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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Apiary, Sespe 771, 77ri 



Arizona— Cjiiect ions 766 



Arizona— King Again 76'i 



Axtell's Report 779 



Bacillus Depilis 77fl 



Basswood in Texas 782 



Bees under Siding of House.781 



Bees, Red-clover 782 



Bee-glue in Cuba 768 



Chips. Woodchopper's ■<67 



Colonies, Weak 778 



Drone Comb 767 



Enemies of Bees 764 



Extractor, Osburn's Big.... 770 



Frames. Closed-end 783 



Hambaugh's Apiary ...762, 768 



Hoffman Frames . . .' 783 



Honey-dew (or Winter 768 



Honey Souring (Q. B.).780 



King birds Favored 767 



Leiningei-'s Bees 783 



Medals for Bee-keepers 782 



Moorings. Our 776 



Ncm-swarmers 769 



Programs. Uses of 770 



Queen-rearing a la Doolittle783 



Queens, Two in Cell 783 



Record-book 761,778 



Sabbath i u France 777 



Sashes, Where to Put 784 



Sections. Untinished 779 



Shrinkage of Covers 793 



Statistics for 1891 793 



Sugar vs. Honey for Feed.. 783 



Sunnyside, Visit to 762 



Swarmer, ,\lley 763 



Tobacco Column 791 



Virgins, Introducing 769 



Wa.x Secretion 760 



Wii ing with Lamp Heat 783 



HELEN KELLER FUND FOR TOMMY STRINGER 



Friend, Clontarf , Canada $ 25 



Cash. Pliiladelphia. Pa 130 



H. L., Iiid 150 



Ejiwortli League. St. Davids, Can a .55 



David Lucas, Jewell , Ohio 1 00 



A. L. Dav, Patersoii, N..7 1 UO 



B. & W. Stephens. Favette Citv, Pa 1 00 



H. R. Talcott, Seat tie. Wash 5 00 



S. & E. Davis, Montro.se. Col 50 



P. W. Smith, Ephratali, N. Y 80 



T. W. Li^-infi■st()n. Daltoii. Ga 100 



W. G. & Mrs. Snodgrass, Montro.se, Mo 2 00 



L, R. Hillman, Canova, S. Dali 1 GO 



C. K. Decker. Haiiford, Cal 100 



N. N., Wood\ille. (ihio 100 



H. & W. Jacl^son, Karns City, Pa 1 10 



H.C. Fincli, Oil City, Pa 1 00 



Mary E. DeKalb. Raceville, N. Y 100 



Mary Jaessing-, Maumee, O 100 



J. Johannseii, Port Clinton, O 50 



Including- above amount, 

 I'eaclied the sum of $1Z'6M). 



■iubsci'iption^ 



$26 50 

 have 



gPECI^Ii ]\[0¥ICEg. 



Remember that our untested queens 

 1.00 each during October. 



ome up to 



NEW SEEDS AND NEW PRICES POH 1893. 



Of course, we do not undertake to laise all the 

 .seeds we sell; but tlieie are certain kinds of which 

 we make a specialtj', oi' that, for certain reasons, 

 we prefer to rai.se: and as I make it niy liusiiiess to 

 examine personally the plants and see to the curing- 

 and selecting-, I feel sure that what seeds we raise 

 are true to name, and as good as can be found. 

 Seeds are never saved except from the best, and 

 from a crop that has given us special satisfaction. 



AspaJ-dgus.—Ouufi'. 5c; lb.. 7.')C. xAsiiaragus-i-oots, 

 two years old, ten foi- Idc; 100, 75j. If wanted by 

 mail, add at the rate of one cent each foi- postage. 



Hende7'xiiii'!< Bu)<h. Lima Beiof. — Half-pint, 15c; 

 quart, 50c; peck, J3. 



Kidney Wax Bean.— Fint, 1.5c; peck, $1.75. 



White Kidney.— Pint, 10c; peck, $1. 



White-Plume Cilery St'«l.--This .seed is not new; 

 but we would rather have it to .sow than any new 

 .seed in the world, because it neither runs up to seed 

 nor rusts, and it is a part of the same seed that we 

 sold and sent out during- the past season. We liave 

 bought up all that was to be had — only 35 lbs. Per 

 oz., 30 c; 11)., f2.50. 



S/iocpe&f Cor?). -Half-pint, 5c; peck, $1; bushel, $3. 



This is not only equal to any sweet corn, but it is 

 perhaps the best for taV)le use of any thing known. 

 Our yield this past season has been enormous. 

 The stalks were allowed to stand very close— closer 

 than we ever v)ut any kind of field corn; but, not- 

 withstanding-, the greater part of tlie stalks con- 

 tained three ears, a few of them four, and scaicely 

 any of them less than two ears to the stalk. Of 

 cimrse, the ears are small. 1 should think it would 

 be of great value for a silo. Of course, our large 

 crop was secured on ground thon)Ughly underdrain- 

 ed and well manured. 



