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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



NEW YORK STATE BEB-KEEPBBS' CONVENTIONS. 



A series of bee-keepers' meetiDgs will be held in 

 this State as follows: Mt. Morris, Dec. 9; Canandai- 

 gua. Dec. 10 11 ; Auburn, Dec. 12; Syracuse. Dec. 13; 

 Fulton. Dec. 14 ; Watertown. Dec 16, 17; Amsterdam, 

 18. 19 : Albany. Dec. 20; Glenns Falls, Dec. 21. Mr. C. 

 Stewart, of Sammon»ville, N. Y. has been designat- 

 ed as conductur, and he will be present at all of the 

 meetings. The annual meeting of the New York State 

 Association of Bee-keepers' Societies will be held at 

 Amsterdam, Dec. 18. 19. All interested in bee-keep- 

 ing are invited to attend these meetings. 



Romulus, N. Y. C. B. Howard, Sec. 



SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES. 



There is no weekly home paper for the moral and 

 religious nourishment of the family that will equal 

 the Sunday School Times. It is especially helpful to 

 Sunday-school teachers and others interested in Bible 

 study. We can supply it clubbed with Gleanings at 

 $1.75 for the two, the regular price of each being $1.00. 



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. 



A CORRECTION. 



On page 1450 of our last issue Mr. Henry Stewart is 

 made to say that his yellow sweet clover grew six 

 feet while it should have been only six inches. The 

 footnote, made by A. I. R., was on the supposition 

 that it was six inches, hence it does not seem to corre- 

 spond with Mr. Stewart's statement, The trouble 

 arose from the fact that neither inches nor feet was 

 written, and the two little dots representing inches 

 were overlooked. 



WHITE-SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have secured a pretty good stock of unhulled 

 white-sweet-clover seed. We find in several instances 

 a large local demand for the seed at better prices than 

 we have been selling at, and that, in order to make it 

 an object for those able to gather the seed to do so, 

 we shall have to pay better prices than we have been 

 doing in former years. Our stock of seed secured for 

 the coming season is little more than half what we 

 had a year ago. We are obliged, therefore, to raise 

 our selling prices to 25 cts. per lb., postpaid; 15 cts. 

 where shipped with other goods; $1.30 for 10 lbs.; 

 $11 00 per 100 lbs.; hulled seed at 8 cts. per lb. extra. 



REMITTANCES FOR ORDERS AND ACCOUNT. 



We are under the necessity of asking our friends 

 and patrons when making remittances not to send 

 checks on local banks, but to send, instead, either a 

 bank draft on some large city bank, preferably New 

 York or Chicago, or a postofflce or express money or- 

 der. The tight money market through which numer- 

 ous sections are passing is making it difficult for us 

 to get credit at the banks for local checks, and in 

 some cases we may be obliged to return them and 

 ask instead for a remittance in one of the forms men- 

 tioned above. Where we make payments we almost 

 invariably do so by New York draft. Where you can 

 not remit by any of the methods mentioned, then send 

 money by registered mail. The most approved meth- 

 ods, however, are by bank draft, postofflce or express 

 money order. 



DR. MILLER SPLINTS. 



We have often had calls for wood splints for use 

 with foundation in brood-frames to prevent sagging, 

 as used and recommended by Dr. C. C. Miller. We 

 have usually made them by sawing tht-m out, and wast- 

 ed more than three-fourths of the wood in sawdust. 

 We have hit upon a plan of slicing them, thereby sav- 

 ing all the wood, and cheapening the process as well. 

 We can furnish them 8/4 inches long for L. frames at 

 50 cts. per 1000 by mail; 40 cts. shipped with 

 other goods. Small lots at 10 cts. per 100 postpaid. 

 Other lengths can be furnished as well. If shorter, 

 same price in 1000 lots. If longer, add fifty per cent 

 up to 12 inches long. 



ALFALFA HONEY, COMB AND EXTRACTED. 



We have received in the last two weeks a car each 

 of comb and extracted alfalfa honey. The extracted 

 comes from Utah, and the comb from western Colo- 

 rado. We are selling the extracted in 60-1 b. cans at 10 

 cts. in single-can lots; 9J4 cts. by the case of two cans; 

 five cases or more at 9 cts. per lb. 



The comb honey. 24 sections to the case, sells at 

 $4.00 per case; per crate of 8 cases or more, $3.80 per 

 case; 25 cases or over, write for prices. No. 2 honey 

 at 30 cts. per case less. We also have some New York 

 and Pennsylvania white comb honey at 18 to 20 cts. 

 per lb., according to quality or grades. We are in the 

 market to buy clover extracted honey. If any of our 

 readers have any to offer, mail sample and write us, 

 stating how much you have, how packed, and what 

 you ask for it. 



WAX MOLDS FOR OUNCE CAKES. 



There is a very large demand for little cakes of 

 beeswax for various household purposes. You will 

 find that nearly every druggist keeps wax, not only 

 for compounding but for sale. Since the enactment 

 of the national pure- food law there has been a stimu- 

 lus to the demand for cakes of pure beeswax where, 

 before, a mixture was often used. We have calls for 

 molds for making these small cakes. We have not 

 heretofore had them to furnish. We found some- 

 thing of compact form, and just the right size to hold 

 one or two ounces of wax. They are pressed tin re- 

 tinned. Price of one-ounce size, 35 cts. per dozen; by 

 mail, 40 cts. ; of the two-ounce size. 40 cts. per dozen ; 

 by mail, 50 cts. For our trade we put up each ounce 

 cake in a carton, and 32 cakes, or 2 lbs., in a large 

 carton, which sells to the dealer for $1.00. The price 

 of these cartons depends on the quantity you require 

 and the printing on them. Prices quoted to those in- 

 terested, on application. For limited local need you 

 can doubtless work up a trade without the cartons. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS. 



We have to offer the following second-hand founda- 

 tion-mills in good condition. We shall be pleased to 

 hear from any one interested. To such we can send 

 a small sample of comb foundation representing the 

 kind of work produced by the particular machine you 

 enquire about. 



No. 078.— 6x2%-inch hex. cell thin-super mill, in very 

 good condition. Price $12 00 



No. 079.— 6x2%-inch hex cell thin-super mill, in very 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 088.— 6x2%-inch hex. cell thin-super mill, in good 

 condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 086.— 6x2%-inch hex. cell extra-thin-super mill, 

 in good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0S8.— 12x2i4-inch round-cell heavy-brood mill, 

 in fair condition Price $12 00. 



No. 082.— 10x2%-inch round-cell medium-brood mill, 

 in very good condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 089.— 10x2-in(h round-cell medium-brood mill, 

 in old-style frame; rather old-style machine in fair 

 condition Price $'2.00. 



No. 090. — 10x2-inch round-cell medium-brood mill, 

 in fine condition. Price $15.00. 



No. . — 10x2-inch hex. cell, medium or light brood 



mill, in good condition. Price $15.00. 



CARTAGE CHARGE ON ORDERS FILLED BY OUR CITY 

 BRANCH OFFICES. 



The expense of doing business in our large cities is 

 so great that we can not continue furnishing goods at 

 regular prices free on board cars from our city branch 

 ofQces. It is a great accommodation to many custom- 



