1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



•547 



Contents of this Number. 



JOB LOT OF WIRE CLOTH 



T.pps I'laMii;,'. 

 Kef>siiin-'iimi. |i;iii 

 Pees T--^Mi^'('l.l \V:,\ 

 Kees. \(ln]t.s. , 1, 111 

 Bees, Nnii-sw m nnirj 

 HuyiiiL' Fi.-,-s ,,, S|,,P 



Caps, llillli.'ri. 



t'Iia<lil'.rk-< I,.n, ; 

 (lider I.t H.-. - 



T)l-011l'-r,V<'IU'l'l . Si,;i 



Kditorials 



Kxtvaclor. s..hii. . . 

 False Slatuimut.s ... 

 Feeder, Cigai-bo.K . . 



Fish for Pets 



Fish Rinsing a Bell.. 

 Foot-notes 



^FOR SALE.^ 



SSCOIID aiJALIT? WISE CLOTH AT 1' 



.1 ■ iSO.ME OF THE ISEs TO WHICH THISl 

 il^ TLIKll 



lU-^ 



CTS. PEK SaUAKE FT. 



Ill Hcos ill I/antrsti 



)lllt>.«, witll liniirv. 



DOUBLE-WALL OBSERVATORY HIVES; 



Rccn used two .season.* witli oiie-i)ounil l>o.\cs. and 

 lor c.vti-uftinj:-. Complete on lioard ears, I'oi' t;s.(K) 

 per eolony. or *1 (• >.00 for the lot. 



J.A.1^1ES CRAIG, 

 jeivisa wr. .m<:izini.\iv. va. 



DADANrS rOTODATIOil FAOTOHT. \V!lor,K.>^.\ I.K .\Xn 

 UKTAIl.,. See ful\erti.«einriit in niifither eoliiinn. 



CARNIOLAU 13UEENS. 



•r \ I 



III lp 



imported iiuceii. lull I'ertiJi/.id in my tipi;irv oC H(J 

 eoloni* s or ll.iliiins. .My ( arniolan liees are' e&sily 

 distin;!ni,sh(il Irom iiati\-e hee.s l)^• Iheir appearanee 

 alone, and th''.\ are iinielcr and iiiiieli Ichk ill- 

 elilied to iKtiii:r lliaii flie iieiillef^l l>i>«-f> ol' aii> 

 oilier rsjeo I Imve sfM-ii. Sainplc ( jriiiohin liccs, 



anteed h\ iiiail, oim' dollar ''ai li. 



iHtldb JAMES H. MORRISON, 



oxroisn, < ibfs-ific <o.. i'A. 



W. J, ELLISON, 



STATEBURG. SUMTER CO.S.C. 



Has a a lot of tine ItMliaii ipn'riis raised |f,»in splen- 

 did stoek, that he will sell at *l.(iU eaeh; *!I.(KI per 

 dozen, or ft).5.00 per hundred. Sale arrival pruaran- 

 tecd. _ U)-I7d 



NUCLEUS. - I have r,n two frame mielei. strontr in 

 bees, with tine dollar (pn-en. I will s.'ll lor #:.'..">0 

 each. By adflintr frames ol lirood or empty comb 

 these nuelei can lie tiiiilt up to stroll'; eoloriies lor 

 winter. T. S. SANF( iRD, 



ICd no.v.iSl. Rradl'ord, Pa. 



TO CLOSE OUT. 



I will sell IL' ehiitf liiMs, made up and painted, at 

 Sl.OO each. Also three colonies Italian bees at $:im 

 per colony. W. K. LEWIS, DE? EIB3E. ZY. 16d 



Queei\-Rearing. 



How to rear queens by the best and simplest 

 methods. For particulars address 

 letfdb HENRY ALLEV, Wenh.vm, M.\ss. 



30 STRONa COLONIES OF 



Italian Bees For Sale at $5 Each. 



Ten frames, combs all built on wired foundation, 

 and filled with honey and brood. Hives all well 

 painted. Queens raised from imported stock. Will 

 ship during- August and September. 



16-17d A. F. PROPER, Portland, Jay Co., Ind. 



« S rolls of 7.-), 72 s. f. 

 Scrolls. 100 s. f.H.ieh. 

 ;<» rolls of IBfi s. f. e;',ch 

 4;» rolls of IRl. 1 of IfiOs. f. 

