1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE- 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike and Sheep Sorrel.. 



Back Xnmbers 



Bees Flying 4ft Miles 



Bees on Retl Clover 



Bees in Wash. Tf-rriturv. 



Bees, MovinR 



Beginner's I roubles 



Bentcm's Sucei'ss in Oct. . 



Brooil. Spreading- 



Burnett's Kejiort 



Buzz- aws, Hume-made... 



Buzz-saws 



Chicigo Convention 



Cisterns 



I'onvf iitions 



Cr vstair'ii of Sii'sa r '^ vi- 1 1 1 

 Dearborn's Kepi. i!. 

 Decker's Report 

 Doolittle's Articl.-. 



Dull Times 



Editorials 



Fdn. and Comb Honey. . . 

 Five Years and SG1,80U. . . . 

 Florida, Hart's Keply.... 



"Gilt-Edge " Credit 



Good Candj-, To Make 



Goods Were Not Thei-e.. . 



Heads of Grain 



Hive, 'i'oung's Climatic. . 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following- departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or K.UU per year. 



PheiK.l l.'i- I' 

 Pol en-bask. 

 Poppleton's I 

 Pyrethrum 



|..kL-l 



iti.ac. i.ilii 808 



Strawberrv-buJkcs 81? 



Swarming 'Without a Queen 81'<! 

 Swarming in November 817 



Thieves ill .\piary 817 



Trn.-lei;!Mu hv Deadman.SlI! 

 Ti _:■,'■- and Aug... 819 



JOB LOT OF WIEE CLOTH 



AT OUEATLY IlKIH ilCJ* I'ltK KS. 



Such. a brisk demand has sprung up fur this, and 

 our customers seem to be so much pleased with the 

 goods, we have succeeded in gettiiiii' tinotliiT still 

 larger lot, of one of the hirgest muiniliicturers of 

 wire cloth in the world. Please bear in mind that 

 the only way in which we can afford to sell it at the 

 very low price of I'.i cts. per sq. ft. is by selling- the 

 entire remnant just as it is put up. AVe have now 

 in stock the following- pieces. As fast as it is sold, 

 each piece is crossed but, and the next issue will 

 show what remains. 



Width, 8 inches.— 3 rolls containing re.«pectively .->«, 50, and 

 60 square feet. 



Width. 9 inches.— One roll, containing W square feet. 



Width 10 inches.— 7 rolls, containing respectively, 60, 7-3, 75, 

 70.50, 65, and 75 square feet. 



■Width, 11 inches.— One roll, containing 80 square feet. 



Width 12 inches.-5 rolls, containing respectively, 80, 100, 90, 

 90, and 100 square feet. 



Width, 14 inches.— 3 rolls, containing 116 .square feet each. 



Width, 16 inches.— 4 rolls, containing respectively, BO, ItO, ISO, 

 and 118 square feet. 



Width, 17 inches.— One roll, containing 50 square feet. 



Width, 20 inches.— 2 rolls, containing resjiectively, 60, and 

 150 square feet. , 



Width, 2-3 inches.— 2 rolls, containing respectively, 250, and 

 180 square feet, . 



Width, 24 inches.— 11 rolls, containing respectively, 60,55, 72, 

 20. 20, 30, 80, 110. 60, 110. and 200 square ftet. 



■ Width. 25 inches.-.-) r.. lis. ciitainiug rcsi.i-c-tively,53, 97, 100, 

 143, and-250s(iii:iii i. ^ i 



Width,-2«iiH I,- .1 : - i nvdy, C5,C9. -215, 



40. 40, -200, 210. -ill :"' ' !' ' ■ "■ /;! tfect. 



Width, -i?!!!.-!,. - .,:- I, I . ,,: ,ll;;ii_ , lalcfeCt. 



$1.00 Queens. 



I^'iniies inHerti'ili n Uiindcpartmoit thefint time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2M per year. 



Those whose names appear lielnw ufrree to furnish 

 Italian queens for g^l.W each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to 1 e nssuimd ot purity, 

 or anything of the kind, only that the C|ueen be rear- 

 ed from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced 

 to lay when they were sliiiiped. They also agree to 

 return the money at any time wlien customers be- 

 come imiiatient (if such dehn- a^ ma\' ho unavoidable. 



