288 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa in Colorado SI19 



Alfalfa Regions. Seasons in. 310 



Australia Last Season ..301 



Bees Living on a Li mb 307 



Bees in the Open Air .305 



Bee-candy 308 



Bee-cellar, Nellis' 309 



Bee-escapes, All About 295 



Bliss, W. W 304 



Colony on a Limb . 306 



Colorado the Past Winter. . .309 



Comb, Artifieial 297 



Comb-leveler. Taylor's 319 



Foster at Stain ill iter's 310 



Founilation,T..Cut 29R 



German I'.x'tvv 3(19 



Glucose in California 302 



Hoffman Fr's, Adverse to . .3(9 

 Increase, Restraining 300 



Jake Smith 303 



Langstroth's History 291 



Liquor-business 293 



Metzger Theory 300 



Mushrooms 314 



Nellis' Recollections .307 



Nuclei, Marking Record of . ..308 



Postage to Australia 296 



Propolis Galore 303 



Rag Syrup 302 



Rambler at Ferguson's 298 



Sealed Covers, etc 309 



Sniilery 301 



Smoker. Ciane, Illustrated. 318 



Smokers Unhc.ilthful 303 



Staininger, Visit to 310 



Sumac and Fruit 304 



Trade Notes, New Depart't , 309 

 Transposition-tools 308 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



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

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

 sent to applicants. 



A. E. Manuin. Bristol, Vt. 



W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Ark. 



J. Tomlinson, Allegan, Mich. 



Henry Allev, Wenham, Mass. 



W. H. Bright, Mazeppa, Minn. 



O. P. Hyde, Lampasas, Texas. 



O. H. Townsend, Alamo, Mich. 



H. F. Hagen, Rocky Ford, Col. 



S. Valentine, Hagerstown, Md. 



J. H. Howard. Holme. England. 



C. F. Muth & Son. Cincinnati. O. 



E. H. Trumpers, Bankers, Mich. 



Lowry Johnson, Masontown. Pa. 



Page"& Keith, New London, Wis. 



W. P. Grossman. Ballinger, Texas. 



J. D. Goodrich, East Hardwick, Vt. 



Myers Brothers, Stratford, Ont., Can. 



Geo. H. Kirki)atiick, Union City, Ind. 



Gould, Shaplev & Muir Co., Biantford, Ont., Can. 



The foUowingVere printed at this office, and will be ready 

 for distribution by the time this issue is mailed: 



J. J. Hardy. Lavonia. Ga. 



F.N Johnson, Knoxville, 111. 



S. F. & I. Trego. Swedona, 111. 



W. H. Putnam, River Falls, Wis. 



Clark A. Montague, Archie. Mich. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater. Columbus. Neb. 



J. H. & A. L. Boyden. Saline. Mich. 



Leininger Brothers, Fort Jennings. O. 



J. S. Smith, Chilliwack, British Columbia. 



Special Notices. 



COMB-FOUNDATION MACHINES. 



Our foundation-mills still continue to g-o, both 

 new and second-liand. We have here the following 

 second-hand mills which we otter at the prices an- 

 nexed: 



One 6-inch hex., No. S, in fair order for surplus 

 foundation. Price $9.00. 



One 6-in. hex.. No. Q. in fair order, old-style frame; 

 for fdn. about 8 to 9 ft. per lb. Will do well for 

 strips of light brood fdn., or rather, heavy surplus. 

 Will sell for $8.00. 



One 6-inoh hex.. No. R, nearly new, late style, for 

 thin surplus. Will sell for $12.00. 



One 10-inch, round cell. No. E, old-style frame; 

 made some years ago, but used scarcely any, and in 

 good order. Price $14.00. 



One 9-inch Dunham mill for heavy brood fdn.; 

 In good order; will sell for $9.00. 



POTATOES TO PLANT. 



We have just received from one of the best po- 

 tato-growing- districts in York State a carload of 

 some of the best seed potatoes you ever saw. They 

 were grown in a sandy soil, and were shipped in a re- 

 frigerator car, and so were not frozen, chilled, or 

 bruised a jjartiele. They are also clean, and free 

 from scab. Our selection, we think, is flv^e of the 

 best varielirs now before the American public: 

 Early Ohio, Early Puritan, Beauty of Hebron, Mon- 

 roe Seedling, and the Rural New-Yorker, the first 

 mentioned being the earliest, and, in fact, the best 

 real early potato we know of, and we liave tried 

 nearly all. The next follow, about in the order of 

 earUness. For the good qualities of the above, see 

 our seed catalogue, mailed on application, l These 



potatoes are packed in brand-new strong barrels, 

 each barrel holding 11 pecks. Price per barrel, $4.00; 

 and if .vou do not want a whole barrel, j'ou had bet- 

 ter arrange with your neighbors to make up a 

 barrel. If you take less than a barrel, there will 

 have to be an extra charge for something to ship 

 them in; therefore the price per bushel will be 11.75; 

 per peck, .50 cts. If you want some extra-nice po- 

 tatoes for table use, the above prices by the barrel 

 are not very much more than .some of you have to 

 pay for common stock. In fact, the above are all 

 excellent eating potatoes now, for we made a test 

 of them so we could spesik understandingly. 



