GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



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■2 photva the wav in which we contract the entrance 

 with sawlnst, only it nee'ls stamning do.vn a littl(»more. 

 (;>veranil l>ottini board are alwavs used Knm^ side 

 un. Bottom board shoul 1 rest on four halt' brick''. 

 \.-i. •? isH-3-st,ory hive. belnffPimplv two bodies one over 

 the other, with the over removed, the covers and Ik t- 

 tom board-* being one and the same thing. In the fore- 

 ground are seen the fonr simple pieces of which the 

 hive U compo«p<l. The two large ones are of course 

 the side and end of a hive, and the strips lying on 

 them are the pieces* that are nailed under the covt-r. as 

 will be readilv nnderatood by looking at the diagram 

 on »age 7. The iron frame leaning against Vo..S is the 

 eauge to be slipped over the hives while they are be- 

 ing nailed. It is, inside, 2('if by 10 inches, and Is slin- 

 iipil over the hive both top and bottom, like a hoop. 

 Thi^ holds them square and tnif, and shows when the 

 stuff is just right. If thev just (ill the hoops, you can 

 be sure that anv hive vou have will just fit any other, 

 and that it will be exactly right for every frame in the 

 apiary, it they are also made on a gauge, as they cer- 

 tainly shoul I be, or at least the stuff should be cut to 

 fit a gauge. 



No \-l is a frame containing 8 section ho'^e^ filled 

 with fdn.. and Xo. 13 is the same wirh the tin separa- 

 tors added. At No. i we see one of these frames of 

 sections at each outside of the hive; this is the way 

 in which we arrange a single f-torv for comb honey, 

 leaving the brorni in the middle. At No. .3 the whole 

 nnper story is suppose'I to be tilled with these frames 

 of8<»ctions. No. 11 is a metal-cornered frame filled 

 with fdn.. and a transferring clasp. No. 'M. is shown 

 ))ushpd down on the top bar, as I hey are usecl. 



At No. 14 we have a frame of fancy sectloni. The 

 fdn. is put in these by pii«hlne them apart, and catch- 

 inz it between the t-vo ''b boards of which thev are 

 made. No. 16 is the Qulnby smoker, and No. 17 is the 

 Doollttle smoker. No. 19 is a quart feeder. We should 

 have added, in the proper place, that the artist has 

 put quite a number of wires on the grape vine trelll-^, 

 while but 3 are reallv needed. Th^i grape vines are 

 als'i heavy with foliage toward the top of the posts, 

 during the hottest weather. 



OUR FHICE UST FOB. 1878. 



Bie keepers who arc ready and willing to work for their 

 honey, we believe are all busy, and are all, so far as we 

 know, realizing as fair a reward for the time and capital 

 invested, as in other kinds of business. .V few of the most 

 keen and enterprising are, as in all kinds of business, far 

 witstripping the rest, and i; rests with yon alone, my 

 friend, to determine what place in the ranks you will oc- 

 cupy. Just one piece of advice : However attractive the 

 wares may seem that we a-e about to describe, we would 

 say, don't get in debt for them; if yon haven't the money 

 to purchase, don't buy until you get it. Be humble and 

 satisfied with little, and let your apiary irrow of itself, nnd 

 be self-sustaining. I say this beciiuse I really do not wish 

 j-ou to be disappointed. If .vou study the subject and be- 

 come thoroushly familiar with the bees by actual work 

 among them, both capital and bees will come as fast as 

 .you can handle either. I want to see you all prosper, and 

 to do so. you must be cheerful, (jourageous and indepen- 

 dent; above all, din't get crazy and extravagant if you 

 should happen to get S25 or ?50. as the proceeds of one 

 colony in a season ; prosperity is sometimes harder to bear 

 than adversity. 



IMPLEMENTS FOR THE APIARV. 



We have careluUy thrown out or remodeled every- 

 thing in our list found in any way detective, and we 

 offer nothing that we do not approve of and use in 

 o\\i- own api irv. 



We cm ship i)romptly, by Freieht. Express or Mail, 

 (none mailable except those designated.) poods men- 

 tion*!d in the list in every number of Glean'Ings. 

 Hives, Extractors. &<5., can be sent, much cheaper by 

 Freight, but in this case thev should bf ordered three 

 (IT four weei^s before needed, if the (ll-jtance Is con- 

 siderable. Daring the months ot A)iri\ Mav, and 

 .June, orders mav sometimes be delayed several days, 

 but our customers may rely upon receiving notice at 

 ooce on receiot of all remittances. 



