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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



523 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike Not ;i Cross 545 



Answers to Questions 547 



Bees Biting Flowers 545 



Bees S t Distances 529 



Bees Taxable 550 



Bees in Sections 558 



Bees, Moving r,4i 



Bee-lawsuit 559 



Brood, Foul vs. Chilled.... 540 



Butcher Bird 542 



Carp Eggs 542 



Cockroaches 550 



Cuban Apiculture 539 



Editorial 559 



False Statements 54.'i 



Foundation, Flat-bottom, ..BSi 



Heads of Grain 544 



Hives. Disinfecting 546 



Hives. Heddon on 536 



Hives, Moisture in 545 



Honey, Comb, To Ship 540 



Honey, Hitter 538 



Honey, Guajjilla 660 



Jamaica Letter 538 



Machinery on Farm 554 



.Mannm's Rules 5?6 



Moving, Cost of (Q. B.) 549 



Notes and Queries 550 



Orange Does Held Money. .550 



Orange blossoms 544 



< Mil 1 ( >wn Apiary 556 



( mi apiari 



Packages, Fi> e cent 

 Papier-mache 



.Ineell , 



■lis 



aniM. 



Keren i Developments. 551 



Sections, Open-side M4 



Sections. Unfinished. .534 



Shade boards (Q. K.1.54S 



Smoker, Stovepipe 559 



Soot, etc., on Land 544 



Strawberries, Selling 554 



Strawboard 545 



Sugar Never Honey 546 



Nil i id a \ Swarms 545 



Swa rming-tools 556 



Swarming, ( lause of. . 52K,5.'W 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The American International Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in the Court-house, Krantford, Canada, Dec. 4, 5. 6, 1889. 

 All bee-keepers are invited to attend, state and district bee- 

 keepers' societies are invited to appoint delegates to the con- 

 vention. Full particulars of the meeting will be given in due 

 time. Any one desirous of becoming a member, and recei> mil; 

 the last annual report, bound, may do so by forwarding $1.00 to 

 the secretary. K. 6\ Holtermann, Sec'y. 



Brantfordl Out.. Can. 



SECTION PRESS. 



PRICE $2.00. 



WTENTED JULY ITusT 36 ^^ 



For putting- together one-piece sections. Every 



section square, and a smart boy or girl can fold 100 



in six minutes. Try one and you will never regret 



it. Send to your supply dealer or to 5-lfidb 



WAKEMAN & CROCKER, Lockport, N. Y. 



£S"In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



AN OLD BEE-BOOK REVISED, and DADANT'S FOUNDATION. 

 See advertisement in another column. 



100 TONS OF GOMB 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. CRAWFORD, S. WEYMOUTH, MASS. 



S5T\\\ responding i.. I .■.. .-■■'voiii e.n. m n., ii in ( ! lkakings. 



ELJ. MILLER & CO., 



NAPPANEE, IND., 



BEE - HIVES AND ITALIAN QUEENS- 

 4 1 ,,x-4 1 4 Sections, from 500 to 3000, at $:i.f>0 per 

 1000; if you want more than that, write for prices. 

 Brood-frames, T-tin Cases, Foundation, and Metal 

 Corners. Send for price list. ltfdb 



t3Tln responding to this advertisement men! ion Gleanings. 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES CHEAP. 



BASSWOOD V-GROOVE SECTIONS, $2.75 to 83.75 



PER M. SHIPPING-CASES VERY LOW. 



SEND FOR PRICES. 



COODELL & WOODWORTH MFC. CO., 



:ittdb rock Falls, Illinois. 



Lgr-ln responding to ibis advertisement mention Gleanings, 



<A * ELLISON'S i 



*ALL « ITALIANS* 



JUNE AND AFTER. 



1 untested queen 



n 

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CO 



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UJ 

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3 " " $;> Oil 



1 tested " l 50 



3 " " 4 25 



2 and :i frame nuclei. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Wholesale rates on application. 



W. .1. l'JLLISOS, 



11-Mdb Stateburg, Sumter Co., 8. C. 



In responding to l.iis ad vet I i. -.o incut mention IIi.e.inik 



CO 



Boos ^» Y"^ 01 ^ 1 * 1 ^ 

 ees IvK A oultry 



The Canadian Bee Journal and Poultry Weekly is 

 the best paper extant devoted to these specialties. 

 24 pages, WEEKLY, at $1.00 per year. Live, prac- 

 tical, interesting. Nothing stale in its columns. 

 Specimen copies free. Subscribers paying in ad- 

 vance are entitled to two insertions of a five-line 

 adv't (40 words) in the Exchange and Mart column. 

 THE D. A. JONES CO., BEETON, ONTARIO, CAN. 

 C^"ln responding to tlus advertisement mention Gleanings. 



I AM AWAITING YOUR ORDER 



FOR 3-FRAME NUCLEI. 



Price, with untested queen, $:i.(io. Best tested 

 queen, $4.00; 2 frame nuclei, 50 cts. less. Combs 

 straight and true; all worker comb, and bees finest 

 of Italians. One untested queen, $1.00; 6 for 85.00. 

 Best tested, $3.50 each. 



J NO. A. THORNTON, 



Exp. Office, Irsa, 111. Lima, III. 



Mention GLEANINGS. 12 17db 



DO YOU WANT 



One of the lines! COLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS 

 you ever saw? Then send to us and get one reared 

 by our new, natural, and practical method. 



Warranted queens, each. $1.00; Select warrant- 

 ed, each, $1.25; Tested, $1 50. 



We have had thirty years' experience in rear- 

 ing queens. 25,000 of our old customers will tell you 

 that the purity, beauty, and quality of our queens 

 can not be excelled. 



121 1 Mb HENRY ALLEY, Wcnliaill, Mass. 

 9*In responding to this advertisement imt.ii i 



NOT TOO LATE 



YET TO OKDEK SUPPLIES 



From me, as T ship very promptly. The class of 

 goods I handle is very fine. 



*— TXV3T i 1£E -•- OITCE— ■ 

 Catalogue free. JOHN A.8PINWALI1, 



12-i:id Sarrytown, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



, in resp ling to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



LOOK HERE! "M.'* 



Full colonies of pure Italian bees in A. I. Root's 

 Simplicity hive, only $4.00 each. Now ready to 

 ship. Frames, wired combs drawn from fdu., every 

 thing first-class. Write for prices of Poland China 

 swine, White and Brown Leghorn chickens, and 

 Mallard ducks. Eggs for hatching. Also white 

 and black ferrets. Address N. A. KNAPP, 

 tlftdb EOCHESTEE, LOEAIN CO., OHIO. 



ES^ln responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



f OH. SiVIjE. 



Sections in bushel boxes, No. 1, $:{.(I0 per M. Jap- 

 anese buckwheat; a complete S. or L. hive for comb 

 honey, 75o; shipping-crates, and all kinds of sup- 

 plies cheap. Price list tree, 

 otf.lli W. I). SOPER, Jackson, Mich. 



