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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTRUE. 



Al'K 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Adulteration. To Detect. .255. 275 



Bees at a Mill 266 



Bees, Five handed 266 



Bee-houses in Carniola 354 



Bicycles forOut-aiiiaiies 274 

 Brood-chaui's, Div. very Old.352 



California. Bad SprinK 255 



Carniola. Description of 253 



Covers, Sealed 266 



Divisible Brood-cham's Old. 2.52 

 Divisible Br.-ch's. Carniola. ,252 

 Extractors Discussed — 256 



Fax— by Edwards 265 



Fertilizer, Clieai) 267 



Fertilizers. Chemical 269 



Florida, Mrs. Harrison in .. 258 



Foundation in Sections 274 



Fowls Eating Drones 266 



Frames for Queen rearins'. .251 



tJamhlins' Mania 269 



Hints to Beginners 2.54 



Hive. Dovetailed, Ahead 265 



Hives. Shallow 2-52 



Honev-dew of 1891 266 



Hot-beds ...268 



Humbugs and Swindles 264 



.Take Smith 259 



Langsf . oth's History 250 



Nellis" Reminiscences 260 



Kambler in Mexico 262 



Kamhler Corrected 267 



Recipes. Selling 264 



Self-hivers 257 



Self-hiver. Tayloion 274 



Shake cut Funct'n very Old.. 25.S 



Svni|i Made Cold 257 



Wheel, Its Future 2.59 



Wintering iu Cellai- 267 



CONVENTION NOTICES 



The semi-annual meeting of the I'tali Bee keei)ers' Associa- 

 tion will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, Apiil 10. 11. 1893. All 

 interested are invited. R. T. Rhees. Sec. 



The Susquehanna Co. Bee-keejiers' Association will hold its 

 next meeting at the Tarbell House. Montrose, on Thurs..May 

 4,1893. All are invited. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



Harford, Pa. 



The Texas State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 15th 



annual session at Greenville, on Wednesday and Thursday, 



April 5 and 6. one mile north of the court-house, at the apiary 



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



A. H. .Jones Sec. Golden. Texas. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I g-ot aknife from you last fall, and was very much 

 pleased with it; it Is a very jrood liuife for the money, 

 and .iust the tiling- for a whittling- boy. 



Carpenter. Tils., Feb. 34. Edw, E. Smith. 



1 have adopted theS-frame Dovetail hive with the 

 improved Hoffman frame, which I will use till T can 

 find something better. It seems to me the Hoffman 

 frame is far aliead of anything we have had before, 

 and will come into general use among- most practical 

 bee-keepers. F. B. Jones. 



Howard Lake, Minn., Feb. 24. 



You will please find inclosed $1.00 for Gleanings 

 for 1893. Yon need not put the big " D " opi)Osite my 

 address, as I expect to subscribe for Gleanings as 

 long- as I live, or. at least, as long- as it is published; 

 and when you and I are both dead, I ask that your 

 .successors continue to send Gleanings to ray family. 



Edgetield, S. C, March 13. G. D. Mims. 



OUR BOOK ON TII-E DKAINAGE. 



Familiarity with hydraulics, its literatuie, ancient 

 and modern, including- sewerage, land-drainage, etc., 

 did in nowise depreciate our interest in your book 

 on tile drainage. The appreciation of tlie book will 

 appear from what follows: Inclosed tind$:i.(H), on re- 

 ceipt of which please mail a cop.v of " Tile Drainage" 

 to each of the inclosed 5 addresses. R. L. Selden. 



LeRoy, (icnesec Co., New Yoi-k, March 4. 



HOW OUR GOODS PLEASE. 



The goods ordered of you Jan. S?, and shipped Jan. 

 21, came promptly to destination Feb. 3. I have un- 

 packed and examined nearly e^ ery thing. Allow me 

 to say that it is with no small degree of satisfaction 

 thiit I unpack your goods and find every thing com- 

 plete, while as to quality and workmanship it is sim- 

 ply all one could desire. Look out for an order in 

 the spring for my neighbor bee-keepers. Thej^ all 

 want your goods. S. Parrington. 



