1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



559 



Contents of this Number. 



Allev Trap 572 



Alsike Clover 571 



Anrtinmefia I'laiit 5fi7 



Axtc'll on Swarming 569 



Bee Rotaiiv 5R7 



Rfi^s ill Sect ions 570 



Hies in Nozzle of Smoker. .687 

 HtHs, To (ii-t out of Secfns.ft65 



Hoes, To Water 58fi 



Hecs, Vici.iiis iifiS 



Boraire for Honev 563 



rSox Hives, (in. Hi l{eport....57:i 



Proud-nests. Knipty r*3 



Carniolans, JIarkirijis of 594 



('arp :585 



Celery, To Raise 5fi3 



Chinese Superstitions .5fiR 



Cliinqnapin 667 



CliiipinfT, How to Do it 567 



("lippecl yueens Flyinp .567 



Clippim.' in Virgil's Time.. .569 

 (' .Mill 11. iiu-v, To Market. ...562 



('..iiificv.. 574 



CiiiifliliMi. Powders .588 



Cooks Hi'view of Cheihire.564 



Cotton, Mrs 58K 



Culp's Pupil 588 



Cushions. Phosphate-sacks 571 



Drumming on Pans .588 



Editorial .594 



Egg Food .588 



Extractor. Solar .587 



Frames, Spacing too Far. . .573 



Frames. Reversible 593 



Heads of Urain 572 



Honey-dew 572 



Honey-jumbles .572 



Hone.v, Patent 570 



Honey, Adulterated 570 



Honev Column .5.59 



Honev Ciindv 588 



Horse Killed hv Bees .589 



Killiiiir Wriik Swarms .588 



Kinil W..r.ls .590 



Livinir Sinl.len Stoppage. ..566 



Iji|ipin I.vi'i.iides .567 



Lookout M.mntain 685 



M.TVwci-.l .560 



Mv Xcij;lili..rs ,583 



X.'.t.-saiiil Queries .588 



Niiili-i. To K.irm .594 



Our ( iwii .Vpirirv .593 



Pa.kat-'.s i.f H.>npv..5-eent..573 

 P.itat.. Ciilliirc ill Swedish ..589 



(.nieen ill Wmim Hive .587 



Queens in the JIails .59-2 



Uueen-cells, Danger from. ...572 



Ragweed 560 



Reports Diseourairing .574 



Resurrection Plant .574 



Robbing. To Stop 586 



Smartweed .560 



Smokers Firelcss .566 



Sp.nnish Needle .574 



Stamps, liiihlM-r .595 



Stints. T.I .Avoid 586 



Swarniinw: tent .5C9 



SwanuiiiK without Aligh'g..57l 



Swarniiii^r, .Vrtifleial .573 



SwaniiiiiK r.ir 14 Days .570 



Swiet CmtIv .567 



Swi-.'t CLivi'i- as a Weed .. ..560 

 Sviiipliiluin Asperrimuni. ...574 



Texas, .X.lv.'i-se Report 574 



Tiiha.-co (Vilumn .589 



Virgil 5(9 



Winter Packing on Hives ...571 

 Zinc, Perforated 589 



fLQJiEY CeiiUMii. 



JOB LOT OF WIRE CLOTH 



AT OKEATT.Y II EDUCED I'lUCES. 



SECOND aUALITY WIEE CLOTH AT 1'4 CIS. FEE SaUAEE FT. 

 These iirices are g'ood onl.v wlien .voii take a lull 

 roll. If you orfler less than a roll we charge 2c. per 

 sq. ft. Sometimes the roll you order is gone before 

 your order reaches us, in which case we send the 

 next largest roll, unless it is a great deal larger. 



SOME OK THE tJSES TO WHICH THIS WIKE CLOTH CAN BE AT- 



TLIED. 



This wire cloth is second quality. U will answer nicely 



for covering doors and windows, to keep out tlii s; for 



covering bee-hives and cages for shipping bees; making 



sieves for sifting seeds, etc. 



Number of Siiuare Feet contained in each Roll 



Respectively. 



36 59 21 roUs of 217, 3? of 210, 2 of 215 s. f. 



wl 2 2 rolls of 233 s. f. 



.38 2.', 23 rolls of 316. 2 of 317, I each of 632. and 285 s. f. 



48' 11 roll of 400 s. f. 



FIEST aUALITY WIEE CLOTH AT lU OTS. PEE SaUAKE FT. 

 The following is first qualit.v, and is worth 1% cts. 

 |)er square foot. It can lie useil for any purpose 

 for which wire cloth is ordinarily used; and even at 

 l%i cts. per sq. ft. it is far below the iirices usually 

 charged at hardware and furnishing stores, as you 

 will ascertain by making inquiry. We were able to 

 secure this vcr.y low price by buying a (luantity of 

 over one thousand dollars' worth. 



I 24139 rolls of 200 sq, ft. each. 



26 55 rolls of 216 sq.ft.ea-.h; 1 each of 199, 195. 201, 200, 227, ':01 



■a sq. ft. 



t.28|71 rolls of 2.33. 10 of 221, 6 of 222 sq. ft.; 1 each of 257 sti. ft. 



'*:«», 35 rolls of 2.60 sq.ft. 



i'.32il3of 266. 4of 2.56, I of 275 sq. ft. 



