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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



AiTG. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alfalfa. Origin of 668 



Bees Killed on C. E. Frames665 



Bees Outdoors 669 



Bees, Improving 6.57 



Bees. Profltable 669 



Brotherhood in Gleanings. .6ii9 

 Conventions orBooksiQ B.)667 



Drone Comb 6.'i.5 



Eckermann & Will 660 



Editorials 677 



Experts, Village 67o 



Frame, Miller on Hoffman. .664 



Frames, Fixed 656 



Gourds, Flat 670 



Honey, Safie, Ripening 663 



Honey plants 6.i4 



Horsemint Ahead 670 



Keeney Wiring 6M 



King-birds 6o8 



Larva? for Bait 668 



Malta, Again 667 



Nubbins 659 



Queens to Sandwich Islands678 



Queens, 2 in Brood-nest 670 



Queen, Chilled 669 



Snueks 6.-)9 



Silk-moth e.na 



Snaky 659 



Sports in Plants 672 



Strawberries, To Raise 671 



Stray Straws., 6.53 



Sulphuric Acid 655 



Swarms, First 670 



Swarraer, Golden's 662 



Swarming— Why 668 



Wasps 667 



Winiergreen oil 66.1 



Winter Case, Our New 673 



STRAWBERRY 



GROWING 



A CERTAINTY AND A PLEASURE 



By grrowina' tlic ENHAN("E, a new and well-tested 

 s()it, suci-e'eds everywhere. Most reliable, most pro- 

 ductive, largest sliipi'i'iK and all-i)iiri)o.se berry ex- 

 tant. Send for description and i)i-ice. 

 16-17d Henry Young. Ada, Ohio. 



Please mention this paper. 



TESTED ITALIAN QUEENS, 75 CTS., 



HYBRIDS, 25 CTS. 



I re-tiueen my yard every jear. None of the 

 queens older than one year. T. H. KLOER, 

 letfdb 42o Willow St., Terre Haute, Ind. 



A NICE SOUTHERN HOME OF 57^2 ACRES. 



Within one mile of churches, schools, and railroad. 

 Healtliy location, well adapted to small fruits, 

 splendid for dairy, and unsurpassed for potatoes, 

 as two crops can l)e raised here in one sea.son. 

 Good markets north and south of liere. If not sold 

 privately I will sell for t'ash in parts and as a whole 

 on first Monday of October next. 



Jacob Buchi, Franklin, Tenn. 



Please mention GLBANl>Gti. 



NO MORE QUEENS THIS SEASON, or 



after this jimrnal leaches you. 



.Jennie Atchley, FarmeisviUe, Tex. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one half our usu- 

 al rates. .\11 advei-tlseinents intended for this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and you must say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible for er- 

 rors. You can nave the notice as many lines as you please; 

 but all over Ave lines will cost you according to our regular 

 rates. This departmer^t is intended only for bona-fide e.\- 

 changes. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 fering arti<-les for sale, can not be inserted under this head. 

 For such our regular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and 

 they will be put with the regular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



WANTED— To exchange wall paper, from 5c a roll 

 and up, for honey. J. S. Scoven, 

 13tfdb Kokomo, Ind. 



WANTED.— To extjiange pure Scotch collie pups 

 for tested Italian queens. 13tfdb 



N. A. Knapp, Rochestei-, Lorain Co.. O. 



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TANTED. 

 14-1. "-d 



-A maD to take charge of my bees. 



J. S. Cooper, Quelieck, Tenn. 



WANTED.— To exchange select tested Italian 

 queens for poiatoes of northern production. 

 1.5- 16d L. C. CALVt-RT, Poplar Flat, Ky. 



'VIT ANTED. —All the names of persons running 

 Vt apple-driers. Will pay liberally for same. 



W. D. Super & Co., Box Makers, 

 ■15-18db Jackson, Mich. 