LCorunna, Iiid., Feb. 6. 



THE NEW SMOKER, 



Mr. Root ■.—The new smoker is a dandy, and is much 

 better than those I bought a few years ago. It will 

 burn green chips or any thing- else. I should pre- 

 fer them made without the holes under the flre-box, 

 asthefutl burns too fast, and sparks drop on the 

 bellows and cause it to be burned. I hope Ram- 

 bler will not think his rambles are not appreciated. 

 Look here, Mr. Editor; if you start that matrimonial 

 department in Gleanings for tlie benefit of Califor- 



nia bachelors, please include Texas. Next to Califor- 

 nia we will put Texas against any State for bache- 

 lors. A Texas Bachelor. 

 Cameron, Texas, Jan. 23. 



A KIND WORD IN REGARD TO "HOW TO BE WELL." 



FriV/id B<((i/:— I wish to thank yon for the Home 

 talk on "How to be Well." It is a very valuable pa- 

 per, and I wish if could be put into the hands of ev- 

 ery one. I have been suffering from the same trou- 

 bles that you describe. We are as much alike as two 

 peas. I ha\-e always received benefit from dieting, 

 but never from taking- medicines. There are new 

 ideas in your paper, which I will follow out; and I 

 hope I shall be relieved as much as yon have been. 

 I know it is the only correct solution of our troubles. 

 Plenty of outdoor exercise and dieting- will surely 

 cureour troubles if we do not overwork. This is al- 

 most impossible to prevent on the farm, if one is am- 

 bitious to succeed in every thing; and you know 

 " eternal vigilance " is the price of success. 



T was at our Soldiers' Home recently, and was sur- 

 prised at the amount of medicine, mostly pills, that 

 was taken, and how little attention was paid to diet- 

 ing and the projier cooking- of food. It is no wonder 

 that the American people arc noted as being a na- 

 tion of dyspeptics. A very .small jiercenfage of the 

 people know how to take care of them.selves so as to 

 keep well. I get more valuable practical informa- 

 tion from .voni- writings in Gleanings than from 

 any other source. N. P. Aspinwall. 



Harrison, Minn., Feb. .5. 



TAKE NOTICE. 



If you are looking for the bees that give the best 

 profits, and most gentle in handling, try the Albi- 

 nos. I also have the Golden Italians, and can fur- 

 nish either variety. But if you ask for my prefer- 

 ence I say Albino, and in my circular you can see 

 what others say of them. Send for circular and see 

 how cheap 1 sell them. I also manufacture and deal 

 in Hives, Sections, Foundation. Extractors, and 

 other Apiarian Supplies. .5-7d 



S. VALEINTINC:. HagerHtowii, Md 



Eggs for Setting. 



From B. P. Rocks, A. C. Hawkins' sfrain, and 

 S. C. B. Leghorns of the very best. $1.25 per 13; $3.25 

 per 26. F. H. SCATTERGOOD, Winona, Ohio. 



FOR SALE CHEAP, FOR CASH, 



Italian bees and Queens during 1893. 

 Address OTTO KLEINOW, 



7-8-!id No. 118 Military Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



IT DON'T PAY 



To depend on the comb to suj^port 

 the section. 



My sections fold up square and firm. 7 to the foot, 

 basswood, and 8 to the foot, white poplar; iH in. 

 square are the sizes I make. Will sell very cheap 

 during April and Maj'. 



Sample of section and price list free. Address 



O. H. TOWNSEND, 



ALAHO, = = KAL. CO., = = MICH. 



WANTED.— Agents to show up and sell the Pratt 

 self-hiver; complete sample postpaid by mail 

 for 75c; circular free. Address 



B. L. Pratt, Beverly, Mass. 

 "Do it now." A success. 



Leininger Brothers sell Italian Queens 



And Nuclei Cheap. Send for Prices. 



l^ort ,7eij«i/Jis-.s, Ohio. 



7tfdb 



I WILL SELL 



a few stocks of Italian bees on 7 frames in L. porti- 

 co hives, at $5.00 per stock. 



C. G. FENN, Washington, Conn. 



