GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



183 



Contents of this Numbep. 



Absconding 204 



Ah Sid, a poem 198' 



Alaska 199i 



Axtell's Report 192 



Bees, Removing With Ext'r.201 

 Bees, Who Should Keep!. . . .194 



Bee-tree, Cutting 203, 206 



Bee-lceepiD ' ' " ' 

 Brotherly 

 Callihan's Report.. . 

 Circulars Received. 



Conventions 21.3 



Cows. Kicking 203 



Dipping Wax Sheets 192 



Doolittle's Article 196 



Editorials 211 



Essay on Bees 204 



Flood, Th( 



.213 



Honey, Selling 189 



Honey-Cans, Square 186 



Honey-Jars 190 



Huber 202 



Jones, D. A 187 



Kindness to Animals 185 



Kind Words 183 



Langstroth. About Mr 198 



Myself and Neighbors 195 



Miller's Blasted Hopes 206 



Oregon 206 



Outdoor Wintering 191 



Peaches 20l 



Pollen and Dj-sentery 191 



Recollections 199 



Scraping Sections 205 



Silk 198 



Tobacco Column 210 



Tomato-Plants 204 



Tomatoes, How to Cook 203 



Ups and Downs 192 



Vine-Maples 206 



KIND WOBDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I am very much pleased with my ABC. It is a 

 beautiful book, nice in every way. You are certain- 

 ly deserving of the prosperity you are enjoying. 



Abbie C. Holden. 



Norfolk Cr., Mass., Jan. 9, 1881. 



We are very much pleased with the fountain 

 pump, and the Clark smoker is called a wonder by our 

 bee-king. Our bees are bringing- in pollen lively to- 

 day. 1 am sorry Virgil is finished. The last was the 

 best. Mrs. K. Hilton. 



Feb. 2, 1884. 



The goods you shipped me Jan. 11 arrived O. K., 

 Feb. 15. Freight charges were reasonable, packing 

 good, marking well done, and that is important; full 

 count, good quality, all satisfactory. 



Chas. Watekhouse. 



Bayou Chene, La., Feb. 18, 1884. 



some kind words for our PRINTERvS. 



We wish to say that the price lists you printed for 

 us are a tiptop job. When we first got them we 

 thought them a little large; but I like them first rate 

 now. I can say to all who want job printing done, 

 that A. I. Koot is the man to do it. 



Kenton, O., Feb. 25, 1884. Smith & Smith. 



a BIBIiE-MEETING IN THE WOODS OF FLORIDA. 



Here in the woods we have started a Bible-class— 

 we call it a Bible-meeting. I am the teacher. We 

 have two Gospel Hymns, and want some more. 



Georgiana, Brevard Co., Florida, Feb. 20, 18>4. 

 [May God bless the Bible-meeting, friend W., and 

 all who do there attend.! 



TO THOSE INTERESTED IN SILK CULTURE. 



I notice in the last Gle.\nings, Mrs. Ashmeart's of- 

 fer. I have at least 120.000 silkworm eggs which I 

 will sell at 10 cents per 1000 to the readers of Glean- 

 ings, if they will send to me before the first of 

 April. I had them tested by the New York Silk- 

 Culture Association, and they pi-onounced them 

 "fine and healthy." They are annuals, and Pyreii- 

 nean race. If you care to give your readers the ben- 

 efit of this offer, I shall be glad to favor them. Such 

 as I offer, the Silk-Culture Association sell for 25 cts. 

 per thousand. I can not take stamps. 



Mrs. Annie Williams. 



Slick Rock, Barren Co., Ky. 



mailing queens in FEBRUARY. 



The queen you sent me has arrived all safe and 

 sound. I introduced her as directed. She stayed in 

 her cage about 24 hour^, when she kindly walked out 

 and made herself at home. I tell you the bees rec°iv- 

 ed her gladly. How glad they seemed to be when 

 they found that they bad another mother-bee in the 

 hive! She was a beautiful large queen. Therewere 

 but two dead bees in the cage when she arrived. 