11 f INTER cases in flat, or made up, for dovetailed 

 VV hive, or supplies of all kinds, and bees and 

 queens, in exchange for either comb or extracted 

 honey. IStfdb 



Hill M'f'g Co., Dennison, Ohio. Box 12o. 



QUEENS! QUEENS! 



For the rest of the season (till Oct. 11 1 will .sell at 

 a discount of 3u per cent on prices given in June 

 15th Gleanings. Foi' further parti<ulars address 

 W. J. JOHNSON, ACKEEMANVILLE, NORTHAMPTON CO . PA. 

 (Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed.) 



DON'T 



you want to imi>rove jour stock? 

 Don't you want nice large Inisiness 

 Italiaiis that will ,iust"n)(i in the 

 honey" I Seven years caiefiil breed- 

 ing from the best stock obtainalile; 65 i (jueens sold, 

 and never heard of but one mismated. Queens 

 large, yellow, and prolitic. Warranted, 7,5c: 3 for 

 $2 00; or a street breeder, S1.50. Ycmr orders appre- 

 ciated. Return mail. IMfdb. 



\N. H. LAWS, LAVACA, ARKANSAS. 

 tyin responding to this advertisement mention Glkamnus. 



50 TESTED QUEENS, 75c. Young Italians 

 guaranteed in every particular. Samiile .5-baiided 

 bees, 2c. 16 F. C. MoKROW, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



rOR SALE. 



One 40-horse-power steam engine and locomotive, 

 or fire-box boiler, in good order. Price *.5( on cais 

 here. 16-17-l.sd 



T. A. POTTS, Wlartinsburg, W. Va, 



FOR SALE. 2.1 colonies Italian bees at $.5.(10 

 each. Simplicity hive, eight bi'ood-fiames, one 

 broad fiame filled with sections. Plenty of iioney. 

 16-17-lSd Franklin Thorn, Paterson, N. J. 



WANTED.— Situation and good home in small fam- 

 ily of an experienced bee-keeper in any State, 

 by a woman. Am willing to help with house or bee 

 work. Address with references, 



P. O. Box .535, Roseville, Warren Co.. III. 



WANTED.— To exchange new Odell type-writers 

 for comb or extracted honey. Write for illus- 

 trations and samples of work. Valued at $15.00. 

 Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



WANTED. -A few of the American bee keepers to 

 send me a sample of their best strains of Italian 

 or Carni( Ian (jueens. I will pay postage in any case, 

 and iiostage and H ' imes regular cost of queen if 

 she comes through alive. See Gleanings, last Jan., 

 page 'i2, for Mr. Root's instiiietions as to mailing. 



^NEAS Walker, Redland Bay, 

 1.5-16d Via Frisco. Queensland, Australia. 



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ANTED.— To rent an apiaiy of one or two hun- 

 dred colonies. Southern States preferred. 



H. FiTZ Hart, Avery P. O., La. 



117 ANTED.— To exchange a foot-power saw, almo.st 

 Vf new, and a lirinting-pre.ss, 4>4x7ii, also a press 

 7.X11, for honey. A. D. Elmngwood, 



16 17d ' Beilin Falls, N. H. 



Vl'ANTED.— A situation with a bee-keeper in the 

 Vl west or southwest, by a young man with four 

 years' experience. Addi'ess 



J. M. WoRTHEN, Wai'.saw, Ills. 



U/ ANTED— To coi'iespond with Swedes and Hol- 

 Vl landers to work in fruit orchard and garden- 

 ing. I6d J. B. Murray, Ada, O. 



WANTED— To exchange Bubach and Gandy 

 strawbei'ry jilants for Italian (lueens, plants at 

 rate of W. on per I'O in exchange. 16d 



David Lucas, Jewett, Harrison Co., O. 



Instrumentc 



URRAY &c HEISO 



c^ CLEVELAND OHIO. "S 

 OEIMD FOR CATALOGUE. 



Please mention this paper. 



