1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa of Arizona 953 



Alfalfa of Kansas ...953 



Alfalfa in Michigan 945 



Apiary. Caldwell's 913 



Australia, Encouraging — 958 



Bee-hunting 949 



Bees, Moving-, Peet's Plan. .956 

 Bees, Setting in Cellar 941 



Books, Quillin on 9*4 



Carp and Bees.. 9(i0 



Cuckoo-bees 947 



Cyclopedias Not Reliable.. .950 



Doorsteps for Hives 960 



Editorial 969 



Extractors, Four comb 956 



Fire at St. Joseph 959 



Flagging at Entrances 960 



Foundation. Wired 945 



Frames, Closed-end 957 



Gardening 968 



Grampus, The Black 960 



Heads of Grain 958 



Holtermann's Biography.. .948 



Homes, Our, Terry on 954 



Honey-dew 961 



Honey, Selling on Streets. . .958 



Humbugs and Swindles 963 



Insane, Treatment of 951 



Japanese BuckwheatAhead 959 



Lahels for Honey (Q. B.) 961 



Langstroth, Visit to 959 



Mason's Picture 949 



Notes and Queries 960 



Omaha 947 



Out-apiaries 941 



Queens, Red clover 958 



Remedy for Stings 946 



Reports Encouraging 958 



Rocky Mountain Bee-plant 959 



RoyalJelly 959 



Skunks. To Poison 960 



Stings, Remedy for 946 



RERUM C0GN0SCERE CAUSAS, 



TO know tlie Causes of Things, is the key to 

 Success in any industry. It you wish to succeed 

 in the Bee Business, you must read and become 

 acquainted with the most Successful Methods of 

 Bee-Management and Honey-Production. 



LANGSTROTHS WORK, 



REVISED BY DADANT, 



Contains the result of practical experience with 

 Bees. It gives the Physiology of the Bee, with nu- 

 merous Quotations from the latest Scientific 

 Writers, the Description of the best Hives, Direc- 

 tions for the Proper Management and Handing- of 

 Bees; the most Practical Methods of Queen - 

 Bearing, Swarming (Natural and Artificial), 

 with controlling- methods: instructions on Estab- 

 lishing Apiaries, Transferring, Shipping, Mailing, 

 Feeding, Wintering; the best methods of producing 

 Comb and Extracted Honey, the Handling and 

 Harvesting of Honey, the Making of Comb Founda- 

 tion, etc., etc. 



The instructions for the Bendering of Bees- 

 wax are alone worth the price of the Book, to 

 many bee-keepers who waste a part of their wax in 

 rendering it. 



This book, "the most complete ever published," is 

 shortly to be published in the French, Italian, and 

 German Languages, by Practical European Apia- 

 rists. It is highly recommended by all publishers 

 of Bee-Literature in the Old World as well as in the 

 New. 



Cloth Binding, 550 Pages, 199 Engravings, 19 

 Full-Page Plates. Gilt front and back. This book 

 is an Ornament to any Library. 



Price: By Express, $1.85. By mail, prepaid, 

 $2.00. Special prices to Dealers who wish to ad- 

 vertise it in their circulars. 



^"We also offer for Sale, 20,000 Lbs. of 

 Honey, of our crop of 1889; 25 Tons of Comb 

 Foundation, Smokers, Bee- Veils of Imported Ma- 

 terial, etc. Send for Circular. Address 

 3tfdb CHAS. DADAM & NOJV, 



Hamilton, Hancock Co.. Illinois 



tyin responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



SAVE FREIGHT. 



BUY YOUR SUPPLIES NEAR HOME AND 

 SA IE 1REK1HT. 



We carry a complete stock of Apiarian Supplies. 

 Our motto: Good goods and low prices. Illustrated 

 catalogue for your name on a postal card. 



tyin respo 



R. B. LEAHY & CO., Higginsville, Mo. 



advertisement mention Gleanings. 



BEE-HIVES, SECTIONS, ETC. 