 By the way, bees are busy at work here gathering 

 honey from the maple, and pollen frf)m the alders. 

 My brother brought me the bees from the postofBce, 

 The cage, queen, and bees have created quite an ex- 

 citement among my neighbors. They never saw the 

 like before. Some of them come just to see the 



cage. I think you will get several orders from my 

 neighborhood this spring for Italian queens. I tell 

 my friends you have them to sell, and that you 

 guarantee their safe delivery. 



John D. A. Fisher. 

 Salisbury. N. C, Feb. 25, 1884. 



DronelKchder, Quoen I Drone Trap Combined. 



Sample, by mail, (j.'ic. : evprcs". 'lOc. In the flat, per 

 dozen, including one made for model (13 in all), $3 00. 

 Those who purchase n sample can net one dozen in 

 the flat by remitting $3..50. Drone-excluder, without 

 irap, by mail,30c. ; by express, 2ne.; in the flat, not 

 less than one dozen. 15c. each. For description see 

 page 151, Gleanings. 



Send for our 23d annual circular and price list of 

 four races of bees, queens, and supplies. 



5btfd Henry Alley, Wenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



COMB FOUNDATION. 



Having purchased a large stock of choice yellow 

 wax, we shall make a speciilty of this branch of our 

 business this season. We also oSer general apiarian 

 supplies. Also a choice lot of Italian and Albino 

 bce^, bred from our new strains, which gave such 

 good satisfaction the past season. 



Send for our price list, and state where you saw 

 this. Wm. W. Cary & Son, 



4btfd Coleraine, Franklin Co., Mass. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



.TO SJV IBMS ITALIAyS 



In Say les Simplicity hives. Per swarm $10 00 



Order now. Shipped as soon as season is favorable. 

 .S nTbl-T- CL O VJt:il SEED. 



Per lb.,17c; by mail 35c 



5tfdb 



J. A. GREEN, Dayton, 111. 



oly-Land & Italian Queens. 



I shall this season be better pre- 

 pared to furnish superior queens 

 promptl.v than ever. Please order 

 early. Satisfaction and safe arrival 

 guaranteed. Tested queens of either 

 race, before June 1, S3 00: in June, 

 $2.50; after July 1, S2.00. Untested, before June 1, 

 $1.25 each; six or more. $1.00 each; after June 1, 

 single queen, $1.00; six. $5 .50: twelve. $10 00. 

 stfdb I. R. COOD, Tullahoma, Tenn. 



Strawberry Plants, $1.00 per 1000. 



The three best har-Iy berries— Col. Cheney (early); 

 Chas. Downing (medium); Kentucky (late). Wilson 

 and Crescent, $l..50 per 1000. 1 doz. of any of the 

 above free by mail, 20c. Send monev with order. 

 Address A. FIDDES. 



.5-C-7d Centraiia, Marion Co., HI. 



EARLY AND COOD \ 



TESTED AND UNTESTED QUEENS, raised from 

 the best and purest stock. Price list on appli- 

 cation. Send orders at once to 



-lid 



TV. J. ELLISON, 



Stateburg, Suiuter Co., 



5. C. 



CLEOME, OE EOOK? - MOTOTAIN BEE - PL.'^ITT SEED, 

 Fresh, can he had of C. A. Klory, Hygiene, Boulder 

 Co , Colorado. Sent by mail for 20 cis. single oz., or 

 tworz. for 30 ots. It is the best honey plant in the 

 worM; aft'^r first sowing, seeds the ground itself. 

 Blooms from June to frost. 5-6d 



FOR SALE CHEAP —P.ee-keepers, before pur- 

 chasing standard hives you will save money by 

 ! writing f^r prices of mr large stock of second-hand 

 i hives and double nuclei boxes, which I will sell very 

 I cheap; hives as gnod as new. Order soon. Address 

 I ADIN A. SMITH, St.Johnsville, Mont.Co.,N. Y. 5-6d 



Dadant's Foundation Factory, wholesale and retail. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3btfd 



