1887 



GLEANINGS IIS' BEE CULTUKE. 



759 



Contents of this Number. 



Bi'.'s I>,iisoin-(l 786 , 



Bits (,1- 111. liii 774 ' 



Bfi'siuul l!hu-k Hats 785 



BciN, SiTiil.liing Motion of.. 786 ; 



Bees, Handling Cross 788 I 



Bees, Angry 78r> j 



Bees. Moving- 78.'i 



Bee-hunting: 771 



Benson Lclier 766 



Beveled ICd-e 7x4 



Blaiiton's Iteport 766 



Biittcr-Uishes 7i'4 



Coinlis.Kiill 768 



Conventions 761 



Editorial 797 



Engine. Washburn 772 



Fire extingiiis lers 783 



Foundation, Pre.ss: d 770 



Foundation Kolled 770 



Foundation-niilh ■i69 



Gloves. I ubbe- 763 



Heads of (irain 784 



Hive Factorv, Boys" (89 



Hives, Charring 783 



Honev Quotations, False. . . .767 



Island for Breeding 786 



Jewelei-'s Trade 790 



.Jones, D. A 762 



Les Miserables 773 



Mosquito-hawks 788 



Notes and Queries 788 



Niieleus, How to Prepare . . .767 



Odi.r. Had. in Hives 785 



Our Own Apiary 794 



yuestion-Box 786 



Reports Eneouraging 784 



Kepoits Discouraging 784 



Shell, T-super 768 



Swaiiii, L.ite. Wrong Hive., 78.5 



Swaniis.Miuall. in Fall 788 



Taeks for Iteeordiiig 79.5 



Tiger Hunt 774 



Tobacco Column 791 



Young. IvarS 796 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Darke Co. Union Bee Keepers' Society will hold its next 

 meeting at Arcanum, O.. on Friday. Oct, 28, 1887. J. A. Roe. 



The Pan-Handle Bee-Keepers' Associatirn will hold its next 

 meeting Oct. 26 and 27. 1887. in the K, of P, Hall, No. 1138 Main 

 St., Wheeling. W. Va. All bee keepers are invited. 



Blaine, (). W. L. Kinsey, Sec. 



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

 western Bee-Keejiers' Society will meet in joint convention ,at 

 the Commercial Hotel, corner of Lake and I 'earboin Streets. 

 Chicago, on Wednesda.y, Tluii>day. and Friday. Nov. 16 17, and 

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

 back room, one bed, lwo persons $1.75 per day, each; front 

 room, $2.00 per day. each person. Thiv date occurs during tlie 

 second week of tlie Fat-Kfi ck Sliow, when excursion rates will 

 be very low. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



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