1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



85 



Contents of this Number. 



Ati-hley's Experiments JiTlHone.vas a Diet !••; 



Bee-esoapes Discussed Wl] Hoiiev CamlviiiSi' Early lot 



Bee-trees. CuttiiifT SS Hiiiiey-luHises Ill 



Buzz-saw. James' '.i:: Honev. SliipiiiiiL; in Winter.!"? 



Comb Himev. ShippiuK l(i; Inve-tmeiit a (iood HI-> 



Uovetailiiitj l>iseussed im; Kiiiglilrds. Tn Shoot '.Ml 



Drone~ from Lav'g: Workers. !I7 Xutifuets. California % 



Editor in Florida lOT'Loek Corners on Hives lllll 



Fault-tin. liny 1()(; Tapers at Conventions 1()-' 



Five-haiiilers. Crosses of.I(«. Kir, l'eri-olaf(M-. Dayton's !lfi 



Franie-^. Hotfmun. Jeffrev. . . '.liii^iiieen excluders, a Querv....liW 

 Frame . Ninnher Limited.. ..lOliOoeens to New Zealand .. .104 



Hillside Planting- ins Ha/nlder in Santa C uz Mts., !I4 



Hives. Two Kiu-ht-frame IIKI Staivat ion. I'leventinji- 101 



Hives. Larue and Small '.is TlH-rmnmcter. Sun lav-.si-h'l .107 



Hive. James' '.i:; Wiiim;' l,v Kli-rfricitv 10."i 



Hive-corners lOo; Yc.ik, Death of Cliilil 104 



World's Fair Hedal 



Awarded my Foundation. Send for free 

 samples. Dealers, wrile for wholesale prices-. 

 Root's new F'olistied Sections and other goods 

 at his prices. Free Illustrated Price List of every 

 thinjr needed in the apiary. JVI H H<in-f 

 Bell Branch, Mich. ^'*« **» IIUIIL, 



Florida and 



ALL Southern Bee=keepers, 



Do you know that the freight rates diy wati'r) 

 are one half less from iiere, than from aii>' 

 phice you can obtain a full line of suiiplies. 



Rate on hee-hive material, to 

 Jacksonville, Fla., ^j^<• per 100. 

 Palatka, " :i4c " " 



Daytona, " -Ific " " 



Cedar Keys, " o.'ic " " 



New circular upon apidicatiou. 



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



DAarh-if PPC t '^y mail. 10 for HO cts. : by freight 

 rcaLII-llCC^ . ,„, e.xpiess, $4 per ](HI. Crosby, 

 Elbeita, Stumi), and other best ^■al•ieties. 

 lanan Dlitmc Abondance, Burbank, and f*at- 

 «Jdpclll riUIIIS. siima; by mail, .i for (ill cts ; by 

 freight or e.xprcss. $U) (icr liMl. Ccd ir (ii-ove Farm. 

 JOHN CADWALLADER. Proprietor, 



Noi-th Madison, Indiana. 

 Talmage. Otoe Co., Neb., Dec. s. tsitt. 

 Jiilin C(t(hralladei.—De<ir Sir:^l received your 

 trees Nov 2:.' in good order, well packed, and thrifty- 

 looking trees. Thank you for the Stitsuma. 



Yours respectfully, JAS. Kittkr. 



Here is a report of one order sent by mail April 

 7, 1894. It embraced 10 peach trees (.5 sorts) and two 

 Abondance plum, the whole cost 90c. Remember I 

 pay the postage and send 10 peach trees for 60c. 



Me.xico, Mo., .Ian. 7, 1895. 

 Jdhii Cddintllniltr, Dfdr S/»:— The trees received 

 ■of you last spring all lived and did well. 



1 want a few trees ne.xt spring. B. Baldwin. 



BUNCH OR VINELESS YAM. 



W. E. Price, Eufauhi, Ala., will supply them as 

 follows: lb., ~'.5e; 2'., Ib-i..r,0c: 6 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 

 Peck, 5;ic: bushel. $1.76; 3 bushel barrel, $4.~'5. 10;. 

 discount for cash. Reference, Capt. S. H. Dent, 

 President National Bank. 



