1885 



GLEANINGS IN I3EE CULTUIIE. 



367 



Contents of this Number. 



A Good Man : 



Alfalfa ; 



Attachment for Saw : 



Banana for Honey : 



Banner Apiary : 



Bees in Cuba : 



Bees on Fruit-Bloom, etc.: 



Bees Working Down 



Bees, Too Many : 



Bees, Cliilliil 375, 



Bees.Tliawinu' ••uf : 



Bees, Fast. ■mil- in lliv.-s,..; 



Bee-Fceil. r- . 



Bse-Keeiiintc as .< business. 



Boardman's Letter 



Bug, the Andrena 



Burmah 



California 372, 



Carp-Ponds 



Chaff, How Much? 



(Mrculai-s Received ; 



Corab-Frame Stand 



Cotton, Mrs 



Covers, Heddon ' 



Cuba : 



Dorman's Report 



Editorials 



Eg-j^s, Several in Cell 



}leads of Urain 



Hibernation 



Higgins on Glbanin'gs. 



Hints to Bee-Keepers. . . 

 Hives, Changing Place. 



Honey, Bleaching 



Honey-Dew 



Hoiipv-Taiik- 



H..n.vl'....ud-, Slatted. 



xvz 



Photogra].)! ■ 

 Pollen Till. .I- 

 Potato Cult ui 

 Potato-Book . 



Pyracantha 



Queens, Condemning 



r,i,i..p,is. Kv|..-i(.nce with. 



l;:ii-ii:-' 1 •Hiiii Honey 



1;. - i I - u raging 



1^' I i':i;,'ing 



■ostoffice. 

 make — 



^r^T^^X/- THF BELLlN-yiONA ITAI.IANS, 



X t\^ I and sfc lor \()iir.sclf t luit tlicv arc THK 

 BEST. Warranted (juccns in .Mav. .*;i.:J5: Juno, 

 $1.10: Jul.y and after, $1,011: si.v lor .-.■)1K). Hcos at 

 reduced rates. Send for dcscriptiM' circular. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. ('HAS. I). I)I\'ALL, 

 9tfdb Spencerv illu, Mont. Co., Md. 



DAOANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, "Whole- 

 sale and retail. See advertisement in another 

 column. ,3btfd 



GERMAN BROWN BEES, 



75 cts. a pound ; Queens to g-o with the same, IK cts. : 

 -,2 pound, 50cts. Will l)e ready to shi]) the :iStli of 

 May. Safe arrival guaranteed. Address 



THOMAS OEDYE, LA SALLE, LA SALLE CO., ILL, 



1885 ITALIAN QUEENS 1885 



Untested Queens in Mai'cli and .Vjirii .¥1 ~") 



Afterward 1 OU 



J. S. TADLOCK, 

 5tfdb LULING, CALDWKLL CO., TEXAS. 



MUTH'S 



HOKEY-EXTRACTOE, 



KQiTAiCE <;l.ass HONEY-JAKN, 



TIN BUCKETS, BKE-III VES, 

 HONEV-SECTIONS, Arc, Ac. 



Apply to CHAS. F. MUTH, Cincinnati, O. 



P. S.— Send 10-cent stamp for " Practical Hints to 



Bee-Keepers." Itfdb 



1879. ITALIAN IQUEENS, 1885, 



For Italian queens in their ii\irity, and tliat can 

 not be excelled; Comb Foundation and supplies 

 generally, send for circular. Untested quoeus, 

 $11.00 per dozen. T. S. HALL, 



Ttfdb Kirby's Creek, Jackson Co., Ala. 



ROOT'S CHAFF HIVES 



still lead, and we furnish tlieni at 



Our 5th Annual Circular, containins' a full line of 

 Bee-Keepers' goods, will be sent fre(> on application. 



