1881 



GLEANIXGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



107 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPABTMENTS. 



Black List — 



Bee Botany — 



Bee Entomology — 



Blasted Hopes 149 



Cartoon — 



Editorials ] 53 



Heads of Grain IM 



Honev Column 153 



Humbugrs and Swindles 131 



Juvenile Department 142 



KindWords from CustciiijrsllO 



Ladies' Depaitment — 



Lunch-Room 132 



Notes and Queries 143 



Reports Encouraging 142 



Smilery — 



The Growlery — • 



Tobacco Column 144 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



ABC Scholar in Louisiana. 119 

 ABC Scholar in California. 124 

 ABC Scholar with Box Hvsi:« 



ABC ChUd.Our 13; 



Apiai-y, How to Build up 138 



Artiticial Swarming 138 



Artificial Comb Honey 139 



Battery Swindles 152 



Best Bees to Winter 115 



Blasted Hopes. Cause of 123 



Building Bee-Housees 135 



Bees and Grapes 152 



Bees b.v the Pound 114 



Bees Complaining 140 



Black-heart 140 



Buckwheat 141 



Bees Freezing 141 



B . ' s Dileriiina 141 



Candv for Dysentery 126 



Caste'Uo ' s Report 150 



Cellar Wint ' g .... 128, ia5, 136. 143 



Circulars Received 1.52 



Corn-cob vs. Chaff 135 



Cotton Seed 143 



California 143 



Chinese Tea-Plant 144 



Dipping Ffbi 143 



Deaf and Dimib Fiiend 135 



Dried Com 133 



Dooiittle' s Review 127 



Dysenterj-. Cause of 116 



Enemies of Bees 123 



Experience not found inB'ksl32 



Four-frame Extractors 140 



Foul Brood 118.131,143 



Foster's Fdn. Machine 112 



Feeding Ext. Honey 126 



Flanag.an's Visit to Fair 1.30 



Fr's without Bottom-Bars. .137 



Glass-Tumbler Feeder 122 



Hasty 's Report 115 



Heddon vs. Chaff Hive 116 



Heddon 's Hive 116 



Hains Feeder. Improv't on.. 122 



Hives, Unpainted 134 



Honey-Dew in the East 119 



Honey- Dew in Oregon 121 



Honey Gran, in Combs 136 



Honey for Sore Eves 144 



Ladd's Story 133 



Location for Apiarv 135 



L. Frames for Cold Climate 136 



Langstroth. Xews from 143 



JlerrN'banks' Neighbor 1.50 



Jliles"' ' •Wonderful' 'Success 121 



Maple-Sugar Candy 1.34 



NaU-box.A New 122 



New Tools 113 



N.E.B.K. Association 129 



Notes from Banner Apiai-y . .111 



Onions as a Honey-Plant 117 



Orchard Apiary 126 



Oatmeal for Food 1.32 



One Swarm for the Lord 1.39 



Pine Grosbeak 123 



Peet Int. Cage 113 



Perforated Separators 137 



Pollen and Dwindling 151 



Portulaca 139 



Queens. How I Raise 1.34 



Qu ^stions on a Postal 1.39 



Rape 140,141 



Ramble No. 3 125 



Robbing, How Stopped.. 123, 143 



Report for 1880 125 



Simpson Seed 1.52 



Stanley's Story 115 



Spider Plant 115 



Sicunk Cabbage 1.37 



Sweet's Report 138 



Sugar Syrup for Winter 116 



Swarming Mania 132 



Selling Bees ." 138 



Source of Honey, How to tell 140 



Seps. of Paper and AVood 141 



Snow's Report 144 



Talking to Bees 138 



Under the Box-Elders 119 



Viallou's Candy 144 



Wax vs. Wires 139 



Wintering Bees 116, 119 



Wild Cucumber 143 



rtttt?t?<tte t Tested, $2.00; Untested, $1.00. War- 

 l^UC»C>lVO ♦ ranted, ^1.3.5. Plymouth Rock efrgs 

 fur hatching-, SI. 25 per doz. For price of hives and 

 other supplies, send for circular. Address 

 3 HARTWELL BARBER, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 



XOGX.- -XOSX. 



ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Single Queen, Tested $2 00 



" " Untested (laying) 100 



Sent by mail and safe arrival guaranteed. 



