1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiculture for Women 692 



Apiarv, Hnrbison's 701 



Australia Letter 68(1 



Banner Aniarv 685 



Bees not AVorking 703 



Blarks Kefended 690 



Blacks on Hed Clover 70» 



Bloom of ('hapnian Plant. .709 

 Briioil-i-oinhs. In verting:.... 689 



Krooci-n.-t-. Kniptv 699 



Biukbush Honev 703 



Canada Thistles 769 



Carliolic Aeid 707 



Chickens and Brood 693 



Editorials 710 



Eggs Laid in a Day 687 



Feeding during a Drought. 708 



Foster's Apiary 697 



Foul Brood in Medina 701 



Foul Brood in New York. . . .700 



Foul Brood 697 



Gvapevinns 705 



HenMs of (ii-.iin 703 



Heddons Honey 695 



Hive. Hedili.u 695 



Hives. Foulbi-oody 706 



Hives. Inverting 686 



Honey Not ("andying: 701 



Hone.y. Dark * 695 



HoneV. Sealing Up 702 



Honey, Why Smoky 699 



Honey-boards 694 



Honey-dew 703, 706 



Honey Column 714 



Increase. Preventing 699 



.lane Meek & Brotber 691 



Keeping Section Honey lOl 



Kind Words 713 



Kitchen Conveniences 693 



Letter from Editor Givler..702 



Melilot 696 



Misl.'adnm- Statements 699 



Nut IS and tjiieries 709 



Nuclei. To 51ake 701 



Chir (Uvn Apiiirv 709 



Pl.uit louse Nci-lui- ioi 



Propolis, Tn Cicaii 711.") 



Queen N.it .\cc,.pt--il .703. 70-| 



Qiu-iisNol Fertilized 706 



Queens and Swarming 695 



Qii.'cMS, Supi'iscduig.: 709 



QnccMS. :Mismated 7c6 



Queens, Two in a Cell 709 



Races. IMstiuguishiog ',05 



Rattlesnaki's in Apiary.... 707 



Reports Discouraging 708 



Reports Eni'uuraging 708 



SalUor Bees 689 



Sections, rntiuished 688 



Sections, Fastening 705 



!-'ectioti. Fo-tci's 689 



Seed of Chapman Plant. .. 707 



Shavings toy Snmkcrs 685 



Shortcake. Chicken 693 



Simpson Honey plant 709 



.Smokers for iMos'iuitoes 706 



Solar Kxtr.u-ror, Nickel .. .707 



S<i!ar F.xtractors 701 



Swaiin. Cipturiug 69-i 



Swci't Clnvcr 696 



Thomas Horn 711 



Uniting 6<I0 



Utah 7«i 



Wa.\ Question 088 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The annual meeting of the Western Bee-keepers' Association 

 will he held in Pythian Hall, corner of Main and Uth Streets, 

 Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 27, 28, '29. 1886. P. Baldwin, Sec. 



The Willamette-Valley Bee-keepers' Association will meet at 

 the Grange Hall, in McSlinnville, Ore., Sept. 21 and 22, 1886. All 

 interested are invited. E. J. H.\dley, Sec. 



The Iowa Slate Bee-keepers' Association will meet on the 

 Fair-grounds in Des Moines, on Tuesday. Sept. 7. 1886. at 2 r.M., 

 continuing in session during that and the following two or 

 three days A large and substantial tent has been secured, 

 and is now at hand, for the use of the society. -\ny orall of 

 the 6000 bee-keepers of our State arc urgently requested to be 

 present antkhelp make the meeting a iilcasant .uid profitable 

 one, and a heartv invitation is extended to all visiting broth- 

 ers from other States. (>.(). l'i>rri.ETcix, Pres. 



A. .J. NoRKls, Secretary. 



EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half our 

 usual rates. All ad's intended for this department must not 

 exced 5 lines, and you must say you want your ad. in this de- 

 pvrtment, or we will not be responsible for any error. You 

 can have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over 

 five lines will cost .you according to oiir regtdar rates. 



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OR SALE.— Pasteboard boxes lor inclosing sec- 

 tion honey. The best out! Improved over iHst 

 .year. Thousands sold! Price, Mb. size, H6.00; 'Mb., 

 S^H.OO per 1000. One sample, 5c. 14oz. square glass 

 jars, j.5.00 per gross; 1'4 gross in case. Fine assort- 

 ment of honey labels. Catalogue free. 

 14-17db A. O. Crawfokd, S. Weymouth, Mass. 



^ITANTED.— To exchange best drone-traps made 

 }} for one or more extractors, Simplicity frame. 

 Send for circular. 

 IStfdb J. A. Batchelder, Keene, N. H. 



TirANTED.— To exchange for comb or extracted 

 yy honey, cash or offers, 15,000 pot-grown straw- 

 berry plants of the best varieties; also game cocks. 

