1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



15 



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 them for lectures, etc., at 5 cts. each for the first five days; after five days, 1 ct. each extra per day. Of most of 

 .them we can sell duplicates at 50 cts. each. Slides are standard American size, 3%x4. Order by number only. 



PORTRAITS. 



14 N. E. France. 

 16 C. H. W. Weber. 

 SO'-^ L-L.Langstroth in Root apiary. 

 31'-.' L. L. Langstroth monument. 

 APIARIES. 



67 Hansen's Sweetwater apiary. 



71 Root's New York apiary. 



72 Root's Jenkintown apiary. 



73 Detroit city bee-yard. 



74 Hanselman's Wisconsin apiary. 



75 Winter view of an apiary. 



76 A view of Alexander's Api^iry. 



HONEY-PLANTS. 



101 Clover-blos'ms, red, white, alsike. 

 114 Buckwheat. 

 118 Basswood. 



BEES AND BEE ANATOMY. 



150 Sting of bee. 



154 Upper view of worker. 



166 Bee- moth. 



168 Queen, drone, and worker. 



169 Queen and retinue 



170 Sectional view of bee's tongue. 



171 Drone. 

 171a Queen. 



172 Breathing apparatus of drone. 

 172a " " of queen. 



173 Digestive orgaiis of drone. 

 173a " " queen. 



174 Reproductive orgrans of drone. 

 174a " " queen. 



175 Nervous system of drone. 

 175a " " queen. 



176 Relative sizes of parts of drone. 

 176a " " " queen. 



BEE-IMPLEMENTS. 

 200 Bingham smoker. 

 ■202 Clipping queen with knife. 



203 Corneil smoker showing parts. 



204 Cowan extractor No. 15. 



205 Cowan extractor showing parts. 



207 Hoffman frame. 



208 Benton queen-mailing cage. 



209 Bee-veil No. 2. 



210 Queen-clipping device. 



210't Clipping queen with scissors. 



212 Holmes bee-hat. 



213 Danzenbaker frame. 



214 Honey-board No. 9. 



216 Porter bee-escape show'g parts. 



217 Clark smoker. 



218 Corneil smoker, three sizes. 



219 Sample perforated zinc. 



220 Entrance- guard. Alley trap. 



221 One-frame obs. hive veith super. 



222 Same without super. 



223 Quinby frame. 



224 Nucleus shipping-box. 



225 Bee-gloves. 



226 Bee-tent. 



227 Handling Hoffman frames. 



228 Ten-inch foundation-mill. 



FACTORY VIEWS. 

 270 Root's factory from northwest. 

 HIVES. 



300 Root Dove'd hive. 8 f r., l-story. 

 302a Root Dove'd hive, CE64P/8. 



303 Root Dove'd hive, AE66/8. 



304 Root Dove'd hive, AE64I / 8. 



305 Root Dove'd super, P/8. 



306 Danzenbaker super. 



MANIPULATING HIVES. 



341 How to avoid killing bees with 



closed-end frames 



342 Uncapping honey. 



353 Handling frames in groups. 



COMB. 



357 Frame of queen-cells. 

 357',i' Frame of queen-cells. 



358 Specimen of pickled brood. 



359 Frame of queen-cells building. 



361 Photograph of foundation. 

 361a Medium brood foundation. 

 361b Thin super foundation. 



362 Fully built brood-comb. 

 362' J Fully built brood-comb. 



374 Comb under clapboards of house. 



375 Natural comb-building in frames. 



376 Comb-building in open air. 



377 France with frame of foul brood. 



378 Comb foundation under eaves of 



house. 



379 Edge of honey-comb. 



380 Partly constructed comb. 



381 Surplus honey-comb. 



382 Honey-comb from two sections. 



383 Soap-bubbles, honey- comb effect. 



ALFALFA. 



400 Stacking alfalfa- 



401 Stacks of alfalfa. 



COMIC. 



420 Ouach, comic, two views. 



421 He laughs best who laughs last. 



425 After absc'g swarm, uncolored. 



426 Effect of one bee-sting near eye. 



427 Effect of bee-sting on the lip. 



HONEY. 



450 Honey in Aikin sacks. 

 450'/2 Candied honey in bags. 



452 Sections, plain and beeway. 



453 Cutting candied honey. 



454 Aiken's sack open for the table. 



455 Sixty-pound can of honey— can 



stripped off. 



456 Two-pound cakes candied honey. 



457 Slab of honey cut by wire. 



458 Slab of honey nearly cut by wire. 



459 Sections of comb honey. 



460 Cutting out section comb honey. 



UNCLASSIFED VIEVt^S. 



500 Bottling honey. 



505 Sitting on hive-cover. 



508 Danzenbaker prize honey. 



534 Moving bees. 



535 Carrying bees on bicycle. 



536 Making straw skeps in England. 



537 Root's bee-cellar, inside. 



538 House apiary, inside. 



539 House apiary, outside. 



540 Swarm on limb of tree. 



.541 Moving bees in New Zealand. 



542 Bees in skeps covered with straw 



hackle. 



543 Symmetrical swarm on tree. 

 .544 Swarm. 



545 Swarm covering boy's head. 



546 Scraping bees from hat into hive. 



547 Small boys studying bees. 



548 Bee-tree. 



FOREIGN APIARIES. 



550 Mexican bee-keeping. 



551 Algerian bee-keeping. 

 5.52 Peruvian bee-keeping. 



553 Tasmanian bee-keeping. 



554 Denmark bee-keeping. 

 556 Apiary in Tunis. 



CAe A. I. Root Comsvany, Medina, O. 



