1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUIIE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees in India 7i 



Bee-armor 64 



Bee-ring 57 



Bohemian Oats 72 



Boy Bee-keeper 56, 61 



Bravery 58 



}{uckwheat Ct 



Candied Honey on Frames. ..72 



Carp, German 53,65,66 



Carp-po"d8 and Crabs 64 



Circulars 74 



Convention at Lansing 46 



Conveiitions 43 , 



Doolittle's Article 51 j 



Dyke's Feeder .5J | 



Editorials "" 



EmptyC'bs and Comb Hon'y 

 Kpilobinni Angiistifolium.. 



Extractor, Solar 



Fireweed 



Forest-Leaves 



Franie.«, Reversible 



CJlasses, Colored 



Hind's Report 54 



Honey -boards 47 



Humbugs 72 



Kennedy's Repoi t 59 



Loop's Report 48 



Marking Hives 45 



Minnesota 61 



Minnie's Tiial-< 69 



Myself and Neighbors 55 



Nuclei, Forming 45 



Overproduction 51 



Queens, Introducing ."^2 



Recent Developments 71 



Reports Discouraging .50 



Reports Encouraging 49 



Salt and Honey for Cold Gt 



Santa Barbara 60 



Saws, Filing 74 



Saws, Foot-power 54 



Smokers, Care of 45 



Stings 53 



Willow-herb 48 



Workers tioni Fer' Worker.. 72 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



Tho Corlland Union Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold their nest meeting- in Cortland, Jan. 27, 18S.5. 

 M. G. Dakbv, Sec. 



The annual meeting- of the Maine Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at De.xter, Me., Jan. 20. 21, 

 and 22. F. O. Additox. Pres. 



Wm. Hoyt, See. 



The Bee-Keepers' Association of Hamilton and 

 Tipton Counties, Ind., will hold its ne.xt meeting- at 

 Cicero, Hamilton Co., on Friday, Feb. 6. 188.5. 



Jno. Fritz, Sec. D. A.ming, Pres. 



The sixtecnlh annual convention of the North 

 Eastern ncc-Kcepcrs' Association will be held in 

 the Citv Hull at Syracuse. N. Y., on the 21st, 22d, 

 and 2.1d days of January, 1885. L. C. Root, Pres. 



Geo. W.'HorsK, Sc^e^^ 



The Northeastern Mich. Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its third annual convention Feb. 4t I), 

 18(^5, at Vassar. Place for holding meeting will be 

 given in Feb. Glkanings. Send to the Secretary 

 for railroad certificates, and secure reduced rates. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



THE world's BEE-KEKPERS CONVENTION. 



This is to be held at New Orleans, on Tuesday. 

 Wednesday, and Thursday, Feb. 24. 25. and 26. 188.i. 

 The bce-kccpcrs of the world arc inyitcd to attend 

 the eonvcMtiuii and exhibit, to be held on the ali<)V<' 

 days. \\v havr p\it it lirforc .\ on in tin- al>oy(- 

 shai)C' so you will Ik'sui-c Tint to ior;;'('i it. It' there 

 is any pai-t of the world that is not cordially inyitcd. 

 the managers will please e(ii-)-ect. 



i:i). Gl.r.A.MNCS. 



BEE-KEEPERS,!:^S^s, 



We haye a larjio stock ol' om- \' y riM)\ c one piece 

 sections. aiKl until March 1st. IS-.-), will sell at rock 

 bottom. 



,')1MI0 one pound sections for an eve:i S^2I (0 



ID.OOJ " '• " '■ •-.... 4U OU 



Sample free. Send for oiu- Illustrated Price List 

 of Bee-Keepers' Supi.lios, rir In ,ii!. 



SMITH & SMITH, 



2tfdb KENTON, HARDIN CO., O. 



Bee-Hives and Supplies. 



SOMETHING NEW. 



As I have greatly increased my facilities for man- 

 ufacturing 



It will be to .your advantage to send for price list 

 before purchasing elsewhere. Cash paid for bees- 

 wax. A. B. HOWE, 

 2tfdb Council Bla£Ps, Iowa. 



U/AMTCn To exchange Italian queens for two 

 ilHIIlLUi or three barrels of extracted honey. 

 2tfdb T. S. HALL, Kirby's Creek, Jackson Co., Ala. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FAOTOET, WHOLESALE and EETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3btfd 



B 



Vliolesiile and lUtail. 



EE- KEEPERS' '^ SUPPLIE 



Pcplir aid BissTocd Sections a Specialty. 



s 



SEND2-CENTSTAMP for SAMPLE and PRICE. 



S. D. BUELIi, UNION CITY, MICH. 

 2tfdb 



FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. 



One Pelham Foundation Mill, with Tank. Heater, 

 Dipi)ing-boards. and Table for mill to stand on, 

 UL-i.tin. Also 18 chiitr hives, i?2.,-)0 each. Six of these 

 arc Root's Simplicity. 4 with portico, and 10 or 12 

 Simplicity of 'j-inch stuff. Also one Novice Ex- 

 tractor, §6.00. Six smokers, §1.00 each. 



JOHN H. DANIEL, 

 Cumberland, Guernsey Co., O. 



WANTED.— A second-hand Barnes Foot-pow- 

 er Saw, for hive-making. Address 

 2d W.M. Wason, Uoekdale, Milam Co., Texas. 



f^ A T^WCi 50 Chromo Cards with name, for 

 \jr\.r\Lji^t lilcents; 25 gold bevel-edge, or 20 



hi«lde 

 stamp; 

 2d 



inie cards for 20 cents. Silver or P. O. 

 A.ldrcss C. L. BKOOKS, 



Deansville. Oneida Co., N. Y. 



FOR SALE! 



(IIOK K SEED CLOVKK AND POTATOES. 

 I5y Freight or Express. | mail 

 I bus' 1 I peck 1 lb. I lb. 



Alsik*' Clover 



White Clover 



Hall's early pcachblow 



tatoes 



Ontario 



I $10 00 I *;! 00 I 20c I 40c 

 ! 10 00 1 3 00 I 20c " 



;i5c 

 :r> I 51 i bic aic 



Address li. S. ■Ill.UER.nAIVN, 



A(ilii|>i>un, Dod<i;e <'o., IViet. 



Please mention this Journal if asked for the above 

 advertisement. 2tfdb 



--^^IjSTOUT, HURHAH FOR 1 



\0m£YHA7CHeR^MAD£ 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES, 



BEE-DOOKS, & LE CONTE PEAR-TREES 



One pear-tree sent postpaid for 40 cents. 

 1 •24tfdb T. A. Ol\\, Tiillolioma, Tenn. 



(1 si/.<'s niaue. 

 -s. We hay.' 

 ! per cent dis- 



We have remodeled om- machine 

 orders on short notice. It'wantecl, 

 Send orders now belor.' the rush ce 

 a large stock on hand now. We gi\ 

 count till Feb. 1. Price list free. 



B. J. MILLER & CO., 

 2 12d Nappanee, Elkhart Co., Ind. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, WHOLESALE AND 

 KETAIL. See advertisement in another column. 



SECTIONS. 



To nail, or dovetailed, 4V.i,x4i.i, per 1000 ?4 50 



Other sizes, larger, to 5x6 5 00 



Send for price list and sample. 



PARKER NFWTON, 



EAKLVILLE, ■: MADISON CO., - N. Y. 



