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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 130 



STRAY STRAWS 139 



EDITORIAL 141 



Battle between Nest of Ants and C!olony of Bees.. 141 

 Remarkable Weather in January in Parts of U. S. 141 



Experiments at Medina in Weighing up Stores 141 



Experiments in Ventilating Our Shop Bee-cellar.. 141 



High Lights of the Chicago Convention 142 



Advanced Bee Culture — New Revision 143 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 145 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 146 



Honey-strainer inside the Extractor-can 146 



Depredations of Ants or Bee-paralysis 149 



Mr. Poppleton's Reply to Same 149 



Buying Bees 150 



Alexander and His Critics 151 



Third Prize Photo of a Swarm of Bees 155 



Educational Laboratory 156 



Are Sections Detrimental to the Honey Market 157 



Herman Holmes 159 



NOTES OF TRAVEL 160 



OUR HOMES 161 



SPECIAL NOTICES 183 



CONVENTION NOTICES 183 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 



Savings Dep. Bank Co 135 



Bee Books. 



W. Z. Hutchinson 135 



Bee Smokers. 

 T F. Bingham 180 



F. Danzen baker 131 



Bee Supplies. 



Bee and Honey Co 18-1 



J. H. M. Cook 179 



D.;Cooley 179 



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



Geo. E. Hilton 180 



M. H. Hunt & Son l78 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 180 



G. B. Lewis Co 138 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 180 



Fred W. Muth Co 130 



Walter S. Pouder 176 



Page & Lyon 177 



W. H. Putnam 179 



A. H. Reeves 179 



St. Croix Valley Hon. P. Ass'n.. .179 

 The Root Co., Syracu.se, N. Y.. .136 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .131 



The Root Co 121 



C. M. Scott & Co 119 



St. Croix Valley H. P. Ass'n 179 



W. D. Soper 183 



I. J. Stringhara 179 



White Mfg. Co 179 



C. H. W. Weber 129 



A. G. Woodman Co 178 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 177 



Bees and Queens. 

 A. Gomes Casseres 184 



D. E. Lyon, Ph. D 181 



H. M. Parker, Jr 184 



Robert B. McCain 184 



W. H. Laws 184 



W. T. Crawford 184 



L. A. Lawmaster 123 



The Jennie Atchley Co 184 



A. E. Titoff 180 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 177 



Fences. 

 Brown Fence & Wire Co 167 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 167-184 



Kitselman Bros 167 



Page Woven Wire Fence Co 167 



Honey-buyers. 



Chas. Israel & Bro 131 



See page 131 



Honey for Sale. 



Fred W. Muth Co 130 



See pages. 130, 131 



Incubators. 



American Incubator Co 174 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 163 



Buckeye Incubator Co 163 



Cycle Hatcher Co 163 



Chas. A. Cyphers 173 



M. M. Johnson Co 163 



J. W. Miller Co 164 



Prairie State Inc. Co 164 



Racine Hatcher Co 163 



Reliable Incubator Co 163 



Geo. H. Stahl 163 



Machinery. 



American Harrow Co 166 



The Deming Co. 169 



Elkhart Carriage Mfg. Co 169 



Bateman Mfg Co 165 



Electric Wheel Co 105 



Lyons Engine Co 168 



Medina Concrete Co 170 



Manson Campbell Co., Ltd 165 



F. E. Myers & Son 169 



Seneca Falls Mfg. Co 169 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co . . 1.54 

 United Factories Co 169 



Miscellaneous. 



H. H. Aultfather 175 



Francis Bannerman 164 



F. W. Bird & Son 166 



Chas H. Manley 137 



Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co 169, 175 



A. L. Rice 167 



The A. I. Root Co.. 133 



Pchafer Furnace Co 131 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 137 



Poultry Supplies. 

 Beriy Golden Rule Poultry Farm. 174 



G. E. Conkey & Co 174 



B. H. Greider 174 



F. W. Mann Co 164 



R. F. Neubert 173 



W. W. Shampanore 174 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farm and Stock 137 



Farmeis' Call 169 



Fruit Grower Co 137, 173 



The Rural Home 178 



Southern Fruit Grower 173 



Successful Farming 135 



Publishers, Bee-Journal. 



W. Z. Hutchinson l;^ 



The A. I. Root Co 132 



Geo. W. York & Co 137 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



The Howard Pub. Co 174 



Inland Poultry Journal 174 



Ohio Poultry Journal 174 



The Poultry Gazette 174 



Poultry Item 174 



Seeds and Trees. 



W. F. Allen 172 



J. B. Armstrong & tjon 170 



Francis Brill 173 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co 170 



Colorado Seed House 165 



Chattanooga Nurseries 175 



Darling & Beahan 171 



Flansburgh & Potter Co 172 



L. J. Farmer.. 172, 173 



Gage County Nurseries 173 



Gardner Nursery CoJ .,.170 



German Nurseries 172 



E. C. Green & Son 173 



Green's Nursery Co 172 



D. Hill 172 



Hillside Nursery 172 



R. M. Kellogg Co 171 



Jewel Nurseries 171 



Geo. W. Park 173 



Henry Phillips Seed & Imp. Co.. 183 



Louis Roesch 173 



St. Louis Seed Co 171 



W. N. Scarff 172 



Sheerin's Wholesale Nurseries . .173 



R. H. Shumway 171 



Storrs & Harrison Co 172 



Wants and Exchanges. 



See page 182 



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