V 



1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CL'LTURE. 



S,! 



Cot?tents of this Number. 



Bees, Conliniiift " Winter. . 85 

 Bee-societies Affiliating — S9 



Brood, Spreading 93 



Costellow's Ceige 93 



Covers for Hives... (Q. B.). 103 



Dampness in Hives 91 



Doolittle's Caging Process. 98 



Escape, Tlie Dilibern 90 



Frame, Plielps' 98 



Oarden, Shape of 105 



Grippe Ill 



Ground, To Level 101 



Hives, Double and Single... 91 



Honey in Paper Pails 99 



Honey, Prize 87 



Pine-tree Honey 89 



Plants for Honey Alone 110 



Prize Honey S7 



Queen-cage, Morrison s 92 



Rambler Raising Honey — <i( 



Reese Bee-escape 100 



Rheumatism and Stings — 100 



San Diego 101 



Skunks, Not in Favor of — 101 



Stanley Extractor 101 



Staples on Frames 110 



Success, Grand 102 



Tobacco Column 109 



Top-bars, Thick 95 



Ventilation. Modes of 91 



Ventilation, Sub-earth 80 



Weather, Unusual 87 



Winter, A Warm 101 



Writing for Print 88 



BEE KEEPERS 



Coming to Washington, D. C, will find pleasant 

 rooms and board (by day or week) at special rates. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Central location. 

 1301 K. St., N. W. 3tfdb F. Danzenbaker. 



t^In respojuling to this advertisement mention Ulk.\mn<;s. 



1890 



3-24db 



Early Italian queens from bees bred 

 for business. Each $1.00; six, $4 50. 

 Ready May let. Order now, pay when 

 queen arrives. Satisfaction. 



W. H. LAWS, 

 Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ark. 

 lyin responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Western Bee-Keepers' Supply House 



Root's Goods can be li ad at Des Moines 

 Iowa, at Root's PriceS- 



The largest supply bu-mtss 

 in the West. Established !»>''') 

 Dovetailed Hives, Sec- 

 tions, Foundation, Ex- 

 tractoi-s. Smokers, Veils, 

 Crates, Feeders, Clover 



Seeds, etc. Imported 



Italian Queens. Queens and £ 

 Bees. Sample copy of our 

 Bee Journal, "The West- ' 



ern Bee - Keeper." and Latest 



Catalogue mailed Free to Bee-keepers. 



JOSEPH NYSEWANDEE, LES MOINES, IOWA. 

 t^In responding to this advertisement mention Glkaninos. 



For Sale.— For cash, cheap, or trade for a good 

 piece of land, from 50 to 200 colonies of Italian bees 

 In the Quinby hive, and a few in Root's Simplicity. 

 Too much work, with other business. 

 Stfdb G. Harseim, Secor, Woodford Co., Ills. 



II^"Iu responding to this advertisement mention ci i. a\. 



^OR THE SEASON OF 1890. 



Headquarters in the South. 



TWELFTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE NOW READY. 



A steam-factory exclusively for the manufacture 

 of Bee-keepers' Supplies. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Tested, ready in March. Untested, by April Ist. 

 Contracts taken with dealers for the delivery of a 

 certain number of queens per week, at special 

 figures. 



FOUR -FRAME NUCLEUS, 



with pure Italian queen, containing S pounds of 

 bees when secured, in April and May, 14.00; after, 

 25 cts. less. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed on all queens and nuclei. 



For more particulars, send for Twelfth Annual 

 Catalogue. 



P. L. VIALLON, 



Bayou Coula, Iberville Parish, La. 



t^In responding to tliis ;i(lvvitiseriu'nt iiu-iitiiiii Gi.kanings. 



IT A nif T1 C^MPI'OYmENT. — AGENTS 



U II iWI V wanted everywhere, for the HOME 

 II II III ll JOURNAL— a grand family paper 

 mm W ATA JU at $1 a year. Bty cas/i premium>s. 

 Sample Fkee. THOS. G. Nl!l"WMAN & BON, 

 923 & 925 West Madison Street, - CHICAGO, ILLS. 



"BONi.vvHTy uoiiudiu 4ii.>uias!i,i,5.\pT! spu o} auipuodsaj UljgJ 



NOW WE HAVE IT ! 



Bees made to hive themselves when they swarm. 

 The simplest and most useful implement used in 

 the apiary. Just the thing beekeepers have de- 

 manded and felt the want of for years. Full par- 

 ticulars. Address 



The American Apiculturist, 



W^KMIAilI, MASS. 



tS"In responding to tliis adveitisenictil miiition (ii.EA.viNns. 



One of the best located apiaries in Iowa, 150 

 Colonies, in Langstroth hives. Handsome two- 

 story frame residence. Twenty acres land. All 

 necessary out-buildings. Also fine flock White Wy- 

 andottes. Two cows, nice span driving horses. Nev- 

 er a failure of honey. White clover, basswood, gold- 

 en-rod, buckwheat, etc. House nearly new, nicely 

 decorated paper, a very pleasant home. Price 

 $2500. C. A. SAYRE, 



23tfdb Sargent, Floyd Co., Iowa. 



II^"ln responding to this advertisement mention CJi-Eanings. 



iPIARlIiTSUPPLIES CHEAPT 



BASSWOOD V-GROOVB SECTIONS, $2.75 to $3.75 



PER M. SHIPPING-CASES VERT LOW. 



SEND FOR PRICES. 



COODELL & WOODWORTH MFC. CO., 



Stfdb Rock Falls, Illinois. 



t^ln responding to tliis advertisement mention Gleanings. 



J. FORNCROOK & CO., 



MANUFACTURERS OF THE 



"BOSS" ONE-PIECE SECTIONS, 



Will furnish you the coming season, ONE-PIECE 

 SECTIONS, sandpapered on both sides, as cheap as 

 the cheapest, and better than the best. 



SW Write for prices. 

 Watertown, Wis., Jan. 1, 1890. 3 5d 



:t5^1n responUinu' to Uu., advi-i iJMiiient nu'iitiun Gi.kaSinos. 



For Sale.— 10 colonies of Italian and hybrid bees 

 in Simp, hives, mostly on wired frames. All in 

 good condition, with plenty of stores. No foul 

 brood ever in our county. Gustave Gross, 



2tfdb Greenville, Bond Co. Ills. 



Eaton's Improved 



Bees and Queens. Send for 

 free catalogue. Address 

 FKANK A. EATOIV, 



Bluffton, Ohio. 



t^lu responding to this advertisement mention (;i.i;amnc.s. 



He Supple SugarBusI 



THIS IS A NEW BOOK BY 



AUTHOR OF THE 

 BEE-KEEPER'S GlTinE, I\JURIOUS IN- 

 SECTS or MICIIKIAN. ETC. 



The name of the author is enough of itself to rec- 

 ommend any book to almost any people; but this 

 one on Maple Sugar is written in I'rot'. Cook's hap- 

 piest style. It is 



-«PROFUSELY4 ILLUSTRATED.6<* 



And all the difficult points in regard to making the 

 very best quality of Maple Syrup and Maple Su- 

 gar are very fully explained. All recent inven- 

 tions in apparatus, and methods of making 

 this delicious product of the farm, are fully 

 described. 



A. I. ROOT, 



ITIediiia, O. 



