1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



449 



Contents of this Number. 



Adulteration 45fii Honey Sold at Home 459 



Bees Killing Drones ■ItiSiHonev as Food and Medic'e.. 454 



Celery Culture, The New... .47-,> Honev. (Iradiuu- 464 



Clovers 4.'>5 1 Market. Siipi .lying Home 459 



Combs, Value of Drawn 4.'i8iQuefiis Mnjiin'u' 465 



Kyrgs, Two in a Cell iOO, Sett ions. Openings in 455 



Feeding. Boardman Plan 45i Skylark 4.52 



Fred Anderson 461 1 Strawberries for 1896 47:{ 



New Comb=Honey Hive 



complete for a swarm; has 10 standing reversible 

 closed-end brood-frames, and 1 tiei — 33— 5x3'8-inch 

 sections. The liodies and supers are the same 

 lengtli as the standard L. hives. The bee-space may 

 be at top or bottom of either by changing- the sup- 

 ports. While the supers exactly tit 10-frameL. hives, 

 they can be used as well on the 8-f rame bodies by 

 tacking a ?^ strip on the side of hive or under one 

 edge of the super. 

 One complete sample hive ready for bees..? 2 50 



The same with one in flat, no paint 4 00 



10 complete in Hat, with nails and starters. 15 00 



1 extra body or super, in the Hat <J5 



10 ' ' 3 00 



500 extra sections 1 60 



Orders and remittances should be sent to 



F. DANZENBAKER. 



Washington, D. C. 



Queens & Bees 



By Return Mail. 



Supplies Promptly. 



W. O. VICTOR, Wharton, Texas. 



TEXAS QUBENS. 



If you are in need of queens, let me have your 

 order. Price list free. 



J. D. QIVENS, Lisbon, Tex. 



14 Years' Experience in 

 Breeding Italian Queens. 



Good untested queens, 7oc, three for iBS.OO. Choice 

 tested, young, $1.0i) each by return mail. A. I. 

 Root Go's supplies kei)t in stock at bottom prices. 

 Thirty-six page catalog free. 



JOHN NEBEL & SON. Hi£:h Hill, Mo. 



pOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.- Extra thin surplus 

 * foundation, and one Coiuml)!;! safety bicycle. 

 F. H. McFARLAND, Hyde Parke, Vt. 



I have one of the choicest flocks of 



Brown Leghorns in the State. 



Keep no otiier kind. Eggs, 7nc per 15; !fl.35 per 30. 



B. G. SCOTHAN, Otisville, Mich. 



, HALF price: t 



After June 10th we sell eggs from all our 

 yards at Half Price, ($1 per It.) Eggs will 

 be from our best pens and handled with the 

 same care early orders receiye. Our breeds; 



BARRED & WHITE PL. ROCKS, LT. BRAHMAS, 



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BROWN & BUFF LEGHORNS, PEKIN DUCKS. 



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 Nissi.y's Poultrv Annual and Catalog of 

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r^In resoondinff to this adverti.sement mention GLKANDJoa, 



HKE NOTICE! 



OEFORE placing your orders for SUPPLIES, write 

 *^ for prices on One-piece Basswood Sections, Bee- 

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In writing to advertisers please mention this paper. 



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r ^ Also 



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We have a large stock of all 

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 bee-keepers' supplies, b<ith made up and in the flat. 

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and yet 



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New=Process 



Weed 

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Recent comparative tests in Florida show that the 

 old-proeess dipped wax will sag or stretch in the 

 hive nearly five times as much as that by the new 

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Reduced 

 Prices. 



Our New Sanded and 

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 Bee=keepers' Supplies 



are the finest product that money and machinery 

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THE A. I. ROOTCO., Medina, O. 



Chicago, III. 



1024 Mississippi St., St. Paul, Minn. 



Syracuse, N. Y. 



