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GLEANINGS [N 15EE CULTl'UE. 



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Contents of this Number. -^I-BEST OIT EiiKTS-f^ 



Ants. Roil 666 



Apiary, Aspui wall's 661 



Asafetida in Robbing 677 



Bee Botany 668 



Bees EmiJty'g Sections 6B0 



Bees, Taxing 6&i 



Bee-escapes 662 



Bi-sulphide of Carbon 660 



Breeding. In and In 66.i 



Buckwheat, Japanese 677 



Cloth in Hotbeds 679 



Cotton t.irll.uu'y 677 



Drones, Til Destroy 676 



Ernest at K. wood's 669 



Fixed D.Stan es (Q.B.) 67.i 



Foul Urood in Canada 665 



Gleanmirs for .July 1.1 661 



( Joldenrod 674 



Grape Sphinx 660 



Hives, Odd-sized 668 



Hoffman Frame 666 



Italians v. blacks 677 



Mercer's Scale Hive 679 



Moss 6X0 



HIantintr St'bcrries in Fall. .680 



Ranililer in Steuben Co 667 



Rocky Mountain Plant 676 



Skunks 66-' 



Sneeze-weed 673 



Soac.ng, 1% 673 



Spacing. Close 6S9 



T Super l)is<usseil 663 



Texas Coiv killer 660 



Tomato .hiiie v. Propolis. . 677 



VVm.^, Kemoving 6.39 



Zinc Excluders 67i 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Sherman, 111. 



The next convention of the Turkey Hill Bee-keepers' Associ- 

 ation will take place at the Turkey Hill Grange Hall, near Wil- 

 derman's Station, three miles southeast of BelleviJle, 111.. Oct. 

 30. 1890. All Interested are invited. S. Braeutigam, Pres. 



Belleville, 111., Sept. 9. 



SHIPPHTG-CHATES. 



We are making- them cheap and neat. 

 Write for jjrk-es. 



C. B. LEWIS & CO., 



WATERTOWN, WIS. 



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mcniion (il.KANlNGS. 



Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



WHY V SEND V LONG DISTANCES ? 



SEND NAME ON POSTAL CARD FOR MY 

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C. P. BISH, Grove City, Mercer Co., Pennsyl'a. 



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ESTABLISHED IN 1884. 9tfdb 



Please mention this paper. 



Send 2.5c for my book of discovery and invention, 



THE QUEEN RESTRICTOR. 



Address C. W. DAVTOIV, 



18d Clinton, Kock Co., Wis. 



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COR SALE.— Country Store, postoffiee and dwell- 

 ' iiig-hnuse in same buildine:; also .50 Colonies Bees. 

 17-I8d Address S. Heath, Tidal, Armstrong Co.. Pa. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' Affiliated Associ- 

 ation will meet Oct 8, 1890, in Platteville, Wis., at the residence 

 of E. France, to commence punctually at 10 am., sharp. There 

 will be a large turnout of prominent bee-keepers of the State. 

 A question-box, tree to all, in which any subject you wish dis- 

 cussed can be presented and answered. Let every one be on 

 hand and bring in his report for 1890. starting at spring count, 

 or May 1. There will be blanks sent to each member lor this 

 purpose, in due tinif, bv the secretar.y. 



The followiny- is the piogranim.-: 



Implements m Apiar.v. F L. Sn.yder. Orion, Wisconsin. 



Artitiiial Svvauning E. France. I'latteville. 



Natural Swarming. G. O. Miller. Bo>cobel. 



Comb Foundation, Belli. E. Rice. Bo.scobel. 



Best Way for Hives to Face, B. Bartholomew, Boscobel. 



R.-ices of Bees. N. E. Fran..e, Platteville. 



Wintering. In doors or Out, Charles Zelmer. Wauzeka. 



Feeding Bees. M M. Rice, Boscobel. 



Location of Apiary. Court Main. Boscobel. 



Size of Hives, W. H. Prideaux. Bloomington. 



