1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



435 



Contents of this Number. 



Albinos 156 



Ants 156, 157 



Artificial Comb Honey IKO 



Banner Apiary 137 



Basswood for Hives 155 



Bees, Size of 161 



Bees, What Ails 151 



Bees, Uniting 113 



Bees, Bookmy er's 155 



Bees, Room for 1 lb 157 



Bees Near Water 151 



Bees by the Pound Ill 



Beginner's Troubles 152 



Bricks vs. Pegs IM 



Pasters for Fdn 151 



Circulars IM 



Combs Breaking i:<X 



Combs, Bridging ISS 



Cotton, Mrs ir.O 



Cottonwood for Hives 155 



Crosses Between Bees IBO 



Cruelty to Animals 137 



Died ICl 



Drones, Destroying 161 



Drones, Exiiense of 156 



Editorials 163 



Extracting Old Honey 157 



Fairs 152 



Fire-Flies 155 



Florida 119 



Florida Report 158 



Forgettei y HI 



Frames, Number Needed. . . .162 



Granulation as a Test V.0 



Holly for Hf>ney 155 



Holy-Lands and Pea-Vine. . .156 



Honey-Dew 111.1/6, 158 



Honey from Qu'nless Col's.. 157 



Honey, To Kipen 118 



Honey from Ailanthus 162 



Honey Column 136 



Honey from Apple 1.56 



Horsemint 160, 161 



Hot- Weather Troubles... . 159 



Humbugs and Swindles 116 



Kind AVords 161 



Locust 151 



Mississippi Ahead 115 



Missouri, South-East 154 



-Mitchell, N.C 116 



-Mooking-Birds 153 



Nan.i's ,.1 Thinir- 151 



N.'Ni-drlraii^ Kx|,ositi..n ...4.55 

 .N.it.-.; an, I 'lu.Tlr.; 461 



Queens, T«o in Hive 151 



Queens, Clipping 161 



(^ueL-ns, Kciiing: 4M 



Sim I , .,, , :>.i I- ; inn 



Sf. ,1- ,.t N;iii;-.,-j, I'jant ... J51 



Shade or Xot 157 



Shepard's Report 153 



Side Storing 1.59 



Smokers, To Make iro 



Stands for Hives ItO 



Swarming-Pole 152 



Swarming, Exees^ive 115 



Swarming Up Noith 161 



Sweet Clover 1.56 



Texas 1.51 



Tupelo 160 



■ - • ...118 



ood 



AVater vs. Whisky . . . 

 Whitewood for Hive 



Wintergreen 



Wintering Solved . . 



Yeast for Bees 



Zinc Honey-Boards . 



1.51 



BAI8ED-C0 YER HON EY-PAILS. 



WE HAVE JUST SECURED 



Some better rates tluiii any thing we liave 

 ever had before on raised-cover honey-pails 

 in nests. Nest A is composed of five pails— 

 1 pint, 1, 2, 3, and 4 qts. This nest, at regu- 

 lar prices, would be 5, 8, 10, 15, and 20 cts., 

 making altogether 58 cts.; but Ave can sell 

 the whole nest for 40 cts.; 10 nests S3. 75, 

 and 100 nests for only $35.00. 



Nest B contains 8 sizes — 1, li, 3, 4, C, 8, 

 10, and 12 quarts. The prices of these 

 singly are 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35, and 50 cts.. 

 maJking $1.08, but we can sell them in nests, 

 single nest for $1.50: 10 nests. $14.€0; 100 

 nests, $135.00. 



Names of responsible parties Avill be inserted in 

 any of the following- departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or S3.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names iiiserted in this<}( iHtittncnt Uie firtit time with- 

 mit charge. After, 20c each inf:erti<m, nr $2.00 per year. 



A, I. ROOT, 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



eiiD TYPE FB^ 3^IiE. 



We have still on hand 76 lbs. of our old nonpareil 

 type for sale. For a sample of if, see any late num- 

 ber of Gleanings previous to May 1.5. Also 17 lbs. 

 of Italic, it desired. As it is all packed, Ave can not 

 diA'ide either lot. The Roman includes .5 lbs. and 

 over of "log-otypes;" that is, the Avords tlie, and, 

 that, ing, tion, et«., are made all on one body, thus 

 facilitating composition. We otter the lot at 20 cts. 

 per lb. A.I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



Italian Queens and Bees I 



Warranted queens, each $1.00; 6 for $5.00; Tested, 

 $2.00; special prices on large orders. Orders flUe<l 

 prnmpttij. If you Avant bees for business, give me a 

 trial order. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Send for cii-cular, giving full particulars. 

 CHAS. D. DUVALL, 



14tfd. Spencerville, Mont. Co., Md. 



Those Avhose 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 l<ind, only that the tiuecn be rear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they Avere shipped. They also agree to 

 return the mone.A' at any time Avhen customers be- 

 come impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind, that lie wlio sends" the best queens, 

 put up most neatlv and most securely. A\ill probably 

 receiA'e the most orders. " Special rates for warrant- 

 ed and tested queens, furnished on application to 

 any of the parties. Names AA'ith *, use an imported 

 queen-mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify ns 

 and Ave Avill send you another. ProbablA" none Avill 

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

 wanted sooner, or latei', see rates in price list. 



*A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 13tf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 13tfd 



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



*Wm. Balhmtine, Sagti. Musk. Co., O. 13tfd 



*D. G. Edmistoii, Adrian, Lcn. 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, Jett^. Co., Ala. 13tfd 



*Jos. Byrne, Baton Rouge, E. Baton R. Co., La. 7-5 

 *J. W". Keeran, 106 Washington St., Blooming-ton, 



McLean Co., 111. 7-17 

 *W. W. Turner, Oak Hill, Greene Co., N. Y. 7-5 



*S. C. Perry, Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. Otfd 



C. Weeks, Clifton, Wayne Co., Tenn. St-in 



Will True, Chad well. Clatsop Co., Oregon. 9-7 



W. H. I'roft(Ti-, Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vt. 9-17 

 Jas. Husband \- Son, Cairngorni, Ont., Can., 11-13 

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

 *D. M. Wcybright, New Paris, Elk. Co., Ind. lltfd 

 *B. W. Harrington, St. ( utherines, Ont., Can. 13-2!^. 

 Jas. O. Tracey, New Hamburg, ( )nt.. Can. 13tfd. 

 F. S. McClelland, New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa. 



13-15 

 S. P. Roddy, MeehanicstoAvn, Md. i;J-17d 



*F. L, W>ight, Plainfleld, Livingston Co., Mich. 



13-15d 



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. 7tfd 

 M. S. West, Flint, Genesee Co., Mich. 1-24 



Apiarian Supplj- Co., Wilton Junction, Mus. Co., la. 



C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Butler Co., Pa. 9-17 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



charge, as below. AA''e do this bee-use there is ha'dly value 

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

 ing them in ctock; and yet it. is olten<iracs quite au accommo- 

 dation to those who can not attord hi^herprictd ones. 



Fifteen black and hybrid queens mailed in July 

 as I can spare them ; black 20c., hybrid 30c. W. H. 

 UPTON, Loveland, Iowa. 13 



I shall have about 100 black queens to spare after 

 July. Price 20c. F. BOOMHOWER, Gallupville, N. 

 Y. 13 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. 3btfd 



