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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Al'K. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bees, Moving in Germany. . .3ir> 



Bees, Yellow 3:!2 



Bee-books by Carload 333 



Book Agents 33fi 



California Jottings 324 



Cloth, Enameled, over Bees. 33(1 

 Clover, Alfilfa and Sweet. . .33.1 



Comb Artificial 3^ 



Echoes from Rambler '■' 



Elevator, Our Now 33'J 



Elwood's Letter 3x2 



EiilraiR-e Diagnosis 325 



Jax 1)V Kniiii 320 



Foul I'irooil in France 331 



Galvanized Vessels 3:;4 



Heddon Question 3:ir) 



Hives, Decoy 318 



Hive, Gravenhorst's 314 



Honey in California 3;4 



Hybrids or Mongrels 316 



Jake Smith on Fashions — 



Jelly, Royal 



Journals, E.xpense of 



Manum on Fertilization . . . 



Paste for Tin 



Pollen Necessary 



Pojipy Honey 



R mbler and Eugenia 



Ka ijoerrles. To Cultivate.. 



Robbers 



Smoker Elwood on Crane. 



Spraying Trees 



.lupers Discussed by Taylor 



Sweet Clover 



•yrup. Cold-water 



Toads 



Vaseline 



Victor Wheel 



Wax, Sheeling 



Yellow- iickets 



WANTED. 

 cycles. 



-To exchange several g-nod safety bi- 

 Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Ghekn, Ottawa, 111. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one half our usu- 

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not exeeed five lines, and you must say you want your 

 adv't In this department, or we will not be resi>onsible for er 

 rors. You can liave the notice as many lines as you- ple.ase, 

 but all over five lines will cost you according to our regulai 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona fide ex 

 changes. Exchangesfor cash or for price lists, or notices of 

 fering articles for sale, can not be inserted under this head 

 Forsueh our regular ratesof 20 cts. a line will be charged. and 

 they will be put with the regular advertisements We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



11/ ANTED. —A foot-power or combiiialioi. circular 

 VV saw, must be in good condition, and cheap. 

 Would also buy some power machinery for making- 

 bee-hives, etc. Chas. M. Orr, 



Box No. 1. Dallas, Texas. 



WANTED.— To exchange blackberry-sets, red and 

 l)lack raspberry-plants, S8 per 1000, fur beeswax. 

 A. P. L.'VAVRENCE, Hickory Corners, Barry Co., Mich. 



WANTED. — To exchang-e incubators, brooders, 

 and eggs for hatching-, of 14 vai-ieties thorough- 

 bred fowls, for first-class tlioroug-hbred poultry. 

 Address Ed. W. Cole, Kenton, O. 



WANTED.— 150 colonies of bees(L. frame) in ex- 

 change for Eureka mowers, Spriiig-tootli 

 harrows. Steel-lever harrows. Buckeye binders, etc. 

 This machinery is all new and in good shape. 



Ezra Baer, Dixon, Lee Co., 111. 



WANTED —To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on lilantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange Root's goods, at his 

 prices, to be shipped from here or factory, for 

 whiie comb honey (crop of '04 preferred) in quan- 

 tity lots. See ad. in anothei- column. 



B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange 200- egg- incubator and 

 brooder, perfect working condition; cost S40; 

 four fox-hound pups, six months old, best* breed in 

 America, for gold watch or safety bicycle. 



Geo. K. Scott, Turtle Liik^, Barron Co., Wis. 



WANTED. -To exchange a good (i-inch Vandervort 

 fdn. mill for offers. Jno. Nhbel & Son. 



High Hill, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange one new World type- 

 writer for 1.5 new-style Dov. hives in the flat; 

 also watcli for foundation-mill or extractor. 



J. H. Marklkv, Carbondale, Kan. 



WANTED.— To exchange large extractor, yellow 

 Italian oueens, fancy nuclei, hives, choice straw- 

 berry-plants, for books, groceries, or hone.v 

 Mrs. Oliver Cole, Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. V. 



WANTED.— To exchange for any thing I can ust", 

 one Columbia Safety bicycle; ;ilso bees in 8- 

 frame L. hives iind foundation. Want btH'swax. 