Queen-raising, Introducing, etc., A. Arms, Hurlbut's Corn's. 



Marketing Hone.y. H. Evins. Wauzeka. 



Hell) by our Soeiety, National. State, and Local, N. E. France. 



Honey plants. .J. W. Van Allen. Haiu-v, Wis. 



How to Extract our Beeswax, Edwin 'Pike, Boscobel. 



Robbing-— Cause and Cure, A. E. Collie, Mount Hope. 



N. B. The date of the above convention lias been changed 

 from the 1st to the 8th. 



Boscobel, Wis. Benj. E. RlcE, Sec'y. 



The Capital City Bee-keepers' Association will meet at 10 

 A..M., Sept. 26, 1890, in the supervisor's room, at Springlield, 111. 

 All are invited, especially the ladies. C. E. YocoM, Sec'y. 



ELEVEN YEARS 

 WITHOUT A 



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ARD IN EVKRY 



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Bingham's Patent Smokers, 



Six Sizes and Prices. 



Doctor Smoker, 3)i in., postpaid ...13.00 

 Conqueror " 3 " " . . Lot 



Lartre " 34 " " ••■ l'">" 



Extra (wide shield) 3 " " ... I.:i5 



Plain (narrow " )3 " " ...100 



Little Wonder. IM " " -. 65 



UncappinK Knife 115 



Sent promptly on receipt of price. To 

 sell again, send for dozen and half-dozen rates. 



Milledf^eville, Til . March 8, 1890. 

 Sirs:— Smokers received to-duy. nnd count cor- 

 rectly. Am ready for orders. If oi hers feel as 1 do 

 your trade will boom. Truly, F. A. Snell. 



Vermillion, S Dak.. Feb. 17, 1890. 

 StRS:— I consider your smokers the best made for 

 any purpose. I have had 15 > ears' experience with 

 300 or 400 swarms of bees, and know whereof I speak. 

 Very truly, R A. Morgan. 



Sarahsville. Ohio. March 12,1890. 

 Sirs: — The smoker I have has done tfood service 

 since 1883. Yours truly, Daniel Brothers. 



Send for descriptive circular and testimonials to 



; Itfdb BmaHAU Si HETHEsmaTON, Abronia, Mich. 



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DADANT'S FOUNDATION 



' Is kept for sale by Messrs. T. G. Newman & 

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

 Heddon, Dowagiac. Mich.: O.G.Collier, Fairhury, 

 Neb. ; G. L. Tinker. New Philadelphia, O.. E. Kretch- 

 mer. Red Oak, la ; P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La., 

 Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, Ta. : C. H. Green, 

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

 Wisconsin; J. Mattcon, Atwatcr. Ohi<i, Oliver 

 Foster, Mt. Vernon. Iowa; C. Hertel, F'reeburg, 

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

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

 Woodworth Mfg Co., Rock Falls, 111 : F. L. Goold 

 «fc €o., Branti'ord. Out., ran.; H H. Schmidt & 

 Co., New London. Wis.; J. Stautt'-r & Sons, Nappa- 

 nee. Tnd.; Berlin Fruit-Box Co., Berlin Helehtp. O.; 

 E R Nnwcomb, PJeasani Vulley. N. Y : L.Hanssen, 

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

 G. K. Hubbard. Fort Wayne. Ind.; G\ H.Strickler, 

 Solomon Cuy. Kan.; E. C Eaaiesfleld, Berlin, Wis., 

 Walter S. Ponder, Indianapolis, Ind., and numer- 

 ous other dealers. 



LANGSTROTH on the HONEY-BEE, 



The Hook for Ji<{/iiiu<r.s, the Most fonijihte Text- 

 Booh OH the Subject in the Kutfli.sh J.iiiujiiage, 



Bee-veils of Imported Material, Smo- 

 kers, Sections, Etc. 

 Circular with advice to lieKiimers. samples of 

 foundation, ftc. tree. Send your address on a 



postal to qh/^s. Dadant & Son. 



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