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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 



fingers, and turn it up and let it cool without having 

 extra wax running to one side, and thus make 

 sheets of uniform thickness." 



Martinsville, 111., May 26, '79. J. F. Lafferty. 



I have no doubt that the bees will work oat more 

 quickly, the rough, porous, fresh wax, and I think 

 very likely the sheets will not sag, but why does not 

 the Dr. tell us how many square feet he gets to the 

 lb. Perhaps so much wax is used, that this home 

 made fdn. is very expensive after all. 



Now, I have made a "big" invention too. I cannot 

 illustrate it this month, but I will give you the idea 

 briefly. Take your wife's washboard (with her con- 

 sent), and make it so that it will hold water when 

 laid down level. You can stop up the ends of the 

 grooves with bees wax, if they are not tight. Now 

 fill the largest glass jar you can get with water, and 

 lay a paper over the mouth until you can invert it 

 and stand it on the wash board. You see this will 

 keep the grooves full of water as long as any is left 

 in the jar, but the water will never run out of the 

 jar, unless it is drawn out of these grooves or 

 troughs. Set it Out in the yard, a little ways off 

 from the apiary, and lay lumps of sugar on the wash- 

 board. The water will soak up into the sugar, and 

 the bees will lick up the lumps as easily as they 

 would lick honey from the flowers. You can use 

 candied or thick honey, grape sugar, brown sugar, 

 or any thing else, and not a bee will get soiled or 

 stuck up in the least, and when the food is gone, the 

 machine will wash itself as clean as your wife could 

 do it. You have nothing to handle, but clean water, 

 and dry sugar. I guess I shall have to name this 

 The Capillary Feeder. In place of the wash- 

 board, you can make grooves in aboard, the grooves 

 reaching not quite out to the ends of the board. 

 My first one was made with the grooving saws we 

 use for making sections. 



We have, to-day, May 28, 107 colonies of bees, and 

 4.421 subscribers. 



During this month, I will pay for nice yellow 

 beeswax, 25c in cash or 30c in trade. 



May 27th. — Just received from S. D. Moore, At- 

 lanta, Ga., 27 dollar queens, every one alive, and 

 every one of them beauties. There seems a pros- 

 pect now, that we shall soon be able to send all 

 queens by return express, as we did the greater 

 part of last year. I expect to have them right on 

 the table, ready to address, the minute your letter 

 is opened. Won't that be fun all around? 



P. S.— May 29th.— More queens received. Shall 

 now be able to fill all orders for "dollar" queens to- 

 day. Send on your orders. 



I SHALL continue to keep on hand, and offer at 

 reasonable rates, a full variety of Bee-Keepers' 

 Supplies; such as 



Muth's All metal Honey Extractors, 

 Uncapping 1 Knives, 



Wax Extractors, etc. Also 

 Langstroth's Bee Hives, and any Parts thereof , 

 . 1 A 2 lb. Square Glass Honey Jars, with 

 Tin Foil Caps and Labels, [Corks, 



V 2 lb. Glass Tumblers, 

 Fruit Jars, etc. 

 Comb Foundation, Bee Veils, Gloves, Straw Mats, 

 Alsike Clover, and a variety of Garden and Field 

 Seeds, etc., etc. For further particulars, address 

 CHAS. F. MTTTH, 

 976 and 978 Central Ave., 

 2-12d Cincinnati, O. 



(NUCLEUS SWARMS & QUEENS.) 



One-half lb. of Bees sent in wire basket for $1 00 

 in addition to the price of the queen. These are 

 more bees than are usually sent in a two frame nu- 

 cleus, while the express charges are less. They can 

 readily be built up to a full stock, with brood from 

 other hives, and save all risk of introducing. 



Tested Queens in June $2 50 



Warranted " " " 1 25 



" after " 1 00 



My queens are bred from best imported stock, and 

 I warrant safe arrival and perfect satisfaction. 

 6tfd E. M. HAYHURST, Kansas City, Mo. 



Addition to Lewis & Park's 

 Advertisement. 



All sections grooved for foundation. No charge 

 for boxing. Discount on large orders. 



LEWIS & PARKS, Watertown, Wis. 



PURE TESTED QUEENS. 



I can furnish pure, tested queens in June, for 

 $2.00; untested, $1.00, (per dozen, $11.00). My queens 

 are all bred from imported mothers. Also a nice 

 article of Comb Fdn. at a very low price. Send for 

 sample. A. F. STAUFFER, 



6 Sterling, Whiteside Co., 111. 



^ A bToTbee culture 



Part First, will tell you all about the latest im- 

 provements in securing and Marketing Honey, 

 the new 1 fb. Section Honey Boxes, mak- 

 ing Artificial Honey Comb, Candy for 

 JBees, Bee Hunting, Artificial Swarming, 

 Bee Moth, &c, &c. 



Part Second, tells all about Hive Making, 

 Diseases of Bees, Drones, How to Make an 

 Extractor, Extracted. Honey, Feeding and 

 Feeders, Foul Brood, etc, etc. 



Part Third, tells all about Honey Comb, Hon- 

 ey Dew, Hybrids, Italianizing, King Birds, 

 The Locust Tree, Moving Bees, The Lamp 

 Nursery, ITlignoniiette, Milkweed, Mother- 

 wort, Mustard, Nucleus, Pollen, Pro- 

 polis, and Queens. 



Part Fourth tells all about Rape, Raspberry, 

 Ratan, Robbing, Rocky Mountain Bee 

 Plant, Sage, Smokers, including instructions 

 for making with illustrations, Soldering, Sour- 

 wood, Stings, Sumac, Spider Flower, Sun- 

 flower, Swarming, Teasel, Toads, Trans- 

 ferring, and Turnip. 



Part Fifth tells about TJniling Bees, Veils, 

 Ventilation, Vinegar, Wax, Water for 

 Bees, White wood, and Wintering. It also 

 includes a Glossary of Terms and Abbrevia- 

 tions used in Bee Culture. 



|^~A11 are Profusely Illustrated with En- 

 gravings. 



Nothing Patented. Either one will be mailed 

 for 25c; V 2 doz., $1.25; 1 doz., $2.25; 100, by express, 

 $15.00. 



The five parts bound in one, in paper, mailed, for 

 $1,00. At wholesale, same price as Gleanings, 

 with which it may be clubbed. If sent by Express" 

 or freight, 10c less on each copv. If bound in cloth, 

 add 25c to each copy. A. I. ROOT, MSuina, Ohio. 



CHEAP GLASSWARE. 



For cheap Jars and Glasses send postal card to the 

 undersigned for price list. M. H. TWEED, 



6 Mansfield Valley, Allegheny Co., Pa. 



FLAT BOTTOM COMB FOUNDATION. High 

 side walls, 4 to 16 square feet to the pound. 

 Circular and samples free. 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, Sprout Brook, 

 6 Sole manufacturers. Mont. Co., N. Y. 



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