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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



Aug. 



each bee-keeper to make bis own implements. At 

 the same time, it was dillicult to ignore the fact 

 that hives and a good many other things are neces- 

 sarily made much cheaper when made by machine- 

 ry than they could be made by hand. 



ITALIANS ON HED CLOVER. 



Ernest's remarks in another column remind me 

 of a talk 1 had with E.France. We were riding in 

 a buggy past a clover field, and he was so positive 

 that Italians did not work on red clover that I spoke 

 something as follows: "Friend F., if I can't find 

 you Italians— lots of them, on the heads of red clo- 

 ver over in that field, then I shall be very much 

 mistaken." He stopped his buggy, and I clamber- 

 ed over the fence; but to my great astonishment I 

 looked in vain, even where the heads of clover 

 were thickest. Not a honey-bee was to be found, 

 although there were some bumble-bees. Now, in 

 our own State I never before found such a field of 

 clover as that in the month of July, without being 

 able to find at least some Italians on the blossoms; 

 and usually T find them in great numbers; in fact, 

 I have convinced those who were skeptical, by just 

 taking them out into a clover-field. Now, please 

 remember, when you feel like being positive, that 

 things of this kind are quite different in different 

 localities. Perhaps I should add, there were plenty 

 of Italian bees close by the field mentioned. 



MARKING SPECIAL HIVES IN THE APIARY. 



While at Dr. Miller's I noticed him several times 

 grasping a bunch of grass, clover, or even green 

 foliage from the trees, and tossing it on top of the 

 hive; anil as I was making it my business to find 

 fault with every thing, I commenced in this fash- 

 ion: " Look here, old friend; that green stuff will 

 soon dry up in the sun, and the wind will blow it 

 away. Why don't you take a stick or stone? " 



He stopped long enough to put bis hand on my 

 shoulder, saying, "My dear brother, that is just ex- 

 actly what I want it to do. If we can get time we 

 are going to examine the hives thus indicated, be- 

 fore we go away to-day; but if we can not, we do 

 not want any mark left on it. If there is not wind 

 enough to blow it away before we get around 

 again, from its wilted and dried up appearance we 

 shall know that it was put on at the last visit, and 

 not during this present one." 



Do you see the point, friends? The green stuff 

 not only indicated that the hive was to be looked 

 after, but it also, by its appearance, made a sort of 

 date, indicating roughly the time the mark was put 

 on the hive. If 1 am not mistaken, I saw other 

 bee-keepers making use of exactly the same idea. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Iowa bee-keepers are anticipating: a good time at their 

 annual meeting, to be held on the fairground, during the 

 Mat.- Pair, Aug. 30 to Sept. u. J. W. Moore, Sec'y. 



Ues Moines, la. 



The Cortland Union Bee-keepers' Association will hold their 

 annual basket picnic al the Floral Trout Park in Cortland, N. 

 Y., Tuesday, Aug. 20. 1889. M. H. FAIRBANKS, Sec'y. 



The fifth semi-annual meeting of the Susquehanna County 



Hi-i -keepers' Association will be held at New Milford, l'a.. on 

 Saturday, Sept. 14, 1889. All ale cordially invited to attend. 



H. M. Seelky, Sec'y. 



The American International Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in the Court bouse. Brantford, Canada, Dec. 1, 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 willbe given in due 



time. Any one desirous of becoming a member, ami r< i\ r ing 



the last annual report, bound, may do so by forwarding 81.00 to 

 the secretary. ' R. F. Holtermann, Sec'y. 



Brantford, tint., Can. 



gPEcr/m ]^0¥ice$. 



MORE ABOUT THE FAIRS. 



No doubt many of our readers will make exhibits 

 at their respeciive fairs, and will exhibit goods you 

 already have, and not take advantage of our offer 

 made a month ago. If any of you who thus exhib- 

 it care to distribute advertising matter for us, we 

 shall be pleased to supply you wilh our usual out- 

 fit, and will send along' with it free a copy of our 

 cloth bound A B C as remuneration for your ser- 

 vices. We send along wilh the outfit, instructions 

 for using it. The outfit consists of 1(10 advertising 

 cards, 25 $ 1000 reward cards, 10 price lists, 10 copies 

 of Gleanings and 10 Gleanings posters. If auy 

 of you can use more to advantage, please say how 

 many more, and we can send all together. 



TIN AND GLASS HONEY PACKAGES. 



We call our readers' attention to our page of hon- 

 ey-packages on the inside of cover to this number. 

 Manvof you are already familiar with these and 

 their merits from the way your orders have been 

 coming in. The 5-gallon square cans are now about 

 as cheap as barrels— in fact, cheaper than barrels 

 of the same capacity, and they are better in many 

 ways They are very convenient to draw from, es- 

 pecially with the little honey-gate to screw on to 

 the cap. When we get honey in barrels, the first 

 thing we do is to empty it into square cans. If we 

 don't, it will very soon get to leaking and making 

 us trouble. 



Our new lot of 1000 nests, raised-cover pails, have 

 a handsome swedge and fancy cover, which add 

 much to their appearance. Our carload of glass 

 tumblers and pails have been going so well we have 

 had to get 47 bbls. more stock since the carload 

 came, not two months ago. We have also received 

 many words of praise concerning them from cus- 

 tomers. 



Those of you who have never seen these labels 

 can form little idea how handsome they are; and 

 that you may see them without much expense we 

 will put up a sample package of 1 of each kind, and 

 mail postpaid for ten cents. Eight of the above may 

 be divided into 2 and 3 labels each, so that you can 

 get a small lot (over 30) of handsome lithograph la- 

 bels, no two alike, for only 10 cts. These sample 

 packages would be very good for laoeling a small 

 fair exhibit. They would at least add variety. We 

 can not, of course, print your name and address on 

 the sample package or any number less than 100, 

 and those opposite which we give no price for 

 printing, have no blank place for such printing, 

 and hence can not be printed. All the above are 

 ungummed. You can not get lithograph or many 

 colored labels on gummed paper. 



IF YOU WANT BEES 



That will just "roll" in the honey, try Moore's 

 Strain oi Italians, the result of ten years' care- 

 fiil breeding. Reduced prices: Warranted queens, 

 each, 70c; 3 for $3 00. Strong 3 L. frame nucleus, 

 with warranted queen, $2 50. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. Those who have never dealt 

 with me, I refer to A. I. Root, who has purchased 

 of me, during past nine years, 405 queens. 



Address J I». ITIOORE, 



IVIoru'aii, I»«'ii<lleton Co., Ky. 



J3TIn responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



