1884 



GLEAKINGS m BE£ CtJLTUitE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Absc. without Clustering.. .169 I 



Alsike CMover 107 ! 



Banner Apiary 149 ] 



Barrels, Basswood 163 [ 



Basswood, by Doolittle 160 



Bees, Buying and Selling. ..153 

 Bees, How Bir They Fly. . . .159 



Bees, Number of Trips 157 



Bees, Lazy 169 



Bees, Pictures of 154 



Bees, Speed of I.i9 



Bees, Putting Back 166 t 



Bees, Dead, Removing in:! 



Bees Absconding 1K7 



Boxes, Opening 1V> 



Cases vs. Wide Frames Ljs 



Circulars Received l.i 



Clarke, AV.F 1« 



Conventions 172 



Cotton, Mrs HW, 170 



Drone-traps, etc 15n 



Drones Congregating 160 



Editorials 173 



Entrances, Large 169 



Farmers and Bees 166 



Fire in Cellar 163 



1, Reversible 152 



Frames, Shallow 1.55 



Frauds 164 



Half-heartedness 164 



Heads of Grain 166 



Hive, Controllable 170 



Honey Column 148 



Honey, Receptacles for 162 



Honey, Extracted 163 



Hybrids and Honey 163 



Increase. To Prevent 168 



.166 



.Moiuv tiuui 10 Colonies.... 166 



Paste for Labels 168 



Queen-Excluders 149 



Reports Encouraging 171 



Separators 167, 168, 169 



Smilery 165 



Sulphur 167 



Swarms. To Dispose of 167 



Ventilation, Upward 168 



Zinc, Perforated. . . .150, 151, 152 



STEAM BEE-HIVE FACTORY 



OF THE ^A^EST. 



Hives and sections of all kinds. Italian bees, colo- 

 ny or nuclei; comb foundation, smokers, extractors. 

 Best and cheapest saw mandrel made; Babbitt box- 

 es all complete, 20 inches loner, *6.00. All supplies 

 very low for cash. E. Y. PERKINS, 



3-5-7-9-ll-13d Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa. 



ASHMEAD SIMPLICITY BEE-HIVE ! 



Simple, cheap, and practical. This hive does away 

 with ail frames for comb honey; and as it is in tiers, 

 all the heat of the hive is confined just above the 

 brood-chamber. Can use it with or without separa- 

 tors. Send $1.50 for a sample hive, and write for 

 prices in the flat. Manufactured by 



T. GKAHAM ASHMEAD, 

 3d Williamson, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



CHEAP BOXES. 



One-Piece and 4-piece boxes, 4^4x414 in f 4 2.5 



5'.ixBi4in 4 75 



Send 5 cents for sample. Hives at reduced rates. 



Price list free. J. P. McGKEGOK, 



5-7d Freeland, Saginaw Co., Mich. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



I have 30 or 40 hives of bees, mostly hybrids, which 

 I would like to dispose of. They are in Simplicity 

 hives. Any one wanting bees can address me. 



H. M, Chapman, CoUamer, Cuyahoga Co., O. 



SECTIpNS 



To nail, or dovetailed, ^lixili f 4 50 



Other sizes, larger, to 6x6 5 00 



J/J rJs'.S MADi: TO OBDElt. 

 Send for Price List. P. NEWTON & CO., 



6-7-9d Earlville, N. Y. 



J. Y. CALDV^ELL, 



Cambridge, Illinois. 



PURE HONEY- COMB FOUNDATION A SPE- 

 CIALTY. 



Also sections, smokers, etc. New price list now 

 ready. Sent free to all. 

 1^~35 cents cash paid for good beeswax. 5d 



I HAVE 120 swarms of bees, and a 6- horse-power 

 engine to sell. All in good order. HENRY 

 PALMER, Hart, Mich. 5-7d • 



DOVETAILED ONE-PIECE SECTIONS, S4.50 per 

 1000. Other goods proportionately low. E. S. 

 MILLER & BRO., Dryden, Lapeer Co., Mich. 5-7-Od 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted 1b 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or f 2.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names iriserted in this department the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 30c each insertion, or $2,00 per year 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for fl,00 each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or an j-tbing 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 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 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. Itfd 



*Wm. Ballantine, Sago, Musk. Co., O. 1tfd 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co.. Mich. 2tfd 



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



6-5 

 *James P. Sterritt, Sheakley ville, Mercer Co., Pa. 



10-3 

 *Thog. H. Price, New Providence, Mont. Co., Tenn. 



*n. A. McCord. Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio. 5-15 



*Dr. John M. Price, Tampa, Hillsboro Co., Fla. 5-J 



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. E. Mercer. Lenox, Taylor Co.. Iowa. 4-3 



M. S. West, Flint. Genesee Co., Mich. 1-34 



Apiarian Supply Co., Wilton Junction, Mus. Co., la. 



3-1 



Wants. 



WANTED. — Man to take management of 100 

 stocks bees. State wages and qualification a. 

 5d DR. THOM, Street sville, Ont., Can. 



WANTED.— To work for a first-class man in an 

 apiary, on liberal terms. Address 

 4 6d A. L. Miller, West Toledo. O. 



W 



ANTED.— Help in the bee business. 



4-5 R. WILKIN, San Buenaventura, Cal. 



T X TANTED.— A good hand to take charge of an 

 V V apiary of lid colonies, for a widow lady. 

 Apiary is nicely situated on a farm of 20 acres. Bees 

 are Italians and hybrids, in splendid condition. A 

 tire opportunity. Address, for particulars, 

 K. D. GlER, Box 4, Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, La. 



WANTED.— An honest and capable younir man 

 to take charge of my apiary of about 100 hives. 

 I use the L. frame, but not the hive. 

 W. H. Morgan, Sheppardtown, Leflore Co., Miss. 



JIuclei ! JJuclei ! 



Bright Italians, gentle and beautiful. Will send 

 any number of frames desired in nucleus. Try my 

 haif-colonies. Better than a new swarm. Terms 

 reasonable. Send for circular, and don't forget it. 



DR. A. P. COULTER. 

 5-7-9-13d. Lock Box 231, Marissa, St. Clair Co., 111. 



