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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Feb. 15 



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RIM Sl-IDES. 



The following list of slides is published in answer to numerous requests from subscribers. We can rent 

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PORTRAITS. 



14 N. E. France. 



16 C H. W. Weber. 



30Vi L. L. Langstroth in Root apiary. 



ZV/2 L. L. Lang-stroth monument. 



APIARIES. 



57 Hansen's Sweetwater apiary. 



71 New York roof apiary. 



72 Jenkintown model apiary. 



73 Detroit city bee-yard. 



74 Hanselman's Wisconsin apiary. 



75 Winter view of an apiary. 



76 Apiary of E. W. Alexander 



(N. Y.) 



HONEY-PLANTS- 



101 Clover-blos'ms, red, white, alsike- 

 114 Buckwheat- 

 118 Basswood. 



120 Men inspecting large alfalfa 

 plant. 



BEES AND BEE ANATOMY. 



150 Sting of bee. 



154 Upper view of worker. 



166 Bee-moth. 



168 Queen, drone, and worker. 



169 Queen and retinue. 



170 Sectional view of bee's tongue. 



171 Drone. 

 171a Queen. 



172 Breathing apparatus of drone. 

 172a " " of queen. 



173 Digestive organs of drone. 

 173a " " queen. 

 1'74 Reproductive organs of drone. 

 174a " " queen. 



175 Nervous system of drone. 

 175a " " queen. 



176 Relative sizes of parts of drone. 

 176a " " " queen. 

 ,177 Bee Manikin. 



180 Head of bee (enlarged). 



181 Legs of bee. 



182 Development of Larvae. 



BEE-IMPLEMENTS. 



200 Bingham smoker. 



202 Clipping queen with knife. 



204 Cowan extractor No. 15. 



205 Cowan extractor showing parts. 



207 Hoffman frame. 



208 Benton queen-mailing cage. 



209 Bee-veil No. 2. 



210 Queen-clipping device. 



210!^ Clipping queen with scissors. 



213 Danzenbaker frame. 



214 Honey-board No. 9. 



216 Porter bee-escape show'g parts. 



219 Sample perforated zinc. 



220 Entrance-guard, Alley trap. 



221 One-frame obs. hive with super. 



222 Same without super. 



223 Quinby frame. 



224 Nucleus shipping-box. 



225 Bee-gloves. 



226 Bee-tent. 



227 Handling Hoffman frames. 



228 Ten-inch foundation-mill. 



229 Drone guard and queen trap. 



FACTORY VIEWS. 

 270 Root's factory from northwest. 



HIVES. 

 300 Single story hive. 

 302a Comb Honey hive with super. 



303 Ext'd Honey hives two story. 



304 Comb Hony hive Ideal super. 



305 Comb Honey super with fence 



separators. 



306 Danzenbaker super. 



MANIPULATING HIVES. 



353 Handling frames in groups. 



357 Frame of queen-cells. 

 357V2 Frame of queen-cells. 



358 Specimen of pickled brood. 



359 Frame of queen-cells building. 



361 Photograph of foundation. 

 361a Medium brood foundation. 

 361b Thin super foundation. 



362 Fully built brood-comb. 

 362V'2 Fully built brood-comb. 



374 Comb under clapboards of house. 



375 Natural comb-building in frames. 



376 Comb-building in open air. 



377 France with frame of foul brood. 



378 Comb foundation under eaves of 



house. 



379 Edge of honey-comb. 



380 Partly constructed comb. 



381 Surplus honey-comb. 



382 Honey-comb from two sections. 



383 Soap-bubbles, honey-comb effect. 



ALFALFA. 



400 Stacking alfalfa. 



401 Stacks of alfalfa. 



COMIC 



420 Ouach, comic, two views. 



421 He laughs best who laughs last. 



425 After absc'g swarm, uncolored. 



426 Effect of one bee-sting near eye. 



427 Effect of bee-sting on the lip. 



HONEY. 



450 Honey in Aikin sacks. 

 450K> Candied honey in bags. 



452 Sections, plain and beeway. 



453 Cutting candied honey. 



454 Aiken's sack open for the table. 



455 Sixty-pound can of honey — can 



stripped off. 



456 Two-pound cakes candied honey. 



457 Slab of honey cut by wire. 



458 Slab of honey nearly cut by wire. 



459 Sections of comb honey. 



460 Cutting out section comb honey. 



UNCLASSIFED VIEWS. 



500 Bottling honey. 



505 Sitting on hive-cover. 

 508 Danzenbaker prize honey. 



534 Moving bees. 



535 Carrying bees on bicycle. 



536 Making straw skeps in England. 



537 Root's bee-cellar, inside. 



538 House apiary, inside. 



539 House apiary, outside. 



540 Swarm on limb of tree. 



541 Moving bees in New Zealand. 



542 Bees in skeps covered with straw 



hackle. 



543 Symmetrical swarm on tree. 



544 Swarm. 



545 Swarm covering boy's head. 



546 Scraping bees from hat into hive, 



547 Small boys studying bees. 



548 Bee-tree. 



549 Bee in cucumber blossom. 



FOREIGN APIARIES. 



550 Mexican bee-keeping. 



551 Algerian bee-keeping. 



552 Peruvian bee-keeping. 



553 Tasmanian bee-keeping, 



554 Denmark bee-keeping. 



556 Apiary in Tunis 



557 Straw hives in Russia. 



558 A modern apiary in Greece. 



559 Barrel hives in Caucasus. 



560 Hives of bark in Russia. 



561 Stone hives in Caucasus. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



600 Bee-keeping for Women. 



601 Woman hiving bees (Medina) . 



603 Girls hiving bees (Detroit) . 



604 Two girls hiving bees (prize 



photo) . 



605 France's ext'd honey exhibit. 



608 Bee-keepers field day in Mass. 



609 Apiary of Mrs. J. W. Bacon, 



610 Woman holding swarm cluster 



611 Apiary of Miss Maud D. Adams, 



BEE BOTANY. 



Illustrations taken from "Cheshire" 

 and "A. B. C". 



701 PolUn Grains. 



702 Cross section of common 



primrose. 



703 Salix, 



704 Rosebay Willow Herb. 



705 Kalmia Latifolia. 



706 Papilionaceous Blossoms. 



707 Apple Blossom and fruit. 



708 Blossoms of Salvia Oflicinalis. 



709 Flower of Arbutus. 



710 White clover. 



711 Arum Maculatum. 



712 Flower of Erica Tetralix. 



713 Faba Vulgaris. 



714 Aconitum Napellus. 



715 Capamula & Carpenter Bee. 



716 Orchid. 



717 Long and short primrose. 



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