WIHE NETTING, SHORT ROLLS, ETC. 



We submit below, corrected from last is.sue, a 

 list of the short rolls and remnants of wire netting 

 that we have just received from tlie factory. We 

 still have a good supply of 3-inch No. 19 netting 4 

 feet high, which we still offer at these special prices: 

 1 roll, S3.60; 5 rolls, $n..50; 10 rolls. $34.00. This you 

 notice is 10c a roll liigher than our last offer on this 

 size. We have the 3-inch Nos. 19 and 20, 60 and 72 

 inches wide only, other widths all sold. We have put 

 the pj ice on the following p eces at the same rate as 

 full rolls, except on the 73 inch, on which we offer 

 an extra 10% discount. 



Of 3-inch mesh No. 19 wire, we have the following 

 remnants and short rolls at %.g per square foot. 

 The figures at the left give the width in inches, and 

 the other figures give the length of each piece in 

 feet. Multiply this by the width in feet, then take 

 two-thirds of the result to find the price of each 

 piece. 



12 I 40, 52, 65. 75, 109, U7, 123, 130. 

 18 I 48, 50, .59. 



8. 10, 21. 44, 48, .55. 69. 69, 75, 92, 93, 96, 97, 97. 114, 120, 128. 131, 143, 

 147. 



15, 45, 50, 60. 62. 64, 70. 90, 91, 101, 107, 123. 1.37, 140, 144, 146. 

 36 9. 16, 18. 18.19. 26, 26, 38.40. 40, 40. 46, 49,.50.50, 50, 50, .53,54,55. 56, 

 .58, .58, 64, 73, 73, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83. 84, 84, 87, 87, 90, 90, 93, 91, 96, 96, 

 96, 99. 100. 100, 100, 100 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 102. 102, 102, 105 106, 

 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 118, 120, 120, 122, 124, 124, 125, 125, 128, 129, 

 129. 130. 130. 138, 142, 142, 143 143, 144, 144, 147. 147. 

 16,20.79,109,124,131. 



9 10.11,12, 20, 20. 25. 29. 32. 35. 38. 40. 46. 48. .55. .55. HO, 60, 61. 64, 67, 

 I 68, 73. 75, 75, 75. 82, 83, 84. 86. 87, 90. 94. 96. 98. 98. 100, 100. 102. 103, 

 1 111. 119, 120, 122, 123, 123. 124, 130, 138, 138, 140, 140, 143, 144, 144, 

 I 144. 144, 145, 145, 145, 145, 146, 146. 

 54 I 72. 88. 88, 143. 

 60 I 45. 53, 71, 73, 73, 75. 78. 87, 96, 101, 101, 101, 105, 107, 110, 120, 123, 124, 



I 138. 140. 144. 144. 146, 146. 

 72 I 16, 20, 20. -M. 40. 42 42. 42, 45, 47, 48, 57, 62, 71, 73, 75, 75, 81, 82, 85, 

 I 85, 88, 88, 83, 100, 100, 100. 107, 110, 112, 119. 120, 123, 124, 125, 134 142, 

 Of 2inch No. 20 we have the following pieces .at three-fifths 

 of a cent per square foot. Arrive at the price in precisely the 

 same way as above, taking three-fifths of the number of feet 

 instead rif two-thirds, to get the price in cents. 

 30 I 32. 39, 73, 105. 120, 140, 140, 140. 



36 I 12. 20. 22, 36, 38, 39. 56, 67, 66, 68, 79, 81, 86, 88, 100, 100, 100, 110, 119, 

 I 120, 122. 126, 128, 128, 132, 134. 136, 1.38. 140, 141, 144, 145. 



142. 143. / 

 36. 41. 49, 55, 60, 66, 70, 75, 85, 86, 92, 98, 104, 105, 114, 123, 126, 140, 



143, 145, 145. 



145 



27, 44, 46 48. .50. 51, 60. 73. 119, 139, 139. 



25, 38, 44, 45, 70. 75, 76, 79. 100. 100. 128, 137, 139. 



In lots of 5 pieces, any one or assorted kinds, de- 

 ducts^; 10 pieces, 10 ?&; 25 pieces or more, 15% , On 

 the 73-inch netting you may also deduct 10% on 

 single-piece orders; or, in addition to above, on 

 quantity orders. First come, first served. General- 

 ly these pieces go off very rapidly, and it may be 

 well to name a second or third choice in case your 

 first may be gone. 



Pure Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs 



for setting, 15 for $1. 

 8-9-lOd 



Mrs. A. A. Simpson, 



Swarts, Pa, 



EGGS, $1.00 P£R 13. 



White P. Rocks, and White Wyandottes, A few 

 fine Wyandotte cockerels for sale at $1,50 each. 

 6-9db W. J. YOUNG, Scotch Ridge, Ohio. 



SELLiHli OOT ! 



Chaff Hives, etc., very 

 cheap, F. H, & E, H, DEWEY, 

 55 Mechanic St,, West- 

 field, Mas?, 8-12db 



FOR SALE CHEAP, FOR CASH, • 



; Italian bees and Queens during 1893, 

 Address OTTO KLEINOW, 



7-8-9d No, 118 Military Ave,, Detroit, Mich. 



