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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



also. But I will offer to those ha: ing imported mothers, 

 tu exchange dollar que ens in the spring, as I am opposed 

 to in and in breeding and wish those queens as drone 

 hijers. I have been tr.ving sueh queens so far, from 

 Oatman & Co., Dr. Brown, J. H. Xellis k Bro"s, and every 

 one received has proven to be purely fertilized. This is a 

 course that I will follow every season so as to have drone 

 layers from different persons, and thus have my queers 

 fertihzed by drones from different apiaries. I think this 

 plan the best. Paul Viallo>-. 



Bayou Goula, La. Sept. 5th, 1S76. 



Gloves? Tes thej' are an absolute neccessity with me. 

 3My bees easily enough subdued in June, are almost un- 

 manageable in August. Rubber boots, veil and gloves are 

 only a partial protection. Imakeitarule never to buy 

 what 1 can easily make. I purchased a yard of thin, 

 tightly woven 30e. cotton goods, made a pair of gloves 

 which reach nearly to the elbows and applied two or 

 three coats of rubbei (pure rubber dissolved in spirits of 

 turpentine or better, bi-sulphide of carbon). The bees 

 seldom prick through them and then only slightly. 



My 7oc. extractor made last winter gives entire satis- 

 faction, I ]3refer it to the cylinder extractor for straining 

 small irregular pieces of comb. Tell your old fashioned 

 bee-keepers that an extractor of some kind is indispens- 

 able to every apiary. A piece of comb from an inch to a 

 foot square can be relieved of its honey in a nicer, quick- 

 er and cleaner way with an extractor, than by the old 

 way of crushing the comb, while the pieces of comb 

 saved are worth more than the honey. Xo Xaiie. 



[Xow friend ^you are certainly misunderstanding your 



bees ; we would as soon think of getting a cast iron armor 

 to prevent our horses and cattle from kicking and hook- 

 ing us, as to think of barricading against the bees in that 

 way. "What would you think of a farmer who went 

 among his stock m that shape. Come and see us work 

 among our 'Jl colonies, and see if you think we need such 

 protection, at any month in the year. Tell us more about 

 the 75c. extractor.] 



I have of your goods 100 L. frames sent by mistake 

 for Standard. Charges by express §2,50. Subject to 

 yonr order. 



Geo. p. McLean, Kocky Spring, Miss. 



[To save the express charges we will sell the 100 

 frames for £4,50; send us $2,00, and the §2,50 to friend 

 McLean.] 



I am not pleased \vith those tin cornered Langstroth 

 frames (150), which you sent me March 16th, 1874. Have 

 used only a part of them, and these will be vacated, soon ; 

 those that are not injured (about ISO), will be .sold, if any 

 one wants them, otherwise, they will be offered as incense 

 to experience. They are too movable, for box honey op- 

 erations. As I do not recommend these frames to my 

 neighbors, it is not likely any one will buy them, here. 

 If you really think such frames are suitable to anij one, 

 you may sell the above for me, and at whatever price you 

 please. p. Motee, Sharps\-ille, Pa. 



[That is right, speak out, and don't be afraid of hurting 

 our feelings. As this is the first complaint of the kind we 

 have ever had, we must think our friend a httle peculiar. 

 As we have sold more of these frames this seasm than 

 ever before, we trust tliere will be plenty who will take 

 the frames off his hands without much loss. On some 

 accounts we woidd prefer a closed end Q. frame, but 

 every time we undertake to handle them, we conclude 

 that it is quite out of the question for v.s to think of any 

 thing but the metal corners. We are so used to picking 

 anyframe we wish right out of the middle of any hive 

 without the aid of screw driver or handspike, that we 

 fear we shall never submit to any slower process. "We 

 find no trouble at all ni using such frames for box honey.] 



It seems some of the friends do not know water 

 willnjt run out of our lOc feeders wlien inverted. 

 Fill a pe])i)er box with honej- or water, turn it over, 

 and vou have the idea. 



TABLE OF PREMir?IS. 



Kames of Premium Articles. 



V>2 



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Xo. Any of them sent free on rec't of price. 

 1 — Litho(/rax>h of Apiary, Implements, etc. 2b 



2 — Photograph uf House Apiary 25 



3 — '■^That Present,"' Novice and Bine JSyes 25 

 4 — Hmcill Horseshoe Magnet, a scientific toyib 

 5— Emerson's Binder for Gleaxixgs, 



%vill hold i Volumes 50 



6 — " " better quality 60 



7 — Pochet Magnifying Glass 00 



S— First or second T'o?«;«e o/ Gleanings.. 75 

 9 — Best quality Emerson's Binder for 



Gleanings 75 



10 — Double Lens Magnifier, on 3 brass feet \,QQ 

 11— Photo Medley, Bee-Keepers of America\,(Xi 

 VI— First and second Vol. o/ Gleanings.. 1,50 

 13 — A real Compound Jlicroscope, beauti- 

 fully finished, and packed tvith Imple- 

 ments in a Mahogany Bo.r 3,15 



Number 

 of Sub- 

 scribers 

 required 

 at or 

 at 

 75c. 1.00 



PURE BEES WAX 



Cut to aay size desired. 



PACIvED IX XEAT ^YOODEX BOXES-PAPER BE- 



TAVEEX EVERY TWO SHEETS. AT §1.00 PER 



PUUXl) FOR THE WHITE, OR 75 CEXTS 



PER POUXD FOR THE YELLOW. 



if W" anted by mail, add 25 CENTS PEE POUND FOK 

 PACKING BOXES AND POSTAGE. 



If taken in our regular packing boxes, sheets 12x18 

 inches, 10 per cent, off from above prices on 10 pounds or 

 over. 



Wax will be worked up to order, and cut nito sheets of 

 any size desired, for 40 cents per pound. 



We will pay 28 cents per pound cash for bright yellow 

 wax, or sell it for 31. 



One jwund of wax makes from 4 to 8 square feet of sur- 

 face. The thinnest will be used by the bees, but is not 

 made into comb as quickly as the" heavier, which has a 

 greater depth of cell. 



Sheets just ri^ht for L. frame', both white and yellow, 

 kept constantly in stock ready for shipment ; also square 

 sheets for section boxes. About 6 of the former or 30 of 

 the latter (enough for 1 Universal case) weigh 1 poimd. 



At above prices we can pay no freight or express charges 

 either ^\ay. 



The only wholesale rates we can give is 10 per cent, off 

 from above rates on orders for 50 pounds or over, or 20 

 per cent, on 100 pounds or over. A. I. ROOT. 



Medina, Ohio. 



Fifty (50) good strong colonies of Italian and hybrid 

 bees. ' Price, one colony SlO.tO ; five §45,00; ten ^80,00. 

 In 8 frame hives, each fl,00 less. Hybrids each 81,00 

 less than above rates. Also hives full of comb (frames 

 are all 14x11) and 25 or 30 lbs. honey and bee bread, 

 for wintering bees on. Price §6,00. Order soon. Will 

 deliver at depot Oct. 1st to 15th. 

 9-10 R. S. BECKTELL, New Buffalo, Mich. 



THE 



Alley Smoker 



B 



This snioker has been in use for IS years. It is very 

 light and is held between the teeth while the hands 

 are at liberty. Price 50c by mail. 

 10 ■ H. ALLEY, VVenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