 6|i rolls of 200. 1 of IWI. and 

 '1 2:i rolls of 217, .18 of 216, 2 > 

 210 s. f. 



Is of :iW.:f of 2S.i. 

 ^nd 21.-) s. f. 

 of 2« s. f . 



UK), 



riSST iUALITT TIF.E CLOTH AT ] 

 The foUowint;- is first <nialit.\ 

 lier sipiare foot. It can be iii 

 for whieli wiri' cloth is ordinal 

 1 ^ cts. per SI). 11. it is far belo 

 chai-f;c(i at hardware and tun 

 will ascertain l'\ iiiakinj'- iii'pii 

 seeiir*. ilijs v , r\ low price bv 

 overoii" th..Ms;u,,l dollars- woi 



ill of 190.022, i;8, r:6. 



CTS. PSK CCUASE FT. 

 ind is worth 1 V cts. 

 I for any iiurpose 

 ,• used: and even at 



the prices usuall.v 

 liiny: stores, as you 

 . We were able to 

 iivina a .piantity of 



h ; 1 en<li <if 40, fO, 9fi, 120. 108, I'Kl, 280 

 ■h : 1 tacli of 19.'), 195, 200. 200, 201, «27, 



.1 ■••" s ..I •^^^. i of 221. 2 of aw. 1 of 



I" I . '. ■!ii.2l.i.n0 9:t, 82m|. ft. 



1 "■ i:i7, 115, 117,12.1,12.0, 220, 



■I'll'. II I c.iL-h of 2ai, 251,117, 275 



-:iC22 lolls 

 I X,. fl. 



I :i8 I lull em-li of :«m :ni.l :".lfi si|. ti . 

 •• W 1 ii.ll of 2.'?3. I of KIO s,|ii.u r I. . ! 

 I 12 I roll orXVlsnii,,!-,. I,., t. 

 1*6 1 rollof 192^.|lMl.• lift. 



/%. I. K4»0'l% iTIediiin, <»liio. 



DADANT'S ^ 

 FOUNDATION 



is assert od by hundreds of iiractical and disinterest- 

 ed bee-keepers to be the eleaiiest, brightest, quick- 

 est accepted liy bees, least apt to sajr, most regular 

 ill color, eveiiest, and neatest, ot any that is made. 



It is kept for sali> bv Messrs. .\ . H. Newman. Chi- 

 cago, 111.: C. V. Miitli, (iiieinnati, <•.; .)as. Heddon, 

 Dowagiac, Mich.; I)(uiglicit\- iV McKee, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind.: (has. H.Ciccn. Hcrliii. Wis. : (has. Hertel, 

 Jr., Freeburg, 1,1.: F,/,ia Haer. lli.xon. I.ce Co.. 111. : E. 

 S. Armstrong,.IrrscvvilU'. 111.; II. Drum. Adelphi.O.; 

 Arthur Todd, (iermantown, I'hiladdphia, Pa.; E. 

 Kretehmer, Cobiirg, Iowa: E. F. ymitli, Smyi-na, N. 

 v.; C. T. Dale, Mortonsville. Ky.: Clark .Johnson & 

 Son, Covington, Ky., King, Aspinwall \- Co., Ki Thom- 

 as St., New York City. C. A. Graves, Birmingham, 

 O. : IVf. ,7. Dickason, Hiawatha. Kan.; J. >V. Porter, 

 Charlottesville. Albemarle Co., Va. : E. K. Newcomb. 

 Pleasant A'allcy, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and numerous 

 other dealers. 



A\iit(> for s<tm))lr>i frrr, and price list of supplies, 

 aci oiiipaiiicd with l.VO Conipllnieiitary and uiiso- 

 lirilrd trstimonwh, from as many bee-keepers, in 

 1883. We guarantee every inch of our foundation equal 

 to sample in ever-y rexpect. 



CMAS. DADANT A; SON, 

 :3btrd llanillton, Hancock Co., Illinois. 



/ IVi// Se/! Full Swarms of Pure Italians 



In the Langstroth Simplicity 10-frame hive. For a 

 single swarm, $6.00; two or more, $,i.00 each; flveor 

 more, $4..'>0 each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



Address M. K. NICHOLS, 



IStfdb Weaver's Corners, Huron Co., O. 



