1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



915 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiaries. Small 933 



Bees vs. Pigeons 935 



Bee- Veils 936 



Blow, T. B 923 



Buckwheat, Japanese... 923, 936 



Cardinal Flower 926 



Chaddo<-k In Peoria 9.S0 



Combs, Straight 936 



Conventions and Journals. .933 



Editorial 945 



Ekks, Artideial 932 



Extracting (y. B.).9;i8 



Feeder, Miller- Warner 921 



Feeding f n )ni a Comb 9;i4 



Foot and Ste.am Power 936 



Heads of Grain 932 



Honey Vinegai- 925 



Honey, .Artificial 932 



Honey-Dew, Crystallized.. .933 

 Locality, .Understanding. . .924 

 Miller's Reply to Doolittle. .919 

 Mud-Wasps 933 



Nestucca, Oregon 934 



Onion Blight 936 



Paint tor Hives (Q. B.).937 



Pleurisy Root 932 



Pollen, Late 936 



Question-Bo.x 936 



Rambler 920 



Reports Encouraging 935 



Ribwort Plantain 933 



Robbing by Moonlijiht 934 



Saliva, Functions ot 931 



Sections, Harmer 927 



Sections, Size of 929 



Sections, Small 934 



Shipping-Cases 924 



South Africa 928 



Spider-Plants 934 



Sting, Fatal 936 



Swarm up High 935 



Swindler, Patent.Right 934 



Vinegar from Honey 925 



Wood for Hives (Q. B.).936 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Association will convene 

 at Lincoln, Jan. 9, 10, and 11, 1889. J. N. Heater, Sec. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Owen Sound on the 8th and 9th of January. 1889. 



W. CousE, Sec'y. 



The twentieth annual convention of the New York State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held at the City Hall, in S.yracuse, 

 N. Y., Dec. 11, 12, and 13,1888. A very interesting programme 

 is being prepared, and questions of great importance will be 

 discussed by many of the most prominent bee-keepers ot 

 America. A cordial invitation Is extended to all interested in 

 the advancement of our pursuit. 



G. H. Knickerbocker, Sec'y. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its an- 

 nual meeting at Jackson, Mich., Dec. 12 and 13. A cordial invi- 

 tation is extended to every reader of Gleanings and their 

 friends. (Vime out, friends, and let us profit by our past 

 experii'iue in reasoning together, and prepare for the rich 

 harvest that every thing points to another season. Let " never 

 despair " be our watchword, and I know that the faithful will 

 be rewarded. Again I say, come, and have a feast of reason. 

 George E. Hilton, President. 



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 such our reg- 

 ular 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? If so, write at once to 

 .5tfdb Chas. H. Smith, Pittsfield, Mass. 



WANTED.— To exchange 350 colonies of bees, for 

 horses, mules, wagons, buggies, and 4 h. p. en- 

 gine, or any thing useful on a plantation. 

 21tfd Anthony Opp, Helena, Phillips Co., Ark. 



WANTED.- To correspond with parties having 

 hickory-nuts, pecans, honey, etc. 

 Eakle C'LiCKENGER, No. 119 South Fourth St , 

 23 34d Fruit and Produce. Columbus. O. 



WANTED.— To exchange an apiary and a small 

 supply business, for land, or any thing of val- 

 ue. A good opening. Write for particulars to 



B. T. Abbott, St. Joe, Mo. 



WANTED.— To exchange a portable saw-mill with 

 54-in. saw, for machinery for making V-grooved 

 sections; also fdn. mill, etc. 



Geo. Kali.,, Frenchville, Wis. 



WANTED.— To exchange for extracted honey, a 

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

 give somebody a rare bargain. Speak quick. 

 IStfdb C. H. Smith, Pittsfield, Mass. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION FACTOR?, WHOLE- 

 SALE AND RETAIL. See advertisement in 

 an nth er col u m n . !?htf d 



The 'publisher of THE AMEBIC AN GABDEN, of New York, wishes to announce that the 

 price of that best of all horticultural magazines is to be raised on Jan. 1st to $2.00 a year, on ac- 

 count of further great improvements. Subscribe now at $1.00, and so save $1.00. Price in club 

 with GLEANINGS, $1.85; all issues sent from date to end of 1889. Or send {Q ctS. far 

 two months. THE AMEBIGAN GABDEN covers tlie whole field of fruit, flower, 

 and vegetable culture, greenhouse management, window- gardening, lawn-planting, etc. 



Address E. H. LIBBY, Publisher, 751 Broadway, New York. 



DISCOUITTS POU EAULY OHDERS. 



It has been our custom in the past few years to offer discounts during the fall and winter on many ar- 

 ticles in our catalogue, so as to divert as much as possible of the spring trade into those early months, so 

 that we may not be so crowded during the spring months that we can not attend to orders promptly. We 

 intend to make the discount sufficient to make it an object to buy early, so that, even if you have to bor- 

 row the money, it will pay you to do so, providing you know pretty nearly what your wants in the spring 

 will be. It is best, too, to get your stuff early, so as to have it nailed together and painted during the 

 long winter evenings and dull times when you have nothing else to do; then it will be all ready wheu you 

 need it in the spring. Of course, to offer these inducements cuts down our margin on the goods to a 

 small basis; but we prefer to do so rather than have the trade come all at once, and then perhaps be 

 obliged to disappoint many of our customers by not shipping promptly. Then, too, we have the machin- 

 ery all ready, and it might as well be running as not. Below we enumerate the articles on which we will 

 allow a discount, in two lists: During December, discounts will be as follows: 



8 PER CENT. 



Entrance Guards, Comb Fdn., Fdn. Mills, Parker's 

 and Gray's Fdn. Fasteners, Blood Rollers, Wire-Im- 

 bedders," Wired Frames, put up and in flat, with and 

 without Fdn.; tinned Wire, tin Bars, Carlin Fdn. 

 Cutters, plain DivLsion-boards, Honey-extractors, 

 Broken-comb Baskets, Brood-frames, Metal Corner- 

 ed, all Wood and Reversible; also Metal Corners, 

 Slatted Wood-zinc and all-zinc Honey-boards; Sec- 

 tions and Wide Frames. 



No discount on articles not mentioned in either of the above lists, 

 in February, 4 and 2 per cent. After Feb., 1889, no discount. 



4 PER CENT. 



Alighting - boards. Chaff Cushions; Circular 

 Saws and Saw-mandrels; Star Saw-set; Comb-hold- 

 er; Comb-buckets; Chaff Division-boards: Enamel 

 Cloth and Sheets; material for Extractors; Bee- 

 feeders: Files; Barnes Sawing - machines; Wire 

 Nails; Bee-hives, all kinds, put up and in flat; Com- 

 bined Crates, T Supers, and tin Rabbets and T tins; 

 Honey-knives; tin Separators; Clark Smokers; 

 Wax-extractors; Daisy Wheelbarrows. 



In January, 6 and 3 per cent respectively ; 

 A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



