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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Ball's Report t 



Bee-keepers' Union ( 



Bee space, Hanlv's ! 



Bees, Five handed .">4. ( 



Cavp Cult me I 



(Mover. Orims,in ■ 



Covers, Sealed ; 



Cuba's Resources j 



Dampness in Bee-repositor's. ; 

 Diseourairements— Fooshe... i 



Drones Coneentratingr I 



Editor in Laclede Co,, Mo,.,. ( 



Krnest in CliieaKO i 



Kuealypti ; 



European Items, by Norman i 



Keediufj Back ( 



Florida Freeze I 



Frames, Short V LnnyLa'li. J 



Frames. Ten, .Vlie.id W.i 



Fi'ames. Franre (Hi Xmnber. 



(ireenhouses in Florida ; 



(iiim-trees I 



Harrison, L., in Florida i 



Hives, Liftinsr Heavy i 



Hives, Lai-ffe v . Smal 1 ^ 



il Hives, Quadniple 44 



; Hoiiev, Ffonnmv in Getliny, 48 

 l.IiikeSmitli on lii-ace-eombs, liB 

 !'r.aimstintli H"\ind 63 



I Mice ill B,.e cellars f,S 



I iiiii>ii--cecl. < iiir Cheap.. .. 7S 



ii)\'viliiiior Victory Bl 



II Para) vsis. Bee,. . ,' .54 



I r.itato, Ciam- Seedlinp- 7.S 



Potatnes. Diujrim; too Early, 73 



I P.. 11 It IV. Fencing Out 61 



i i.iiicens Reared in Full Col'y. ni 



Kambler at Santa Cruz 49 



: Robbinu- Siek People 61 



ISeedsa Year Old 72 



Strawberry, Parker Earle... . 73 

 : Strawberry. Timbrell 71 



Strawbe'-ries, Spacing- 70 



I SiiL:iir, liraliulatcil 62 



S«eet P..tat.., Viiieless 73 



! Tomatoes. Biickeve State... . 73 



' Tomatoes ill •;(■, Davs 72 



1 vvcathei Bureau in Florida. 72 



iiWiiiteiiim- Indoors 63 



ilWork, Why Out of 6f> 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be Inserted under this head at one-half our usu- 

 al rates. All adverti.sements intended for this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and you mtist say you w.ant youi 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible for er- 

 rors. You can h.ave the notice as many lines as you pleiise, 

 but all over five lines will cost you according: to our reeulai 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona fide ey- 

 chanpres. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 ferinpr articles for sale, can not be inserted under this head 

 For such our regular rates of 20 cts, a line will be charpred,and 

 they will be put with the rejrular advertisements. We can nol 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arisin^rfrom these "swaps,"' 



WANTED,— To pxrliang-e a '20n-eeg' improvpri E.\- 

 celsior incubator fomi)lotp, in A 1 rondition. 

 costing- $3.5,00. for best offer of lii-story Dovetailed 

 hives complete for comb lionev. or otlipr bep-keep- 

 ers' supplies. Frank Lacey, Danbnry, Conn. 



WANTED.— Two or three hundred colonies of 

 bees to run on shares for comb or extracted 

 honey the cominar season, or to take charg'e of as 

 apiarist. Reference, W, L, Cog-ffshall, West Groton, 

 N. T. Russell. T. Stinnett, Bells, Va. 



WANTED.— To exchang-o for any thing: useful fox- 

 hound DUOS, Bull terriers, butchers' tools, bone- 

 mill, and White Holland turkey gobbler. Write at 

 once, as this will not apnear again. 



Elias Pox, Hillsboro. Wis. 



WANTED. — To exchange one-piece-section ma- 

 chine, steel feed-g'rinder (M ton per hour). 8 H. 

 P. engine. 3.5 ft. S-inf'h rubber belt, for brood fdn. or 

 Hoffman frames with comb wired. 



A. D. D. Wood, Lansing, Mich. 



WANTED.— Toexchang-ea good heavy 34-in. planer, 

 a g-ood cut-off saw-table a queen-cage boting- 

 raachine, a Novice honey-e.xtrRCtor (new), a Pelham 

 foundation-mill, and a lot of sunnlies. What have 

 you to trade ? A. A. Weaver, Warrensburg, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange rabbit-hound pups (Eng- 

 lish Beagle) for Wineliester rifle or offers. Choice 

 stock and low prices. D. S. Hall, So. Cabot, Vt. 