-34 25 rolls of 283 sq. ft. each. 1 of 198 s.p ft. 



036 15 lolls of 300 sq. ft. each; 1 of 288 sipiare ft. 

 ^38 1 roll each of 300 and 316 sip ft. 



1.46,1 roll of 192 square feet. 



A. I. KOOT, nicdiua, 0!iio. 



NORTHERN-GROWN QUEENS. 



If .you think them hardier, send inc an order for 

 queens, warranted pure Italians, bi-ight colored. 

 An.v one buying five (|ueens, I will send liiiii one 

 pair of standard W. L. chicks I'ree. Trice of <)ueens, 

 $1.35; price of chicks, $2.00 a T)air. 



<;. A. DKAKBOKIV, 

 ll-16db Hudson, 8t. Croi.v Co., Wis. 



ONE-DOLLAR QUEENSr 



Twill give you a i)rinted guarantee of iiurity of 

 every untested queen sent at $\ each before Sept. 1.5. 

 11 1(5(11) J. J}. HAINS, UcUloriJ, Uu,ytilioga Co , 0- 



CITY MARKETS. 



Neav York.— H())irj/.— Owing to the writer's ab- 

 sence from business on account of sickness, we 

 have not been able to furnish quotations of late in 

 regard to the honey market. In future we shall be 

 glad to quote regularl.v as usual. We quote: There 

 is considerable old comb hone.v in market yet, for 

 which there is but little demand at prices ranging 

 from 8(rti 10c for a fair grade of white-clover hone.v. 

 Buckwheat unsalable. Our market is stocked with 

 California extracted honey, which sells at 5@6c per 

 lb. New Southern strained is coming to market 

 quite fast, and is sold at from .^OfTj ,5,5c per gallon. 



Beesivax.—A good run of yellow, at from 22@24c 

 per lb. TiiLHBER, Whyi and & Co.. 



July ;i, 1886. Reade and Hudson Sts.. 



New York, N. Y. 



MiTjWAUker.— 7/o)if.v.— The supply of honey is 

 much better, both in quantity and quality. The new 

 is very nice indeed. The demand is not large. We 

 will quote white choice 1-lb. sections, ItifSlT; white 

 choice large sections, I'lfT' Hi; dark, nominal, 10(a>15; 

 extracted, in tin. white choice, 7(5)9; extracted, iu 

 bbls. and kegs, 6@7. Bccawax, 24(5'25. 



June 29, 1886. A. V. Bishop, 



U2 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Detroit.— J:f())if!/.— New honey is coming in quite 

 freely, and is bringing from ll@.]3c. The quality is 

 generally better than for years. Besswax firm at 25. 



July 12, l.'^t'6. M. H. Hunt, 



Bell Branch, Mich. 



For Sale.— About 400 lbs. of extracted honey. 

 Edwin Stubb, Wakefield, Lancaster Co., Pa. 



For Sale.— 6C00 lbs white-clover honey, at e^/^c in 

 bbls. of 5.55 lbs., or in 100-lb. kegs, at "c. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Honey thick and well ripened. 

 KoBT. QuiNN, Shellsburg, Iowa. 



\"\7ANTED.— To buy from 200 to 500 lbs. new white- 

 rr clover honev in Mb. sections. References fur- 

 nished. Address C. H. Osborn. Jr., 



Cor. 5th Ave. and Hunter St., Columbus, Ohio. 



WANTED— A few hundred lbs. of A No. 1 e.x- 

 VV tracted hone,"*', delivered here, at 7c per lb. 

 Write stating quality and conditions, and I will give 

 shipping directions." D. S. Hall, So. Cabot, Vt. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



The following have sent us their price lists: 



J, W, II. Fisher, Franklin Mills, Pa,, Albino and Italian 

 (lueriis :ini| bees. 



B. Walker <V- Co,, Capac, Mich., 4-page circular of apiarian 

 supplies ( ine-piece sections and reversible hives a specialt.y. 



S.Valentine & Sons, Hagerstown, Md., 6-page supplement, 

 the Success hive; also apiarian supjilies. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Illinois Central Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 

 ne.\t meeting at Mt. Sterling, 111., on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 Oct. 19 and 20. J- M. Hambaugh, Sec. 



The St. .loseph Inter-Stale Bee-keepers' Association will hold 

 its annu.il meeting on Wednesday eve of Exposition week, 

 Sept. 1. Programme later. E. T. ABBOTT, Sec. 



COLON V in 10-f tame hive, .f 5.00; tested queens, 

 :»;|..5ii; untested (lueens. 75 cts. ; 2-frame nucle- 

 us, .*l..50; ;!-framc nucleus, .f'2.00 (no queen). 1 have 

 Itillian bees; si/c of alio\'<* frame, 9'3Xl7''8. 



OTTO ELEINOW, Detroit, Uioh., (0pp. Fort Wayne Gate). 



CRYSTAL FRUIT-JARS CHEAP. 



SELF - SE.A UNO . BEST QUALITY. 



1 pint .jars, iiergi-oss, $10 00 



l-(|Uiirl 12 00 



'j-gallon 15 00 



IIOSEY-.f lUS AXn SI PI'J.IES. 

 T\«.1UD SONS, - illf) S. J.INE ST., 



U 15d VITTSBUllO, PA. 



