1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MA 



667 



Contents of this Number- 



Basswootl of Wisconsin 671 



Bees and Peaches 682 



Bees on One's Head 676 



Bees in Transit 6WI 



Bees . Bareheaded 68.') 



Bee-bread (Q. B.).68y 



Brood itaring- Time (Q. B.).68St 



Broo'i. To Remove 690 



Coininissioii Men 686 



Contractint,' 680 



Cook's Biography 678 



Uos-hanes 687 



Editorial 696 



Etres in Patches 686 



Excrescences 681 



Extracting withont Extr'r..690 



Extracting Both Sides 68;i 



Galls 681 



Cierniany, Fi'om 670 



Granulation in Comb 685 



Harrison's Letter 673 



Heads of Grain 684 



Honey, North and South ... .690 



Italians and Moth 681 



Iiisect-f ricnils 674 



Mnplc S\igar forBees 686 



Nc.tcs and Uucries 690 



l'rcss,(;ivcn 672 



Uncstion-Hox 689 



Reports Encouraging 687 



Reports Discouraging 688 



Resiionsil>ilitv of Shipper. .685 



Sections, t)iicn-side 685 



Sugar Feeding 669 



Sunflowers, Wild 676 



Sw.arn>, A Persistent 685 



Swarming, High 675 



Sweet Clover 688 



Uucapper, Automatic 683 



Uniting in Winter. . .(Q. B.).689 



Veils... 680 



Visit to TeriT 693 



Winter, Doolittle on 677 



Workers, Fertile 686 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Sus(j. Co. Bee-keepers' Association will meet in the 

 Court-house, at Montrose, Pa., on .S.aturdav. Sept. 8, at ten 

 o'clock. The following subjects will be considered at that 

 time: 1. Preparing bees for winter. 2. Preparing for .and 

 marketing surplus honey. 3. Does the raising of small fruit 

 conflict with bee-keeping! All bee-keepers are cordially in- 

 vited to attend. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



The Ohio State Bce-keepc7-s' Association will hold its 6fh 

 annual meeting in joint convenlion with tlic North Ameiican 

 Bee-keepers- Society, al ( '.>l\iml)Ms, Oct 3, 4. an<l 5. A special 

 business sessiiiM of tlie OIlio !!,•(■ keepers' Assoi-iat ion will lie 



licld o.-t. 4, to elect oflicers lev till n\ing yea r, and tor the 



tr,'iiis;»ction of otlier luisiness. Tliis business meeting will not 

 interf<-rc witli tlie regular i)rogi-ammc of the n.ational conven- 

 tion of the sann- day. Fk.\n1v A. E.kto.n, See. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

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

 exceed 6 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 

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

 department is intended only for bona-tide exchanges. Ex- 

 changes for cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles 

 for sale can not be inserted under this head. For sucn our reg- 

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

 with the regular advertisements. 



DO you wish to exchange extracted honey for sup- 

 plies? ]f so, write at once to 

 15tfdb Chas. H. Smith, Pittsfield, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange choice Italian queens 

 for comb or extracted honey. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. James P. Wood, 

 13tfdb North Prescott, Mass. 



\I7ANTED.— To exchange Italian bees for a flrst- 

 Vt class 48-inch bicycle or a foot-power turning- 

 lathe. Engine lathe preferred. Mttdb 

 D. S. Bassett, Farnumsville, Worcester Co., Mass. 



WANTED.— An honest and capable young man 

 who has had some practical experience in the 

 bee business, that would like to buy a half -interest 

 in an established apiary of 3.50 hives of bees, and 

 bee-house, cellar, extractors, etc. I have also prob- 

 ably 400 hives of empty comb, 300 of them extra 

 thick combs, that have been used in extracting, 

 which are valuable to those who know their worth. 

 Will sell a half-interest in all at a very low price to 

 the right kind of a man. 

 16-17-18 O. R. COE, Windham, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange for extracted honey, a 

 10 h. p. horizontal engine, worth $300. I will 

 give somebody a rare bargain. Speak quick. 

