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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1 



BABNBS' FOOT-POWER SAW. 



We are prepared to furnish a Barnes foot-power 

 machine which sells for $35.00, including a dado head, 

 for $25 00 net cash. The machine is second-hand, but 

 represented to us to be practically as good as new, 

 having been used but a very little. Shipment would 

 be made from Battle Creek, Mich. 



SHOP-WOBN OBSERVATION HIVES. 



We have a few varnished observation hives, both 

 one-frame with super and ten-frame, which have been 

 in sample-rooms, and are not as fresh and bright as 

 new goods. We offer these, while they last, at 20 per 

 cent discount from list price. 



ADVANCE IN PRICE OF BUSHEL BOXES. 



Because of increased cost of lumber we are obliged 

 to mark up the price on bushel crates and boxes. 

 Until further notice the price of all-slatted bushel 

 boxes, 14 to crate, is $2.10 per crate; 12 to crate, $1.90; 

 galvanized bound, 12 to crate, $2.50. A corresponding 

 advance is made in wholesale and jobbing prices. 



DEATH OF MRS. GEO. W. YORK. 



We are very sorry to record the death, which oc- 

 curred on October 14th, last, of Mrs Geo. W. York, 

 wife of the editor of the A7nerican Bee Journal. She 

 was a most estimable and lovable woman, and her 

 death will be mourned by a very large circle of 

 friends. She has attended one or two of the National 

 conventions and several conventions of the Chicago 

 Northwestern. We feel sure that Mr. York will have 

 the sincerest sympathy of the whole Gleanings 

 family. 



A GERMAN REVISION OF THE A B C OF BEE CIILTURE. 



We DOW have on hand 1000 copies ready for distribu- 

 tion. This edition is a translation of the edition for 

 1905 ; but it contains some new articles that were 

 taken from the new edition of the ABC book, which 

 was being prepared when this translation was made. 

 We anticipate quite a demand, as we have a good 

 many bee-keeping friends who, while they speak Eng- 

 lish, yet the language of their fatherland is more fa- 

 miliar to them. We are now able to supply them 

 with our book in their own tongue. The regular 

 price of this work, owing to the great expense of the 

 translation, will necessarily be a little higher than 

 the English— viz., $1.75 in paper, or $2.00 cloth-bound. 



YELLOW-SWEET-CLOVBR SEED. 



Our repeated calls for seed of yellow sweet clover 

 have not brought to light a single offering as yet. 

 This being an earlier variety than the white, it is 

 probable that the seed was too far advanced, and 

 dropped oft before it was known that seed was want- 

 ed. Unless we are able to locate a supply of seed of 

 this variety we shall be unable to furnish any till an- 

 other season's crop is gathered, when we trust some 

 of those who are growing this variety will save the 

 seed. We have not yet secured enough seed of white 

 sweet clover for the coming season. If our readers 

 know of any lots of seed of either variety available 

 we should like to get a sample, with price asked. 

 State also the quantity in pounds which can be fur- 

 nished. 



simplex and NO. 25 JABS AT LAST. 



As we go to press we are receiving from the factory 

 the carload of jars which were to have been shipped 

 last August. Some of the large orders whicb have 

 accumulated have been filled direct from the factory. 

 We are now in shape to supply promptly No. 25 jars 



holding 1 lb. of honey, 2 dozen to the case, at $1.10; 

 6 cases, $6.30; 20 cases or more at $1.00 a case. 



Simplex jars holding 18 oz. of honey, 2 dozen to the 

 case, at $1.15 per case; 6 cases, $6.60; 20 cases or more 

 at $1.05 per case. This simplex jar is over-size for one 

 pound of honey, but are the best we can do in this style. 

 There seems to be a great difaculty in producing this 

 style of jar with a glass cap which screws on, espe- 

 cially the cap with internal spiral thread. There is a 

 small stock of the 1-lb. size in our Philadelphia branch; 

 but aside from these the 18-oz. size is the only one we 

 can furnish. 



CHANGES IN PRICKS 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. 



The A B C of Bee Culture, very greatly enlarged 

 and improved, printed on enameled paper, is advanced 

 to $1.50 postpaid; $1.25 with other goods by freight or 

 express. The new edition will not be completed till 

 November. Half-leather editions will be $2.00; full 

 leather, $2.50. 



There has been an advance of over 30 per cent in 

 material for bee-veils, and new prices are adopted as 

 follows: No. 1, all silk tulle veil, 90 cts.; No. 2, cotton 

 tulle with silk face, 60 cts,; No. 3, all cotton tulle, 50 

 cts.; No. 4, mosquito-bar veil, 30 cts.; bee-hat, 30 cts.; 

 silk tulle per yd., 60 cts.; cotton tulle per yd., 25 cts.; 

 mosquito-bar, per piece of 8 yds., 75 cts. No change 

 in globe veil. 



KARLT-OBDEB CASH DISCOUNT. 



We have been obliged to cut down the early-order 

 cash discount below that offered in former years; but 

 it is still sufficiently liberal to pay transportation 

 charges quite a distance, or to pay liberal interest on 

 the money invested in supplies early, and should at- 

 tract those forehanded people who know pretty well 

 what they want for the coming season. 



The following is the schedule of discounts for early 

 cash orders for bee-keepers' supplies, subject to the 

 conditions below: 



For cash sent in November, deduct 4% per cent. 

 December, " 4 

 January, " 3H " 



February, " 3 

 March. " 2i4 " 



" April, " 2 



The discount is only for cash sent before the expira- 

 tion of the months named, and is intended to apply to 

 hives, sections, frames, foundation, extractors, smok- 

 ers, shipping-cases, cartons, and other miscellaneous 

 bee-keepers' supplies. It will not apply on the follow- 

 ing articles exclusively; but where these form no more 

 than about one-tenth of the whole order the early-or- 

 der discount may be taken from the entire bill: Tin- 

 ned wire, paint, Bingham smokers. Porter bee-es- 

 capes, glass and tin honey-packages, scales, bees and 

 queens, bee-books and papers, labels, and other print- 

 ed matter, bushel boxes, seeds, and other specialties 

 not listed in our general catalog. 



CANADIAN WILDS. 



This book is one of a series published by the editor 

 of the Hunter- iradei-Trapper. It deals largely with 

 the life of a trapper in the wilds of the Dominion of 

 Canada, and the author was for many years employed 

 as a buyer of furs for the Hudson's Bay Campany, one 

 of the most remarkable business concerns ever or- 

 ganized. The author is remarkably modest and sin- 

 cere in his statements, and for that reason the book 

 may be recommended to any one interested in the life 

 of the northern wilderness. Those who are thinking 

 seriously of taking up land in the Canadian Northwest 

 will doubtless be much interested in the simple story 

 of a man who has spent many years on the northern 

 frontier. Naturally he tells some of the " secrets " of 

 the trapping business, particularly how much money 



