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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May L5 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Agpieultupal Imple'ts. 



Electric Wheel Co 650 



Banking by Mail. 



Savings Deposit Bank 613 



Bee-smokers. 



Danzenbaker, F 617 



Bee-supplies. 



Blanke & Hauk 619 



Bondonneau, E 616 



Buell, S. D 653 



Gary, W. W., & Son 659 



Colorado Honey - producers' 



Association 615 



Daniels, F. R 653 



Danzenbaker, F 618 



Falconer, W. T 662 



Grainger, E. & Co 616 



Graifam & Brother 659 



Griggs Brothers 618 



Hilton, George E 618 



Howkins & Rush 653 



Hunt & Son, M. H 613 



Jenkins, J. M 618 



Jepson ,H. H 653 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co. .615 



Mondeng, Charles 653 



Muth, F. W. Co 609 



Nebel, J. & Son 615 



Nyse wander, Joseph 617 



Peirce, E W 653 



Pouder, Walter S 611 



Prothero, John A 619 



Root Co., Syracuse 616 



Root Co., St. Paul 619 



Staples Seed Store 617 



Stringham, I. J 618 



Texas Seed and Floral Co.. 619 



Toepperwein, U. & M 652 



Weber, C. H. W 620 



Woodman, A. G 653 



Bees and Queens. 



Barnes, G. W 655 



Benton, Frank 653 



Blocher, D.J 655 



Case, J. B 654 



Doolittle & Clark 659 



Fajen, J. L 654 



Graves, E. M 655 



Hand, J. E 653 



Hutchinson, W. Z 617 



Kauffman, D. C 653 



Koeppen, Charles 653 



Laws, W. H 655 



Littlefield, W. J 654 



Miller, I. F 655 



New Century Queen-rearing 



Co 655 



Quirin, H. G 654 



Ross, H. A 655 



Routzahn, G 653 



Shaffer, H 655 



Shaw & Co 655 



Shuff, Wm. A 654 



Shumard, I. T 654 



Simmons, E. A 654 



Taylor, J. W. & Son 654 



Victor, W. O 655 



Warden, F. J 655 



Wurth, Daniel 654 



Bpoodeps. 



Ohio Hatcher Co 659 



Root Incubator Co 650 



Buggies, Cappiages. 



Ohio Carriage Co 651 



Sheltertop — back cover, ins. 



Classified Advertise's. 



Bees and Queens 656 



Bee-keepers' Directory 657 



For Sale 656 



Help Wanted 656 



Honey and Wax Wanted. ..657 

 Honey and Wax for Sale. . .657 



Plants 656 



Post Cards 656 



Poultry 656 



Real Estate for Bee-keepers. 656 



Rugs 656 



Situations Wanted 656 



Wants and Exchange 656 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Sons 662 



Dittmer, Gus 618 



Educational. 



University of Michigan. . ..651 



Fountain Pens. 

 Laughlin & Co., back cov'r 



Hats. 

 Lester, Francis E 617 



Honey-dealers. 



National Biscuit Co 613 



Hildreth & Segelkin 613 



Honey Buyer 613 



Hotels. 



Hotel Cumberland 650 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Company 650 



Land fop Sale. 



Seaboard Air Line 650 



Mail-opdep Houses. 



Chicago House-wreck'g Co. 607 



Miscellaneous. 



Michigan Honey Co 653 



Mugler Engraving 651 



Patents. 



Williamson, C. J 651 



Poultpy-supplies. 



Chamberlain, W. F u51 



Publications. 



American Bee Journal 615 



American Bee-keeper 615 



Bee-keepers' Reviev/ 617 



Gufde to Nature 649 



Poultry Review, ins. cover. 



Practical Farmer 659 



Seaboard Magazine 650 



Saws. 



Barnes Company 651 



Sppayeps and Pumps. 



i"..yers, F. E 650 



Swine. 



