1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULtUKE. 



JJHS 



Contents of this Number. 



Apple - bloom 389 i 



Banner Apiary 365 



Basswood or Linden 388 



Bee-feeders 377 



Bee-keeping. Does it Pay!. .384 



Bee-glue, To Remove 384 



Bee culture in Kansas 376 



Bees Killinsr each other 379 i 



Benton in Cyprus 368 



Black Bees 386 ' 



Brood, Position in Hatch'g.,381 j 



Candy, The Good 389 i 



Choo>ing Location 379 ; 



Clamps, Loss in 365 ' 



Clover-hay Worm 3i'.9 ' 



Comb, Buildp: in .Shipment 382 

 Combs, Unused, Care of — 385 j 

 Combs, Old. tor new S\v's..380 



Combs 8M Peet Long 381 



Convention, A Model 375 



Cook on Increase 376 



Cotton, Mrs 377 ' 



Cotton's Hive 388 



Death from Stings 366,370 



Doctors .S77 



Doolittle's Losses 371 



Kditorials 389 



Enameled Sheets 373 



English Hawthorn 389 i 



Feeder, The Boss 385 



Feeding, Liberal 381 I 



Florida 385,386 I 



Frame, Pond's Revei-sible. .380 , 

 Frame, Stagg's Reversible. .381 i 



Hats for Bee-keeper.^ 3T7 



Heads of Grain 379 



Hearfs-ease Honey .'87 



Hives 6 Inches Apart 389 



Honey-boards, Home-made.S83 



Holy-Land Bees ?»3 



Honej- from Peach-leaves. .385 



Honey instead of Bees 376 



Honey from Clover-lea ves...'i84 



Honey Column 364 



Honev, Selling .379 



Humbugs and Swindles 371 



Hybrids, Plea for 376 



Increase, To Prevent. . .376, 380 



Italians on Red CIov' r 373 



Magnetic Remedies 371 



Notes and Queries "88 



0.\ ster-can Feeder .382 



Pollen and Dysentery 374 



Pollen Lost at Entrance 38J 



Pollen on Bees from Hive. . .385 



Smokers, To Make. 367 



Swarming, Early 385 



Swarming Mania 384 



Sweet Clover .382 



Tartarian Cherry-trees 381 



Telephones 384 



Top or Side Storing 379 



Women and Bees 38fi 



AVorkers tnnii Drone-lay's. 383 

 Zinc, Perforated c'86 



BE STJIESE 



To send a postal card for our illustrated catalog-ue of 



Before purchasing elsewhere. It contains illustra- 

 tions and descriptions of every thing new and desir- 

 able in an apiary, at tUe lowest price. 



ZTALZAir QVZSEZVS 6l BEES. 



J C. SAYLES. l-ll«l 



HARTFORD, : WASHINGTON CO., : WIS. 



FERRY'S PRICE LIST 



Of Iiiiproved Italian BEES and QUEENS. 



1 May I June | July-Oct. 



Tested queens 1*2 .50 | $3 00 | *1 6.-. 



Untested queens I I 1 00 I 90 



Hybrid queens I 1 00 | 50 | 40 



Bees per pound I 2 00 1 30 I 90 



Bees in the brood, per 1000 | 4.5 | 25 i 18 



Send for Circidnr. S. C. PERRV, 



8-ntfd Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. 



BEE-KEEPERS^PPUES. 



It will ])u.\- to ^--('t our i)rici's licfurf inirchasing sup- 

 plies; good Lanystroth hi\es. with 8-in. cap frames, 

 in the flat, 60 cts. each; Langstroth winter-protector, 

 in lots of 50, *;1.50 each; small lots, #1.75, all in the 

 flat. Manufactured of good pine lumber. Work- 

 manship unexcelled. Crates, Sections, and Founda- 

 tion. WM. O. BURK, 8tfd 



Successor to Hiram Roop. Crystal, Mont. Co., Mich. 



