1881 



GLEANINGS IK BEE CULTURE. 



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Untested queens, fl.OO; Tested, f3.00; Selected, 

 $3.00; Pound of Bees, Italian, $1.00; 2 Langstrotti- 

 frame nuclei, $3.00; 3 Langstroth-franie nuclei, 

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

 kers, Hives, &c.. &c., address 



WM. B. COGGESHALL. Supt. 

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



MAKE BEES PAT 



By gettinjf the best Italian stock tested for " biz." 

 Good prolific queens 75 cts. each; $7.80 per dozen; 

 Tested, $1.50. Use molded fdn. It paj/fi bio; 40 cts. 

 for common; 50 cts. for thin. Improved fdn. mold, 

 "L." size. Plaster, $3.75; Metallic (ready soon) $7.50. 

 Roofs rubber, $«.0O. Outfit for same, $5.00. See 

 free circular. OLIVER FOSTER, 



7tfd Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. 



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.; 2 

 (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 price of bees, colony, and nucleus. Dis- 

 count on larger orders. OTTO KLEINOW, 

 6tfd Opposite Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich. 



SEND for my circular and price list of Italian 

 Colonies, Queens, and Apiarian Supplies. i 



5tfd H. H. BROWN, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 



Thanks, friend R., for that smoker. It is just 

 " boss." We have had 26 natural swarms this month 

 from 12 hives, averaging 5 lbs. each. 



W. W. Young. 



Fort Dcdge, Iowa, June 29, 1881. 



The bees you sent came all r)8;ht, and they are 

 working like "little Turks," and from all present 

 appearances, they will do well. 



Jonathan Goble. 



Marion, White Co., Ind., June 29, 1881. 



You will find postage stamps, am't 05 cts., for 

 which you may please send me 1 more lb. fdn. The 

 other lb. which you sent me [ like very well indeed. 

 1 could not get along without it. 



J. H. CUTSHAWL. 



Grecneville, Greene Co., Tenn.. June 23, 1881. 



The queen-cages you sent came to hand prroHpIi/. 

 If others filled orders as you do, there wouM be less 

 grumbling. Those cages are a marvel of cheapness, 

 with good quality combined. Certainly you give 

 value for the monev. G. H. B. Hoopek. 



Toronto, Canada, .July 13, 1881. 



C. OLSrS COMB FOUNDATION MACHINE. 



SEND FOR SAMPLE AND CIRCULAR. 

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



J. M. BROOKS & BROS'. 

 AMEHICAN ITALIANS. 



PURITY OF STOCK A SPECIALTY. 

 4-9 CIRCULARS FREE. 



COLUMBUS. - BARTH. CO., - INDIANA. 



Inclosed you will find 11 stamps to pay postage on 

 the smoker you sent me. It came all right, loaded 

 ready for the match. The boys had more fun with 

 it than to have gone to a circus; and the bees, when 

 they saucily come around, behave in a respectful 

 way on being administered a little whiff of smoke in 

 their faces. Wm. B. Jones. 



Manchester, Del. Co., Iowa, July, 1881. 



Extractor arrived in good order this p. m. Works 

 splendid. Expect to make it hum to-morrow. Some 

 hives are crammed full of bees and honey. I have 

 more honey now than I got all last summer. Charges 

 on extractor to Chicago, 80c; from Chicago. 50c. 

 Cheap enough. J. B. McCormick. 



Ncoga, Ills., June 13, 1881. 



We received the goods ordered from you in due 

 time, and in the very best condition. They were 

 packed nicely. I put up and painted the hives, and 

 with the assistance of my wife we transferred 12 

 colonies, which work, I think, was done very well, 

 not having had any experience in that line. The 

 bees are doing well now. J. H. Roderick. 



Dodd's City, Fannin Co., Tex., April 23, 1831. 



Full Colonies 



Bees by the Pound, 



I am prepared to fill orders for bees by the pound, 

 nuclei (2 and 3 frame), full colonies of pure Italians. 

 Also Cyprian Queens (Dadant's importation), and 

 Italian Queens at A. I. Root's prices. 



Given Fdn. a Specialty. Try it once, and see if 

 you do not pronounce it the best you ever used. 



E. T. FLANAGAN, Belleville, Box 819, 

 6-8d Rose Hill Apiary, St. Clair Co., 111. 



1881 ITALIAN QUEENS! 1881 



Te!«ted Queens $1 50 



AVarraiited Queens.. 1 00 



Cyprian Queens, untested 1 00 

 As most all the Dollar queens 



I sold last year were pure, I 



will warrant them this year. 

 J. T. Wilson, Mortonsville, 



8-9d Woodford Co., Ky. 



KIND WOBJ)S FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I find Gleanings an excellent advertising medi- 

 um. M. L. Dorm AN. 

 SinclairvUIe, N. Y. , July 21, 1881. 



I received extractor just in time, and it works 

 complete. I think we will have a first-class season 

 for honey. S. Rich, Jr. 



Hobart, N. Y., June 7, 1881. 



I beg to acknowledge, with many thanks, the re- 

 ceipt of your excellent book on bee-culture; it was 

 UiinlDi CHn in i ^ most agreeable surprise to me, as I understood it 

 I nllClcl) rUlli, ftUi was but a mere paper-bound pamphlet, containing 

 the most necessary elements of bee-farming, in 

 place of the handsome and really interesting vol- 

 ume you sent me. LoDis M. Hayes. 

 Toronto, Can., July 11, 1881. 



Vou sent me Christian's Secret a second time, and 

 said, "'No charge;" but I will pmi it. 



Corinth, Miss., June 22, 1881. N. Y. Steele. 



[Well, I declare, friend S., it would be a "pretty 

 tough job," if anybody should try to get up a quar- 

 rel between you and me. Do you not think so? It 

 makes one feel as if it was not so very rixkn to " suff- 

 er long and lie kind, "after all.] 



Imagine my pleasure and surprise the other day 

 on going into the postolHcc, to find Gleanings there 

 to my address. '• Well, now," says 1, "that is some 

 of Mary's work" (my wife, you know), a birthday 

 present, and I tell vou I appreciate it. especially 

 that part called Our Homes. Three-fourths of the 

 bees in this vicinity are dead. I saved six out of 

 ten, packed in chaff on summer stands. They are 

 now doing nicely. White clover is just commencing 

 to bloom.' D. McLaffertv. 



Great Valley, Catt. Co., N. Y., May 30, 1881. 



Bees and smokers came all right. The queen 

 filled 4 Langstroth frames in six days. 



John Gilmore. 

 Corunna, Mich., June 29, 1881. 



The nucleus sent me came to hand yesterday at 4 

 P.M. in good condition. That same evening I put 

 them in the hive I had prepared for them. To say 

 that they are satisfactory, is not enough; they were 

 more than satisfactory. Will you be so kind as to 

 send another just like it, for inclosed? I was truly 

 surprised to get the nucleus in such nice condition ; 

 and had I known they could be had so satisfactorilj' 

 at an earlier date, I should have ordered 2 or 3 times 

 the number. L. O. Shultz. 



Brazil, Ind., July 1, 1881. 



