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GLKANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees. Carpenter 711 



Bees, Harrison's 711 



Bee-book Review 708 



Bee-escape, Aldricli's 712 



Clioeolate Creams 711 



Coffee-berry 71.3 



Drone-oells. . 713 



Editor in Wooster 71-t 



Kilters 7iy 



Government Help 7(io 



Langdon S wanner a Success? 12 



Mushroom Spawn 721 



Non-swarming Plan 7(Ki 



Oil-stoves 71-,' 



Paralvsis. Salt For 712 



Pecos' Valley 712 



Queens , When to Give 701 



Queens Fighting 704 



Queen-cups 713 



Rain in California 706 



Rambler, Letter To 710 



Rambler on Pulled Honey. .706 



Reports Discouraging 713 



Sei'tions. Scraping 710 



Snvdi-r's Apiary 702 



Statistics, H.istv's 700 



Siiiiu>., D.mgcrous 713 



Swuinis. Kun;iw:iv ..709 



Swuniisl'uiting- 712 



WMg-un tires. Loose 720 



Wheat, Cheap 720 



Zinc, Perforated 723 



TAKE NOTICE! 



BEFORE placing- your orders for SUPPLIES, wrlu 

 for prices on One-Piece Btisswood t^ections, Bcf 

 Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames. Foundation, ijSmii- 

 kers, etc. PAGE & KEITH, 



Utfdb New London. Wis 



~^^— JVLuth's 



Honey - Extractot^. 



Square Glass Jloney-Japs, 



Tin Buckets, Bee-hives. 

 Jloney-Seetions, &e., &e. 



Pepfeetion Cold-Blast Snookers. 

 APPLY TO ^^-^-^^-^^-^^^.^^^^^ 



CH^S. F. ^VIOTH & SOfl, Cineinnatl, O. 



SendlO-ct. stamp for "Practical Hints to Bee-keepers." 

 Please mention this paper. 



3ee-lp4ives. 



Dovetailed or otlierwise. All kinds of bee-supplies. 

 Write for free ftittilogue 33-33dt) 



W. H. PUTNAM, River Falls, Pierce Co., Wis, 



For PURE ITALIAN BEES AND 

 new QUEENS, AND WHITE 



price AND BROWN FER- 



liSt RETS, ADDRESS 



Of N. A. KNAPP, 



ROCHESTER, l-ORAIN CO., O. 



Please mention this paper. 



Only 75c 



for $4. Mi-smated, 



Wept. 1.5. 



for choice tested queens of 

 Green's select strain, bred for 

 business as well as beautj-. Six 

 J.5c. J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and you nnist 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 pleiu^e, 

 but all over five lines will cost you according to our regtllar 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona-tide ex- 

 changes. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 fering articles for sale, can not be inserted tinder this head. 

 For such our regular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and 

 they will he put with the regular advertisements We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



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7 ANTED. —To cxeliange rifle, revolver, and tele- 

 scope, for ferrets, P. C. pig, or offers. 



E. F. Brabham, Bradsliaw, York Co., Neb. 



TO TRADE— For honej — ext'd or comb— 3 safety 

 bicj'cles, one 30-inch and 3 38-inch wheels, \k- 

 inch cushion tires— 3 brand new, one used some. 

 Address Jno. A. Thornton, Lima, 111. 



TO EXCHANGE— A tine lot in the beautiful city of 

 Ft. Worth, for 100 lbs. of comb fdn., or .3(10 ex- 

 tracting- combs, L. safety bicycle, or bees. Speak 

 quick. A bargain. $60.00 cash will buy. 



G. R. RouTZAHN, Menallen, Pa. 



WANTED— To exchange full colonies Ital. bees in 

 Dov. lilves, for pure-bred Jersey or Alderney 

 heifer that will drop first calf in coming winter or 

 early spring, or Dov. hives. C. S. Younkin, 



Confluence, Somerset Co., P;i. 



WANTED.— To exchange 13 swarms of bees, 12 

 empty hives, 48 crates filled with sections, 

 starters, and separators, 800 brood-frames, 60 wide- 

 frames in Simplicity hives, for poultry, pigeons, or 

 live stock. W. H. R. Olmstead, 



316 North Center St., Bethlehem, Pa. 



WANTED.— A turning--lathe; also Barnes com- 

 bined saw. P. M. LocKWOOD, 



Sand Lake, Kent Co., Mich 



IV^ ANTED. —To exchange a new Whipple spring- 

 VV tooth harrow, cost $3,5.00, for watch, gun, or 

 any thing useful. W. A. Sanders, 



Oak Bower, Hart Co.,lGa. :i 



Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, 

 Vines, Roses, Ornamentals. 



All the best new and old varieties. The celebrated 

 TIllDDCI I Strawberry. New Fruits a specialty. 

 IIMDilLLL Buy direct and save one half. Price List 

 E. W. REID, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 



In writing advertisers please mention this p per 



Dovetailed Hives, Simplicity Hives, 



SECTIOI\/S, EXTRACTORS, ETC. 



FULL LINE OF 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



60-RAGE CATALOGUE. Itfdb 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Alabama. 



C^In responding to this adverti.--eiMint mention Gi.kani.nhs. 



