1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



679 



Contents of this Number. 



Bark Lief 694 



Bee Bot.iny 694 



Bee EatiimoloKy 694 



Bees and Fniit 704 



Bees Dc.ul Near Hive 710 



Bees Kc tnsiiiK' Food 705 



Bees in Didcniit Apiaries. .689 



Bees SIcaliiif; Kggs 710 



Bees. Cross 681 



Bee-Kiini 693 



Bee-Keepin(ir. Conditions for 690 



BeeSpacf Below 705 



Bee-Tent, France's 687 



Benson Letter 684 



Bridfre to (.'lean Sections. . . .687 



Brood. Dead 693 



Brood-Nest. Ui.sturbingr 693 



Cellars, Ventilating 703 



Clamp for Five Colonies 705 



Cowan, T. W 715 



Cuba 693 



Editorial 717 



Energ-.v. etc 704 



Fair, Ohio 704 



Florida 688 



Foul Brood 681 



Heads of Grain 703 



Horeules' Club 694 



Hone.y for Fruits 683 



Honey Granulating 689 



Honey, E.ieeted 703 



Honey, Best for Winter . . .686 



Hone.V, lOxfd and Conih 691 



HoneV-HoarrI, Slatted 685 



Houseliold ( ■oin enii'niTs. . . 703 



Italians Ahead 692 



Ivy 709 



Juvenile Department 707 



Melissa 693 



Nap Before Dinner 686 



Notes and Queries 693 



Our Own Apiary 715 



Question-Box 705 



Reports Discouragring 692 



Reports Encouraging 692 



Scale Lice 694 



Season of 1887 685 



Soldier Bug 694 



Spiders, Red 694 



Stopper tor Supers 704 



Supersed ire. Signs of 693 



Supers, T 690 



Tobacco Column 714 



Vinegar, Honey 693 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The bee-keepers of Connecticut will meet in room 50 of the 

 Statehouse. Hartford, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m., for the purpose of or- 

 ganizing a State society. .\11 are invited. E. H. Cook. 



The fifth annual meeting and liasket picnic of the Progres- 

 sive Bce-Keepcrs' Association will lie lield on Thursday, Sept. 

 22,1887. at Mountain Apiary, thr residence of John R. Reed, 

 near Chester X Roads. Geaiiga Co..O. All interested are cor- 

 dially invited to attend. A full attendance of the members is 

 desired. Miss Dema Bennett, Sec. 



The North American Bee-Keepers' Society and the North- 

 western Bee Kei'iiers' Society will meet in .joint convention at 

 the Commercial Hotel, corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets. 

 Chicago, .m Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday, Nov. 16. 17, and 

 18, 1887. Arrangements have been made with the hotel, for 

 back room, one bed. iwo )iersons. $1.75 per day, each; front 

 room, S2.00 per d.iy. each pcison. This date occurs during the 

 second weeli of tlu' Fat-Stock Show, when excursion rates will 

 be very low. ^ W.Z.Hutchinson. 



The Board of Agriculture of Nebraska have set apart ample 

 and suitable space for the display of bees and honey at the 

 State Fair, and now it is to the interest of Nebr.iska licc-keep- 

 ers to improve this op])ortnnity and show the peoide that this 

 is a honey country, and that we need not admit any shipping 

 of honey into our State. Shall we not now aw.ike' and meet 

 with our products the sweetest of the sweets -the pressure of 

 commeicc, anil thus jir.ivc ourselves u|i with the day' The su- 

 perintenileiit of the .\piarian Department. Mr. E. W. Wbitcomb. 

 of Friend. Neb., w.cild be riad to see you. and al-.. a sample of 

 your iJioducts. at the St lie Fair. A meetioK- <■! the State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will also be held on Wediiesdav and 

 Thursday evcniniis duiing the fair, in the I'.otanical Lecture- 

 room of the State I'niversity. This room is on the tirst door 

 of tlie Chemical Building, east of the main biiildiUK-, south en- 

 trance. All arc invited to attend these meetings. Tbe.v will 

 he free and interesting. H. N. P.4TTKRKo.\. Sec. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORS, WHOLE 

 SALE ANT) RRTAIT,. See artvertisfiment in 

 Hiintber column. 3htf<i 



FOLDIIVG^ KOXKS. 



