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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Albany Convention 700 



Bacillus Depills 692 



Bees for Fertilization 70.'i 



Bees, Fronts of....(Q. B.)..-703 



Bees, Hanering Out 707 



Beeswax, To Remove 707 



Bee-hunt 690 



Bertrand, Edouard 696 



Caterpillar, Mammalian — 705 

 Cell-cups, Doolittle ...691,706 



Cells from Wax Cups 692 



Coin-tassels, Pruning 713 



Distances, Fixed 702 



Doolittle's Home 693 



Drone Brood, Keeping 692 



Escapes, Testing 698 



Foul Brood 700 



Frame, Hoffman 706 



Frames, Closed-end 699 



Gray. Luther W 695 



Hives, To Modify 705 



Hives. Handling 713 



Hive, Du\ e'd.Larrabee on. .697 



H(>lll■^ , Sliipping Comb 701 



Hune.N Statistics 679 



Huuse-aijiaries a Success. ...713 



Ignotum Tomato 705 



Ladders, Swarming 69.5 



Minoi-cans 712 



Para! vsis of Bees 706,707 



Punic Bees 707 



Queens, To Ship 714 



Red-clover Bees 705 



Self-hiver .-. 706 



Sulphuric Acid 702, 7U 



Swarming, To Control 7M 



Swarming, Persistent 706 



Tarred Paper .' . 707 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



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

 al rates. All advertisements intended for this department 

 must not exceed live lines, and yuu must say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be resp<insible for er- 

 rors. 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 ex- 

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

 fering articles 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 the.--e "'swaps." 



WANTED— To e.\fhiing-e wall paper, from .5c a roll 

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

 IStfdb Kokomo, Iiid. 



7ANTED.— To exchange pure Scotcli collie pups 

 for tested Italian queens. 12tfdb 



N. A. Knapp, Roche.ster, Lorain Co.. O. 



W 



Vl' ANTED. —All the names of persons running- 

 Vt apple-driers. Will pay liberally for same. 



W. D. SoPER & Co., Bo.x Makers, 

 15-18db Jackson, Mich. 



11' ANTED.— To exchange a foot-i)oweT' saw, almost 

 Vl new, and a printing'-press, 4>^x7>^, also a press 

 7x11. for honey. A. D. Ellinowhod, 



16 17d Berlin Falls, N. H. 



WANTED— To exchang-e apiary of 160 colonies, 

 with evei'y thing- needed in the business^-flr.st 

 cla.ss and in flist-i'lass location— for land, city lots, 

 mdse, or otters. To Untsc meaning- liusiness I invite 

 the closest insjiection of my outfit and location. 

 17-18d H. L. Graham, Letts, la. 



WANTED — To exchang-e two pj-inting--presses, 

 type, etc. Want honey, Barnes saw, foot- 

 l)owei- press, or body type. Write for printed list of 

 articles to exchange. ITtfdb 



Model Stamp Works, Shenandoah, la. 



\1? ANTED.— To exchange fruit-tri^e or ornamental 

 VV shrubs for a copying-press foi- letters, a safe, 

 oi- a shotgun. Gko. Gould & Son, 



17d Villa Ridge, 111. 



DALE OR EXCHANGE.— Catalpa Kcempferii, 1 

 O year old, Mai-lboro, Cuthbert raspberrj, curled- 

 leaved Parsley seed. 

 17d F. J. M. Otto, Sandusky, O. 



\l' ANTED. —To i-eiit or purchase an apiary of one 

 V» or two hundi'ed colonies in California or Ari- 

 zona. A. Carder, Hebron, Boone Co., Ky. 17-I8d 



PORTABLE ENGINE AND BOILER, 



4 HORSE POWER. 



Ill good condition. Address 



LowEY Johnson, Masontown, Pa. 



Manufacturer Utility- Bee Hives, Smokers, and 

 Feeders. ' ITtfdb 



ROTATO-BOXES. 



GALVANIZED BOUND. 



(TERRY'S). 



These are made of 

 basswood, bound with 

 galvanized iron. The 

 galvanized iron gives 

 strength, and the 

 basswood strength 

 and lightness. These 

 hold exactly a bushel 

 when level full, and 

 may be piled one on 

 top of another. Al- 

 though they are made especially for potatoes, they 

 can be used for fruit, vegetables, picking up stones 

 on the farm, and a thousand other purposes. When 

 piled one above the other, they protect the contentg 

 from the sun and rain; and from their shape a 

 great many more bushels can be set into a wagon 

 than where baskets are used. They are also much 

 more substantial than baskets. 

 Price, nailed up. 2.5 c each; 10, 13.25; 100, $20.00. 

 In the flat, including nails and galvanized iron. 

 Per pkg. of 1 ^\> z.. 2 nailed and 10 packed mside 

 $2.10; lu pkgs., 5 per cent ott'. 



SLATTED POTATO-BOX 



As the pieces of 

 ■^'hich the above 

 are made are 

 mostly from rem- 

 nants of basswood 

 used in making 

 sections, we can 

 furnish tbem nail- 

 ed up for 20 cents 

 each; 111 for If I 85; 

 100, $16.0ii. Materi- 

 al in the flat, in- 

 cluding nails, in 

 packages of 12 

 boxes each, at 

 fl..50 per package, and each packatre includes two of 

 the 12 boxes nailed up, complete. Ten pkirs , b'h off. 

 Please be careful in ordering to say whether you 

 want the galvanized bound or the slatted boxes. 



A. I ROOT, l^edina, O. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



75 hybrid queens for sale at 30 cts. each, 50 cts. for 

 selected. Most are clipped and young. 



Charles H. Thies, Steeleville. Randolph Co., 111. 



1 have quite a number of nice mismated Italian 

 queens which I will sell for 40 cts. each. Send now. 

 A. D. Ellingwood, Berlin Falls, N. H. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received the Doolittle wax-extractor ordered 

 from you; and after giving it a fair trial I must say 

 it gives entire satisfaction, and I recommend it to 

 all those wishing a labor-saving imiilenieiit. 



Plaquemine, La., Aug. 7. Ignace Tullier. 



Gleanings is just i-eceived, dressed in its new 

 covei'. Changes are not always for the better, but 

 I do think your designer has this time given you a 

 cover tluit, as the " Vassar girls" say, "is .just 

 s|)lendid " What more can I say? As to contents, 

 keep it just as it is. " Variety is the si)ice of life." 

 and whoever finds fault with the price is not woith 

 noticing. Go on iis you have begun, and may the 

 Loid continue to bless voii in vour work. 



No. Attleboi-o. Mass., Aug. 5. .To.s. E. Pond. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Central Michigan Bee-keepers' Association will be held 

 at Pioneer rooms, Capitol, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 9 a.m. .All 

 are invited. W. A. Baisnes, Sec, Lansing. 



