GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Anna Ouilliu's Letter. 203 



Bee.-; Flying when Cold 217 



Bees B'l'y ins 8 Miles 206 



Bees in a City 216 



Bees on Graft.-: 215 



Bees, Freezing 221 



Bees. Food for Larval 197 



Bee-bait 217 



Bee-escape 200 



Bee-papers Free 217 



Boy.s' Hive-1'aetory 220 



Buclcwheat, Japanese . .216, 217 



Chaff Hive, One-story 225 



Cyclops 203 



Drone. The 195 



Editorial 227 



Evaporator. Honey .199 



Extracting. France's Plan. .204 

 Farming and Bees. . . . cQ.B.).218 



Feeder, Harris' 215 



Feeding in Winter 215 



Feeding Early 217 



Foul Brood in Medina 215 



Foundation on Wire Nett'g 217 



Heads of Grain 215 



Hive. Chaff. One-story 226 



Hive, Boardman's 200 



Holy-Land Bees 217 



Hoiiey from Wild Buck't...217 



Honey. New 198 



Honey-Boards 216 



Horsemint in Texas 206 



Light in Cellar 216 



Manna in Tiirkey 198 



Muth's Packages 203 



Notes and (.lurries 216 



Nuclri. To Make 216 



Our Own .\iiiary 225 



Packaj,o's (or Honey 202 



Pollen (iraiiis 221 



Pollen. Di.olittleon 205 



Pollen. Klements of 215 



Pciultrv ami Bees (Q.B.).218 



yueiii kemoved in Fall 215 



Questii >n-Box 218 



Reports Encouraging 226 



Space Between Hives 201 



Specialists (Q.B.).219 



Statistics about Honey 206 



Swaiiiiinir. To .\llay 217 



Tobacco Column 222 



Water in Cellar 197 



Water We Drink 203 



Worms in Hives 216 



PBICE LISTS RECEIVED. 



In the last issue I stated that, for some reason or other, the 

 usual number of price lists for this time of year had not been 

 received. The result is a deluge, and we append them, so far 

 as received, below: 



Wm. H. Bright, Mazeppa, Minn. ; a 24-page circular of apiarian 

 supplies. 



Aaron Hunt, Gordon, Ohio; a 28-page price list of general 

 supplies. 



Jos. E. Shaver, Frledens, Va. ; a 26-page price list of bee- 

 supplies. 



G. B. Lewis & Co., Watertown, Wis.; a 30-page price list of 

 bee-supplies. 



R. B. Leahy. Higginsville, Mo.; a 12-page catalogue of bee- 

 keeping supplies. 



C. F. Mutli & Son, Cincinnati ; a 40-page price list of bee-sup- 

 plies, honey, etc. 



A. Wortman, Seafleld, Ind.; a 20-page price list of bee supplies 

 and poultry stock. 



Jno. Nebel & Son. High Hill, Mo.; a 10-page circular of bee- 

 keepers' supplies. 



H. P. Langdon, East Constable, N. Y. ; a 4-page circular of bees, 

 queens, and supplies. 



D. G. Edmiston, .\drian, Mich.; a 10-page list of trees, small 

 fruits, and bee-supplies. 



C. P. Bish, Saint Joe Station, Pa.; a 24-page catalogue of use- 

 ful implements for the apiary. 



Martin & Macy, North Manchester, Ind. ; a 24-page catalogue 

 of bee-supplies and poultry. 



Wm. E. Gould. Fremont, Mich.; a 14-page catalogue of bees, 

 queens, ivnd general supplies. 



Smith & Smith, Kenton, O. ; a 26-page circular, large size, of 

 general bee-keepers' .s-upplies. 



F. A. Salisbury, Syracuse, N. V. ; an advertising card of bees, 

 queens, and apiarian supplies, 



Wm. Hoyt, Ripley, Me.; a 20-page pamphlet, large size, enti- 

 tled. " The Bee-keepers' Advertiser.' 



Thos. B. Blow. Herts, Welwyn, England; a 6.5-page circular of 

 bees, honey, and bee-keepers supplies. 



F. A. Eiiton. Bluffton, O.; a 12-page circular of bees, queens, 

 and poultry. Specialty, Eaton's section-case. 



G. M. Doolittle. Borodino, N. Y. : a 14-pagc circular, large size. 

 of bees and queens ; specialty, queens raised under the natural 

 swarming impulse. 



Edward R. Newcomb, Pleasant Valley. N. Y.; a 40 page cata- 

 logue of bee-supplies; specialties, sections and the Stanley auto- 

 matic honey-extractor. As was the case last year, Mr. New- 

 comb's catalogue presents the handsomest appearance of any 

 received. 



Chas. Dadant & Son, Hamilton. III.; a 4-page catalogue of 

 foundation, extracted honey, and a few supplies. Messrs. 

 Dadant & Son guarantee that every inch of fun. sent out by 

 them will be equal to the siiraple sent with circular. This 

 promise they fulfill to the letter, and they ought to have a big 

 trade in fdn. for living up so well to their agreements. 



gPECI^L pi0¥ICE^. 



We have just printed price lists for the following iiartiei 



■■ •■.Loch' ■ ■" 



Lson, P 

 L. D. Worth, Reading; Center. N. Y.. leatlei. iii 



F. T. Hall. Lochiel, Dunn Co.. Wis.. 6 pages, bee-suiiplies 

 Albert Mason, Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., 12 padres, bee sup 



upplies 



L. L. Hearn, Frenchville. W. Va., 6 pages, Italian queens, 

 Mrs. J. N. Heater. Columbus, Neb., supplies (in press). 

