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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Bee, Poem on Italian 370 



Bees. To Transfer 37'; 



California, Average Yields 37J 



Candy, Atchlev Wf 



Cells. Artificial 3?!l 



Comb. Shipi-iin? Old Black.. 381 



Combs Wax Used in 368 



Echoes 372 



Edare V. on Hnf. Frames. ...383 



Editor in Cre-ton 381 



Fimndation. Given .383 



Frames. Spacing 377 



Fruit. Fertilization of 37« 



Glucose Used 378, '82 



Goods " Were Not There.".. .388 



He Idon's Honey 382 



11' es. Svtiiposinm on 362 



>ie ns. Two in Hive 373 



Rfinihleron Paralysis S(i9 



Rhnbarh St. Martin 38tf 



Seed. To Germinate Quick .. ..391 



Smith. J. M.. Death of 382 



Species vs. Races of Bees . . 37.t 



Snonge in Cage 381 



Stringor Tommy 382 



Supers. T. Discussed 38f) 



Top-bar. New 383 



Wax. Amount Used 3li8 



Whisky and Stings 380 



Yellow Jasmine 370 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not exceed Ave lines, and .you must .say yon want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will nor he responsible for er 

 rors. You can have the notice as many lines as yon please, 

 hut all over five lines will cost yon according to our regular 

 rvtes. This department is intended only for bona fide ex- 

 changes. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 fei-ing articles for sale, can not be inserted under this head 

 For such our regular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and 

 thev will he nut with the regular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



WANTED.— To explmnpe e.xtrii, thin foundation, 

 and fine extfticted lione.v. in 6O-II1. r;ms foi' bees 

 by the pound, nucleus colonies, and queens. 



R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Colo. 



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ANTED. — To exclianji-e several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED. — To exchang-e incubators, brooders, 

 and epg's for hatch ing. of 14 varieties tliorough- 

 bred fowls, for first-class thoroughbred poultry. 



Address Ed. W. Cole, Kenton, O. 



WANTED.— 1.50 colonies of bees(L. frame) in e.x- 

 chatige for Eurek.'i mowers, S|iring'-tooth 

 harrows. Steel-lever harrows, Bucke.ve binders, etc. 

 This machinery is all new and in erood shape. 



Ezra Baer, Dixon, Lee Co., 111. 



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ANTED —To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing- useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



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

 prices, to be shipped from here or factor.v, for 

 while comb honey (crop of '94 preferred) in quan- 

 tity lots. Seead. iu another column. 



B. Walker, Evart, Mich. 



TITANTED.— To excbange 2U0 - egg incubator and 

 VV brooder, perfect working condition; cost $40; 

 four fox-hound nups, six months old, best breed in 

 America, for sold watch or safety bicycle. 



Geo. K. Scott, Turtle Lake, Barron Co., Wis. 



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ANTED.— To exchange agood 6-inch Vandervort 

 fdn. mill for offers. Jno. Nebel & Son, 



High Hill, Mo, 



WANTED.— To exc!i;inge one fine solid 14 K. aold 

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

 movement, for one bedroom suite, of anticjue (jak, 

 miissive style. Corresponden'^e solicited. Furniture 

 must be new. Watch cost $100.00. Reason for ex- 

 changing, T have two watches. 



R. H. Campbell, Madison, Morgan Co., Ga. 



WANTED.- To exchange Singer sewing-machines 

 or Root's supp]i(>s. Want honey, press, and 

 type. The Model Stamp Works, Shenandoah, la. 



WANTED.— To exchange 1 treadle Novelty print- 

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

 ders, etc , valued at $(iO.( (sample of work on appli- 

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

 Hallock potato-pbmter, or offers. 



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



WANTED.— To exchange engine and boiler (W2 

 horse-power), Barnes saw with saws and cutter- 

 heads, and 200-egg incubator, for any thing useful. 

 Robert B. Gedye, La Salle, 111. 



WANTED.— Situation in ppiar.y for the coming 

 season. A. T. Ball, South Sebec, Maine. 



WANTED.— Situation with liee-keeper or market- 

 gardener, by young man, unmarried, with some 

 experiefice in bee-keeping. References given. 

 Wm. K. Bryce, 310 S. Dewitt St., W. Bay City, Mich. 



WANTED.— 25 untested Italian queens and 1 lb. of 

 bees witli each queen, to be shipped May 15. 

 What can you furnish tliem for? Write quick to 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



SECTIONS CHEAP! 



Until sold, we will sell the sections listed below in 

 quanliiies of .M)0 or more at $1..50 per thousand for 

 creams, and Sl.OO per thousand for No. 3. A114.i^x 

 4>4' sections, open two sides 



41,000 2 inch cream. 37,000 2 inch No. 2. 

 47.0' 1% " " 91.000 1?! " 



116,000 IJ^ " " 311,0(01% " 



134,000 7 to ft. " 87,(100 11-i " 



2.53,000 7 to ft. No. 3. 



PAGE <£ KEITH, NEW LONDON, WIS. 



'^"In responding to this advertisement mention (iLkaxings. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 



162 Mass, Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. 



■■il Standard Goods— Popular 

 Tk\ Prices— Catalogue Free. 

 |iUU " BIJHV BEES'* 



A book telling how to man- 

 age them-io CIS. in stamps ; or free to 

 those sending names of 5 bee-keepers 



NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. 



To buy aheap. Bee-keepers' Supplies, hives, sec- 

 tions, fdn., etc. Write for price list. EOOT'S GCODS. 

 i70H2V NEBET^ At SOM, Hii^h IliU, Mo. 



Go/den Queens from Tennessee. 



Our stock is better than ever before. We will 

 rear only the Golden Italia.TS tliis season. Have a 

 few 3 banded tested that we will sell cheap. Golden 

 tested. $1.50; select tested. $3.50; extra select testtd, 

 84.00; ,3-handed tcsicd. $1 00. Untested, SI 00. 

 STEW^MiT liHOS., Sparta, Tenn. 



KEE=KEEPERS' Supplies of all kinds o'leap 

 '^ NOVELTY CO., ROCK F^ALLS. ILL. 



Aluminum Bicycles, 



Bright as silver, light as wood, three times stronger 

 tlian steel. Send for catalog to Robert B Gedye, 

 La Salle, III. Bargains in second-hand and shop- 

 worn wheels. 



Bicycles. 



High-grade wlieels, direct from tlie 

 factory, at cut inices. 'J'ernis easy. 

 Write EZRA G. SMITH, 



MANCHESTER, N. Y. 



BEES FOR^ALE. 



Italian, $4.(10, Hybrids, J8..50. All in S-frame 

 Langstioth hives. WILLIAM I DEN, 



ETNA GREEN, INDIANA. 



Freight charges on orders for Root's polished sec- 

 tions, and l()-seclion wliite Ijasswood shipping-cases, 

 at his prices, to lit' shipped from factory to iJoints 

 within 300 miles, in lots of ,50U(I and 300 or over re- 

 spectively. Send for catalog. 



B. WALKER, Evart, Mich. 



BEES! BEES! BEES! 



If vou contemplate buying bees and queens the 

 coming .season, write to LEININGER BROS. f<>r prices 

 which will suit you. FT. JENNINGS, 0. 



'-ESTED Italian (lueeus, $1.00; untested, 65 cts.; 

 select tested, $1.50. C. H. STEWART, Sparta, Tenn. 



