1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



375 



Contents of this Number. 



Aoid in Sugar Syrup :i99 



American Garden -95 



Apiary, Where to Start 399 



Bee Poison— Laiigstroth 3«fi 



Bees on Shares 398 



Bees Confined 161 Days 398 



Bees, Larval, Food of 388 



Blood, Italian, For Sale 398 



Blueberries 402 



Buckwheat Free .... (i^. B. ). 397 



Cellar Wintering 381 



Clothing, Care of 410 



Combs, Old, To Melt 396 



Combs, Age of 398 



Cook's Losses 408 



Cotton, Lizzie 398 



Cotton-growing 401 



Crate, Heddon, To Empty.. 396 



Cuba, Poppletonin 383 



Editorial 408 



Frames, Reversible. (Q. B.) 396 



Glossary, Cowan's 410 



Heads of Grain 395 



Hive, Inventor of Frame.. .379 

 Hives, Painting :i99 



Honey Statistics for May. ..382 

 Honev a Confectionery.. ...395 



Honey in Uak trees 387 



H.oicV-b.iarils ....393 



Insects, To Destroy 396 



Laii(iiim?k-s fur Bees 390 



Lanirstr.illi ..n Hed'n Hive.. 391 



Maniiiulaticii 391 



Notes and <^ucnes 398 



Oldroyd's Death 409 



. ry 

 Peppermint Oil.. 



Poem on the Bee 40J 



Pollen, Sources of 400 



Prospects for 1888. . . (Q. B.) ..397 



Question 38 385 



Queens, Doolittle's Plan 410 



Question-Box 390 



Reports Encouraging 406 



Sap vs. Su)i-ai- 399 



Silos 387 



Smoke for Bees .381 



Spacing, Bad 399 



Stinging, Severe 402 



Uncle Amos' Picture 400 



PfllCE LISTS RECEIVED. 



•T. N. Colwick, Norse. Texas, sends out a one-page list of Ital- 

 ian bees. He says: " They are the bees for this country. All 

 through the hardest and dryest years in Texas, I have never 

 failed to market the finest honey." 



M. E. Mason, Andover, O., sends us his list, 8 pages, of foun- 

 flation and supplies. A nice sample each of light and heavy 

 foundation is inclosed. 



Miss A. M. Taylor, Mulberry Grove. 111., sends out a list, one 

 page, of Italian bees and queens. 



G, H. Knickerbocker, Pine Plains, N. Y.. sends out a neat cir- 

 cular of 17 pages, relative to bees and queens. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



GLEANINGS AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



Send me no more orders; Gleanings enabled me 

 to sell out in 4 days. T. K. Massib. 



Concord Church, W. Va., April 28, 1888. 



I received my goods in fine shape, and am well 

 pleased with them. I never nailed together any 

 thills' nicer in the line of bee-material. 



Killbuck, Holmes Co., O. Jacob Bower. 



I received four boxes of bee-stufl all right. Eve- 

 ry thing came in fine shape, and just in time for my 

 bees. M. J. Twining. 



Hanford, Cal., Apr. 31, 1888. 



gleanings an old friend. 



Many thanks for Gleanings. You would have 

 laughed if you could have seen us meet. It was 

 like meeting an old friend. G. H. Heed. 



Anneville, Te.x., Mar. 13, 1888. 



well PACKED. 



The box of goods came in good condition, and we 

 were well pleased with the contents. The packing 

 was so well done 1 believe they could have gone to 

 China, and even the glass remained unbroken. 



Dayton, Mo., Apr. 34, 1888. L. M. Wagner. 



OUR LOW PRICES. 



I am well pleased with my goods, and will soon 

 order several articles included in your catalogue, 

 which can not be had jere at all, or else at very 

 high i)rices. The bell jack-screw, for instance, 

 would cost !f5..50 here, and do only two inches more 

 work. I think the screw marvelously cheap. 



Henderson, Texas, April 33. Wm. B. Baxter. 



THANKS. 



