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Contents of this Number- 



Apiaiy, Larrabee's 609 



Basswood Boitjr 604 



Basswood Tracts 606 



Basswood, Shrinkage in 6111 



Bees to Iowa 614 



Bees, Black, Not Native 608 



Bee-escapes 612 



Blacks among: Italians 61.^ 



Blanton's Report 598 



Chaff Hives 612 



Clover, Best, for Honey 614 



Contracting 597 



Contraction (Q. B.) .617 



Corn, Canning 614 



Dadants, Visit to 59!) 



Ducks ami Ht-es 61."i 



Kditorial 623 



Fairs, Att emliug 606 



Klat l).)t1(.iii a Failure 616 



Flca-hcctk- 605 



Fouiidaticin. Flat, a Failure.616 



Frames, Changing 613 



Heads of (liain 613 



Hive, Invcntcir of Frame.. ..602 

 Homy, t'anilicd in Combs. 615 



Honey, Funiig.ating 612 



Honev, Counterfeiting 623 



Honey, Comb, To Keep 604 



Italians Ahead 614 



Knee-Pads 616 



Letter, A Long-faced 603 



Lettuce, White 624 



May w.-ed in Alsike 613 



Oui Own Apiary 621 



I'lug Hats 601 



I'oison Ivy 601 



(^ueen. Loose in Hive(Q.B.).617 



Queens, T«-o in Hive 613 



Oiicstii>n-Box 617 



Ramble No. 4 609 



Rape ill ('..ill 613 



Re|M.rts Di.seouraging 622 



Reports Kneoui aging 622 



Sect ions, ( ipen-side 611 



Sliariiiji- Profits (Q. B.).618 



Siiliin.v, The Abbot 610 



Spiders 601 



Suiida\ Swarming 615 



Swanii. Why it Left 615 



Swarminti-.uiaiigement... 611 



Swarming, To Tell 614 



Veils 597 



Visits to a Load, Number. . .615 



Wages of Apiarist.. . 614 



Wile.v Controversy 623 



Wingless Young Bees 613 



Wintering in Cellail 612 



Worms, Wire 601 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Darke County Union Bee-keepers' Society will hold a 

 basket meeting on tne Greenville fairgrounds, F'riday, Sept. 7, 

 1888. J. A. Roe, Sec'y. 



The fall meeting of the N. W. Illinois and S. W. Wisconsin 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held at Leaf River, III., Aug. 

 21, 1888. D. A. Fuller, Sec'y. 



gPEci^ii pie^icEg. 



A BARGAIN. 



We have a quantitj' of the old-style 24-lb. double- 

 tier shipping-cases that we otter to close out at 10 

 cts. each in lots of 10 or more. Regular price was 

 IB cents. 



OUR TRADR IN BEKS .\ND QUEENS DURING THE 

 PRKSENT SEASON. 



We uatiirally supposed that, after publishiug 

 the fact repeatedly of foul brood in ourowii apiary, 

 it would cut off, to a large evtent, the trade we 

 have enjoy€^d for so many years in bees and (jueens. 

 To our great surprise, however, we have liad quite 

 a heavy business, and especially during the last 

 month. In fact, the orders have been so large that 

 we have, once or twice, been ten days or two weeks 

 behind. We are happy to say, however, that, at 

 the present writing, we are all up to date, and e.v- 

 pect to flu all orders almost if not quite by next 

 train for the remainder of the season. Not a bee 

 nor a queen has, however, been used from either of 

 our own apiaries to fill these orders, unless the 

 party ordering it understood it, and agree to take 

 his chances of foul brood. Only three eases of foul 

 brood have appeared, and every one of these was 

 in hives that had been steamed or boiled. We have 

 therefore decided to use no moi-e of these boiled 

 hives; and for fully two months not a cell of foul 

 brood has been found. Our apiarist is making con- 

 stant examinations, and keeping such careful 

 watch that, when it does appear, we usually find it 

 when there is only a single cell. If no more appears 

 this summer or fall, we hope to be able to use our 

 own stock next season to fill orders. Neighbor H. 

