1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



507 



Contents of this Number, 



Apiary, Help In 527, 



Barberry 



Barrels for Honey 



Beans, running 



Bi'c-Emmii.-s (Q.B.) 



Bi'fkei'ipintr for Women — 

 Bits cm Nriu'hbor's Land... 



Bhi.-k Ha« 



Bn'f(liiiK"nt Ti-aits.(Q. B.) 



Brood coinlis. Age of 



Biit.'-|irolei'tors 



Cliii-kens .mil I!c-es 



Cl.irk Siiink.T '.I Years. 



Cnloiiii's i>fr Ariv of Buck't 



Combs. M.'ltiriK Old 



C'ratf. Tbe HoUdon 



Dronos. Marked 



Diiininv. To Make 



Kvsoiit'rrv 



Editorial 



EfTKs, Noll batching 



Fanii Macbineiy 



Foul Brood, Uovcloping. . . 



Foul Bi-ood .It Medina 



Foul Brood in Wisconsin.. 



Ground-Beetles 



Harrison, Mrs. L 



Heads of Grain 



Hemp 



Honey-boards 



Honc.Y Near Foul Brood... 



Houcv. Slunjr 



lutrodiicinr, by Doolittle.. 

 Inventor of Mov'e Frames. 



Jamaica 526 



July Work in Garden 540 



T,arrabee's Shop 522 



My Neighbors 535 



News, tbe I'.cst KJH 



Notes and i.iiieries 534 



Our Own .\|iiary .541 



Patents. I^aii^.'-stroth on 517 



Phuitniii tor Stings 523 



Poison Ivy 512 



Proii.dis. Tn.dfor....(Q. B.).532 



yuecns Stuiix 511 



yueeii Ketniuing to Hive... 530 



truest i c .n Box 532 



Ramble No. 2 519 



Ribwort 534 



Scoop-Shovel 520 



Season with Doolittle .510 



Section, Pouder's Open 514 



Sections, Oiien-side.. .. 528,529 



Smoker. Improved 531 



Spaeiiit;-. Close 520 



Spain, .\iiieulture in 516 



Stinns in tile Flesh 519 



StiUk's. Kemedy for 523 



Superseding; yneens 525 



Swarming in April 534 



Sweating, Profuse 542 



Tobacco Column 538 



Tobacco Smoke on Bees .517 



Wedges for Sections 534 



Winter Pack'g in Summer. .531 



Wire-worms 512 



Workers, Fertile 534 



PfllCEJ LISTS- RECEIVED. 



The following parties have sent us their price lists since our 

 last mention ; 



G. H. Kirkpatrick. New Paris, O.. sends a list of bee-sujiplies, 

 Italian queens, etc. ; 12 pages. 



J. Vandeusen & Sons, Sprout Brook, N. Y., send us a circular 

 pertaining to their make of foundation; 4 pages. 



P. D. Miller. Grapeville. Pa., sends us a circular relative to 

 Italian bees and ))oul(r.y ; X pages. 



A. D. D. Wood, Rives Junction, Mich., sends us a circular of 

 queens, poultry, rabbits, carp, etc.; 6 pages. 



J. M. Hyne, Stewartsville, Ind., sends a list of bees and apia- 

 rian supjilies; 1 page. 



S. Valentine & Sons, Hagerstown, Md., send out a catalogue 

 of albino and Italian queens, and apiarian supplies; 32 pages. 



J. B. Mains. Bedfoid, Ohio, sends out a catalogue of queens, 

 bees, and supplies; 8 pages. 



Oliver Hoover & Co., Snj'dertown, Pa., send us a very nicely 



printed list of queens, bees, and supplies; 32 pages. 



Rawson & Culver, Quincy. Mich., send us tht 

 tive to the Wolverine ohafr hive. 



G. Neighbour & Sons, London, Eng., mail us a copy of their 

 large and elegant catalogue of apiarian implements; copious- 



large and elegant catalc 

 ly illustrated; 64 pages. 



J- 1*. Mloore 



would say to his friends and patrons that he has re- 

 duced prices as follows: "Warranted Italian queens, 

 80 cts. each; 3 tor $2.2."); 6 for S4..50. Noir is ifoiir 

 titne to hill/. See ad. in GiiEANiNGS for May 1.5th. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Circular 

 free. Address J. P. MOORE, 



13d Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky. 



t^In responding to this advertisement mention (Jleanings. 