Mr. Editor :-^Or perhaps I should say dear editor, 

 for truly the latter is the correct expression— I want 

 to thank Prof. Cook and you for his "Brighter Pic-^ 

 tui'e," and your remarks in Gleanings. What a 

 grand world this would bo if all men were like A. 

 J.Cook, A. I. Koot, and Master W.! I should like 

 to meet and greet you all, but this ma.v not be now. 

 I can only say. God bless you all. M- A. Kelly. 



Milton, W. Va., May 6, 1888, 



I think all the Christian readers of Gleanings 

 must rejoice with you in the precious contents of 

 "Our Homes." J. Mekbel. 



Poplar Ridge, N. V. 



gleanings like a class-meeting. 



Please find inclosed one dollar for Gleanings, 

 1888. I could not think of doing without it. It's 

 like going to class-meeting. There are many grand 

 experiences, especially the practical, from such 

 men as France and a host of others I can't mention. 

 I had the pleasure of shaking bands with Prof. 

 Cook at our farmers' institute. I wish we had lots 

 of such men to instruct the people. I tell you, 

 friend Root, I appreciate the contributions of these 

 men. Wm. Cox. 



Viroqua, Vernon Co., Wis. 



KIND WORDS from NEVADA. 



Friend R. .-—You must excuse me for not writing 

 to you before, but I have been so bus.y I have had 

 1 ut little time to write, and j/oM know how busy we 

 all have to be at this season of the year. The goods 

 arrived all right and in good order; and the wa.v 

 they were packed ought to please any person. I 

 forgot the separators, and so 1 shall have to get 

 them here. The.y will cost just double what you 

 charge for them. I have several orders, but the 

 people here know nothing about movable-frame 

 hives, and for that reason it takes time to get them 

 introduced. They all give me credit for the nicest 

 put-up honey; and if I can sell a few hives and bees 

 1 think I shall be able to do pretty well in time. 



Reno, Nevada, Apr. 34, 1888. E. A. Moore. 



NEW AND SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION-MILLS- 

 AT REDUCED RATES. 



We have on hand the following fdn. mills that we 

 desire to dispose of; and to do so we quote these 

 special prices: One 14-lnch mill, made about 3 years 

 ago, but has never been used. This mill makes 

 fdn. with the round, or improved cell. It Is as good 

 a mill as we could make a year ago; but with our 

 new machine for cutting the rolls we do much bet- 

 ter work now, hence we offer this mill at the very 

 low figure of $35.00. Regular price »40.00. 



A. I. Root, Medina, O. 



LEPAGE'S LIQUID GLUE. 



Few words of praise are 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 different- 

 sized packages. 



Glass bottle like the adjoining 

 cut for lOcts.; 75cts. forlO; *7.00 

 per TOO. Half - gill tin cans with 

 screw cap, and brush fastened to 

 inside of cap. price 1.5 cts. each; 

 $1.10 for 10; $10.50 per 100. This 

 latter can be sent by mail for 10c. 

 extra for postage and packing. 



Gill tin can with ; brush, 30 cts.; 

 10 for fl.50; 100 for $14.00; i/z-pint 

 tin'' cans, no brush, 35 cts. ; $3.30 

 for 10; $21.00 per 100. 

 LePage's Mucilage, 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 eases for glue, although it is 



pretty thin fo be used as glue. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



Four-Color Label for Only 

 Cts. Per Thousand ! 



75 



Just think of iti we can furnish you a very neat 

 four-color label, with your name and address, with 

 the choice of having either " comb " or " extract- 

 ed " before the word "honey," for only 75 cts. per 

 thousand; .50 cts. per .500, or 30 cts. for 350, postpaid. 

 The size of the label is 2'/^ x 1 inch— just right to go 

 round the neck of a bottle, to put on a section, or to 

 adorn the front of a honey-tumbler. Send for our 

 special label catalogue for samples of this and 

 many other pretty designs in label work. 



A. I. ROOT, IVle<tiiia, Ohio. 



