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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



Convention Notices. 



The Utah Bee-keepers' Association will meet Oct. 5 

 at the City and County Building, Salt Lake City, at 

 10 A. M. One of the subjects up for discussion is the 

 proposed general revision of the bee-laws of Utah. 



The fall meeting of the Middlesex Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held in the City Hall, London, Ont., 

 on Saturday, Nov. 2, morning and afternoon sessions. 

 An interesting time is expected. 



E. T. Brainard, Sec. 



The sixteenth fall meeting of the Connecticut Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held Friday, Oct. 11 

 at State Capitol, Hartford, Room 50, 10:30 A. M. Good 

 speaking is to be a feature of this meeting, and a 

 lively discussion of a number of topics will be of 

 value. Our spring meeting was the largest by far in 

 the history of the organization. Our recent field 

 meeting at New Haven was a grand success. Come 

 to Hartford and make the fall meeting the finest of 

 the year. Please bring something for the apiarian 

 exhibit. We want 500 new members. 



J. Arthur Smith. Sec, 



Box 38, Hartford, Conn. 



The A. I. Boot Co.: — As President Aspinwall has 

 suggested the name of Mr. Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, 

 Mich., as his successor as president of the National 

 for 1908, I take this occasion to second this nomina- 

 tion and bring his name before the readers of Glean- 

 ings who are members of the National, believing we 

 have in Mr. Hilton the strongest and most capable 

 candidate in the order. 



Mr. Hilton has been in our State legislature two 

 terms, been president of our State convention many 

 times, and as vice-president of the National went to 

 San Antonio, Texas, last year to attend the National 

 convention. 



Mr. Hilton is a fine commanding officer, apparently 

 born to command; takes a pride in it, and is well fitted 

 for it, having all the parliamentary rules, etc., at his 

 tongrue'ii end. 



Hurrah for Mr. Geo. E. Hilton for president for 1908. 

 Fraternally, 



Remus, Mich., Sept. 24. E. D. Townsbnd. 



Owing to the numerous requests for samples of 

 printed letter-heads and note-heads, ruled and plain, 

 together with envelopes to match, we have lately 

 gotten out a line of samples with prices attached. 

 We shall be glad to send samples to interested par- 

 ties. We can take care of these orders promptly. 



SWEET-CLOVER SEED WANTED. 



We are in the market for sweet-clover seed, both 

 yellow and white, hulled and unhulled. We would be 

 pleased to hear from any who have been harvesting 

 any seed with samples stating the quantity they have 

 to offer and the price asked. There has been quite a 

 wide demand for this seed the past season. We still 

 have some white unhulled on hand but very little of 

 any thing else. We desire to lay in a stock of seed 

 for next season. 



BRISK HONEY MARKET. 



If any of our readers have a crop of choice honey 

 not yet prepared for market they will do well to get it 

 ready without unnecessary delay, for the market nev- 

 er was better in our experience than it is now. Buy- 

 ers are evidently more active than sellers this year. 

 In spite of our repeated calls we receive very few re- 

 sponses, and not enough honey to fill our orders. We 

 hear of some dealers visiting the producing sections 

 and buying up what can be found. This practice 

 seems to become more general each year, especially 



when crops are short and supply scanty. This is the 

 best time in all the year to market comb honey. Usu- 

 ally the demand slackens off within a month or two 

 from this time. We should be glad to hear of any 

 choice lots still unsold, either comb or extracted. 



AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. 



Within the last three months we have secured ad- 

 ditional express service in Medina. We now have 

 the United States, doing business over the B. &0.; 

 the American, on the L. E. & W., which is one of the 

 New York Central lines, and the Electric Package 

 Co., operating over the suburban electric lines. This 

 additional service will be an advantage to all patrons 

 who have only the American Express Co. at their 

 shipping-point. 



PARCELS POST. 



The increased express facilities which we can offer 

 from Medina are a gain, but nothing to be compared 

 to the advantage of a parcels post as a department of 

 the United States postal service. It is a shame and 

 a disgrace to our country, which in many things is so 

 progressive, that we should be so far behind Europe 

 in postal facilities. When John Wanamaker was 

 postmaster general he said there were four great ob- 

 jections to the parcels post— namely, the Adams, 

 American, United States, and Wells-Fargo express 

 companies, and I guess there is little question that 

 we should have had parcels post years ago if it were 

 not for the opposition of the express companies and 

 those working in their interests to maintain their 

 present monopoly of the package-carrying business of 

 the country. There are more and more people awak- 

 ing to the oppression of the express monopoly, and 

 demanding the relief which the United States govern- 

 ment is able to give through a parcels post. To op- 

 pose the parcels post is to obstruct progress and de- 

 velopment in our country. 



TELESCOPE CAP FOR WINTER PROTECTION. 



The above illustration shows a very satisfactory 

 method of protecting bees over winter in single-wall- 

 ed hives. This same cover, listed as K in our catalog, 

 is also a great protection in the fall and spring, espe- 

 cially the latter when bees are building up ready for 

 the honey-harvest. We have known cases where 

 enough additional honey was secured because of this 

 added protection to pay the price of the covers in one 

 season. The rim is llJi inches deep, and the top is 

 covered with galvanized steel. The price, nailed and 

 painted, is 80 cts. each, 8-frame; 85cts., 10-frame. In 

 flat, 62 cts. each; $3.00 for 5, 8frame; 65 cts. each, $3.10 

 for five, ten-frame. Where this cover is substituted 

 for the regular cover on a single- wall hive, a light su- 

 per cover should be used in connection with it. Price 

 of super cover is 15 cts. each, $1.30 for 10. 



CHANGES IN PRKSeS FOR 1907-8. 



Up to this time we have determined on the follow- 

 ing changes in list prices. During the past season 

 we have worked off our surplus stock of No. 2 plain 

 sections so that from this date forward, until further 

 notice, the price on B grade or No. 2 plain sections 

 will be 25 cents per 1000 higher than the rate given in 

 our catalog. 



We cut out the dozen rate on No. 30 wire on spools, 

 and increase the 5-lb. coils to $1.00 each. 



B. P. S. paint for hives is advanced to $1.75 per gal- 

 lon; 90 cts. per Vi gallon; 50 cts. a quart; 30 cts. a pint. 



Painted wire cloth is advanced to 2^ cts. per foot 

 for cut pieces; 2 cts. in full-roll lots. Galvanized 

 wire cloth, 8 mesh, is advanced to 8 cts. per sq. ft. 



