1887 



GLEANINGS IJS BEE CULTUUM 



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Contents of this Number. 



Apicultuiv 812 



Apifugre 812 



Asters 821 



Bee-balm 816 



Bee Botimv 811 



Bee EntoniDloprv 811 



Bees' Leps ' 8()fi 



Bees ami Chickens 810 



Bee-veils 823 



Benson Letter 809 



Beveleleil Edge 821 



Binsrlinni and Clk. Sinnker. .8:n 



Boinbns Vii^riana 811 



Bonesel 811 



Camera ( ibscnni 819 



Chaddock, Mis 813 



Colonies per Square Mile . . .816 



(Convention. National 823 



D.>olittle's Report 8ir. 



Editor of (dean's Critieised.8aT 



Kditorial 831 



Eipatoriiim 811 



Fine Wire for Separators .. .817 

 Koul Brood 813 



Foundation, Flat-bottom 824 



Given Piess 823 



Headaches 817 



Heads of (Jrain 822 



Hives in the (ir.mnd 823 



Honev-diw Not Fatal 822 



Italians veisus Blacks 820 



Jamaica 814 



Knickerbocker Bee-1'arm 818 



Mallophora Orcina 811 



Melissa, or Bee-balm 8111 



MvscH and Neighbors 837 



Nuclei. TnitinB' 821 



Our Own .\])iai-v 831 



I Iveistnrking 8111 



I'artridui- -pea 824 



Oucstion-Box 824 



Railroad Man's Report 822 



Reports Discouragring' 822 



Reports EninnruKinK- 821 



Sections at 25 cts 821 



Southern Bcc-killcr 811 



Tobao 



.830 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will meet 

 at New Milford, on Jan. 7, 1888. Subjects for discussion: The 

 best way to prevent swarming-; also, Is it advisable to Italian- 

 ize! -All bee-keepers are cordially invited. 



H. Jl. Seeley. Sec. Harford, Pa. 



The Western Bee-keepers" Soi'iety will hold a meetiuj.; on 

 Wednesday. Nov. Kith ne.xt. ai tlie residence of Mr. Peter Otto, 

 cor. Park and 2.ith Streets, Kansas Citv.Mo. Take the 18th 

 Street horse-cars at 9th and Main Sts. for 18th and Brooklyn 

 Sts.. thence walk south to 25tli St.. thence east one block to tVie 

 honse. We are sure ofa cordial welcome from Mr. and Mrs. 

 Otto, and expect a grood meetiufc. J.is. A. Nelson. Sec. 



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

 western Bee-Keepers' Society will meet in joint convention at 

 the Commercial Hotel, corner of Lake and Dearborn Streets. 

 Chicatfo, on Wednesday. Thurs<lay. and Friday. Nov. 16, 17, and 

 18. 1887. .•Vrrangements have been made with the hotel, for 

 hack room, one bed. two persons. 8175 per day, each; front 

 room, $2.00 per day, each person. This date occurs during the 

 second week of the Fat-.Stock Show, when excursion rates will 

 be very low. The following is the programme, so far as has 

 been determined upon: 



Cost of the Pioduetion of Himey— J. H. Martin, liarlford, N. Y. 

 Contr<jlling the Price of Honey— M. M. Baldridgc. St. Charles, 



Illinois, 

 (ictting the Best Price for Honey— E. J. Oatnian. Dundee. 111. 

 Conimis.sion Men and the Honey-Market- R. A. Buinetl, Chii-a- 



go. 111. 



Legslation for Bee-Keepeis— Dr. C. C. Miller. Marengo, 111. 

 Objects and Methods of a Thorough Organization of the Bec- 



Keepers of America— Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 (Comb Foundation; its Manufacture anil I'se— C. P. Dadant. 



Hamilton. HI. 

 Production of Extracted Honey for Table Cse- T. F. Bingham. 



Abronia, Mich. 

 The Production of Comb Honey —W. Z. Hutchinson. F:int. Mich. 

 Pro<hiction of Comb and Extracted Honey in the Same Apiary 



-J. .A. Green, Dayton. 111. 

 Out-Apiaries— D. A. Jones, Beeton, Ont. 



Foul Brood; How shall we Treat it!— A. I. Root. Medina O. 

 Wintering Bees in the Northern States— R, L. Taylor, Lapeer, 



Michigan. 

