1884 



GtEANiNGS IX BEE CULTUEE. 



25-5 



Contents of this Number. 



.2C,l 



ABC Scholar 



He auty in Nature 372 



Bees in Section Boxes 265 



Bees, Trausferiingr 274 



Boss' Mode of Wintering. . .'-IW 



California 268 



Churchill on Comb Honey. 265 

 Christianity and Tobacco. .283 



Circulars 281 



Combs, Spreading 266 



Commission Men 263 



Cows , Kiclcing 262 



Doolittle 2'iO 



Editorials 283 



Entrance to Upper Story.. .265 



Evaporating Honev 267 



K\'f i-.-u-tiim- rliiu Hoiicv 267 



Extr;ict..r. .\nl.nii:iti./ 261 



Kl 1 111 l.uui>i,UKi 284 



Ooldenrod Honcj 



Good Queens 



Grass at Entranc 



Honey Vinegar 973 



LiiciausStury ■;,S 



Michigan 267 



Molasses, To Seal Up 275 



Myself and Neighbors 269 



Pea-vine Clover 268 



Pollen, How a Bee Packs. . .276 



Poppleton's Article 263 



Queens, Tested vs. Untes"d.283 



Silk Culture 272 



Shooting into Swarms 276 



Squash-bu^'s 278 



Swarming; p"li' 27S 



Texas, Sin Vi:n> in -'(Wi 



Tobacco C'Mhinin MS-l 



Two Quc.lis in a lliv,- 277 



AVatci-lilv. I'(.is(,n 276 



ENGINES ! 



All sizes, and cheap. Descriptive circular free. 



O. H. TOWNSEND. Agent, 

 8-9d. Alamo, Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 



Italian Bees and ftueens 1 



Full colonies in one-story Simplieit.v hive, standard 

 L. frame (as made by A. T. Root), in May, !?I0; June, 

 $8 00; July and after, $7.00. H.vbrids, $1.00 less. 

 Three-frame nuclei, L. frame, May, $1.50; June, 

 $3.ii0; July, $3.00. 



Dollar queens, June and July, $1.00; after, three 

 for $2.00. Al! queens from imported stocli. 



Bee-veils, best kind, 50c postpaid. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. D. S. B.^SSETT. 



8-9d. Farnumsville, Worcester Co., Mass. 



FOR SALE ! 



Eleven Huudred Poiiiids of Beeswax. 



J.C.CONVERSE, 



Ravenna, Portage Co., Oltlo. 



I have 60 swarms of Italian and Hybrid bees, all in 

 srodd order, to sell at §7.00 each (on cars) in lots of 10 

 and up. Or the same in light shipping-boxes, with 

 one camb of brood and honey, at $5.00 each. 



Also 1000 lbs. clover honey at 9c per lb. 



8d M. W. HARRINGTOX, Homestead, Iowa. 



Given Comb Foundation a Specialty. 



Also apiarian supplies, circular.'!, and samples free. 

 8d. G. H. KNICKERBOCKER, Pine Plains, N. V. 



ITALIAN AND CYPRIAN BEES and QUEENS, 

 by the onlnnv. nucleus, and pound. Address 

 8tfdb OTTO liLEINOW, Detroit (0pp. Fort Wayne), Mich. 



FOR SALE! 



Alsike-Clover Seed. Early Ohio, Clark's No.], Hall's 

 Early Peachblow Potatoes; Comb Fdn. and 100 colo's 

 Bees. E. S. HILDEMAN, 



8-9-lOd AshippuD, Dodge Co., Wis. 



3J!<ii,ttlfiil Tr.XAS T.JT.Ii:S.'^r>c; y Terns 

 Cactus, 1 red and 1 yellow. 3.5c; 1 Texas Cactus, 

 large, red or yellow, 25c; Turk's-Head Cactus, large, 

 25, 30, and 40 cents. 

 8 AVM. li. STILES, Aii»itin, Texas. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY. WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. Sbtfd 



BEE-KEEPERS, 



LOOK HERE! 



QUEENS and NUCLEI. 



I am now prepared this season to furnish my eus- 

 tomeis and others a limit^d number of ITaLiAN 

 QUEENS and INT'CLEI. Queens will be reared 

 from choice selected homebred mothers, second to 

 none. Queens and nuclei to be delivered in Juno 

 and July. No orders taken after July 1st. 



One Italian Queen in June $1 ,50. 



" " July 1 25. 



*' Tested " " June 2 50. 



" " July 3 00. 



1-f rame nucleus (L. size frame), June or July. . .$1 00 

 3-frame " " '• " " " "... 2 00 



o- frame " " " " " " "... 3 50 



Price of queen to be added to price of nuclei; as 

 orders are received they are booked and filled in ro- 

 tation. Special rates on large orders. Pleage send 

 ca&h with all orders. Address 



V/. C. LESTER, 



Wa^ltin^tou Holloiv, I>utclies«« Co., N. Y. 



8-]2db 



FOR SALE CHEAP! 



A Barnes circular saw. Amateurs in bee-keeping, 

 send your address on postal card for price, and what 

 the saw will do. J. C. MILLMAN, 



8i Elk Grove, Lafayette Co., Wis. 



I^VIL.1. MAIL. YOU my 20-Page Price liist 

 of ITALIAN. CVPRIAN. and HOLY -LAND 

 BEES. NUCLEI COLONIES, QUEENS, and 

 APIARIAN SUPPLIES, by sending me jour ad- 

 dress on a postal. 

 8d H. H. BKOWN, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa. 



"^T'OLTR name and address printed on 1000 slips of 

 X gummed paper, 40 cents; 1-cent stamps taken. 

 Address B. HAMM, Houstonia, Pettis Co., Mo. 8d. 



PERml>RICFLIST 



Ol Improved Italian BEES and QUEENS. 



Tested queens... 



Untested queens I 



Hybrid queens 1 00 



Bees per pound | 2 00 



Bees in the brood, per 1000.. | 45 



Send for circular. S. C. Perrv, 



May. I June 



f 2 00 



1 (10 



50 



1 20 



Julj-Oct. 



SI H5 

 90 

 40 

 HO 

 18 



8-9-11-tfd 



Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. 



BEES AT A BARGAIN. 



I have 18 stands of bees, which I offer at $6 a stand. 

 They have wintered well. Address 



MRS. SALLIE S. ADAIR, 

 8-11bd Shawhan, Bourbon Co., Ky. 



75 COLOHIES ITALIAilS, AT ONLY $6.00. 

 Sweet-clover seed, per lb.,17ct8. ; by mail, 35 cts. 

 8tfdb J. A. GREEN, Dayton, III. 



BlaGl( and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



I have 20 or more hybrid queens for sale. Will 

 take 50e each, after May 1: 6 for $2. 75. 



J. C. MiSHLEH, Ligonier, Noble Co., Ind. 



We have 35 black queens and 8 hybrid, which we 

 will dispose of between May 1st and 10th, at 3.5c for 

 blacks, and 6nc for hybrids, all 1 year old, and prolif* 

 ic. KENNE0V & LE.iHY, Higginsvillc, Mo. 



