ISS7 



(JLKANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



491 



Contents of this Number. 



Hcl 



Air.n.inr. ,\ iil Dry 514 



AllHllii ill I't-ah 513 



AlsiU<> Clover ^01 



Apifntr ' 51l> 



Api:. Oorsnt.'i 499 



Uccs oil Windows r>2() 



Bees iirnl (i rapes 500 



Kees. What Ails' 511 



Beo-tiook. young's 520 



Benson Letter 498 



Bnirtsti-eet, U^e ol' 512 



Rumble lie.-s 511 



Burinah Letter 499 



<\>inbs Filled with Syrup. ..512 



I'omb-cart 507 



Cuba 50B 



Dandelion u Pest 51» 



Dodlittle Cell-protector 514 



Dra^ron Hies 496 



Dnine brood, De-troyinjj. .511 



Editorials ' 519 



KKK-layiug 509 



Eutoea V'iseida 510 



Express Companies 513 



Foul Brood in Piff. Rnees .W7 



Foul Brood- -SufTR-estions, ..ii:i 



Foul Brood in Laive Apis .'Mt< 



Foul Brood, by A. I. Hoot.. .MX Wells 



Foundation, Flat-bottom 



Foundation. Natural-bast 



511 



juinbles 520 



Hoiiev. .\rlitlcial 505 



H.mm; Thomas 519 



Kid.ler. K. P 520 



Kintr-birds 510, 514 



MeFadden Mystery. . . .,.197, 505 



Mvsell and Neiehhors 515 



Ni'ilesaiid i^nei ies 510 



Our Own .\pial \ 510 



Paiiil, White, lorHives 496 



Pollen. Milkweed 510 



yu.'er s. \iiirin 507 



Queens Missinp 514 



Oneeiis in Wrong Hive. ...506 



Seetions.To Handle 517 



.SewaK'e. etc 504,508 



Smokers, Hard Wood for....5'i6 

 Swarinint; before Sunday. .511 



Sweet Clover in L'tah 512 



Tacks in liottom bar 511 



Tobaero Column 521 



Transferrint; when Idle. 



Water. Drinking .. 



Water we Drink 



(1 Cisterns 



Pdre Italian Bees For Sale. 



Two-l'raine nuclei, .?2 .'lO; :M'raTne, ¥3 00. Full col- 

 ony in A. I. Roofs Slinp. hive, $')M. Each nucleus 

 and lull colony to contain a tested Ital. queen and 

 plenty of bees and hrood, all on wired L. frs., combs 

 drawn from fdn. Each of the above with a $1.00 

 queen, .50c less. To be shipped in July. Safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. Address IV. A. KN.\I»I', 

 13d Rofliester, Lorain Co., Oliio, U. S. A. 



1 ITALIAN QUEENS, COLONIES, 

 I BEES BY THE LB., NUCLEI, 

 I AND COMB FOUNDATION. 



CHEAP 



Sfiiil for ('irciiUn-. 

 7tfdb 



2 1 he Dane \\ilh pure Italian queen, only 

 LUO. DCtJb 1300; with hybrid ijueen, $1.7.5. 

 Pure queen, $1.00. Full colony in Simplicity hive, 

 $4.00. 1213d J. H. REED, Orleans, Oransfe Co.. Ind. 



JAS. ilI«M<:iL.l., 



Hii«l*<oii, M. ¥. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Tested .lueens, $1..5ll each; untested 7.5c. each; :! 

 for $a.OO. "All bred from select imported mothers. 

 By return mail. 100 li-frame nuclei with untested 

 qiieen at $2.00 each. 

 1 Itfdb D. a. EDMISTON, ABBIAN, LEN. CO., MICH. 



MY 19TH ANNUAL PRICE LIST OF ITALIAN. 

 1*1 CYPRIAN, and HOLY-LAND BEES. QUEENS, 

 NUCLEUS COLON I KS, and APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 

 sent to all who send iiir their name and address. 

 9-lld H. H. Blion'K, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa. 



Foundation- Mill For Sale. 



