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tf NOVICE'S" ULEAN1NGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



PROBI.KMK. 



MO. 10. How can we bingo a cover fu 

 a dollar hive in such a wa\ thai it 

 will open ami sliul nicely and still be 

 capable of being removed instantly with- 

 out 'A screwdriver or other tools, and also 

 be attached with equal facility to anj 

 other hive? Such a binge could be made 

 but is there n ol something in the markel 

 already at a low price by the quantity ? 

 We think we should abandon the idea of 

 having a handle in the center of the 

 cover, for a quilt is all the cover needed 

 in wintering or in carrying frames aboul 

 in the apiary and is much lighter. 15y 

 having places cut in the sides of the hive 

 for the fingers, near the top and nut quite 

 through the board, they can be raised up 

 and carried very conveniently, for the 

 hive, quilt and frames, as we make them. 

 nnly weigh about 10 lbs. : and the weight 

 o( the bees, hive, stores and all, ready to 

 so into winter quarters should not exceed 

 40 lbs. Any man, aye, or woman either 

 if need be, should be able to place the 

 whole apiary in winter quarters in a 

 couple of hours, and feel all the better 

 for the exercise. (Mrs. Novice and "P. 

 G." protest so much against this latter, 

 that we shall have to add that we meant 

 wben they enjoyed the health and strength 

 that God intended for them, which 

 "open air exercise would very materially 

 aid in giving them. I 



No. 11. Suppose we sell the queen 

 from ten hives in May or dune and put 

 the combs, brood and bees all in one 

 mammoth hive of 100 frames: what 

 would the}' do as honey gatherers? and 

 would one queen prevent queen cells being 

 built? Who has tried the experiment or 

 a similar one? With the extractor we 

 ha.ve no fears of being unable to prevent 

 -warming. 



HOXET CQlrMN. 



JS nu one now offers any honey, we 

 ._-»imust conclude that all have sold out, 

 even " Gallup.' If the whole of last 

 year's crop is already exhausted, we must 

 conclude that Extracted Honey is not ''to 

 much of a drug'' after all, for it s certain- 

 ly good the year round. 



E. M. Hatch, Evanston, 111., writes : 



'I am desirous to raise box honey, but 

 the shameful imitations of "pure extract- 

 ed" will, T think, destroy the sale of the 

 other. Give us all the help you can." 



If" every one of our readers will send 

 us names and address of all persons deal- 

 ing in spurious honey, we will give them 

 an airing or our name ain't '-Gleanings." 



Ihc J mer icon. Grocer, publishedjfweek- 

 ly in N. Y.. has promised to aid us in the 

 sale of pure honey, and as they have a 

 "swindle" department, too, if we can I 

 handle the matter we will procure their 

 assistance. 



ADVEHTISi:3li:> TS . 



Advertisements will be received at 10 cent 

 per line each insertion, cash in advance ; 

 and wc require that every Advertiser satisfies 

 us of his responsibility and intention to do 

 all that he agrees, and that his goods are 

 really worth the price asked for them. 



WASTED.— 300 hives of bees to be used 

 as nurses in rearing Italian Queen? 



Addres 



R. WILKIN, 



Cadiz, Harrison county, (Jhii 



Ai.silil. CLOVER SEED.— A nice ar- 

 ticle; 50 cents per pound by mail or 35 

 cents by express. A. I- ROOT & CO., Me- 

 dina, Ohio. 



TTAMAN BEES.— Wo offer for sale about 

 1 200 colonies of Italian liccs in the Ameri- 

 can Movable-Comb Hive. Also Queens 

 throughout the season. Purity and sale ar- 

 rival guaranteed. For further particulars, 

 prices, &c, send for circular- 



BALDWIN BEOS., 

 2-9 Sandusky, N. V. 



Ul^IS BOORS. 



ADAIR'S Progressive Bee Culture, price 

 25 cents. Adair's Annals of Bee Culture. 

 The third volume just out. The first volume 

 is exhausted ; the other two will be sent by 

 mail at 50 cts. each, or the three bound to 

 gether in cloth for $1.75, or either in cloth for 

 75 cts. Any of the standard Bee Books or 

 Journals can be furnished at publisher's pri- 

 ces. I). L. ADA1K, Hawesvillc, Ky. 



PRICE LIST OF PURE ITAMVX 

 Queens and Bees from Shaw & Daniel's 

 Apiaries, for 18T:'>: 



For last year's Queens, sent as early as the 

 weather is suitable, $■"> each. 



Tested Queens, during the season, $1 each. 



Untested Queens in June and July, $:V 

 each. After the. 1st of August, $2.50. All 

 Queens sent by mail warranted pure and 

 fertile- Safe arrival guaranteed. 



Nucleus' Hives containing pure Queen, 

 with 6 frames each, 8'., by 9'j, $8 each. Can 

 be built up into strong swarms or used for 

 wintering surplus Queens. 



Full colonies in one story Langstroth Hives, 

 ton frames each, $13. Wide hives with mova- 

 ble partition board from 11 to 17 frames each. 

 $15, Two story hives containing 21 frames, 

 $15 each. 



American Hives, containing frames with 

 space between top bars, $15 each. 



Each colony will contain a young Queen 



and 9 frames of comb, with extra frames. 



Sent by express and safe arrival guaranteed. 



Address ltf 



J. S EI AW & SON, Chatham Center. 



or I. E. DANIELS, Lodi, Medina, Co., 0. 



TXTB CAN FURNISH HIVES ARRANG- 



For the Quinby Frame, 



For the Gallup Frame, 



For the American Frame, or 



For the Langstroth Frame, 

 At the uniform price of $1.00 each or 90 cts. 

 ready to nail. These will hold such frames as 

 arc commonly used, or wc can furnish. frames 

 with metal corners for (>e. each, or both kinds 

 of frames can be used in the same hive. We 

 can also furnish an extractor made especially 

 for either of the above. Cheap style, $H ; best, 

 $11, ready to ship by freight or express. We 

 offer the abore principally as samples, and 

 repeat our former statements that some one 

 should furnish such articles in every neighbor- 

 hood, and thus save transportation expenses. 

 The above hives are one-story, and it takes 

 two of them for a two-story hive. As bottom 

 board and covers are .iust alike, only one is 

 furnished with each story. About 150 metal 

 corner frames complete, can be packed in a 

 single stcry. A- I. ROOT & CO-. 



Medina. 0. 



