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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike Clover 666 



Apiai-y in Cuba 6.il 



Bees, Distance to Breed 666 



Bees, Kive-banded 667 



Bee-keeping North and So'h 647 



Bee-moths MS 



Bicycles for Girls 675 



Black Mangrove 66.1 



Brood-combs 664 



Burr-combs, Preventing — 649 

 Capital and Labor. .. .673 



Cobs and Kernels. Greiner 644 

 Copiib-honey Production. ..661 



Cuban Apiaries 651 



Cucumbers. To Cook 667 



Cummins, Visit to. 661) 



Ear-trumpet 663 



Foul Brood. False 674 



Fruit, Cold Process 664 



Grapes in California 669 



HolvLand 645 



Honey, Comb and E-xtrac'd.6.i5 



Italians in California 6.i4 



Migratory Bee-keeping 66.5 



Pecos Valley 676 



Potatoes in Colorado 662 



Punirs.Bad Keport 665 



Rambler and the Skunk 6.57 



Self-hivers 652 



Skunks 6.55 



Smokers and Fuel 663 



Spiders, Fish-killing 667 



Supers. When to Put on... 656 



Tobacco Story 648 



Tomato-book, Chap, from .660 



Tomato-worms 661 



Underselling 659 



Virgin Queens, Snipping . .656 



Water-willow 666 



World's Fair. . . 649 



Wormwood 666 



Worms in Honey 6.53 



CONVENTION NOTICES 



The Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 

 " H.mev Day" at Longmont. Sept. 28. H. Knight, Sec. 



Little'ton, Col. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



I liave 40 mismated Italian and Albino queens for 

 sale at 25c each, or 5 for $1.00, or 11 for $2.(0; they 

 are all young and prolific, 



J. W. Taylob, Ozan, Ark. 



Hybrid queens at 20c; and mismated Italian 

 queens at 30c. C. G. Fenn, Washing-ton, Ct. 



We have 15 very fine young miemated Italian 

 queens, reared from best imported mother?, at 30c 

 each. No bees from these queens sliow less tlian 

 two yellow bands. Safe arrival of queens guaran- 

 teed. Clf-veFjAnd Bros., 



Decatur, Newton Co.. Miss. 



I have 8 black and h> brid queens whicli I will 

 send free to any one as long as they last. I will not 

 promise to send them bj' I'eturn mail, but will send 

 some time before tlie middle of October. 



W. D. L.\KKiN, West Berlin, Mass. 



I have a lot of hybrid queens that I will close out 

 at 20 cts. ea<'h. Geo. A. Wright. 



Glenwood, Susq. Co., Pa. 



FARM FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 



My farm consisting of 1.52 ;icres, l)i miles fi'om 

 towii; about 100 acres in cultivation, the rest in 

 pasture and hay land. Good two-story house of 7 

 rooms; line buy window. Good barn 24x34, with 

 basement; also lean-to, 14x34. Granary. 12.v30, corn- 

 crib, lienhouse. and two good wells. I wish to go 

 into the bee and poultry l)usiness, and will exchange 

 for small farm iieitr some large town in Iowa, east- 

 ern Nebraska, N. E. Kansas, or N. W. Missouri. Will 

 sell at $30 per acre; $25'lfl down, balance five years' 

 time. Address C. W. HALL, Marathon. Iowa. 



TjrTANTKO — To buy 150 colonies in L. hives, in 

 "" the l)asswood region of Wisconsin, in May, 

 1803. Would p:iy $4.( to $5.00 for good bees. 



G. K. Pendleton, Old Ripley, Bond Co., 111. 



Barnes' Foot-Power Machinery. 



Read what .1. I. Pai ent, of 

 Charlton, N. Y., says — "We 

 cut with one of your Combined 

 Machines last winter 50 chaff 

 hives with 7-ineh cap, 100 honey- 

 racks, .500 broad frames, 2,000 

 horn y-boxes, and a gre;it deal of 

 other work. This winter we 

 have doubled the amount of bee- 

 liives, etc., to make, and we ex- 

 pect to do it all with this saw. 

 It will do all you say it will." 

 Catalogue and Price List ti-ee. Address W. F. & 

 JOHN BARNES, 545 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



When more convenient, orders for Barnes' Foot- 

 Power Machinery may be sent to me. A. 1. Root. 

 23tfd 



FIVE-BANDED GOLDEN ITALIANS. 



100 queens now ready at 75e each; 6 for S4.25; 3- 

 banded, each, 60c; 6 for $3 W. Breeders on applica- 

 tion CHAS. H. '• HIES. Steeleville, 111. 



GOL.DK<\ IIALIAN Ql EENS. 60c each, or 6 

 for $3.00. Italians same price. None after 

 Sept. 30th. Albert Hines, Independence, Iowa, 

 t 16-17d 



Wants or Eynhannfi Denartment. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one half oui- 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 tor er- 

 rors. Toucan have the notice as many lines as you please; 

 but all over five 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 artiides for sale, can not be inserted under this head 

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

 they will be put with the regular advertisements We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps.' 



IITANTED. To excliange Scotch Collie pups for 

 VV any thing useful on farm or in bee-yard, 

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



WANTED.— To exchange yellow Italian queens, 

 and strawl^erry-plants cheap. Bubaeh, Jessie, 

 Eureka, Haverlands, Warfleld, Crescent, Lady Rusk, 

 for poultry, or offers. IStfdb 



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



ly ANTED. — To exchange one high-grade Safety 

 VV bicycle; one 49-inch Columbia Light roadster 

 bicycle; one Odell typewriter; tested Italian queens, 

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



13tfdb Dayton, 111. 



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. 



WANTED.— To exchange 25 new " Hunt " hives 

 (chaff), about one half nailed together, balance 

 in Hat ; 2.50 good straight brood or extracting combs, 

 built from full sheets of foundation; bO Hoffman 

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

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

 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. Cornell, 



Lock Box 6. North\iUe, Mich. 



l\ ANTED.— Young men 16 to 35 years old. to cor- 

 V.V respond with the subscriber in regard to hon- 

 orable employment in Chicago. Must be familiar 

 with bee-keeping and maple-sugar making. Give 

 references. Do nut come to city unless requested to 

 do so. I refer to editor of Gleanings. 



Address Herman F. Moore, 



7C9 Tacoma Bnilding, Chicago, 111. 



\17 ANTED.— To exchange Italian bees on Langst'h 

 VV frames, for Odell type wi'iter. printing outfit. 

 Safety wheel, Barnes toot-power saw, 6 and 10 in., 

 second-hand foundation-machines, or bee-supplies. 

 Clark A. Montague, Archie, Mich. 



11 'ANTED. — To excliange for Italian queens and 

 VV bees in D )vetailed hives. 155 books, a combina- 

 tion Safi'ty bicycle, 24-inch wheels, ball bearings, 

 and accortiion, all in fine condition. 



L. A. Webster, Strafford, Mo. 



\y ANTED.— To exchange comb or extracted honey 

 VV forgi-ipes and peaches. How cheap can you 

 deliver them at my depot"? 



N. E. DoANE, Breckenridge, Gratiot Co., Mich. 



U ANTED. —To exchange town lots in marvelous 

 Marion, Queen city of the Indiana gas-belt, for 

 honej-; also 200 colonies of bees for small proper- 

 ties, btiilding material, live stock, or offers. 

 17-18d B. T. Baldwin, Marion, Ind. 



\y ANTED. —I desire to work with a competent 

 VV apiarist for a season or two with a view of 

 learning the business, at fair wages. 



P. T. Hanna, Epworth, Iowa. 