Our Cartons for enclosing Section Money are the bests, 

 lowest pinced in the market. Made in one oiece. Witli or luitlwut 

 Tape Handles. With Mica Fronts or without. In the Flat or set up. 

 £*rint€<i or not. Any way to suit. We (ire bound to satisfy you. We 

 have just put in special Machinery for their manufacture and are pre- 

 pared tofillorders promptly. Price List Free. Samples Sc. 



14 oz. Glass tXars $S. 25 per gross, including Corks tf La- 

 bels, 1 1-2 cf 2 aross in a Cose. Cataloaue of Honcj tables tree. 



A. 0. CRAWFORD, S. Weymouth, Mass. 



Land Atroncy. Cheap Farms. 

 Lists Krpp. ORIPFIN A 

 .lEKVIS, Petersburg, Va. 



VIRGINIA 



HOW TO WINTER BEES. 



Eleven essays by eleven prominent bee-keepers, 

 sent b}' mail tor 10 cents. Address 

 tittdb HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, Whole- 

 sale and retail. See advertisement in another 

 column. 3htfd 



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tains illustrations and descriptions of every thing 

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Hartford. W^ashington Co., Wis. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this liead at one-half our 

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

 exced 5 lines, and you must say you want your ad. in this de- 

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

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

 five lines will cost you according to our regular rates. Of 

 course, this department is intended only for bona-flde ex- 

 changes. 



WANTED.— To exchange Hig-h-Ciass Fowls, eight 

 varieties, for good type-writer or foundation. 

 Circulars tree. 14tfdb A. H. Duff, Creighton. O. 



WANTED. — To exchange Alderbrook Poultry 

 Farm, of 12 acres, buildings all new, for person- 

 al property or offers. 

 1T-I8d D. E. Dak ROW, West Eaton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To sell, or exchange for apiarian sup- 

 plies or good tj'pe-writer, one Model improved 

 printing-press. No. 3, with 7 fonts of type, dilferent 

 kinds, and chase. Whole outfit cost $6,5. 



pondence solicited. 

 17-18d 



Uorres- 

 Address 

 J. A. Wilson, Hanover, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange Simplicity hives and all- 

 wood brood-frames, made up or in the flat, for 

 extracted honey. C. P. Bish, 



17-18d St. Joe Station, Butler Co., Pa. 



WANTED. — Honey, beeswax, sections, bicycle, 

 firearms, Gray's anatom.v, standard poets, and 

 otters, for No. 1 scroll-saw (Barnes), B. com. scroll 

 and c. saw, fiute, bees, carp, tools, printing-press, 

 power-saw, set cyclopedia, 2 vols. N. A. Review. 

 J. C. MiLLMAN, Elk Grove, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange bee-keepers' suviplics 

 for alsike-clover.gseed, buckwheat, any kind, 

 or a lawn-mower, new. IStfdb 



Bright Bros., Mazeppa, .Minn. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have bhack or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose of, we will Insert notices free of 

 charge, as below. We do this becuse there is hai-dly value 

 enough to these queens to pay for buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock ; and yet it is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



Forty untested Italian queens at .50 cts. each. 

 17-18d M. ISBELii, Norwich, N. Y. 



Pure Italians, inismated, 40 cts. Brown and hy- 

 brid, 1.5 to 40 cts. Stamps taken. 



F. C. MORROAV, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



1 have 7 black and 20 hybrid queens that I will 

 mail at 20 and 2.5 cts. each, respectively. 



W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ark. 



I have five hybrid queens of this season's raising, 

 which I will mail at 35 cents each. 

 J. 'H. .Johnson, Middaugh. Northamiiton Co., Pa. 



1 have a number of choice mismated Italian 

 (lueens at 1^0 cents each. Oliver Foster, 



Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



