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GLEANINGS IN BEE CrLTlHK. 



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Contents of this Number. 



.Viilia<,)iimiii 8S1I 



Apii-iirc witli MtlierWork...X!ir. 



Bue Kill I imuli .^'V Wi 



Bci's aiuniit; Mormons »K 



Recs ki'pl II >i-Miant wr. 



Bees lixeil for Winter K"J« 



Bees. N.iii-swariiiinf>: K'.lil 



Bees. Settiiif; in iCaily 8X7 



Bee-keepiiit,' fur Women ... 8!in 



Benson Letter 8WI 



Bird-lime 90:i 



Butter-dishes 898 



Caterpill.ir. Sadrtle-baek.. . W2 



Catnip for Cats !I01 



Cells ill Siiuare Ineh 897 



Cha<ldoik on Wintering:. ■■ 89S 



Convention at Chicago 907 



Convention, Sajtinaw 888 



Cowan, Mr 894 



Kditorial iiin 



l''oul Bro.Kl X91 



Kraincs Bciiuired 8% 



Ceiitry of iCngland 894 



Hi-adsof (irain 9<)2 



Herhs in ((arret 9IK) 



Hi v.-s. Si .\-story 897 



lloney .St.it istics 885 



liitro'diuing. New P(an 903 



Italianizini^. Time (or 9*14 



Jones, U. A 89! 



Ketrs, Throw in. 903 



King-birds. Plea for 9(13 



Melissa 904 



Myself and Neighbors 907 



Our Own .\piary 911 



Ouest ion-box 904 



Recold of Hives 886 



Seasons. Poor 899 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be Inserted under this head at one-half our 

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

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

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

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

 Hve lines will cost .yoti according to our regular rates. Of 

 course, this department is intended onl.y for bona-fide ex- 

 changes. 



WANTED.— To exchange High-Class Fowls, eight 

 varieties, for good type-writer or foundation. 

 Circulars free. Utfdb A. H. Duff, Creighton. O. 



WANTED.— To exchange Wheeler & Wilson sew- 

 ing-machines (new) for honey, bees, or sup- 

 plies. J. A. Green, Dayton, ill. 20tfdb 



WANTED.- Situation for 1888, by an expert bee- 

 keeper. Address Frank Curl, 

 SOtfdb Box 63, East St. Louis, 111. 



WANTED.— 5000 lbs. dark extracted candied hon- 

 ey, in exchange for raspberry, strawberry, and 

 Chapman honey-plants. 

 32tfdb Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburndale, O. 



WANTED.— To exchange 2.50 colonies of bees, for 

 horses, mules, wagons, buggies, and 4 h. p. en- 

 gine, or any thing useful on a plantation, 

 aitfd Anthony Opp, Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



WANTED.— To buy 200 colonies-of Italians in chaff 

 VV and Simplicity hives, to be delivered April 1st. 

 Also e.Ytracted honey, to bo delivered now. 23d 



J. B. Alexander, Hartford City, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange, Alderbrook Poultry- 

 Farm, 12 acres, for bees or personal propert.v, 

 or offers, or will rent. D. E. Darkow, 23d 



West Eaton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange 2 trios of Houdan Chicks 

 and one Brown Leghorn cockerel, on sections, 

 foundation, or bees, the hitter to be delivered in the 

 spring of 1><88; the above birds are very tine. 33d 

 Address P. D. Miller, Grapeville, Westm'd Co., Pa. 



G. B. LEWIS & CO. 



We make the best Bee-Hives, the best sections, the 

 best shipping-crates, the best frames, etc. 

 We sell them at the lowest prices. 

 Write for free illustrated catalogue. 



G. B. LEWIS & CO. 



WATERTOWN, WIS. Itldb 



A bee-ranch in San Diego Co., Cal., containing 320 

 acres of land, 400 stands of bees, empty hives, ex- 

 tractors, tank, and other fixings necessary to run 

 a flrst-class bee-ranch. For particulars and price 

 inquire of E. LOVETT, 



21-2db Bernardo, San Diego Co., Cal. 



FOR THE SEASON OF 1888. 



Headquarters in the South. 

 TENTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE NOW READY. 



Prices of liivcs, frames, sections, etc., greatly re- 

 duced. The only steam-factory erected in the 

 South, exc^lusively for the miinufacture of Bee- 

 Keepers' Supplies. 



\WBh\f\T), QUEERS. 



Tested, ready in March. Untested, by .\pril 1st. 

 Contracts taken with dealers lor the delivery of a 

 certain number of tjueens per week, at special 

 figures. 



FOai^-Fl^^jaE NaCIiEU^, 



with pure Italian queen, containing 3 pounds of 

 bees when secured — in April and May, $4.00; alter, 

 2.T cts. less. SiU(! arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed on all queens and nuclei. 



For more particulars, send for Tenth Aiuiiml 

 Catalogue. 



P. L. 



Bayou Coula, Iberville Parish, Ln. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTOUr, W HOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIl,. SCO adxcrtiP.iiniit in 

 another column. :{ht.fd 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or .f2.00 per annum, 

 when given once a month, or $4.00 per j-ear if given 

 in every issue. 



Untested Queens 



FOR $1.00 FROM JULY 1ST TILL NOV. tST. 



Names insertedin this department the first tim^ with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2.00 per year . 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for fl.OO each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of jmrity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the queen be rear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to 

 return the money at any time when customers be- 

 come impatientof suchdelaj'asmay be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind, that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will jn-ubably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warrant- 

 ed and tested queens, furnished on application to 

 any of the parties. Names with *, use an im])orted 

 queen-mother. If the queen arrives dead, notif.v us 

 and we will send you another. Probablj' none will 

 be sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. Itf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. liitfd 



*8. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 19tfd 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 19tfd 

 *Jo8. Byrne, Ward's Creek, East Baton Rouge 



19tfd Par., La. 

 *E. Burke, Vincennes, Knox Co., Ind. 5-3 



C. C. Vaughn, Columbia, Tenn. 2ltfd 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka. Ala. 3-1 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. 21tf d 

 C. W. Costellow, Waterboro, York Co., Me. 1-23 

 R. B. Leahy, Higginsville, Laf. Co., Mo. Sltfd 



J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Ala. 3-1 



F. A. Snell. Milledgeville, Carroll Co., 111. 4-5 



