1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Alsike free to Farmers . . . 632 



Answers to Questions 639 



Bees in a Pound 643 



Bees Near Road 632 



Bees in a Rock 635 



Bees, Stingier s 639 



Bee-catcher 636 



Wanton ill Texas 623 



Burr-comb 632 



California Flowers 633 



( 'and v. Manual's 628 



Catclaw 617 



Cells, Double-decked 623 



Cells, Square 635 



Cells, Capping Top Row... .635 

 Cell-protector, Manum's . . .629 



Clipping (,Q. B.).637, 638 



Combs, Old 636 



Combs Crosswise of Hive. . .632 

 Conventions, Interesting. . .616 



Copperheads 629 



Drone, Parents of 634 



Editorial 650 



False Statements 620 



Foundation vs. Combs 631 



Frames, Closed-end 633 



Gardening for August 649 



Helmet, Canadian 643 



Honey, Adulterated 634 



Honey, Slanders About 617 



Honey from Tobacco 636 



Honey-boards 619 



Hopatcong Hat 642 



Hunt's Apiary 625 



Increase, Possible 618 



Italy 622 



Japanese v. Silverhull 634 



Manum in Apiary 628 



Mud-wasps 629 



Notes and Queries 638 



Notes of Travel 644 



Nuclei, Disturbing 630 



Out-apiaries 615 



Queens in Nuclei 635 



Reports Discouraging 636 



Reports Encouraging. 636 



Section, Last in Super 624 



Sections, Dampening 623 



Sections, Unfinished 624 



Sections. To Keep Down 636 



Stinging in Thioat 635 



Sulphur 638 



Sulphur for Foul Brood 619 



Swarms, Young 633 



Swarming, To Prevent 630 



Swarming, Miller on 621 



Tobacco Column 641 



Vermont Bee-keepers 626 



Wahia 617 



Wax, Mineral 639 



Wisconsin, Trip to 644 



Zinc, Perforated 619 



{SPECIE pj0JFICEg. 



HONEY QUEENS. 



There has been such a call for honey queens from 

 that Imported queen spoken of on page 508, J une 

 15, we have decided to sell her daughters at the fol- 

 lowing rates : Untested, $1.50; tested, $3.00; select 

 tested, $4.00. The mother of these queens still sus- 

 tains her former reputation, and her bees prove 

 conclusively that gentleness and energy make a 

 successful combination. We also have one other 

 imported queen whose bees are about as gentle and 

 as good workers as the other one. Her daughters 

 will be sold at the same price. Her queens, if any 

 thing, are a trifle yellower. Be sure to mention, in 

 ordering, that you want a " honey queen," other- 

 wise we shall send you our regular queens. 



SEEDS AND PLANTS SUITABLE FOR AUGUST PLANT- 

 ING. 



Asparagus, Palmetto. Oz., 10c; lb., $1.50. 



Beans, Dwarf German wax. Pint, 10c. By mail, 

 8c extra. 



Beets, Eclipse. Oz., 5c; lb., 60c. 



Carrots, Early French Forcing. Oz., 10c; lb., $1.00. 



Celery-plants. Henderson's White Plume, Gol- 

 den Self-blanching, Golden Dwarf, or Boston Mar- 

 ket. 10 plants, 5c; 100, 40c; 1000, $3.00. If wanted 

 by mail, add 5c for 10, or 25c for 100. 



Corn, Corey's Extra Early. Half-pint, 5c; quart, 

 15c. By mail, 12c per qt. extra. 



Cress, or pepper-grass. Oz., 5c; lb., 50. 



Cucumbers. Early Frame, Nichol's Medium Green. 

 Oz., 5c; lb., 60. 



Grand Rapids lettuce, Henderson's New York, or 

 Boston Market. Oz., 15c; lb., $2.00. 



Onion, Mammoth Silver King. Packet, 5c; oz., 20; 

 lb., $2.50. 



Onion-sets, Winter or Egyptian. Qt., 10c; pk., 75c. 

 By mail, 10c per qt. extra. 



Parsley, Fine Curled or Double. Oz., 5c; lb., 50. 



Alaska peas. Pt., 10c. By mail, 8c extra. 



American Wonder peas. Half-pint, 10c. By mail, 

 4c extra. 



Kadishes, Scarlet Globe, Lady Finger, Chartier. 

 Oz., 5c; lb., 60c. 



Radishes, fall or winter. Oz., 10c; lb., $1.00. 



Spinach, Extra Curled. Oz., 5c; lb., 35. 



