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(iLP^ANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mav 15. 



Contents of this Number. 5=Banded Golden Italians. 



Aiiswei's to Questions 3»5' Fertilizers. Chemical 401 



Bag--holders 40-' Fi ami's Report 388 



Biy-blossoms '. 394 Hive-coveis 40t! 



Bees, Dl-tanc-e They Flv S9.'t: HumbiiB-s and Swindles 390 



Bee-books. Old .... " 4041 Jake Smith 391 



Bee-cellar, Elwood's .382! Langdon Device 407 



BuchananV Case 385, 3861 Potatoes Buried 398 



Carniolans Defended 391 ! Queens, Re.iriner 392 



Colonies, Queenless. Spring'. 3xy Rninbler cm Inyo Co 387 



Combs, Fastening 390 Rliui.arli, St. Ala it in 402 



Covers, Sealed 391, .'*9.5;S;in(l fur MuU'li 402 



Draper. Visit to 393lSiiiokevs l)lseus>ed 405 



Dredge for Ditching 397jSt intjs ami Rheumatism 395 



Eggs, Sex of 381 Tt 1 rv's II . .me 396 



Fax 39i Toll:, ccd Column 403 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



There will be a meeting of the Southeastern Kansas Bee- 

 keepers' Association, June 17, at the apiaries of C. C. Thomp- 

 son, one mile west of Bronson, Bourbon Co., Kansas. No hotel 

 bills to pay. Everybody invited. J. C. Balch, Sec. 



California Bee-Keepers ! 



Can obtain ROOT'S GOODS, also California- 

 made Supplies, from 

 WM. STYAN, SAN MATEO. CAL. 



DIP niOOnilllT "" Foundation and Sec- 

 Dlu UloLlUUll I tions. Thin foundation, 50 



No. 1 sections, $2.75 per M. Every thing- cheap, 

 price list free. E. H. Trumper, Bankers, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange for wax or offers, shal- 

 low extracting-combs, 40i^ per set, including 

 supers for 8-f. L. hives. Wood-zinc honey-boards, 13c. 

 H. D. BuRRELL, Bangor, Van Buren Co., Mich. 



The Coming Game Bird. 



The Chinese Pheasant, 



or riongolian Ring Neck. 



Send for descriptive catalogue to 



J^AS. A. SIAtPSOIi^, Alexis, 111. 



Three or five bnnded queens, each, *l,(i(l; for $5,00. 

 Nuclei and full eoUrnies clieap. Pure B. P. Knck and 

 B. Leghorn eggs, $1.00 per 13. • Catalogue'free. 

 9-tfdb Ciias. N. Thie-s, Steel€'\'ill'^, 111. 



Friends, 



I am now ready with those nice Italian 

 queens, whicli 1 will sell at $l.0i) for untest- 

 ed; tested, $1.,50. Bees by the lb„ $1.00; 1- 

 frame i ucleus, $l.;i5; 2-f rame. $3 ::'5. 

 illrs. -A. A. Simijson, Swftrts, Pa. 



Good News. 



For years I have not been able to dress myself; 

 and for many weeks have had to be lifted out "in my 

 bed and chair. Under the pressure of necessity I 

 have invented a device by which a child can put me 

 to bed or take me up. The device can be used in 

 any room or part of a room. A practical, simple, 

 cheap device. Invalids will do well to correspond. 

 I can help you. You can help me. Address 



A. BEESON, Loveland, Col. 



son HIGH-GRADE BICYCLES for sale, cushion 

 ^^^ and pneumatic tires. Big discount to agents. 

 Send for catalog. EOBEET B. SEDYE, La Salle, Illinois. 



Onion=Plants for Sale. 



Prizetaker and White Victoria at 15 c per 100, or $1.00 

 per 1000. J*. O. Tiiojiipson, Sidney, O. 



W 



ANTED.— To exchange Odell double-case type- 

 writer, almost new; cost $30.00, for bees. 



Wm. Anderson, Imlay City. Mich. 



800 L. COMBS. 



Large extractor, 10-in. fdn. mill, for sale; also my 

 farm of 130 acres good land; good Ijuildings and 

 sawmill on it, with water power. A tine property. 

 J AS. NIPE, SPRING PRAIRIE, WIS. 



BY W. I. CHAMBEELAIN, A. M., LL. D., 



Formerly Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, 

 and late President of the Iowa State Agricultural Col- 

 lege. At present Associate Editor of the 

 Ohio Farmer. 



This is a valuable companion to our other rural 

 books. It embraces the experience of forty years 

 of one of our foremost practical agriculturists, who 

 has laid with his own hands over 15 miles of tile. 



Price 35c; by mail, 40c. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, OHIO. 



NEW CRANE SMOKER NOW READY. 



Smoking Capacity and Strength of 

 Blast Simply Amazing. 



The New Non-Smoke-Sucking Check-Valve, by 



wliich a great blast is secured and the bellows kept clean, and 

 the double lining of Asbestos and Sheet-steel, by 



wliich the fire-cup and nozzle are kept from becoming uncom- 

 fortably hot during usage, are DISTINCTIVE and VALUA- 

 BLE features alone possessed by the new implement. It would 

 be impossible to tell of all its unique features, and so we say, 

 try it and fall in love with it. 



Price, with 3i-inch flre-cup and curved nozzle, by mail, $3.00; 

 by express, SI. 75. 



If your nearest dealer in supplies does not keep it, write to 

 the authorized manufacturer, 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



-Don t foiget that we are headquarters for all kinds of bee-keepers' supplies. Our new 1893 cat- 

 53 pages now ready for mailing. 



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