1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



247 



Contents of this Number, 



Acme Penetrativ(j 277 



Asparagriis tor Kohliing 2o2 



A Visit to L. C. Root 251 



Banner Apiary 249 



Bee-dress for AVomen 272 



Blasting near Bees 2('.y 



Blessings 270 



Klueberry ■ Plants 277 



Bottles T(. Cork 2r.5 



Box-hive Wintering 272 



Brood, HearN D.iwn 208 



Chanipioninsi Heddon 272 



Oireula i-s Heeeived 247 



Clasp, Vandeiisi'ii 276 



Convention Notiees 247 



Cogir.shall's Report 253 



Corking Device 26.5 



Drone-traps 269 



Drone-larviB. to Destroy 2t;8 



Drones Congregating 259 



Editorials 275 



Egtf laying of Queens. . .2f.O, 264 



Eg-gs. Sex of 255 



Extrnetor, Automatic 2.'i5 



E.xtrac'ed HunMy.To put up274 



Fdn.. Flat-l)Ottonied 268 



Fire in Apiary 268 



Good Report from a Lady . .^54 



Granulation 269 



Heads of Grain 267 



Heat, CjnlininK' 206 



Heilges of Cedar 272 



Hive, A Living 216 



Hives \inder Snow 270 



lloiiev, Lim- Price 276 



Hcpnev, To Market 2.52 



Hc.nev, How to Eat 265 



Horsi' power. Fearless 268 



Honse-Apiaries 2.56 



Humbufis and Swindles 277 



Italia tiize. How to 2.56 



.lane Meek A: Brother 261 



Larva>, Conversion of 267 



Mitchell, N.C 277 



Packing- Bees, When to 269 



I'oUen.To Remove 268 



l^)t;\to-l;ni^■e 2H6 



i^iiieeiis, Kertilizing 271 



I luiesc-ciice in Winiering 272 



Uejiort of Jennie Culp 263 



Reijorts Encouraging 272 



Roaches in Hives 270 



Robbing, To Prevent 252 



Sawdust for Packing 268 



Siws, Speed of 270 



Section-Box Former 2.54 



Smoker. Stovepipe 2.53 



RwarniiiiK-Box 2.54 



Trip to (':iIirornia 271 



Ventilation. Sub-earth 2.58 



W.-ix extractor. Solar 2.57 



Windbreaks of Cedar 272 



CIECULARS RECEIVED. 



Tlie following have recently sent us their price lists: 



Dougherty & Wiley, Indianapolis, Ind., im 8-page liit of 

 bee -supplies. 



W. H. Osborne. Chardon, O., a 12-page list of poultry. 



Win. Hoyt, Ripley, Me., 4-page list, bees and queens 



Ctias. D. Duval. 4-page li.'t of bees and queens. 



Frank McNay, Mauston, Wis., advertising sheet of apiari.an 

 supplies. 



C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Pa., a 12-page list, hives a specialty. 



A. D. D. AVood, River Junction, Mich., an 8-page li.-t of bee- 

 supplies. 



C. M. Goodspeed. of Thorn Hill, N. Y., an 8 -page club list 

 ot'papers and magazines. 



E. T. Jordan, Harmony, Ind., 4-page list of beei and queens, 



J. W. Eckman, Richin( "nd, Texas, 4-page list of bees and fdn. 



J. J. VValdrip, Staples Store, Texas, an advertising sheet of 

 bee -supplies. 



T. S. Wallace, Clayton, 111., a 1-page list of bees and queen". 



Martin tV Macy, Noith Manchester, Ind., an 18-page list of 

 bees and jionltry. 



From Watts Bros., Murray, Pa., we get ii circular of 45 pages 

 that deserves special mention. The first 31 pages are devoted 

 to a description of bee hive work and iniiileMuiits, the re- 

 maining part of the work being the price list. Tliey give our 

 A B C book so kind a notice that we are tempted to extract 

 from It as follows: 



"As the title indicates, it goes over th? ground, from A to 

 Z. It is fully up to the times, and is an invalu.able aid to 

 every bee-kee]ier. Its value is not to the mere art alone; but 

 the author's fei-viil entliusiasm for the ri'j-ht, and his intrnsely 

 practical vie" s of religion, arc so blendeil with the jiiirely 

 technical in all his wiitings that none can read them without 

 being doubly benetited. The book is a mint, of apicultural 

 knowledge." 



The following were printed recently "t this oftiee: 



James M. Hyne, Stewartsville, Ind., a 12 page i. lustra ted cir- 

 cular of bee-supplies. 



Elijah Debusk, Friendship, Va.,r. 10 page list of apiarian 

 implements. 



A. B.Johnson, Clarkton, N. C.,a Ipage sheet of bees and 

 queens. 



Jas. Erwin, Smith's Grove, Ky.,a 4-pagc pi ice list of bee- 

 supplies. 



CONVENTION" NOTICES. 



The Western N. Y. and Northern Pa. Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their next annual meeting at Randolph. N. Y., 

 May 4, 1886. A. D. Jacobs, Sec, Jahiestown, N. V. 



The Progressive Bee-keepers' Association will meet in Ma- 

 comb, 111., April 9, 1886, afternoon and evening. Essays will 

 he read, and an address given by Rev. E. L. Briggs, of Iowa. 

 Everybody interested in bee-keeping is invited to .attend. 