Turnip, White Egg, or Purple Top White Globe. 

 Oz., 5c: lb, 40c. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



Of these we have a plenty of extra nice Jessie or 

 Sharpless; 10c for 10; 75c per 100; $ 5.00 per 1000. Of 

 Bubach we have also a good supply of nice plants. 

 Prices are double those above. All strawberry- 

 plants sent by mail at an additional expense of 3c 

 for 10, or 15c for 100. I would advise that straw- 

 berry-plants be set where they can be shaded, un- 

 less we have plenty of rain. If the weather is ex- 

 ceedingly dry, they may require watering as well as 

 shading to save them. A good watering, however, 

 just before the plants are covered with a good 



mulch of straw, leaves, or swamp grass, or some- 

 thing of that sort, will usually take thi'tn through 

 the most severe drouth. Orders for strawberry- 

 plants are liable to be delayed unless we have 

 rains frequently. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



OUR HOMES. 



I wish I could take you by the hand and have a 

 good long talk with you. Our Homes does me more 

 good than any sermon I ever heard. I would not do 

 without Gleanings for almost any thing. Our 

 Homes is written in such simple words that almost 

 any one can understand it; and as I am not a man 

 of " over-high " education it just suits me exactly. 

 May you live long, and keep on doing good. 



Carpenter, 111., June 11, 1889. Ed. E. Smith. 



ONE WHO LOVED GLEANINGS. 



How lonely is our home! Father died the 24th of 

 May, aged 72 years. There are only four of us at 

 home— mother and two sisters and myself. Father 

 had been failing for the last two years. He was al- 

 ways a lover of bees, and he was always a great 

 lover of Gleanings. He could not work, but 

 would watch for Gleanings. The May 15th num- 

 ber came too late for him to see it. It came two 

 hours before he passed away. He asked, every 

 time we went to the office, if we got Gleanings. 

 He could read some, and it passed away the time 

 for him. Oh, how lonely it is without father! Al- 

 most his last words to me were to tell how he want- 

 ed me to fix some bees for a neighbor who wanted 

 some. Father had read Gleanings for years, and 

 we still expect to read it until we too are called up 

 higher to meet him. Mary E. Cokeley. 



Ritchie, W. Va., June 11, 1889. 



ONE WHO IS NOT A CHRISTIAN, BUT YET LOVES 

 THE FRUITS OF CHRISTIANITY. 



It does me good all over in spots as large as a 

 blanket to see the kind, conscientious, and prompt 

 manner in which you do business. I appreciate 

 and love people who wear their religion every day, 

 as well as Sunday. Although I belong to no church, 

 I try to do right and be honest. I like genuine, hon- 

 est, and religious people, but I detest hypocrites. 

 W. A. Cartmell. 



Crowley, Texas, June 24, 1889. 



[I am sure you have too high an opinion of your 

 humble servant. If you lived near by me, and 

 could see me day by day, very likely your ideal 

 friend would tumble to pieces, and you would find 

 he was about after the fashion of mankind in gen- 

 eral, after all. It is Christ's spirit, and that alone, 

 that can lift us above earth and things earthly.] 



HOW TO FIX TOMATO-PLANTS DURING A SNOW- 

 STORM. 



The 13 Ignotums arrived in splendid condition. 

 They are extra good strong plants, and now all 

 stand upright, having scarcely wilted. Consider- 

 ing both strength and weight, I think the wooden 

 box in which they were packed is as good as can be 

 made for mailing purposes, and that you will have 

 but very little if any complaint of damaged plants 

 packed as these were. They came Tuesday; and 

 fearing a frost I delayed setting them that day. 

 Next morning the thermometer stood at 32°, and I 

 waited until after dinner, when it commenced to 

 rain, with the wind in the east, and thermometer at 

 37°. Thinking that the wind would shift to the 

 south, I set out the plants and went to work in the 

 shop. At 3 p. M. my wife called and asked if I knew 

 that it was snowing. Looking out, every thing was 

 seen whitening with snow, which came as if it 

 meant business. I ran and got 13 Simplicity cov- 

 ers, and put them over the Ignotums. in a hurry. 

 The snow fell fast and thick until 7 p. M., when it 

 changed to rain, with the thermometer at 32°, at 

 which point it had been four times before within a 

 week. Jas. H. Andrews. 



Almont, Mich., June 3, 1889. 



[HE REVISED LANGSTEOTH, and DADANT'S FOUNDATION. 

 I See advertisement in another column. 