Our late mammoth sweet corn— the special strain 

 that we have kept for so many years— we offer at 

 the same prices as per above." If anybody should 

 prefer to buy it on the cob, they can liave it at just 

 half the above price. : : ' ^ t^f,^ a.-,^., 



Oii)(i)is.—\\'t' havi' now thorouglily cured as fine a 

 crop of Sitanisli King or Prize-taker onions as you 

 often see in the maiket, imported from other coun- 

 tries. At present we otter them ready for shipment 

 at $1.00 per bushel; $2..i0 per barrel of 11 pecks. 

 Onion-sets, Yellow Danvers, 20c per quart; $1..50 per 

 Iie<-k, or $5.(10 per bushel. We have three kinds of 

 while onion sets which we offer at 3Uc per quart; 

 $3.25 per peck, $7..">0 per bushel. The three kinds 

 ai-e. the old well-known Silvei-skin: the New Mam- 

 moth Silver King; and the beautiful oval White 

 Victoria. These are all put through a sieve that 

 screens out every tiling larger than U inch in di- 

 ameter. We have another larger size, which are 

 sometimes used for sets, but more often for pick- 

 ling, a little larger than the above, which we fur- 

 nish at just half the above prices. If wanted by 

 mail, add lOc per quart extra. The question has 

 come up, Will not all of the.se foreign onions winter 

 over like the American Pearl, if planted in the fall, 

 so they may take root and make a little growth V 

 We can only say that we are testing the matter, 

 and will give a report in the spring. 



Po'ofof's.— Early Ohio. $1.25 per Inishel. 



At the present writing we do not know any thing 

 about the market price for these; but we have con- 

 cluded to otter ours as above, subject to advance or 

 decline in the market. 



Earlfi Puritan, $1.00 per bushel, or $2 50 for a bar- 

 rel holding about 11 pecks. These Early Puritans 

 were all raised from second crop seed sent us from 

 the South. This year this kind of seed has given us 

 much better potatoes than seed of our own raising. 

 They were shipped us last fall, .iust before fi'eezing 

 weather set in. and, of course, they did not have to 

 stand in the cellar nearly as nian.v months as pota- 

 toes raised here in Ohio. Friend Terry has also ex- 

 pressed himself as much pleased with the second- 

 crop seed-potatoes raised in the South. This prom- 

 ises to open up a new industry for oui- friends who 

 live far enough south so they can rise two crops of 

 jiotatoes. 



Karly Suanr Pumpkin.— Oz.. 5c; lb., .50c. 



Bliiomxdiile .^pl'(^(lc7i.— Per lb., 2.5c; 5 lbs.. $1.00. 



Ignntum Tomato.— Per % oz.,lilc; oz., 3jc; lb., $3.50. 



This seed is all from selected specimens grown on 

 our own vines. 



Livinyi<ti,n'g Beauty, fi-om selected si)ecimens; oz., 

 .5c; lb., $2..50. 



HONEY-BEARING TREES AND SEEDS. 



Ba.s.«(ro»)d^rees.— One foot and under, each, 5c; 10, 

 30c; 100, $3,00. By mail, each, 8c; 10, 3.5c; 100, $2.25. 

 One to five feet, each, lOc; 10, 75c; lOJ, $.5.(.0. 



Tulip tor uhiteux'ixi) treex, 10 to 15 feet high, each 

 25c; 10, $3.11(1; hid, $15.(0. Smaller size, 5 to 10 feet,, 

 each, li'c; JO, *1.35; loc, flo.no. 



These latter aie vi'i-j- liandsome trees, having been 

 in nursery rows for several years, and haAiiig been 

 cai'efuUy pruned, so they are of nice shape for 

 handsome shade-trees. For a descriijtion of both 

 tulip and basswood, with illustrations, see our A B 

 C book. 



Alsike Clovcr.—At present there seems to be no 

 very definite price in the market. There have been 

 some sales of seed at from $6.ri0 to $7.00— $7.5ii, per- 

 haps, for vei-y choici- seed. The lowest price we 

 dare quote at retail at present is $9.00. 



Japanese Biieku-heat.—As the crop has not as j'et 

 been harvested, no )n-ices have been settled on. It 

 probably will not be less than f 1.00 per bushel. In 

 order that we may settle upon some jirice as near 

 as jiossible, we wouUl ask the friends to tell us what 

 they have, either of alsike or buckwheat, and also 

 mention what prices have been ottered. In this way 

 we can determine about what prices the product 

 will pr(jbahly bring. 



JuTUST BE SOLD — I liave a lot of new and 



""" second-hand bee-supplies for sale at .50 per 

 cent below cost. Full list and prices on ai>plication. 

 They consist of Sinij). bodies, covers, Simn. sei^tion 

 cases. Sections made uji and tlat, Honey-Extractor, 

 No. 5, Division-Boards, Drone-Traps, Piirker's Fas- 

 teners, and numerous other things, about ^.5.0(V 

 worth in all; $35.00 cash buys them. Honey taken 

 in exchange. 



19-34db G. WIEDERHOLD. Yonkers. N. Y. 



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