1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



95 



Contents of this Number. 



IK! 



Adulteration iuChicas^ci . 



Alfalfa Desc-iibed 



Apiary or Apiarian '. 



Bean, Tong-an 



Beans. Bush Lima 



Bees, Longevity of 



Bees. Xge of . . 



Carbolic Acid in Robbing. 



Clover. Sweet 



Combs, Oiawn. in Scctii>ns 



Commission Hon-cs 



Commission IJiscnsscd 



Convention, Chicaji'o 



Editor in (,'olnmbus 



Eucalyptus, Miller on. . . . 

 Faini, Reclaiming a Bad.. 



Five-1 landers Favored 



footnotes Favored 



FoundMtion. Dadant 



Hive .Ma|. of Wisconsin 



Honey Sold Outright 



Honey on Commission 



HoneS' Sold on Connnission. 



Honev, False Quotations 



Honev, Bottled, in Chicago. 

 Honc'vconil.. Whv Wanted, 

 IiKlcxing, Do,, little's Plan... 

 -Mailin.LL-package. Wai'd's. . . 



Monument to Langstroth 



Fi, kings liv tlic Way 



Water. H,.t. Use of." 



Wisonsin. Hive Map of 



WANTED,— To exchange for 10 pure Italian queens 

 (delivery May 1st to 20th), any of the goods 

 enumerated in my catalog- of bee-keepers' suppUes, 

 free on application. W. H. Putnam, 

 River Falls, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange "Perfect Hatcher" in- 

 cubator, 738-egg size, for safety bicycle, photo 

 outfit, beeswax, extracted honey, poultry, or offers. 

 K. A. Stetson, Stockwell, Oneida Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange pear-trees, grapevines, 

 raspberry-plants, ritle, cornet, and banjo, for 

 piintingpress, bicycle, typewriter, poultry, oroflfers. 

 What have you to offer ? Jacob McQueen, 



Baltic, Ohio. 



Wants and Exchange Department. YnilD PATAI (irilF 



Notices will be inserted under this head at oue-half our usual 

 rate. 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'errors. You can 

 have the notice as many lines as .vou please; but all over five 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This depart- 

 ment is intended only for bonaflde exchanges. Exchanges for 

 cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale, can 

 not be inserted under this head. For such our regular rates of 

 20 c. a line will be charged and they will be put with the regu- 

 lar advertisements. We can not be responsible for dissatisfac- 

 tion arising from these " swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange safety bicycles, and an 

 Odell typewriter, for honey, beeswax, or gas- 

 oline or kerosene engine. J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



W 



ANTED —To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 anytliing useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange 26-in. planer and matcher 

 and scroll-saw (for power) for wood-working 

 machinery or cash. Geo. Rall, Galesville, Wis. 



TV/' ANTED. —To exchange peach-trees, and Abon- 

 Vt dance, Burbank. and Satsuma plum-trees, for 

 Italian bees and extracted honey. 10 peach-trees 

 by mail. fiO cts. ; 5 plum-trees by mail. 60 cts. 



John Cadwalladek, North Madison, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange Williams incubator, 

 good as new, 6U0-egg capacity; new comb, 

 Barnes saw, W;int honey or wax. 



O. H Hyatt. Shenandoah, Page Co., la, 



WANTED. - A location for a custom saw and feed 

 mill, with a good apple district, to run cider- 

 mill. W. S. Ammon, Reading, Pa 



WANTED,— Situation in apiary by a young man 

 with experience. References given. 

 N. E. BooMHowER, Gallnpville, Scho, Co,, N, Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange basswood trees for bee- 

 keepers' supplies. Write at once. 



Oka Harton, Sennett, N. Y. 



WANTED,— To exchange one World and one Odell 

 typewriter: also one Root's lO-in. foundation- 

 mill, for beeswax or offers. W. W. Crim, Pekin, Ind. 



WANTED.— An able man to purchase a supply 

 and honey business in an excellent location. 

 Owner's death is the reason for selling. 



E. E. West, .50h S. Tliird St., West, Flint, Mich. 



WANTED.— To fake cliarge of 2,50 or 300 colonies of 

 bees the coming season, on shares or for wages. 

 South or West preferred. Successful experience. 

 Will combine with small fruit or garriening. 



Russell T. Stinnette, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange Gault raspberry-plants 

 at 25c each, Palmer raspberry-plants at 60c per 

 UK), for queens. Dan White. 



New London, Huron Co., Ohio. 



For Sale! 



Let us print it. 

 Complete facili- 

 ties, neat and ar- 

 tistic work, moderate prices. Send sample for esti- 

 mate. S. C. WATTS, Clearfield, Pa. 



Italian Untested queens, $1.00; tested, $1.25. Bees 

 Bees by the pound, $1.00. Full colonics, $6.00; 



and nuclei, 2-frames, with queen, $2.50; 1- 



Queens. frame, $2.00; queens after Aug., 60 cents. 

 B. P. and W. P. R. eggs for setting, 15 for $1.00. 



MRS. A. A. SIMPSOIX, Sv%rarts, Pa. 



Do you need 



^%/%. APIARIAN SUPPLIES ^%/v 



Or BEES ? 



Our '96 cat.nlogue is waiting for you. 



Will you not allow us to quote you prices 

 on what you need ? The prices and quality 

 will be satisfactory, 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 

 105 Park Place, New York City. 



A bee-supply, box, and vari- 

 ety wood - working factory, 

 with saw-mill. This is a rare 

 chance for a man with push, energy, and some cap- 

 ital, who wants a liome in the South, in a location 

 noted for p« health, pure air, and water; good soci- 

 ety, exceT'i t -ohools churches; plenty of timber. 

 Railroad ueiiter. For particulars apply to 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown. Augusta, Ga. 



A Rftftr-Plflfp Whose inscription can be read 

 rv Lfuui-riaic, ^y day or nignt (no phos- 

 phorus); will last a lifetime, and will not tarnish. 

 What have you to exchange for territory '? 



A. :m. Ajijjle^r-fttc Reynoldsville, Pa. 



Y\^»i|-|-|-g^ 200 Colonies of bees or 4- frame nu- 

 ^^ ***'^*^*-** clei, on Simplicity or Hoffman 

 frames, in exchanire for supplies to be shipped either 

 from here or Medina O. Send for catalog. 



Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



pggs for hatching, from single C, P. Leghorns, 

 '-' greatest layeis on earth, $1,00 for 15, or $1.80 for 

 30 eggs, Fred Leininger, Ft. Jennings, Ohio. 



BASSWOOD TREES! 



Orders booked now for spring delivery for 



Nursery=grown Basswood Seedlings, 



5 to 9 inches high, at 

 $2.00 per 100; 30(1 for f5 00; $15.00 per 1000. 

 Parties living east of the Mississippi River will be 

 supplied direct from our nurseries in Ohio. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed, 



A H FITCH '509 Cooper St., 

 t\. II, rilVll, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Please mention this paper. 



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Grass. Field. Garden.Tree and Flower-seeds, all espec- 

 ially Krown and selected for Western soil andcliiuate. 

 Alfalfa. Kafflrcorn and other foratie plants for dry cli- 

 ni.ate a specialty. Our eleKiint IH'.iUcatalonue i.s ready and 

 will be mailed Free on aifplicalion. Send for one now 



