1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



245 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees. Giant 271 



Bee-escajies. Opeiating aW 



Coloiiif i. IMvi.ling-. 2(15 



Coldiiies. T.i Tm-rease 2(;j 



Convention, Madison 2.").) 



Covers. Hig. v. Gable 270 



Eggs. Bees Cai-rying 27(1 



Elei'tropoise and Oxydonor.27-( 



Five-banders 26(1 



Five-banders. Taylor on 27(1 



Florida for Health 277 



Giant Bees 271 



Gri].. ToCnie 250 



Hastv ..n (ilcMMings 270 



Hed(i<in%Pat,-nt 267 



Hive. Danzenhaker 267 



Hive. Heddon 267 



Hive, Quadruple 2,')3 



Hive, Square 251 



Hive. Be t Form 2.S1 



Hive. Oil Straw 2.'iO 



Hive. The Long 2.52 



H"nev. Putnam's Essay on.. 256 



Jake Smith on Bees 261 



Locality and Brood-chamber263 



Neighbour. Death of 277 



N<in-s\varniers 270 



' ixvdonor and Electropoise.27i 



Patent. The Heddon 267 



Rambler on the Saoraiuento.2i)9 



Recipe foi' Honey-eake 26.'i 



Retiairing Outfit, Root's 272 



Robbers and devices 266 



Saealine 273 



Self-spacer 266 



Svrup. Percolator 260 



Thieves. Protection from... 266 

 Wax Adulterations 271 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The sienii-annual meeting of the Southern Minnesota Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held on the first Monday iir May, 

 IS'.IS, at La Crescent, Minn. All bee-keepers are invited. 



E. C. CORNWELL. Sec. Winona, Minn. 



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 exceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

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

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

 but all over live lines will cost you according to bur regular 

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

 changes. 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. aline will be charged, and 

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

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



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ANTED.— Old combs in frames. Dcscrifie, witli 

 price. W. L. Coggshall, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchang-e the only WAx-extractor 

 in the world that will extract all the wax from 

 old combs rapidly by steam, also bee-sniokers, for 

 wax. C. G. Ferris, South Columbia, Herk. Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchang-e Universal wood-worker, 

 one s'roover, one dovetailer. and one cutter- 

 liead table; also short .iointer, all in good order. 

 What have you to trade for one or all ? 



W. s. Bellows, Ladora, la. 



WANTED.— To correspond with parties wishing- to 

 sell or test my new hive. F. Danzenbaker, 

 1110 New York Ave., Washington, D. C. 

 Reference, Gleanings. 



WANTED.— 25 to 100 hives of bees. Who can fur- 

 nish them the cheapest? I will exchange, 

 for bee-hive machinery, queens bred from a straight 

 flve-banded breeder valued at $50, or from imported 

 stock. H. G. QuiBiN, Bellevue, Ohio. 



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ANTED.— To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on plantation. 



Anthony Off, Helena, Ark. 



ANTED.— To exchange Black Minorca eggs at 

 6Uc per 15 ft)r a few untested queens. 



H. Barber, Adrian, Mich. 



WANTED.— Bees, bee-supplies, and poultiy. In 

 exchange for strong, well-rooted basswood- 

 trees. This is the time to transplant. 

 W. R. LiGHTON, 601 N. Y. Life Bldg., Omaha, Neb. 



WANTED.— To exchange yellow Italian queens 

 the coming season, also the best varieties of 

 strawberry-plants, cheap, for foundation or offers. 

 Mrs. Oliver Cole, Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange bees, queens, and eggs 

 (from B. P. Rocks. S. C. B. Leghorn, and Light 

 Brahmas), for bee-supplies or offers. 



Chas. H. Thies, Steeleville, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange Australian stamps for 

 any other denominations. Send along from 

 any part of the world, and I will return equivalent. 

 H. L. Jones, Goodna, Queensland, Australia. 



WANTED.- To exchange 6 and 12 inch Root foun- 

 dation-mills for wax, honey, or offers. 

 I. J. Stringham, 105 Park Place, New York, N. Y. 



WANTED.— 20 lbs. of bees and 10 tested queens in 

 exchange for Gregg raspberry-sets. 



H. H. Aultfathek, Minerva, O. 



ANTED.— To exchange Foxhound pups, peerless 

 stock, for any thing useful. Fox teriier want- 

 S. S. Miller, Grantville, Md. 



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WANTED. — To exchange raspberry and blackberry 

 plants, 16 per 1000, bees $5, Japanese buckwheat, 

 for beeswax. A. P. Lawrence, Hickory Corners,Mch. 



WANTED.— To exchange poultry and egps (3 best 

 kinds) for tliin foundation, sections, shipping- 

 cases, or new smokers. D. F. Lashier, 



Hooper, Broome Co., N. Y. 



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ANTED.- To exchange supplies and other goods 

 for honey. O. H. Hyatp, Shenandoah, Iowa. 20tf 



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^i'xY.Tn Queens, 



from ni.v own imported 

 queens, Sl.Oli each. 

 Wlax Brauer. BeeviPe, Bee Co., Tex. 



Send your orders to W. H. Laws for Ital- 

 ian Queens ? 



THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST. 



For beaut.v and business you can't beat 

 them. The leading bee-keepers of the TJ. 

 S. are my customers, and all praise them. 

 I breed either the Golden or Leather color- 

 ed strains. 



PRICES REDUCED 



To suit til e times. Fine breeders always 

 on hand, $2 to !?3. Untested, 75c; 3 for $2. 

 Tested, $1 ; for $:->. Address 



W. H. LAWS, LAVACA. ARK. 



o<lVION£Y-JVIAKERS>o 



Are a strain of business Italians tliat winter in the 

 cold North, and are ready for business, with a bush- 

 el of bees, when the tlowers bloom. They are gentle 

 and industrious. Queens warranted purely in June. 

 Each, $1.00; six, $5.00; doz., $9.00. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Never had any disease. 

 Address E. F. QUIGLEV, Unionvil-le. Mo. 



A Bargain. 



I have a complete set of the back 



numbers of Gleanings, unbound, 



clear up to the ])resent, that I will sell 



for $10. liegular price, bound, $25. 



MRS. A. A. RICE, 



Seville, Ohio. 



3 Great PntAtAae ^^^^ ^°^^ 

 Seedsman ■ WI<IIUv«i Catalogue. 



That ir-reat Carman No. 1 (10 lbs. grew 24 bushels); 

 Maule's Irish Daisy; and Everett's Onwai-d (new); 

 all three mailed, BOc (large, $1). M bu. each of Puri- 

 tan, Rural New-Yorker No. 2, American Wonder, 

 and Everett's Earlv Six Weeks, with 1 lb. your choice, 

 .f2.00. Last four nam(>d, $3.00 per barrel. 



Smith's Stock and Seed Farm, 



Padelfords, N. Y. 



