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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Mar. 1 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 266 



STRAY STRAWS 275 



EDITORIAL 277 



Thicknefs v. Length and Breadth of Sections 277 



A. I. Root: the Man and His Work 278 



Betsinger and His wire-cloth Separator 278 



Danger of Starvation this Spring 279 



Methods of Carrying Bees into and out of Cellars 279 

 PICKINGS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS' FIELDS ■. 281 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 281 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 283 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 285 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 2S6 



Taking Our Bees from the Cellar in the Spring 286 



When to Set the Bees out in the Spring 287 



How Can We Secure more Honey of Best Quality 288 



If I were to Start Anew in Bee-keeping 288 



Work in the Apiary 229 



Chambers' Cell-starting Device 293 



Poultry 295 



Bee-hunting 296 



HEADS OF GRAIN 297 



Early v. Late Putting of Bees in the Cellar 297 



How to Prevent Bees Crawling- up Trousers Legs 297 



Questions Concerning Buying of Nuclei 298 



Apiary Under Apple Blossoms 298 



Preventing Swarming— One Colony overjAnother 298 



Successful Bee-keeping on a City Lot 299 



Breaking the Record on Honey-eating '299 



Wintering Colonies between Sawdust Walls ,300 



Pollen-gathering in January 300 



Why the Honey Candies ^300 



A Question 303 



Starters for Wired Frames ' 301 



HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 301 



SPECIAL NOTICES 327 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 314 



Bee Bool<s. 



A.J Cook 328 



W. Z. Hutchinson 269 



Bee Smokers. 

 T F. Bingham 323 



F. Danzenbaker 267 



Bee Supplies. 



Bee & Honey Co 325 



J. H. M. Cook 328 



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



Geo. E. Hilton 323 



M. H. Hunt & Son 272 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 323 



Leahy Mfg. Co 328 



G. B. Lewis Co 274 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 323 



Fred W. Muth Co. 266 



Walter S Pouder 320 



Page & Lyon 321 



A. H. Reeves 325 



St. Croix Valley Hon. P. Ass'n.. .328 

 The Root Co., Syracu.se, N. Y.. .272 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .322 



C. M. Scott & Co 322 



W. D. Soper 322 



I. J Stringham 325 



White Mfg. Co 322 



C. H. W. Weber 265 



A. G. Woodman Co 322 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 321 



Bees and Queens. 



George W. Barnes 325 



Rev. J. G. Baumgaertner 325 



F.J. Colahan 325 



A. Gomes Casseres 324 



Etablissement d' Apiculture 325 



Chas Koeppen 324 



H. M. Parker, Jr 325 



Robert B. McCain 324 



W. H. Laws 324 



W. T. Crawford 324 



The Jennie Atchley Co 324 



A. E. TitofF 324 



W. H. Rails 325 



Roselawn Apiary 324 



H. C. Simpson 325 



J W Tavlor 324 



Henry Shaffer 325 



Victor- Knolle Apiary Co 325 



Daniel Wurth 324 



Buggies. 



Anderson Mfg. Co 310 



Ellihart Carnage Co 311 



Ohio Carriage Mf g Co 311 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 310 



Union Buggy Co 310 



Comb Foundation 



D*dant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 321 



Fences. 



Brown Fence & Wire Co 313 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 308-313 



Kitselman Bros 313 



Page Woven Wire Fence Co 313 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 270-271 



Household Specialties. 



Cooperative Society 310 



The D. Co 273 



Home Instructor 273 



Joseph Home Co 305 



J. W. Quilling 310 



A L Rice S09 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co . 309 



Incubators 



American Incubator Co 319 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 307 



Buckeye Incubator Co 308 



Cycle Hatcher Co 307 



Chas. A. Cyphers 307 



Cyphers Incubator Co 308 



M. M, Johnson Co 308 



Leahy Mfg. Co 328 



Manson Campbell Co., Ltd 307 



J. W. Miller Co 307 



Prairie State Inc. Co 308 



Racine Hatcher Co 807 



Reliable Incubator Co 307 



Geo. H. Stahl 308 



iVIachinery. 



The Deming Co 308 



Bateman Mfg Co 267 



Electric Wheel Co 313 



Lyons Engine Co 312 



Manson Campbell Co 309 



Medina Concrete Co 313 



F. E Myers & Bros 309 



Rochester Spray Pump Co 308 



Seneca Falls Mfg. Cvy .310 



Wilson Bros 308 



Miscellaneous. 



H. H. Aultfather 273 



F. W. Bird & Son 314 



Co-operative Society 310 



Hardware Specialty Co 313 



Chas H. Manley 328 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 273 



Poultry Supplies. 



G E. Conkey &Co 319 



B. H. Greider 319 



Willett's Preserver Co 308 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Southern Fruit Grower 273 



Publishers, Bee-Journal 



W. Z Hutchinson 269 



Modern Farmer & Busy Bee 313 



The A. I. Root Co 268-269 



Geo. W. York & Co 273 



Publishers Magazines. 

 Frank Munsey 271 



Publishers. Poultry-paper. 



R. R. Fisher 319 



The Howard Pub. Co 314 



Inland Poultry Journal 319 



Ohio Poultry Journal 319 



The Poultry Gazette 319 



Poultry Item 319 



Seeds and Trees. 



W. F. Allen 317 



Miss Ella V. Baines 317 



Francis Brill 319 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co 315 



Callander Cactus Co 315 



Chattanooga Nurseries 318 



M. Crawford Co 318 



Darling & Beahan 315 



L. J. Farmer.. 318 



Flansburgh & Potter Co 318 



J. Roscoe Fuller & Co 318 



Gage County Nurseries 318 



Gardner Nursery Co 317 



German Nurseries 315 



E C. Green & Son 316 



Green's Nursery Co 316 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 317 



D. Hill 316 



R. M. Kellogg Co 316 



Tewel Nurseries 315 



Miss C. H Lippincott 318 



J, T. Lovett 316 



McAdams Seed Co 318 



L. H. Mahan 318 



W. A. Mason 318 



L L May. 315 



National Plant Co 317 



Geo. W. Park. 319 



Louis Rocsch 318 



W. N. Scarff 317 



Schidler Bros 318 



Sheerin's Wholesale Nurseries ..318 



R. H. Shuraway 315 



Storrs & Harrison Co 317 



Wood Co 319 



Venn Bros 318 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 226-227 



