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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Adams, J. D., Death of 17 



Apiary of Chris Nelson 14 



Ashes, Siftwl Coal 18 



Australia, Postage to. New. 18 

 Baldensperger's Letter . .17 



Basswoods per Colony 17 



Bees on Stat en Island l" 



Bees at Troughs 17 



Bees Eating- Oilcloth 17 



Bees and Fruit 17 



Bee-candy, New ...IC 



Bee-escapes 17 



Bee-hunting: 17 



Berry-boxes, Sizes of 18 



Bicycles for Ladies 17 



Burr-combs — 17 



California for Bees 16 



Clover. Scarlet. 17 



Con\eiUiun at Los Angeles .16 

 Convention at Budapest. 16 

 Dzierzon Theory Questioued,16 

 Help, Employing 17 



Hives, Inventing New 186 



Honey, Converting Dark — 177 



Increase, to Prevent 179 



Increase, 1 to 6000 178 



.Jake Smith 171 



Langst roth's History 144 



.Maillng-cnge, Pender 167 



M.Nav's Yields 173 



Milk fur Food 176 



Onions, Potato 180 



Paralysis of Bees. 17.') 



Playing while at Work 186 



Queens to Australia 166 



Queens from the South 177 



Ranihler at Sbackler's 164 



Kasplierrv, Eveibearing 181 



Recollecliuns. Nellis' 171 



Sugar Syi up, -Cowan on 161 



Union's Victorv for 1893 187 



Water, Well.,,' 182 



Wheat, To Cook 178 



Workers, Laying 178 



CIRCULAKS RECEIVED. 



The following parties have sent us catalogues of hives, apia- 

 rian supplies in general, bees, queens, etc. Free copies will be 

 sent to a])plicants. 



L. Johnson, Masontown, Pa. 



C F. Mvith. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Henry Alley. Wenhain, Mass. 



H. F. Hagen, Rocky Ford, Col. 



G. H. Kirkpatrick, Union City, Ind, 



CONVENTION NOTICES 



The Texas State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its l">tli 



annual session at Greenville, on Wednesday and Thursday, 



April 3 and 6. one mile north of the court-house, at the apiary 



of Mrs. Jennie .\tchley. All are invited. No hotel bills to pay. 



A. H. Jones Sec, Golden, Texas. 



Don't Forget 



to Hend forour W9'i circulai. Dove- 

 tailed hives, Sections, Bee Supplies, 

 etc. J. NEBEL £ SON, 



2ttdb HIGH HILL, MO. 



SUPPLIES. 



Lartre illustrated catalog'ue fiec; or send 

 lUc in stamps for THE BUSY BEE, a 

 book tellins- how to manage them. 

 WALTER S. POUDER, Indianapolis, Ind. 

 4-12db 175 E. Walnut Street. 



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I DEAR I 



= BEE=KEEP1NG I 



I FRIENDS: | 



= 1 shall be glad to book your orders, for = 

 ^ what queens you may wish, for early spring- ^ 



— or summer delivery. Prices for untested, = 

 = Februiiry, March, April, and May, Sl.ilO each ; = 

 = six, $5.0u, or $9.00 p. r dozen: June and after, = 

 = 75c each; $4.2.") for 6; or $8.00 per dozen; 100 = 

 = te.sted tliree-banded queens. $1.50 eacli. for = 

 S earlj' shipment. Prices for breeding--queens S 

 = on application. = 

 S Remember, 1 breed both the three and S 

 = five banded Italiiins at above prices. My — 

 = queens give satisfaction, judging from the = 

 = many testimonials from nearly three thou- — 



— sand sold in 1892. Safe arrival and satisfac- = 

 = tion guaranteed. Also Hives and Supplies — 

 = h)w. 2tfdb = 



I JENNIE ATCHLEY, = 



= Greenville, Hunt Co., Texas. = 

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S°ln responding to this advertisement mention GLKANlNGa. 



Smith's Pruner 



Now is the time for pruning- your fruit-trees, and 

 tills is the best tool you will tind for doing it. You 

 notice tliere is a knife, or sliear, for small limbs, and 

 ii saw for large ones. Tlie handle on which it is 

 mounted is seven feet long, with a lever for operat- 

 ing the shear. They retail generally at $2.00, We 

 will make an introduction price of $1,.50 each, or 

 $13.20 per dozen. Trees need pruning before spray- 

 ing, and during- this month ,and next is the best 

 time to do it. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, OHIO. 



Dr. J. W. Crenshaw, Versailles, Ky. 



Breeder of Italian Queens, ^mnyrtva^^h^mw-hwa moun-vs. 



Untested, till July 1, 11.00; after July, 750. Contracts solicited. Dealer in 

 A. I. Root's Supplies. Grower of plants of every description. Onion 

 Plants. Celery Plants. 



Send for circular. Mention Gleanings. 



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Keepers Swplies, 



111 wriuug^a-Uvtjrusers pi< 



iiiuii Liii> paper 



Dovetailed Hives, Simplicity Hives, 



SHCr/OA/S. EXTRACTORS, ETC. 



A FULL LINE OF 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



60-PAGE CATALOGUE. Itfdb 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Alabama. 



I^Iu respondintr to tlils advertisement mention GLKANINfis. 



