18S1 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



159 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Back List — 



Bee B)tin> — 



Hep Entomology — 



lUiusted Hopes 20n 



C;u-toon 2(10 



EditoiiaJs !'(« 



Heads of Graiu IRti 



Houey Column 20t 



Humbugs aud Swindles — 



Juvenile nepartnient 180 



KindWiiTilR Ironi Custoin6rsl93 



Ladies' 1 )eiia)tment 181 



Lunch-Kiiom — 



Notes and Queries 19S 



Ke))orts Encouiaging Ifli 



Smileiy 1«'.) 



The Growleiy l^ 



Tobacco Column lUl 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Apis Dorsata IfiS 



Araher Ciuie in Nova Scotia. 1X7 

 vM.sConding without Queen. 191 



BlueThislle lilO 



Basket Willows 170 



Benton 's Letter KiS 



Bte-eultiiie vs. Saloon 17r> 



Bees in Texas 17S 



Cihfonii I liil 



Circulars i eeeived 20t 



Ciirpeuter's Imp. on Peet 



Case ir,7 



Chaff Hives for Summer 177 



Chuff Cushions 186 



Comb between Stoiiej 188 



Chaff Packing 19i 



Doubling in Spring and Fall 174 



Doolittle's Review 182, 



Dying for want of stores 191 



Dried Corn 194 



Expeiieuce of A B C scholarlOO 



liarly Feeding 175 



Fdn. made from rubber 166 



Foster Machine 190 



Good-by, CeUariS 172 



Gallup Once more 17:i 



Good Report 189 



Green Corn 189 



Havhvu-st's Report 192 



- Hagen 's Story 177 



Holy -Land Bees for Winter. 191 



Implement to kill moth 187 



Int. Virgin Queens 192 



Jackson's Talk 185 



Labels 166 



Langstroth's Letter 105 



Leaving Sections on all "Win 



ter . 



.171 

 ..187 



Labeling on Tin 



Moving Bees in Winter. 



Merry banks '-'in 



Notes from Banner Apiary. ]6:i 



New Honey 194 



Onions as a Honey -Plant... 176 



Our Bees 1«4 



Our Red-clover Queen 189 



Out-door and Cel . Wint 189 



Oak Leaves for Chaff' 190 



Pollen vs. Dysentery 189 



Price of Bees 20t 



Report of Neighbor H 169 



Rubber Boots, to mend 191 



Hoop's Hive 198 



Scottish Apiary 179 



Shall we give up Bee-keeping 



170 



Stingless Bees 188, 193 



Toads 187 



To Start Seeds 188 



Trigona, or Stingless Bees.. 167 



Type-writers 186 



Telephone Detective 188 



Thieves, etc 188 



Tenement Hives 191 



Tobacco Column 194 



Under the Box-Elders 171 



Wint without Protection ... 189 

 What shall the Friends do!. 164 



SURPRISE RASPBERRY! 



A new seedling'. Fruit bright-scarlet; brings five 

 cents per qt. mure than any other varietj-in market. 

 PerCeotlv hnrdv. Try it, please One dozen V>lants 

 by mail for $1.50. E. VAN ALLEN, 



4d Bethlehem Centre, Albany Co., N. Y. 



CHOICE ITALIAN AND ALSO 

 CVPRIAN QUEENS FOR SALE. 

 Parties ordering of me will get jnst what they 

 bargain for. Circular free. 



Address J. C. POMMERT, Box 134, 

 4-5 Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio. 



1881 QUEENS S QUEENS! S88I 



We are prepared to furnish Queens in April, Mav, 

 .ind June. For tested Queens, $:ir)0; afteVwurd, 

 $2.00; untested, $1.00. Queens reared in full colo- 

 nies from imported mother. In addition to our im- 

 ported Queens, we have some line Queens in our 

 apiiiry from 6'ime of the leading breeders of the 

 JJ. 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 arriviil of all Queens guaran- 

 teed. No circular. HALL & JOHNSON, 

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



TKT A TvTTT^'n ^ situation in an apiary, for 



perienced hand. 



. he summer of 1881, by an ex- 

 Good references given if desired. 

