1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUUE. 



119 



Contents of this Number. 



Agricultural Papei-s 155 i 



Bees Color-bliiKl 117 I 



Bee-Keepers ()|iinionatecI...132 



Bees, Unitinir 146 



Blacks vs. Italians U5, 146 



Blacks anil Millei-s 243 1 



Book Avriiits 127 



Bioo(l-('haiiili..rs. Shallow. .133 



Cells, Kistiiutiou of 14<> 



Circulars Received 155 



Color, Constancy of. 124 



Delos Staples 134 



Drone Comb 129 



Editorial 155 



Ellison at Fair 145 



Foul Brood.To Cure 128 



Hive Machinery, New 154 



Hive, Bintrham 133 



Hives, Color of 147 



Hives, Shallow 133 



Honey Column 122 



Honi'v, First Cost 143 



House W:inniiit- 124 



Hiiiiil.UKs and Swindles 134 



Jiivenilr nepartnieut 148 



Oil. Volatile 134 



Our Own Apiary 156 



P. Benson 126 



Reports Kncourapinpr 147 



Ripc'Miuij: Honey 123 



Rolibiiitr, To Prevent 147 



Sci-tioii Case. Eaton's 131 



Se.tii.ns, Half-fllled 131 



Snow. H.inking up 149 



Spcrial Notices 157 



StiiiK Theory, Clarke's 144 



StiUjJTS, Poison of 145 



Super. The T 156 



T Super, Advantages 156 



Tobacco Column 150 



C. M. aOODSPEED, 



THORN KILL, ONONDAGA CO., N. Y., 



Furnishes any newspaper to single subscribers, 

 away below the usual club rates. Our list compris- 

 es ail the leading- papers, and is the lowest-priced 

 list in the field. Alsike, bees, queens, poultry, and 

 small fruit. Write tor :JO-page catalog^ue. Mention 

 this paper. 2-48d 



PTIR ^ A T P* ~-'^ complete apiary of 140 colo- 

 •'^ *'-»^ Oxxlulj. onies of fine premium bees in a 

 never-failing locality. A bargain, if called for soon. 

 My bees and queens were awarded first premium at 

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

 once, L. Werner, Edwardsville, 111. 4tfdb 



P^f^p QqIp '^^' exchange for Western land, 90 

 *■ "'^ Oa,LKSy colonies of bees and apiarian fix- 

 tures, sufflcient to increase colonies to 100 double 

 hives— Simplicit.v 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 sonn. 

 4-5-6d Address S. W. LAKIN, Eureka, III. 



DADANT'S rOTODATION FACTOET, WHOLESALE and RETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another coluiim. :5tfhd 



EXCHANGE -DEPARTMENT. 



"IITANTED.— To exchange some comb and extract- 

 VV ed honey for hives, 1-lb. sections, 4\ix4i.ixl '4 or 

 2, and a few trio of Wyandottes and a few cockerels 

 for supplies or cash. 

 3d L. Werner, Edwardsville, lU. 



WANTED. — To exchange for good horses 

 and mules, 200 colonies of bees in Simplicity 

 frames; also 40 acres of land adjoining the city. 

 30tfdb Anthony Opp, Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



W.\NTED. -To exchange, nursery stock of all 

 kinds (evergreens a specialty), for Italian bees, 

 tested queens; nuclei, fdn., aplar.v supplies, bee- 

 plant seed. Give prices of your goods. My price 

 list free. R. A. Lewis, Cherokee, Iowa. 



TITANTED.— To exchange eggs from four yards, 

 VV pure-bred prize-winning Plymouth Kocks, for 

 alsike clover seed. Eggs, #3 00 for 1.3, or *.3.00 

 for 30. B. D. Sidweli,. 



3 8db Flushing, Belmont Co., Ohio. 



TTT ANTED.— To exchange my new catalogue of 

 IT bees, queens, new section-case, for .vour ad- 

 dress on a postal card. Address F. A. Eaton, 

 3-4d Bluffton, Allen Co., Ohio. 



WANTED to exchange or sell, a Given fdn. press, 

 3 tanks, and bi doz. dipping-boards. 

