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(ILEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



GS.5 



cts. per dozen for postage. The meat- saw 

 frame alone is wortli SI. .'30. It is made of 

 the l)est qnality of polished steel, and 

 heavily nickel-phited. The liack-saw frame 

 alone, made in the same way, is worth 75 

 cts. The liaek-saw frame can be sent by 

 mail for 13 cts. extra; the meat-saw frame 

 is not mailable. The manufactnrers also 

 make blades for wood-scroll sawing, at 10 

 cts. per dozen, the same price as those sold 

 on our ten-cent counter. 



plenty of good wholesome food, some sort of protec- 

 tion at the sides, with loose chaff or leaves above the 

 cluster, and a good wide entrance that lets in the air, 

 but excludes mice, and I think you will be all right. 



Gleanincs ih Bee Culture, 



I'lihlishfd Sctni-MontUlij. 



.^. X. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clulilsisg Bates, See First Page of Eeadics Hatter. 



1 MICROSCOPIC SLIDES OF THE BEE. 



I We have received from W. M. McAllister, Philadel- 

 phia, a full series of microscopic specimens of the 



I bee. Thej- are soinc of the finest we have ever 



j seen, and comprise a careful selection of all the 

 different parts of the bee, carefully mounted. Be- 

 sides this, some of the specimens are iujected ; that 

 is, a red lluid is pumped into some of the delicate 

 tissues, in order that the fine markings and the 

 structure may be more easily seen. Such objects 



j ordinarily sell for from 3") to50 cts. each; but we can 

 furnish a whole dozen, put up in a neat pasteboard 

 box, for the low price of .iS1.50. These slides are 

 ~^x?4 inches, and are just the thing for the small 

 microscopes we advertise. Ernest has tested them 

 with his large instrument, and knows they are good. 



I coiue fuitli as gold.— Job 23: 10. 



We have today, Sept. 29, 6540 subscribers. 



We expect shortly to have a new dress for the 

 front of the juvenile department. 



A VISIT TO peter HENDERSON. 



As soon as this present number is winging its way 

 lo your homes, I shall, Providence permitting, be on 

 my way to a visit to Peter Henderson, the great 

 market gardener of the world. Notes by the way 

 will be found in our next issue. 



HOW LATE CAN WE SHIP yUEENSV 



The above question is often asked by somebody 

 who has a good strong colony, found to be fjueenless 

 late in the season. We expect to ship (jueens, not 

 only all through this month, but next also, clear in- 

 to December, unless the weather is unusually se- 

 vere. 



THE ILLtTSTRATED BIENEN/.EITIXC.. 



Wk ha^e before mentioned the excellent (juality 

 of the engravings in the above journal, and the is- 

 sue for September gives us some that it seems to 

 me are ahead of any thing we have seen yet. To 

 cap the climax, a frontispiece contains, not an en- 

 graving, but an excellent photograph of Dr. Dzier- 

 zon himself. 



SELLING BEES IN THE FALL. 



If it were not for the wintering troubles, the fall 

 would bean excellent time to buy and sell bees; and 

 where one feels sure he can winter them safely, it 

 is an excellent time to buy bees as it is. See our ad- 

 vertising columns. You will notice that it is a rath- 

 er poor time to sell, by the extremely low luices at 

 which bees are offered. 



ARTIFICIAL PASTURAGE. 



Ix localities not too far north, seven-top turnii) 

 may now be put in the ground ; but unless the i)lants 

 have time to make a good stout root, the frosts of 

 winter will be likely to heave them out. Raspberry- 

 plants may be set out now; in fact, we have been 

 setting out plants of the Cuthbert for two or three 

 weeks past. Alsike and sweet clover may be sown 

 in the fall, in some localities; but perhaps the safer 

 way will be to put in the seed in the spring. Winter 

 rape can probably be sown about the time of winter 

 wheat, but as yet we know little about it. Can any 

 of our readers give us any information^ We tried 

 some a year or two ago, but it was so near like our 

 seven-to]) tuinip that we found it diflicult to tell 

 "which fiom t'other." 



PREPAIUNG BEES FOR WINTER. 



This matter has been gone over so thoroughly 

 every fall for years past, it hardly seems necessary 

 to repeat it all agaiiL Our text-books give very full 

 instructions, and the matter has been discussed 

 pretty fully almost every month since the disasters 

 of last winter. See that each colony has lots of bees. 



MAMFACTUHED CO.MB HONEV. 



Whilk riding in a crowded street-ear from the 

 College Grounds in Columbus to the Fair Grounds, 

 the conversation started on adulterated honey, and 

 one of the " knowing ones" commenced to tell the 

 old story of how they manufactured the comb out 

 of paraftine and the contents out of glucose, etc. 

 Wiiile I was waiting for a good chance to put in a 

 word, Ernest and George (J ray took the gentleman 

 up. He was very positive until he found whom he 

 got hold of; but the boys backed him down soquick- 

 ly that he very soon acknowledged that he did not 

 just know where the honey was made, but that he 

 had heard about it. One of the reasons which he 

 gave for declaring the honey was bogus, was that it 

 was ottered at 1,') cts. per lb.; but when the boys 

 closed down on him and offered to furnish him 5 

 lbs. or even less, at only 10 cts. a pound, and .50 lbs. 

 or more at !) cts., and honey, too, that would stand 

 the test of analysis, quite a number of bystanders 

 put in and wanted to know where we lived, that 

 they might send us some orders. You see, the point 

 is, friends, the world is not half posted. They have 

 all read the sensational items in the papers, and 

 have honestly decided in their own minds that no 

 genuine honey is to be found in the markets, either 

 comb or litjuid, and so we bee-keepers have to stand 

 the conse(iuences. Don't let us be disheartened, 

 however. We have the promise, that he that is pa- 

 tient and endureth to the end, shall eventually tri- 

 umph. Meanwhile it is the duty of every one of us 

 to do all we can to disabuse their minds in this 

 matter. 



