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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Absorbents v. Seal'tl Covers..%8 

 Apiai-y of J. F. Mclntyre. . . 3M 



Bees, Moving 368 



Bees, How to See 363 



Bee-keeping in Germany... 361 



Colorado 3li4 



Cowan Extractor 366 



Electricity for Imbedding.. 38.') 

 Experiments in Apiculture.360 



Extractor, Cowan 366 



Extractor, Doolitf le SSS 



Florida 375 



Foul Brood 386 



Foul Brood in Nebraska 362 



Foundation-fasteners 377 



Geinniill,F. A, 374 



Hi ver. Dibble's 37? 



Honey, Grading 363 



Kellogg, Dr 374 



Mountain Laurel 377 



Orange-blossom Honey 386 



Patents 38.i 



Funics in Medina 385 



Rambler in Temescal 369 



Rhubarb 38() 



Sclf-hivers 372, 373 



Theory. Two-mile 371 



Wax Flowers 376 



Wheelbarrow, Hive 366 



Wiley's Report 386 



Wintering in Cellar 368 



Wintering, Cellar 366 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Capital Bee-keepers' Association will meet in the Super- 

 visor's Room of the Court-house, Springfield, Ills., at 10 a.m., 

 May 25, 1892. C. E. YocUM, Sec , Sherman, 111. 



Special Notices. 



CORRECTION. 



Since the editorial on adulterated lioiiey on page 

 387 went to press (see beginning of the next to the 

 last paragraph) we have just received a letter from 

 Chas. F. Mutli, to the effect that he did not send sam- 

 ples of any honey to Prof. Wiley to be analyzed, 

 and which, as stated elsewhere, were, by the 

 professor pronounced adulterated. We were mis- 

 informed on this point, and therefore in justice 

 to Prof. •iViley, make this correction. Our readers 

 will therefore make a note of this. 



LAWN-MOWERS. 



Now is tlie time for trimming the lawns and bee- 

 yards to make them neat and attractive. iTou can 

 not do this successfully without a good lawn-mower. 

 We are prepared to supplj' you with one of the best 

 mowers on the market at prices lower than former 

 years. We sell the Globe in Ave sizes, as folk)Ws: 

 lOin., f4.65; la in., $5.0ii; 14 in., $5.35; 16 in., $5.65; 18 

 in., $6.0i). We have also the Young America, a sin- 

 gle driver, in two sizes, as follows: 10 in., only 13. .50; 

 12 in., H.'M. In lots of 3 at a time, 3 per cent oft'; 3 

 together, 5 per cent oft' ; 6 or more in one order, 10 

 per cent off. The quantity may be made up of as- 

 sorted sizes, and both kinds if desired. 



OUR INDUSTRIAL BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE, ETC. 



We liave now in stock, ready to send out, five 

 books, as follows: The ABC of Potato Culture; 

 The Winter Care of Horses and Cattle; The ABC 

 of Strawberry Culture; Tile Drainage; Maple Sugar 

 and the Sugar -Bush. The regular price of the 

 above would be iB:i.OO. If ordered till at once, how- 

 ever, we will furnish them postpaid for oidy $1.50; 

 if sent by freight or express with other goods, only 

 fl.25. For only '25 cts. more we will include the 

 book on tomato culture, as described below. 



THE NEW BOOK ON TOMATO CULTURE. 



Well, it has got started, and the title-page reads: 

 "Tomato Culture; In three parts; Part Fiist, Toma- 

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 Plant-growing"for Market, and High-pressure Gar- 

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 Work under eillier Glass or Cloth as Protection 

 from Frost; by J. W. Day, D. Cummins, and A. I. 

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 if you are in a huriy to make use of the informa- 

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 season. Part 111., by A. 1. Root, will contain a cliap- 

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SELLING ONION-PL.\NTS. 



This is the exciting topic now with plant-growers. 

 Pretty much every vegetable-plant grower has 

 raised more or less of them, l)ut no one has enough 

 to supply the demand. The prevailing price seems 

 to I)e Sl.UO i)er lOJO as they come from the seed-bed; 

 and where tliey are rai.sed so as to have tlieni, the 

 greater part of them, the size of a common lead- 

 pencil when set out, they go off' like hot cakes; and 

 tliere is money in raising the plants for sale, too, I 

 tell you. At present we have a large stock of 

 Prizetaker and Wliite Victoria. Tliey will be large 

 enough to trans|)lant in very few days, and we hope 

 to have enough tov all demand; but I tell you, peo- 

 ple are going for them lively. The postage on a 

 tliousand plants depends somewhat on the size; but 

 it generallv runs from 35 to 50 cents. 



By the pound, 90 cents. Untested 

 queens from imported mother, 90 cts. 

 Two-frame nuclei, both frames con- 

 taining lii'ood with all adhering bees, 

 and untested (lueen from imported 

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 Satisfactit)n guaranteed. 



MRS. A. F. PROPER, 

 Portland, Jay Co.. Ind. 

 Please mention this paper. 



ITALIAN QUEENlTl'REE 



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STRAWBERRY -f CULTURE, 



i ♦ BOOK % FOR » BEGIKNERS. 



BY T. B. TERRY. 



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