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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



Reports, Various- 

 Hopes not blasted, 24: good r. from ABC scholars 

 and others, 30. 32. 33. 74. 77, 132. 125, 171, 176. 177. 178, 

 212. 22!, 224,231, 287, 329, 332,411,492, 569, 589: hive 

 f'uil of honey and did not know it, 26: a good r. 

 from blacks. 30: from two to twenty-five in one 

 season, 31 : a good r. for 1879, 32: troubles, 32: a big 

 crop in Canada, 33: large yield from asters, 33: r. 

 from Iowh, 34: our r. for 1879, 35: r. of an A B C 

 scholar. 66: from eight to thirty, and 900 lbs. of 

 hnney, 74: good r. from hybiids, 79: hurrah for 

 T-xas! 109: from California, 114, 130,161,165,178, 

 180. 267, 274. 422, 476, 533, 540: r. from Colorado, 

 120: Doolittle not in the shade, 162: from Lang- 

 stroth, 179: from an A B C child, 226: Ballantiue'S 

 r.. 266. chapter from real life, 275. Good's good r., 

 278,361.524: Maxi's r. from Florida, '280: good r. 

 from sorghum, 280: ABC scholars' mishap*. 282, 

 541. from Geo. Grimm, 310. r. from Maryland, 

 310: r. from Louisiana, 314, 374, 491. a barrel of 

 honey from one swarm, 314: from boys, 323 r. 

 from tenement hives, 334: a new scholar's troubles, 

 366: Hunt's report from Michigan, o79: good r. 

 from Texas, 380: good r. f rom hybrids, :i82: dark- 

 ness aud sunshine, 384: good r. from Tennessee, 

 391: L. C. Root's r. for 1880, 418: Duff's story, 

 426: good r. from buckwheat, 436,442: a fish— bee 

 story. 439. ABC scholar's first year, 443: r. about 

 sunshine, 452 r. of 34 bee-keepers, 407 r. from 

 Western Missouri, 475: Taylor's r , 478: Keeran's 

 r.,481: great How in Wisconsin, 482: a boy's report, 

 485: a sudden flow in Illinois, 490: Bingham's r. for 

 1880,491: Ballantine's visit to Medina, 514: Wiscon- 

 sin ahead, 515, 525: r. from "Neighbor H.," 515: Cin- 

 cinnati convention, etc , 516; Doolittle's r. for 1880, 

 528: from an Iowa boy, 529: g «od r. from York 

 State, 531: r. from Arkansas, 532: Nicholson's r., 

 545: from 1 to 41 in two seasons, 549: discouraging 

 reports, 550 a beginner's ups and downs, 588: forty 

 swarms' from five, 591: Fl >rida as a honey State, 

 5"3: Bussev's experience, 594: Hayhurst's r. on the 

 Cyp. queen, 595: from Minnesota, 595: more honey 

 than a man can lift, 595: Case's r. for 1880, 

 569: Quinn's r. fur 1880, 569. 



Robbing - 



Wet cloths to stop r., 228; how to remove robbers, 

 226.283; how to disgust robbers, 287; look out for 

 r., 338; robbing neighbors' hives, 541. 



Saws and Other lHaeninery— 



Improvement in wabbling s., 29; Oldroyd's miter- 

 box. 46; tools, 99. 256; Parker's fdu. fastener. 102, 

 547; cost of apparatus for sugar-making, 105; to 

 wabble saws without collars, 124; saw mandrels, 

 124,366; Adams' horse-power not a failure, 125; s. 

 that are too hard, 130; Adams v. Childs horse- 

 power. 269; mills and bees, 170; device to hold work, 

 209; to make a hand-ripper, 211; a scraper for the 

 apiary, 279; planing saws, 283 tinners' shears, 

 283: tongs, 283. glass-cutters, 286: lillipuiian plan- 

 ers, 3 >1: hammocks. 339: tool-chests, 339: brains v. 

 machinery, 376: implementsforthe apiary, 432: the 

 Given dies, 434: wabbling s. for rabbets, 537: iron 

 tanks for honey, 545: to make a fooi-power saw, 

 60J: an improvement in scales, 578. 



Sections- 

 Vacant corners in, 23' Gray's machine for making, 

 64: one-piece, 131, 234, 2.,5, 335 rack for prize s., 

 132: cheaper, 168: new way of making dovetailed 

 s., 189 n rrow top-oars for s., 235: who invented 

 the one-piece? 285: odd-sized, 340 ■ the Forncrook 

 patent, 365: keeping unfilled s. over, 380: sent as 

 samples, 541 : unbiassed s., 549: entrances to s., 600. 



Smokers— 



Match-box for, 11: fuel for. 79.335,489.547: improve- 

 ments in by Bimrham and Boot, 108: Clark's cold- 

 blast, 130: Bingham's, 131: paper for, 179: home- 

 made, 1*0: still another improvement, 206: tan- 

 bark for fuel, 228: another trouble with, 330: large- 

 sized, 369 - s. v. tobacco-pipes, 493. 



Spicier Plant- 

 Manner of raising, 34, 61), 131, 179, 526: not always a 

 success, 73: tenderness of, 331: in Arkansas 389: 

 good yields from, 392: in July, 399: in Maine. 413 in 

 different localities, 473: in Arkansas, 5:32: growing 

 wild, 597. 



Stings- 

 How Steele did not get stung, 67: slings shown by 



microscope, 205. s. and rheumatism, 441, 472, 533, 



538, 541, 597, 600. 



Swarming— 



Why did they persist in? 16: choosing location be- 

 fore s., 31 natural v. artificial. 67: s - out in the 

 spring, 129: how to decoy runaway swarms, 131, 

 475: first swarms going to the woods, 177: a swarm 

 SO feet high, 233: to make second swarms stay. 

