1881 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



3G7 



Contents of this Numbsr. 



INDEX OP DEPARTMENTS. 



Black List — 



Bee Botany o91 



Bee Kntomolopy — 



Blasted Hopes 382 



Cartoon — 



Editoi'ials 413 



Heads of Urain .VM 



Honey Column 411 



Htnnbugs and Swindles :Mil 



1 will sell a few full colonics of bees, in 10-frame 

 L. hives (Root's style), cuch to contain a young 



Juvenile Department 377 1 ,„ _ ,. „ , .^ , ^i ^ 



KindWoids irom Customers.iM | queen reared from daughters ol my best and gentlest 



Ladies' Department 382 



Lunch-R • om — 



Notes and Quenes 401 



Reports Encouraging — 



Smilory — 



The Gi-owlei-y....: 40.'i 



Tobacco Column HY.i 



Italian queen of 1880, at fO.OO per colony. 



A. G. WILLOWS, 

 8 Carlingford, Ontario, Can. 



INDEX 



OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Another improvement on 



the Peet (lueen-caKe 37:i 



Artificial anu Natural swaiin- 



ing Queens, etc 372 



Apis Dorsata 389 



After- Swarms 39fi 



Albinos 413 



Bannei' Apiary 371 



Bees Stinging their own 



Members X7fi 



Blue Bees .■i9» 