We are now selling our No. 1 V-groove sections, 

 in lots of 500, at $3.00 per 1000; No. 2 sections at $3.00 

 per 1000. For price of Italian queens, foundation, 

 smokers, etc., send for price list. 



J. STAUFFER & SONS, 

 Successors to It. J. Miller & Co., 

 16tfdb Nappanee, Ind. 



t^"In responding to this advi 1 1 isement mention Gleanings. 



HOME 



EMPLOIMENT. — AGENTS 



wanted everywhere, for the HOME 



JOURNAL— a grand famil> paper 



at $1 a year. Biy caak premiums. 



Sample Fkee. THOS. G. NEWMAW & SON, 



923 & 925 West Madison Street, - CHICAGO. ILLS. 



t^"In responding to thi.s advertisement mention cleanings. 



TAKE NOTICE ! 



BEFOBK placing your Orders for MPPL1ES, 

 write for prices on One-Piece Basswoud Sec- 

 tions, Bee-Hives, Shipping-Crates, Frames, Foun- 

 dation, Smokers, etc. Address 



B. H. SCHMIDT & CO., 

 21-20db NEW LONDON, Waupaca Co., WIS. 



tyin responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half onr 

 usual rates. All ad's intended for this department must not 

 exooed 5 lines, and you must sat you want your ad. in this de- 

 partment, or we will not be responsible for any error. You 

 can have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over 

 Ave lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This 

 department is intended only for bona-fide exchanges. Ex- 

 changes for cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles 

 for sale can not be inserted under this head. For such our reg- 

 ular rates of 20cts. a line will be charged, and they will be put 

 with the regular advertisements. 



WANTED.— To exchange honey for beeswax. We 

 will take beeswax in exchange for honey in any 

 quantity. Will give three pounds for one. Write for 

 particulars. Chas. Dadant & Son, 



18tfdb Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange a 24 inch Kaestner feed- 

 mill for small planer, V-groove section ma- 

 chine (Root's), or offers. Geo. Rall,, 

 '>->-'>a Frenchville, Wis. 



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\V ANTED.— To exchange 200 colonies of bees, 2 

 Vi foot-power saws, and one foundation-mill and 

 tai.ks, for any thing useful on plantation. 22tfdb 

 Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange No. 1 sections for ex- 

 tracted honey or beeswax. M H. Hunt, 

 22-23 Bell Branch, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange a Barnes combined foot- 

 power saw, for extracted honey. A good ma- 

 chine, cheap, used but little; cost $35.00; price now, 

 $18.00. Please write at once. 



Geo. Beede, Sandwich, N. H. 



WANTED.— To exchange a Perfect Hatcher incu- 

 bator, capacity 750 eggs, Japanese buckwheat, 

 and Kaffir corn, for honey. Chas. D. Ddvall, 

 22 23d . Spencerville, Montgomery Co., Md. 



ANTED— To exchange two saw-tables designed 

 for making dovetailed sections, for sections. 

 W. S. Wright, Battle Creek, Mich. 



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WANTED.— To exchange Japanese buckwheat at 

 75c per bushel, or No. 1 sections, for extracted 

 honey. W. D. Soper, Jackson, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange a fine-blooded stallion 

 for Italian bees. Will take a quantity of sec- 

 tions and foundation. A bargain for somebody. 

 J. H. Johnston, Leclair, Iowa. 



WANTED.— To exchange complete photograph 

 outfit, for Barnes foot-power saw. 



F. Shilling, Jewett, Harrison Co , Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchange wood-enerraving tools for 

 carving-tools. E. V. Whittlesy. 



Pecatonica, Winnebago Co., 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange a new foot-power saw 

 for extracted white-clover or basswood honey. 

 23d W. S. Wright, Battle t Creek. Mich. 



WANTED.-To exchange. Barnes foot-power buzz 

 saw, latest pattern, one Parker Bros, shotgun, 

 B. L . new, lor type-writer or anv thing can vise in 

 family. Adolphus Newton, 23d 



Box 911, Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y. 



