1804 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



893 



Contents of this Number. 



A. I. Koot Coinpany 913 



Apiary. House ." 913 



Apiculture in Geriuany 9fl' 



Clams (iltil 



Convention at Toronto 913 



Uu )f -outs. Bees in 9U2 



Ernest at Dr. Miller's 9ii6 



Essa.vs at Conventions 896 



Kuropean Matters 9(10 



Feeders, Peroolator 9M 



Frames. Size of 9fl9 



hardening in California. . . .920 



Hive-covers ; mi 



Hive, Wells <)i)] 



Lettuce in Greenhouse 920 



Moths, Storms of 904 



I'.ual.vsis of Bees 911.5 



yui>cns,E:u-|y 910 



Oiieens. Contaminating 920 



Kamhiii- at Pismo Beach... .898 



Stones on Hives 912 



Sntrar. Coffee A 912 



Temperance Item <I13 



Well at Clinton, Mo 914 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Western Washington Bee-keepers' Association will hold 

 Its ne.\t meeting on Monday. Dec. 10, 1891. 



G. D. LiTTOOY, Sec, Tacoma, Wash. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee-keepers' Association 

 will be held in Stratford, Jan. 23. 24. 189.5. All bee-keepers are 

 W. CorsB, Sec, Streetsville. Ont. 



invited. 



Let everybody come to the Midwinter bee-meeting, Beeville, 

 Tex.. Dec 27 and 28. Half fare on all railroads. No hotel hills. 

 The meeting will be at Mrs. Jennie Atchley's apiary, two miles 

 north of Beeville. Jennie Atchlky. 



The next annual convention of the Vermont Bee keepei 

 sociation will be held in Middlebnrv. Vt., Jan. 30, 31, 189.5. Pro 

 grams will be prepared and mailed later. Let every bee-keep 

 er. whether Vermonter or not, begin now to lav his plans to at 

 tend this meeting. H. W . Scott, .Sec, Barre, Vt. 



As- 



The Indiana State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 1.5th 

 annual meeting .at the Statehouse, Indianapolis. Jan. 9th, 1895. 

 There will he three ses.sions. Several other associations will 

 convene here at the same time, thus securing !}<: fare for the 

 round trip; but a certiticate must be asked forwhen buying 

 your ticket. Programs will be readv in December. 



Walter S. Pouder, Pres., Indianapolis. 



The annual meeting of the Northern TUinois Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held in the supervisor's room of the court- 

 house, in Rockford, III., Dec 18. 19. 1894, 



B, Kennedy, Sec, New Milford, III. 



The Eastern Iowa Bee-keepers" Association will hold its an- 

 nual meeting at Anamosa. in the court-rooms. Pec 26. 27. Re- 

 duced railroad rates. The delegates will be permitted to go 

 through the State pri.son located in Anamosa. Let each dele- 

 gate bring something of interest. 



Frank Coverdalk, Sec, Delmar, la. 



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 exceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

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

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

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

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

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

 ferin? 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 ho ^^.l^ with the retnilar advertisements We can not 

 be re'ponsihip for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



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ANTED.— To evp)vine-p snpplips ntid other soorts 

 for honey. O. H. Hyatt, Shenandoah, Iowa. 20tf 



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ANTED.— To exflianpe a beautiful lot, 25x110, 

 for a pneumatir-tire safety liioycle. 



L. L, ESENHOWER, Reading, Pa. 



WANTED.— To e.vchnng-p now oroods. 2 extra fine 

 book - rases. 11 donlile-wnlled, double paste- 

 board-lined bee-hivos, staiuhiid liooks and Bible.s, 

 hand seed-drills and cultivators, for 2 job printing- 

 presses, and honey at Ic per lb. above market price. 

 Send for circular. W. H. Gardner, Allegan, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange a Noxal 200-egg incuba- 

 tor, used 3 settings, at $15, comb foundation at 

 market price, and extracted honey at 8c, for honey- 

 boards, supers, and brood-frames, cut to order. 



