1885 



GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



.. 17 



After-swarming... 

 Alley's Drone-trap 



Apiarv, Nelson's ii 



Banner Apiary 5 



Baum's Troubfe 3:i 



Bees Dyins on the Snow 30 



Bees on Dry Sugar 24 



Bees to New Zealand 24 ; 



Bees and Seed Corn 27 



Bee-keeper, Scientific 26 : 



Bi adstreet Agency 36 



Cixrni'ilans 17.29 



Carp 35 , 



Circulars 10 



Churchill's Tube-cleaner 18 



Convention, Michigan 6. IB 



Conventions 36 i 



Crystallization, To Prevent. 13 \ 



Cuba 23 t 



Death of W. W. Rowley 29 



Division-Board, Hamraon's. .30 



Dragon-flies 11 



K.lit,.ri.Tls .-M 



Ki.tr:. n.M-.(.l'.n 271 



1" In .1. l;.'. ...l-nc.-;t !> 



Florida 10. 17, 33 



Gallup's Letter 2.5 



Heads of Grain 27 



Hints to Cle'ks 19 



Hives To Nail 27 



Honey Column 4 



Honey Cake .-0 



Honey- 'ew. Not Unpleasant. 13 



Letter from Burmah II 



Material for Capp ng ... 30 

 New Orleans, Exposition at. 9 



Notes and Queries 31 



Pit rt idge Pea 33 



Picture of Aidary 15 



Pollen Theory 17 



Reports Discouraging 32 



ReKoits Encouraging 31 



Saws that Smoke 3.i 



Spider Plant 33 



Sub-earth Ventil.ntion 29 



•'warms, Demoriilized 36 



Thieves in Alii:>ry 28 



Tool to Clean Smokers 18 



Transferring 2"= 



Wax. Secretion of 16 



Winter Feeding 27 



Young Be' s inSniing 29 



Obituary. 



We are pained to notice the death of our old 

 friend F. N. Wilder, of Fors.\th, Ga. He was one of 

 the old friends of Gleanings, and has been an cn- 

 thusiatic and successful bee-keeper, widely known 

 in his vieinitv. His last letter, if I am correct, is 

 found on pa^e 402, June number. He was about 36 

 years of ag-e, and an earnest and consistent member 

 of the Methodist Church since his 10th year. It is 

 said of him that he has never, during- his wliole 

 married life, failed to have family prayers. 



Great peace have they which love thy law, and 

 nothing shall offend them.— Fs. 110: Hi."). 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERsT 



OUR FD.V. AND FDN. MILLS. 



Your 10 inch foiiiubif ion iiKichinc rcecixcd in (rood 

 order. We have trii'd it. ami llir- Lie- lia\-e tried 

 the f()\inilati(in. All imrtics iire wi'll s;it islicd. 



ColumbuH, Wis., .hiiief), IKSt. Smith \- .Mokgan. 



dance of muscle and enthusiasm to run one of them; 

 or, as an old fellow jiut it who was looking- at me 

 while at work, "It takes a heap o' trompin'." Al- 

 low me to say, that my success is due to the accura- 

 cy of your directions in your book. I suppo-e there 

 was not a day during- the whole summer that I did 

 not pay the closest attention to them. My neighbor 

 constantly prophesied I would kill my bees, and I 

 could get him to open his hives only after the ut- 

 most urging-. Result, I have grown from one to 11; 

 he has grown from 7 to 0, and 1 have had to keep 

 constant watch to keep my bees from robbing his. 

 My honey crop was short because of the excessive 

 drought. And now. allow me t<} thank you for the 

 prompt and honest attention you have given my or- 

 ders, and to hope that I shall be able to deal with 

 you for long years to come. Honestly and sincerely 

 your friend, C. M. Roberts. 



Lhillicothe, O., Dec. 11, ISfii. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or 62.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names insertedin this department the first time ivitli- 

 nit chaiyc. After, 20c each iiisertiuii, or $2.00 per year. 



THE WIRE - IMBEDDER FOR PUTTING FDN. INTO 

 WIRED FRAMES. 



.Tust in time, the nice wire-imbedder came to hand 

 today. I ;\m will ))leased in the prompt way you 

 ha\c of (loiiiir business. W. Rigge'n. 



North Salem, Ind., .Tune 7, 1884. 



SOME KIND WORDS FROM MY OWN PASTOR. 



