204 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June! 



Contents of this Number. 



Scraps and Sketches. No. 6. Queen Rearing 205 



Wintering-. Saw-dust as Good as Chaff 205 



Tight Fitting Sections; New Swarrns on Fdn.; 



Swarms Alighting on the Same Spot 206 



Reports on Wintering 206 



Selling Bees for a Dollar per Pound 208 



Cages for Sending Out Queens 209 



Transferring. The Experience of an A B C 



Scholar 211 



Smokers and Transferring Clasps 211 



One Story Chaff hives 212 



Arrangement of Bee Hives in Large Apiaries 213 



Fixing Entrances to Hives 214 



After the Battle. Some Good Suggestions in 



regard to the Losses 215 



The Toad Question 215 



Wintering. Burlap versus Enameled Cloth, 



The Best Kind of a Feeder, &c 216 



Gallup. Where He is, and What He is Doing 



by This Time 216 



Transferring 217 



Uniting Bees 220 



Veils 221 



:.';.". i 



Ventilation 



Vinegar 



The New Jersey Law in regard to Adulterating 



Honey 



Our Cartoon for June. Cautions in Transfer- 

 ring 230 



Shading Bee Hives 230 



Foundation on Wires, Foundation Wire Inserter.233 



A House Apiary for Twenty Hives 234 



Foot-powers with Slow Motion, Improvement 



in Barnes Foot-power Saw 224 & 226 



THE QROWLERY. 207 



BOX HIVE DEPARTMENT. 



A Box Hive Bee-Keeper Who Uses Fdn 208 



THE SMILERY. 212 



HONEY COLUMN. 215 



HEADS OF GRAIN. 



Division Boards; The Sugar and Water Feed- 

 er; An ABC Scholar's Experience; Three 

 Swarms in Three Consecutive Days ; Trans- 

 ferring and How to Keep Robbers Away; 

 Where to Plant the Grape Vines for Shade — 225 



Chaff Hives for Wintering in Wisconsin; 

 Spring Dwindling; Chaff for Wintering, 

 Mats, etc.; Salt to Keep Away Moth worms; 

 Smoker Fuel, &c; Bingham's Patent on 

 Smokers 226 



Fdn. with Square Cells; Bees by the Pound; 

 Chaff for Wintering; Mr. Langstroth, Send- 

 ing Queens by mail, &c. ; Combs Built 

 Crosswise, What to Do, Basswood Lumber 

 for Hives, Honey from Peas; Wintering, 

 Thickness of Chaff, A Hive in Doors, &c 227 



Report from an A B C Scholar, Putting a small 

 Number of Colonies in a Special Repository ; 

 Smokers, Mats, &c; A Good Report from 

 Mitchell's Hive; One of theABCClass; 

 Will Two Queens Cause Bees to Abscond? 

 About Feeding When Bees are Getting 

 Plenty of Honey and Pollen, Mats for Cov- 

 ering Frames, One or Two Tiers of Sections. . .228 



Raising Bees in Drone Comb to Make Them 



Larger; Trials of an A B C Scholar; 229 



NOTES & QUERIES. 



Prussic Acid in Wild Cherry; Gray's Feeder; 

 Wheat Bran as a Substitute for Pollen; Im- 

 portance of Skill and Care in Handling the 

 Combs; Tenement Chaff Hive; How to be- 

 come an A B C Scholar; Why so Many 

 Queens Die in the Spring; California; 

 Spi-inkling Sulphur on Wild Bees to Find 

 Their Tree; Giving Bees a Fly; Black 



Hats Objectionable to Bees 232 



Good for the "Blackvs" ; Patent Hives 233 



Flat Bottomed Foundation ' 234 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 either of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2,00 per year. 



EDITORIAL. 



Mitchell and Mrs. Cotton; Quinby's New Bee- 

 Keeping; Nellis' Price List. Improvement 

 in Cup for Melting Wax for Fastening Fdn. 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange 



.231 



.233 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $3,00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the queen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 lay when they were shipped. They also agree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnisned on application to any 

 of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen 

 mother. If the queen arrivf s dead, notify us and 

 we will send you another. Probably none will be 

 sent before July 1st. If wanted looner, see rates in 

 price list. 



*E. W. Hale, Wirt C. H. W. Va. 1-12 



*A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 7-9 



*E. M. Havhurst, Kansas City, Mo. 



*J. M. C. Taylor, Lewiston, Fred. Co., Md. 



*Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 



*R. Stehle, Marietta, O. 



*J. Oatman & Sons, Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



*J. E. Walcher, Millersville, Christian Co., Ill 



1-13 

 1-6 



8ttd 



1-6 



2-1 



3-S 



*S. M. Hitchcock & Co., Warthen, Wash. Co., Ga. 3-3 



3-8 

 4-7 

 4-4 

 4-9 

 4-4 

 5-10 



*J. B. Keeler, Carlinville, 111. 



'Newman & Baker, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 



Miller & Hollam, Kewaskum, Wash Co., Wis. 



*D. A. McCord, Oxford, Butler Co., O. 



*J. T. Wilson, Mortonsville, Woodford Co. Ky 



*S. D. Moore, Atlanta, Ga. 



Sam'l Greenawalt, Cearfoss, Wash. Co., Md. 5-7 



*Amos Johnson, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa.5-10 



H. S. Elkins, Kennedy, N. Y. 5-10 



J. Mattoon, Atwater, Portage Co., O. 6-7d 



*F. L. Wright, Plainfield, Livingston Co., Mich.6-8d 



*King & White, New London, Huron Co., O. 6 



JUST BEFORE GOING TO FREES. 



The Western Honey Bee; Five Dollar Comb 



Fdn. Machine; Fdn. with Square Cells 239 



The Capillary Feeder, A New Invention 240 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



A. A. Fradenburg, Port Washington, O. 2-6 



F. A. Snell, Milledgeville, Carroll Co., 111. 3-7 



H. Scovell Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kans. 4-3 



Newman, & Baker. Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 4-6 



Nichols & Elkins, Kennedy, N. Y. 5-10 



Bees For Sale. 



OIVE IDOI^LAH TEH ZL.I3. 



Names inserted in this depai'tment the first time 

 without charge; afterward, 20c each insertion, or 

 $2 00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below signify that 

 they are willing to furnish bees, without hives, dur- 

 ing the coming month, at $1 00 per R>., the purchas- 

 er being required to bear all express charges. Safe 

 arrival guaranteed. 



[Express Cos. have promised to return cages to 

 owners free of charge, if made very light.— Ed.] 

 A W Vaniman, Virdcn, Macoupen Co, 111 6 



F L Wright, Plainfield, Livingston Co, Mich 6 



E A Gastman, Decatur, Macon Co, 111. 6 



C H Goodell, Royalston, Worcester Co, Mass 6 



G D Adair, Talbotton, Talbot Co, Ga 6 



F J Farr, Independence, Jackson Co, Mo 6 



G W Gates, Bartlett, Shelby Co, Tenn 6 



I S Hughes, Mt Zion, Macon Co, 111 6 



S A Dyke, Woodyard, Athens Co, O 6 



L W Vankirk, Washington, Wash Co. Pa. 6 



J E Vanmeter, Emison, Knox Co, Ind 6 



S Y Orr, Morning Sun, Louisa Co, la 6 