500 Barrels Sweet=Potato Seed. 



Yellow .Jersey, best variety, $3.00 per barrel. 



Red Spanish, Red Bermuda, and Jersey Queen, 

 fl.OO per barrel; .'ij^j discount on 5-barrel lots. 



Our stock is fine. Order now and secure a sup- 

 ply at reasonable prices. I^. H. AIAHj^N, 

 3-7ei Bo.v 1^:{, Terre Haute, Ind. 



OnUMWA BEE-HIVE FACTORY. 



Bee-keepers, look to your interests. Every thing 

 in the line of Ijee-supplies constantly on hand. 

 Price list free. GREGORY BROS. &, SON, 

 l-23a Ottumwa, la. South side. 



t^"!!! respondintf to this advertisement menti<m (ii.K a.mm.s. 



^Ilillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli 

 = riy Strawberry Catalog = 



= FREE to all. = 



E C. N. Flansburgh, Leslie, Mich. = 



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H. C. SIMRSON. 

 BREEDER OF ITALIAN BEES AND ftUEENS, 



And dealer in Bee-keepeis' Supplies. 

 Send for price list. CATAWBA, S. C. 



Perkiomenville. Pa., breeder of 

 16 lettding varieties of Poultry. 

 Eggs, $1.00 per ]."). Ctitalog free. 



Jas. M. Smith, 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not e.\ceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

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

 rors. You can have the notice as many lines as you please, 

 but all over Ave lines will cost you according to our regular 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona flde ex- 

 ■hanKes. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 fering articles for sale, can not be inserted under this head. 

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

 they will be put with the regular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swiips." 



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

 chine, steel feed-grinder (H ton per hour), 8 H. 

 P. engine. 25 ft. 8-inch rubber belt, for brood fdn. or 

 Hoffman frames with comb wired. 



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



WANTED. -Two or three hundred colonies of 

 iiees to tun on shares for comb or extracted 

 honey the coming season, or to take charge of as 

 apiarist. Reference. W. L. Co^gshall, West Groton, 

 N. Y. Russell T. Stinnktt, Bells, Va. 



WANTED. —To exchange Cuthbert or Marlbo- 

 rough raspberry-plants for beeswax, honey, or 

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



WANTED.- -Offers on anew 200-egg Noxall incu- 

 bator at $1.1. R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Colo. 



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7 ANTED.— To exchange supplies and other goods 

 for honey. O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Iowa. 30tf 



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ANTED.— To exchange several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— For spring planting, apple, quince, 

 currants, gooseberry, strawberry, in exchange 

 for golden queens, in June. 



J. F. Michael, Greenville, O. 



WANTED.— People to drop a card and tell me 

 what they have to exchange for Gregg and 

 Cuthbert raspberry and strawberry plants. No. 1 

 stock. Dan White, New London, O. 



ANTED.— To exchange bee-supplies for either 

 Gem or Cigar-box planer. 



E. J. Shay, Independence, W. Va. 



WANTED —To exchange dark extracted honey 

 tor a 2(1 or 30 inch cut-off buzz-saw; also foun- 

 dation-mill, for offers. 



F. W. STEViiNS, Moore's Hill, Dearborn Co., Ind. 



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ANTED. -5 to 8 H, 

 price and kind. 



P. engine, in good repair, 

 H. A. Allen, Milton, Vt. 



WANTED.— To exchange a Simplex Hatcher and 

 brooder combined, 160-egg, used two settings, 

 price $13.00, for 150 lbs. of good extracted honey. 



J. Van Petten. Linn, Kansas. 



1WR OFFEKS.— One No. 2 Automatic gauge lathe, 

 and 1 improved gauge lathe (for haiidle-makingi. 

 Let me know a good location for ii custom sawmill, 

 some one. W. S. A.mmon, Reading, Pa. 