8 Frame Colony <> 00 



3 " Nuclei 3 00 



2 " " 3 50 



Safe arrival guaranteed by express. 



Address W. P. HENDERSON", 

 l-6inq Murf reesboro, Ruth. Co., Tennessee. 



YonmstMoiillItolflyoiiso! 



For combs sagging, warping, and breaking- down 

 in the hive if you don't use foundation in wired 

 frames. It is ahead of any thing in the foundation 

 line for brood frames. 1 hIso make a very superior 

 thin foundation for sections.. Send for circular of 

 Apiarian Supplies to J. A. OSBORNE, 



3 Rantoul, Champ. Co., III. 



BE SURE 



To send a postal card for our Illustrated Catalogue of 



APIARIAN SUPPLIES 



Before purchasing elsewhere. It contains illustra- 

 tions and descriptions of every thing new and desi- 

 rable in an apiarj% 



AT THE LOWEST PBICES. 

 Itilian, Cyprian, and Holy-Land Queens and Bees. 

 J. C. & H. P. SAYLES, 

 l-Sd Hartford, Washington Co., Wis. 



DUNHAItl FOUNDATION, 35 Cts. Per l.b. 

 Wax worked up, 10 cts. per lb. Cash paid for 

 wax. For particulars address 

 3 R. HYDE, Alder ly. Dodge Co., Wis. 



CA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, 10 cents, 

 nil postpaid. M. L. DORMAN, Sinclairville, 

 vU mtd Chaut. Co., N. Y, 



The A B G of Bee Culture. 



1881 QUEENS ! QUEENS ! 1881 sSt& IT^iSS'^ol 



We are prepared to furnish Queens in April, Ma.v, 

 and June. For tested Queens, $2.50; aifterward, 

 f2.00; untested, .Sl.OO. Queens reared in full colo- 

 nies from imported mother. In addition to our im- 

 ported Queens, we have some fine Queens in our 

 apiary from some of the leading breeders of the 

 U. S. We not only select our imported Queens to 

 rear Queens from, but we select the best imported 

 and the best home-bred Queens we have to rear 

 drones from. We allow no colonies to have drones, 

 except such as are from the choicest of our Queens. 

 Satisfaction and safe arrival of all Queens guaran- 

 teed. No circular. HALL & JOHNSON, 

 3-4d Kirby's Creek, Jackson Co., Ala. 



Bound in paper, mailed for $1.00. At wholesale, 

 ime price as Gleanings, with which it may be 

 clubbed. One copy, $1.00; 2 copies, $1.90; thi 

 ies, $2.75; live copies, $i.00; ten copies, $7.50. 



The same, neatly bound in cloth, with the covers 

 neatly embellished in embossing and gold, (me copy, 

 $1.25; 2 copies, $2.40; three copies, $3.50; five cop- 

 ies, $5.25; ten copies, $10.00. If ordered by freight 

 or express, the postage may be deducted, which will 

 be 13c on the book in paper, and 15c each, on the 

 book in cloth. 



Cooke's Manual in paper or clotli at the same price as 

 above. 



A. 1. ROOT, Medina, O. 



No. 132, Price 60c. 



MAHSR & GROSH, 34 N. Monroe St., Toledo, Obio, 



— show here a new knife. No. 132, 



metal ends, strong blades; price, 

 postoaid, 60c. Our goods are 

 hand-f urged from razor steel, ev- 

 ery blade warranted, and ex- 

 changed free if soft or flawy. 

 F. H. Day, Wilmington, Del., 

 , writes, Jan. 12:— "After receiv- 

 I' ing the knife I honed it down to 

 ' a tine, keen edire, and tried it on 

 bird, dry white-oak; the edge 

 neither turned nor broke, which 

 is more than I can say of any other knife I ever owned." We expect to build up our trade by selling- good 

 goods; will you help us? Our extra-heavv 2-blade, made for farmers and mechanics, is the best knife in 

 the market; price, postpaid, 7.5c. Boy's knife, 25c; ladies, 1-blade, 2.5c; 2-blade, 50c; Gent's 3-blade, fl 00. 

 Extra strona: Pruner, every blade tested, $1.00. Our hand-forged butcher-knife, 6-inch blade, postpaid, 50c. 

 Illustrated list of knives, I'azors, and scissors, sent free to any address. »-« 