I thank you for your Christian and sensible arti- 

 cle in the Nov. " Homes." May God fjraiit that it 

 may become more and more the habit of < In-istians 

 to take their )•('//■(/('..)) into tlicir- ciiullii-ts wiih trou- 

 blesome boys or men rather than their tiirann.'t. 



Medina, O., Nov. 21, 1884. C. ,1. Rvdeu. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens lor -r^l.ou each, under the following 

 conditions: Noguarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or an.\ thiiifr ol the kind, only that the (lueeu 1 e rear- 

 eil from a c-lioic-e. i>ui-c inotlicr. and had commenced 

 to la.\- when they « ere shipped. 'i\u\\ also agree to 

 return the money at any timc^hen customers be- 

 come impatii-iit ol s\i(li dela\ as ma\ be unavoidable. 

 Hear in mind, that he \\ ho sends the I est (lueens, 

 I)Ut up must neatly ami most seeuielN . will probalily 

 i'ecei\e the most orders. Specuil rates loi- warrant- 

 ed and tested (pieeiis, furnished on ajiplication to 

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

 queen mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us 

 and we will send you another. Probal)ly none will 

 be .sent for -^Liio before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, oi- later, see rates in price list. 

 *A.I. Root, Medina, dhio. 



*H. H. Mrown. bight Street. Columbia Co., Pa. Itf 

 *Paul I,. Vialion. haxou (ioula. I>a. Itfd 



*S. V. Newman. Noi-walU. Huron Co., O. Itfd 



♦Wui. ibillantinc, Sago, .Musk. ( <)., O. Itfd 



*D. G. Ivlmiston, .'vdrian, ben. Co., Mich. 21tfd 

 *Dr. John .M. Price. Tampa, Ilillsboro Co., Fla. .5-.3 

 *S. G. Wood. Hirmiiigham, .lell. Co., Ala. Itfd 



*Jos. Hvrne, ibiton Koiige, K. Baton K. Co., La. 7-5 

 *W. W.'Turner. Oak Hill, (ireeneCo., N. Y. 7-5 



*S. C. Perrv. Poith.-.al. Ionia Co., Mich. 21tfd 



Will True, < had" ell, Clatsop Co., (iregou. 0-7 



Jas. O. Facev, Tavistock, Out., Can. Itfd 



*D. E. Jacobs, Longley, Wood Co., O. 1-2;? 



Hive Manufacturers. 



to make such hives, and at the jirices 

 )se ileseribed on our circular. 



OUR EXTRACTORS IN ARKANSAS. 



The exti-actor was a "dandy" and a show in the 

 country— the only one in the county. The iieople 

 crowded in. to see the honey taken out without in- 

 juring the combs, till the house was full in every 

 room. If I had charged an admission fee I could 

 have gotten my money back. W.m. Drake. 



Colt Station, Ark. 



Who i 

 named, 

 A. I. Hoot, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallori, Ha vou Goula, Iberville Par., La. Itfd 

 Apiarian Supply Co., Wilton Junction, Miis. Co., la. 



C. W. Costellow, Waterboro, York Co., Me. 21-19 

 Kennedy \- Leahy, Higginsville, Lafayette Co.. Mo. 



2ltld 

 F. A. Sncll, Milledgeville, Carroll Co., 111. l-i;( 



SOME KIND WORDS FROM AN A B CSCHOLAR. 



Well, we are closing up another year. I began 

 dealing with you last spring in a small way, but my 

 apiary is growing, and so are my ideas. If my pros- 

 perity keeps up I shall soon be a customer worth 

 looking after I bejran in the spring- of isst with 

 one small colony of beautiful Italians. My apiary 

 has grown to 11 at this writing, and I have piii-chas- 

 ed only one, a full Italian swarm, for which I gave 

 S4.00. I have of my colonies in chaff hives. Avhich 

 I made myself, after the instructions given in the 

 ARC book, on a buzz saw T constructed myself. 

 IJut after making tho.ce hives T recognized the 

 truth of your statement, that it takes a superabun- 



Something Hew. 



Hive with reversible section cases, also Simplicity 

 Hives, the same as A. I. Root nuikcs them, at Roofs 

 prices. Send for circular and price list to 

 Itfdb KENNEDY & LEAHY, 



Box 1 1 . Higg insville. Lafayette Co,. Mo- 



TESTED aUEENS, -?2.00. Untested, $1.00. 4-frame nu- 

 clei, §;i.50 and f-i.'>0. Mississippi wax-extractor, 

 §3.00, USCARF. 15LKDSOF, Grenada, Miss. 3tfd 



