1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



399 



Contents of this Number. 



Ants, To Head off 404 



Bee and Tomtit 413 



Bees out in rain 417 



BlueRidKf 407 



Brood-oonibs 405 



Calitornia 412 



Celery 416 



Cocoanut pie 420 



Conclusions, Hasty 401 



Comb between Stories 404 



Combs for New Swarms 405 



Cook's Manual 405 i 



Cream Cake 420 



noctors, Plea for 407 



Drones, Plea for 410 



" s, Too many 405 



»sia. Cure tor 415 



„„ , Jufertilized 408 



Early Swarming up North . .404 

 Florida 413 



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Forest-leaves 403 



Frames, Reversible 408 



Frames Hanging True 405 



Honey for Food 412 



Horse. A Laughing 413 



Honey Staying in Cells 421 



Honey from Maple-leaves. .404 



Honey Column 400 



Hives, Chatf 404 



Japan 414 



Keeipes J19 



Silk 414 



Stings for Salt-rheum 415 



Swarming without Queen. .402 



Swarming Sunday 422 



See's over New Swarms 405 



Tobacco Column 425 



Ups and Downs 403 



Yeast for Robbers 118 



Zinc Honey-boards 403,405 



BEE-HIYES, 



Simplicity and Heddon hives and cases. The last 

 named, a specialty. One-piece sections, I'oundation, 

 smokers, etc. Send tor price list. 



J. J. HURIiBERT, 

 3-5-7 9-U-13d I^yudon, WliiteMde Co., IIIb. 



PACKAGES FOR EXTRACTED HONEYl" 



MANUFACTURED 



NO. 2 I>iriSIOy ST., ALHANY, y. y. 



Pails that are very desirable to housekeepers 



after they are emptied, and in g-reat demand 



by the honey trade. 



1 Pound Honey-Pails 



1'4 " " " - - - - 1 Pt. 



3 " " " - - . 1 Qt. 



6 """--- - HGal. 



12 " " " - - - 1 Gal. 



35 " " " _■ - - - 2!'2 Gal. 



^NY OTJIEl^ ^IZE^ M^DE TO GI^DEF^. 



13-tfdb. 



BEEP V ¥0 :• gEIiL 



At $3.50 each for full swarms, put up in light ship- 

 ping-bo.ves, with comb of brood and honey. 

 Jir. W. Ilurriuf/foii, Hiniivsteitd, Iowa Co., la. 



Vi-VV\. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black 

 which they . 



charge, as below. We do this becouse there is hai'dly value 

 enough to these queens to pay for buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock; and yet it is oftentimes quite an accommo 

 dation to those who can not alfoid higher-priced ones. 



I have 5 black queens at 30 cts. each; 2 or more 

 hybrids, 40 cts. each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



D. E. Jacobs, Lougley, Wood Co., Ohio: 



I have about 10 black queens and 12 hybrids that I 

 would sell, and guarantee safe arrival by mail. 

 Blacks, ;%c each; hybrids, 50c each. 



John H. Crooks, Keiths, Noble Co., Ohio. 



I will have about a dozen black queens for sale by 

 the 15th of July, will take 25 cts. each for them. 

 E. W, Stayton, Martin, Weakley Co., Tenn. 



DADANT'S 

 FOUNDATION 



is asserted by hundreds of practical and disinterest- 

 ed bee-keepers to be the cleanest, brightest, quick- 

 est accepted by bees, least apt to sag, most regular 

 in color, evenest, and neatest, of any that is made. 



It is kept for sale by Messrs. A. H. Newman, Chi- 

 cago, 111.; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O.; Jas. Heddon, 

 Dowagiac, Mich.; Dougherty & McKee, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind.; Chas. H.Green, Herlin, Wis.; Chas. Hertel, 

 Jr., Freelnng, TIL; Win. l^allantine. Sago, O.; E. S. 

 Armsti-OD!.;-, .I(isc\\ iUc, 111.; H. Drum, Adelphi, O.; 

 Arthur Todd, Ciiuaiitowii, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. 

 Kretchmcr, Cobury, Iowa; E. F. Smith, Smyrna, N. 

 Y. ; C.T.Dale, Mortonsville, Ky.; and numerous 

 other dealers. 



Write for samrilcs free, and price list of supplies, 

 accompanied with 150 Complimentary and imso- 

 licited testimonials, from as many bee-keepers, in 

 1883. We guarantee cver-y inch of our foundation equal 

 to sample in every j-cspect. 



CHAS. DADANT & SON, 

 3btfd Hamilton, Hancock Co., llllnolti. 



Advance in Foundation ! 



Owing to the scarcity of lucswa.v, tlie price of 

 foundation will be advanced x: cents above tlie price 

 quoted in our March circular, wholesale or retail. 

 Dealers will please take note. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton, 111. 



Jiortnliuo. N. Y., Ami. l.'S, JSS'J. 



CYPRIANS CONQUERED.-All summer long It 

 has been •' whictt antl t'other" with me and the 

 Cyprian colony of bees 1 have — but at last I am 

 "boss." Bingham's Conqueror Smoker did it. If 

 you want lots of smoke just at the right time, get a 

 Conqueror Smoker of Bingham. Respectfully, 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Mess. Bingham & Ilctherington:— 



Dear Sirs,— 1 received those Smokers infgood or- 

 der, find am much pleased with them, and the im- 

 provements, over the old ones. They can not fail 

 to please your customers. Thanks for promptness. 

 Yours truly,— J. M. Hibbabd. 



Athens, Ohio, April 21, 1884. 



I^I^ICES : 



By mail, postpaid. 



Doctor Smoker (wide shield) 3!4 inch, $2 00 



Conqueror Smoker (wide shield) 3 " 175 



Large Smoker (wide shield) 2'^ '* 150 



Extra Smoker (wide shield) 2 " 125 



PlainSmoker 3 " 100 



Little Wonder Smoker IJi " 65 



Bingham &Methering'u Honey-Knife 2 " 115 

 To sell again, apply for dozen or half-dozen rates. 

 Address T. F. BINGHAM, P. M., or 



BINGHAM & HETHEIIINGTON, 

 Otfdb ABUONIA,lTIlCH. 



RICHMOND, FORT BEND CO., TEXAS, 



DEALER IN 



PURE ITALIAN BEES AND QUEm. 



7tfdb SEND FOB CIBCULAE. 



