1888 



(;J.E/VNINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



463 



Contents of this Number. 



ABCBook 485 



Absconding 497 



Ants, To I>est roy 483 



Apiai-y, House 484 



Apiary on Wlieels 479 



Apology, Flanagan's 482 



Beetles 474 



Bees Flying Far 485 



Bee-hat. Axtell's 495 



Beeswax in Ocean 481 



Buggy- wheels 489 



Catalpa 483 



Chaff, Unfavorable 485 



Cold, Degree of 482 



Colonirs, Queenless 485 



Coiiibs, Shaving Down 482 



Cotton, Lizzie 483 



Cotton-plants 483 



Cuban Aiiiary 467 



Cut woriiis...' 481 



DrriuesOyil of Season 481 



Drones, Time when Out 487 



Eggs, SupeifUious 488 



Farm-work v. Apiculture... 474 



Fingers Cut Off 489 



Frames, Square 472 



Fruit-<ans, Old, Using 484 



Hoge, Wm 49S 



Honey from Saw-palmetto. 497 



Hone v dew 494 



Honey , Broken Comb 488 



Increase. To Prevent 484 



Irrigation in Florida 4S4 



It.-ilianizing 481 



Laid .-.ins for Honey 488 



Mason's Picture 475 



Matter, Sur|ilus 498 



Michigan Losses 494 



Moles, To Poison 483 



Notes and Vueries 487 



t)ur Own .\piary 495 



Pollen from Cedar 489 



Poll, 11 Iroiii Hazel 489 



Polieii lir.iiiis 47fi 



Polliii, ('.,1 tail 47S 



Poplar. Southern. 



Pf>tat. 



eet. 



Pi-opiilis..n See's (Q.B).48C. 



i,)ui ens. Spc'i-ial Delivery.... 482 



(..;uestion-Hox 486 



Pailro.i'ls and Bees 489 



Rejioi t s IM seouraging 494 



Keports Encouraging 494 



Rights, Iiiilividual 480 



Section, ( i).cii-side 468, 482 



Sections, Clean (Q. B.).486 



Sections. I'litinished 481 



Sno« , 2 Ft . . May 21 494 



Sports in P.cos 488 



Stinging. Severe 498 



Sunday, Work on 471,487 



Swarnt. A Visiting 483 



Swanning-devices 4fi9 



Swariniiig in Medina 470 



Swarming and CUisti'ring. .468 



Swarming on Siimlav 4.S7 



Swarming, Preventing 481 



Terry's Writings 487 



Tiering Up ( g. B. i . 486 



Tomato, Husk 48S 



Trap. The Alley 488 



Veil. Stachelhausen's 495 



Veils tor Women 478 



Veils, Not Using 496 



Weevil, Snout 474 



Women at Conventions 483 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The June meeting of the Fayette County, tihio, bee-keepers 

 vnU be held at the residence of S. R. Morris, Blooniingburg, O., 

 June 21, 1888. S. R. Morris. 



The next annual meeting of the Michigan State B. K. Associ- 

 ation will be held at Jackson, Mich., in December, 1888. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or hybrid queens 

 which they want to dispose of, we will insert notices free of 

 charge, as below. We do this becnuse there is hardly value 

 enough to these queens to pay for buying them up and keep- 

 ing them in stock; and yet it is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

 dation to those who can not afford higher-priced ones. 



Having' made arrang'ements to purchase queens 

 to Italianize my apiary, I offer hybrid queens for 

 35c, or 4 for $1.00. This notice will "not appear again. 

 Take notice, and govern yourself accordingl.y. 



L. H. Brown, Bissells, O. 



I have 5 hybrid queens, reared last fall, which I 

 will send by return naail for 3.5c each, or the r> for 

 $1.00. G. D. Black, Brandon, Buchanan Co., Iowa. 



I ana thinking of Italianizing. Twill have about 

 a dozen black and hybrid queens, which I will sell 

 for 50 cents each. Wm. I. Robinson, Box 11)3, 



Orange ville, . Ont. 



After requeening my apiary I have 4 black 

 queens left (good layers), which I will send free to 

 tiny address. Send cage. Elmek E. Guy, 



Yardley, Pa. 