Wheeler, J. M 651 



THE TRADE IN BEES AND QUEENS. 



We would respectfully call the attention of many of our read- 

 ers who are obliged to purchase bees and queens to the fact 

 that now is the time to order if you wish to avoid disappoint- 

 ment. By delaying the matter till later, when the queen- 

 breeders are immersed to the head in business, you run the risk 

 of being kept waiting till the season is almost over. Besides, 

 the breeder is not sure what to do, whether to breed an extra 

 number or let the matter take care of itself. It would be 

 vastly better for the customer as well as the breeder if orders 

 were sent some time in advance of actual requirement. This 

 gives both parties to the transaction an opportunity to do busi- 

 ness on a safe and satisfactory basis. The real season for 

 breeding good queens in the North is quite short; hence the ex- 

 press need of a proper understanding beforehand. Usually 

 with a little forethought all unpleasantness can be avoided. 



bers, which sufficiently show the trend of the magazine. It 

 deals entertainingly with all phases of nature in such way that 

 the ordinary man or woman can fully comprehend what is 

 meant. It is a scientific magazine for the plain people. In 

 the May number there is an imaginary story of savages in the 

 jungles of the Hoang Hoe — just the material boys like to read. 

 As a matter of fact it relates to a trip through a fine public park 

 in the city of Stamford, Ct., where the explorer (Dr. Bigelow) 

 meets with all sorts of wild things and many adventures. 

 There is a department for the camera and another for the mi- 

 croscope; still another for domesticated nature, so that all 

 tastes are catered to. It fulfills a mission. 



FOUNTAIN PENS. 



We are very glad to say a word in season in favor of the 

 pens made and sold by the Laughlin Pen Co., of Detroit, and 

 now advertised elsewhere in this journal. In our opinion, any 

 person needing a good pen can very safely order from them; 

 for, in addition to a positive guarantee with each pen, they 

 make a very liberal offer to return the money plus the postage 

 on all pens returned as unsatisfactory for any reason whatever. 

 It strikes us nobody could do more in a business transaction 

 than that, and for this reason we allowed the Laughlin Manu- 

 facturing Co. all the space they wanted to advertise their 

 wares in this journal. We have given their Red Gem ink- 

 pencil a fair trial, and found it was all it was represented to 

 be, and a little more for good measure. We imagine the other 

 pens they advertise are equally satisfactory, and it is out of the 

 common to offer 14-carat gold fountain pens at the price they 

 name. There is now strong competition in the pen business; 

 but it is evident to us that the Laughlin firm can hold its own 

 against all competitors when a really good fountain pen is 

 wanted. 



HATS FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



Now is the time the bee-keeper is looking around for a soft 

 comfortable straw hat on which to fasten a bee-veil. Such a 

 hat has to withstand a good deal of rough usage such as the 

 average summer headgear is not expected to stand. A hat 

 which seems to fill the requirements is advertised in this issue 

 by the Francis E. Lester Co., Mesilla Park, N. M. These 

 hats are hand-made in Mexico, where the art of straw-hat mak- 

 ing is well understood. They are so constmcted that they fit 

 almost any head, and, being tough and durable, last a good 

 while, even when roughly used. The bee-veil may be light- 

 ly tacked to the rim by a few stitches, and anybody may find 

 this to be a very efficient and satisfactory mode of preventing 

 bee-stings on any part of the head; and yet the whole outfit is 

 quite light and, at the same time, durable. 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



Our friend Dr. Edward F. Bigelow has launched his new 

 periodical, which he entitles Thr Guide to Nature, and it is 

 well worthy of its title, for we have already perused two num- 



toepperwein's word contest. 

 Mr. Udo Toepperwein has written us to the effect that there 

 were far more contestants than he had any idea of, and it will 

 take time to discover who are the winners. An expert has 

 been engaged to go over the answers, but it will be more than 

 a week before he can make his report. In the meantime he 

 asks all interested to exercise patience. He had a deluge. 



