1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



435 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike a Hyhrid 457 



Basswood in South Carol'a.459 



Basswood in Vermont ui 



BaBBWOOd in Wisconsin 412 



Bees, Solitary 456 



Bees. To (Jet in Sections ... .447 



Bee-dress, Cogsrshall's 448 



Bluebirds and Hccs 459 



Boardman's Contraction.. .458 



Buckwheat, Letters 450 



Butcher Bird 448 



Cave, Wet 458 



Chaff, Timothy 443 



Devol, W. S 459 



Drones Carried Out 459 



Editorial 469 



False Statements 443 



Heads . >f Grai n 456 



Honey Statistics 453 



Honey per Acre 458 



Honey, Old, in Tree 457 



Honey. Chunk 457 



Insects, Fighting 467 



Martins and Bees 459 



Missouri River 455 



Mosaic, Apiarian 440 



Newman on Wintering 458 



Notes and Queries 459 



Orange Honey 459 



Orange-trees 442 



Our Own Apiary 468 



Out-apiaries No. 8 439 



Pyrethrum 446 



Queens. Two in a Hive 458 



Questions, Answering 470 



Recent Developments 466 



Sections, Unfinished 449 



Sugar v. Natural Stores 456 



Swarming, Prime. . . (Q. B.) .460 

 Swarming, Second.. (Q. B.i.461 



Swarm . Why Do Bees ! 444 



Swarms. Non-clustering . . . 4M» 



Tarred Paper 441 



Trout 441 



Uneapping-cans 458 



Wax-press, Hatch's 452 



Wintering Outdoors 445 



Zinc, Perforated 441 



BEES FOR SALE CHEAP. 



Seventy colonies of bees in Langstroth hives. 

 They are all in first-class order. Hives and bees for 

 $2.50 apiece. Reason for selling-, have not time to 

 take care of them. LEROY MAIN, 



ll-12d Slingerland, Albany Co., N. Y. 



<EjF"ln respondingto this advertisement m.i.ti m i. 



CHOICE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Tested. $ 1.25 each; untested, June to Oct., 75 cts.; 

 3 for $2.00. Annual price list of nuclei, bees by the 

 pound, and bee-keepers' supplies, free, 

 lltfdb JNO. NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



THOROUGHBRED White P. Kock, W. Wyan- 

 dotte eggs, $1.50 per 13; L. Brahma, P. Rock, 

 L. Wyandotte, W. and B. Leghorn eggs, $1.00 

 per 13. Italian Queens, reared on the Doolittle 

 plan, select tested, in May. $3.00; June, $2.50. War- 

 ranted, May, $1.25; June, $1.00. 



C. H. WATSON, 

 7-12db Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa. 



Chas. A. Stockbridge, Port Wayne, Ind. 



Manufacturer of and Dealer in 



STOCKBRIDGE'S SIMPLICITY BEE HIVE, 



Sections, Frames, Smokers, Comb Foundation, fe 



Mention thi» Paper. 



Send for Price List. 



CHEAPEST EVER KNOWN. 



One pure 1888 Italian queen, with y a lb. bees, all 

 for $1.00. I will sell at this price June and July 

 only. C. E. PRICE, 



I ttfdb Smithtown Branch, Suffolk Co., L. I. 



1889. 



1889. 



Italian Queens. 



Select tested, in May, $2.50; 

 June, $2.00; July 1 to Nov. 1, $1.50. 

 Queens warranted purely mated, 

 $1.00; 6 for $5.00. Will commence 

 shipping Moy 1, and ship as book- 

 ed. Make money orders payable 

 at Nicholas ville. Send for circu- 

 lar. J. T. WILSON, 



Little Hickman, Jess. Co., 

 10-lltfd Ky. 



SAVE FREIGHT. 



BUT YOVR SUPPLIES NEAR HOME AND 

 SA VE FREIGHT. 



We carry a complete line of Hives, Sections, Smo- 

 kers, Honey Extractors, etc. Our motto, good 

 goods and low prices. Sections in large quantities, 

 only $3.25 per M. Illustrated catalogue for your 

 name on a postal card. 



R. B. LEAHY & CO., 

 3i4db Box II. Higginsville, Mo. 



£j?"In responding to this advertisement mention Glkanings. 



llaliaHllio Ms* Bees 



OR THEIR CROSSES, 



Heady to Ship May lSth. 



The crosses of these two races make the finest 

 bees I ever saw. They are large, very light colored, 

 and good workers. Will sell in any shape or quan- 

 tity to suit purchaser. Send for price list, and five 

 cents for sample of bees. 



91113d A. L. K1LDOW, Sheffield, 111. 



tSTIii responding to this advertisement mention Glkanings. 



Apiarian Supplies. 



V- GROOVE SECTIONS OF BASSWOOD, 



SHIPPING-CASES OF BASSWOOD, 

 HIVES OF WHITE PINE COMPLETE. 



Manufactured by 



ftl WARREN MFG. CO., Riverton, Virginia. 



t§"in respondingto this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



J. P. MOORE 



Takes this means of informing his many bee-keep- 

 ing friends that he is again rearing queens from his 

 choice strain of Italians, at the following prices: 



Warranted queens, $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50; 6 for 

 $5.00. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Circular free. J. P. MOORE, 



lid Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky. 



HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH. 



FACTORY OF BEE-HIVES, ETC. 



From now on I will sell my 4-frame nuclei, with 

 Italian queen, at $3.75. In lots of 5, at $3.50 each. 

 Untested queens at $9.00 per dozen in June, $8.00 

 per dozen in July. Satisfaction and safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Eleventh annual catalogue, 

 lltfd P. I>. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, La. 



;_;-''in responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



QAA LANGSTROTH and SIMPLICITY HIVES, 

 &\J\) some new and in the flat; a lot of empty 

 comb, a Novice extractor, and other bee-fixtures, 

 which I will sell cheap. Write for particulars. 

 Reasons for selling, I am out of the business. 

 lltfdb W. J. FBANCISCO, Marshall, Mich. 



(E^*In respondingto this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



I EARN Tfl IA/DITC your own name well 



LLHnll I U Tin I I L by sending 20 cts. to F. A. 

 Wootton, Penman, Skilesville, Ky., for 12 beautiful 

 cards with your name finely written in different 

 combinations. Various styles of cards, alphabets, 

 etc., fresh from the pen. Best reference*. 10-lld 



[HE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE, and DADANT'S FOUNDATION. 

 I See advertisement in another column. 



IAAA \AiS. OF ITALIAN BEES FOIC 

 J SALE AT 75 CENTS PEB L«. 



■www Three-frame nuclei, with tested Italian 

 queen, $3.00 each. Tested Italian queens, $1 each. 

 Untested, 75 cts. each or three'for $2. 

 lOtfdb I. B. GOOD,' Nappanee, Ind. 



A Four-Color Label for Only 75 

 Cts Per Thousand ! 



Just think of it! we can furnish you a very neat 

 four-color label, with your name and address, with 

 the choice of having either " comb " or " extract- 

 ed " before the word " honey," for only 75 cts. per 

 thousand; 50 cts. per 500, or 30 cts. for 250, postpaid. 

 The size of the label is 2V 2 x 1 inch— just right to go 

 round the neck of a bottle, to put on a section, or to 

 adorn the front of a honey-tumbler. Send for our 

 special label catalogue for samples of this and 

 many other pretty designs in label work. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



