1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



lie 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalta in Idaho 132 



Alfalfa. Plowing Under UO 



Antomatic Swarming 133 



Bee-hunting in 1857 129 



Bees Fighting 140 



Bees Neai' a Road 148 



Bottom bars. Building to. . .129 

 Bottom-boards, Invertible . . 124 



Braee-oomhs 126 



Brantford Convention 134 



Brood-nest, Size of..(Q. B.).140 



Ohitties of Burma 127 



Chinese Industrial School. .136 



Chunk Honey, To Sell 137 



Fi-ames, Mov'e, in France. ..147 



Honey by Freight 147 



Honey, Marketing 123 



Honey-board in Swarm'g...l37 



House-apiaries in 1890 132 



Japanese Buckwheat 139 



Madison Convention 145 



Moving Bees 126 



Nectar. Digest*?d 130 



Nomenclature 133 



Printing Your Name 139 



Questions Answered 133 



Sections, Oiien-side 139 



Top-bai-s. Thick 126, 131 



Top-bars, Wide 140 



Vandeusen Frames 137 



FOR PURE ITALIAN REES, POLAND- 

 China Swine, White and Black Ferrets, White 

 Kabbits, White and Brown Leghorn Chickens, and 

 Mallard Ducks. Address N. A. KNAPP, 

 4tfdb Rochester, .Lorain Co., Ohio* 



FIRST-CIiASS RROOD - FRAIflES cut to 

 order, any size. Per 100, $1.00; 500, f4 75: 1000, 

 $9.00. C. W. Vanhouten, Smithfleld, Ful. Co., 111. 



nraAIJ TDCCC Wholesale and Retail. 

 ■'tBun I llCCO Send for prices. 



* fc»»WII 4.5cj E. s. JOHNSTON. Stockier, Delaware. 



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

 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. 

 2tfdb G. Hakseim, Secor, Woodford Co., Ills. 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



We are prepared to furnish bee-keepers with sup- 

 plies promptly, and at greatl.v reduced rates. Es- 

 timates gladly furnibhed, and correspondence so- 

 licited. Our goods are unexcelled in quality and 

 workmanship. 



Italian Queens aud Rees at a very low price. 

 Send for large illustrated price list, free. Alloy's 

 Queen and Drone Trap and Swarm Hiver always on 

 hand. A. F. STAUFFER & CO.. 



.'Otfd Sterling, 111. 



(C^ln responding to this advertisement mention GLEANiNas. 



PDRETt1l1ANBEES& QUEENS. 



Full colonies and nuclei, per frame, 60c. Tested 

 queens. f2.0U; after June 1, fl.oO. Untested queens, 

 $1.00; after June 1, 7.5c. Remit by postofflce money 

 order, registered letter, or draft on New York. For 

 any other information, address 



C. AV. JONES & CO., 

 4 9db Rryaut Station, Maury Co., Tenn. 



(^"Iii responding to tlii.-^ 



I'Mt niL-ntiun Hi.EANlNGS. 



Carniolan Queens ^f° Bees a Specialty. 



The co-partnership of Andrews & Lockbart is 

 now closed, and the senior partner (who has bred 

 those queens and bees for six years) will breed 

 queens and bees from imported mothers, in the 

 season of 189J, and will sell, the 1st of June, untest- 

 ed at $\.(X}; one-half dozen at $5.00; one dozen at 

 $9.00. The tested, the 15th of June, $2.00; one-half 

 dozen, 15ih of June, $10.00. Ail queens above the 

 untested will be put into one class, and sold as 

 tested at $2 00, of next year's breeding. I expect to 

 have queens of last year's breeding, which I will 

 sell on the 10th of May, tested, 12.50; one-half 

 dozen, $12.00. Send for circular. 

 l-6db .TOHN Andrews, 



Pattens Mills, Wash. Co., N. Y. 



lyin responding to this adverti.senient mention i;i i 





Boess 



The Canadian Bee Journal and Poultry Weekly is 

 the best paper extant devoted to these specialties. 

 24 pages, WEEKLY, at $1.00 per year. Live, prac- 

 tical, interesting. Nothing stale in its columns. 

 Specimen copies free. Subscribers paying in ad- 

 vance are entitled to two insertions of a five-line 

 adv't (40 words) in the Exchange and Mart column. 

 TEE D. A. JONES CO., BESTON, ONTABIO, OAN. 



Ei)iiii)es& Boilers. 



Complete Outfit, or 



Engine Alone. 



The Best and Most Sub- 

 stantial Engine Made. 



Fully guaranteed. Send for 

 circular and price list. Mention 

 this paper. 



MEDINA ENGINE CO., 

 sotfdb Medina, Ohio. 



Z.002S ZISRS! 



Ree-Keepers and Frult-Groivers, before 

 you order your supplies for 1890, send for my^cata- 

 logue and price list of Ree-Keepers' Supplies 

 and Strawberry Plants. Twenty-flve approved 

 varieties grown for this season's trade. Prices 

 reasonable. Rees and Queens for sale; $1.00 

 queens a specialty. Address F. W. liAMM, 

 24-23db (Box lu6.) Soniervllle, Rutler Co., Olilo. 

 0*ln responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Light Brahmas and Laced Wyandottes. 



Standard, high-scoring males, $1.50 and upward. 

 Eggs from show birds $1.50 per clutch, after the 7th 

 of April. SiGEL F. Gross, Atwood 111. 3-4d 



FOR SiiZiEI 



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 

 S2500. C. A. SAYRE, 



23tfdb Sargent, Floyd Co., lo^va. 



C^ln responding to this advertisement mention GLKANDJGa. 



For Sale.— 40 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, 



Stfdb Greenville, Bond Co. Ills. 



Eaton's Improved 



Bees and Queens. Send for 

 ■ free catalogue. Address 

 FRANK A. EATON, 



Rluffton, Ohio. 



C^lu responding to tliis advertisement mention OJLKARiNcis. 



He SuP'^Tlie Sup-Busl 



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