 Can give best reference. Geo. M. Wertz, 

 15tfdb Johnstown, Cambria Co.. Pa. 



llflLL sell for cash or give in exchange for good 

 yy horse, ii5 colonies of black, hybrid, and Italian 

 bees, in S. hives, on 5 frames brood each, tit $5.r)ii, 

 $ti.OO, and ?(j..50 respectively. Will ship longas weath- 

 er permits. l(>-21db J. A. KIME, Pairfleld, Adams Co., Pa. 



FOR SALE.— A two-story brick house, with ttve 

 lots, good barn, ice-house with cooling-room, 

 bee-house, honey-house, wood-house, etc. Grapes, 

 berries, apples, and cherries on the place; in small 

 town, location suitable for bee or chicken business. 

 Will sell cheai) for casli, or exchange. 

 15l>3(lb Anabbi, KonaliD, Grand View, luwa, 



WANTED.— To exchange bees for grapevines and 

 yy fruit-trees, or good watch. 

 ITd H. Barber, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 



WANTED.— To buy a farm and apiary. Give hon- 

 yy ey resources, and distance to school, church, 

 and R. R. station. Address E. S. Arwine, 

 17-18d Patterson, Waller Co., Tex. 



WANTED.— To exchange bees by the pound, nu- 

 cleus, or full swarm, for an.y thing I can use in 

 the apiary; or a male Poland China pig; orforcash. 

 Write for prices and make offers. 

 16d Luther Purdv, Killbuck, Holmes Co., O. 



WANTED.— To exchange one 3oz. silver open- 

 face watch, nearly new, and warranted, 11 .jew- 

 els, for best offer of comb or extracted honey, or 

 offers. Chas. L. Hill, Dennison, Ohio. 16tfdb 



"IIT" ANTED— To exchange for cash, pure Pekin 

 yy ducks, *2 .50 per pair (duck or drake), or $1M 

 single one. Clarence W. Bond, 



17d (P. O. Box 13:38.) Jackson, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange 10,000 Cuthbert raspber- 

 ry roots, for beeswax, or L. foundation. 

 If-lOdb M. ISBELL, Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y. 



WANTED.— To sell, or exchange for a small farm, 

 my village home, consisting of 2 lots, a2-8tory 

 frame dwelling, a 3 story frame wagon-shop; also 46 

 colonies of bees. For particulars address 

 ITtfdb M. Ludtman, Hannibal, Monroe Co., Ohio. 



WANTED.— Beeswax. Any amount of average 

 yy beeswax, at \l:l cts.. cash on delivery. 



E. T. Lewis & Co., Toledo, O. 

 ITtfdb Apiarian Supply Dealers. 



ITALIAN QUEENS.— Select tested, J^l.OO; second 

 1 grade, 90c; third grade, 80c; untested antl unwar- 

 ranted, 60c, or 16.00 per dozen. i;-18-19d 

 Dr. John M. Price, Tampa, Hillsboro Co., Fla. 



WANTED. — Comb honey, either basswood or 

 white clover, in exchange for Simplicity hives. 

 These hives are made of good lumber, by experi- 

 enced workmen. (). H. Hyatt, 

 ITd Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa. 



ANTED.-^To exchange Italian queens for alsike 

 clover seed. J. T. Van Petten, Liun, Kan. 



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FAR ^Al F '^^ colonies of Italian and hybrid 

 run OriLI_i bees in Kl-frame Langstroth hives, 

 with plenty of honey to winter on, at $iM per colo- 

 ny. John Crombie, Columbus, Wis. 



iOO FINE PRINTED ENVELOPES 



white, f)r iissorted colors, with name, business, and 

 address on, all for -10 c. ; .50 for 35 cts. By mail post- 

 paid. Cards and letter-heads at same prices. 

 lT-23db Address G. F. ROBB, Oilman, Iowa. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. 3btfd 



A BARGAIN IN HONEY-TUMBLERS. 



Among the many cheap packages for retailing 

 extracted honey, the 1Mb. and 1-lb. tin-top glass 

 hone.y - tumblers hold a jn'ominent place. Though 

 not quite as handy to carry as the glass honey-pails, 

 they are much cheajier, and will be preferred by 

 some. We have at last succeeded in obtaining these 

 direct from the manufacturers, and get jobbers' 

 prices instt ad of buying them from jobbers, as we 

 have had ro do in the past. We can thus offer them 

 to you at the following reduced prices: 



'A-lb., 'ic each; 35c for 10; $3.40 per box of 100; 

 *5.35 per bbl. of ;.'50. or $31.00 per 1000. 



Mb.. ;!c each; 38c per 10; $3.75 per box of 100; 

 $5.30 per bbl. of 300, or .^34.00 per 1000. 



Orders for 1000 will be tilled direct from the fac- 

 tory in Pittsburgh. You will notice that the tum- 

 blers are much cheaiier in barrels, as a barrel costs 

 us 35c, :ind a box oC half its size costs 50c. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, QhiOi 