At the prices given in this list, cash must a-ccom- 

 P'viii every order ; as the sending of goorH, C. <). 1).. 

 entails an additional expf n«e. and goorl-* soraeilmes 

 tail to be taken, we really dij'ike to send them thus. 



but If you are content to pav from "ii cents to $1 to the 

 Express conipinv ro brlna: n« the money, (whicb 

 -fould be sent by P. O. Or ler for Ifi cents.) we will aenci 

 them CO. D. when de->ired. Orders for frames or 

 hives of dlmeiiil n-s dltTiring from those name<l, will 

 also be liable tu s iine ad litioaal delay, especially du- 

 ring the '"honey months." 



PttEPATIfO HXP«ESH AVD FKEIOtlT CHARGES. 



Express charges are so variable that It seems iliffi- 

 cult to establish a uniform an ! satistactory rate: yet, 

 if you choos'i to leave the m itter to u'*, w-- can prepay 

 charge* at about the rates given in the following ta- 

 ble. If you can mike a better arrangement with your 

 agent, ilo so bv all means; If not, send the money to 

 us and we will prepay express A-hen goods are 

 shipped. If your express office is not on a main line. 

 from 25 to 50 cents more must be added. This is r;Uh- 

 er indeflnite, we are aware, but it !•* the best we can 

 do. If goods arc not wanted at once, they can be 

 sent by freight at one-half, or still less rates; but it is 

 very unwise to wait until they are wanted and then 

 order by freight. As an illustration, we have taken a 

 cover, a whole hive, an<l an extractor, they weigh 

 respectively about 5, 15, and 25 pounds. 



KATE AT WHICH WB CAN PREPAY BXPRE93 CHARiJES. 



Cover. Hioe. Ext rucfor. 



New York 5.60 S .7.5 §100 



Chicago .'i.'i .R5 .90 



S an Franci-pj ,3.00 4flU i,.7^ 



New Orleans 1.60 2.00 2.75 



Grilveston 1.90 2.35 3.20 



now TO SE.yn money. 



If you d-o not wish to take any ri-xlc of loss, aend P. O. 

 Order, reriistered letter, or pet a N. Y. Draft. Bat as 

 all tliese ways a re expensi ve, especi' illy for small amo u nts, 

 I will make a stujuestioit. Probahly not more than one 

 letter in a thousand is lost in the mail, but to be on tlw 

 safe side, we will assume thit one in a hundred will be 

 lost. Tiie cheapest way is to get a Money Order, but 

 evtn at th-e low price of 10 cents, we pay SlO. to haoe the 

 o))^ hundred letters saf^, betides the trouMe of getting 

 tlie Order. Had you pat SlO. in each of the hundred let- 

 ters, and lost oii-e of them, you tvould have been no more 

 out of pocket. Tkis would show thxt it only pays to reg- 

 ister ainnunts e,cceedin(i §10 ; to make it a little snfer, 

 call it S5. We have for years sent all sums of less 

 than. (5., nnreiiistered, and we have saved in fees, fir 

 more than the amount lost, besides savinr; oar frtends 

 who reeeiced it.the trouble of ypttini it c ished. Taii 

 plan only applies to personal of known intet/rity, for 

 when the money is sent, tliey may if disposed, say tliey 

 never received il. If you do luA know ME. you had bet- 

 ter njit setiil mean;/ lnosc miney.for I may be only writ- 

 ing this t" get the adcanta'ie. l)o you ask wh^ 1 do not 

 stand the loss inyse/f if it is only one letter in one hun- 

 dred/ I would cheerfully dn this.were I not in danger of 

 doinf/ harm by miking such a proposal in a public cir- 

 cular, for it icould be too much like leaving the door to 

 one's store o)ieii all night. Be.sid.es. I should have to 

 charge a tittU more for goods, if I stood ALLi losses. I 

 would advise all to do business with as much eco-nomy as 

 possible, but when losses corns. I think it best that we 

 eaeh bear our share oftliein, cheerfully. 



For fracUorHit. parts of a dollar, postage stccmps are 

 always acceptable, and we can wte them of any denoin- 

 ifuMion, 



We always cofi.siel.er it an especial favor to have cus- 

 tomers inform us by postal card whether goods are sat- 

 iifa<;t4>ry ; whether our mode of packing m efficient; time 

 taken in tran-sit; whetlwr Ejrpress or Freight cliarges 

 icere reatonable; ete., etc. 



Respectfully, A. I. BOOT, Medina, O. 



IMPLEMENTS, ABTD SUPPLIES POR 

 THE APIARY. 



To avoid u)*ekiis re]>eti(!on, thin price lint contniriH 



onlfi fitrth^r expltiruitions of the articles fjiveii al- 



phibeiicuUy, mec-ery iVb.V^/Gi.EANiNGS ; therefore 



if 7/oti wish a li.st of all tJie articUa we keep for 



sale, you are to look tJiere for it. 



MnilahJe articles are designated in the left lumd col- 

 umn of figures; thefljares (jiviwj the amount ofjxjstaae 

 lejuircJ. 



