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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



.Ian. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Absorbents 



Adulteration of Honey 



Bee-disease, Peculiar 



Brood-frames, The Best.... 



Burr-combs 



Cowan Reversible Basket.. 

 Dadant and Hambaugh — 

 Daisv Foundation Fastener 



Distances, Fixed 



Editor's Notes 



El wood's Address 



Epilobium 



Essays at Conventioris 



Extractor Gearing 



Foundation, Imbedding .., 

 Foundation, Thickness of.. 



Frame, New Hoffman 



Frame, Non-burr-comb 



Frames, Fastening 



Frames, Wiring 



Grading Honey t3. 



Grand Rapids Contention. 



Hibernation 



Hive-hobby Riding 



Hoffman's Success 



Honey, Grading 



Honev, Estimate of Cost .. m> Gould. Postpaid 25c. 



Kodak Fiend 69 



Man Who Knows It All 



March, H. A 



Funics or Tunisians 



Queens, 12 to .Australia 



Rauibler at Heddou's 



Reports for Daily Papers . . . 



Snow and Honey 



Spraying Fruit 58, 



Top-ijars, Wide 



Tuui.viMn Bees 



Willow herl) 



Wintering, Outdoor 



FOR SAIiE, 13 Coloiiie»i of Italian Bees, 

 4 ill Laiifrstroth, 1 Simplicity, Id Dovetailed 

 hives, with T supers, section luilders, 3(JU sections, 

 everv tiling' complete. $40. 



HENRY \VIN(4ERT, Loveland, Ohio. 



GRAPE CULTURE." ,^,K^^^rA?:^T 



W. E. aOULD, VILLA EIDGE, ILL. 



BOARD SIGNS AT A LOW PRICE. 



We have just made a iiuiclia.se of about .50IM) 

 board and clotli sig-ns. Fouiof tlie board sig-ns are 

 as follows: 



HONEY 



FOR SALE. 



DO VOVi \^\\0>M B 



EE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES 



FOR SALE. 



tliat your success iu securiiiy a good cro[> depends 

 almost entirely on the queen V Then WHY toler- 

 ate old W(n-n-out queens, at a loss of "^i to $5 per 

 colony in honey each yeai-, when you can buy 

 young, vigorous (lueens, of the liest strain Leather- 

 back Italians, during- March and April, at M2.(M) per 

 dozen, i^l.2."i each? Ten per <-ent discount on orders 

 booked 3u davs in advance. 



A. F. BROWN, 



HUNTINGTON, PTTNAM CO., FLA, 

 A gent Southern Express Co, 



Xeiifl for Pricf List to 



R. E. HARBAUGH, 



Man-f'r ami Itiitlt-r iu li< e- Kct'p'-rs' Supj^f *''■'<• 



Breeder of Italian and Carniolan Bees and 



Queens, Liglit and Dark Colored Ferrets, 



35th a lift CUitf Stu.. - - - St. .Tosfph. Mo. 



OC5 rOliOMES Black Bees in a patterii of Sim- 

 ^O plicitv hive, for $1U0, 

 .]. M. OVENSHIKE. D, D,S.. Dundee, Yates Co.. N.Y. 



FOR RENT. 



NO HUNTING OR SHOOTING 

 ALLOWED ON THIS FARM. 



They ai'e 6 in. by 2 feet, neatly in-inted in black on 

 smooth white painted boards. Price is 10 cts. each; 

 or b.y mall, 2.5 cts. In quantities not prepaid, we 

 will sell 3 for 2.5c; 6 foi' 40c; 12 for 7.5c, or a bunch of 

 25 for $1 2.i, all of one kind. We will furnish them, 

 as.sorted kinds, as follows: 6for.5'>c; 13 for 90c; 25 

 for $1,.50. 



We have, besides tlie three old .signs. " HoneySfor 

 Sale.*' "Bees and Queens for Sale," and "This 

 Propertv for Sale.'" 4V^xl8 inches, and a sign— "This 

 Propeitv for Sale." 6x36 inches, all at lOc each; 80c 

 foi- 10. .^11 but the last is niail.ililc at 6c extra. 



A. I. Root. Medina. O. 



EHGINES. 



Yes, we build a few. We have, in connection with our 

 large bee-plant, a lirst-class, well-equipped machine-shop, 

 in which we build all kinds of bee-hive m;icliinery, saw-man- 

 drels, saw-tables, dovetailing-machines, foundation-mills, 

 extractor-gearings, etc., and, when our men have nothing 

 else to do, engines. These are upilght in style, and econo- 

 mize tioor sviace. They ai'e built under the special supervi- 

 .sion of an expert machinist of many years" experience. The 

 rods are all of flnislied steel. The cross-heads and slides are 

 of the substantial hicomotive style. The cylinders are 

 lagged with Russia iron, and are liras.s-bound. The boxes 

 are babbitted, and can be i-asliy taken uj) for wear. The 

 ])iston-head is provided with two expansion- rings. The 

 bright parts shine like a dollar. The governor is a Waters, 

 .sulistantial and reliable. We have three of the.se engines 

 running in our works. One has been running two years, 

 with exci'llent i-esnlts. .Making them, as we do, during oui- 

 dull season, they ai-e Immeasurably superior to the ordinary 

 engines of their kind, and the price is low, considering the 

 very flue quality of the work. Pi'ice of the 2.;<-horse-powei- 

 engine, governor and governor-lielt, all ready to attach to a 

 boiler, $75; 5 h. p., *100; 7)^ h, p., $125; lOh. p„$l,50. These 

 pi'ices are net. although \\v will make the usual discount for 

 (■a.sh. If you want a thoi-oughly well-made engine, you can 

 not do better than to select one of these. While we com- 

 pete in qmility of workmanship we can not compete in price 

 with some of the cheap engines on the market. These en- 

 gines are also connected with boilers. Wiite for prices. 



R. I. t^OOT, ]VIEDIHR, OHIO. 