 15tfdb C. H. Smith, Pittsfield, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange Cuthbert raspberry- 

 plants for nursery stock, Italian queens, 

 fowls, etc.; also bee-keepers' supplies (new), for ma- 

 chinery, honey, or offers. C. W. Costellow, 

 16-17 Waterboro, York Co., Me. 



WANTED.— To exchange Cuthbert and Tyler ber- 

 ry-plants for beeswax or female parrots, dou- 

 ble-barrel shot-gun, breech-loading. 13 gauge. 

 17-18d M. ISBELL, Norwich, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exc 

 box; 4 one- four 

 stand, 14 X 17; 1 fine 

 two 6x8 back-ground' 

 class gallery, actual 

 part or all for $300 wor 



id 4.\4 Harrison lens and 

 Jift-'leps aj,j(l box; 1 eamem- 

 ich b"u4-ni*her; 1 air-brush; 

 ind-all flx-turcs for a tirst- 

 j/|;}50. Will exchange a 

 of stock, foundation, or 



any thing useful. Write for-cotuplete list. 17fl 



J. C. Frisbee, Suffolk, Nansemond Co., Va 



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WANTED.- To exchange, vegetable and fiower 

 seeds, campaign note-heads and envelopes 

 (printed to order), reading-matter, etc., for Indian 

 stone implements or relicsof any description. Write 

 what you have. A. T. Cook, Clinton Hollow, N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange Simplicity hives, fdn., 

 bees, or queens of the Doolittle strain, for a 

 Barnes saw, mortising or tenoning machine, or 

 offers. Address Lock Box 888, 17d 



Shenandoah, Page Co , Iowa. 



WANTED.— To exchange full colonies of bees, 

 S5.00, for poultry, seeds, tools, honey-boards, 

 fdn., sections, F. P. saw. or any thing I can use on 

 farm or apiary. W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Ark. 



letfdb Ex. Office, Ft. Smith. 



WANTED.— To exchange S. B. shotgun, Mrs. Cot- 

 ton on bee culture, and A B C of Bee Culture, 

 for books on Bible readings and Bible study, or oth- 

 er books appropriate for a young Christian to read. 

 17d Wm. Elwick, Decorah, la. 



WANTED.— To exchange one silver hunting-case 

 Waltham watch, key-wind; one 33 cal. breech- 

 loading rifle, all in good order, for Barnes or other 

 foot-power saw, for hive-making. Address 17d 

 A. S. Davison, Aullville, Lafayette Co., Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange for something useful, 

 Italian bees and queens. Address 17d 



Otto Kleinow, No. 160 Military Av., Detroit, Mich. 



TTT ANTED. —To exchange for extracted honey, 

 VV Italian bees in Simplicity hives. Speak quick. 

 17d J. A. BuKBANK, .Ir., Pittsfield, Mass. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



For the benefit of friends who have black or h.vbrid queens 

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

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

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

 ing them in stock; and yet 1* is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

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



I have 15 or 30 black and hybrid queens to dispose 

 of at 15 cents apiece, or 3 dollars for the lot, in in- 

 troducing -cages. All good serviceable queens. 

 Send at once if you want them. F. P. Clare. 



Oliver's Ferry, Ont., Can. 



1 have a few Italian queens, mismated, very pro- 

 lific, which I will sell at 15 cents each. 



H. D. EowAKUS, Delhi, 111. 



I have 10 or 13 mismated Italian (jueens that I 

 will sell for 35c each. W. S. Wright, 



Battle Creek, Mich. 



1 still have some good black queens, which 1 will 

 send by return mail in new Peet cages (and guaran- 

 tee safe arrival) at 30 cts. each, or 4 for fl.lH). They 

 were reared in 1S87; good layers, and mostly mated 

 with Italian drones. Lesi.ie Stewart, 



Jefferson, Scho. Co.. N. Y. 



Four-Color Label for Only 

 Cts. Per Thousand ! 



75 



Just think of it! 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 3.50, postpaid. 

 The size of the label is 3'/2 x 1 inch— lust 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. 1. KOOT, Medina, Ohio. 



