1882 



(JLtlANINGS IN 6i:E CULTURt:. 



579 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — I Ladies' Department 601 



Bee Entouiologj' — | Notes and Queries 617 



Blasted Hopes. ." 618 Obituary — 



Editorials 6-25 h emindery 621 



Forgettery 605 ! Smilerv — 



Heads of "Grain 606 I •' Square List" 579 



Honey Column 580 i The Growlery — 



Humbugs and Swindles — ' Tobacco Column 621 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Honev, Kxtracted 602 



Hybrids 610. 612 



Introducing: by giving cells 611 



Jarrett's report 620 



Land for honey-plants 607 



Malone's " shower,' ' 591 



Minister's experience 591 



Morris's report 600 



McKee's big report 5S2 



"" ■ ■ .582 



Palmcttii iKinev 60S 



Patent-liivH nun 616 



Peri-intent fertile workers .611 



Pollen, Extra combs of 607 



Punk ; 606 



Queen-cells, To get 60S 



Queens, Two in hive 593 



Queen hntching in 16 days. .611 

 Queens shiinied in October 618 

 Queens I nun drone eggs — 6(17 



Queenlessness in fall 607 



Queens from Italy 5S6 



Railroads 591 



Kaspberiy 612 



Salt for bees 592 



Scotland 614 



Separators, Perforated 617 



Separators, doing without. .5h7 



Shipping comb honey 611 



Smokitig a swarm 613 



Spider plant 615 



Statistic.-^.. 608 



Statistics, Committee on , .626 



Sub.stitute for chaff 613 



Sumac 612 



Surplus under brood-nest . . .608 



Swarminginipul.se 016 



Swarming, Excessive 606 



Sweet potatoes 617 



Wax, Excessive secretion.. .616 



Wheat stubble 586 



White's report 592 



Wiltse's report .596 



Absconding by moonlight. .606 



Apiary, Turkish 595 



Aster honey 008 



Bad addresses, again 626 



Baggage smashers 578 



Beestings and gloves 601 



Bees Hying far 589 



Bees in second story 613 



Bees, Burying 620 



Bitter honey ,585 i Oberlin. Visit around 



Blue honey" 609 "" " 



Brood, non-hatehing 609 



Buckwheat hulls vs. ch»ff..608 



Buckwheat 599, 606 



Button bush 619 



Buzz-saws .581,583, .59,'< 



Candying, To prevent 602 



Coloriv, An indolent 619 



Corn, Honey from 599 



Cotton, Honey from 609 



Cyprians, Teinper of.. . .609,616 



Death of young queens 610 



Doolittle's success 611 



Drones from w'kr eggs. 604, 605 



Entrance, A second 590 



Fdn . , Various 610 



Feeders .588 



Feeding, does It jiay I .590 



Feed for cages 588 



Fertile queens visiting 615 



Foul brood 593 



Frames, Wired 615 



Frames, Position of 609 



Galvanized iron 626 



Hives, Spotting in October .610 



Hivihg-basket 587 



Hol.y-Lands 612 



Honej--barrels 612 



Hone.y-house, Plan for 6)5 



Horse-powers 600 



Honey, Selling 6H 



Honey, Late 619 



Honev under eaves 607 



NOTICE TO BEE-KEEPERS. 



The undersio-necl. having experience and skill in 

 handling bees and miinutacturing hives, offers his 

 services as manager or assistant in the apiary, and 

 would bo glad to corre.-»ponc} with bee-keepers who 

 carr.v on a large business, and who may need the 

 help of one who understands each part of it. 



Refer to Ed. Gleanings. 

 11-id D. F. Savage, Medina. Ohio. 



■lAA NICE straight TULIP or POPLAR TREES 



lUU for f 1.00, sent by express. Bt-tter than linn 



for honey; hCHUtiful for shade. and good for timber. 



Address CHAS. KINGSLEY, Greeneville, Tenn. 



I WILL exchange .5 dozen g-ents' knit undershirts 

 and drawers, assorted hizes, worth }6 per doz., 

 for bees. Send in vour offers. Describe condi- 

 tion, kind, and hives. "EL WIN M. BIDWELL. 

 12-ld Mellenville, Col. Co., N. Y. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted In 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or $3.00 per year. 



