1881 



GLEAj^^INGS m BEE CULTUKE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Black List — 



Bee Botany - - 



Bee Entomology — 



Blasted Hopes.. 302 



Cartoon — 



Editorials 36() 



Heads of Grain 312 



Honey Column 361 



Humbugs and Swindles 322 



I Juvenile Department 325 



I KLiidWords from C'ustoinerf317 



I Ladies' Department 3.'>1 



I Lunch-R • om — 



' Notes and Queries 349 



I Repoi-ts Encouraging — 



Smilery 3.51 



The (irowleiy — 



Tobacco Column :!.)7 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Apis dorsata -Kl 



ABC Scholai-s' Lettei-s.327, 33iJ 



Axteir s Report 340 



Average, How they 344 



Another Aid for Ext 322 



Absconding 348, 349 



Bees at a Picnic 323 



Buchanan' s Letter 335 



Burch, Herbert A Sfil 



Bees on Flo\ir in March 339 



Bees Stinging their own 



Members 341 



Buzz-saw, Another .341 



Bees from Texa-s 343 



Bees not Working in Uppei' 



Storj- 346 



Bees on Trees in Texas 347 



Blacks r. Italians 347 



Black Italians 34S 



Bee-sting in Eyelid 349 



Bees Coming to a Well-kept 



Apiary 319 



Blacks for Wintering .3.i0 



Bees, less than 1 lb. July 4th. 352 



Banner Apiai-j- ." 319 



Candy for Cages 333 



California Lettei-s 334, 338 



California Shipping Cans. . .:i43 

 Clark's Cold-Blast Smoke.. 322 



Com Oysters 344 



Covering with Hay 345 



Candy Feeding in Spring. . .345 



Chaff Hives 346 



Chaff Packing 346, 347, 350 



Callfor Bees 349 



Colorado 350 



Candy for Bees X>0 



Doolittle's Answers 331 



Dadant ' s Pamphlet .342 



Folks who don't sign Name. .337 

 Feeder, Large ' s 345 



( ;rimm on Wintering 32S 



Uauff 's Swarming-Bo.\ M-iO 



Getting Rich ;U3 



Honey -dew in Arkansas XM 



Honey-dew in S. Carolina.. 312 



Honev-dew in Oregon '.nn 



Huckleberi-y Honey 334 



Houej' Required f<n- 1 lb. 



Bees .342 



Hive, A Large 3.50 



Italians v. .S6i'ghum-mills..346 



Imperfect Addresses 360 



Langsti'oth 's Letters 319, 3;i2 



Locust Honey-crop 343 



L. ('. RoofsReport 351 



Miller's Letter 323 



Merrv banks 3.56 



>'ew Jei-sev, Northern, from. :t40 



Open -air Feeding 'M2 



Our Own Apiary 358 



Pollen 344, 3.50 



Packing with Forest leaves. 346 

 Queen witli laying daughter 343 



Queens . Marking ;il4 



Queen, Non-laying 348 



Ramble No5 327 



Robbed Bees going with 



Robbers 3:t5, 348 



Runaway Swai-ms 344 



Raising bees in House 348 



Ra])ld Increase ..350 



Saved bv Sugar Candy :Ki3 



Smith, from Pelee Island... .329 

 Sections on all Winter. .;i43, 350 



Sweet Corn :J44 



Starters, To Fa.sten :{47 



Two Queens in One Hive. . .344 



Ventilation ; 342, 'Mii 



Wintering Losses .313 



What lib. of Bees willdo..;«S 

 With Biggest Crowd 349 



ESSEX PIGS A SPEGIALH! 



75 to 100 Pedigree Pig's for delivery in June, 

 six weeks to two months old. Write for prices. 



Also Brown Legiiorn (prize winners) EGGS, @ §1. 

 per doz., and B. B. K. G. Bantam Egg.s for Hatctilng 

 (imported), @ §1.50 per doz., in new baskets. Sate 

 arrival guaranteed. C. W. CANFIEl.!), 

 5tfd Athens, Bradford. Co., Pa. 