5tfdb S, C. & J. P. WATTS, MUEEAV, CLEAEFIBLP CO., PA. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted an 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

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



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for Sl.OO each, under the following 

 conditions : >.'o guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anythinji- ol the kind, only that the queen be rear- 

 ed 1 roiii a choice, ]nire 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 u]i most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 reeei\ e tlir most Orders. Special rates for warrant- 

 eil :iii'l i(-ieil queens, furnished on application to 

 aii\ ol the I'artics. Names with *, use an imported 

 (lueeii-inoiher. If tlieiiueeii arrives dead, notify us 

 and we will send mhi another. Probably none will 

 be s.-iit lor si.iwi liciore .July 1st, or after Nov. If 

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



'A. I. Koot, Medina, Ohio. 



'H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 



rtf 



*Paul L. Viallon, Bavou Ooula, La. Ttfd 



*S. F. Newman, XorwalU. Huron Co., O. Vtfd 



*Wm. Hallantiiie, Sairo, Musk. Co., O. Ttfd 



*D. (i. Ivlmisloii. .Vdriaii. Leu. Co., Midi. ittfd 



*S. G. Wood, Birmingham, Jeff. Co., Ala. Ttfd 



*S. C. Perry, Portland, Ionia Co., iSIich. ittfd 



Jas. O. Facey, Tavistock, Ont., Can. Ttfd 



♦H. J. Hancock, Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Ark. 



9tfd 

 »E. T. Lewis, Toledo, Lucas Co., O. 3-1 



•C. C. Vaughn, Columbia, Maury Co., Tenn. 9tfd 

 G. M. Doolittle. Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y.3-13 

 D. A. McCord, Oxford, Butler Co., O. 5-15 



S. H. Hutchinson & Son, Claremont, Surry Co., Va. 



5-3 

 *E. Kretchmer. Cobnrg. Mont. Co., Iowa. lltfd 

 *\V. A. Compten, I.viinville, Giles Co., Tenn. lltfd 

 ♦J. L. Hvde, I'omfi-ei Landing. Wind. Co., Ct. Vtfd 

 1). McKen/.ie. Camp I'arapot, .leff. Parish, La. Ttfd 

 *J. J. Martin, N. Manchester, Wabash Co., Ind.T-19 

 D. A. Pike. Smithsburg, Wash. Co., Md. T-IT 



Cornelius Bros., LaFayetteville, Dutch. Co., N. Y. 



7-19 

 Peter Brickey, Lawrenceburgh, Anderson Co., 



lltfd Ky. 

 S. M. Darrah, Chenoa. McLean Co., 111. 11-lT 



Ira I). Alderman, Taylor's Bridge, Samp. Co., N.C. 



U-13tfd 

 J. W. Winder, Carrollton, New Orleans. La. lltfd 

 J. W. Keeran. Bloonungton, McLean Co., 111. 11-31 

 *0. H, Townsend, Alamo, Kal. Co., Mich. lltfd 



*F. S. McClelland. New Brighton, Beav. Co.,Pa.ll-13 

 *Elias Cole, Aslilev. Delaware Co., O. ll-tfd 



♦Haines Bros., Moons, Favette Co., O. 11-23 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Koot, i\Ie<lina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Uavou (ioiila, Iberville Par., La. Ttfd 

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

 Kennedy & Leahy, Higginsville, Lafayette Co., Mo. 



9tfd 

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



E. T. Lewis, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio. 3-1 



H. F. Moeller, cor. 5th st. and Western Ave., 



Davenport, la. 3-1 

 C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Butler Co., Pa. 3-13 



Milo S. West, Box 203, Flint, Genesee Co.,Mich.3-13 

 E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. lltfd 



Foitndation-Mills Lower. 

 Until further notice, prices will be as follows; 4- 

 inch mill, $10.00; 6 inch mill, $13..50; 10-in. mill, $20.00; 

 12-incb mill, $30.00; 14-inch mill, $40.00. 



A. 1. Koot, Medina, 0. 