Tlie EicBlsior Poiltnf Yarfls 



are alwavs well stocked with Pure-B'-ed P<>nl'ry and 

 Italian Bees; Extractors, Foundation, Hives, etc., 

 for sale. Job Printing of every description done 

 cheap for cash. Ci cnlars free. 



Address J. T. FLETCHER, West Montery, 

 12-9d Clarion Co., Pa. 



SENn 10 c. for a pkir. of BLACK or YELLOW LO- 

 CUST SEEH, pos' paid. Address 

 12d CHAS. KiNGSLEY, Greeneville, Tenn. 



T3EES AND QUEENS FROM MY APIARIES. 



QUEENS AND NUCLET TN SEASON. 

 3tfd Circular on application. 



J. H. Robertson, Pewajio, Ionia Co., Mich. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Nameg inserted in this department the first time vnth- 

 I'ut charge. After, 20c each insertion, or f 2,00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anj-thingof the kind, only that thequeen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 laj' when they were shipped. They also agree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 impatient of such delay as ma.y be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probabl.v 

 receive the roost orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnished on appllcatior, to an.y 

 of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen 

 mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us and 

 we will send you another. Probably none will bo 

 sent for Sl.OO before July 1st, or after Nov. If want- 

 ed sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A. T. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. lOtf 

 *Paiil L. Viallon, Bayou Goula. La. lOttd 



*S. F. Newman. Norwalk, Huron Co., O. lOtfd 



*Wm. Ballantine Sago, Musk. Co., (). lOtfd 



*D A. MeCord, Oxford, Butler Co.. O. 3-3 



*Jiis. A. Nel*on, box 8;j. Wvandott, Wv. Co., Kan..5-,5 

 *C. G. Dickinson, Sou. Oxford, Chen. Co., N. Y. 6-13 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La.lOtfd 

 S. F. Newman. Norwalk, Huron Co., O. lOtfd 



F. A. Snell, Milledgeville, Carroll Co., 111. 3-3 



Department for those who wish to be considered 

 SQUARE MEN. 



Names will be inserted in this Department free of charge the 

 first time. After that, 10c. each insertion, or 81,00 per year. 



If thou bring thy gift to the .altar, and there rememberest 

 that thv brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift 

 before the altar, and go thy way; flr.st be reconciled to thy 

 brother, and then come and offer thy gift.— Matt. 5: 23, 24. 



Wc whose names appear below do not know that 



we have a single dissatisfied person with whom we 



have had deal; but if we have, such will confer a 



avor by writing us kindly, and we will do our best 



to render sa'isfaction. 



I. B. Good. Nappnnee, Elkhart Co., Ind. ; 9tfd 



E. M. HHvhurst, Kansas City. Jackson Co., Mo.atfd 

 E. A. Thomas & Co , Colerain, Mass. 9'fd 



J. P. Moore, Morgan, Pendlet n C>.. Ky. 9tfd 



G. W. Stanley & Bro , Wyoming. Wy. Co., N.Y.fltfd 

 Bright Bro's, Mazeppa, Wabasha Co., Minn. lOtfd 

 T. C. Crillv, Grafton, Lorain Co , O. lOtfd 



S, C. Perrx, Portland, lonin Co.. Mich. lOtfd 



D R. B'Pt, Besfs. Lehlsrh Co., Pa. lOtfd 



A. B. Mill-r & Sim, Wakarusa. Elk. Co., Ind. llifd 

 S. D. Bill II, Union Ci'v, Branch Co., Mich. imfd 

 R. Stehle. Marietta, Wash. Co.. O. lOtfd 



Hiram Roop, CHrson City, Montcalm Co., Mich. :W 

 J. H. Mi ers, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 



fltfd 

 Bvron Walker & Co., Capnc, St. ClilrCo., Mich.5>tfd 

 J. A. Osborne. Rmtou', Chxmp. Co., III. Otfd 



Cha«. D. Ouvall, Spencervill". Mont. Co.. Md. fltfd 

 J. T. Wilson. MortonsvillH, Woodford Co., Ky. Stfd 

 J. J. Kiser, Des Moines, E. S. Station, Iowa. lOtfd 



