GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



681 



Contents of this Number 



Bait fur Bfe.-; 6r.2 



Bi-t'-hats (Q. B. ) .e.'io 



Bees and Fruit 644 



Bees Storing- Water. (Q. B.).65l 



Bees Disgorging 647 



Bees, Solitary 646 



Bees, Watrlimg— A Poem. .654 



Beetle, Siu. lit 643 



Breath, H..I,liny:,forStinfrs.647 



Ci'll- lo the Inch 643 



C'liiTiy-sprniits. To Kill 6.52 



Cliiii.iiiiaii an 1 Bees 653 



Conilis, Thickness of 643 



Cmihs, Aire of 643 



Drones, Flying 6.')2 



Editorials 660 



Feeder, T Super 638 



Hilton, Geii. E 639 



Hive, Th.' Shaw 634 



Hive, The I'rokopovitseh,, ,642 



Hives, Old Kinds 641 



Honey-dew in Oregon 647 



Honey, Test< of 640 



Honey, Conih, Seenring .,,.633 

 Honev, Keiniiving Surijlns,639 



Italians with Blaeks 652 



King-binls 640 



Laee-\^'ings, The,r 643 



London Purjile 6-13 



Mesquite 648 



Moths on Combs 646 



Notes and Queries 652 



Paper vs. Chaff 652 



Powdir-ean for Swarms 6.53 



Prevent i nu' Stings 647 



Propohs, Tn Clean 649 



Queen, Clip|ie(l 6!j3 



Queens fn.ni the South 652 



Questiondic.v 650 



Oiiillin on Bees 645 



Ramble No..'. 635 



Reports I>is(ouraging 659 



Reports Eneouraging 6.58 



Sections. Pouder's 648 



Section, The i)pen-side 649 



Stings, T.> Prevent 647 



Swarm mit 6 Weeks 653 



Swarms, Aii ilicial.. . iQ. B.).6.50 



Swarnier with a Frame 654 



SwaiiniiiL: at Sunrise. , 6t7 



Swarming S x ,ij Times.... 9.52 



Transfer, When to 6.52 



Veil, TheC..-->hall 648 



Visit to Dr. Jliller 637 



Workers. Fertile 646 



Yields, Average 640 



BEES, Queens, Hives, Given Comb Foundation, 

 Apiarian Supplies, German Carp, Small-fruit Plants. 

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

 l-34db. 



MUTH'S 



HONEY-EXTRACTOR. 



»iQllARE; <JL.ASS MONEY-JARS. 



TIN BUCKETS, BKK-HIVES. 

 HONEY-SECTIONS, &c., dec. 

 FEKFECTION COliD-BLiAST SITIOKEKK. 



Apply to CHAS. F. MUTH & SON, 



Cincinnati, o. 

 P. S.— Send 10-cent stamp for " PracticaJ Hints lo 

 Beo-Keepers " Ufdti 



t^"ln responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



FOB ONE-POUND SECTIONS OF 



COMB HONEY. 



This bo.\ has a bit of "red 

 tape " attached to it to carry 

 it by. It makes a safe pack- 

 age for a single section of 

 honey for the consumer to 

 carry, or it can be packed in a 

 trunk, if he wants. It can be 

 opened in an instant. The 

 price of the box is 3 cts. each, 

 set up; in the Hat, 1.5 cts. for 

 10; package of 35, 35 cts. ; 75 cts. per 100; or f6.00 per 

 1000; 10,000, $55. If wanted by mail, add fl.OO per 

 hundred for postage. Colored lithograph labels for 

 putting on the sides, two kinds, one for each side. 

 f3.00 per 1000. A package of 35, labeled on both 

 sides, as above, 45 cts. By mail, 30 cts. more. They 

 can be sold, labeled on one side or both sides, of 

 course. We have only one size in stock, for Sim- 

 plicity sections. Sample by mail, with a label on 

 each side, 5 cts. If you want them shipped in the 

 flat, labels already pasted on, the price will be ten 

 cents per hundred for putting them on. 



Your name and address, and the kind of honey, 

 may be printed on these labels, the same as other 

 labels. The charge for so doing will be 30 cts. per 

 100; 350, ,50 cts'.; 500, 75 cts.; 1000, Jl.OO. 



A.I. ROOT, medlna, OIilo. 



1888. 



1888. 



Pure Italian Bees and Queens 



for sale in Full Colonies or Nuclei. Five L. frame 

 nuclei a specialty. My queens and bees possess all 

 the good qualities of the most desirable honey-bee. 



Send for prices. WIWI. LITTLE, 



etfdb Marissa, ill. 



Il^"ln responding to this advertisement mention Olkanings. 



DASAITT'S FOUKDATIOIT FACT0H7, WHOLESALE andBETAIL. 

 See advertisement in another column. 3tfbd 



HERE I COME 



To say that E. Baor, of Dix- 

 on, III., has sold out his sup- 

 ply business to the Goodell 

 & Woodworth Mfg. Co., who 

 will sell V-groove basswood 

 sections at from $2.75 to 

 $^4.00 per M. Other supplies 

 correspondingly low. Sam- 

 ples and circular free. Ad- 

 dress the GOODELL & WOODWORTH MFG. CO., 

 3tfdb ROCK FALLS, WHITESIDE CO., ILL. 



1 esiondinp to this advertisement mention (il.KANING ', 



o<lMew Orleans Apiary.>o 



I will mail guaranteed pure Italian (jueens for 75 

 cents each by return mail. Light, large, and pro- 

 liflc. Also Carniolan queens for f 1.00 each. 

 13tf bd J. W. WINDER, New Orleans, La. 

 Care of L. B. Thompson, Jackson Pass. Agt. 



or In responding to tins advertisement mention Gleanings. 



All queens will be shipped in cages which answer 

 the double purpose of an introducing and shipping 

 cage. Address J. P.CAr,DWELL, San Marcos, Tex. 

 7-18db Please mention Gleanings. 



i ?'ln ruspondintf to tliis advertisement mention (;i.!:.:,:m 



LOOK HERE! 



I will sell Italian queens from one of 

 A. I. Root's imported queens. One 

 untested queen, S^l. 00. Tested queen, 

 S2.00. Select tested queen, .f3.00. I 

 also give a box of my pure vegetable 

 liver pills free with each queen. Ad- 



DR. L L. LOOMIS, 



6-17b Pemberville, Wood Co., O. 



nding to tliis advertisement mention Gi,KANiN(is. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



Tested, .fl.35 each; untested, 70 cts. each; 5 for 

 13.00. All bred from a select imported mother. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed by return mail. 



15l6d D. C. EDMISTON, Adrian, Mich. 



PURE Italian and Albino queens. $1.00 each. 

 15-16d Geohge J. Hall, Rumney, N. H. 



LOOK HERE, FRIENDS! 



If you want to buy bees cheap, write for prices, 

 as I have about sixty colonies that must be sold. 

 Address DR. G. R. JOHNSON. 



Groom's Corners, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 



DADAHT'S FOTODATIOH FACTOSY, WHOLESALE AND 

 RETAIL. See advertisement in another column 



