1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



863 



Contents of this Number. 



.883 



Advertisements 



Bees an<l Fruit 881 



Bees to Wash. Territory. . . 88t 



Bees. Exaininingr (Q.B.).88B 



Bee-balm 874 



Bee-keeping, I'oetry of 871 



Black Sage 870 



Buckwheat and Bees 879 



Buckwheat. Jap'se..879,883,884 

 Buttertlies, Swallow-tiiileil.871 



Candy, Cakes of 883 



Caterpillai', Sassaf I'as 871 



Cells, Size of 876 



Chinese Curiosities 873 



Chloroforming Bees 881 



Cofkroaehes 882 



Combs, Moldv 884 



Combs, Old :'nu\ New 876 



Curuinbir, Wild 880 



Cucuiiibtr Hone.v 883 



Cucumbers for Honey 872 



Dummies, Stoiing Over 878 



Editorials 893 



Eerg-laying. Late 885 



Harrison's Letter 888 



Heart's-ease 874 



Heads of Orain 879 



Honey from Oak-tree 883 



Honey from Heart's-ease 882 



Honey Souring' in Hive 883 



Honey-eomb. Petrified 884 



Ignotum Tom.ito 870 



Kittens in a Hive 883 



Lecanium Tulijiifera 877 



Lice. Bark or Scale 877 



Manure, Seeds in 884 



Meli.ssa 874 



New South Wales 88() 



Notes and Queries 883 



Old Fogies 880 



Palmer. The Bee-hunter. . , ,87.') 



Paper Receptacles 884 



Peddling Honey 882 



Piekle-factories 872 



Queens, Caging 867 



Queens, Late 866 



Queens, Two in a Hive 884 



Question-Box 885 



R.iilroads and Bees 880 



Ramble No. 8 875 



Relitrion. Fruits of 877 



Salt Water Near Bees 883 



Sand on a Swarm 887 



Sawdust for Bei'ry-vines. . 8S0 



Scale for Bee-loads 884 



Separators of Wood 878 



Tiering Up Unnatural 865 



Tomatoes, Canning 883 



Uniting 879 



Vei->etal)les, Crossing 884 



Ventilation in Cellar 883 



Vinegar, Honey 880 



: Wax Sheets. To Make 884 



Wintering, Time of. . .('Q.B).885 

 Workers, Fertile 879 



VENTgiATION. 



If you aie in doubt as to whether your bee-cellar 

 needs ventilation, or as to the kind or amount of 

 ventilation needed, read the October BEE-KEEP- 

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 of the leading- bee-keepers. The November num- 

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WE make the best Bee-Hives, the best Sections, 

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NEARLY THIRTY TONS 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION 



SOIjI> ITV X887. 



It is kept for sale by Messrs. T. G. Newman & 

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 apolis. Ind.; B. J.Miller & Co., Nappanee, Ind.; 

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 Wis.; J. Mattoon, and W. J. Stratton, Atwater, O., 

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1888. 



1888. 



Pure Italian Bees and Queens 



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