Heai- in mind, that lie who semis the Pest (|ueens, 

 put up most neatly and must seeui-ely, will imihably 

 receive the nnist ,,nlers. Siieeial rates r.ir warrant- 

 ed and tested (lueeiis, furnislied <m aiiplieation to 

 an\ nltlie parties. Names with *, use an impoi-ted 

 qu'ecii-molher. It tlieijueen ari'ives dead, notify us 

 and we will scud vou another. Probably none will 

 be sent for .-j^l.tlO before July 1st, or after Nov. If 

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



*A.I. Root, Medina. Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown. Li.uht Street. Cohunbla Co 



*Paul L. Viallon, Ua^ ou (ioula, La. 



*S. F. Newman. X.uwalk. Huron Co., O. 



*Wm. Hallantine, Satfo, Musk. Co., (). 



*D. G. Edmiston. Adrian, l.en. ( <>.. Mich. 



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



*S. G. Wood, Birmiiifiham, .lett. Co., Ala. Ifltfd 



Mos. Bvrne, Baton Bouye. E. Baton K. Co., La. T-.5 



*\V. W.'j'urner, Dale Hill, Greene Co.. N. Y. 7-5 



*S. C. Perrv. PoitU.Md, Ionia Co., Mich. 



Will True. Chad well. ( latsop Co.. Oregon 



*B. W: Harrington. St. Catherines. Ont., Can. 13-23. 



J as. O. Trace V, New Hamburg, Ont., Can. 19tfd, 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FAOTOE?, WHOLESALE and RETAIL. 

 See ad^-ertisemellt in another colnmu. :ilittd 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 



A few choice trios at IfnMO, also a lot of tine young 

 cockerels, c/ioicr. birds, at l?2.50 each. Bi-owii l,eg-- 

 horn.s, S. C, at *5.no jier trio. Eggs in seastni. 



Address T. GRAHAM A'SHMEAD, 



23-23 Williamson, Wayne Co.. N. Y. 



Q' 



,L1EENS BY RETURN ITIAIL. I am now 



_ up with my orders, and can send by return 

 maC 

 fire. 

 ITtfd 



Send me your orders, and help me out of tlu 

 J. T. WILSON, 

 Nicholasville, Jessamine Co., Ky. 



Pa. 19tf 

 IStfd 

 19tfd 

 mifd 

 21tfd 



21tfd 



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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, Ibivou ( ioula, IbervilleP 

 M, S. AVest, Flint, (ienesee Co.. Mich. 

 Apiarian Sujijilv (d.. Wilton .iunction. 



..La.lOtfd 



C. P. Bish, Petrolia. Butler Co., Pa. 

 C. W. Costellow, Waterboro. York (. 

 kennedv A: Leahv. Higgiiisville. f.afayette Co.. Mo 



21tr( 



d us. Co., la. 



3-1 



9-23 



Me. 21-39 



BEE - HIVES 



APIARIAN 'supplies. 



iniiig 



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i)ie. 



ind in 

 Then 

 furnishing sup- 

 plk's in the Soutli-Kast. and will I'lirnish all kinds at 

 very reasonable prices. Parties needing supplies 

 would do well t<i see our iiriccs before buying. For 

 list, address S. VAl.KMTINK A: SON, 

 23-24d Hagei-sloivn, Wasliiii«;toii Co., Md. 



LOOK HERE, AND READ. 



r.'o ro/,ov//.s <n /;/./> rniir. 



I'or particulars. luMress 

 2;id TH03. YOUNG i SON, Cpriig Crcvc, Urion Cc, E.v. 



ImPROVEM SMOKERS, WHIi Handle,^!. 

 J. L. HvuK, Pomfret Landing. Windham Co., Ct. 



300 Colonies of Bees For Sale, 



Also HI at 

 and pleiit 

 2ltfdb 



(iningtliecit\'; good house, 



ANTHONY OPP, 

 Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



