1881 



GLEAXINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



4l!t 



Contents of this Numbsr. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Blnt'k List — 



Bee Botaiiy <."i5 



Bee Entomology 155 



Blasted Hopes." - — 



Cartoon — 



Editorials 4M 



Heads of tii-ain 44fi 



Honey Colitmn Add 



Humbujjrs and Swindles 1.">1 



I Juvenile De|)artnient i:« 



I KindAVords from Customersiai 



I.adies' Department 42fi 



I Lunch-R ' om — 



! Notes and Queries 15.'. 



Kcports Encoiu-aging — 



SmileiT iX> 



The Gronlery 441 



I Toliaeco Cohiiiin 4.'iii 



INDEX OF HEADS OF ORAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHOUT ARTICLES. 



Honey -Dew 4.'iO. 454 



How to jret Honev — and 



Mimev 442 



It.Tlianson lied Clovei' 435 



huiimiilitr .Vddrp.ses; again 464 



Lunirstroth Kr.inie 433 



Lar: 



A Review uf Havhmst's 



Tea Party.." 4-i4 



-V Report from C'anaila Vii 



.V New tool foi- Bee- Keepers 425 



.Vdding Extra Combs 43C, 



Awkward Squad 4.511 



-V K C Scholar in Trouble . .451 

 Apiaiy of 225 Colonics in 



Bo-K Hives 45:! I Ml luf 



.\inos I. Root 4fil 



Bees, Savage 454 



Bee-Keeper's Misliai)s 451 



Bees, How to Winter 4.50 



Bees Ta.xable 449 



Bees on Onions 44X 



Bees in Nebraska 443 



Bees Stinging Hoi-se: 



Marking I'aekage.s •. 429 



Lost ill Mails 441 



Molbe Heatli Plant t4T 



Neighbor H . on Feeding 



Bees 424 



Nova Scotia 438 



Novelty in Chatf Hives 451 



Notes from Bamier Apiaiy. .423 



I lur Medina Co. Bee-keei)e"rs46fi 



n, Too nmch 447 



liee-iaves in Texas 4.'i(i I Promptness and Uesiionsi- 



Brooks' E.vperienee 440 ! bilitv 449 



Bureh & Co 444 | Peet Cage 4.52 



Basswood Honey and Snow- Questions from a l>ee-keeperl3(i 



drifts 446 Queen-Rearing 445 



Basswood, Daily yield from 454 Queen and 'i Jb. of P.ees 448 



Combs mied with Clover Queen that Stings Workers 44X 



Honey 429 ! Queens that won't Lav 465 



Candy for Queen-Cages 434 Report of a Boginmr 446 



California 435,149,454 Report of L. 11. Kinvon 419 



Case's Bee-keeping 4.38 Sending Monev bv nuiil. 



Chaff Hives 149. 450, 451 I w ithout Kegisteri 



Cypriins for- Increase. . . 452 South .\i 



i-llai-s or < lutdoor Packing 



Conventions 460 



Dark-baiiikd ltaliai\s IM 



DoolittU 's Explanation 439 



ine 



Color of. 



.447 



Drones with Col'ireil Eyes . .448 



Lxpericnce of a Novice 427 



Kxt'<l Honi y Souring 453 



Fancy Scitions for Hone.v.. 426 

 I letting Bees fixed for Win- 

 ter 430 



Crape Sugar- not always 



deadly '.432. «6 



Hercules' Club 4.55 



Honey in August 4."i3 



Hungarian Bees 153 



. ...165 



437. 4.50 



4;<9 



446 



.Statistics ol Losses.. 

 Swarms Se)iarating. . 



Straw or Cliatf 449 



Spider-Plants and Hum- 

 ming Birds 4,52 



Taking off Sections 446 



Two Queens in ont- Cell 447 



Transferring in July 454 



I'ps and Downs ; . . .449. 1.50 



Ventilation in "Winter .452 



\ei-mont 447 



AVater and Sugai- foi' Ship- 

 ping 442 



AVashing Hives 448 



5Vax-Extl-actor fo r 10c 451 



Wateling-place for Bees 151 



ICAX furnish Bees bj- the colony and pound. 

 Send tor special rates. H. NEWHAUS, 



it-lOd Burlington, Kat-ine Co., "Wis. 



