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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Artesian Wells 476 



Bees on Islands InO 



California Yields 4M 



Combs, Snlphurinar t6ft 



Dovetail Hive Reviewed 467 



Echoes from Rambler 463 



Fax 46" 



Fertilization of Plants... 448, 449 



Fertilization. Delayed 464 



Gelseminm Senipervirens.. 4r7 

 Glucose Pleasant to Taste... 470i 



Heddon's Second Reply 459 



Hive, New Dovetail 466.467 



Hive, Dzierzon's Twin 4•^6 



Honeys, Best 461 



Honey, Corner in 



Islands Bees on 



Medicine. Doetnr'g Without, 



Non swarmer, Langdon 



Oueens Changing 



Rambler at Gold-mine 



Sashes, Wooden 



Sprayina Solutions 



Stiawberry Fertilizers 



Supers Discussed 



Swarming to Prevent 



Svmpii inm No. 2 



Tvuii, Mclntvie's 



Veil — How to Wear 



Yellow Ja-mine 



Wants OP Exchanc^e Department. 



Notices will be inserted under thi'^ head at one half our usu- 

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and iyou must say you want your 

 adv't in this deiiartiiient, or we will not he responsible for er 

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

 but all over live lines will cost you according to our regular 

 r.ates. This department is intended only for bona fide ex 

 changes. Exchanges for cash nr for pi'ice lists, or notices of 

 fering artii-les for sale, can not he inserted under this head 

 For such our regular rates of '20 cts. a line will be ch.arged. and 

 they will be put with the regu'ar adverli<emeiits We can not 

 be i-esponsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



WANTED.— Situation in iipi:irv for tlio coming 

 season, A. T. Bat.t.. South St'bec, Maine. 



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ANTED.— To exchaiiKe severni g-ood safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J, A. Gkeen, Ottawa, 111, 



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ANTED —To exclianfre 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on jilantalion. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange Koot's g-oods, at bis 

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

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

 tity lots. See ad. in another column, 



B. Walker, Evart, Mich, 



WANTED.— To exchange a good 6-inch Vandervort 

 foundation-mill or 1(00 and less of empty L. 

 brood combs, A No. 1, for offers. 



J NO. Nebel & Son, High Hill, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange one Columbia Safety bi- 

 cycle for any thing I can use; also hiive for 

 exchange 30ii division-boards, and lOu break-ioint 

 honey-boards for 8-f rame L. liive. Want beeswax. 

 F. H. McFari.and. Hyde Park, Vt. 



WANTED.— To exchange for honey one Novice 

 exti'actor, H, Bennett, Union Furnace, O. 



WANTED.— 24. (/"("((Mintested Italian queens, June 

 Idth. Please jiddie^s. witli i(ii'l<-l)Oitom price, 

 W. L, COGGSHAi.L, West Groion.Tonii)kins Co,, N. Y. 



ANTED.— At once, a lady capable of doing gen- 

 eral housework, neat, and kind to children. 

 Address El,ias Pox, Hillsboro, Wis. 



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ANTED.— To exchange Italian bees and queens 

 for Safety bicycle or offers. 

 C. A. JoHKNNiNG, Hi.ghland Springs, V'a. 



WANTED.— To exchange one ^xH Favorite Plioto 

 Outfit for any thing I can use. What have you 

 to offer? G. J. Sturm, Mt. Erie, III. 



WANTED.— To exchange full colonies and 4 and 5 

 frame nuclei, for liammer and hsinimerless 

 .guns and gold watches All Italians on L frames. 

 Address L. Wkhnek, Edwardsville, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange a good payinsr business 

 in a live railroad town, for a good farm or of- 

 fers. A bargain; for particulars address 



Cake P. M., No. 144. Steeleville, III. 



\\ANTEn.-To excliMiige 20 secondhand cliaff 

 Vi hives, for a good second-li uid Safety bicycle. 

 J. G. TowNSEND, 31 Linden Ave., Jamestown, N. Y. 



IF YOU WANT BEES 



That will just " roll " in tlie honey, try 



MOORE'S STRAIN OF ITALIANS, 



The result of 1.5 years' careful breeding. 



Mr. Sam. King, Raleigh, N. C, referring to a 

 queen purchased of me last season, says: 



"I received queen June 1; introduced her on four 

 frames in the Simplicity hive; tilled out with frames 

 of foundation. Honey taken by July S, 155 lbs.; 

 honey taken in Sept., 19T lbs., and had plenty to 

 winter on. I never saw such workers; have bees 

 from 20 breeders." 



Warranted queens, $1.00 each ; 3 for $2.50. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Tiiose who have never dealt with me. I refer to 

 A. I. Root, who has pui'chased of me 666 queens. 

 Circular free. eitf 



J. P, MOORE, Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky, 



t^^In respondinu' to this 



It lull (tLKANINQB, 



C \l IPODMIA Tested Itali.-in queens, $1..50 

 V^^\L,I rV^I^l'N 1/A g.,^,1, t^o .,,|y p,j,.f ^,( u g. or 



Canada; else- W A Di-i?ol North Temescal, near 

 where. S2.00. '' • ^' r I ^dl, g.^,, Francisco, Cal. 



HI\/Ac it\f QaiJa Having gone out of the farm- 

 I11VC^ lUl OdlC. j|,jj. business. I have 12 Chau- 

 tauqua and hi chaff hives, all new. for sale at half 

 the cost of new ones. J. Q. Townsend, 



31 Linden Ave., Jainesiown, N. Y. 



Ir\^r\ir\fi-f^r\ Carniolans, bred in ]s9:), $5 each; 

 llipUl LCU tested is;)4 Carniolans in June, $2; 

 bred fi-om imported queens producing onlv gray 

 bees. Untested, May, fl. Foreign orders. '.*R, $3, 

 and $2. Safe ari'ival at anv postofflce in 1' -i- -id. 

 MKS. rHANZ BENTON, Charlton Eeiglits. Md. 



Special Offer. 



700 2-frame nuclei, with 

 warranted queen, at $1 5( 

 each. Queens, untested, 7.t cts.: J4 dozen, $4.00: 

 tested, $1.50; breedina'-queens. $3 00. We a-uarantet 

 satisfaction. LEININGEE BEOS., Fort JeBLirgs, 0. 



Binsham Perfect Smokers. 



Cheapest and Best on Earth. 

 Patented 1S78, 18S2 and 1802. 

 Have all our new improvements, 



T. F. Bingham, 



Abronia, Mich. 



|^*In responding to this advertisement mention Glkanlng* 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who liave black or hybrid queens 

 which the.v wish to dispose of, we will insert notices as bclnw 

 first in.sertion free of charce. After the first, 10 cents per line 

 We do Ihis Ipeinuse there is hardly value enoujrh in thesti 

 queens tn jkiv fur Iniyiii^r them Tip and keeping them in stock, 

 and yet it i- Idtintin'ie^ cpiite :\n accommodation to those whc 

 can iiut atford highti prii-ed ones. 



I have .^0 more black, hybrid, and mismated queens 

 at 30c each. H. L. Weems, Hanford, Cal. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED, 



We have lately reiTiveil ciixulars from the following parties; 

 Hayek Bros.. O'li'icy. 111. 

 J f. Michael, (iern.an. (). 



A. C Tyrrell. Madis.,11 Neb, 

 W. T, Lewis. Lewisbur«h, Miss. 



J. D. Goodrich. East Hardwick. Vt. 



B. Davidson. U.xbridge Ont.. Canada. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 78 Barclay St., New York, 