 Bee-keeping .\lone. or with other Pursuits; if the latter, in 



Connection with what;— Eugene Secor, Foiest City, la. 

 Legs of the Bee— Prof. A. J. Cook. Agricultural College. Mich. 

 What is the best Name for Extracted Honev!— Thomas ("J. New- 

 man, Chicago. III. 

 Bee-hives and Fixtures— Janus Heddou, Dowagiac. Mich. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



My extractor, 15 or 16 jcars old, is still in good 

 order. .7. W. Fisher. 



Nashville, Tenii., Sept. 30, 1887. 



The bo.xes came, and to-day 1 put them together. 

 Thanks for the nice shape they were packed— not a 

 thiujroutof place or nnirred. They went together 

 and fitted like a duck's loot in the mud. 



Pine Creek, Mich., Oct. 11, 188". G. W. Davis. 



their bo.x filled with honey— enough to winter them, 

 1 think, which is all I hoped lor this year. 



Lincoln, New Mexico, Sept. 29, 1887. .). N. Cok. 



THAT NUCLEUS. 



The two-frame nucleus of bees I got from you 

 last spring has proved a success. For a long time I 

 thought the bees would full in this country, as they 

 had never been tried; but in the last three months 

 they have increased up to a large colony, and have 



THE ESTIMATION IN WHICH OUR -lOURNAL IS HKLH 

 BY THE WHEELBARROW FOLKS. 



Gleanings is received. We did not know you 

 published such a valuable jouruHl. We have spent 

 a half-hour in looking it over and will jtlve it to our 

 neighbor Salisbury, who is a bre innn of >0 hives. 

 KK.MP \ liCKI'KK .M'k'g Co. 



Syracuse, N. V., Oct. B. 1887. 



BEES did SPLENDIDLY. 



My bees are all right, and have done splendidly so 

 far this season. 1 have sold some SF.")().(l() woitli of 

 honey of this crop. Now, friend Koot, you will ac- 

 cept thanks for past favors, and for contiiuiiiig 

 Gleanings. Long may you live and pi-osper, and 

 give us the l>est of bee-books: smd when you ari^ 

 done serving us, may yotii- boy take your place and 

 live the useful life that his father lias before him. 

 May you keep uv Our Homes, and also the Tobacco 

 Column, for both have done me good. I used tobac- 

 co for 28 years, and quit one year ago. 1 usfid it in 

 every form that is known to man. I have quit for 

 good. If I deserve a smoker, send it to some one 

 who isn't able to imy one. T. .1. Henick. 



Willlston, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1887. 



T write to let you know how much good you have 

 done us. This spring my husband gave me a swarm 

 of bees and I sold them and sent for Gleanings 

 for him as a birthday present, and I do not think I 

 could have invested a dollar any better, for he nev- 

 er read any religious matter before; but he says he 

 can not help reading your " sermons." He enjoys 

 the book very much. He wintered through five 

 swarms of bees, and increased to Ifi. They are all 

 in good shape for wintering. Wo did not gt^t mucli 

 surplus on account of dry weather. 1 have been an 

 invalid for several years, and can not do much to 

 help; but I am deeply interested in bee-keeping. 

 May God bless you in your good work. 



Mrs. Phebe IJoardman. 



Weston, O., Oct. 12, 1887. 



THE A B C BOOK AND GLEANINGS. 



Many thanks for your favor-. We take Glean- 

 ings, and through us Frank Strain was indiice(l to 

 take it and try "beeing" it. We learned all we 

 know of bees from your A B C book. We loaned 

 it to several who thought it so good the.v bought 

 one for themselves. Ours is out now. We loaned 

 it to Grant and Will Smith, near Alpha. Greene Co.. 

 O., who are anxious to have bees. They tell mo 

 they will take Gleanings. I loaned them some 

 old ones, and they liked them better than any thing 

 they had ever seen. I never lose an opportunity to 

 speak a good word for Gleanings or A. I. Root as 

 a good bee-man to deal with. 



I sold $1.2.') worth of honey last year. 1 never 

 sold a pound for less than 1.5 cts., and a great part 

 at 18, 20, and 25 cts. This is a good location, and a 

 good home market. I have taken only 208 lbs of 

 salable honey this year; sold $5 00 worth at 20 cts. 

 I have had several calls for honey, but did not sell 

 any after I saw the crop would be'short. 



Mrs. Lida M. Swallow. 



Bellbrook, O., Oct. 9, 1887. 



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