JJuclei ! JIuclei ! 



Bright Italians, gentle and beautiful. Will send 

 any number of frames desired in nucleus. Tr>- my 

 half-colonies. Better than a new swarm. Terms 

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



Dr. A. F. C011L.TEK, 

 5-12d Lock Bo.x 23], Marissa, St. Clair <'n.. 111. 



mV-UND AND ITALIAN QUEENS 



By return mail, tested, ?<2..50 each; untested, single 

 queen, $1.00; six, §5.50; twelve, $10. Cook's Manual 

 of the Apiary, cloth, with order for (lueens, VH) cts. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. 



Z. B.. GOOD, 



ll-tfdb. Sparta, "White Co., Tenn. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 pi-ice of 20 cents each insertion, or JP2.C0 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names iu»ertediu tliisdcixirttnent tliefiifit time leitli- 

 out charye. After, '2()c eemh insertioii, or $2.lM) per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1.00 each, under the following 

 conditions : No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the queen 1 e i ear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to 

 return the money at anj' time when customers I e- 

 come impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 

 Bear in mind, that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatlv and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warrant- 

 ed and tested queens, furnishe* on application to 

 any of the parties. Names with *, use an imported 

 queen-mother. If the queen arrives dead, nctify us 

 and we will send you another. Probably none will 

 be sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

 wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 

 *A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 7tf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. Ttfd 



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



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



*D. G. Edmiston, Adi-ian, Len. Co., Mich. 9tfd 



*Thos. H. Trice, New Providence, Mont. Co.. Tenn. 



.5-15 

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



*Dr. John M. Price, Tampa, Hillsboro Co., Fla. ,5-3 

 *S. G. Wood, Birmingham, Jeff. Co., Ala. Ttfd 



*Jos. Byrne, Baton Rouge, E. Baton R. Co., La. T-5 

 *J. W. Keeran, 106 Washington St., Bloomington, 

 McLean Co.. 111. 7-lT 

 *W. W. Turner, Oak Hill, Greene Co., N. Y. T-5 



*S. C. Perrv, Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. 9tfd 



C. Weeks, Clifton, Wavne Co., Tenn. 9-19 



Will True, Chadwell, Clatsop Co., Oregon. 9-T 



AV. H. Proctor, Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vt. 9-lT 

 Jas. Husband & Son, Cairngorm, Ont., Can., 11-13 

 A. L. Lindley, Jordan, Jay Co., Ind. 11 



Theo. G. M'Gaw, Monmouth, Warren Co., 111. 11-21 



Kellogg & S( 

 *D. M. Wcvl 



s, P 

 igbt. 



io Center, La Salle Co., 111. 11 

 w Paris, Elk. Co., Ind. lltfd 



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. Ttfd 

 M. S. West, Flint, (ienesee Co., Mich. 1-24 



Apiarian Supitl v Co., Wilton Junction, Mns. Co., la. 



3-1 

 C. P. Hish. Petrolia, Butler Co.. Pa. 9-lT 



VANDERVORT 



COMB FOUNDATION kILLS. 



Send for samples and reduced piice list. 

 2tfdb JNO. VANDERVORT. Laeeyville, Pa. 



IF YOU WANT 



I will send you 2 lbs. of bees or more in one pack- 

 age, for $HK1 per lb. Hybrid queens, 50 cts. ; un- 

 tested, $1.00, all this month; after, .50 cts. per lb. 

 Tested (lueens after 15th of June, $1..50. 



I^. L. WZLLZAAZS, 



11-d. VANCEBURG, LEWIS CO., KY. 



EARLY BEES. 



BEES 0? ALL EIOTS AT PEIGES TO SUIT PUKCHASESS. AT 



ALL SEASONS OP TEE YEAE. 



After 'full/ 1st, iiltiiost {/ii'en airfii/, 



.\. W. CHENEY. KANAWHA FALLS, W. VA. .5tfd 