For Sale— 2 mismated Italian queens, .50 cts. each; 

 3 black queens, 3.5c each. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Geo. W. Miles, Teepleville, Craw. Co., Pa. 



O. K. Coe, Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., will pay 

 25 cts. for hybrid queens. 13-i;M4d 



TTNTESTED QUEENS, of Heddon's improved strain, T5 

 IJ cts each; two chaff hive frame nucleus with un- 

 tested queen, $2.00. H. L. FISHER, 

 13-13-14d Milford, Kosciusko Co., Ind. 



ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS. 



Full colonies of Italian bees $3 00 



Tested queen $1 35 | Untested 75 



C WEEKS 

 10-ll-13d P. 0. Money-order office, Clifton, Tenq, 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one-half our 

 usual rates. All ad's intended for this department must not 

 exceed 5 lines, and you must sat you want your ad. in this de- 

 partment, or we will not be responsible for any error. You 

 can have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over 

 five lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This 

 ■Icpartment is intended only for bona-lide exchanges. Kx- 

 (h.inges for cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles 

 lo! sale can not be inserted undei; this head. For such our reg- 

 ular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and they will be put 

 with the regular advertisements. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian bees and queens 

 for Holstein male calf, or a good 3-seat buggy 

 or hack, or honey-extractor. J. N. Colwick, 

 9-IOd Norse, Bosque Co., Texas. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian bees in Simplici- 

 ty hives, for cottage organ, B. L. shot-gun, dry 

 goods, or offers. W. B. Coggeshall. 



9-10-ll-13d Box 84. Summit, Union Co , N. J. 



WANTED.— To exchange Italian queens, bees by 

 the pound, nuclei, full colonies, or eggs from 

 Brown Leghorns, for beeswax, lawn-mower, baby- 

 carriage, or type-writer (new). A. F. Bright, 

 Utfdb Mazeppa, Minn. 



WANTED.— To exchange eggs of B. Minorcas, 

 Wyandottes, Langshans, and fowls, for bee- 

 keepers' supplies, printing press (self inker), R. C. 

 B. Leghorns, Incubator, or any thing useful, 

 lltfdb E. P. Aldridge, Franklin Square, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchange magic lantern (An- 

 thony's make), 55 views, and bees, for Orche- 

 strone organ, style 44 E. L. Heine, 



Bellmore, Queens Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange 400 wide frames and 

 half-story wide frames, tins on, Simplicity pat- 

 tern, for young Italian queens, as early as the 5th 

 of July. Who will send the first proposition? 12d 

 W. L. COGGSHALL, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange 1 breeding-pen P. Rocks, 

 10 hens and cock ; 1 pen Laced Wyandottes, 6 

 hens and cock; and full colonies bees in L. S. hives, 

 for self-inking printing-press, or offers. Address 

 13d J. B. Mason, Mechanic Falls, Me. 



WANTED.— To exchange one 50-inch planer tooth 

 VV saw, and one plain Florence sewing-machine 

 for best offers of 3-frame nucleus Italian bees, each 

 with fertile queen. W. J. Row, 



]3-13d Greensburg, Westm'd Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— To exchange one Stanley Automatic 

 honey-extractor, takes 4 L. frames, for thin 

 foundation. T. P. Andrews, Farina, 111. 13d 



WANTED.— To exchnge untested queens for a 

 Vl Cyprian queen; must be from " vicious stock." 

 E. E. Guy, Yardley, Pa. 



WANTED.— I will exchange supplies now for new 

 crop of honey as soon as gathered. Write at 

 once. Chas. H. Smith, Box 1087, Pittsfield, Mass. 

 12-13d 



WANTED.— To exchange for fine poultry, pure 

 Italian bees, bicycle, or offers, a Shipman au- 

 tomatic engine. A. B. Herman, 1.5d 

 Burnetts Creek P. O., White Co., Ind. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT 



After this date we are compelled to advance 

 prices to the following: 1 lb., 15c; M peck, 75c; 1 

 peck, *1.35; Vj bushel, !ii3.35; I bushel, $4.00. We 

 have sold over 100 bushels of seed, and have to pay 

 more for what we now offer, at above prices; hence 

 we are obliged to advance. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



DADA»T'8 FOtJiTDATIOlT FAGTOBT, WHOLESALE asdBETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another oolumn- 3tfbd 



