GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July l. 



Contents of this Number. 



Answers to Questions &25 



Asbestos Lining. Ml 



Australia's Exhibit 5-.'7 



Bees on Strawberry -vines, .^se 



Bees Spoiling Flowers S27 



Bees. Dead, a Decoy fi28 



Birds of Michigan -'"SS 



Book Review 51tj 



Chestnut Honey SI* 



Clover, Crimson ^il 



Colonies. Weak •'i27 



Covers for Hives 619 



Covers. Cleated •')40 



Entrance-closer Sio 



Foul Brood— Our Plan. ... 539 

 Foundation in Brood-f rames5 !3 



Glucose in Canneries .529 



Hives for Farmers .514 



Honey from Figs 527 



Honey, Petrifled 528 



Jake Smith 523 



Knife, Opening 528 



Lamp, Wax... 629 



Liquor Business 624, 525 



Melilot Condemned 629 



Mushrooms 622 



Names. Changing 538 



Peach, Peento 536 



Plants in .Mail 63li 



Pyramids of Egypt 527 



Queens from Italy 539 



Queens Fighting. 527 



Queens Fert'd by Italians ...527 

 Queens Mailed from Italy. 537 



Rambler and Wilder .517 



Section. Standard 528 



Selt-hivers , . , .517 



Sex. Bees Changing 515 



Spanish Bee-book 6.37 



Steam for Hot-bed< 536 



Strawberries Need Bees 536 



Sunday Question 538 



Trego on Cell- raising 528 



Wings. Clipping 519 



Wintering 621 



Workers, Laying .521 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Carolina Bee-keepers' Association will hold its sixth 

 semi annual reunion at the court-house, Charlotte, N. C, July 

 20, at 10 A.M. AH interested in uee-keeping are invited. 



Steel Creek, N. C. A. L. Beach, Sec. 



BUSHEL BOXES. 



The above cut shows our new-style all-slatted 

 bushel box. We have two other styles; one has 

 slatted bottom and sides with solid ends in three 

 pieces called the slatted bushel box. The other has 

 solid ends and close bottom and siaes, and is bound 

 with galvanized iron and called the gnlvanized bound 

 box. These boxes were devised by T. B. Terry for 

 handlina- potatoes, for which purpose nothing' could 

 be handier. The potatoes are picked up into the 

 boxes in the field and left in them till sold. Other 

 crops, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, and apples are 

 being' handled in these same boxes. The.y are of 

 such a size that two go crosswise in an ordinary 

 waR'on-box. Outside measure is 14^xl6%xl3X deep, 

 and they hold a bushel of potatoes level full so they 

 can be piled one upon another. The above cut 

 shows two all-slatted boxes nailed up, and a bundle 

 of 15 alongside; 13 of the 1.5 are in the flat, packed 

 inside the other two, and nails of the proper kinds 

 are included. The slatted and galvanized hound boxes 

 are put up in the same way, except there are only 13 

 in a packag'e instead of 1.5. Bach package weighs 

 about 85 to 90 lbs. 



PRICE LIST. 



All-slatted bushel box, per crate of 15 $1 50 



Slatted bushel box, per crate of 13 1 50 



Galvanized bound bUshel box, per crate of 13. ; . .3 10 

 In lots of ten crates, 5 per cent discount will be 

 deducted. Price each, nailed, 16, 18, and 33 cents, 

 respectively. A 20-page pamphlet called Handling 

 Farm Produce, telling all about these boxes, mailed 

 free on apnlication. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



LITHOGRAPH LABELS 



Zxi 12 Colors, sL-b $1.50 per lOOO. 



The 13 colors are all on each label. They are ob- 

 long in shape, measuring 'Zya^~%- They are about 

 the nicest labels we ever saw for glass tumblers, 

 pails, and small packages ol honey. We will mail 

 a sample, inclosed in our label catalogue, free on 

 application, and will furnish them postpaid at the 

 following prices: 5 cts. lor 10: 35cts. for 100; $1.00 

 for 500: «]. 75 for 1000. A. 1. Root, Medina.O. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended tor this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible tor 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-flde 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 Italian bees in Simplici- 

 ty hives, for fine stock of pigs or poultry. 



E. Shimel, McCuneville, Ohio. 



WANTED.— Information as to the whereabouts of 

 a climate with beneficial effects to throat and 

 lung ailments, also to obtain employment in said 

 climate. Have had some experience in apiculture 

 and carpentry; am handy with almost all sorts of 

 tools. Can give good reference. 

 A Gleanings Subscriber, Gehm, Putnam Co., Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange iJ^xiiii sections for 

 queens, and bees by the pound, in nuclei or 

 full swarms. J. C. Sayles, Hartford, Wis. 



WANTED.- To exchange Novice extractor, 8- 

 frame hives, and rubber-stamp outfit, for press 

 and type, beeswax, bicycle, honey, or offers. 



The Model Stamp-Works, Shenandoah, Iowa. 



WANTED.— Honey or bicycle or offers for Lex. 

 Ky. Jersey bull calf 8 weeks old. 

 J. C. Capehart, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., W. Va. 



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OR exchange.— A lot 30x100 feet for Barnes foot 

 power saw and f 'd'n mill. L. L. Esenhower. 

 1053 Chestnut St., Reading, Berks Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— A good yearling yellow drone-laying 

 Carniolan queen. Poganuc Apiary, 



Syracuse, Hamilton Co., Kansas. 



TTJ ANTED. —To exchange for safety bicycle, two 

 Vt calves, male calf one week old, from full Jersey 

 cow and one-half and one-half Jersey and Holstein 

 .sire; heifer calf from one-half Jersey cow and full 

 Jersey sire, three weeks old. Wheel must be good. 

 J. J. McCoy, Mt. Erie, Illinois. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they wish to dispose of. we will insert notices tree of 

 charge, as'below. We do this because there is hardly value 

 enough in these queens to pay for buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock ; and yet it is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



Mismated and hybrid queens, 30 and 35c each, re- 

 spectively. W. W. KuLP, Pottstown, Pa. 



Young and prolific hybrid and black queens, 

 some 15 or 20 in number, most of them reared in '93; 

 30c each, or 4 for $1.00. W. A. Campbell, 



Doogan, Murray Co., Ga. 



Some black and hybrid queens for sale at 25c 

 apiece, or five for $1.00. Send immediately for 

 queens, and send money when queens are received. 

 E. R. Miller, 

 Gunn City, Cass Co., Mo. 



