture." 



DISCUSSION. 



" Out-apiaries and their management." 



DISCUSSION. 



" Relation of apiculture to fruit-growing," by 



Professor F. A. Huntley, North Yakima. 



DISCUSSION. 



" The importance of a good location," by 



J. W. Thornton, North Yakima. 



DISCUSSION. 



EVENING SESSION. 

 7:30 P.M. 



" Bee culture as an aid to nature study." by 



Professor A. J. Cook. Pomona, Cal. 

 Stereopticon lecture, " The wild bee and his evolu- 

 tion," by Professor A. L. Mealander, Pullman. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Third day, January 9, 9 a.m 

 " Producing comb and extracted honey in the same 

 apiary," by Dan Macy, Walla Walla. Wash. 



DISCUSSION. 



"Queen-rearing and regueening," by 



Isaac Hayes, North Yakima. 

 " My experience," by J. W. Linley, Wallula. 



DISCUSSION. 



" Establishing a State Apiarian experimental sta- 

 tion," by Professor E. E. Elliott, Pullman. 

 " The honey-eaters' league," by 



L. R. Freeman, North Yakima. 



