1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



747 



Contents of this Number. 



AdviitisiiiK- at Faiis.Cy.BO.TGS 



Air for Eviii)iiration 76B 



Analyses of Honey 750 



Baliy Footsteps 709 



Bee-escape, Reese's 7(i5 



Bees in Sections 75"> 



Bees on Shares 7:4 



Becs,Slcc|.v 75:, 



Brace Combs 75S 



Butrs and lUetles 758 



Bntton liall 761 



C'licny-s]ivouts 755 



ConventicpTis at Fairs.(Q B.).769 



Cook vs. (Jolden Hive 767 



Cornigatcd Iron 765 



Covering for Seetions 765 



Cueuniber }loney 762 



Cucunit.er, Wild 7iit) 



Dadants 7I10 



Dot Happy Bee-man 7511 



Drones in Swarms 7f);t 



Editorial 776 



Exchange Department 7(12 



lialls, Honey from 76! 



Hat, Felt, for Swai-nis 767 



Heads of Grain 766 



Heart's-ease 761 



Hives. Hccv 76C 



Hives, I'mI.iiI 767 



HoiH V. l;r c|iiacies for 764 



Hoiii'v. S llini,' 753 



^Motlis. lluiini.ing-birds 758 



Taper Hoiu'v-cans 761 



I'll. it ograplicr Clears 8357... 770 



Poison i>V Sting 76fi 



yueens in Shipment 719 



Question-Box 768 



Ramble No. 7 7.53 



Recent Developments 773 



Reiiorts |)is -on raging 770 



Scale for Bees 771 



Season in Illinois 763 



Sections, Removing 752 



Siiiartwced 761 



Smoke in Entrance 755 



Specialists 761 



Suuar Syrup. Feeding 752 



Tailor P,'e,.s 761 



Top-bars Wiilth of 75S 



TSipcr, 11 .olittle's Plan.... 767 



Uniting 767 



Yellow vs. Blacks 766 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Pan-Handle Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its next 

 meeting in the K. of P. Hall, on Main St.. between 11th and 

 12th sts., Wheeling. W. Va., Xov. 21 and 22, 1888. All bee-keep- 

 ers are cordially invited. W. L. Kixsey. 



Blaine, o. 



PASTPPO^pp poxps 



FOK ONE-POUND SECTIONS OF 



COMB HONEY. 



This box 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 flat, 15 cts. for 

 10: packaffe of ».'i, 25 cts. ; 75 cts. per 100; or $6.00 per 

 100;j; 10,010,1.55 00; without the tape handle, deduct 

 10 cts. per 100. If wanted by mail, add SLOG i)er 

 hundred for postag-e. Colored lithograph labels for 

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

 $3.00 per 1000. A package of 25, 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 alread.y pasted on, the price will he ton 

 cents per hundred for putting them on. We Ciin 

 print your name and address in a nice design right 

 on one side of the box for .50 cts. per 100; $1.00 for 

 500, or fl. 75 per 1000. 



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; 250, 50 cts.; .500, 75 cts.; 1000, $1.00. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, OIilo. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTOR r, WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 another cohimn. Hhffd 



BEES, Queens, Hives, Given Comb Foundation, 

 Apiarian Supplies, German Carp, Small-fruit Plants. 

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

 l-24db. 



BEES FOU SALE.. 



I have 80 fine swarms of bees in Simp, and Lang- 

 stroth hives, which 1 want to sell. Price $2iX). 

 Twenty swarms are Italians; honev enough in 

 hives to pay for the whole. F. TOMPKINS, 



Lawsville Center, Susq. Co., Pa. 



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 

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

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

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

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

 with the regular advertisements. 



WANTED.— To exchange full colonies of bees, 

 $5.00, 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. 



letfd b Ex. Office, Ft. Smith. 



WANTED.— To exchange for extracted honey, a 

 10 h. p. horizontal engine, worth $200. I will 

 give somebody a rare bargain. Speak quick. 

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



WANTED.— To exchange dried fruit, peaches and 

 apples, for good clover and basswood honey. 

 Will give 1 lb. of peaches for 1 lb. of honey. 

 IStfdb T. A. Gdnn, Tullahoma, Tenn. 



DO you wish to exchange extracted honey for sup- 

 plies? If so, write at once to 

 1.5tfdb Chas. H. Smith, Pittsfleld, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange choice Italian queens 

 for comb or extracted honey. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. James F. Wood, 

 13tfdb North Prescott, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange portable baker's oven 

 (could be used for drying frnii) for bees or 

 offers. B. M. Yokk, Grove City, Florida. 19d 



WANTED.— To know how many brcs you want for 

 your Springfleld Roadster. L. Heine, 

 19d Bellmore, Queens Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.- Good gold or silver watch, or supplies, 

 for bees. F. Erkel, LeSueur, JMinn. I'.td 



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 tree 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; andyetit is oftentimes quite an accommo- 

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



Carniolan and Italian hybrids, 40 cents. Other 

 hybrids and brown queens, 20 cts. each ; guaranteed 

 young, prolific, and industrious, from natural 

 swarms. F. C. Mohuow, 



Wallaceburg, Hempstead Co., Ark. 



Foil Sale.— 8 or 10 black and hybrid queens in 

 October, at 30 cts. each. Address 



Wm. H. Combs, Marceline, Linn Co., Mo. 



About 30 surplus tested Italian queens, at 50 cts. 

 C. Weeks, Clifton, Tenn. 



I have some black queens, which I will sell at 25 

 cts. each, or 5 for $1.00, as long as they last. First 

 come first served, and served well too. 

 C. H. Ehlers, Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa. 



IfolSon niioonc I Tested, $1.25; Untested, 50c. 

 Ildlldll yUcKlla I Miss A. M. Taylor, 



lOd Mulberry (irove. Bond Co., 111. Box 77. 



MELISSA, OR BEE-BALW. 



Can furnish strictly pure clean seed at 50 cts. per 

 ounce. Send for 10 cts. worth and try it. Now is 

 the time to plant. Address 18-19d 



G. W. BALDWIN, Forest City, Holt Co., Mo. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTORY, Whole- 

 sale and retail. See advertisement in another 

 column. 3btfd 



