GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Atchley , Miss Leah 16 



Bachelor's Protest 19 



Bee-escapes Compaied 22 



Bee-escape of Paper 23 



Bee-loads per Pound 17 



Beets for Sugar 13 



Bull -fighting in Mexiro 30 



Clustei-, Location of 19 



Combs, To Preserve 19 



Digestion, Cowan V. Cook .. 31 



Flora of California 21 



Giecnhouse, Plan of 27 



Heat, Stor ng up 25 



Hive, Dove'd, Frazier on 2(> 



Honey Defined bv Cook. , .10. 11 



Honey, Sugar-syrup 



Hot-house, Plan of 



Langstroth's Biogrtiphy 



Loiation, Reply to Millei 

 Manuin on Increase 

 Nails, Cut V. Wire.. 

 New Orleans. Sunday in . 

 Rambler at Ontario, Cal 



Skunks 



Snow around Hives. 

 Syrup Made Cold.. . . 

 Wax, Coe on Rendciing 

 Wax, Miller on Rendeiing 

 Wintering under Snow 

 Zinc with Round Hole^ 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this depaitment 

 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 five lines will cost you according to our 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. a line will be charged and 

 they will be put with the regular advertisements We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these 'swaps ' 



WANTED.— To exchange one Spencer repeating 

 rifle, value $8; also a good small printing-office 

 complete, worth $14. What liave you to offer? 24-ld 

 W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Ark. 



WANTED —A young man of good habits, willing 

 to make himself useful on a farm and help in 

 the apiary. To the riglit man a comfortable home 

 and a chance for advancement is offered. Id 

 Charles Stewart, Sammonsville, Fulton Co.,N.Y. 



WANTED.— To sell one six-lioise boiler, upright, 

 26.\60, 37 3-in. flues; one flve-lioisi' engine, cyl- 

 inder .5x6 in., combined base; wair;nit(>(l all in good 

 working order. Price $130.00 f . o. b. cars. 5d. 



V. W. Keeney, Shirland, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange for offers, a complete 

 outflt for milking bee-hives. Root's 3 H. P. ex- 

 pansive engipe, all in good order. Must sell. Write 

 quick for particulars. A. B. Hermen, 



Lock Box J, Burnett's Creek, White Co., Ind, 



WANTED.— To exchange berry-plants, or grape- 

 vines, for bees, queens, honey, or offers. 

 l-2d Ezra G. Smith, Manchester, Ont. Co., N. Y. 



ANTED.— A small second-hand threshing -ma- 

 cliine and cleaner. Must be in good order. 



John B. Lindle, Muscatine, Iowa. 



WANTED. — To exchange two new Vandervort 

 foundation-mills, one 12 and one 6 inch, for 100 

 lbs. of pure beeswax. A great bargain for some 

 one. F. M. Taintor, Greenfield, Mass. 



WANTED. — To rent an apiary, or a position as an 

 apiarist in California. Correspond witli 



Chas. Brown, Nicolavis, Sutter Co., Cal. 



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BEE-HIVES AND SUPPLIES. 



Send for catalogue free. Address 

 SAMUEL. JONES, Highland Park 

 College, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Oiiaonc From Best of Stock. 1QQ3 

 WUeeilb By Doolittle's Method. ^O^O 



Itfd 



J. B. €ASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



Cftr Coin One Given foundation-press, good 



Pnr ^HIR. as new; very cheap. Address 



I Ul uuiui j.3.3 H. D. Edwards, Delhi, 111. 



OTTUMWA BEE-HIVE FACTORY. 



Bee-keepers, look to your interests. Every thing 

 in the line of bee-supplies constantly on hand. 

 Price list free. GREGORY BROS. & SON, 

 l-23d Ottumwa, la. South side. 



Please mention this paper. 



Chaff Hives. 



I offer special inducements to those who will 

 sell my chaff hive. Send for terms. 



J. A. ROE, Union City, Ind. 



Please mention this paper. 



HEDDON'S 



SUCCESS 



IN 



BEE CULTURE. 



PRICE 50 CTS. 



EXTRACTED 



HONEY 



PRICES LOW. 



Send address for circular to 

 JAMES HEDDON, 



DOWACIAC, MICH. 



Please mention this paper. 



pop Sale. 



A mixed lot of 

 hives with bees, 

 seventeen in all. 



Address 



IVIiss Ann Cai«i», fletupoPtville, Pa. 



Berries. 



Friends, I can furnisli you 

 witli all kinds of berry-plants 

 at about one-half the usual 

 price. Plants warranted. 

 Bank references. Satisfaction guaranteed. 6tfdb 

 Address EZRA Q. SMITH, Manchester, N. Y. 



4 H. P. Engine 6 H. P. Boiler 



For sale cheap if wanted at once. 

 D. S. HALL, South Cabot. Vt. 



cHaff hives. 



I offer special inducements to those who will sell 

 my hives. Send for terms. J. A. EOE, Union City, Ind. 



Giiicago Bee-Keepers' Supply Go. 



Will furnish ever.v thing used in the apiary, at bot- 

 tom prices. Write for circular price list to 



J. B. KLINE, Secy., Topeka, Kan. 



