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(tLeanings in bee culture. 



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Contents of this Number. 



AltMlta in Utah 324 



Alfalfa OviTt'stiiiiated 3H9 



Alfalfa (»i Ark. River 341 



Alfalfa. Killing <1ut 314 



Appendi.\ tci ABC 333 



Basswood 341 



Bees Dying on Ciround 310 



Bees and Sap 342 



Bees by Freight .34.') 



Bottom Starters forShip'g.32) 



Busy Bee 344 



I'alifornia. Peculiar Season340 



Cellaring Bees 341 



Chaff Hives SLucessful 345 



Clark's Starter Machine 314 



Clipping ^. Oiieen-trap 344 



Covers f . .r Hi ves 339 



Covers, Flat, Preferred 345 



Crat i ng Honev 313. 321 



Dead Air v. Packing 34ii 



Eggs. Largest Number S\' 



Egypt. Bee-keeping in 323 



Extra Space Under Frames. .341 



Fastening Hives 313 



Fixed Distances 322, 332 



Furnittire Nails, Spacers... .331 



<ilass Snakes 318 



HauMng Bees 313 



Hives. Shal., bef. Heddon"s.324 

 Hi^ffmaii Frame 33 ), 331 



Hoiiz<.ntal Wir'g I 'referred .'V^T 



Hou^e-aiiiaries .345 



.lamaica f^xposition 3.l'.t 



Light Bad for Bees 344 



Low Yield 341 



Manum and .Supplies 313 



Maple Sugar 344 



Marriage, etc M6 



Nuclei from Strong Colo's.. 341 



Ohio Statistics 319 



Oregon f..r Bees 339 



( lut-apiarii-s. Visiting (Q.B. )343 

 Fainting Shipping-cases — 339 



Pharaohs, Land of 323 



I'ine-tree Honey 339 



Uueens. Kear'g and Ship"g..325 

 Shallow Hives bef. Heddon.3-24 



Sliippiiig Comb Honey 313 



S|)acc bet. End-bar and H'e.314 



Spacers. Staples 345 



S|)aeing Frames 3411 



Spacing, Close 344 



Starters, To Putin 314 



Stings itnd li'ieiimatism 344 



Swarming Without Queen. ..'J44 



Thick T<)i)-bars. 322 



Trov Blacksmith 33il 



Westcott's Apiarv 329 



Wiring, Hor.. v. Perpemrr.329 

 Wiring, Horizontal 327 



Will sell .']) colonips of Hybrid and Italitin bees, in 

 Simplicity hives. To be shipped early in May, 18911. 

 Many of the queens were bred from Mr. Doolittle's 

 f4 (It) tested queen. Address 



G. WIEDEEEOLD. TOUEEES, N, Y. 0pp. Dunwoodie Station. 



please mention this paper. 



Queens Ready to Mail 



now, and we Ruarantee safe arrival in any kind of 

 weather. Italian queens, tested, y;2 0U; untested, 

 f 1 0(1; 3 untested. J~ 75. Send for dozen rntes. Two- 

 frame nuclei with untested queen, !|?;Z.r)fl; $2b 00 per 

 dozen in April. Make money orders payable at 

 Clifton. Send for price list to 5tfdb 



CoLWiCK & COLWiCK, Norse, Bosque Co., Texas. 



Please mention this paper. 



For pure Italian bees and queens, 

 and directions to Italianizecommon 

 bees, address F. H.& E. H.Dewey, 

 ;» Mechanic St., Westfleld, Mass. 



Please mention this pajier 



BROWN LEGHOSNS STILL AHEAD. EGGS, $100 PEE 13, 

 $1.50 PEE 2S. A. F. Bkight, Mazeppa, Minn. 

 Ttfdh 



tS- ■ 1 nspotuling to this adverti 



t luentiiin ({i.KAMNGS. 



$6.00 Will Buy in 1890, 



One of' our Jiest Jlivc.s of Ittititni Jlei-s with 

 Tested Queen, or S for $'■!.'>. 00. 



In Simplicity or L. 10-frame hives; 3.50 colonies to 

 4-Odb draw from. Address 



Jno. a. Thoenton, Lima. Adams Co., Illinois. 



i'leasc mention this pa)ier. 



FOR SALE. 



A tine lot of spider, or Grnyson Lily Hulbs, which 

 I will sell. Small bulbs 2.5c, larare ones 50o. Verv 

 beautiful and frag-rant, pure white. 1 also have 40 

 or .50 stands of mostly Itniian riees for sale. Will 

 sell Queens in April. Would cxchnnire bees for 

 repi^tered Jersey heifer. S. G. WOOD, 



4-9db RiRMiNonAM, Jeff. Co., Ala. 



