1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



327 



Contents of this Number. 



Ants among Bees 31('> 



Balch's Article 330 



Bees, Whisky, and Tobacco. S12 



Bees, How to Ti ace 344 



Bees in Georgia 347 



Bees, where do they Go! 347 



Bees Working in Daylight. .349 



Bee-poison in Air 350 



Bee-sting Remedy 346 



Brood, Spreading in May 329 



Canada Thistles 333 



Colt in a Wagon 347 



Comb Honey, To Kee,3 346 



Conventions 357 



Delays on Orders 357 



Doolittle's Article 329 



Editorials 356 



Feeding Ky e Flour 347 



Flax for Packing 34.S 



Frames, Reversible 332 :«« 



(iood Report from Blacks... 334 



Gingerbread Slli 



(irass at Enti ances 316 



Hives, Rustic ;143 



Honey Column 328 



Honey-stands 3.17 



Langstroth's History a35 



Langstroth in Chicago Sil 



Mice in Apiary 349 



Mys-elf and Neighbors 339 



Orphan's History 342 



Papa, The Best .345 



Queen-reai ing 338 



Queenless Colony. Saving.. .346 



Remindery 3.57 



Reports Encouraging 333 



Sections .357 



Separatoi s, Wooden 348 



Set-screw lor Saw-table 333 



Silk 



Stings, Dangerous 348 



ming-boxes 



To take Do' 

 rm'ng-poli 

 Upright Gearing. 

 Zinc, Perforated. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



WHAT GIVING UP TOBACCO LEADS TO. 



We have a Band of Hope (temperance) with near- 

 ly 300 names, in our town. I need not say I am a 

 member, as you know I quit tobacco two years ago. 



Your brother in Christ,— David Pkatt. 



Clinton, La., April 14, 1884. 



The Clark smokers went oil' like hot cakes, buck- 

 wheat cakes at that. They work like a charm, and 

 I think are well worth what they cost, and are what 

 you recommend them to be. Will the clerk please 

 pass this into the purple basket, for it is a promjjt 

 basket? G. A. Wii.i.s. 



Enfield, AVhite Co., 111., April 14, 1884. 



It affords me pleasure to say, that the package of 

 apiary supplies and sundries, as also the extractor 

 and trees ordered of you recently, came safely to 

 hand «»i time; and after a critical examination of 

 them in detail, I find every item correct as per 

 invoice, and entirely satisfactory. In fact. Myrtle 

 (our little six-year-old d;uit;litcr) exiiressed the idea 

 exactly when she em])hatically roiiiarkod attei- the 

 goods were opened, " Paiia, I think Mr. Hoot cer- 

 tainly is a dear, good hi'> -mini, don't you? 



A KIND WORD FOR I H K 111 )I,Y-LA NI)8. 



To begin the season, 1 lia\i' to rei)<)rt 11 colonies 

 of bees— Italians, Holy-Lands, and hybrids, in mov- 

 able-frame hives. All brought safely through the 

 winter so far, and are apparently doing very well. 

 I should like to hear the Holy-Lauds more generally 

 criticised by those who have bred them. From my 

 own experience with a single colony of them, I 

 think them pre-eminently ahead of my Italians, 

 blacks, or hybrids, giving me more honey hy far 

 than either, being yrenthi more lu-olific, and far less 

 vicious and irritable. In fact, this last good (Hiality 

 seems to characterize t lull) ; for while I invariably 

 have to sulidue the bees witli smoke, I frequently 

 handle them with iiiip>init\- without the use of it. 

 ("an it lie tliat mine is a gentle "strain," or is it a 

 lack of knouicdgc of tlieii- many good traits that 

 seems to hold them in tlie background? My Holy- 

 Lands and Italians (one colony of each) were both 

 the progeny of iiiipoitcd (jucens procured of the 

 same dealer; and .judging these two colonies by 

 every standard of excellence known tome, the Holy- 

 Laiuis are imineasui-abh- ahead. H. H. Spindi.e.' 



