1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



523 



Contents of this Number. 



Advertisements, Bogus M3 



Banner Apiary 627 



Biissnooils M5 



liees of Florida Lazy 631 



Bees rliasiiin a Shay 616 



Bees at Auction 516 



Bees I'lc.tubited 516 



Bees ill Section- 629 



Bees t'arr.\ins Wax 615 



Bees, (Jetting out of Sect's..5J2 



Bees. Sliooting 511 



Boolc-RBviews .5,62 



Brood-Nest, Reversing 538 



Carniolans as Wo rice rs 518 



Carn'olans In Canada 518 



Carp. To Cook .517 



Central Virginia 611 



China 539 



Drones, To Destroy 511 



Droneless Colony .610 



Editorials 561 



Empt.y Frames, etc 628 



Fig.vort 511 



Floridi 5.H 



Hand-Books. Price of .662 



Heads of Grain 513 



Hives, Log .611 



Honey Column 526 



Honey-Dew 518 



Honey, Marketing 532,. 611 



Honey, To Ship 518 



Honey, Comb or Extracted . 537 

 Honey -Garret, To Make a... 5 17 



House-Slops .6:H 



Humbugs and Swindles 630 



Hybrid, What is ar 6)5 



Increase, Preventing 539 



Incubator .633 



Italians vs. Bl.ncks .615 



.lane Meek ,*j Brother 631 



Jones (luaril 6tl 



Mistaken, Easy To Be 518 



Nuclei. Forming ,617 



Our Own Apiary 5,60 



Queens. Introducing .629 



Queens, Mailintr .630 



Queens to Canada 631) 



Red Clover for Honey 547 



Reports Kneoura^iiig 619 



.Surplus .Arrantreiiieiit 6.'i2 



SwariniiiK.To Pre vent 518 



Swanniii:.', ('..nr rolling .6:« 



Swarms. Returning .633 



Syrians 638 



Ti-ans' erring, Modern .637 



Transferring and Swarm'g 516 



Virgins, Introducing .633 



Wax, Crumbly 513 



KIND WORDS. 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, / 

 Division of Entomologv, I 

 Apicultural Station, 



N. W. McLain, Agent in chariic 



Avirora, 111., June 25, 1883. 

 Mr. A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio:— 



Dear Sir:— Please accept my thanks for the copy 

 of Gleanings kindly sent to iny address here, and 

 for the kindly mention of my work and the favora- 

 ble Indorsement of the same, which you have been 

 good enough to make. It is m.y intention to do my 

 duty under m.y instructions, and to serve the liee- 

 keeping indu.str.v to the e.xtent of my ability. The 

 aid and encouragement received from those in 

 whose interest this Station was established is ap- 

 preciated, and is of great service. 

 I remain very truly yours, N. W. McLain. 



ITALIAN%CARNIOLAN QUEENS, 



rjred in separate apiaries, away from 

 other bees. Warranted Italian or un- 

 iWtested Carniolan queens, in May, $1.35; 

 6, $6.75; .lune, $1.10; 6, $5.90; July, $1; 

 (i, $5. State which you prefer, Ital- 

 ians bred from my Bcllinzuna strain, 

 or Oitlden Italians. I am prepared to 

 please all. 



JiimS A T liEI) UCEI) 1{A TE.S. 



For full particulars, and prices of tested queens, 

 bees, etc., send for circular and jirice list. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. €HAS. D. miVAIiL, 

 Otfdb Spciicervlllc, JYIuiit. <!o., Md. 



SPECIAL OFFER. 



After this date I will furnish untested queens for 

 75 cts. each, $4.00 per 'j doz., or $7.50 per doz. Test- 

 ed, $1.50. Warranted queens at $1.00; 3-frame nu- 

 clei, with untested queen, at sSS.OO. Kef., A. I. Root. 



Address A. B. JOHNSON, 



12d Clarkton, Bladen Co., N. C. 



W 



ANTED.— A partner to take half-interest in 

 an Apiary, with a little capital. Address 

 Louis Werner, Edwardsville, III. 



MY18TH ANNHAL PIUCE LIST OF ITALIAN, 

 CVPKIAN, and HOLV-LANI) BF-RS, QFEENS, 

 NrCLEFSCOLONlKS, and APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 

 sent to all who send me their name and address. 

 10 lltfd H. H. BROWN, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa. 



XJAVING moved my large qncen-rearing apiary 

 ■*^ from Lewisville "to Milton, I will still furnish 

 pure Italian bees and Queens in any quantity and 

 shape. Those wanting to start apiaries should write 

 for prices. I also will furnish eggs from California 

 bronze turkeys, at $1.50 per sitting of 9. 

 3-19a GEO. W, BAKEK, Milton, Ind. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or $3.00 per annum, 

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

 in every issue. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in tJi is department 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 anything 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 mone.v at any time when customers be- 

 come impatieiitof such delay 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 pai-ties. 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. l.Stfd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 13tfd 



*Win. Ballantine, Manslield, Rich. Co., O. ]3lfd 

 *D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Lcn. Co., Mich. lltfd 

 *S. G. Wood, Birmingham, Jeff. Co., Ala. ]3tfd 



*E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Mont. Co., Iowa. lltfd 

 D. McKenzie, Camp Parapet, Jeff. Parish, La. 13tfd 

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



13tfd 

 *Jos. Byrne, Ward's Creek, East Baton Rouge 



lltfd Par., La. 

 J. AV. Winder, Carrollton. Jeff. Par., 



New Orleans, La. 3tfd 

 *E. Burke, Vincennes, Kno.v Co., Ind. 3-1 



Richard II. Bailey, Ausablc Forks, Essex Co.,N. Y. 



.5-15 

 S. M. Darrah, Chenoa, McLean Co., III. 7-17d 



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



7-17d Va. 

 *N. E. Cottiell, Burdick, Porter Co., Ind. 7-17d 



Peter Brickey, Lawrenceburg, And. Co., Ky. 9tfd 



C. C Vaughn, Columbia, Tcnn. 9tfd 

 *J. W. Keeran, S. E. cor. Mason and Moulton St., 



Bloomington, 111. 9tld 



D. A. McCord, O.vford, Butler Co.. O. 9-I9d 

 H. J. Hancock, Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Ark. 



9tfd 

 W. S. Ward, Fuller's Station, Albany Co., N. Y.131.5d 

 »Chas. McClave, New London, Ohio. 13d 



Hive Manufacturers. 



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. Itfd 

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

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

 E. Kretchmer, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. 33tfd 



$2.50 CHEAP $2.50 



During the rest of the^season I will sell three 

 Simp. -size frame nuclei colonies, all worker comb, 

 with 1 it), (if Italian bees, and nice tested Italian 

 queen, for only $3. .50. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. I have f(n' sale a fine lot of untested 

 (lueens at 7.5e: tested, $1.00. Send for circular. 

 13-]3d F.W. MOATS, THE BEND, DEFIANCE CO., OHIO. 



QUEENS UNEXCELLED. 



From Mr. Benton's best imported mothers, verj- 

 low. Send for circular to 

 Stiab S. F. REED, N. Dorchester, N. H. 



