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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Can receive a few more orders ■ 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



CnFfil/ for ItHliiin Queens. Prices. 80c, AIIIOV 

 wr kHIV $).< 0, and #1.511. E. A. Thom -s, UUIuIV 



Coleraine, Franklin Co., Mass. — 



Black List — 



Bee Botany S7:i 



Bee Entomology 2&!> 



Blasted Hopes 300 



Cartoon — 



Editorials 307 



Heads of Grain 290 



Honey Column 256 



Humbugs and Swindles — 



Juvenile Dep.artment 282 



KinilWords from Customer.s2G6 



Ladies ' Department 300 



Lunch -Room — 



Notes and Queries 296 



Reports Encouraging '497 



Smilery 273 



The Growlerv — 



Tobacco Column 304 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



About Queens 267 



Aspens 27'1 



Banner Apiary 267 



Bees, How to Winter 271 



Borax for Dysentery 290 



Bleaching Honey in Sun 29i 



Box-Elder 294 



Bees by the Pound 29.3 



Burying Bees 296 



Box Hives for Winter 297 



Care of surplus Combs 268 



Chaff Hive for Amateurs. . . .307 

 Chaff Pack. Contrasted. etc., 



.289, 29.5 



Cook's Talk 279 



Cellars, etc 294 



Dragonfly 285 



Doolittle's Letter 267 



Fate of Bees when Robbed.. 268 



Flanagan's E.xperience 269 



Foul Brood in Utah 296 



Fastening Fdn 295 



Ferry ' s Seed garden 289 



Given Fdn . Press 270 



Gallup on Q. Rearing 277 



Gr. Sugar for Wintering 277 



(jood Crops in poor Seasons. 294 



Hives on Benches 296 



Hill's Apiary 292 



Heddon's Report 272 



Honey Plants from Denmark273 



Hints about Reports 280 



How to Get Subs 280 



Hopes not Blasted 291 



Italians in Australia 286 



Italians turning Black 291 



.luvenile Class. . . ; 295 



Killing bees a Wrong 268 



Large Increase 290 



L Harri.on's Talk 270 



Machine for punching frames, 



271 



Mcllwain's Comb-Holder.. .'278 



Merrybanks 305 



Miller's letter about Sec'ns.281 



New Honey 290 



New Industi-y 274 



Onions vs. Bees 296 



Our own Apiary 298 



Packing in Chaff or Cotton 



Seed 271 



Preparing for Winter 295 



Raising Bees 297 



Red-Clover Honey 291 



Remedy for too many Bees. 273 

 Swarming without Queen. . .290 

 Sections on in Wint..287,291,295 



Stingle.ss Bees 286 



Sending Plants by Mail 277 



Swarmmg-Box, device for.. 276 

 Toughness, etc., for Winter 279 



Ups and Downs 288 



Ventilation 285 



Viallon's Candy 275 



Willow, Ornamental 273 



Winding the W. Wat<-h 274 



Wintered Successfully 291 



Worthless Queens 291 



Watermelons for Bees 293 



Wonders never Cease 294 



FOR SALE CHEAP! 



A new Kverttt Extractor, and a lot of hives and 

 honey sections. E. A. GASTMAN, 



6 Decatur, Macon Co., 111. 



ITALIAN QUEENS! 



From Sh'lect imported or home-bred queen. 

 Tested, in June, - - - $3 50; after, - - $2 00 

 Untested, in June, - - - 1 ^5; " - - - 1 00 

 Bees, with tested queens only, price same as un- 

 tested queens. All queens warranted to be purely 

 mated. Safe arrival and satisfaction s:uarantei d. 

 6 S. A. SHUCK, Bryant, Fulton Co., III. 



LIVE BEESlN MICHIGAN I 



Italian Queens, Bees, and Supplies; also Dollar 

 Queens the rest of the season. Descriptive price 

 list free. Address O. H. TOWNSEND, 



6tfd Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



ITALIAIV ANI» CYPRIAN QUEENS, bred 

 from imported mothers. Write for prices to 

 H. T. BISHOP, 

 6-7d Chenango Bridiare, Broome Co., N. Y. 



The Latest Offer! 



We will furnish Comb Foundation, made on the 

 Dunham latest improved machine, and warranted 

 to be as grood as any in the market, for 3.5 cts. per lb. 

 I have a large amount just made up, on hand ready 

 for orders. Will worii up wax for 10c per lb. Send 

 for circular. F. W. HOLMES, 



6 Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Mich. 



Italian (tested) Queens from Root's very best. 



Imported or home-bred Queens, $'2.00; Italian (un- 

 tested) Queens, Laying, $1.00; Bees, $1.00 per lb.; 3 

 (L.) frame Nucleus (no queen) $1..50; 3 (L.) frame 

 Nucleus (no queen), $3.00; 1 colony of Italian Bees 

 (no queen) in 10 (L.) frame hives, $7.00. Add price of 

 queen to priae of bees, colony, and nucleus. Di.*- 

 count on larger orders. OTTO KLEINOW, 



6tEd Opposite Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. 



ID. S. CSr I ■\7' E 3>a- , 



Inventor and Sole IWanufacturcr of tlie 



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. 

 4-6d D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, Illinois. 



ONE-PIECE SECTIONS A SPECIALTY. 



Pound and Prize size, $4.50 per 1000. Sample sec- 

 tion free. BYRON WALKER, 

 6d Capac, St. Clair Co., Mich. 



ITAIiTAN QUEENS, untested, $1.00; tested, $3.00. 

 •jd Kev. W. H. Steele, Kossuth, Alcorn Co., Miss. 



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Owing to the great demand for bees, I have con- 

 cluded to furnish them at the following prices: Four- 

 comb Nucleus, with Italian queen, in the Roop 

 frame, $4.00; for each comb less, deduct 50 cts.. and 

 for larger Nuclei, add 7.5 cts. per comb, up to full col- 

 onies (13 cc mbs) $10.(10. F. E. TOWNSEND, 

 6tld Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



lOR SALE CHEAP ! 



A few fine Colonies of Italian Bees in Langstroth 

 hives. Hives well made, and painted. Address at 

 once, W. G. SMITH, 313 N. Second St., St. Louis, Mo. 



C. OLM'S COMB FOUNDATION MACHINE. 



SEND FOR SAMPLE AND CIRCULAR. 

 5tfd C. Oliin, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



HIVE ]MIArrUFACTUB.Z:RS. 



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 & ELKINS, Kennedy, Chaut. Co., N. Y. 



EANSWEHM STEEL mF£ M SO m 



MAKER & GB.OSH, 34 N. MONROE ST., 

 TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Hand-Forged Razor Steel Knife 

 for 60 cents. Maher & Grosh, 34 

 N.Monroe St., Toledo, O., will mall 

 Knife like cut, post-paid, for 50c. 

 Extra heavy 3- blade for rough 

 usage, 75c. Oiir Best 3 -blade, oil 

 temper and tested, $1. Pruner, oil 

 temper, $1. Pruning Shears, $1. 

 All goods exchanged free if soft 

 or tlawy. 



