1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



589 



Convention Notices. 



A meeting of the Middlesex Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at city hall, London, Ont.. May 4, 

 morning and afternoon sessions. 



E. T. Bainard, Sec. . 



The Minnesota Bee-keepers' Association's spring 

 meeting will be held on Saturday, April 20, 1907, at the 

 old State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. The afternoon ses- 

 sion will commence at 1 o'clock, and the evening ses- 

 .sion at 6. Free refreshments will be served from 5 to 

 6 by the lady members of the Association. 



A leading feature of the afternoon session will be a 

 practical demonstration of the modern method of 

 queen-rearing by Mr. Chas. Mondeng; and at the even- 

 ing session, of the simplest way to cure foul brood. 



Papers will also be given on spring management, by 

 Wm. McEwen; production of comb honey, by Chas. 

 Blomciuist; shipping bees and honey, by Mr. Gent, of 

 Rockford, Minn,; bee-keeping in connection with 

 farming, by Pres. H. V. Poore; bee-keeping for the 

 beginner, by W. R. Ansell; paper, by Mrs. E. E. Mer- 

 rill. 



Questions on bee-keeping by any one interested will 

 be fully discussed and answered. 



Lay every thing aside and attend this meeting; you 

 will never regret it. We want every one to come, 

 whether a member or not. Brother and sister bee- 

 keepers are all cordially invited. 



Cha.s. Mondeng, Secretary. 



THICK-TOP STAPLE-SPACED FRAMES. 



We have at Philadelphia an overstock of thick-top 

 staple-spaced frames with ends not pierced with wire, 

 which we offer at $10.00 per case of 500; smaller lots at 

 $2.25 per 100. If you can use any of these this is a bar- 

 gain while they last. Send your orders direct to The 

 A. I. Root Co., No. 10 Vine St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



SLOTTED SECTION-HOLDERS. 



We have at Chicago several hundred slotted section- 

 holders, nailed, which have been used and taken back 

 in exchange for other style of fixtures. These new 

 cost $2.00 per 100 in the fiat. We offer these nailed, 

 ready for use, packed for shipment at $1.25 per hun- 

 dred, while they last. While they are somewhat 

 stained with propolis from use they are a bargain at 

 this price to any one needing this style of section- 

 holders. 



FRAMES, ETC., AtIoGDEN, UTAH. 



We have in stock at Ogden, Utah, to dispose of. 300 

 thick-top staple-spaced frames at $2.50 per 100; 300 all- 

 wood frames at $2.00 per 100; 2 No. 4 Novice extractors, 

 at $8.50 each; 1 bee-tent at $1.75; 2.50 folding cartons for 

 4}iXl?8 sections, $1.25; 1000 cartons, wrappers, labels, 

 etc., for brick honey, at $10.00. These goods are offer- 

 ed free on board at Ogden at catalog prices as above, 

 less 10 per cent discount for cash order before May 1 

 to close out the stock quick. 



WIRE POULTRY-NETTING. 



We have in stock here at Medina some narrow 

 poultry-netting which we will close out at less than 

 cost as follows: 



Seven rolls, 12 inches wide, 2-in. mesh, No. 19 wire, 

 at 60 cts. per roll. 



Five rolls, 18 inches wide, 2-in. mesh. No. 19 wire, at 

 90 cts. per roll. 



Six rolls, 18 inches wide, 3-ln. mesh. No. 18 wire, at 

 90 cts. per roll. 



Five rolls, 24 inches wide, 3-in. mesh. No. 18 wire, at 

 $1.20 per roll. 



Eight rolls, 30 inches wide. 2 and 3 inch mesh, $1.50 

 per roll. 



In ordering, send a second choice in case what you 

 order may be taken already. 



BUSINESS outlook. 



Prospects are bright in many localities, and trade 

 is very brisk, judging from th€ orders received and 

 the urgency for shiviment. Our branches and agencies 

 are pretty well supplied, but are crowding us for fur- 

 ther shipments to such an extent that we are obliged 

 to disappoint some in time of shipment. We can not 

 get off more than five or six cars a week; and when 

 from twelve to fifteen are wanted in a hurry, some 

 have to wait. We advise all to anticipate their wants 

 as far ahead as possible, because many things conspire 

 to delay shipments. We never before experienced 

 such difficulty in securing cars to load as we have this 

 year. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



WANTED— SEED OF THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN SAGE. 



If any of our California friends have any seed of this 

 sage in stock, the kind that produces sage honey, we 

 shall be glad to have them send us samples with prices. 

 Or if they will undertake to gather seed for us the 

 coming season, please let us know. 



MUSHROOM CELLARS AND BUILDINGS. 



I omitted saying on page 573 that mushrooms are 

 always grown in darkness or semi-darkness. Where 

 grown underneath the beds in a greenhouse, a curtain 

 of cotton cloth or burlap cuts off the light, and at the 

 same time gives access by pushing it aside when 

 working with the beds. I think, however, the best 

 yields are in specially constructed cellars or buildings 

 made perfectly dark. 



BASSWOOD-TREES FOR SPRING PLANTING. 



Now is the very best time in the year to plant bass- 

 woods. We have at present only one size — 1 to 5 feet 

 tall. We are prepared to fill all orders as follows: 

 One tree, 10 cents; 10, 75 cents; 100, $5 00. These are 

 too large to be mailed, but we can pick out the small- 

 est ones to be sent in that way. Ten trees, 40 cts. 

 postpaid. The basswood is a very hardy tree; and 

 where they are put out with reasonable care, either 

 in the fall or spring, not one in ten should fail to 

 grow. 



CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE CHINA RELIEF FUND. 



Just after the matter on page 574 was in type I 

 thought fit to clip the following from the Home Her- 

 ald, formerly the Nam's Horn: 



Department of State, 



Washington, Feb. l, 1907. 

 Dear Dr. Klopsch: 



The President has asked nie to say to you that he is mueli in- 

 terested in your work to raise fupds for the sufferers by the 

 dreadful famine in China. He hopes that you will meet with 

 the same success tliat you have had in similar appeals to the 

 humanity and liberality of our people. 



As a contribution tn the fund he has handed me his check for 

 $100. which I Inclose, tc'iiether with a similar check of ray own. 

 With best wishes I nui 



Very .sincerely yours Elihu Root. 



Dr. Louis Klopsch, The Ch') ixtiaii Ilei-ahl, New York. 



HELP OR THEY PERISH. 



We urge upon every reader to join this life-saving 

 crew, and to throw out to these starving people the 

 life-line before it is too late. Pray that God's people 

 everywhere may realize the importance and urgency 

 of the case, and may willingly and cheerfully give, 

 even as God has prospered them. 



Young People's Societies. Epworth Leagues, Chris- 

 tian Endeavorers, work earnestly, for the night of 

 death threatens to enshroud a continent. You can 

 give the clouds a silver lining, and you will do it. 

 This is the King's business. It requires haste. Eve- 

 ry day's delay may prove fatal. Let us, then, be up 

 and doing. He that sitteth in the heavens watches. 

 His eye is upon us. What we do, let us do it as unto 

 him, and he that seeth in secret and rewardeth open- 

 ly will bless us with an everlasting blessing. 



THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING. 



There are in every community godly women, sym- 

 pathetic and kind^consecratcd women who long to do 

 good, as they have opportunity, and to aid the poor, 

 the suffering, and the distressed. We look confident- 

 ly to them for aid at this time. They can work, they 

 can speak, they can v)lead, pray, and give. May God 

 call them- to this mission, and graciously prosper the 

 work of their hearts and their hands. 



