1884 



GLEANINGS IX BEE CULTUKE. 



39 



Contents of this Number. SHIPPING-CANS 



Accounts, Settling C.9 



Bees on Corn 6n 



Bees and Sunday 50 



Bees Between Hills 62 



Bee Culture, York's Views. .46 

 Bees, Moving lor Basswood 41 



Bee-keeper at Home .^3 



Bee-books. Old 48 



Bee-Tree Quarrels 62 



Box-Elders 4" 



Busy Bee, a pot-iii .'>9 



California 61 



China ."iS 



Circulars Received i !i 



Conventions C'.t 



Corn Silk J:i 



County , Put on You r 6ii 



Uiv. Boards and li\iiiiiuics. , US 



Engines 46 



Feeding 47 



Florida 62 



Frames. Revtrsihlc ri4 



Honey Colunui .4(1 



Honey, Orange-Blossora 60 



Huber 48 



Int. Queen in Box Hive 62 



Journals Not Coming 68 



Juveniles for Housework. ..68 



Kentucky ■ • 43 



Lake in the Mountains f'S 



Myself and Neighbors 55 



Poppleton's Article 49 



Porter on Comb Honey 52 



Printing Price Lists 68 



Purple Basket 69 



Queen and Retinue 51 



Queens, To Find 50 



Rousing Juvenile Report . . . .f 8 



Sections With Letters iis 



Sections and Separators 47 



Tobacco and Opium .53 



Tobacco or Whiskj- 67 



VirgU 



Warner's Views.. 

 Wire on Spools... 

 Zinc, Perforated. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



HAS GLEANINGS PROVED A GOOD INVESTMENT? 



I have just placed the last number of Gleanings 

 for 1883 in the binder; and if 1 ever made a better 

 investment of a dollar, then I am sure there is some- 

 thing I have forgotten. C. W. Dayton. 



Bradford, Iowa, Dec. 24, 1883. 



Yes, sir! I Ihank you from the bottom of my heart 

 for publishing such a splendid journal for so little 

 money. You are the kind of a Christian I should 

 like to be personally acquainted with, but I have 

 never been so fortunate as to know one. 



Chas. K. Thompson. 



Fort Omaha, Neb., Nov. 27, 1883. 



W©^ WOW' 



OUR NEW FORCE-PUMP. 



The force-pump came in good time, all O. K. It is 

 a wonderful thing for the money. « 



James Dickson. 

 Glencoe, Washington Co., Oregon, Dec. 14, 1883. 



a kind AVORD FOR COOK'S MANUAL. I 



I intend to purchase a few swarms of bees in the j 

 spring to start with. I have read Prof. A. J. Cook's 

 "Manual of the Apiary," and would not take its 

 weight in gold for it, if 1 could not procure another | 

 like it. P. P. Mekeel. j 



Sparta, Kent Co., Mich.. Dec. 14, 1883. 



Dear Friend Koo(;— Iwish to tell you that' those 

 goods you sent us came all right, and nothing was 

 wanting. You sent me ver.v nice lumber for those i 

 hives. Please accept our thanks. We find it a plea- | 

 sure to order goods from parties like you; and if we 

 need any more goods in your line, will order from 

 you. I have six strong hives of bees (at least they 

 were so in the fall). I commenced a little over a 

 year ago in the bee business, but have not prospered 

 as some do. The reason was, I had black bees to 

 commence with, but have them Italianized now. We 

 intend to visit vou in the spring (if the Lord will), 

 and see the " Home of the Honey Bees." We will 

 board out that 8.5 cents you owe us when we pay 

 you that visit. We will be apt to be very hungry if 

 we Gome all the way over there. 



LiDiA, Wife of John Sollenberger. 



East Union, O., Jan. 15, 1884. 



[Thank you, good friends; but you won't need to 

 use the 85 cts., for we never make any charge to bee- 

 keepers who come to see us and bring their wives 

 along, even if they are "ever so hungry."] 



"Iron- Jacket" Honey-Cans. 



I presume the friends are aware that ordinary tin 

 cans are not very safe for shipping full of honey, 

 unless boxed or crated. The cans above are ready 

 to be shipped anywhere. 



PRICES. 

 1 Gallon. $0.25 each. 



3 " - !47 " 



5 '• .68 " 



10 " 1.10 " 



On an order for 10 or more, we will make a dis- 

 count of 5 per cent, and for 100 or more, 10 per cent, 

 and the order may be made up of different sizes. 



By figuring 11 lbs. of honey to the gallon, you can 

 easily see how many pounds each can holds. They 

 are made from tin plates. A sheet-iron casing, with 

 wood bottom, protects them from bruising. The iron 

 jacket is stronger than wood, and far more service- 

 able. They neither shrink nor swell, and do not 

 split nor fall apart. Every can is tested by steam, 

 and guaranteed to be tight. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



SMITPS' ppiGF ^SJ 



FOR 1884. 



If yon want anything in the line of BEE-KEEP- 

 ERS' SUPPLIES send for our Illustrated Price List 

 before you buy. Special attention given to the 

 Simplicity One-Pieoe Section. 



The Triumph Hive, 



also Simplicity and Langstroth Hives, Smokers, 

 Comb Foundation, etc SMITH & SMITH, 



2d. Kenton, Hardin Co., Ohio. 



Bees For Sale. 



I have for sale 40 colonies of Kalian, Hybrid, and 

 Black Bees, In Simplicity and liJ-story L. hives. 

 Can deliver in March or April. Also a dozen 3-frame 

 nucleus colonies, in good condition. All on reason- 

 able terms. L. M. SHUM AKER, 



North Danville, Va. 



TIERING-UP PLAN. 



Sample 8 L. Frame Hive and Case for 1-lb. sections, 

 f 1.00. N. E. DOANE, 



3 3 4d Pipestone, Berrien Co., Mich. 



VANDERVORT 



COMB FOUNDATION IvilLLS. 



Send for samples and reduced price list. 



2tfd JNO. VANDERVORT, Laceyville, Pa. 



THE ALL-PURPOSE HIVE. 



Arranged for continuous passage-ways, continu- 

 ous combs, no honey-board, no bee-space, chaff and 

 single-walled.no patent. Sample in flat. Given 

 fdn., sections, etc. GEO. F. WILLIAMS, 



2-3-4-5-6-7d New Philadelphia, Ohio. 



Wanted.— 8C00 tt^s. of extracted white-clover honey, 

 in lots of 1000 ft>s. and upward. Parties will please 

 send samples of honey; state quantity, and lowest 

 cash price delivered. Jas. Rutherford, 



106 E. Ferry St., Buffalo, N. Y. 



