1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa 708 



Bees, Malformed 707 



Bees on Fruit 711 



Bees, Poisoning 707 



Boardman on tne Season. . .70:! 



Burr-combs 708, 709 



Caraiolans, Cross 698 



( larniolans S warmers 708 



Catnip 711 



Cellar vs. Outdoor 7lo 



Cells, Top Row 708 



Cuba— King's Letter 702 



Cyclopedias 710 



Disease, Bee. New 708 



Extract, When to 710 



Hani. son's Letter 698 



Heads of Grain 708 



Honey in Maryland 699 



Honey is Digested Nectar.. 706 



Honey, Bush 709 



Honey-dew 711 



Ice-making 711 



Increase, Possible 707 



Introducing 705 



Introducing <y. B. i.7ia 



Myself and Neighbors 715 



Notes and Queries 711 



Notes of Travel 719 



Out-apiaries 695 



Pollen, Amount 711 



Queens, Clipped 710 



Queens, Several in a Hive. .696 



yueenlessness 696 



Reports Discouraging 71:2 



Reports Encouraging 711 



Silverhull for Honey 711 



Singapore Fruits 700 



Skunks 697 



Snakes of Florida 709 



Spider-plants 709 



Stings arc No Relief 711 



Stings and Whisky 699 



Strawberry, Ever-bearing. .709 

 Strawberries on Clay Soil.. 721 



Veils, Glass-front. 697 



Vermont Apiaries 704 



Virgin Queens tQ. B. 1.712 



Whisky for Stings 699 



We have at this date 91160 subscribers. Thank you. 



THE BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



Well, dear friends, the bush limas are finally big 

 enough to cook, and they are all right, except in 

 size. With us, however, they are not a bit earlier 

 than our extra-early pole lima beans. They are, 

 however, a real bush lima bean, and wonderfully 

 prolific. The little bushes are just bending- under 

 their loads of pods. 



The lima beans from Northrup, Braslin, Goodwin 

 & Co. did finally stop running up poles, and turned 

 out to be a tolerably fair bush beau. When ready 

 to cook, they look, when shelled, much like a very 

 thick lima bean; and the quality, when cooked, is 

 something about half way between ordinary white 

 beans and a lima bean. It hardly has a lima-bean 

 flavor, and the plant does not look at all like a lima 

 bean. But they are a very rich, toothsome bush 



bean. When we first shelled them I decided that 

 we would raise them for a shelled bean for the wag- 

 on; but in a few hours my wife called to me tbat 

 our lima beans had all turned a reddish jellow. Ex- 

 posure to the air for just a little while made them 

 begin to assume the color they are when ripe and 

 dry. This one thing would unfit them for sale on 

 the wagon, shelled. On the whole, 1 do not think 

 they have any right at all to be classed with liman. 



THE KUMERLE LIMA BEAN 



This is a true lima bean, and it is fully equal in 

 size to the pole limas. The plant, however, seems 

 to demand a tropical climate. It, as well as Hen- 

 derson's bush lima, is more tender than our pole 

 limas. I am very much afraid that the Kumerle 

 will not escape frost unless we have very favora- 

 ble seasons. At present the number of beans on a 

 plant does not begin to compare with the amount 

 on the pole limas. It is true, that, under the in- 

 fluence of heavy manuring and extra cultivation, 

 our pole limas are bearing a tremendous crop; but 

 the bush limas were given the same or better 

 ground, and the very best care. Here is something 

 further that is a little queer in regard to suitable 

 soil for lima beans: Wtiile our creek-bottom land, 

 that we thought was so greatly superior for almost 

 every thing, will not raise lima beans worth a cent, 

 our hillsides of heavy clay give beautiful crops sea- 

 son after season. Now, this clay land will bake 

 down as hard as a rock unless it is kept constantly 

 stirred iu the summer time, and lightened up by 

 lots of manure. The creek-bottom land has, how- 

 ever, so much sand that its cultivation is always 

 quite easy. 



SAVE THE SEED OF YOUR IGNOTUM TOMATO. 



The prospect is, we are not going to be able to 

 anywhere near supply the demand for the seed dur- 

 ing the coming season. In fact, we have orders al- 

 ready booked for $42.00 worth. Save the seed from 

 every tomato; and if you do not want it all, I can 

 probably take it off your hands at a good price. You 

 will notice that the Ignotum is so " full of meat" 

 that it produces very few seeds comparatively. 



A STEP FORWARD TOWARDS SUCCESS ! 

 After carefully studying the demand of consumers and dealers, 

 and selecting of the many styles of packages for comb honey the 

 very best and the most attractive, we have now prepared an im- 

 proved paper carton combined with a comb-protector. Honey. 



put up in these packages, will be bought in preference to all 



others at highest market price. Our patent comb-protector will 

 ^ prevent leakage and soiling of sections. Comb honey can be 



easily and quickly put up in our cartons. These advantages and 

 the small cost of our cartons and comb-protector will save labor, 



time, money, and honey. Strohmeyer's patent comb-protectors 

 • require | inch of the inside height of crates. Price list and sam- 

 _ pie carton sent free on application. 

 1 F. G. STROHMEYER & CO., 



Wholesale Honey Merchants, 



122 Water Street, New York. 



THE REVISED LANOSTROTH, and DADANT'S FOUNDATION. 

 I See advertisement in another column. 



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FOR PURE ITALIAN BEES, 



POLAND-CHINA SWINE, WHITE AND BLACK 



FERRETS, WHITE RABBITS, WHITE 



AND BROWN LEGHORN CHICKENS, AND 



MALLARD DUCKS, ADDRESS 



N. A. KNAPP, ROCHESTER, LORAIN CO., OHIO. 



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Gash Paid for Beeswax. 



CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 

 H. H. LJEA.UX & VO Higainsville, Mo. 



17-18-19d 



20,000 feet select white linn lumber, well season- 

 ed; all under roof: mostly 2 in. thick; will sell. 

 Want to buy 10,000 raspberry tips, black caps. Also 

 want to buy 20 bushels Scott wheat. Will pay $1.00 

 per bushel. J. B. MURRAY, Ada, Ohio. 



&9*lu responding to thiu advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Everbearing" Strawberry. 



Plants, by mail, 1 cent each. Bears from frost to 

 frost. SETH WHNQUIST, 



Mount Tabor, Oregon. 



ITALIAN 



Q.IJEENS. Tested, $1.50. Un- 

 tested, 75c. Mismated, 35c. Send 

 for price list. 



Miss A. M. Taylor, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co.. 111. 



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

 I See advertisement in another column. 



SIX pure Italian queens, 51 c each; 10 mismated, 

 30c each ; 15 hybrids, 20c each. 



F. C. Morkow, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



ITALIAN QUEENS by return mail; tested, $1; 

 untested, 75c. LEININGER BROS., 



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