1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



281 



If you are ever annoyed by the scraping an<l hrenluns ot'conibs ; 

 killing bees when setting a frame to one side, or hanging it in 

 the hive; sagging at the bottom and getting w:ixed l;ist; sMak 

 ing about wiien moving aliive; in sliort, it you dislike to pry 

 and wrench your frames, brt-ak conibs, and kill bees while 

 handling theiii, vou will be pleased with tliis hive. 



VERY CONVENIENT. AGENTS WANTED. 

 1 nC For "Ist ITineiplcs in Bee Culture." It tells liow to Divide 

 III Transfer, IntrodiieeiQueens, Feed, Unite, Sto|) Robliing, *!• 

 iU Money returned upon return of book, if you are not satislieJ 



J. P. Caldwell, of San Marcos, Tex. 



Pure Italian queens. 



Select tested 



Tested 



Untested 



Six untested 



Twelve untested 



April. May. Jun.loOct. 



*3 75 S3 35 $1 75 



1 75 1 50 1 25 



1 00 90 75 



5 00 4 40 3 75 



9 50 8 (!0 7 00 



All queens will be shipped in cages which answer 

 the double purpose of an introducing and shipping- 

 cage. Aiidriss J. P.C.Ai.uwEf.L, San Marcos, Tex. 

 7-18dli 



Pure Italian Bees For Sale. 



Pi:ll colonv in A. I. Root's Simp, hive !|6 00. Tvvo- 

 fraiue nuclei $3 CO. Three frame $3 50. Each nucleus 

 and full c()l(>n.\ lo contain a testi d queen and plenty 

 of bees and brood, all on wired L. frames, combs 

 drawn Irom fdn. Hives new. every thing first class. 

 To be sliippi'd in May. Safe arrival guaranteed. 1 

 shall do by all as I would be done bv. Address 



N. A. KNAPP, 

 7-10db Rocliesiiter, Lorain Co., O. 



The A B C of 



POTATO ^ Culture. 



HOW TO aEOW THEM IN THE LARGEST aUANTITT, AND 



OF THE FINEST aUALIT7, WITH THE LEAST EX- 



PENDITUEE OF TIME AND LABOR. 



t'tirr.f'iilly Vonsidfrintj nil the Tjtitest Tntprove- 



iiients ill fhi.i Bronch of Affricultiire ui> to 



till' Present Date. 



ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY ENORAVTNOS. 



Written by T. B. TEEEY, of Hudson, 0. 



Table <if Cinttents: Soils, and their Preparation.— 

 Manures, and their Application.— When, and How 

 Far Apart Shall we Plant?— Shall we Plant Deep or 

 Shallow?— Shall we Plant in Hills or Drills?— How to 

 Make the Drills, and Fill Them.— Selection and Care 

 of Seed.— Cutting Seed to One Eye.— Planting Pota- 

 toes b.v Machinery. — Harrowing aft-r Planting.— 

 Cultivating and Hoeing.— Handling the Bugs.— The 

 Use of Bushel Boxes.— A Top Box for the Wagon.— 

 Digging.— Storing.— What Varieties shall we Raise? 

 —Potato-growing as a Specialty. — Best Rotation 

 where Potatoes are made a Special Crop.— Cost of 

 Production, and Profits. 



Besides the above, we have recently added an ap- 

 pendix of 8 pages, bringing the book up to the pres- 

 ent date, and containing an account of all the im- 

 provements made during the past two years. 



Price 35 cts. ; by mail, 38 cts. ' 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



IJVIPORTANT! 



QlippiVjQ to be shipped by return mail, when 

 '^'-•-•"-'ordered. Tt is best to get two find 

 four frame nuclei when ordering bees. Choice, 

 fine, solid red and yellow Italian queens, at the fol- 

 lowing prices: Untested, from now through the 

 season, S^l.OO; tested, *3.00; select tested. $3..50; 

 standard breeders. »3 00. Bees by the pound, $1.00; 

 frame of brood, 75 cts. My hees are gentle Italians, 

 with great power of wing, and fine honey-gathering 

 capacity. No foul brood, no moth. 7-18db 



LOCH BOX 215. Madison, Morgan Co., Ca. 



LUTHER ORAY, Orlando, Fla., Early Italian 

 Queens, fl.dO each. Try my one-frame nuclei, 

 contniniug 2 lbs. of bees and queen (two crated to- 

 gether) at $3 00 each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 6tfdb 



IV£ HANDLE THE BEST SUPPLIES 



O/.' ALL MANlincnuiihS. 



We also make the best smoker on the market. 

 All dealers should handle it. Send for wholesale 

 list. It should be in every apiary; let every bee- 

 keeper send lor my illustrated catalogue, free. All 

 implements used in an apiary, sold at reasonable 

 rates. Beeswax bought at Gleanings quotations. 

 3i0db W. E.CLARK, Orlskany, N.Y. 



FREf! FREE! FREE! 



Upon application. Our 3.Sth Annual Price I,i.=t. A 

 full line of 



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



CHOICE COMB FOUNDATION AND WHITE-POPLAR 

 SECTIONS A SPECIALTY. 



100 COLONIES OF CHOICE ITALIAN BEES 



tor sale cheap Also NUCLEUS COLONIES and 

 QUEENS. Orders booked now. Address 



WM. W. CARY & CO., 

 3tfdb Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. 



Sucee^sor.s to Wm. W. Gary. (Please mention Gleanings.) 



FOR SALE. 



Italian Queens and Bees by the Colony, Nucleus, 

 and Pound. Dealer in Bee-keepers' supplies. Ad- 

 dress OTTO KLEINOW, 

 5tfdb (Opp. Fort Wayne Gate), Detroit. Mich. 



BEES, Queens, Hives, Given Comb Foundation, 

 Apiarian Supplies, German Carp, Small-fruit Plants. 

 Send for catalogue free. E.T.Flanagan, Belleville, Ills. 

 l-24db. 



LEPAGE'S LIQUID GLUE. 



Few words of praise arc neces- 

 sary for this excellent article, so 

 widely known and advertised. It 

 is one of the best of liquid glues. 

 Always read.v for use. Mends 

 every thing. We have 4 difCereut- 

 sized packages. 



Glass bottle like the ad,ioining 

 cut for 10 cts. ; 75 cts. for 10; $7.00 

 per 100. Half - gill tin cans with 

 screw cap, and brush fastened to 

 inside of cap. price 15 cts. each; 

 SI. 10 for 10; *10..5O per lOO. This 

 latter can be sent by mail for 10c. 

 extra for postage and packing. 



Gill tin can with brush, 30 cts.; 

 10 for $1.50; 100 for $14.00; Vz-pint 

 tin cans, no brush, 25 cts.; $3.30 

 for 10; $31.00 per 100. 

 LePage's MtrciLAGE, in large bottles, with a nice 

 enamel-handle brush, at 10 cts. each: 75 cts. for 10; 

 $7.00 per 100. This is the best mucilage made, and 

 will do nicely in many cases for glue, although it is 

 pretty thin to be used as glue. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



