GLEANINGS IN UEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alley's Drone-trap. . . 



Australia 



Badges 



Banner Apiary 



Bananas 



Bees anil C"i<ler-niills. 



Bees and Carp 



Bees on Oars 



Bees on Bed Clover . . 

 Bees, Heddr 



Hi 



lah 



-tter 



( 'arp and Ponds 91, 



ciroulars ] 



Clamp, Flory's 1 



( 'leaning Smokers ) 



("onvention, Michigan 



Conventions 1 



Comb, what made of! 1 



Combs, Empty, to use 



New Orleans. 95 



Mosquito-hawks 



Notes and Wueries. 



Phenol 



Plants for Carp 



PoultiTfor Boys , 



Thieves in Apiary 103 



Willow-herb ". KU 



Yucca 1(« 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES, 



BEE-BOOKS, & LE CONTE PEAR-TREES 



One i)eai--trec sent iiostjxiid lor iO ei'iits. 

 2ttdb r. A. fyf'.VA', Tullafioiiia, Teini. 



SECTIONS. 



To nail, or dovetailed, 4' ixt'i, per Kkki S4 .W 



Other sizes, larg-c'i". to r).\ti .'i t)0 



Send for i)riee list and saiiii)le. 



PARKER NEWTON, 



EAKLVILLE, - MADISON CO., - N Y. 



2-:(-4- 



1885 ITALIAN QUEENS 1885 



FHOm MAY I'INTIli 0< TOBKIC. 



Tested, $2.00; Untested, $1.00. Raised from Import- 

 ed mothers (Root's Importation!. Bees b.v the 

 pound, $1.(K). 3-Krame Nuclei, fiood (|iieens, S3..')0. 



H. J. HANCOCK, 



SILOAM SPRINGS, BENTON CO.. ARK. 



ALL DOVETAILED SECTIONS 



LANGSTROTH AND ] RUOOI) AND WIDE 



CHAFF HIVES, i FRAMES. 



SHIPPING - CRATES, WIRE NAILS. ETC.. ETC. 



Send for Circular. 



5E0. WHEELEK, NOEWICH.^ CHENANGO CO., N. Y. 



FOR SALE. 



As I intend to "go West " next February. I offer 

 for sale my house and lot, and 50 stands of bees, all 

 jrood Italians. Some of my queens \vere from A. I. 

 Root, and some from J. A. Green. Dayton. 111. I 

 have more than I can take with me. 



JAMES KINGHORN, 

 23-4db Sheffield. Ruheau Co., 1m,. 



FLAT - BOTTOM COMB FOlJNI>ATION. 



High side-walls. 4 to 14 square feet to 



the pound. Circular and samples free. 



J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS. 



4tfd Si)lf Muniifiirtinrr^. 



SPROUT BROOK, MONT. CO.. N. Y. 



VANDERVORT 

 COMB FOUNDATION MILLS. 



Send for samples and reduced price list. 

 tfdb JNO. VANDERVORT. LaceyviUe, Pa. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Namei insntrd in Uiix department the flrf>t time wit)i' 

 out chm-ge. After, 20c encli insertion, or $2.(i0 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 anj^hlng of the kind, only that the queen be rear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to 

 return the money at any time when customers be- 

 come impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind, that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up mf)st neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most (liclcrs. Siiccial rates for warrant- 

 ed and testf<l (|uceiis, fui-uished on application to 

 anv of the jiartics. Names with *. use an iinport(>d 

 (juefii-iiiotliiT. n thc(|ucen arrives dead, notify us 

 and we will send miu anothei-. Probably none will 

 be sent for :t;i.iKI before .July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A.I. Root. Medina. Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown. Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. Itf 

 ♦Paul L. N'iallon, lUnou Goula, La. Itfd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk. Huron Co., O. Itfd 



*Wm. Ballantiue, Sa;:o, Musk. Co., O. Itfd 



*D. G. Edmistoii, .\dnnii. Leu. Co., Mich. :^tfd 



*Dr. .John M. I'lice. Tami)a, Hillsboro (^o., Fla. n^i 

 *S. G. Wooil, Hiniiiiit.'-ham, .leff. Co., Ala. Itfd 



Mos. Bvriu', Itaton Kouge, E. Baton R. Co.. La. T-.'i 

 *W. W.'Turn.'r. dak Hill, Greene Co., N. V. 7-5 



*S. C. Perrv, Porthrnd, Ionia Co.. Mich. :jtfd 



Will True. Chadwell, ( latsop Co., Oregon. SI-7 



Jas. O. Kacey, Tax istoek, ( Int., Can. ItftI 



♦D. E. Jacobs. Longley. Wood Co.. O. l-2:f 



*H. J. Hancock. Siloam Springs. Benton Co., .\rk. 



:ttfd 

 »E. T. Lewis. Toledo. Lucas Co., O. HI 



•C. C. Vaughn, Columbia, Maury Co., Tenn. 3tfd 

 G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. V.:^-i;i 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L.Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. Itfd 

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

 Kenneily A: Leahy. Higginsville. Lafayette Co., Mo. 



3tfd 

 F. A. Snell. Millcdgeville, Carroll Co.. 111. 1-13 



E. T. I-ewls. Toledo. Lucas Co., Ohio. :}-l 

 H. F. Mueller, cor. r>th at. and Western Ave.. 



Davenport, la. 3-1 

 C. P. Bish, Petrolla, Butler Co., Pa. .3-18 



Milo S. West, Bo.\- :;02, Flint, Genesee Co.,Mich.3-I3 



F. M. Blanchard, Orwell, Ashtabula Co., O. 3tfd 



FOR SALE! 



CHOICE SEED CLOVER AND POTATOES. 

 By Freight or E.vpress. I mail 



\ bu s' 1 I peck I lb . Mb. 



Alsike Clover | $10 00 | $2 7.5 | 20c | 40e 



White Clover i 10 00 3 00 | 20c I 40c 



Hall's early peachblow po- I 



tatoes 12.5 I .50 1,5c I 3.5c 



Onta rio | 1 25 | 5 | 16c | :i5c 



Address E. S. HILDEMANN, 



AsUlppiin, Dodge <'o., Wis. 



Please mention this Journal if asked for the above 

 advertisement. 2tfdb 



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

 clei, $3..50 and $4. .50. Mississippi w a. \ -ex tractor, 

 $3.00. OSCAR F. BLEDSOE, Grenada, Miss. 3tfd 



U/AMTCn ^^'ax to work into foundation by the 

 VVANItUi pound, or for a share. For particulars 

 address 0. H. TOWNSEND, Alamo, Mich. 8-td 



