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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



Contents of this Number. 



Artistic Studie:^ ' 



Bees Doctoring each Other.l 



Bees Carrying- Bees i 



Beetles, Ladybird i 



Birds that Kill Bees i 



Cow-klUer. Hairj- i 



Currant-worms i 



Frame. Hoffman i 



France's Report i 



Honey Graded by Dealers. . 



Honev Statistics i 



Introducing. Failures in. . 

 Langstroth's Trouble 



Lippia Lanceolata 617 



Milkweeds 615, 623 



Moving Apiaries 622 



Paris Green 616 



Queens. Losing 616 



Oueens. Rearing 619 



Rambler in his Cabin 613 



Straws from Ohio 611 



Swarming, Cause of 612 



Swarming, Cohsor's Flan... 621 



Tin in Missouri 622 



Union, a New 610 



Wil»y, H. W 629 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' . 

 •' Honey Day" at Longmont, Sept. 28. 

 Littleton, Col. 



soeiation will hold its 

 H. Knight, Sec. 



The eleventh semi-annual meeting of the Susquehanna Co. 

 Bee-keepers' Association will be held at Rush, Pa., on Thurs- 

 day, Sept. 1, at 10 A M. .\U are cordially invited; and any who 

 have ti.xtures which they think are lietter than those of old, 

 bring along a sample. H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-keepers' .Association will 

 hold its ne.xt annual meeting in Boecobel, Grant Co., Wis., on 

 the 13th and l«h of January, 1893, commencing at 10 a.m. All 

 members of the association are requested to be present, as the 

 following officers are to be elected: President, vice-president, 

 secretary, assistant secretary, and treasurer. Blank reports 

 will be sent to each member of the association for 1892, with 

 instructions. A cordial invitation is extended to all bee-keep- 

 ers, and especially to those who would like to .loin us. Each 

 member will be notified at least one month before said meet- 

 ing. Benj. E. Rice, Sec. 



Boscobel, Wis. 



Excursions 



^WILL BE RUN ON— 



August 30th ^^ Sept. 27th, 



— TO THE— 



Pecos Valley 



The ppuit Belt of |Sleixj |V[e3<iieo. 



Tickets may be bought at any important railway 

 station, in the Northern or Eastern Stales, to 



EDDY, flEW MEXICO, 



and return— good twenty days— at 



One FaPe ^ov the f^ound Trip. 



Don't miss tliis opportunity to see tlie rlcliest 

 and most fertile valley, and tlie most complete 

 and elaborate system of Irrigating Canals in the 

 United 8tat«s. For particulars, address 



G.O. SHiELiDS, Eddy, fizxxx |V[e3iieo 



Please mention this paper. 



Queens Yellow to the Tip 

 Mated to Drones Yellow all over. 



FROM an entiielv ditferei* strain is what that 

 QUEEN SPECIALIST 



Jas. Wood, North Prescott, Mass., 



Issendhig by Return Mail at 75ots. each. 



Every queen warranted purely nialed, and safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. 1 am five miles from any other 

 bees, and none but selected Drones allowed to fly. 

 Please mention this paper 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS. 



60c each, or 6 for $3.00. Italians same price. None 

 after Sept. 30. Albert Hines, Independence. la. 



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 five lines, and you must say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible for er- 

 rors. You can have the notice as many lines as you please; 

 but all over Ave lines will cost you according to our regular 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona-flde ex- 

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

 fering articles for sale, can not be inserted under tliis head. 

 For such our regular rates of 20 cts. a line will be charged, and 

 they n^ill be put with the regular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from the-<e "swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange for honey or offers, 30 

 square 60lb. honey cans, boxed, used but once, 

 at 80c; 100 sawdust-filled wood "dummies," for 1 

 and 3 L. combs, at 3c. 



H. D. RurrelIj, Bangor, Van Buren Co., Mich. 



WANTED. To excliange Scotch Collie pups for 

 any thing useful on fai'm or in bee-yard. 

 IStfdb N. A. Knapp, Rochester, Lorain Co., O. 



WANTED.— To exchange yellt)w Italian queens, 

 and strawberry-plants cheap. Bul>ach, Jessie, 

 Eureka, Haverlands, Warfleld, Crescent, Lady Rusk, 

 for poultry, or offers. 15tfdb 



Mrs. Oliver Cole, Sherburne, Chen. Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— To exchange one high-grade Safety 

 bicycle; one 49-inch Columbia light roadster 

 bicycle; one Odell typewriter; tested Italian queens, 

 for wax, honey, or offers. J. A. Green, 



13tfdb Dayton, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange pure Italian queens, 3 or 

 5 banded. Write what you have to exchange. 

 F. C. Morrow, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange a new hand-cart with 

 springs, will carry 500 lbs., cost $14.00; would 

 make an excellent honey-cart, for $8.00 worth of 

 honey, or offers. Dean Ferris, Peekskill, N. Y. 



Uf ANTED. —To exchange 25 new "Hunt" hives 

 W (chatt), about one half nailed together, balance 

 in flat; 350 good straight brood or extracting combs, 

 built from full sheets of foundation; 100 Hoffman 

 frames, wired, and a quantity of other frames; also 

 a honey-extractor, used but one season, and in flrst- 

 class condition; also 10 Langstroth Portico hives, 

 single wall, in good condition, for Safety wheel, or 

 offers. Reasons for selling hives, etc., have sold all 

 my bees. Geo. N. CoRNELii, 



Lock Box 6. NorthviUe, Mich. 



WANTED.— To exchange 1 "11 A Little Giant" 

 hand and power feed-cutter, capacity 1 ton per 

 hour— Ro.ss Mfg.: 1 No. 3 power feed-mill, with 

 l)urrs extra for grinding green bone; also 1 hand 

 mill for grinding bone, shells, or grain, Wilson Bro. 

 pat.; 1 Dederick pat. toggle lever hay-press, all .in 

 first-class cundition, and some never u.sed but very 

 little, for fiist-chiss live stock, or otters. 



L. M. KussELL, SOO E. Preston St., Baltimore. Md. 



WANTED.— To exchange one .55-in. Columbia light 

 roadstei- bicycle, made by the Pope Mfg. Co., 

 Boston, Mass., with full nickel-plated ball bearings, 

 t«ol-bag, tools, rubber, and lump, cost $145.00, for 

 pony, or offers. 

 H. P. Kettering, Greensburg, Westm'd Co., Pa. 



WANTED.— I would desire to work with a compe- 

 tent apiarist for a season or two. Address 

 16-17d P. T. Hanna, Epworth, Iowa. 



WANTED.— To rent or on shares, an apiary of 

 al)()ut 2ii0 colonies of bees. Gulf States, or 

 California. English B. Mann, New Il)eria, La. 



A goodly number of flrst-class pure-bred 

 yellow-to-t he-tip queens, this season's rear- 

 ing, will breed yellow queens, and suitable 

 asthe best of breedei's, now on hand at $1.50 

 each. Untested, 75c each. Satisfaction, or 

 money refunded. W. H. Laws, 



16-17d Lavaca, Ark. 



TO exchange tested Italian queens, 3 to 5 bands, 50 

 to 75c; fdn. 36c; for offers. 16-17-18d. 



F. C. Morrow, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



