GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Jan, 1 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 4 



STRAY STRAWS 13 



EDITORIAL 14 



Entomolog-y, Value of 14 



Honey-flow and Warm Nig'hts 14 



Literature, Mseterlinck's 14 



Commission Houses, Fake 14 



Index, Value of 15 



Caucasians, Titoff on 15 



Mating- box. Root 18 



Honey, Slow Sale of 19 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 19 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 20 



Colonies, Number in Hatch's Yard 20 



Honey to the Acre 21 



Foul Brood Cured without Drugs 22 



Black Brood, Alexander Plan Indorsed 22 



Section-protector, Ormsby's 23 



Comb and Extracted in Same Super 24 



Workers, Laying 24 



Grading 24 



Frame, Hoffman, Woodward on 24 



Honey-tank Heated by Steam 25 



Honey Warmed in Large Tank 26 



Honey-strainer, Alexander's 2*) 



Tanks, Evaporating 26 



Pails, Alexander's 26 



Apiary, Alexander's 28 



Queen- breeder. Youngest 29 



Exhibits at Fairs 29, 30 



Advertising at Fairs 31 



HEADS OF GRAIN 31 



Italians Discussed 31 



Clover, Sweet, in Alabama 32 



Tanging Swarms 32 



Exhibition, Bee, Suggested 33 



Hive-stand, Cement 33 



Yield, Remarkable 33 



Tool, Hoffman Frame 34 



Propolis, Preventing 34 



Hives, Large 34 



Bees, Destroying, in Minnesota 34 



Storm-door at Entrance 35 



Swarming with Virgin Queen 35 



Gallberry 35 



Bees Wintered without Loss 35 



Enemy of Bees, a New 36 



Tar Paper over Hives 36 



Colonies, Wintering Tiered-up 86 



Wintering in Smoke-house 36 



Colonies Wintered in Chaff Hives 36 



OUR HOMES 37 



CONVENTION NOTICES 53 



SPECIAL NOTICES 53 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mall. 



Savings Dep. Bank Co 40 



Bee Smokers. 



T. F. Bingham 40 



F. Danzenbaker 5 



Arthur Rattray 52 



Bee Supplies. 



J. H. M. Cook 52 



D. Cooley 53 



W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. .Back Cover 



Geo. E. Hilton 41 



M. H. Hunt & Son 49 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 41 



G. B. Lewis Co 12 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 41 



Walter S. Pouder 51 



Page & Lyon 50 



W. H. Putnam 52 



Arthur Rattray 52 



A. H. Reeves 53 



The Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y.... 49 



C. M. Scott & Co 52 



St. Croix Valley H. Ass'n 52 



1. J. Stringham 52 



C. H. W. Weber 3 



A. G. Woodman Co 9 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co 50 



Bees and Queens. 

 A. Gomes Casseres 5 



D. E. Lvon, Ph. D 41 



H. M. Parker, Jr 5 



J. R. Rambo 40 



G. Routzahn 5 



C. H. W. Weber 3 



Comb Foundation. 



Hildreth & Segelken 52 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 50 



Educational. 

 Home Instructor 47 



Fences. 



Brown Fence & Wire Co 54 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 54 



Kitselman Bros 54 



Honey-buyers. 

 See Page 5 



Honey for Sale. 



Fred W. Muth Co 5 



See Pages 4, 5 



Household Supplies. 



J. B. Williams Co 43 



Incubators. 



American Incubator Co 45 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 46 



Buckeye Incubator Co 46 



Cycle Hatcher Co 46 



Chas. A. Cyphers 45 



Cyphers Incubator Co 46 



M. M. Johnson Co 46 



J. W. Miller Co 46 



Racine Hatcher Co 46 



Reliable Incubator Co 46 



Geo. H. Stahl 46 



iiVlachinery. 



American Harrow Co 42 



Bateman Mfg Co 42 



Electric Wheel Co 48 



Lyons Engine Co 10 



Mauson Campbell Co 43 



Medina Concrete Co ". 40 



F E Myers & Son 51 



Ohio Carriage Co 42, 43. 54 



Seneca Falls Mfg. Co 54 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel Mfg. Co . . .47 



iVIagazlne Combinations. 



Compendium Subscnp. Agency... II 



iVIIsceiianeous. 



Chas. H. Manley 54 



Rochester Radiator Co 54 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 6 



Poultry Supplies. 

 Berry Golden Rule Poultry Farm. 45 



Humphrey "47 



F. W. Mann Co .47 



R. F. Neupert '.'.'... 45 



Stratton Mfg. Co I . ^47 



Publishers, Bee-journal. 



W.Z.Hutchinson 9 



The A. I. Root Co 6 



Geo. W. Yoik & Co \\\\ 9 



Publishers, !iVlagazine. 



S. S. McClure 7 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



The Howard Pub. Co 45 



Inland Poultry Journal 45 



Ohio Poultry Journal 45 



The Poultry Gazette 45 



Poultry Item 5 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farm and Stock 45 



Farmers' Call ....'.'. 53 



Fruit Grower Co 48, 54 



Southern Fruit Grower 53 



Successful Farming '.'.'. .53 



Seeds and Trees. 



W. F. Allen 48 



Darling & Beahan ! ! 42 



L J. Farmer ..43, 48 



Gage County Nurseries 43 



Gardner Nursery Co "48 



German Nurseries '.'.'.'.'. .48 



Hillside Nursery ; .48 



Jewel Nurseries .'!...' .48 



Louis Roesch ' .48 



St. Louis r-eed Co ......4S 



Sheerin's Wholesale Nurseries ... 8 



Storrs & Harrison Co 48 



C. H. W. Weber 3 



Wants and Exchanges. * 

 See Pages 44 



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