1886 



GLEAKINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



25 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike Clover 5 



Ants, Red 24 



Banner Apiary 5 



Bees by the Pound 5 



Bees Eating Clay 9 



Bees from Egg in 17 Days 16 



Bees. Smothering with Ice.. .28 



Bee-disease. Nameless 29 



Bohemian Oats 30 



Buried Alive 17 



C.vlifornia, Tempeiature of. 23 



Cary's Memoriara II 



Cellar, Temperature of 22 



Clipping Wing,-; 16 



Combs. Reversing 5 



Comb Honey, To Keep 5 



Contraetioa 8 



Conventions 33 



Cook's Article 14 



Cornell's Report 19 



Cotters and Hooks 7 



Cows in .\piary 28 



Detroit Convention [5 



Doolittle's Article 13 



Doubling up 18 



Drones, Rearing Good Ones. 6 



Editorials 31 



Egg-laying of Queens 14 



Eggs not Hatching 15 



Eggs, Artificial 9 



Eight or Ten Frames? 8 



False Statements 6 



Few or Many Colonies? 13 



Foundation 5 



Frames from Upper Stor.y. . .12 



Gould's Poem 27 



Hart's Report 30 



Hawk's Park 17 



Heads of Grain 24 



Hives, Disturbing 16 



Hives, Hilton's 28 



Honey and Grape Sugar 25 



Honey for Embalming 15 



Honey Column 4 



Honey-market of New York. 8 



Introducing 14 



Jane Meek & Bro iO 



KindWords 31 



Lake Superior 25 



Milkweed. Plea for -H 



Mica for Veils 27 



Moths 24 



Moths, To Raise 27 



Mrs. Cotton 27 



Notes and Queries 10 



Preparing for Winter 15 



Queens Hatching Suddenl.y . .13 



Queens, Two in Hive 16 



Races, Different, 6 



Reports Encouraging 29 



Report of C. C. Miller 22 



Reversing Devices '28 



Screens for Fish 10 



Sections. Glassed 5 



Sections, Size of 'i6 



Sorghum, Scorched 24 



Stahl'sReport 10 



Sugar Syrup, to Make 5 



Sweet Clover, No Nectar 26 



Temperature of the Earth.. .10 



Tile, Laying 17 



Trout Culture 28 



Wax-Extractors, Solar... 16, 23 



Wheat Chaff 16 



Wintering, Questions about. 26 

 Wintering in Cellar 6 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED FOR 1886. 



G. B. Lewis & Co., Watertown, Wis., send us an 

 18-page catalogue, fully illustrated; specialties, 

 bee-hives and section boxes. 



Smith & Goodell, Rock Falls, 111., send an 8-page 

 circular; specialties, hives and section boxes. 



We have just printed tor P. L. Viallon, Bayou 

 Goula, La., a 4 - page supplemental catalogue, con- 

 taining changes since his catalogue for 1885 was 

 sent out. 



For J. D. Rusk, Milwaukee, Wis., we have just 

 printed a 4-page list of bee-supplies. 



As we go to press we are printing for G. W. Stan- 

 ley & Bro., Wyoming, N. Y., a one-page circular. 

 Gleanings size, relative to their automatic ex- 

 tractor, and smokers. 



For F. Boomhower, Gallupville, N. Y., we are also 

 pi'inting a 13-page list of hives, sections, etc. 



irr^D C A T 17 Five pair fine Pekin ducks, at 



run Oill^Ci. «4.00 per pair. 



Itfdb D. D. FARNSWORTH, Clive, Polk Co., Iowa. 



FOR SALE.— 2000 lbs. of extracted honey, in kegs 

 of 160 lbs. each. Quality of honey first class. I 

 will deliver, freight paid, to parties within 800 miles 

 for 8 and 9 cts. per lb. ('HAS. T. GEROULD, 

 East Sniithfleld, Bradford Co., Pa. 



Recent Additions to the Counter Store. 



