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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Fkk. 15. 



Contents of this Number.! Grand Rapids LETTUCE 



Absorbents. Moisture 128 



Ants, Plants, and Bees 131 



Bees in Pumpkin Ij* 



Bees in Texas 13' 



Bicycles .,■ ...122.m 



Bounty Not Desirable 11» 



Canadian Imbroglio 117 



Covers, Sealed l^J 



Editor in California 134 



End-bar, V ing Sides 133 



Extracted Honey, Poor I'^l 



Foul Brood in Nebraska 133 

 Frames, Non-burr comb — 119 



Frames. Closed -end 127 



Glass Bottle, Bees in 128 



Hibtiiiation.by Elwood. . .124 



Hniirv in ^Vint^ows 132 



Hcjiiev. Aititioial Comb 139 



HoiieV,('">t of 119,121 



l';utnVi>hii) 122 



Rambler's Hive-hobby 119 



Kambler in Salt Lake City 129 



Swarms. Returning 116 



Ventilation. Upward 128 



Winter Problem— Pierce... .125 

 Wintering, by Mrs. Axtell...l33 



CIRCULAKS BECEIVED. 



Catalogues have lately been received fv>iii llu- following; 



W. W. Bliss. Duarte, Cal. 



S. C. Gorham York, Neb. 



Harris & Brown, Laniine. Mo. 



E. T. Flanatran. Belleville, 111. 



(4. W. O lok. Spring Hill, Kan. 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



G K Hubbard. Fort Wayne. Iiid. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley. Floyd. Texas. 



Gregory Bros & Son. Ottumwa. la. 



St. Joseph Apiary Co., St Joseph, Mo. 



I J. Stringham. 93 Barclav St., New » '>rK; 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co . Jiimestown, N. i . 



We are now printing a tine catalogue for L'vering Brothers, 

 Wiota, la. We have ,ju>t liiiished the annual price lists otE. 

 H. Trurapers. Bankers. .Mich., and J. B. LaMontagne, Winter 

 Park, Florida. 



We have iust printed W. S. Pouder's annual price list of api- 

 arian supplies. 32 pages-17.5 East Walnut Street, Indianapolis, 

 Ind Friend Ponder has also just published a primer on api 

 culture, entitled ■' The Busy Bees, and How to Manage Them." 

 It Is sold at the nominal price of 10 cents, and tairly bristles 

 with good points for these who have had a little experience 

 with bees, but who meet dirticulties ot various kinds. It is 

 worth the price to any bee-keeper. 



Chicago Bee-Keepers" Supply Co., 



Are Maniihctarers of and Wholesale and Eetail Dealers in 

 BEE-HIVES, HONEY SECTIONS, FOUNDATION, 



.iNI) OKNERAL sri'I'MKS KOH HEE-KKErKRS. 



Write for circular with special prices. Agents wanted. 

 Office 68 &70 So. Canal St., I TOPEKA 



CHiCACO, ILL. 1 KANSAS. 



4tfdb Please mention this paper. 



LOCATIOIT 



Is a \)ig piiint. ill siu'pl.ving' 

 low freig-lit rates. As we sel 

 our circular of supplies. 



mods; ours g'lves jou 

 low, you sliould have 

 l-18db 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 92 BARCLAY ST., N. Y. 



mention thi^ paper. 



Now is the lime t 



moiitlis. We liave 



the following i>rirt 



condition of the iii; 



1 lb., postpaid, dl 



1 lb. witli otliei 



I sow, and during- tlie next two 



I fiood suppl.v of chiiice seed at 



,, wliicli are low for tlie jiresent 



rket: 



; ;i Ills, for iFl.dO. 



ods. -Z^r: 4 ll)s. for tI.IKI. 



i peck (15 Ills.), .K.<sit: 'A bushel. ^h.U). 

 1 bushel, no..o(i; '.i bushels. *-'(i.on. 

 I5ag- inchided in every case. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina. O. 



ipfllirslofM 



Tlie tlne.st honey -gatlierers in the land. Tested, 

 $1.50 each. Select tested, $3.00 eacli. Untested. $1.00 

 each, or $9.00 per doz. Queens ready to ship by April 

 first. I guarantee safe arrival and satisfaction, by 

 mail. Orders lioolced now and pay when you want 

 queens. J. W. TAYLOR, 

 4tfdb Ozan, Ark 



nnill TnV L- Brahina.s, P. Cochins, B. Ply. 

 rlllll In! Hocks, and S.C.Brown Legliorns. 

 I uuuiiii s^.,,d for instructive catalogue. 

 4lfdli O. E. SKINNER, roliiiiibus, Kani»a«. 



Seed, 35 lbs. for $25.00, or $1.00 per single lb. Grown 

 from Root's seed and 



OUAKAyTJ^'HI) SmiCTLi I'lJiJi. 



This seed was grown especially for a friend, wlio 

 is unable to use it; now we offer itsat the above 

 price in order to .sell (juick. References given if 

 required. S. F. & I. TREGO, Swedona, 111. 



Choice Fowls and Eggs for sale at 



all limes Finely illustrated circu- 



GEEK BROS., St. Marys. Mo. 21tfdb 



POULTRY 



■ l-.iv fri... I 



lar fret 



We have the latest hive out, and the onlv full 

 .stock of supplies. Write E. T. ABBOTT. 4tfdb 



POSITIVELY by return mail I will ship war- 

 ranted purely mated Italian queens at $1 each; 

 testi d, $1.5 I; select tested, yellow to the tip, $2. 

 I guarantee salisf action, and refer you to A. I. 

 Root, W. Z. Hutchinson, D. A. Jones, or my thou- 

 .sands of customers. 



W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 



Sugar-Making Supplies. 



Maple-sugar-making time is at hand, and some 

 are iniiuiring the price of sujiplies. First, you 

 should supply yourself with that excellent book by 

 Prof. Cook. "Maple Susar and the Sugar-Bush;" 

 price 35 cents; by mail, 38c. By studying this you 

 may save many times the prit-e of it. Notwith- 

 standing the advance in the cost of tin, we are able 

 to offei- you .sap-buckets and spiles and <-ans at last 

 year's prices, as below: 



Abovt { ut shows <i bucket hui 

 with hinged tin co\ei, ind manner 



ig on 

 of em 



wire loop, 

 ptying. 



IMPROVKI) KFX'OHD S.\I»-S1>()IIT. 



Record sap-siHuits, $l.iui iier ]ii(); $s.( per 1000 



10-qt, buckets. IC tin, $1H01 per KiO; IX tin. $1S.()0. 



12-(il. buckets, IC tin, $l7.t per 100; IX tin, $19.00. 



Patent hinged covers. $6 00 per 100. Reversible 

 wood covers, $4 5: 1 jier 100. Wire loops for wood 

 pails, 30c per 100; for tin pails, 25c per 100. 1-gal. 

 SQuare cans. 50 or 101 in a crate, $12.(10 per 100. Box- 

 ea 10 in a lio.v, for re-shipment when filled, $1..50 per 

 box; $14.00 for 10 boxes. 



A. I. ROOT, Mfedina, Ohio. 



