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GLEA^'iNGS IN BEE CULTUUE. 



Contents of this Number, 



Bees, Tacking in Hire 208 



Bees on Bui docks 209 



Burraah 191 



Circulars Received 216 



Convention at New Orleans.197 



Cuba, A Boom 192 



Editorials 215 



Frogs ^....209 



German Carp 194 



Guns 206 



Harmony among Bee-k'persl9.i 



Heddon's Sermon 202 



Honey Column 187 



Honey, Bitter 210 



Honey, Counterfeitinji- 207 



Missions in India 2nri 



Muth-Kasmussen's Picture 193 



Mv Neighbors 199 



Patents 1V6 



Poverty 202 



Pyracantha as Hedsre-plant.196 



Rabbits, Penning Up 210 



Reports Discouraging 214 



Si Ikworms 20s 



Tenexine 207 



Tliieves in Apiary 2i'9 



Toads 210 



Tobacco-Story 2iW 



Top-bars, 'VVifle ISO 



Walter's Storv 204 



The 6th 8eini-annual mcctins" of the Western IJcc- 

 Keepers' Association will bc> liciri in ITnitv Chapel, 

 P'elix Street, I'tluccn 0th and Ii)th, St. Joseph, Mo., 

 on Thursday and Fridav, Ai)ril U and 10, 18S"). com- 

 mencing- at 10 AM. ot the 9tli. All interested in bee 

 culture are invited to attend and make the meeting 

 as interesting: as possible. A full prog-ramme will 

 be prepared, and a general good time mav be ex- 

 pected. C. M. (:R.\N-i)Ar,T.,Sec., 



Independence, Mo. A. A. Bai.dwix, Pres. 



PONEY IJ0MMN. 



CITY MARKETS. 

 Milwaukee.— Hojicj/.— The market for honey is 

 quite dull, and values range from 12'i@13c for white 

 1-lb. sections, and possibly, in some cases, if very 

 fine, 14c may be obtained. Extracted is slow at 8c 

 per lb. Beeswax, 28(ff:j5e for choice. 

 March 4, 188.5. A. V. nisiior, 



142 West Water St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For 'he benefit of friend'^ w 

 which they want to di-i" > 

 charge, as bel'.w. Wed., li 

 enough to tncse queens t .. [ 

 ing 'hem in tock; and vet i 

 datiun to those who eaii 



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Cleveland.— Hone?/.— The honey market is about 

 the same as last reported; sales very dull, and only 

 the very best in style of crate and color of honoy 

 wanted. Best white 1-lb. sections sell at ]4(('15c; 

 second grade, ISf^^Mc. Extracted, no sale. Beeswax, 

 28(Hi:%e. A. C. Ken del, 



March 10, 1883. 11.5 Ontario St., Cle velaud, 0. 



1 have some nice hybrid queens on h.and now that 

 I will kill this summer, and it is something- I hate to 

 do— that is. kill a queen ot anv distription. 1 will 

 take :jiie apiece for them. That will .inst about pav 

 postage and caging, and the tronl.lcot x Mid ing- them 

 off. C. W. Hicks, Fairvicw, Wash. Co., Md. 



Queens For Sale.— Hybrid queens, .50 cts. each; 

 black queens, 25c each, from .June 1 to Oct. 1. Sale 

 arrival guaranteed. R. H. B.mlf.v, 



7-lldb P. O. Box 81. Ausalle Forks, Essex Co., N. Y. 



I have hybrid and black queens to dispose of, 

 60 and 3iJc each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



HtJNHV WiuGHT. Selma, Dallas Co., Ala. 



St. Louis —J/ojK)/.— Extracted honey in barrels, 

 very dull, held at ^'ofT/tJc for Southern. Northern in 

 kegs, worth more. There is a slightly better de- 

 mand for comb honey. Choice white clover in one- 

 pound sections, H'^'lS'oC. Beeswax, not much ar- 

 riving. Quotable at iitifr' ;3Cc. 



W. T. Anderson & Co., 



Feb. 24, 188.5. 1C4 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo. 



I have some hybrids the friends can have atoOcts. 

 each, if thev applv .'^oon. 



1). McKexzie. Carrollton, X. ()., La. 