 Itfdb J. Swallow, 2816 Mo. Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange chaff hives or surplus 

 crates for bees ne.xt spring. Illustrated price 

 list on application. Geo. E. Hilton. 



S-3 4-u-6d Fremont, Mich. 



EGGS for hatching.— Wyandottes, Polands, Ham- 

 burgs, and Leghorns, in exchange for section 

 boxes, or foundation. Circulars free. 

 4tfdl). A. H. DnhF, Crcighton, Ohio. 



W 



ANTED.— To exchange bees for cornet. 

 4d. L. J. Tripp, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



WANTED.- To exchange nurser.\- stock of all kinds 

 for bees in spring. Terms on application, stat- 

 ing what you want. D. G. Eumiston, 

 •ttfdb. Adrian, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange for bees and apiarian 

 supplies, one four-horse-power engine, with 

 flve-horse-power boiler, nearly new and in tiptop 

 order. Write soon. C. Wolfcale, 



4d. Wolfcale, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchange a good Excelsior extrac- 

 tor, uncapping-pan, honey-knife, a lot of Sim- 

 plicity hives, brood-frames, etc., for comb honey at 

 15 cts. per lb., delivered here. Address 

 2d. A. M. Morrill, Box 473, Ft. Scott, Kansas. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian bees for Ameri- 

 can Merino sheep, buH' and partridge cochins, 

 Wyandottes, and Light Brahma chickens. Address 

 4-5d. P. F. Rhodes, New Castle, Ind. 



Air ANTED. — To exchange correspondence with 

 \ I California apiarists who want to employ one or 

 two experienced young men next season. Address 

 3d. F. F. Roe, Ennis, Tex. 



WANTED.- To exchange good harrow, lawn-mow- 

 er, lawn-roller, each article for one hive of 

 bees. AkthiirTodd, 



4-.5d. 1910 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WANTED.- To exchange bee-hives, sections, or 

 frames, for full colonies or three-frame nuclei 

 of bees. 4-5-6-d W. H. Cook, Clintonville, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange foundation for three or 

 four sittings of pure (none but the best) eggs of 

 Wyandottes. W. K. James, Loudon. Tenn. 4-5d 



WANTED.— To exchange basswood-trees, hard 

 maple, and raspberry-plants, for pure Italian 

 queens. H. Wirth, Borodino, 



4-5 6d Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



WANTED. — To exchange flrst-class brood-frames 

 at 90c per 100, for honey. C. W. Dayton, 

 4-.5d Bradford, Iowa. 



WANTED.— To exchange P. Rocks, or eggs for 

 hatching, or eggs of B. Leghorns, or Pekin 

 Ducks, for Italian queens. 4d 



Sptiing .and Meadow Poultry-Yards, 



Mulberr.v, Pa. 



WANTED.— To exchange Full-bred Gorman Cana- 

 ries, also rice pop-corn, for sections, beeswax, 

 or supplies, aKso our homestead of 10 acres, for 

 larger farm in Northern Ohio. F. H. Chapin, 

 4-5d Hinsdale, N. Y. 



WANTED. -To exchange bees in Simplicity hives 

 for gold watch and Thomas sinoothing-harrow. 

 4d Address L. D. Gale, 



Stedman, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange Gregg raspberry-plants 

 for comb fdn., 1-piece sections, or L. frames. 

 For particulars address Tho.mpson Brown, 

 4-5d Cloverdale, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian or Syrian queen- 

 bees, or 3-frame nuclei of same, for a pair of 

 Embdcn or Toulouse Geese, a pair of Aylesbury 

 and Rouen ducks. Bronze and White Holland tur- 

 keys, or other fancy poultry. A(ldres.s 

 3-4d W. P. Henderson. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 



\irANTED.— To exchange a'Jnew large pictorial 

 \t family Bible, cost $8.50, tor extracted honey. 

 3d W. H. Laws. Lavaca, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange Cuthbert raspberry roots 

 for a double-barrel 13-gauge breech-loading 

 shot-gun. or a female ferret, or beeswax. 

 3-6db M. ISBELL, Norwich, N. Y. 