LARGZ: CHAFF CUSkxOITS 



For ■winter, without chaff, for Simplicity and Hoot 

 ehaft' hive, .«l;J.(HJ per 100. Two by mail, :?0c. 



D. S. BASSETT, 

 i'd Farnumsville, Worcester Co., Mass. 



50 STOCKS OF ITAUAN OR HYBRID 



Bees for sale, either b.v the hive or pound, in any 

 quantity to suit purchasers. Address, for particii- 

 lars, J. J. KISEK, E. Des Moines, Iowa. 



ITAltAM SSrf'-TnLK QUEENS 



. ,__ .- i^.^j, each: tested, ¥2.00; Safe arrival auar- 

 FRED. G. MIELKE, 



Windsor, Dane Co., Wis. 



I ay in, 



nnteeil 



ftd 



Recent A(l<litions to the 



COUNT ER STORE. 



FIVE-CENT COUNTER. 



Postage. 1 I Pr. of 10, of 100 



;i I Book or Shawl Straps, vcrv hamly ; 35 | 3 25 



a 1 l\ory Tooth picks, ;J-bladed | 3S | 3 ,50 



(ILA.SSW.VRE. 



7-| Salt Cellars, Frog- pattern | ■15 I 4 00 



10 1 Mugs, brown, tiint fflass enameled. . . | 40 ' 3 50 

 I Bowls, brown. Hint g-lass enameled. 



Splendid for bread and milk I 40 i 3 50 



TEN-CENT COUNTER. 



Feather Du^iter 



Milk Strainers, pretty and useful .. 



GLAgSWARE. 



Bowls, brown, S-inch, flint glass en- 

 ameled 



I 85 



8 00 

 8 (KJ 



7 00 

 T 00 



'' I Pen, to write with Clear water | 



Beautifull.v linished in .Jet and Niciiel. writes 

 beautifully. Ink i^upplies, same price, for a box of 3. 



FIFTEEN-CENT COUNTER. 



~ Lace cutter, a inusi handy tool for 



cutting strings for lacing belts ! 1 '■>'> | 12 00 



Twenty-Five Cent Counter. 



50 I Washboard " O K" Double | 1 'o^ | 15 00 



This is a nice, light, good washboard, and with 



each one goes a very pretty and useful little receipt 



book. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Oltio. 



Italian queens (untested) 80c: full colonics, ready 

 for winter (untested queens), $(5.00. Can ship immc- 

 diateLv, H. BARBER, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 9d 



pr^^-N FINE COLONIES of Italian Bees, with 

 g ^V_V tested queens, at $7.00 each. Tested 

 queens, $2.00 each. A few colonies of good hybrids 

 with queens at $0.00. Address O. H. Townsexd, 

 9tfd Hubbardston, Ionia Co., Mich, 



ITALIAN QUEENS! 



Tested (|ueens, $2.00. T have a fine lot of untested 

 queens on hand, which I will send, by return mail, 

 tor To cts. each. All my queens .nre reared from 

 imported and home-bred queens. Send in your or- 

 ders to GEORGE W. BAKER, 

 M Lcwisvillf, Henry Co., Ind. 



^LACK BEES, ~ 



SO cTSi. i*e:"?i. i»oxj3xriD i 



From this date I will sell the abo\e bees at the 

 above low price. These bees are obtained of parties 

 who wintered their beea successfully. They are a 

 hardy strain. Black queen with the pound, $1.00: 

 or untested Italian queen, $1..50. Three-frame nu- 

 cleus with untested queen. Two for $5.00. 



Address J. H. MARTIN, Hartford, 



9d Wash.Co., N. Y. 



THE BEST KNIFE MADE 



For Farmers and Mechanics. 



Jllr.dcs extra Ihirk, oil tempered, every 

 lie tt sled by file. Exchanged free if 

 Kft or flawy. Price postpaid, T5c, or 

 l-l'lade, £Cc. Medium 2-blade, 

 LCc, 1-blade, 2.""ic. Illustrated 

 list lice. Butcher Knife, 

 ' (^t. I! in., ;tc: Sticliing 

 Knife, •iOc; Skinning 

 Knife, 7:5c, postpaid. 

 Please send for our 

 free list. Address 

 MAKER & GROSH, 

 :)4 N. Monroe St.. 

 Toledo, Ohio. 



