1889 



GLEANINGS IN MEK CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Absconding (Q. B.).3«2 



Apiaries on the Nile 359 



Bees, Moving 347 



Bees on Same Stand 347 



Bees nnil Sorghum 357 



Beetle. Rhinoceros 345 



Bee-stands 33(i 



Blacks Carrying Pollen 360 



Brood-chamber, Sixe of. 345,35!) 



Buckwheat, Japanese 351 



Cardinal Flower 351 



Chaff from Timothy 360 



Climbing Large Trees 354 



Clover. 80 Acres 3C0 



Comb, Wooden 353 



Combs. Empty 337 



Crate, Combined 373 



Debt and Credit 341 



Drones for Early Queens. . .356 



Editorial 372 



Ensilage, Raspberry 367 



Entrance to Simplicity 357 



Extracting in California 359 



Forsythia 358 



Foul Brood, Legislation on. 350 



Foul Brood in Michigan 357 



Heads of Grain 356 



Hive. Dovetailed 363 



Hives, Ruber 349 



Hives, Fainting 353 



Hiving Swarms (Q. B.).361 



Hmiev, California 358 



Honey-boards 358 



Increase, To Control 357 



i i alia ns and Pollen 360 



Jumping .lacks 367 



Kerosene on Trees 368 



Kumerle's Bean 368 



I, line for Insects 366 



Manum's Directions 330 



Notes and Queries 359 



( h-ange-blossoms 355 



Our Own Apiary 364 



Out-apiaries 335 



P ton.O.O 350 



I'otatoes, Sweet 367 



Quel us, Loss of. 356 



Ramble No. 15 336 



San LUego to Dehesa 348 



Saws, Setting 359 



Season. Commencing 352 



Sections, To Fold Dry 359 



Sections, Unfinished 3:<x 



Sorghum 357 



Spacing Colonies 356 



Squash boxes 368 



Storing at Top or Side 360 



Supersedure 359 



Swa-ree : '3i 



Swarms (Q. B.).360 



Tobacco Column 364 



Tomato, lgnotum 367 



] Visit to Boardman 371 



Wasps 357 



Weeds as Novelties. 366 



Willow Herb 352 



THE EASIEST WAY 



TO GET YOUR GHAFF HIVES, 



Is to sell a few for me to your neighbors, and make 

 profit enough to buy your own. Write for terms 



at once ; ;t f (lb J. A. ROE, Union City, Ind. 



: I a responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 

 -A. SPECIALTY. 



BEES BY THE POUND, IN A L. FRAME. 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



GEO. D. KAUDENBUSH, 445 CHESTNUT ST., BEADING. PA. 



Mention GLEANINGS. 9-10-lld 



J. W. K. gfl/IW § 00., 



Loreauville, Iberia Parish, La. 



All $1.50 queens are sold. We have warranted 

 queens, fine, light yellow, $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00. 

 Untested, 85 cts.; $9.00 per doz. Virgin queens. 3 

 for $1.00. Tested queens, each, $1.25, in May. All 

 imp. mothers. Postal orders on New Tberia, La. 



Mention Gleanings. 9-lld 



At Plattsmoutli, 

 Nebraska, to Sell 



3-Frame Nucleus Colonies Italian Bees 

 with Queens, at $2.50 Each. 



iitfdb J. M. YOUNG, Box 874, Plattsmouth, Neb. 



WANTED! 



THE BRICHTEST FOUR-BANDED 



GOLDEN ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS, 



AND THE REDDEST DRONES. 



Price, select tested, $3.00; tested, $2.00. Untested, 

 in May, $1.25; Juue and alter, $1.00. 



9-liidb L. L. HEARN, Frenchville, W. Va. 



Syln responding to this advertisement n.ei.ii n '■ 



Choice Italian Queens ! 



Tested, $1.50; untested, $1.00. None but pure Ital- 

 ians in our apiary. 



Brood Foundation 43 cts. per lb. Foundation 

 for sections, 55 cts. per lb. 7d 



Misses S. & M. Barnes, Piketon, Ohio. 



HaiiaHi&ii Queens ^ Bees 



OR THEIR CROSSES, 



Heady to Ship May 13th. 



The crosses of these two races make the finest 

 bees I ever saw. They are large, very light colc-Hd, 

 and good workers. Will sell in any shape or quaflv 

 tity to suit purchaser. Send for price list, and rt\ v 

 cents for sample of bees. 



9 -1.1 -13d A. Ii. K1LDOW, Sheffield, 111. 



!T'l:i responding to this advertisement mention Gi.eanin<>s. 



Apiarian Supplies. 



V- GROOVE SECTIONS OF BASSWOOD, 



SHIPPING-CASES OF BASSWOOD, 

 HIVES OF WHITE PINE COMPLETE. 



Mlanufactured by 



WARREN MFG. CO., Riverton, Virginia. . 



I S*In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



100 TONS OF COMB HONEY 



Will undoubtedly be put on the market this season 



in our 



FOLDING PAPER BOXES. 



Send for catalogue, 20 pages, free. Sample box, 5c. 

 Our prices defy competition. 

 9-20db A. 0. CEAWFOED, S. WE7M0UTH, MASS. 



J3"In responding to tilis n-'vertisement mention Gleanings. 



EGGS 



FOR HATCHING. P. Rock, Light 

 Brahma, R. C. B. Leghorn, P. Duck, 

 $1 25 per nest; two settings. $3.00. W. 

 P. Rock, $1 50 per 13. Choice pure-bred stock. Cir- 

 cular free. S. P. YODEE, E. Lewistown, Mahoning Co., Ohio. 



1889. 



1884. TAR -HEEL APIARIES 



Bees, $1. per lb. Safe arrival — 



bees, queens, and 

 ^ ''^itfes^JP jf* nuclei. Warranted . 



queens, $1 each; 



$5 for 6. Nuclei, 



75c per L. frame. 



No new list. Prices 



same as for last 



year. Selected creed- 

 American Albino Italian ing Queens, $5. Worker Bee. 



Sample Bees and Drones, 10 cts. Finest in the United States. 

 8d ABBOTT L. SWINSON, Goldsboro, N. C. 



0TIn responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS 



FROM THE APIARIES OF 



J. P. CALDWELL, 



Of San Marcos, Tex. 

 able circumstances. 



Reared under the most favor- 

 Will be sent by mail postpaid 



at the following prices:— June 



Mar. Apr. May. to Oct. 



Select tested $4 00 $3 75 $3 25 $2 75 



Tested 3 00 2 75 175 150 



Untested 125 100 100 



6 Untested 5 50 5 00 4 50 



13 Untested 9 50 9 00 8 50 



Contracts taken with dealers to furnish queens by 

 the week at special rates. Address 

 5 -21d b J. P. CALDWELL, San Marcos, Tex. 



SECTIONS, $2.50 PER M, 



when cash accompanies order. Other goods pro- 

 portionally low. Send for sample section. 

 9-lld E. S.MILLER, Dryden, Mich. 



"found at IastT^ 



How to cheaply keep eggs fresh for a year. Send 

 for particulars. DR. A. 15. MASON, 



ft-Hdb Auburndale, Ohio. 