 F. H. McFarland, Hyde Park, Vt, 



WANTED —To exchange incubator (Stahl's Excel- 

 sior 20d-egg), photo outfit, 3 Langdon iion- 

 swarmers, 40 empty and :!5 frames with comb, Ota- 

 heite orange, and seed of Begouia Vernon, for offers. 

 D. B. Thomas, Boyer, Wright Co., Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange one fine solid 14 K. gold 

 watch, as good as new, used but little, Elgin 

 movement, for one bedroom suite, of antitjue oak, 

 massive style. Correspondence solicited. Furniture 

 must 1)6 new. Watch cost $10t).(K). Rea.son for ex- 

 changing, I have two watches. 



K. H. Campbkll, Madison, Morgan Co., Ga. 



WANTED.— To exchange Pieper rifle (22 caliber),. 

 Remington double-barreled lo-gauge shotgun, 

 .50-in. Champion bicycle, pair Lemaire field-glasses, 

 36-striiig rosewood zither, and fine croquet set, for 

 offers. " Sunrise apiary." J. C. Wallenmeyer, 



Evansville, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange Singer sewing-machine.s 

 or Root's supplies. Want honey, press, and 

 type. The Model Stamp Works, Shenandoah, la. 



WANTED.— To exchange Engli h Beagle hound, 

 fciiiale, well broken, and a good hunter, lor a 

 shotgun ut modern .style, or offer. 



D S. Hall, South Cabot, Vt. 



WANTED.— To exchange 1 treadle Novelty print- 

 ing-press, chase 10x14, lot of type, rules, bor- 

 ders, etc., valued at $(i0.lO (Sample of woik on appli- 

 cation), for registered Jersey heifer, section-boxes, 

 Hallock potato-planter, or otters. 



J. F. Michael, German, Darke Co., O. 



ANTED.— To exchange supplies or bicycle for 

 cane-mill or evaporator. F. C. Erkkl, 



Le Sueur, Minn. 



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Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they wish to dispose of, we will insert notices as below, 

 first insertion free of chai-ge. After the tirst, ID cents per line. 

 We do this because there is haidly valui' enough in these 

 queens to pay lor buying them up arid keeping them in stock, 

 and yet it i> oftentimes quite an accommodation to those who 

 can not afford higher-priced ones. 



30 black and hybrid mixed queens to be delivered 

 in May; 25c each. Wm. A. Selser, Wyncote, Pa. 



BEE 



=KEEPERS' ^"PP'iesof all kinds cheap 

 NOVELTY CO.. ROCK FALLS, ILL. 



LAWS' 



Italians surely take the lead. They 

 are now in every State in the 

 Union, and in several fore/i>-/i 

 count rie^i. Nearl.v 3000 (lueens sold, and not a 

 dissatisfied customer; if there is, let him speak. 

 Queens yellow all o\'er. Fine breeders alwtiys 

 on liand'; 4 and 5 band, $2 nO; straight 5 oand, $3,001 

 Untested, each, $1.00; 6 foi- $4. .50. Satisfaction. Ref- 

 erence, A. I Root. W. H. I^^WVS, 



T-,a\'nen, Seli. Co., ^irlc. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



CA colonies of Itali.-ins, $5.00 i)ir cohmv in chart' 

 •'^ hives; $4.00in Siiaplicilv. JOHN F.'NICE, 



329 Mayuiini St.. Williamsport, Pa. 



Large number If nlj on nildonc rearotl from im- 

 of fine tested H-dllttU yUCCUd, ported mothers, 

 ! i-endy to mail at $1.01) each. Safe delivery. Money- 

 order oHice, Decatur. CLEVELAND BROS., 



STAMPER, NEWTON CO., MISS. 

 Formerly at Decatur. Mention Gleanings. 



10 frame 



-.. . _jmpliciiy hives; 



combs built on wired foundation. Every thitig in 

 first-chiss slijtpe. Bees extra strong. Price #4.00. 

 Hives and frames are Root's make. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Money-oi der office, Fairmont. 



L. H. ROBEY. WORTHINGTON, W. VA. 



TESTED Italian (lueens, $1.00: untested, 65 cts.; 

 select tested, Sl.JJO. C. H. STEWART, Sparta, Tenn. 



to ^ULUniC^ Dovetailed or Sii 



