1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



577 



ers to trust men whom they do not know. Insist on 

 having a reference from the station agent, postmas- 

 ter, or banker, before you fill any man's order with- 

 out the cash, unless you know something about 

 him ; or inclose a postal card to us, and we will tell 

 you. without charge, whom you can trust and whom 

 you can not, as a general thing, for we have records 

 of almost every man who has asked for credit for 

 things pertaining to the bee or honey business. II 

 is a part of the duty of bee-.if)urnals, without ques- 

 tion, to save their patrons from losses of this kind. 



^EP0^Tg Ejimmn^W' 



T|p S the honey season is over with us I will re- 

 9ll&> port my success. I started in Ihc spring 



jMp with three weak swarms and two fair ones; 

 ■^^^ increased to it by imtural swarming, and 

 have extracted 530 lbs. of white-clover hon- 

 oy; have 100 lbs. yet in the combs, also .50 lbs. sec- 

 tion bo.v honey. Basswood did not yield as much 

 honey as wc anticipated, as 11 ('id not last fiver four 

 days. White clover came about .June 1st, and lasted 

 until the latter part of July. Jl. W. Shki'hkkd. 



Rochester, Ohio, Aug. .5, IW.j. 



Bees are now doing very well. We are geil ing V) 

 cents per pound for comb honey. 



Geo. B. M( .\iiTini(. 

 Pickering, Mo., Aug. T, ]88.">. 



1 report a very good season. I think 1 shall get 

 7500 lbs. from 10) swarms, spring couiu, mostly 

 blacks. I lost one in wintering. 



H L. SW.\( KH.\MEI!. 



Schcnevns, .\. V.. .Vug. 10, 18H.5. 



Our bees have c.vccedcd our brightest expecta- 

 tions. Some of the hives, which are onl.v wild 

 swarms, have complctclx- filled their hives in a week 

 or two; so if it were not lor taking cards of honey 

 and brood to feed in otlii-r young hives, and.togeth- 

 n- with the cutfing-out of combs and all, 1 don't 

 tiMuw what wc sliduld do with our honey. 



,\. 1'. (illlS.)N. 



Church Hill, JctV. Co., Miss., .Iunc:.'S, ISS.',. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Western N. V. anil Northern I>cnns> Ivania 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention is to be held at Siilainan- 

 ca. N. v., Sept. 1 and :.'d, 1885. 



.lamestown, N. Y. A. I). .1 Aior.. .Scf. 



The Mahoning- \'allc\- Be<'-l\ecp<Ms' .\ssociation 

 meets at Newton Falls, ().. .\ug. U'lt. IHS.'). 



K. W. Ti liNEii, Sec. 



The best Queens out. 



1 will furnish (|ucens from .lul>- 1 to September 1 

 f(M- one dollai-; warranted tested, .«:.>. ()(i; aftei- then 

 the i>rice will l>c the sniiic as in ,\. I. Root's list. 

 Queens all bred IVoni an imported tiiotlier. 



IHildb llald .lit., L»ckawaiiiist Co., l>a. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION rAOTOKT, ■^'HOLESALE and RETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. ;!btfd 



Pnr ^alp '^'-^ '"" colonies of bees in L. hives, 

 I Ui oaic. o„ frames of wired foundation, $6.00 

 each. They arc strong, and have black and hybrid 

 (lueens. I guarantee safe arrival. 



IKA D. ALDERMAN, TAYLOR BRIDGE, SAMPSON CO., N. C 



Red-Clover Queens by Return Mail. 



1 am now up with my orders, and can send queens 

 by return mail. My queens are almost without an 

 exception purely mated, and my bees worked just 

 thick on red clover from the time it bloomed until 

 the present. J. T. WILSON, 



IStfdb NICHOLASVILLE, KY. 



fF YOU WANT 



A GOOD ONIvPlECE SECTIOX CHEAP 



Send to us. Sample and Price List Free. 

 SMITH & SMITH, KENTON, HARDIN CO., OHIO 

 3tfdb 



VANDERVORT 



COMB FOUNDATION MILLS. 



Send for samples and reduced price list. 

 2tfdb .1\(). VANDERVORT. r.aceyville. P.t. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



oniMitrli to thesie (lui oii> I'l i>av I'^v liu.vin;,' Ilitin up and keep- 

 infr them in "toi-k: and yet if is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



I have K or 10 hybrid quceus I will sell at 2.5 cents 

 each. Fh.vnk B.vker, Oakley, Macon Co., III. 



I have :> hybrid queens at 3oc each, or the 3 for one 

 dollar, by mail. W. A. Co.mptox, Lynnville, Teun. 



A few good black and hybrid queens, at 1.5 and 25 

 cts. Kanawha-Valley Apiary, St. Albans, W. Va. 



1 have two black queens for sale at 25c each, or 

 le two for 40 cents. 



L. AV. Git.VY. Troy, Orange Co., 11a. 



1 have a few good layiniir hybrid queens for sale, 

 at .')!) cents each; blacks. 25 ccnt.«. 



D. B. I'LEitY, New Carlisle, O. 



1 have a lew hybrids I would dispose of for oO cts. 

 each: black ((ueens 20c. 



.loHN H. M.VKTix, Hartford, Wash. Co.. N. Y. 



I have four young- Italian (|ucens. with cliii|)e 

 w ings. tliat 1 will sell for 75 cts. each. 

 M.Kiii.v 1,. DioMixc, Watertown, Wash. Co.. Ohio. 



Hybrid tpieens, 50 cts. each; black iiiieens, 25 ctt- 

 each; from .Aug. 1st to Oct. 1st, safe arri\al guaraii 

 teed. ('.. D. R.m-dknuvsh, Reading, Berks Co.. I'a. 



I have a few hybrid (lueens— some daughters ol 

 imported mother, for which I will take 35 cents 

 a piece. W. A. Kirtl.vx, Salem, Col. Co., Ohio. 



I have about 30 hybrid queens which I will mail 

 for .50c each ; 5 for $2.tX). These arc '85 (|ucens. 

 B. T. Bi,K.\su.\LK, Siiti Woodland Ave., Cleveland, ( ». 



Five fine large yellow hyl)rid (|ueens, two months 

 old. bred from pure Italian mothers, at 40c each, 

 and guarantee sale arri\al. 



Cu.vs. McCr.AVK. New London, Ohio. 



I still have a lew very prolific hybrid queens that 

 1 will sell for 50c each. Queens ready to go by first 



nuiil. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Uko. p. Kimk, Evansburgh, Coshocton C 



Ohi 



I ha\-e 15or20 hybrids which 1 will mail at .50 cents 

 each. Pound of hees. fiiuiie of lirood, and h()ne.\- in 

 nucleus hi\c, i^\.M nioie. Two - \ear - old Italian 

 (|ueens. ;r-, cts. IJecs as alxn c, ?2.tl0. 

 CUAS. 1{. I5i.\(;ham, I'.diiiburg, Portage Co.. Ohio. 



Speak quick if you want them. Several ilark or 

 small Italians, several fine hybrids, and several 

 dark hybrids, at 15, 20, and 30c each, according to 

 merits. No poor ones sold. Sent in Feet cages. 



C. AVkckessek, Marshallville, Wayuc Co., Ohio. 



