1884 



GLEAN 11^ GS IM BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiculture, Dark Side of ... 6 

 Apiculture, is it Healthful?.. IS 



Basswoods, Planting 25 



Balch's Report 23 



Banner Apiarv 5 



Bees, Robbins"' Strain 18 



Bees, Banishing 26 



Been, Gentlest 12 



Bees in Separate Apiaries. . .21 



Bees90inilps an Hour 13 



Benton's Letter 18 



Blasted Hopes 30 



Candy, The Good, no good... 27 



Cash with Order 22 



Circulars Received 32 



C I over. Pea- Vine 20 



Clover, Sweet 1-2 



Combs, Changing 23 



Conventions 32 



DakotH 22,26 



Dixon's Second Report 9 



Editorials 31 



Fdn., Price of 31 



Feeders and Feeding 17 



Feeding Ext. Honey 11,13 



Fert. in Conflnement 25 



Floats for Feeders 17 



Foul Brood 12,24 



Fradenburg's E.'cperience...20 



Given Press 31 



Half-Heartedness H 



Heads of Grain 22 



Hive, Marking with Bushes..27 

 Hires, Single-story 8 



Hives, Warm. Large Vent's. 23 



Hobler's Yield 10 



Honev-Boards of Zinc. 10, 11, 24 



Honey, to Sell It 11,13,20 



Honey, Time it will Keep.. ..29 



Honey Column 3 



Hutchinson's Report 12 



Italians Ahead 23 



Michigan Convention 11 



Notes and Queries 29 



Pails 23 



Paper, Tarred 22 



Pocket Tool-Chest 17 



Queens, Age to Fertlilize — 27 



Queens, Losing Virgin 27 



Queens, to Rear 13 



Queens Mating Twice 12 



Queens Across the Ocean — IS 



Queen-Cells, Caging 26 



Queen, Black, to find 13 



Reportof P. D. Miller 26 



Robinson on Wintering ... 21 



Rust 24 



Separators 12 



Show-Case. Sturwold's U 



Stings, to Prevent 13 



Stings, Queer Facts About.. .23 



Suear, Pure 6 



Sunday Swarming, etc 7 



The Growlerv .W 



Tomtits and Bees 26 



Ventilation. Abundant 22 



Wisconsin. North-AVest 21 



Voder's Report 27 



LC. H. Deank, formerly of Mortonsville, Ky.] 



SIMPLICITY HIVES 



FOR 1884 



200,000 rSET CLEAB. lUMCBER, 



Large Capacity for Manufacturing. 



Best workmanship guaranteed. Se' d for estimates 

 on car loads to the trade. We can please you. 

 Address— 



DEANE, RODMAN <t SNEED, 



Frankfort, Kv.. 

 Or, C. H. DE.ANE, Jett, Franklin Co., Ky. ]-3d 



To send a postal card for our illustrated eatalog-ueof 



Before purchflsine: elsewhere. Tt cfmtains illustrn- 

 tions and de=criptions of every thing new and desir- 

 able in an apiary, 



AT THE LOWEST PRICE. 



Italian Queem and Bees. 



J. C. SAYLES, 



l-6d HARTFORD, Washington Co., Wis. 



Names of responsible parties MiU be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $3.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department the nrnt time unth- 

 out charge. After, 20c exich iiuertion, or f3,00 por year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for f 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 reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 lay when they were shipped. They also agree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 impatient of auch 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 roost orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnisned on application to any 

 of the parties. 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 want- 

 ed 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. Ittd 



*S. F. Newman. Norwalk, Huron Co., O. Jtfd 



*Wm. Ballantine Sago, Musk. Co., O. Itfd 



*D. A. McCord, O.xford, Butler Co., O. 3-3 



7tfd 

 *D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co.. Mich. 8tfd 



*Jas. A. Nelson, L. box 83, Wyandott, Wy. Co., Kan. 



6-5 

 ♦James P. Sterritt, Sheakleyville, Mercer Co., Pa. 



10-3 



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 

 L. F;. Mercer L> nox, 'ra\ lor < o.. I< wa. 4-3 



M. S. West, Flint. Genesee Co., Mich. 1-24 



rnO Q»IC F^'NE ENGLISH RABBITS, from 2 to 



run OALli 6 months old, $; to $4 per pair. i2-2d 



A. A. FRADENBURG. Port Washington, Ohio. 



ADADnAIM A second-hand prin'ing ouiflt for 

 DMnUAIIli saiecheHp. Adire-s 



W H. LAW, F rt Smith, Ark. 



<-FINE V IMPORTED : QKEEN?-^^ 



JDST PROM BOLOGNA, ITALY, ONLY $5,00. 



Select I'Sted qupi'iis, young and prolific, - - $3 00 

 Tested queens, .\oung atid proljtic ... - - 3 50 



No more "doll-r " on hnnd ihis >enr. 

 9tfd J. S. TADLOCK. Lulicg, Caldwell C:,, Tcja:. ■ 



FI^AT - BOTTOOT < 01»IB FOIN- 



dittion.— High side-w»lls. 4 to 14 »qiitire 



^SvsKhS; feel to the Ih. < I'cwlHr and siiniplcs 

 fi^^M^ f'^'e- J. VAN" r»EUS«-.N & SONS. 

 Sole Miiniitacturer', 

 Sprout Rro. k, Moiit. Co., N. Y. 



Basswood Sprouts^ 



FKOM 1 T'> 3 FEET HMJH. 

 $1.50 per buii'tred; S'lO.OO per th 'i S4nd. All 

 orders should i.e in liefoie April l>t, I8S+. to reeei e 

 attention. 



HENRY WiRTH. IWikodino. N. Y 



