1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



651 



Contents of this Number. 



Banner Apiary 653 



Bastard Pennyroyal 668 



Bees in a Chimney 67S 



Bees following Queen 673 



Bees to Florida 678 



Bee Botany 6C>R 



Bee Entonirflogy 667 



Bhie Thistle 672 



Buhach 665 



California Money ^71 



Canada 665 



Carelessness 671 



Caution in Introducing 672 



Caution to Beginners 662 



Colorado Sage Wi8 



Conventions 682 



Corn, Honey 6-ora, 



Crazy Swarm. 



Cyprians ovi 



Doolittle's Report 661 



Editorials 681 



Elephant's-Foot 608 



Ergot 6»1 



Exposition at St. Joseph. . . .669 



Extractors 658 



Kertilizali' n of Queens 660 



Fertilization of Cell.s 666 



Fertilization in a .Tar 674 



Frames, Heverslhle 663 



Giant Hyssop 668 



Heads of Grain 671 



Hill's Report 671 



HBnevCplic 661 



Honey Column 651 



.674 



Names of responsible parties will be iuserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of "0 cents each insertion, or $:i.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in Uii.sdcijatinicnt tlic first titnc witli- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertum, or $2.00 per year. 



Rcpnil- Hi- Mt;ni 



Koliljel-HlfS 



Saw, Filing 



Sections, When Full. 



Sraartweed 



Smokers and Cyprian 



Sneezewort 



Spider Plant 



Sunllowers.. 673 



TiiirH-ntiiir l..i- F.l.'.n- ' iV; 

 Wax Made liv Voimn hr,,, r,(4 



White I,etlurc IWS 



Wild Buckwheat 668 



Yellow-Jackets 667 



Zinc Honey-Boards 663 



Bee-Hives m Sections! 



NEW SHOP AND NEW MACHINERY. 



Tlie fjargei^t Mauufaotni'er of Bee-IIivcs, 

 iSeotioiis, etc., in tlie World. 



Our ('(iparitjf iioir i.t a (iirloiiil itf (looil.s Itiiili/. 



decTded. 



The coui-ts have decifleil the juiteiit ou the One- 

 Piece Section to bo null and miil. for want of novel- 

 ty. We are now manutaetiiiinjj ttieni again as first 

 placed on the market by J^ewis i-V- Parks. A discount 

 of 5 per cent on all goods ordered before Jan. 1, 1SS,5. 



G. B. LEWIS, 



is)tfd WATERTOWN, - WISCONSIN. 



STRAW HEKKIES.^(^rc.«c..nt, S.tli lU.ydiii. (apt. 

 Jack, or Kontuckv. ~5 plants for .")(ie; Km t'nr ^\.St. 



CITUKANT lU'SHES.-Chciiv, Wliit.' (iiai.c or 

 Black Naples, .We a do/.m. (i(iid.>n-( luster Kasp- 

 bot-ry, *1.(KJ a dozen. All si-nt liv mail, carefully 

 packed and j)()slpaid. Address A. T. COOK, 

 10 (_lint(jn Hollow, Dntehess Co., N. Y. 



UNTESTED ITALIAN QUEENS, 



75c each, until I close out my season's stock. 

 J. P. MOOHB, 

 19d Morgan, Pendlettiii Co., Ky. 



dinx- 



Tliiise \vlii.,M- 

 tiiliaii i|Uc(Mis 

 cnditioiis; ,\( 

 ir anythlii.Li (il 



RIFIiE FOR SAIiK A tine brer 

 " Mnunanl" ritle, '' nxuhl of ISSi,'' 1(1 eal., :!(i- ■ 

 in. bbf., with tine graduated globe and peep sights, B 

 and full set of loadhyj- toob. All complete, war- H 

 ranted in i>erfect condition. B 



19 CHAS J. GOODEICH, Letanon Springs, Col. Co., H. Y. g 



ISO Colomes of ITALIAN BEES 



They are in [.aiigstroth portieo-hi\es, with stand- 

 ard L. frames. All in tlrst-elass condition, with 

 from 20 to 30 nounds of good honey for winter. The 

 combs are all straight and all worker, and are 

 mostly built on wired frames. In lots of 1 to 10 at 

 $4..50 each; 10 to 25 at «!4.25 each ; 5(1 or more, at W.OO 

 each. <i. H. MllBLKV, 



lt)d lijchmond, ISIcHeiiry Co., III. 



DADANT'S FOTODATION FA0T0E7. WHOLESALE and JtETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another euluiiiu, Ijbtfd 



Nr 



bclowiigici' to furnish 



>'hc assumed of ),urity, 

 hat tlic(|uccn he rear- 

 1-. and had commenced 

 ■d. They also agree to 

 (■ when customers be- 

 is ma,\ lie unavoidable. 

 sends the liest queens, 

 <ecurel.\-, will probably 

 cial lates tor warrant- 

 hi'd on a|>plication to 

 itii ^, use an imported 

 (|UeeiMi!o11iel'. If t lie < | ueeii ari-i\-es dead, notify us 

 and we will siMiil you another. Probalily none will 

 be sent for .?;i.(l() before .Inly 1st, or after Nov. If 

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

 *A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



^11. II. Blown, Mght Stieet. Columbia Co., Pa. 13tf 

 'Paul 1.. Viallon. I{av( 

 '8. F. Xi'wman, Norw; 

 •Wm. Ballantine, Sag. 

 *D. G. Edmistou, A.li-i 

 *Dr. John h\. I'lice, T; 

 *S. G. Wood, Uirmiugl 



*Jos. Byrne. Baton Houire, K. Baton R. Co., La. 7-.5 

 nV. W.'TunuM-, (tak Hill, Greene Co., N. Y. 7-.5 



*S. C. Perrv, I'oi-tlaud, Ionia Co., Mich. lijtfd 



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



Will True, Chadwell, Cjatso). Co., Oregon. 9-7 



Theo. G. M'Gaw, Mouinoutli, \Vari-en Co., 111.11-21 

 *B. W. Harrington, St. Catherines, Out., Can. 13-2;J. 

 Jas. O. Tracev, New I lamUuig, Ont., Can. 13tfd. 

 Miss NellieGooclsiieed, .Marietta, Onon. Co., N.Y. 19 

 *J. W. Keei'an, lOf. Wash. St., Bloomington, 



McLi>anCo., 111. 19 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such liives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 

 A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L.Viallon. liavoii Goula, Iberville Par., La. 13tfd 

 M. S. West. Flint, (ien.'see Co., Mieh. 1-24 



Apiarian Sui)iih Co., Wilton .Innetion,Mus. Co., la. 



3-1 

 C. P. Bish, Petrolia, Butler Co., Pa. 9-23 



10 test.'d Italian ,|uei.ns, to he mailed liy Oct. 1.5; 

 .*1.90 each, reared I rom selected importe<l mother, 

 which is very yellow; also her indgeiiy. Special 

 offer for early dollar queens iie.\l sjning.if engagccl 

 now, also tested. IRA I). ,V LOHIi.M AN, 



19d Clinton, Samp.son Co., N. C. 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



ll.t\I>-lt.LlSi:j> MALK MOCIi IMl-JilRTtS. 



If you want a good mocker at alreasonable price, 

 address W. I). BALL, 



iy-20d Columbia City, Whitley Co., Ind. 