1TAI.IAN AND CYPRIAN QUEENS, bred 

 from imported mothers. Write for prices to 

 H. T. BISHOP, 

 6-Td Chenango Bridge, Broome Co., N. Y. 



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



Imported or home-bred Queens, $3.00; Italian (un- 

 tested) Queens, Laying, fl.OO; Bees, fl.OO per lb.; 2 

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

 Nucleus (no queen), S3.00; 1 colony of Italian Bees 

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

 queen to price of bees, colony, and nucleus. Dis- 

 count on larger orders. OTTO KLEINOW, 

 6tEd Opposite Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. 



1881 HIVES FREE! 1881 



Where two or more nuclei are ordered at my June 

 prices, I will furnish them in full-sized Koop hive, 

 free of charge. Queens all from dark imported 

 queen, or light. A few good breeders at 351.50 per 

 one-comb nucleus. 1 am ready; send your order to 



F. E. TOWNSEXD, 

 7d Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



THE BEST OFFER VET! 



I have a quantity of Simplicity and other frame 

 hives lilled with comb and honey. 1 will put in 1 lb. 

 of bees, I warranted queen. 1 frame of brood, and 

 ship them at $5.00 each. Warranted queens from 

 my superior strain <if Italians, safe arrival guaran- 

 teed, .*;i.Oti; no guarantee, 80c. Plymouth Kock 

 eggs, $1.00 per doz. Address, 

 7d H. BAKBEH, Adrian, Len. Co., Mic . 



KIND READEK ! Do you want to buy queens? 

 If so, give me a trial order. I am confident I 

 can please yovu FINE M'ARRANTED ITAIi- 



IAN QIJEENS a )<peciaU)j. Prices: single queen, 

 $1.00; per ]i doz., $5.50. Send for circular. 



J. P. MOORE, 

 7d • Box 27, Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky. 



1881. 



Send for our new Circular and Price List of Full 

 Colonies, Nuclei, and Queens. We guarantee satis- 

 faction. S. D. McLEAN & SON, 

 2-7d Cullcoka, MauSry Co., Tenn. 



LIVE BEES IN MICHIQAN: 



Italian Queens, Bees, and Supplies; also Dollar 

 Queens the rest of the season. Descriptive price 

 list free. Address O. H. TOAVNSEND, 



6tfd Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich. 



ITALIAN cV: CYPRIAN t^UEENS! 



L'ntested queens, $1.00; Tested, $2.00; Selected, 

 $3.00; Pound of Bees, Italian, $1.(X); 2 Langstroth- 

 frame nuclei, $2.00; 3 Langstroth-frame nuclei, 

 $3.00. For prices of Novice Extractors, Veils, Smo- 

 kers, Hives, &c.. &c., addi-ess 



WM. B. COGGESHALL, Supt. 

 7 . Hill Side Apiary, Summit, Union Co., N. J. 



C. OLM'S^COMB FOUNDATION MACfflNE. 



SEI\'D FOR SAMPLE ASD CIRCULAR. 

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



Blacks, Vi lb., 50 cts. ; 1 lb. or more, per lb., 75 cts. ; 

 Italians, double price. Nuclei, 2-framo, no queen, 

 $1.25; 3-frame, $1.50. Italian nucleus, $2.00. Black 

 or hybrid queens, 50 cts. each. Fdn. starters, per 

 100, 50 cts. For further particulars, address 



S. P. CULLEY, 

 7d Warrcnsburgh, Johnson Co., Mo. 



I WILL furnish bees during July, Aug., and Sept., 

 at one dollar per pound. Also queens at A. I. 

 Root's last year's prices. . H. L. GRIFFITH, 

 7 Sumner, Lawrence Co., III. 



No. 

 013 



Price 

 SO 



Cents. 



mmm um mi mrs m so cents ! 



MAKER & GROSH, 34 N. MONROE ST.. 

 TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Hand-Forged Razor Steel Knife 

 for ;jO cents. Maher & Grosh, 31 

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

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

 Extra hea^vy 2-blade for rough 

 usage, 75c. Our Best 2-blade, oil 

 temper and tested, $1. Pruner, oil 

 temper, $1. Pruning Shears, $1. 

 All goods exchanged free if soft 

 or flawy. 