Verbena, Va., April 14, ISS4. 



[Friend S., gi\ c my best resi)ects to my little six- 

 year-old friend, and tell licr 1 try to do as well liy 

 every one as I did li\ you; but in sadness I am 

 obhged to rcllect that tliere are a great inan\ whose 

 experience in dealing with Mr. Koot has been ditler- 

 ent from your papa's.] 



$7.00 to ItlO.OO. Cold-lMast smokers (mail free) *1.00. 

 Plymouth - Rock Kgus. jxr sitting, *1..50. Circular 

 free. W. C. ]{. KKM P, < iileans, Ind. 7-8-!)-l(kl 



THE COMING HIVE 



And every thing live Bee - men need. Send for 

 price list to 



KEXVrrEDV ^ LEAKV, 



10 tfdb. Higginsvllle, Lafayette Co. Mo. 



FOB. SALE! 

 Bees and Queens. 



Full Colonies, ,«7.0ft: Tested Queens, »2.00; Un- 

 tested, $1.00 after June 1st. Raised .from Imported 

 Mothers. Please order earlv. 



AMOS BLANK, 



lO-tfdb. WoodviUe, Sandusky Co., O. 



WHITE WOOD or Basswood Sliced Sections, 

 4i4x4>4, per 100, 30 cts. ; *2.00 per 1000. Hives, 

 Cases, and Fruit-Packages of all kinds. Best make, 

 lowest prices. Send for circular. N. E. DOANE, 

 10 Pipestone, Berrien Co., Mich. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY. WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. Sbtfd 



GEO. W. BAKER, 



LEWISYILLE, IND., 



IS STILL BREEDING 



ITALIAN BEES & QUEENS. 



Also dealer in Extractors, Smok- 

 ers, Honey-knives, etc. Also breed- 

 er of 18 ditlerent varieties of land 

 and water fowls. Eggs, *1..50 per 

 sitting. Send stamp for Cata- 

 logue. 10-tfdb. 



S3E30TIOKrS, 



PRIZE BOXES, AI«rD CRATES, 



Made from Planed White Basswood, 4 pieces. 

 Dovetailed or to nail. Send for sample and pUce, 

 stating quantity wanted. New machinery and large 

 experience enable us togive perfect satisfaction. 



F. GRANGER & SON, 



HARFORD MILLS, CORTLAND CO., N. Y. 



Italian Bees. 



100 colonies, on Langstroth Frames, delivered at 

 my yard, one mile from depot, in lots of 20 or more 

 at #5.00 per colony. 



J. B. MITCHELL, 



HAWKINSVILLE, - - GEORGIA. 



BEES TO SELL. 



40 full swarms left yet at #4.00 each; put up in 

 light shiiiping-boxes, with combsof brood and honev. 



M.W.HARRINGTON, 

 HOMESTEAD, IOWA CO., . . IOWA. 



SEND FOR OUR aRCULAR I 



We keep in stock a full line of bee-keepers' sup- 

 l>lies, Simi)licityand Chatt' Hives, one-]>iece Sections, 

 Crates and Cases, Extiactors. Smokers, (iiven Fovin- 

 dation, and BEES a.nd QUKENS. Circular free. 

 7-12dl) REYNOLDS BEOS., 'WILLIAMSBUKO, IND. 



DAUAKT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, Whole- 

 sale and retail. See advertisement in another 

 column. Jibtfd 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For «he benefit of li-iends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose of, we will in^elt notices nee of 

 ihar(?e, as below. We do this bee ii>e thcie is ha" dly value 

 pnoujfh to these queens to p.ay toi- buying them up and keep- 



HAVE two l)lack queens for sale, at 40 cts. oac 

 Ready now, and safe arrival guaranteed. 



A. L. LiNDLEV, Jordan, Jay Co., Ind. 



CAN furnish 20 black queens at 40c each; also ; 

 h.^brids ; price 60c eacli. 



Ch.\s. Miller, Justus, Lack'a Co., Pa. 