J. G. Norton, Sec. 



The Nortlu'astern Kentucky liee-kceiicrs' Meeting will be 

 held at Covington, Ky., (in Tm->(lay, .\)Mil Otli. ISSO. As the 

 honev harvest is near at li:ind. it is hoped th;it the meeting 

 will be well attended. f(.r this Society h.ts the praise of being 

 among the best in the State. The Rey. L. L. Langstroth has 

 been invited to attend; also C. F. Muth, G. W. Demaree, and 

 others, Alex. W. Stith, Sec. 



The semi-annual meeting of the Progre.ssive Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at Grange Hall, Bedford, O., on Thurs- 

 day, May 6, 1886, at 10 o'clock A. M. 



PROGRAMME. 



Address by the President, C. F. White, of Euclid. 



" Bees and Fruit."— H. M. Cli.-ipni:ui, of Collamer. 



Essay by J. R. Reed, of Chester X Ho.ads. 



Subieots for discussion.— The Requisites of a Complete Hive. 

 Which is more prolital>i( — comb or extracted honey ! and how 

 shall we se<'ure the l:ugest yield of either? 



There will be a " yiiestion'-box." 



All interested in ani'-ulture are requested to circulate this 

 notice, and are cordially invited to come, bringing their lunch- 

 bnskets. Mjss Dkma liE.N'NfiTT, Sec. 



Bedford, Cuyahoga Co,, 0. 



Italian Queens, and 2-Franie Nuclei 



A SPECIALTY. 



My qucons arc reared from an imported mother, 

 and in lull colonies. Untested queen, in April, 

 *1.2i; in May, slfl.OO. Tested, in April, $3.50; in May, 

 «3.()0. Two-t'rarne nuclei with untested queen, in 

 lig-lit shipping-boxes (frames wired), in April, !if2.75; 

 in May, *3. 50: in June, $3.25. If larger nuclei are 

 desired add 7.5c for each frame \vanted. Send for 

 my circular and price list free. Address 



A. B. JOHNSON, 



CLARKTON, BLADEN CO., N. C. 



ITALIAN QUEENS AND NUCLEI. 

 Prices in February and March Gleanings. 

 7 'Jdb ANNA M. BROOKS, Sorrento, Fla. 



SCALE and MIRROR CARP for sale by the 100 or 

 1000. A fine lot of spawners now ready for 

 shipment. 7tfdb W. L. McINTIEE, Mt. Vernon, O. 



TTATTAN "RT?F^ *6..50 per colony; five 

 1 1 Alii Ai>l niliSliO, lor 13 ).C0. Queens from 



Hall and Uayhi 

 guaranteed. 



7d 



Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 E. A. GASTMAN, 



Decatur, Illinois. 



PlIPP i-^'alinnQ ^^^H tested aUEENS. lean dis- 

 I ui o iiaiiaiio pose of a few colonies at fair 

 prices. As to fjiiality of bees, and personal charac- 

 ter, 1 refer to ,1. E. Pond. Jr., Foxhoro, Mass. 



SAM'L COOMBS, Foxboko, Mass. 



EGGS FROM FANCY POULTRY. 



Plymouth Rocks, 3 yards, 1, 2. 3 $. Wyandottes, 3 

 yards, 3, 3. Houdans, 3 yards, 3, 3. White and 

 Brown Leghorns. 3 yards each, $ each. I have now 

 in mv yards, fowls from 5 of the best breeders in 

 America. P. W. CORYA, M. D., Moore's Hill, Ind. 

 Reference, President ]\Ioore's-Hill College. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For 'he benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which tliey want to dispose of, we will inseit notices free of 

 charge, as below. We do this becuse there is ha' dly value 

 enough to these queens to p.ay f"r buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock; and yet i^ is often'itnes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



10 black and 10 hybrid queens for sale now. 35c 

 for black queens, 50 for hybrid queens. 



Kennedy & Leahy. 

 Higginsvllle, Lafayette Co., Mo. 



I have over half a dozen hybrid queens for sale at 

 50 cts. each. Safe arrival guaranteed. Ready by 

 April 1. S. H. CoLWiCK. 



Norse, Bosque Co., Tex. 



8 or 10 hybrid queens for sale at 65 cts. each. 



G. W. Beckham, Pleasant Hill, S. C. 



Recent Additions to the Counter Store. 



FIVE - CENT COUNTER. 



1 I INK POWDEES I 40 I 3 50 



Violet, green, blue, orange, black, and red. Each package 

 will m.ake two ounces of good ink. We are using the same in 

 our office, and ilo not find it inferior to any in the market. 



TEN - CENT COUNTER. 

 GLUE, EOYAL, mends every thing | 90 I 8 00 



This is the bc^t rcmcnt we have ever tried. Almost any ar- 

 ticle mendi'd with it will lire.ik aiivwhere else before the place 

 mended. It holds honey labels on tin, etc. 



5 I OEMSNT, EUBBEE | 85 1 8 00 



For nundiiig rubber boots, lubber shoes, and all kinds of 

 rubber goods. An article worth its weight in gojd, for the 

 saving of hciiltb, annoyance and trouble. Printed directions 

 for use accomiiany each box. 



FIFTEEN - CENT COUNTER. 



4 I INSEGT-POWDEE GUN | 1 35 | 11 00 



A beautifully linished instrupieiit, with a neat rubber ball 

 instead of the frail bellows commonly used. The nozzle is 

 pi lished zinc, and unscrews. This will also answer tor spray- 

 ing house-plants, if filled with water instead of insect-powder' 

 Neatly made, and packed in a strong pa.steboard box. 



A. 1. BOOT, medtim, Ohio. 



