1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Advertisintj, Hints on 91 



Alsike for the South 99 



Alslke for Pasture 103 



Alsike, Value of 85 



Apiary near Water 103 



Bee, Appeal to 101 



Benson's Letter 107 



Chapni.xn I'lant 104 



Chirk Siiioktr, Cleaning 110 



Comb Without Filn 97 



Couiniittoe oil Estimates... 90 



Convention at Albany 108 



Conventional Columbus... 87 



Doolittle at Work 101 



Kditorials Ill 



Feeders, Doolittle's 94 



Feeders, To Use 95 



Foundation or Not 99 



Foundation and Fo)il BroodlOl 



Foundation, Non-use 93 



Heads of Grain 99 



Hard Maple and Honey ..102 



Honey from Willow 96 



Honey as a .Staple 91 



Honey-cupboard 101 



Honey sack, to Empty 99 



Honey, Extracted 96 



Honey, Profits on 100 



Honey, Cost of 102 



Honey, Peddling 93 



Israel's Report 90 



Kind Words 113 



Martin's Exhibit 88 



Martin's Chromo 112 



Milk Paint 102 



Missouri 101 



Moth, Removing 103 



Notes and Queries J03 



Our Own Ajnar.y 110 



Paint. Milk 102 



Queens, Delivery of 100 



Queens, Introducing 103 



Reports Discouraging 101 



Sabbath, Plea for 100 



Saws, ISarius 103. 104 



Sections, Width of 8,5 



Seed to Plant 112 



Separators, Omitting 103 



Solar Wax-Extractor 90 



Special Notices 112 



Stamps, Licking 103 



Subsc. for Gleanings Ill 



Sunlight and Moths 103 



Super, Miller's T 85 



Sweet Clover a Tree 102 



Teasels 92 



Thomas Horn Ill 



Ventilator.s 110 



Warming Houses 97 



Willows 96 



Wint'g. Tenement Plan 103 



Wire for Separators 104 



Who Shall be Greatest Ill 



Wheat or Oat Chaff 110 



A^WHITE^GRAPEYINE4-FREE*T0^ALL. 



For this month only. Send 10c. to pay postage. 

 Catalogue free. L. L. ESENHOWER & CO., 



3-4d. Reading, Pa. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



Dunham Brood Fdn., 40c. per lb. ; extra thin Van- 

 dervort Fdn., 4.5c. per lb. Wax made into fdn. for 10 

 and 20c. per lb. lo;{. discount on all orders received 

 before the 15th of April. 



3-tfdb 



Sil2^PZ.SS FREE. 



F. W. HOLMES, Coopersville, Mich. 



Send for my new and enlarged Price List for 1887, 

 now ready, of 



APIAEIAIT SUPPLIES, 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS. 



All untested queens warranted purely mated. Al- 

 so three varieties of 



HIGH-CLASS POULTRY. 



3d. C. M. DIXON, Parrish, 111. 



1 am now ready to take orders for 



Basswood and Hard-Maple Trees 



AND RASPBERRY-PLANTS. 



Please write lor prices. Address H. WIRTH, 

 3-5d. Borodino, Onon. Co., N. Y. 



-A complete apiary of 140 colo- 

 onies of fine premium bees in a 

 iiever-failiug locality. A bargain, if called for soon. 

 My bees and queens were awarded first premium at 

 the late St. Louis Fair, St. Louis, Mo. Address at 

 once, L. Werner, Edwardsville, 111. M 



1^ 1 < M < KEEPERS' GUIDE, Memoranda, and lUus- 

 ^^XdXd trated catalogue, for 188T, FREE. Reduc- 



FOR SALE. 



ed prices. 



Address JOS. NYSEWANDEE, Des Moines, Iowa. 

 3tfdb 



For Sale, 



exchange for Western land, 90 

 colonies of bees and apiarian fix- 

 tures, siUHcicnt to increase colonies to 100 double 

 hives— Simplicity hives. An excellent opportunity 

 for a live apiarian. Plenty of white clover and bass- 

 wood, besides abundance of fruit-bloom. Inventory 

 sent on application. Must be sold soon. 

 3d Address S. W. LAKIN. Eureka, 111. 



DASAKT'S FOUHIIATIOK FACT0B7, WHOLESALE andSETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column . 3tfbd 



200 COLONIES OF 



GiioiGG Italian & lii Bbcs 



FOR SALE AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 



Also a full line of Bee-keepers' Supplies. COITtB 

 FOUNDATION from cboice >«elect yellowr 

 beeswax a specialty, at very low rates, both 

 wholesale and retail. 



Do not fail to send for my 37th Annual Catalogue 

 before purchasing. 



3tfdb ^''"^'^ WM. W. GARY, 



COLERAINE, MASS. 



Mention this paper when writing. 



MAKE YOUR 



-iPRICE LIST STICK.i- 



Common circulars are often thrown away with 

 only a passing thought, and soon forgotten. But 

 our beautiful, instructive, amusing 



-|hCHR0M04^CARD#- 



Will stick. When the articles upon it are explain- 

 ed, the story will be repeated many times. Bees, 

 flowers, children, implements, brilliantly 



PRINTED IN EIGHT COLORS. 



Give it to a customer for honey or supplies, and 

 you will not be forgotten. 



Sample package, 10 cts. One sample and price 

 list of cards, queens, foundation, and other things 

 useful, sent free. Address J. H. MARTIN, 

 3-8db. Hartford, Wash Co., N. Y. 



FOUR-PIECE ONE-POUND DOVETAILED 



SECTI03:TS, 



Smoothed on one side, made of white basswood, 



*2.2.5 per 1000. Sample free. M. A. LOHR, 



3d. Vermontvllle, Eaton Co., Mich. 



SAMPLES FREE. 



OF MY ONE-PIECE 



V-Groove Basswood. Section. 



They are splendid, and I sell them for from $2.50 

 to $.3.75 per 1000. I keep a full line of supplies, which 

 I sell at bottom prices. Address EZRA BAER, 

 3tfd Dixon, Lee Co., 111. 



In this Glorious Eve of the 19th 

 Century, the watchword is 



«<"EUER.ONWARD.">o 



I BELIEVE 



-HcNO BEE-HIVE3}e^ 



Now before the public contains as many practical 

 points for the profitable production of honej* as 



Shirley's ContractilDle Hive. 



It admits of the use of from 1 to 10 frames, without 

 extra fixtures. The most complete reversible 

 frames, etc. Price S2.1X). Satisfaction guaranteed, 

 or money refunded. For further information, ad- 

 dress W. H. SHIRLEY, 

 3-4-.5-6-7-8d. Mill Grove, Allegan Co., Mich. 



