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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Skpt. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Advertisinsr. ( 'ontinuous 697 



Alley's Improved Trap 696 



Arundell's Apiary 683 



Bees Carryinsr Egrgs 686 



Brood-nest, Size of. 6X7 



Candy for Cages 694 



Eggs. Bees Moving 686 



Feitilizing in Confinement.. 695 



Hives, Small, for Queens 69' 



H.ybrids. Disagreeable ....698 



Jones, H. L 698 



Lakeside 699 



N. A. B. K. A 680 



Ontario Association 68.t 



Propolis 69S 



Queens. Hybrid. Finding... 698 



Queens, Reaiing 69.) 



Rambler at M.-Iniyre's 681 



Raspberries, Grannis on.. 702 



Root E. R 690 



Salt in Candy 689 



Sections Over Dummies 6X7 



Sick, Robbing the 68.5 



Souvenir. St. Joseph 697 



Statistics, Honey 693 



Stenographic Reports dS^ 



Stiawberries, Monim's Card.703 



Tillage. Excessive 703 



Trap, Alley, Imj)roved 696 



Yields, California 685 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The bee-keepers of Utali will hold their semi-annual conven- 

 tion at Salt Lake City, Oct. 1, 1891. J. C. Swaner, Sec. 



CHANGE OK DATE - IMPORTANT NOTICE. 



In order to let all bee-keepei's who can. take advantage of 



the Harvest Excursion rates which will br t^iven Oct. 9th. we 



have concluded to change the date of tin- meeting to Oct. 10th, 



11th, 12th. The rate will be half fare iilus $2.00. These rates 



apply east of the Missouri River only. Ask your railroad 



agent about them. Special rates of lli fare will no doubt be 



secured in the territory coveied by the Western Passenger 



Association. These will be announced later, it secured. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 25. E. T. Abbott, Pres, 



Agricultural papers will please note the change above. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

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

 first insertion free of charge. After the first, 10 cents per line. 

 We do this because there is hardly value enough in these 

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

 and .vet it i- oftentimes quite an accommodation to those who 

 can hot afford higher-priced ones. 



About ten nice yellow misrriMted Italian queens 

 for sale at 2.') cents each, or r> for #1.0(1. Tlioy are all 

 young- and piolifir. 



W. F. Stuart, Bex 439, Ottawa, Kas. 



Woodcliff A No. 1. 



In order to introduce my strain of l)eaiitiful yel- 

 low Woodclit'f Queens, wiiicli are brid from 

 an imported leather rolored Italian crossed with 

 tlie best 5-banded slock I can procure l)j- Uoolittlc 

 method, I will sell iviia'"inf eed purel.v mated un- 

 tested uueens at 7.") cts. each. As I produce iarffe 

 quantilies of comb lioney. I breed prlncipiiUy for 

 lai'ffe honey-gal lierers. Apiaries near Philadelphia. 

 Address 



WM. A. SELSER, Wyncote, Pa. 



Adel Queens and Bees. 



A new strain of liciutiful .xt'lhiw-ba nded bees 

 QiU'eii and Am. Apiculturist one > ea , . $1 (in. 



H. A. LEY, Wenham, ltf!as^. 



FOR THOROUGHBRED HrilTMn*^ 



SALE. * ENGLISH BEAGLE • •^^^'^*-'*^' 



Best Dogs in the WORLD for Rabbits. 



.Tames An^/rews, - Hed House, A''. "!'• 



FOR SALE, 37 COLONIES OF BEES. 



One Hundred Dollars will buy the lot 



if taken liere. No foul br(jod. Address 



C. E. COOK, Starrville, Mich. 

 500 YOUNG FERRETS 



Now ready to shii)atonly *:!.00 

 a pair. Price list of Iteesand 

 Ferrets fie">. N. A. Knapp, _ ^ 



Rochester, Lorain Co.,0. "^^ . ,;":j^^ 



iCS^In respond mg to Ui-.-~ u.n ,Tii.-ei.., ... '■m-ntioii (Jl,^..\^l^ 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 110 Hudson St., N. Y. 



HONEY 



WHOLESALE 



DEALEBS & 



COMMISSION 



MEKOHAHTS. 



Established 



1875. 



BEESWAX. 



LIBEEAL 

 ADVANCES. 

 MADE 

 ON 



ooNsiau- 



MENTS. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. Unsurpassed Honey Market. 

 BATTERSON & CO. Responsible, Reliable, 

 Commission Merchants, tgttdb and Prompt. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. .\1I advertisements intended tor this department 

 mu<t not exceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible for er- 

 rors. Toucan have the notice as many lines as you please, 

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

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

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

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

 For such ourregular ratesof 20cts. 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." 



WANTED.— To exchange several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchang-e 200 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange extracted honey, good 

 quality and flavor, for supplies, sections, ship- 

 ping-crates, etc. Low freight rates. 



R. L. Tucker, Wewahitchka, Fla. 



ANTED.— To exchange complete Business Col- 

 lege t)utflt, for bee or apiarian supplies. 



J. A. BowEN, HoUister, Cal. 



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WANTED.— By willing young man of twenty- 

 three, employment during the winter or longer, 

 not particular. Best of references. Tr.y me. 



Address Wm. J. Manlev', Yale, Mich. 



ANTED. — An apiarv on shares in any Southern 

 State. A. Cauper, Hebron. Boone Co., Kj-. 



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VI7ANTED.— A situation to work at bees in Cuba 

 Vt the coming winter; have liad experience. 

 Address R. T. Stinnett, 



West Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y. 

 Kef., W. L. Cogg.shaU, West Groton, N. V. 



WANTED.— To exchange one electric motor and 

 8-in. fan and pulleys, valued at $18; seven one- 

 gal, jars and batteries, valued at $21; wires and 

 two small electric lights, valued at $4, for bees, new 

 bee supplies, etc. 



Dr. Ball, Moose Meadow, Conn. 



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ANTED.— To exchange blackberry-plants, for 

 foot-power sawing-machine or bicycle. 

 E. P. Churchill, Haliowell, Kennebec Co., Me. 



WANTED.— To exchange line youngltalian queens 

 for alsike clover seed. Those having seed please 

 wi'lte and state price. 



Thos. E. El.'VM, Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., 111. 



A RARE CHANCE ! For lung or catarrh trouble, 

 with $20110. Wanted.— To exciiange 130 acres of a 

 nice River Front Home, and young orange grove, 

 for the keeping of man and wife, or work. 



Address Box 77, Manatee, Fla. 