 233: aswarm from a swaim 17 days old, 213: a non- 

 Sivarmer, 234: to prevent after-s.. 280: prevented 

 by shot-guns, 284: swarms coming home, 285, 

 443: many queens from nat. s., 327: to prevents., 

 329: Oren's swarm-catcher, 332: retarded by giving 

 room, 339: do boxes retard? 377: swarms going to 

 woods. 428: mania for s., 433: to use the swarming- 

 box, 444: a "swarming" hag, 483: from 4 to 20, by 

 nat. s., 494: excessive s., 596. 



Transferring— 



Tr. in December, 78: tr. in fall, 127: turning combs in 

 tr., 228: tr. early, 231: an A BC scholar's tirst tr., 

 287: tr. successfully the tirst time, 438: tr. under 

 difficulties, 439: how an authoress succeeds in tr., 

 480: tr. in October, 594. 



Ventilation 



V. for Simp, covers, 133: why they died, 2H. 



Wax- 

 Cleaning off w. with oil, 203; improvement in melt- 

 ing w., 207; knives to scrape w., 232; substitute for, 

 462. 



Wintering 



Cellar wintering, 23, 175. 326: unsealed store3 for 

 winter, 24: in a cellar, 27: winter passages, how to 

 make permanent, 28: cellar w. in towa, 34: ducks' 

 feathers for w., 72: w. on caudy alone, 80, 178, 235, 

 592: oat hulls for w. packing, 80: how much does 

 it take to wiuter b ? 170, 281: hints on w., 226: tim- 

 othy chaff for w.,235: Dadatu's plan for w., 418: 

 how the "A B C child" winters, 423: w. three col's 

 in a chaff hive, 485: what to feed for w., 489: w. 

 well without care, 548: w. in unprotected Simp, 

 hive, 548: substitute for chaff hives in w., 584: w. 

 under suo.v, 5J1: w. in a hill-side, 533: anew idea 

 in, 579. 



Workers— 



W. in partnership. 433: how to get rid of fertile 

 workers, 436. 



Index to Contributors. 



A, 135; AC W, 223; Abraham H W. 287; Abraham 

 C, 441, 524; Adams G H, 231: Adair J B. 383: A H, 20; 

 Akius J, 330; Alvis fi J. 4K$; Alpha. 187; Alley H, 14; 

 Allen N H,373; Ambler S. 128; Annis G D, 443; An- 

 derson J L, 419; Angell C H.282; Anderson A W, 338; 

 Andrews T P, 389, 416; Arwine E S. 232, 479, 486; Ar- 

 terDA, 385; Ashworth J, 68, 116, 358; Atchley E J, 

 305. 380. 131, 513. 518; AwrevHA, 161; Axtell L C, 113; 

 Axtell S J W, 342, 400. 493, 555; Avars T Q, 439, 



Kabcook G H, 10; Baker D B, 15,76,386, 431; Biker, 

 GW, 32; Barrow. I H, 33; Bason VV F, 72; Ballow B 

 C, 76, 172; Bagbv E A. 80; Ballard D J, 112; B tird J, 

 117; Baker F. 130; Biker .1, 173; Barbour E, 181; 

 Bailey D, 566; Bacon D W C, 217; Bailey R H, 233; 

 Bailey J r, L H, 260: Ballantine W. 266, 513; Bartlett 

 EH, 377; B irber K I, 231; riailey G B, 333; Bailer F 

 A, 485; Baker II J, 550; Bethune R A, 471: Beard E 

 F, 32; Beal W J, 14, 70, 371, 423, 424, 470, 480. 531 ; B-n- 

 nett 1, 13; Betis L VV, 11; Bethune D S, 30, 389, 550; 

 Best D E, 543; Bennett J C. 74; Beech G A, 86; Ben- 

 ton F, 315, 391, 550; Berg E, 375, 433, 432; Best L A, 

 390,443; Berry M, 400, 442; Bell F J, 438; Bennett A 

 M, 534; BemisLE, 589; Bigger & Swallow, 119,492; 

 Bingham T F, 176, 491, 494, Bitzer W, 265; Bingham C 

 R, 538; Biunev B S, 548; Blanchard O C 443; Black- 

 burn H, 80, 313, 113; Blank A, 80; Biosser A P, 330; 

 Blosser S H, 442; Bowen J W, 599; 13 >wles C, 443; 

 Boyd H, 440; Bosworth D C, 339: Boston J, 287; 

 Both 13,285,319; Bowers L B, 235; Bowen O F. 176, 

 391, 393, 391, Bonham A F, 86, 313; Boardman H R, 60; 

 Bowers J L, 58; Bourgmeyer J, 61; Boulcane L, 308; 

 Bollinger P, 311; Bridges C, 376; Brogan .1 11,400; 

 Bradley J W, 518: Brickey P, 533; Brown W «', 544; 

 Branson G. 548; Brvan A W, 599: Brooks H H, 347; 

 Brown J M. 340; Breeee H H C, 120, 384, 495.569; 

 Brown J S, 79; Brown H H, 33, 459, Br-encm«n H, 73. 

 484; Brooks J M,- 108,228, 313, 333, 363, 373; Bribha't 

 .111,371; Breleford C, 224; Brown D C, 234; Bruce W 

 A, 493; Brumbaugh \ J, 235; Brit ton H F, 279; Dran- 

 rtonJ P, 329; Brav I B, 331, Bucklew J A, 23; Bwler 

 DL, 23; Butler SS, 438; Bitter T. 34; Bushnell U, 

 104; Butlor LL, 179; Bunker C V, 342, 441 ; UuggJL, 