Chicago.— HoTJf J/— The honey market is aghin 

 lifeless. It is diflicult to ctlfft sales, and It can only 

 be done by a cas<' at ;i tiTiw; H ^ i.5c is the range. 

 Extracted dull. Bn.<int.r.:;v,-. k a. inn.NKiT. 



March 11, 188.5. Kil .-~. Water St.. Chicago, 111. 



I ha\-e rO black (pieens for sale at 5(ie each, iidjc. 

 A. \V. liHVA.v. San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas. 



QUEENS in MARCH, 



\Vi 

 duri 



rr prepared to till orders foi- unte.<ted .(iieei 

 March at .-^l.::.-) each. 



J. M. KILLOI'UH & CO., 



San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas. 



DETROiT.-77o)if.i/.—The honey market is dull at 

 ISy.t^il^c for 1-lb. sections. A. B. Weed. 



Detroit, Mich., March 11, 188.5. 



I have untested <iueens for sale in JFarch, April, 

 and May. NELLIE ADAMS. 



Sorrento, Orange Co., Florida. 



I have 3 bbls. of white honey left. Thev weigh 

 370 lbs. each, net. I will take 8'; cts. per lb. at 

 Ithaca. Money orders may be sent to P. M., with 

 ordei-s tolie delis creel when sliipitig bill ispreseiiteil. 

 Orders pavabU- at llliacii. (Ii-aiint Co.. Mich. Hon- 

 ey is all Irom white clover and luisswood. 



Address F. E. Townsend, Newark. .Mich. 



DADANT-S FOUNDATION FACTOEY, WHOLES.VLE AND 

 KE'I'.ML. See advertisement in another column. 



WMiirf Wat4s701i Serhs^ 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The semi-annual meeting of the Boone County 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held in Lebanon. 

 Ind.. April 2, 1.S8.5. A general invitation is extended 

 to all. Ora Knowlton, Pres. 



S. H. Lane, Sec. 



The Northern Indiana and Southern IMichigan 

 bee-keepers will hold their next meeting at the 

 Court-House in Goshen, Ind., on Friday, April 3, '85. 

 All bee-keepers are invited to come. 



Middlebury, Ind. F. L. Putt, Sec. 



The Tuscarawas County Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will meet at New Philadeli)hia, O., on Thurs- 

 day, March 26, 188.5. We earnestly recpiest all who 

 are in any way interested in bees and bee culture 

 to attend. Geo. F. Williams, Sec. 



A. A. Fit ADEN UURG, PieS. I 



The Willamette Valley Bee-keepers' Association | 

 will hold their annual meeting at Lafayette, Yam- 

 hill Co., Oregon, on the third Wednesday in June. 

 Everybody in\ ited, with request to bring fixtures or 

 any thing that will help to make it a pleasant day. 



Newburg, Oregon. Cyrus Haskins. I 



will sell the 

 following watches while Iliey last, as follows: 



Five watches, lirst series, in good running order, 

 but some ot the eases look a little shabby. Mailed 

 postpaid for 5^1.. 5ii each. This gives you a timepiece, 

 without any particular regard to looks, for the 

 small sum of only #1..50. 



Of series A we liave five dozen. These have 

 nickel eases, and are in good running order. The 

 obii'ctioiiaMe feature is, that thev liasc an opening 

 in the dial. We .vill send these lor ?-,'.(i(l each. 



Ot series H, we Ikiv<' 31 watches left. These are 

 ecjual to an V in appeaianee and 1 inie-keep'ug (|uali- 

 ties, only tliey haxc not some ot the more recent 

 impro\eiiients. So long as they hist, s:; .Ml. I have 

 carried all the abose, to test them in.\seU individu- 

 ally; and any one of them that does not keep time 

 when you get it may be; returned at my expense. 

 A. I. I«»0'I', ITIediiia, 4»Uio. 



DIXON & DILLON, 



Parrisli, Franklin Co., Illinois. 



Manulactui-ers of and Dealers in all kinds of 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES^ 



at the lowest prices. Also pure ITA H.4N KF.KK 

 and QUKIiNS. No other bees kejjt in our jards. 

 For further information, send for price list. 