P:ease mention this pajn'r. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION 



Is kept for sale by Messrs. T. G. Newman & 

 Son, Chicago, 111.; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O.; Jas. 

 Heddon, Dowajfiac, Mich.; O.G.Collier, Fairbury, 

 Nebraska; G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia, Ohio; 

 E. S. Armstrong, Jerseyville, 111.; E. Kretchmer, 

 Red Oak, Iowa; P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La., 

 Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, la.; C. H. Green, 

 Waukesha, Wis.; G. B. Lewis & Co., Watertown, 

 Wisconsin; .1. Mattoon, Atwater, Ohio, Oliver 

 Foster, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; C. Hertel, Freeburg, 

 Illinois; Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich.; J. M. 

 Clark & Co., 1517 Blake St., Denver, Colo.; Goodell & 

 Woodworth Mfg. Co., Rock Falls, 111. ; E. Li. Goold 

 & Co., Brantlord, Out.. Can.; R. H. Schmidt & 

 Co., New London, Wis.; J. Stauffer & Sons, Nappa- 

 nee. Ind.; Berlin Fruit-Box Co., Berlin Heiehts, O.; 

 B. R. Newcomb, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. ; L. Hanssen, 

 Davenport, la. ; C. Theilman, Theilmanton. Minn.; 

 G.K.Hubbard. Fort Wayne, Ind.: T. H. Strickler, 

 Solomon City, Kan.; E. C. Eaglesfleld, Berlin, Wis., 

 and numerous other dealers. 



LAN6STR0TH on the HONEY-BEE, 



Tlte, Booh for Jieijlti iters, the Most Complete Text- 

 Booh on the Si<l>Jcet in the l^ufjlish Lanffuaye. 



Bee-veils of Imported IVIaterial, Smo- 

 kers, Sections, Etc. 



Circular with advice to beginners, samples of 

 foundation, etc., free. Send your address on a 



postal to qhas. Dadant & Son, 



HAMILTON, HANCOCK CO., ILLINOIS. 



tS"In responding to tills advertisement mention Gleanings. 



THREE-FRAME NUCLEI, 



with queen, $3 25 each, or two for $4.00. Orders 

 booked now for delivery after May 15. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Frames, ISiixO's- H. L. Fisher, 

 8 9-lOd Milford, Kosciusko Co., Ind. 



t^"In responding to this advertisement mei:tion blkanino.s. 



Cn COLONIES OF ITALIAN BEES for sale, 



J" in Langstroth hives, at $5.00 per colony. 



8 9-lOd John Grant, Batavia, Clermont Co . Ohio. 



-FRAME NUCLEI, Tested Queen, Brood, and 



, plenty of Bees, Italians, for $3..50. Imported 



queens, $4. W. A. SANDEES, Oak Bower, Hart Co., Ga. 



TAKE NOTICE I 



BEFORE placing your Orders for SUPPLIES, 

 write for prices on One-Piece Basswood Sec- 

 tions, Bee-Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames, Foun- 

 dation, Smokers, etc. Address 



K. H. SCHITIIDT & CO., 

 21-30db NEW LONDON, Waupaca Co., WIS. 



lyin responding to this advertisement mention (jLeanings, 



TESTED CARNIOLAN Ql EF.NS, $2.50 

 each: untested, .fl, or 6 for $5. Send for price 

 list of Italian bees and queens, bred in my Nappanee 

 apiary. 8tfdb I. R. Good, Vawter Park, Ind. 



VIRGIN QUEENS. 



Pure V'irffin queens at .50 cts. each, or 40 cts. each 

 per 100. J. B. LaMontague, Winter Park, Fla. 8-9-10 



NTESTED^I TALIAN QUEENS AT SI, 



and 4 frame nuclei at *3 .50, after May Ist. 

 Send in orders now. ^ ^ 



4-lOdb S. J. WAKEFIELD. Autreville. S. C. 



FOU SALE --BEES. 



Good colonies in shipping-ca^fs, with 9 Lang- 

 stroth frames. luilians, S4..50. H.vbrids. $;3 50, de- 

 livered at railroad station any time after May 1. 

 8tfdb MISS MABEL FENN, Tallma^lge, Ohio. 



(t^Inrespon.linir to this adverti mnt mention r; i.kanixgs. 



SECTIONS. 



$2.50 to $3.50 per :»I. Bee-Hivos and Fix- 

 tures tlieap. NOVELTY CO., 

 etfdb Rock Falls, Illinois. 



Please mention this puiu-r. 