We have on hand a 14-inch foundation-mill foi- 

 making- heavy foundation that was laid aside to 

 give place to our power-mills. This mill is in ex- 

 cellent condition and makes very nice heavy brood 

 foundation. The regular price of a 14-inch mill is 

 $40, but we will sell this for $20. 



A. I. KOOT, ITIo<1iii<i,, O. 



A Barometer for Gardeners and Farmers. 



We have Anally succeeded in getting a wonuer- 

 fully pretty little aneroid barometer that we can 

 seU as low as $3.50. One of them has been careful- 

 ly tested by the side of our mercurial barometer, 

 and it follows the rising and failing of the mercury 

 with wonderful accuracy. It seems to me that 

 these little instruments ought to pay for them- 

 selves over and over again for any farmer or gar- 

 dener, or any person who is dependent on the vicis- 

 situdes of the weather. The instrument much re- 

 sembles a pretty little clock, and it may be sent by 

 mail safely for 10 cts. extra for postage. You will 

 remember that my method of using aiiy barometer 

 is to pay little or no attention to where the indica- 

 tor or "mercury stands. When you wish to know 

 what the weather will be. tap the instrument with 

 the eiiil of your linger. If the indicator (or mercu- 

 ry) falls, theie is a prospect of rain: If it rises, you 

 are pretty safe in deciding there will be no rain 

 very soon. If a considerable storm is approaching, 

 the mercury will keep falling for some hours, and 

 it will drop a little every time j ou touch it. even 

 though you tap it as often as once an hour. When 

 it keeps dropping for several hours, look out for a 

 Storm or a l>ig wind. If it keeps rising for several 

 hours, go on with your work and you will very sel- 

 dom be misled, ' A. I. HOOT, Medina, O. 



DADAST'S rOTJNDATIOS PAOTOEY, WHOLESALE andEETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. Stfbd 



POTATO BOXES 



(TERRY'S). 



These are made of 

 basswood, bound with 

 galvanized iron. The 

 galvanized iron gives 

 strength, and the 

 basswood strength 

 and lightness. These 

 hold exactly a bushel 

 when level full, and 

 may be piled one on 

 top of another. Al- 

 though they are made especially for potatoes, they 

 can be used for fruit, vegetables, picking up stones 

 on the farm, and a thousand other purposes. When 

 piled one above the other, they pi-otect the contents 

 from the sun and rain; and from their shape tx 

 great many more bushels can be set into a wagon 

 than where baskets are used. Thej- are also much 

 more substantial than baskets. 



Price 25 c each ; 10, $2.25; 100, $30.00. In the flat, 

 including nails and galvanized iron, $1.75 for 10; 

 100, $16.50; 1000, $150. 



A. I. ROOT. Medina, O. 



PASTj:poAPP poxjss 



FOR ONE-POUND SECTIONS OF 



COMB HONEY. 



This box has a bit of " red 

 tape " attached to it to carry 

 it by. It makes a safe pack- 

 age for a single section of 

 honey for the consumer to 

 carry, or it can lie packed in a 

 trunk, if he wants. It can be 

 opened in an instant. The 

 price of the box is 3 cts. each, 



set up; in the Hat, 15 cts. for 



10; package of 3.5, ;!0 cts.; $1.00 per 100; or $9.00 per 

 1000; 10,000, $80. If wanted by mail, add $1.00 per 

 hundred for postage. Colored lithograph labels for 

 putting on the sides, two kinds, one for each side, 

 $3.00 per 1000. A package of 35, labeled on both 

 sides, as above, 50 cts. By mail, 'SO cts. more. They 

 can be sold, labeled on one side or both sides, of 

 course. We have only one size in stock, for Sim- 

 plicity sections. Sample by mail, with a label on 

 each side, 5 cts. If you want them shipped in the 

 flat, labels already pasted on, the price will be ten 

 cents per hundred for putting- them on. 



Your name and address, and the kind of honey, 

 may be printed on these labels, the same as other 

 labels. The charge for so doing will be 30 cts. per 

 100; 250. .50 cts.; .500, 75 cts.; 1000, $1.00. 



A. I. BOOT, ITIedina, Ohio. 