Hers to On 



.11(1 Q\ieens for Sale ...403 



lliitlea's Jlishap 383 



B.'escit India .380 



I'.iitton 's I'.eeKeeping 388 



Bee ( 'ultuie in Texas 388 



liees uuing two miles to 



Frepaie Hive 395 



I'.ees in ( )pen -Air 39.^ 



Had Honey 395 



Heesof Italy 395 



Hlaiks in Chatf Hives .398 



Clu.trHivus 396,399 



Candv for Wintering 401 



(Vllai-s Ahead 401 



Cyprians and Holy-Lands.. 402 



closed-top Frames 394 



Cellars not always Ahead. . ..397 



D. A. Jones 401 



Dollar Queens 401 



Drone Brood in Upper Story 403 



Disturbing Bees 385 



Death from Sting 390 



Dollar Queens in Poor 



Season 395 



Difference in Queens 396 



Dry Brick in Winter 39Si 



Feeding in Jul.y 378 



Florida as a Bee State 381 



Forest-Leaves 401 



Future of Italians 401 



Fdn., new Tool to Fasten. . .402 

 First Italians west of Miss- 

 issippi 402 



(iloves 401 



(Jrape Sugar in the South.. 402 



(Jrape Sugar in Illinois 385 



( (rape Sugar •. 412 



(letting Bees under DitK- 



culties 396 



How to Rear good Queens . .375 

 Hatching Brood without 



Bees 399 



How an A B C Scholar 



manages 373 



Honey-Dew from the Clouds374 



H. A. Burch 409 



Hiving a Swarm on Sec- 

 tions 399 



Hungarian Bees 400 



Hiving of their own accoid 4(il 



Hayhnrst's Te:i-Party 384 



Hciisemint in Texas 393 



Hunev from Willow Roots.. 394 



Holy-Land Bees ,374 



Introducing to a Hive hav- 



inga Queen 400 



Ilex l):ili..oii 391 



Introducing 398 



Ml- .Mi-rrylp.ndjs' Neighbor 410 

 Newly Cathered (Iranula- 



trd Houev 399 



( )nc Moi'uing's Work 374 



Our (iwu Aiiiary 379 



Out of Blasted hopes .397 



Propolis, uses for 378 



Pound of Bees in July 402 



Poiuul of Bees in May 402 



Peters on Upward V'enti- 



lation 386 



Plea for Blacks 398 



Ramble No. 6 375 



Raising Bees in Gieenhouse 380 



Report from Colora<io 399 



Robbed Bees going with 



Robbers 402 



Rape as a Bi'c-plant 403 



Robbing when tirst set out ..394 



Rubber Plates 398 



Silverhull Buckwheat 399 



Starting cells when they 



ha ve a cpteen 400 



Side-opening Hives 400 



Small Story with gi-eat 



Moral : 401 



Sections on In Winter 384 



Starters, full-size. . . : 391 



Sugar vs. Natural Stores ...394 

 Success of A B C Scholar. . . ..394 



Santlpaper 396 



Svrup for Bees 397 



Suiolu', Too much 372 



Ten Davs before laying 403 



Trials in Bee-Keeping. .389 



Thick Combs for Extracting 398 

 Ups and Downs of a Scholar 400 



Under the Box-Kldcrs 383 



Unfairness 390 



Un'^apjiing K nives 395 



Vi:illon's Candy 383 



Wintering without Pollen.. :«i9 



Why did they Die! 392 



What a Pound of Bees 



willdo 394 



Wintering in a Room 397 



W.Uer-B.)ttlcs .397 



Wintrriug without loss 398 



Wiiidiii^^- the Waterburv 



W.itch again '.....373 



Iwishtoexchangebeesfor pine lumber for adwell- 

 iug-tiouse, shop, and other buildings, lumber to be de- 

 livered at some convenient point to ship by It. 11. to 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. Correspondence solicited. 



O. H. TOWNSEND, 



8d Hubbardstown, Mich. 



C3I3L-a.:]E':f' ni'V^iESS : 



lean furnish Root Chaff Hives in flat for$1.5U; 

 nailed and painted, $2,50. Address 



A. F. STAUPFER, 

 8 Sterling, Whiteside Co., 111. 



I'l^C XJI* ST3FL03XrGr 



For \vinter during the month of August. I will sell 

 2 frames containing brood and honey and one pound 

 of hybrid bees, delivered at express ollice in good 

 conditijn, tor $'i.OO. No queens for sale. 



H. F. HAGEX. 

 8d DeSoto, Jefferson Co., Mo. 



LBS. of bees for sale, $1.35 per lb. Queens 

 $1.10. Tested, $3.00. Send for circular. 

 A. D. BENHAM, 

 Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich. 



100 



8d 



KIND READER ! Do you want to buy queens? 

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

 can please you. FIINE AVAKKANTED ITALi- 



lAN QUEEINS a specialty. Prices: single queen, 

 $1.00; per ii doz., $5.50. All queens bred from choice 

 imported and improved stock. Send for circular. 



J.P.MOORE, 

 8tfd Box 2V, Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky. 



FOR $5.00 I will send you 5 lbs. of Italian or hy- 

 brid bees, 5 worker combs, and 5 lbs. of honey, 

 all in a second-hand Langstroth hive. Tested queen, 

 bought of G. Grimm in May, $3.00 additional. 



J. L. WOLFENDEN, 

 8d Adams, Wal. Co., Wis. 



FOR SA1.E.— The first eight volumes of the 

 American Bee Journal. Four \olumes, bound 

 in paper, leather back. All in good order. Price 

 $10.00. V. LEONARD, 



8 Springfield, Bradford Co., Pa. 



1 OFFER for sale, this month, 100 3-frame nuclei' 

 with queens reared from mother whose progeny 

 gave over 300 lbs. surplus in 18S0. Price $3.00 for 

 nuclei containing untested; $4.00 with tested queen. 



F. L. WRIGHT, 

 8d PlainQeld, Liv. Co., Mich. 



ITAIiIAN QUEENS ! lam prepared to furnish 

 pure queens at a low price. Untested, in May, 

 $lOO; June>90c; after, 8Jc. Send for circular. 



CHARLES D. DUVALL, 

 4-9d Spencerville, Mont. Co., Md. 



t t\f\ SWARMS OF BEES FOR SAI.E, 



XLFvr at $6.(0. May be selected from over 200 

 swarms. This price includes 30-frame hive, s worker 

 combs and contents, 3 chaff division-boards, one con- 

 taining feeder, bees and queen. Bees are high-grade 

 hybrids. I have about 70 young (jueens (not yet 

 tested) from Doolittle's best stock. My frames are 

 American, with open top-bar. Correspondence so- 

 licited. F. B. CHAPMAN, 

 8 Scipioville, Cayuga Co., N.Y. 



mmmt um im mii m so mil i 



MAKER & GHOSH, 34 N. MONROE ST., 

 TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Hand-Forged Razor Steel Knife 

 for 50 cents. Maher & Grosh, 34 

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

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

 Extra heavy 3-blade for rough 

 usage, 75e. Our Best 3-blade, oil 

 temper and tested, $1. Pruner, oil 

 temper, $1. Pruning Shears, $1. 

 All goods exchanged free if soft 

 or flawy. 