 says nobody can tell what it costs to go out around 

 the country and purchase bees to flU orders, com- 

 pared with taking them out of our own yard. I 

 told him I was not at all surprised. For many 

 years, as you may know, I i)lanned our apiai-ies and 

 fixtures for the express purpose of selling bees by 

 the pound. Our combs are all on wired frames; 

 and for easy and rapid manipulation they are in 

 Simplicity hives. Why, with our appliances one 

 can put up a package of hees with a (jueen almost 

 as quick as he can go out to the hives and get back 

 again. But during the past season, to keep up our 

 i-eputation for promptness. Neighbor H. has been 

 obliged to search the country for several miles 

 around, to get nice Italians. Our stock of imported 

 queens has been all kept in his own two large apia- 

 ries; and the queens, with a few exceptions, are 



from his apiaries. Not a cell of foul bi'ood has been 

 discovered outside of our two apiaries here at the 

 Home of the Honey-Becs. 



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 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 atl'ord higher-priced ones. 



Hybrid queens for 20 cts. each. 



C. G. Penn, Washington, Conn. 



I have about ISO choice hybrid queens with clipped 

 wings, for sale for ;J.5 cts. each, or 4 for $1.(10. Safe 

 arrival guaranteed. 



Geo. H. Denman, Pittsford, Mich. 



For Sale.— Eight hybrid queens (not misraated 

 Italian) ranging from almDSt pure Italian, to nearly 

 black, for 30 cts. each. First orders take the best. 

 KiBBE Bros., South Cuyler, Cortland Co., N. Y. 



I have 1.5 good hybrid queens that I wish to dis- 

 pose of. 1 will exchange them for foundation, or 

 Simplicity frames, at :>0 cents each. They were 

 raised from a purely tested Italian queen, but mis- 

 mated; they are splendid layers, the hives boiling 

 over with bees now. 



B. G. LuTTRELL, Luttrell, Ala. 



Hybrid queens for sale, 35c each, or 3 for $1.00. 

 Geo. L. Ferris, Prairie Farm Apiary, 



Five Corners, N. Y. 



1^5 black and hybrid queens to give away till the 

 10th of August. Send stamp and price of cage. 



Anthonv Opp, Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



I have 12 good black queens which I will send by 

 return mail in new Peet cages, at 30c each or i for 

 $1. They were reared in '87, and are good layers, 

 mostly mated with Italian drones. . 



Leslie Stewart, Jefterson, Scho. Co., N. Y. 



20 mismated Italian (jueeus at 25c each if you will 

 send cage; if not, 10c extra. ,5 black queens at same 

 price. H.E. & E. L. Pratt, Marlboro, Mass. 



I will have some 12 or U black queens about Aug. 

 10, which I will mail in my Safe cages for 35 cents 

 each, with no other guarantee than safe delivery. 

 A few hybrids at 50 cts., in same cage. 



S. A. Dyke, Pomeroy, Ohio. 



For Sale.— a few young hybrid queens, good 

 layers, .50 cts. each ; safe arrival guaranteed. 



H. L. Fisher, Milford, Ind. 



nCCC and queens cheap. Tested queen, 8fl.50; 

 IJttw untested, 75 cts. Bees, per lb., 85 cts. Nu- 

 ** clei a specialty. Send card for price list. 



MISS A. M. TAYLOR, 

 15tfdb Mulberry Grove, Bond Co., 111. Box 77. 



A POSITIVE FACT. 



OUEENS liY Itiyi'Vlty MAIL I'/iOM THE 

 OLD A\D It ELI AISLE 



KNICKERBOCKER BEE-FARM 



( Estiihlishtd ISSOj. 



Warranteil, $1.00; tested, $2.00. Special rates on 



large ordei-s. Circular tree. 1.5-10-17d 



CEO. H. KIVICKKRBOCK£K, 



Box 41. Pine Plaint*, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Untested, 50 cts.; tested, $1.00. Untested, per 

 dozen, *8.00. 1. C;OOI>, 



lOtfdb Sparta, White Co., Teiin. 



twin responding to this advi rlis.'nuiit intntion (ii.K.».\iN('.s. 



DADANT'S rOTODATION FAOTOEY, WHOLESALE AND 

 RETAIL. See advertisement in another column 