 EDWARD KSTEY, 

 4 Clarence, Sheloj Co., Mo. 



CHEAP BEES! 



Forty cfilonics of Italians in good hives at five dol- 

 lars each. E. A. GASTMAN, 

 4 Decatur, Macon Co., III . 



■PmS C! A T 1? 25 bush, pure evergreen sugar 

 J: \J£\ UXiJuH^." corn for Beed at «3.00 per 

 bushel. Sample pound bv mail, 20 cents. 



Address J.A.WARD, 

 4d Madisonville, Ham. Co., Ohio. 



mo fi t t? ^Italian bees aud que 

 dAU&» metal-corner fra 



leens; Root's 

 raraes; smok- 

 ers; comb fdn. and apiarian stipplics; Italian (tested) 

 queens, ready for order. OTTO KLEINOW, 

 4d Opposite Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. 



1881. 



QXTSESHNTIS! 



1881. 



Bee-keepers who want early Italian Queens, or late 

 ones of anv description, please send for prices on a 

 postal card. Cheap. Address A. W. CHENY, 



4 Kanawha Falls, Fayette Co., W. Va. 



COMB Fotindation Machines from f 1.00 to $5.00. 

 Co'mb Fdn., le^s than 5 lbs., 40c; over 5 Ihs., lioc; 

 over ,50 lbs., 34c; over 100 lbs., 33Hc. Price list tree. 

 Italian queens from Imp.mnthers, $1. ready in April. 

 4tld JOHN FARIS, Chilhowie, Smyth Co., Va. 



Also imported and home-bred Queens, Full Colo- 

 nies, and nucleus colonies. Bee-Keeper's Supplies 

 of all kinds. Market price for beeswax. 4-7d 



NICHOLS & ELK INS, Kennedy, Chaut. Co., N. Y. 



Manufacturers of 

 4-5d 24 SU]?Ii»IIT ST., TOI^EDO, O. 



Strawberry Plants 



4d 



Crescent Seedling. $1.50, and 

 Chas. D.nvuing, $1.75 per 

 lOiiO. Pure new-bed plauts. 

 E. VAN ALLE"^. 



Bethlehem Centre, Albany Co , N. Y. 



FOR SAIjE.— 600 worker combs built mostly the 

 past summer and fall from f'lundntton 4 to 5 

 Bhrets to the pound. A. FAHNE8TOCK. 



4d Toledo, Ohio. 



Pure Bred Plymouth Rock Fowls 



and eggs for hatching. Ambcr-cane seed, and 



Dhnura. Send card tor circular?, etc., to 



3-4d N. J. ISRAEL, BeaUsville, Monroe Co., O. 



Inventor aud Sole mauufacilurer of tlio 



FOUNDATION PRESS. 



All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. The 

 only invention to make fdn. in wired frames. Our 

 thin and common fdn. for '81 is not surpassed. Send 

 for Catalogue and samples. 

 4-Gd D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, lUinols. 



No's 132, Price 60c. 



n tHTEK & GROSH, 34 IV. ITIonroe St., Toledo, Oliio, 



show here a new knife. No. 133, 

 metal ends, .strong blades; price, 

 postnnid, 60c. Our goods are 

 hnnd-fi rfjcd from razor xted, ev- 

 ery blarte warranted, aud ex- 

 changed free if soft or Hawy. 

 F. H. Diy, Wilmington, Del., 

 vrites, Jan. Li:— "After receiv- 

 ing the knife I honed it down to 

 H tine, keen edge, and tried it on 

 hard, dry white-oak; the edge 

 neither turned nor broke, which 

 is more tiiau I can sa\ ui aii.v other knitt' I ever owned." We expect to build up <iur trade by selling good 

 goods; will you help usV Our extra-hea\y 2-blade, mnde for farmers and mechanics, is the best knife in 

 the market; price, postpaid, 7.5c. Boy's knife, 25o; ladies, 1-bl.ide, 25c; 2-blade, .50c; Gent's S-blnde, $100. 

 Extra strong Pruner, every blade tested, $1.00. Our hand-forged butcher-knife, 6-inch blade, puutpaid, 50c. 

 Illustrated list of knives, razors, and scissors, sent free to any address. 3-4 