WANTED.— A good Winchester or a Colt's repeat- 

 ing-rille, from 33 to 38 caliber, for which I will 

 exchange first-class sections, foundation, or bushel 

 boxes. Circular and price list free, and free samples 

 of sections or foundation if called for. Address 

 O. H. Townsend, Alamo, Knlamazoo Co., Mich. 



WANTED. —To exchange C\itlibert or Marlbo- 

 rough raspberry-plants for beeswax, honey, or 

 offers. C. G. Marsh, Belden, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange 1 span of large mules; 

 also wagon, harness, and mares, for 300 colonies 

 of bees. Bert W. Hopper, Garden City, Kas. 



WANTED.— I'osition in an apiary, by a young- man 

 of e.vperience. Florida preferred. Write to me 

 al mice. Who will give me a chance ? 



Marion H, Gilmer, 607 Louisiana St., 



Station B, Richmond. Va. 



WANTED.— By young man, position in large ajii- 

 ary. Do not use tobacco or liquor; 8 years on a 

 garden, 3 on a dairv farm; accustomed to liee^. 



Cake IJox 383, Hamburg, Erie Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.- -Offers on a new 301-egg Noxall incu- 

 bator at $1."). R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Colo. 



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ANTED.— To exchange supplies and other goods 

 for honey. O. H. Hyatt, Slien indoah, Iowa. 30tf 



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ANTED.— To exchange several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Schd sample. 



J. A. Gkekn, Ottawa, 111. 



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ANTED.— To excliange 300 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED,— To exchange pure St. Bernard pups, 

 from registered stock. Will exchansre for any 

 thi'ig useful. Would like a portrait^lens. Address 

 with stamp, 



Scott Brillhaht, Millwood, Knox Co., O. 



WANTED.— For spring planting, apple, quince, 

 currants, gooseberry, strawberry, in exchange 

 for golden queens, in June. 



J. F. Michael, Greenville, O. 



WANTED.— To pxchang-e a Simplex IBOegg incu- 

 bator and brooder combined. u.sed 3 settings, 

 for 150 lbs. of light or 175 lbs. of buckwheat extract- 

 ed honey, in tin cms. 



J. T. Van Petten, Linn, Kansas. 



Florida and 



ALL Southern Bee=keepers, 



Do you know that the freight rates (by water) 

 are one half less from ftere, than from any 

 place you can obtain a full line of suiiplies. 



Rate on bee-hive material, to 

 Jacksonville, Fla., 18c per 100. 

 Palatka, " 34c " " 



Daytona. " 46c " " 



Cedar Ke.vs, "' .5.5c '' " 



New ciicular upon application. 



1. J. STRINGHAM, 105 Park Place, N. Y. 



420 Lbs. Average 



Is what my bees g-ave that I moved lo the man- 

 grove; those at home, 300 lbs. each; ~>-hancle<i 

 bees, too. Queens, hred for bus/jiess from 

 this stock will be sent in 1895 for .$1.00 each until 

 May; per doz., $8.00. Circular free. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



Fruit Plants. 



1l''/iere to liiiy 

 them at whole- 

 sa?e prices. Send 

 postal card for descriptive and wholesale catalogue 

 of all of the leading varieties of Strawberries, 

 Rasjjberries, blackberries, C^itrrants, 

 Gonseberrie^i. (iriij)es, and I-'otatoes. 

 EZRA Q. SMITH, Manchester, Ont. Co., N. V. 

 tS'In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings 



Read what J. 1. Parent, of 

 ciHAKLTON, N. Y., says — " We 

 cut with one of your Combined 

 .Machines last winter 50 chaff 

 dives with 7-inch cap, 100 honey- 

 racks, 500 broad frames, 3,000 

 honey-bo.xes, and a great deal of 

 other work. This winter w e 

 have doubled the amount of bee- 

 lives, etc., to make, and we ex- 

 pect to do it all with this saw. 

 [t will do all you say it will." 

 Catalogue anu Price List free. Address W. P. & 

 JOHN BARNES, 545 Ruby St., Rockford, III. 



When more convenient, orders for Barnes' Foot- 

 Power Machinery may be sent to 



The a. I. ROOT Co. 

 eiotf Rlease mention this paper 