Postage.] [Pr. of 10, of 100 



TEN-CENT COUNTER. 



9 I SGEAP-ALBUU. Size, 9x11, 13 pages | 80 | 7 50 



These neatly made scrap-books are getting to be quite a 

 plaything for the children, and they may be made quite con- 

 venient and instructive for the older people. I u.'se one for 

 clipping such articles as I want to preserve from the various 

 agricultural papers, and have them safe and secure; and the 

 book is a handsome piece of furniture, even if it does cost on- 

 l.y a dime. 



FIFTY-CENT COUNTER. 

 10 I BtJTCHEE-KNIFE. J. Russell &Co.'sbest 



hand forged steel. Blade 9 in. long.. | 4 00 | 35 00 

 A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



p<%n Cjalp Two steam-engines. The twoengines 

 r Ul OalCi advertised on page 808, Issue for Dec. 

 1, are not sold up to date. The engines must be 

 sold. How much do I hear bid? Engines are all in 

 good running order. I will pay freight one way to 

 any one who will come and buy one or both of 

 said engines. J. B. MURRAY, 



Id Ada, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or $3.00T)er year, 

 when given once a month, or $4.00 per year if given 

 in every issue. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this de}Mrtr)icnt the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1.00 each, under the following 

 conditions : No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anj'thiug of the kind, only that the queen be rear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to 

 return the money at any time when customers be- 

 come impatient of such dela.v as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind, that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warrant- 

 ed and tested queens, furnished on application to 

 any of the parties. Names with *, use an imported 

 queen-mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us 

 and we will send you another. Probably none will 

 be sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. Itf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. Itfd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. Itfd 



*Win. Ballantine, Mansfield, Rich. Co., O. Ufd 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 21tfd 

 *S. G. Wood, Birmingham, Jeff. Co., Ala. Itfd 



*S. C. Perry, Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. 21tfd 



*E. T. Lewis, Toledo, Lucas Co., O. 3-1 



S. H. Hutchinson & Son, Claremont, Surry Co., Va. 



5-3 

 *E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Mont. Co., Iowa. 23tfd 

 D. McKenzie, Camp Parapet, Jeff. Parish, La. Itfd 

 Ira D. Alderman, Taylor's Bridge, Samp. Co., N.C. 



Itfd 

 G. F. Smith, Bald Mount, Lack'a Co., Pa, 31tfd 



Jos. Byrne, Baton Rouge, Lock Bo.x 5, 



East Baton Rouge Par., La. 21tfd 



Hive Manufacturers. 



DACAITT'S F07KSATI0K rACT0B7, WHOLESALE andBETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3btfd 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. ]tfd 

 C. W. Costellow,"Waterboro, York Co., Me. 1-23 

 Kennedy & Leahy, Higginsville,Laf. Co., Mo. 23tfd 

 E. T. Lewis, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio. 3-1 



H. F. Moeller, cor. 5th st. and Western Ave., 



Davenport, la. 3-1 

 E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. 23tfd 

 C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Butler Co., Pa. 15-1 



CONTRACTS WANTED 



-WITH- 



SUPPLY DEALERS 



FOR NEXT SEASON'S STOCK OF GOODS. 



CHAFF, STORY AND HALF CHAFF, AND SIM- 

 PLICITY HIVES, SMOKERS, EXTRACTORS, 

 COMB FOUNDATION, FRAMES, SEC- 

 TIONS, BOOKS, ETC., 



At wholesale and retail. Unexcelled facilities. 

 Circulars and estimates free. Successors to S. C. & 

 J. P. Watts. Sta. Kerrmore, B. C. C, & S. W. R .R. 



WATTS BROS., Murray, Clearfield Co., Pa. 



Itfdb. 



'TT'i^Xy ^ ZS T XT Eureka Safety Engine 

 JrV^XV ^^■ni.L^M-^m and boiler, 4 horse-power. 

 l-2d. A. A. Fkadenburo, Port Washington, O. 