R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Col. 



WANTED.— To exchange 160 acres of land, 45 

 acres in cultivation, 4 acres in fruit; 14 miles 

 ivest of Hot Springs, Ark., for bees oi' oilers. 



H. H. T. Kohlenberg, New Braunfels, Tex. 



WANTED.-To exchange several good safety bi- 

 cycles. Honey wanted. Send sample. 



J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED.-To exchange 2(10 colonies of bees for 

 any thing useful on iihmtMtion. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.-To exchange 2.5-lb. aluminum Bicycle 

 and 3,^-lb. steel bicycle, for foot-power saw 

 turning-lathe, etc. 



Robert B. Gedye, La Salle, Illinois. 



WANTED.— lo exchange elegant photographic 

 oiJtfit for large and small portraits and views 

 (sample work on ajiplication), for first-chis.t i.neu- 

 niatic-tire bicycle, in good condition, 



J. Ferguson, Tracy City, Teiin 



WANTED.-To exchange an observation hive and 

 swarm-catcher, glass all sides, half price; and 

 a marine rotary steam-engine, almost new and per- 

 fect, at one-third its cost, for honey. Descriptive 

 circulars free. W, H. Gardner, Allegan, Mich 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The new sections are fine. 

 Lakeside, N, i'.. May 23. 



Frank Palmer. 



GLEANINGS AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



I am beset witli inquiries about the climate of 

 South Florida, from a single insertion of m^• little 

 advertisement in Gleanings for Sept. 1. You must 

 have an immense circulation, and the demand for 

 such knowledge must be great. I. M. Depew. 



Manatee, Pla. 



I received the .sewing-machine in good order, with 

 the exception of the rod connecting tlie treadle and 

 wheel. It must have got broken while on tlie road, 

 for it came in two pieces. It has been temporarily 

 fixed. Tlie machine is a beauty, and I like it very 

 much. It is excellent fo)' the money. 



Irviugton, N. .1., Nov. 8. Mrs. C. Momm. 



a successful shipment op queens to CUBA. 



The following comes to us written in the Spanish 

 language: 



Mr. Boof;— I acknowledge the receipt of your let- 

 ter, as well as that of the two Italian queens, select 

 tested, which 1 ordered indirectly of you. They are 

 giving entire satisfaction. The insects not only 

 arrived safely, but were introduced into their re- 

 spective colonies, and to-day have their combs ti'lled 

 with pure Italian brood, which pleases me very 

 much. F. J. BUCHAC.\. 



Cienfuegos, Cuba, Nov. 13. 



The two boxes of fuel for the Comfort foot-stove 

 have been received by my brother. He has been for 

 many years sub.iect to asthma, which is usually 

 brought on in the winter time by catching cold. 

 Last yeai- he never took a drive without having the 

 foot-stove in the buggy with him. Result, not a sin- 

 gle attack of a.sthtna during the winter. No sum of 

 money would be an inducement for him to be with- 

 out the stove. Neglecting to order fuel this fall, lie 

 caught a cold while riding, and had a scxcre atiack 

 of asthma. If the device were properly advertised, 

 it seems to me it ought to sell by the thousand. 



Columbia, Miss., Nov. 0. T. S. Ford. 



THAT CRANE SMOKER. 



I have received the Crane smoker you sent me, 

 and am very much pleased with it. " The master 

 mind that conceived how to control the bee, with 

 her wayward ways and probing disposition, and 

 tools to do it with, is a benefactor to us With the 

 Crane smoker, model 1894, 1 am happy; and with it 

 I can control my bees as easily as a raonied man can 

 a Western alderman after a wine-supper; and they 

 (the liees) are about as good-natured and full, but 

 not full of slush and wine, but sweets from the del- 

 icate flowers. W. M. Sturtevant. 



Sierra Madre, Cal., April 2. 



