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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



BEES FOB SALE. 



Owing to spring losses there should be a large de- 

 mand for bees. We have a carload available at Plores- 

 ville, Texas. They are Italian, three and live banded 

 stock, in ten-frame Dovetailed hives. Hoffman frames 

 wired, and combs built on foundation. We offer them, 

 including queens, shipped direct from Ploresville. at 

 $6.00 per colony; 5 or more colonies at $.5.00 each, or a 

 full carload of 300 at $4.25. This is for prompt accept- 

 ance, and sub.iect to previous sale. 



A B C OP BEE CTJLTURE. 



Our stock of the last (1905) edition of the A B C of 

 Bee Culture is getting very low, and we have been 

 cutting down on all large orders for some time to 

 make the stock last as long as possible. We have got 

 fairly started on the new edition; but with the great 

 amount of work necessary to complete it we shall 

 hardly have any ready to furnish before September at 

 least, and it may be later. If any dealers or agents or 

 others have extra copies which you are not liu^iy to 



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FAULTLESS SPRAYER. 



This is one of the most useful little implements ever 

 invented, and this is the time of year when it is need- 

 ed to spray shrubs, plants, and especially potato-vines, 

 to kill the bugs. It is also used as a kerosene spray 

 on cattle to keep off flies. They are so cheap that you 

 should have several, each loaded with the different 

 mixtures needed for various purposes. We have some 

 20 to 30 dozen, which we offer, to close out, at 27 cts. 

 each; three for 75 cts.; $2.50 per dozen, made all of tin. 

 With galvanized-iron tank, 35 cts. each; three for $1.00; 

 $3.50 pi-r dozen. We could not replace this stock to 

 sell at these prices. Some of our dealers also have a 

 supply on hand. 



BEESWAX LOWER. 



One effect of the cold late spring with its conseQuent 

 loss of bees by spring dwindling has been to cut off to 

 a great extent the demand for comb foundation, and 

 also to increase the amount of beeswax available. 

 By the law of supply and demand, this depresses the 

 price; and this depression, like the advance, comes 

 earlier than usual this year. We have a large surplus 

 stock, and will pay. till further notice, 30 cts. cash, 32 

 cts. trade, delivered here or at our branch offices. 



QUEEN ORDERS DELAYED. 



The continued cold weather through the month of 

 April and past the first week of May has made it im- 

 possible to begin queen-rearing here, and we learn 

 from breeders as far south as Florida that weather 

 conditions have been very unfavorable. As a result, 

 orders booked for queens for delivery this and next 

 month are bound to be delayed. Queen-breeders must 

 have warm sunny weather for the successful rearing 

 of queens; and those who have placed their orders will 

 have to exercise unusual patience this spring. This 

 is especially true of orders for untested queens. Of 

 course, queens which have been wintered over can be 

 supplied in suitable weather as soon as they can be 

 spared Many colonies are in a reduced condition 

 from loss of bees and interruption to brood-rearing 

 during the cold spring weather. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MII,LS. 



We have the following second-hand comb-founda- 

 tion mills to offer. We give a brief description of 

 each, and shall be pleased to mail a sample of founda- 

 tion, representing any one or more of these mills, to 

 those interested, on application: 



No. 082, 2%xlO medium-brood mill, round cell, late- 

 style frame, in good condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 083 2%xl0 medium-brood hex. mill, late-style 

 frame, in good condition. Price $16.00. 



No. 2275, 2%x6 hex. thin-super mill, in good condi- 

 tion. Price $11.00. 



No. 078, 2^x6 hex. thin-super mill, in extra good 

 condition. Price $12.50. 



No. 079, 2%x6 hex. thin-super mill, in extra good 

 condition. Price $12.50. 



No. 085, 2%x6 hex. thin-super mill, in good condi- 

 tion. Price $12.00. 



No. 086. 2^x6 hex. extra-thin-super mill, in good 

 condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 087, 2%xlO hex. light-brood mill, in fine condi- 

 tion. Price $15.00. 



No. 088, 2Mxl2 old-style Dunham round-cell mill, for 

 heavy brood, in fair condition. Price $14.00. 



dispose of before the new edition is ready, will you 

 kindly notify us, and we will furnish orders for them. 

 The new edition is being printed on enameled book 

 paper, and will be about one-fourth heavier than any 

 former edition It will be by all odds the finest edi- 

 tion ever issued. It will cost us more than 25 per cent 

 more to produce it, and we have decided to increase 

 the price to $1.50 postpaid, or $1,25 shipped with other 

 goods. Orders already booked for the new edition at 

 the old price will, of course, be filled. The whole- 

 sale and jobbing price is also advanced in proportion. 



SPECIAL BARGAINS IN OLD-STYLE STOCK. 



We are making some special offers on some old-style 

 goods at some of our branches, which we desire to 

 close out. There are some who prefer some of these 

 older patterns to those adopted since, as we frequent- 

 ly find. To such this is an excellent chance to secure 

 some goods of your choice at special prices. 



At our Washington branch we offer : 



77 eight-frame covers, Danz., flat metal-bound, 

 which were standard three or four years ago. They 

 are put together, all ready for use when painted. 

 Price 25 cts. each ; 10 for $2.20, or the lot at 20 cts. each. 



197 ten-frame size, same style, at same price. 



60 eight-frame and 32 ten-frame bottom-boards.Danz. 

 style of 1903. with metal-bound tilting floor-board— 

 very convenient for cleaning. Price of either size, 

 20 cts. each; $1.70 for ten, or 15 cts. each for the lot. 



50 hive-stands with slanting front, not now listed in 

 our catalog. Price 12 cts. each; $1.00 for 10. 



25 hive-stands of an older pattern, without slanting 

 front. Price 10 cts. each; 80 cts. for 10. 



At our Philadelphia branch we offer : 



89 eight-frame and 500 ten-frame Danz. flat covers, 

 metal bound on ends, same as those at Washington. 

 Price 25 cts. each; $2.20 for 10; $20.00 for 100. 



10,000 thick-top staple-spaced frames, with end and 

 bottom bars % wide by M inch thick; otherwise they 

 are just like our present style. Price $2.25 per 100; 

 $10 per case of 500. 



Of our regular pattern, all-wood frames, we have 

 an overstock, which we offer, to reduce it, at $1.75 per 

 100; $7.50 per box of 500. 



An overstock of regular B. bottoms, ten-frame size, 

 not reversible, 20 cts. each; $1.80 for 10; $17.00 per 100. 



Overstock of 10-inch 4-row shipping-cases, with 3- 

 inch glass, at $8.00 per crate of 50; hold 24 sections, 4Ji 

 xl% plain; also of lO-inch 2-row shipping-cases, with 

 3-inch glass, at $4.50 per crate of 50. 



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 flat. We offer these nailed, 

 ready for use, packed for shipment, at $1.25 per 100, 

 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-holder. 



We have in stock in 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; 250 folding cartons for 

 4Mxl% 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 aoove, 

 less 10 per cent discount for prompt cash order to 

 close out the stock quick. 