 G. E. Hilton, Fremont. Mich,, essay on raising honey. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The first meeting, for 188H. of the Fayette Co. Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the residence of J. W. Gillispie. Wash- 

 ington C. H., on Thui-sd.ay. April 26th, at 10 a.m. A full attend- 

 ance is desired, as the annual election of oflicers takes place. 

 S. R. Morris, Sec 'y. 



The tenth annual meeting of the Texas State Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at the bee-yards of Vice-president W. R. 

 Graham, Greenville, Hunt Co.. Texas. May 2d and 3d, 1888. A 

 leading feature of the convention will be "criticisms upon sub- 

 jects that have gone thiough the bee-journals. All Texas and 

 Arkansas bee-keepers are expected to be present. All are cor- 

 dially invited. No hotel-bills to pay. B. F. CARROLL, Sec'y. 



A BARGAIN IN BRC>OD FDN. 



Iti trimming our brood fdn. to regular-sized sheets 

 we have more or less short pieces, from 8 to 9 in. 

 wide and 13 to 15 in. long. We will trim these to an 

 even size within these measurements, in lots of five 

 lbs. or more, when we have them on hand, at 3 cts. 

 per lb. less than regular price; 5 lbs. would be 

 worth $1.8,5; 10 lbs. . $3.60. 



HONEY-TUMBLEHS. 



We have at length secured some honey-tumblers 

 of the right size to hold 1 lb. of honey as well as 14 

 and 14 lb. They are a handsome shape, and have a 

 bunch of grapes stamped on the cover. Moreover, 

 the V2 and 1 lb. sizes may be nested to reduce the 

 expense of packages. Prices are as follows: 



lib 4c each; 10,3.5c; 100, $3.25; 200, $5.80; 1000, $27,50 



}^ lb 3c '■ 10,30c: 100 2.90; 250. 6.15; 1000. 2.3..50 



K&l lb. nest'd 7c " 10,65c; 100. 6.80; 200,11.65; 1000, 49.50 



ij lb 3c •• 10.28c; 100, 2.65; 250. 5.65; 1000. 21.00 



CARPET-SWEEPERS. 



We call the attention of our readers to our car- 

 pet-sweeper advertisement on another page. When 

 you are ordering your supplies, don't forget the 

 " gude wife." You can lighten her burdens very 

 much by adding a good carpet-sweeper to her out- 

 fit of household conveniences. Notice the reduc- 

 tion in quantity. Get your neighbors to club with 

 you and thus save something all around, and bless 

 the neighborhood. 



MAPT.E SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



As we go to press, the farmers are just opening 

 up their sugar-camps, and we expect soon to have 

 a good supply of very nice maple sugar at 11, 10. 

 and 9 cts. per lb., according to quality. In lots of 

 50 lbs., 14 ct. per lb. less. In bbls. of about 3U0 lbs., 

 1 cent per lb. less. Choice maple syrup at $1.10 per 

 gallon; $10.00 for 10 gallons, either in 1 or 5 gallon 

 cans. We still have some of last years's syrup yet 

 on hand, first class, that we will sell at 10 cts. per 

 gallon less than the above. See our ad't on another 

 page. 



PEAVINE, OK MAMMOTH RED CLOVER. 



As a good many of the bee-friends seem to be 

 still in the dark in regard to the peculiar merits of 

 this kind of clover, we will, this spring, do as we 

 did two years ago— furnish a small sample package 

 with a descriptive circular in regard to the plant, 

 prices, etc., free of charge. Now, instead of asking 

 questions about peaviue clover, send for a free 

 sample of the seed. You can do this on a postal 

 card; then if you want to ask further questions in 

 regard to it, send them on. The price of the seed 

 this spring will be as follows: One pound, 13 cts. ; 

 peck. «1.40; half bushel, $2.60; bushel, $5.00. If 

 wanted by mail, add 18 cts. per lb. for bag and post- 

 age. 



-^DOVETAILED SECTIONS#- 



SEND FOR SAMPLE AND PRICES. 

 M<:AVT0IV A: COATS, 

 Poolvflle, ITI»<llsou Co., TS. Y. 



EGGS, $1..50; 13, $1.00. Todd strain of Brown 

 Leghorns. 6d A. F. BSIOHT, Mazeppa, Minn. 



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U/AMTCn To sell 150 bushels nice white corn for 

 WANIlUi seed. 150 bu. raised on less than 3 

 acres in 1887. Packet, 15c; peck, *1.25; bu. $4.00. 

 Will take some Italian bees in exchange. Less than 

 100 ears make a bushel. Plant late as June. 

 6d S. J. NASH, Aldrich, Polk Co., Mo. 



li/lMTCn To sell 17 colonies of hybrid bees, S. 



WHIiIlUi hives, at Somerset, Ky. Make offers. 



6d Address JAS. H. COLVILLB, Goshen, O. 



BEES IK APRIL, 5 LBS., $4.00. 



Italian queens, mismated, 50c. Make money order 

 payable at Clifton. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 6d S. H. €01i\¥IOK, Norse, Bo«que Co. Tex. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORS, WHOLE 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another column. 3btfd 