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 because there is hardly Viilue 

 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. 



A few hybrid queens for sale at 40 cts. each by 

 mail, ready now. O. H. Townsend, 



Alamo, Kal. Co., Mich. 



Italian hybrid queens now ready to mail at only 

 30 cts. each. Stamps taken. 



N. A. Knapp, Rochester, Lorain Co., O. 



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 say you want your ad. in this de- 

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

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

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

 ■Icpartment is intended •■iil.y lor bona tide ■ exchanges. Ex- 

 changes for cash or for piiee lists, co- notices offering articles 

 for sale can not lie inserted under this head. For such our reg- 

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

 with the regular advertisements. 



WANTED.— To exchange 2.50 colonies of bees, for 

 horses, mules, wagons, buggies, and 4 h. p. en- 

 gine, or any thing useful on a plantation. 

 31tfd Anthony Opp, Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



WANTED.— I will exchange supplies now for new 

 crop of honey as soon as gathered. Write at 

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

 13-13d 



1 have several hybrid queens which I will sell at 

 •50 c. each, safe arrival guaranteed, and will refund 

 the money to all who are not satisfied and return 

 the queen. S. B. Post, England, Pa. 



For Sale.— 30 hybrid queens, reared last year 

 (good layers), ,50c each. Wm. Bueschino, 



Paw Paw, Mo. 



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

 35 cts. for hybrid queens. 12-13-14d 



WANTED.— To exchange Wyandotte and Plym- 

 outh Rock fowls, also turnip seed, for Hou- 

 dan fowls, a cheap type-writer, or offers. 13d 



H. A. Hubbard, New Lisbon, Ots. Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— Italian bees and supplies, in exchange 

 for honey, gold watch, new. choice nursery 

 stock, other property, or advertising. 13d 



J. B. Alexander, Nurseryman, Hartford City, Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange 3-frame nuclei, 3 lbs. 

 bees with tested queen, for one of A. I. Root's 

 $5.00 saw-mandrels, belting, letter heads, and en- 

 velopes, or any thing useful. Address 13d 

 Jno. W. Martin, Greenwood Depot, Alb. Co., Va. 



WANTED.— To exchange, several U. S. Standard 

 honey-extractors, L. and other sized frames, 

 ■rteu', have never been uncrated; also several thou- 

 sand fine white basswood sections, odd sizes princi- 

 pally, 6?4X5i4Xi;4 inch, and 4X.5X3 inches, closed 

 top and bottom, which I will exchange on favorable 

 terms for comb or extracted honey. First come 

 first served. E. T. Flanagan, 



13d Box 99.5, Belleville, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchanged a thorough bred point- 

 er dog, a large honey-extractor, and twelve 

 American hives, for Italian bees or queens. 

 J. Ferris Patton, 163d St. & Morris Ave., 



New York City. 



WANTED.— To exchange, trio of pure-bred Pekin 

 Ducks (stock of Wm. Henry Maule), for honey- 

 extractor or opera or field glass, or books on liee 

 culture. LoiTis Stephens, 

 13d Fayette City. Pa. 



WANTED.— To exchange choice Italian queens 

 for comb or extracted honey. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. James F. Wood, 

 ]3tfdb North Prescott, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange good hybrid bees and 

 queens for a good good foundation-mill. 13d 

 JosiAH F. McCoRD, Covington, Newton Co., Ga. 



WANTED.— A good lawn-mower in exchange for 

 Italian bees. O. H. Townsend, 



Alamo, Kal. Co., Mich. 



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. 



irnD QAI F* A fine lot of good hybrids. 

 pV^lA Ortl-t. One pound and queen, S1.35; 

 without queen, 65 cts.; !4 pound and queen, 

 $1.00; without queen, .50 cts. Send by postoffice or- 

 der to JOSIAH F. McCORD, 

 13d Covington, Newton Co., Ga. 



UNTESTKU ITALIAN QUEENS, bred from 

 best imported and home-bred stock, 7.5c each, 

 or three for $3.00. Tested. $1.35 each. 



F, ^, n|c€JLEL.l<AIV|>, New Brighton, Pa. 



