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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Atchley. Willie 599 



Bee-book Review 603 



Boaidman, Visit To 614 



Buckwheat 612 



Chinaman, John 616 



Colonies 15 Years Old 604 



Compost-sitter 610 



Covers, Sealed 596 



Fax 603 



Fertilizers. Commercial 612 



Florida, Hart on. 894 



Fragrments, Wayside 601 



Germany .597 



Harrison's Letter 601 



Hive, Boardinan's 615 



Hot-beds .and Steam 611 



India. Bees of .596 



India Relief Fund 604 



Mushroom Spawn 611 



Queen-cells, Cutting .592 



Queen-rearing 598 



Queen Kscaping 604 



Rambler on Honey .595 



Rye Our 610 



Soil . Pulverizing 609 



Steam for Hot-beds 611 



Strawberry Report 611 



Tr-THsfirrlntf, Improved 604 



Tinps. A(l<.ptingNew .. .594 



Trc;;-.>'s Method 600 



Wilev H. W .593 



Zinc,' Perforated 599 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Northern Illinois Bee-keepers' Association will meet at 

 the residence of O. J. Cummines, two miles northeast of Rock- 

 ford. 111., Aug. 15, 1893. B. Kennedy. Sec, New Milford. 111. 



Special Notices. 



WINTER OR EGYPTIAN ONION-SETS NOW READY. 



Price 15c per quart; $1.00 per peck; $3.50 per bush- 

 el. If wanted by mall, add at the rate of 10c per 

 quart extra for postage. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We have received a good deal of new honey since 

 our last report, both comb and extracted, all of 

 very choice quality. We are able to offer it at the 

 following' prices: 



Choice white comb honey, in 1-Ib. sections, 

 mostly 34-lb. cases, 1 to 3 cases. 17c per lb.; 4 to 9 

 cases or over, 16c per lb. Write for prices on 50 

 cases or over. 



Choice clover .extracted honey, in 60-lb. cans, 2 in 

 a case— one 60-0). can, 9c per lb.; 1 case of 2 cans, 

 8Xe per lb. ; 3 cases of 2 cans or over, 8c per lb. 

 • 'We hope to have Western honey to offer in our 

 nextissue. 



VICTOR AND COLUMBIA BICYCLES. 



We offer for sale at a oargain one Model B Victor 

 bicycle; one Model 20 Ladies' Columbia, and one 

 Model 32 Columbia, all in good condition, having 

 been run less than a .year, and probably the most 

 popular make of wheels on the American market 

 to-day. Our only reason for wanting to sell is that, 

 having become experienced riders, we desire to gt-t 

 lighter-weight wheels, which we can now use with 

 safety. We do not advise new riders to get the 

 light- weight wheels till they learn to ride and know 

 how to give their wheel good care. Those interested 

 will please write for particulars. 



MILLER KEYLESS LOCKS. 



In a recent number of Gleanings, reference was 

 made to a combination or keyless lock used by T. B. 

 Terr.v on his house and barns. We have secured a 

 supply of these locks, and now have several in use 

 on our buildings, giving good satisfaction. We 

 are prepared to furnish them at $1.25 each. Postage 

 extra, 80 cents, if sent by mail. The style we have 

 is a rim lock to screw on the surface, will work on 

 either right or left hand door, and unlock from 

 either side. Other styles are furnished by the 

 Miller Keyless Lock Co., Kent, Ohio. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The Cowan extractor is received all right. I am 

 well pleased with it. It is just the machine for me. 

 Girard, Pa. F. H. Seabes. 



queens SAFELY TO IRELAND. 



The queens arrived safely by afternoon mail in 

 excellent order. One is on a frame of capped brood 

 in a hive long queenless; the other, under a drone- 

 cage in a hive unqueened this spring. No. 1, which 

 is marked 1, and I judge from Harrington, I think 



must be accepted now; the other I am not so sure 

 of, but it appears all right. H. L. 



Cor Castle, Innishannon, Ireland, July 1. 



SAY! 



Bid vou know TESTED 

 that Green sold QUEENS 



OF his CHOICE STRAIN 



OF YELLOW HUSTLERS 



For Only $i.oo? 



It's so. Before July 1st, $1.50. 



Mismated queens, 35c. 



Have your orders booked now. 



Full colonies and nuclei at 



low prices. 12tfdb 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, Illinois. 



UNTESTED ITALIAN QUEENS, 



Bred from best imported stock, 60 cts. each; 6 for 

 $3.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. H. G. QUIRIN, 

 14-tfbd Bellevue, Huron Co., Ohio. 



[lOR SALE.— li4-horse-power engine, fly-wheel 18 

 ' in., 2>^-in. face. EOB. B. Gedye, La Salle, III. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for 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 for 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 I'egular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from theie "swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange strawberry and raspber- 

 ry plants, bee-hives and fixtures, 100-egg Relia- 

 ble incubator, instructive books and periodicals, 

 etc., for Italian nuclei or offers. 



Mickel Farm, New Lisbon, N. Y. 



OR exchange.— A lot 80x100 feet for Barnes foot 

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

 112 South 3d St., Reading, Berks Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— To exchange 40 ten -frame 2-story 

 Langstroth hives, used but a short time, for 

 Italian, hybrid, and black bees. 



G. L. Unterkircher, Manchester, Mich. 



ANTED.- To exchange extra good set double 

 driving harness, hand made, for safety bicycle. 

 A. Blue, Harnessmaker, Bladensburg, O. 



WANTED.— Winchester shotgun or offers, for a 

 trio of English Beagle hounds three months . 

 old, two females and a male. The best rabbit hounds 

 on earth. D. S. Hall, So. Cabot, Vt. 



WANTED.— To exchange bees in 8-frame hives for 

 typewriter, bicycle, Barnes saw, or any thing 

 useful. W. R. Tate, Bowling Green, Miss. 



WANTED.— To exchange yellow Italian queens, 

 also some of the late varieties of strawberry- 

 plants, for bees or offers. Mrs. Oliver Cole, 



Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y. 

 14-tfdb Chenango Valley Apiary. 



WANTED.— What have you to exchange for point- 

 er puppies? B. B. Redfield, Harlan, la. 



WANTED.— To exchange Perfection winter cases, 

 fit any hive, 12 and 24 lb. honey shipping-crates, 

 one-piece sections, foundation, etc., for extracted 

 and comb honey, or offers. Any quantity. 



C. L. Hill Mfg. Co., Box 120, Dennison, O. 



WANTED.- To exchange Italian bees for a Jersey 

 or Holstein calf. 



John Burr, Braceville, 111. 



