1.S86 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



383 



Contents of this Number. 



Alley's Trap 42.'i 



Apiculture, IiuHprtiVuce of .393 



Arthui's Fac simile 417 



Rfos. To <;et out of SeL'tions.393 



Bees vs. Fiuit 392 



Reni'li vise 102 



Honk-Kcvie\v Department. .392 



Rovs St.aliiis Honey 416 



Burmah Letter 390 



Cirniolans 424 



Cells Capi'id with ("otton.. .388 



Chapiniui Hcncv-plant 391 



Colonies, StreiiK'theiiintr. . . .401 



Controllable Hive 424 



Dog Eating Brooil 396 j 



Editorials 42.5 i 



Entrance. Closed in Winter. 394 



Extract. How to 41;') 



Extr.actiiit.', Benefits of 423 



Facts from Observation ...413 ! 



Filse St itements ....42.3 



Fertili/ition, .\rtineial 392 , 



Frieiel in Trouhle 422 



(Has, for V.mIs....; 401 ! 



({race's L-ltM- 413 



Hay ,397 ! 



Heddon on AVinleriug 387 i 



Honey for C >lds 416 i 



Honey Colu .in .386 



Honey for Croup 417 



Hone.v and Alum 41."> 



Honev-board-i 423 



Hornets 39.5 



Japan Letter 412 



Kind Words 426 



Lawvcrs aiul Bees 39'> 



Mapie Svrup, Musty 400 



Miilrv on l',istur.age 3.S9 



:\lv Ncitrhhors 411 



Nest, Petrified 41.5 



Notes and Querie 4 3 



Old Fogy 41.5 



Our Own Apiary 424 



Overworked Fiflks 369 



Pasturage. Artificial . .rssit, 393 



Pollen from C ictus 395 



Queens Liying in 3 Days. . ..416 



Ke|ioits Kiu'oii raging 418 



He-uvrection Plant 417 



Kobliiiis' Keport 399 



S-oiits Sent bv Bees 388 



South America 391 



Teiiv's Tool house 39ii 



T.ibacco Column 418 



Wasps and Hornets 395 



Water. Heating on Top 3n8 



Wintering on Sugar .387 



Wo.nen as Bee-keepers 391 



AUTOMATIC HONEY- EXTRACTOR. 



The only self reversing- Honey-Extractor known. 

 Will do double the amount of ^vork of any other ex- 

 tractor. Send for new circular, just out April 1st. 

 Californians, send to Baker & Barnard, San Buena- 

 ventura, Ventura Co., Cal. Canadians, send to E. L. 

 Goold & Co., Brantford, Ont.. Can. 



All others, address G. AV. STANLEY, 



8tfdb Wyoming, N. Y. 



CaJi7(ir?ii(7)i8.— Good live men to act as sub-ag-ents 

 in the different counties of Cal. Parties wishing- to 

 become agents, or to manufacture the Automatic 

 extractor can address Baker & Barnard, San Buena- 

 ventura, Cal., or G. W. Stanley, Wyoming, N. Y. 

 This is a good chance for those who want to make 

 and sell our machines. 



STANLEY'S DOLLAR SMOKER. 



A large strong bellows Smoker, with 8 in. barrel, 

 and equal to any smoker in the market, for only 

 $1.00, or SI. 35 by mail. Can be sent immediately. 



sviJciAL oi-rjui ryriL may -'sth. 



Every person who purchases a 4-franie Automatic 

 Honey-Extractor before May S.'jth, and sends cash 

 with order, 5vill receive a smoker /ree. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



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

 which they want to dispose of, we will insert notices free of 

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

 enough to these (iiieeiis to )iay f-r buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock; and yet if is often'iines quite an accommo- 

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



T have about one dozen hybrid queens for sale at 

 23cc;ich. Good and prolific. M. Bhokks, 



(Joi-i-zalis, Gonzales Co., Texas. 



Ark. Brown iind hybrid queens 30 to 40 cts. each. 

 F. C MouKow, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



Black queens, 2.5c until .Tune. 



WALTKit B. FiSHEii, Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Texas. 



Hybrid ijiiecns at 43 cts. from May 3dth. 



.1. G. CoBii, Mount Cobb, Pa. 



75 black and a few hybrid qiirens left for sale, at 

 35 and 3.5c eaeli. All clipped. Isafe arrival guaran- 

 teed by return mail. li. T. Ayeks, 



Box 1T5, Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Ills. 



T have some 10 or 13 black and hybrid queens to 

 ell, after the IHth inst., at 35 and 35c each. 



J. C. ZiM.MEU.MAN, Wabash, Wabash Co., Ind. 



Black and hybrid (jueens for sile at the usual 

 rates. Geo. D. Raudenbush, Reading, Pa. lOd 



Hybrid queens must go. In order to rid my apia- 

 ries of the last vestige of black blood, I offer 6 good 

 jivbrid queens (all that I have) at 40 cts. each, or 

 13 OJ for the lot. Speak quick, for 1 will kill them 

 if not called for soon. Address 



J. C. Bowman, North Lima, Mahoning Co., Ohio. 



F. HOLTKE'S S-FRAME NUCLEI, WlTH 



$1.00 Queen, for Only $2.oo! 



Three-frame nuclei, with $1.00 queen, from 15th 

 of May on, i?3.0:). Combs built in Simplicity frames, 

 and well stocked with bees and lirood. 10-ll-13d 



Fred'k Holtke, Carlstadi, Bergen Co., N. J. 



Batche/der's Drone and Queen Trap 



Ts the only one made that does not hinder the bees 

 in their work. Send 85 cents for sample. Send for 

 circular, and see what A. T. Root says about it. 

 lOtldb J. A. BATCHElrDEK, Keeuc, N. H. 



SECTIONS 



quote J ou rock-bottom prices. Circular free. 



AT HARB-PAN PRICES. V-groove or square 

 cut. Siimples free; also chaff hives. Root's pattern: 

 Dunham comb-foundation and apiarian supplies of 

 all kinds. Write, staling what you want, and I will 

 8tfdb EZRA BAER, Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois. 



PUHE -i- ITALIAITS -i- EXCLUSIVELY. 



-€ STOP, » READ, « AND * ORDER.^ 



Having determined to devote my time and attention exclusively to the production of pure Italian bees 

 find queens, during the season of 1886, I otter, in order to reduce stock, 50 Cliolce Colonies of Pure 

 Italians in 10 Langstroth frames, guaranteed to contain at least 4 full frames of brood and 4 lbs. of bees 

 in new chaff hive, at if 10.00 each. I append my prices for the season. 



My terms are cash with the order. First orders will be filled first. I will refund money at any time a 

 (Customer may become dissatisfied with waiting. 



My methods: One kind, and the best of that kind. Nothing except tested queens sold at any price, I 

 will send one-year-old quecps until stock is exhausted, and then this season's hatch. I will commence to 

 send, about May 1st. 



1-frame nucleus, tested queen $3 00 



3 " " " •• 3 00 



3 " " ," " 4 00 



4 'I " " " 5 00 



In lots of 5, Ave per cent discount; in lots of 10, ten per cent discount. In lots of 10 or more nuclei or 



pounds of bees, I will pay express charges for the firgt 1000 miles. Now remember, I guarantee safe ar- 

 rival and absolute satisfaction jn all cases. Sample of livo workers free by mail. Capacity, 35 queen? 

 per day after May 1st, 



Stfdb BOX 691, SHERBURNE. CHENANGO CO., N. Y, 



1 tested queen ,.fl CO 



1 pound of bees 1 00 



1 frame of brood and bees 1 OJ 



