SPECIAL DELIVERY We have anticipated the needs of beekeepers for prompt delivery of supplies during the month of July, and have an unusually large stock from which to draw. The honey-flow is promising larger than most beekeepers were prepared for, but we have sections and foundation on hand ready for instant shipment, so not a single pound of honey need be lost because of insufficient room in which to store it. Sections of all the standard sizes are here in the original packages, and we can put your name on a package of any size just as soon as your order reaches us. You will find it will pay you, too, to use foundation liberally this season. Starters are good but full sheets are better, and you can very materially increase your honey crop by giving the bees this little assistance. We buy honey too, and you will find us ready to give you a good price for your crop, and we can assure you of fair treatment. Whatever your needs in the beekeeping line, we can supply them promptly, and we are glad to answer questions at any time. C. H. W. WEBER & COMPANY 2146 Central Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio Department Editors:-Dr. C. C. Miller, J. E. Crane, Louis H. Scholl, G. M. Doolittle, Wesley Foster, J. L. Byer, P. C. Chadwick. $1.00 per year. When paid in advance: 2 years, $1.50; 3 years, $2.00; 5 years, $3.00. POSTAGE IS PREPAID by the publishers for all subscriptions in the United States, Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands, Guam, Porto Rico, Tutuila, Samoa, Shanghai, Canal Zone, Cuba, and Mexico. Canadian postage is 0 c. per year. For all other countries in the Postal Union add 60 c. per year postage. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. When a change of address is ordered, both the new and the old must be given. The notice should be sent two weeks before the change is to take effect. DISCONTINUANCES. Notice is given just before expiration. Subscribers are urged, if unable to make payment at once after expiration, to notify us when they can do so. Any one wishing his subscription discontinued should so advise us upon receipt of the expiration notice: otherwise it will be assumed that he wishes GLEANINGS continued and will pay for it soon. HOW TO REMIT. Remittances should be made by draft on New York, express-order or money-order, payable to the order of The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. Currency should be sent by registered letter. AGENTS. Representatives are wanted in every city and town in the country. A liberal commission will be paid to such as engage with us. References required. FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS. Foreign subscribers can save time and annoyance by placing their orders for GLEANINGS with any of the following authorized agents at the prices shown: PARIS, FRANČE. E. Bondonneau, 120 Avenue Emile Zola. Per year, postpaid, 8 francs. GOODNA, QUEENSLAND. H. L. Jones. Any Australian subscriber can order of Mr. Jones. Per year, postpaid, 6/7 p. DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND. Alliance Box Co., 24 Castle St. Per year, postpaid, 6/7 p. A SAVING OF TIME Think what a saving of time it is to transact your banking business with an institution which receives deposits by mail. All you need to do is to enclose your check, draft, or money order in an envelope addressed to the bank, and credit will be given to your account for the amount enclosed. Interest is allowed on savings accounts at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. QUEENS an improved superior strain of Italians is what QUIRIN RAISES. All yards winter on summer stands with practically no loss. Our stock is hardy, and will ward off brood diseases. In the spring of 1899 we sent fifty nuclei to J. D. Nixon, Lafarge, Wis., and on July 20th (same year) he wrote us, saying they did just splendid, as at that writing they had already filled their supers, and that he would have to extract them. We have files of testimonials similar to the above. The SAVINGS DEPOSIT BANK COMPANY Medina, Ohio ASSETS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS A. T. SPITZER, Pres. E. R. ROOT, Vice-pres. E. B. SPITZER, Cashier The Bank that Pays 4 per cent APPLE The healthier the tree, the better the fruit. The longer trees are sprayed with GROWING SCALECIDE" the more beautiful, healthful and fruitful they become. "SCALECIDE" is the acknowledged leader of all soluble oils-the only one containing distinct fungicidal properties. "SCALECIDE" will positively kill all soft-bodied sucking insects without injury to the tree. Let us prove these statements. Send today for free booklet "SCALECIDE-the Tree Saver.' Address B. G. PRATT CO., Mfg, Chemists, 50 Church St., N. Y. City. Queens on hand ready to mail. ery and pure mating guaranteed. Over 20 yrs. a breeder. Testimonials and circular free. QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, Bellevue, 0. MILLER'S STRAIN Red-clover ITALIAN QUEENS By return mail or money refunded. Bred from my superior breeder: for business. gentle; no better hustler: bees just roll honey in; three-banded: Northern bred; hardy and vigorous; winter well; not inclined to swarm; bred from best leathercolored, long-tongued, red-clover strains. Untested. 75c; six, $1.00: dozen. $7.50. Select untested. $1.00: six, 85.00: dozen, $9.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1. F. MILLER, previously of Brookville and Reynoldsville, Pa.. a queen specialist for 15 years, is agent and breeder for E. A. Miller. Send all orders to I. F. MILLER, Rt. 2, Oil City, Pa. Gleanings in Bee Culture DEVOTED TO HONEY, BEES, AND HOME INTERESTS. Established 1878. CIRCULATION 35,000. A. L. BOYDEN, Advertising Manager. Issued semi-monthly. ADVERTISING RATES. Twenty-five cents per agate line, flat. Fourteen lines to the inch. SPACE RATES. To be used in one issue: Fourth-page, $12.50; half-page, $25.00; page, $50.00. Preferred position, inside pages, 30 per cent additional. Preferred position, inside cover, 50 per cent additional. Outside cover page, double price. Reading notices, 50 per cent additional. Cash-in-advance discount, 5 per cent. Cash discount if paid in ten days, 2 per cent. Bills payable monthly. No medical or objectionable advertising accepted. Column width, 2§ inches. Column length, 8 inches. Columns to page, 2 (regular magazine page). Forms close 10th and 25th of each month. Address Advertising Department, Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O. APIARIAN SUPPLIES AND BEES. ITALIAN AND CARNIOLAN QUEENS! This is our 21st year in the business. Let us quote you special prices on goods needed. Catalog free. Discount sheet to dealers. Colony of bees with tested Italian queen in complete hive, $10.00. I. J. STRINGHAM, 105 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK Apiaries, Glen Cove, L. I. Nuolel, Bees by Pound. Ten-page descriptive list free. Untested, 75c. Natural R. C. Golden from imported stook, select untested, 90c; tested. $1.25. Leaflets, "How to Introduce Queens," 15c; "Increase," 15c; or both for 250. E.E. MOTT, Glenweed, Mich. LEARN BEEKEEPING from the Beginning "First Lessons In Beekeeping" and the American Bee Journal, one year, Both for Only $1.00 "First Lessons in Beekeeping" is a 190-page book telling all that the beginner "Doolittle's Scientific Queen-rearing," and the American Bee Journal, one year, Both for Only $1.00 Doolittle's "Scientific Queen-rearing" book contains 126 pages, and is bound in leatherette with round corners. It tells in the clearest way possible just how the famous queen-breeder, Mr. G. M. Doolittle, rears the best of queen bees in perfect accord with Nature's way. As all know, Mr. Doolittle has spent some 40 years in rearing queens and producing honey. He has no superior as a queen-breeder. You can learn to rear fine queens by following his directions. The beginner will want "First Lessons;" the older beekeeper should have "Scientific Queen- |