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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 417 



STRAY STRAWS 411 



EDITORIAL 413 



Heavy Winter Losses in Kansas 413 



The Honey- producers' League 443 



The Ohio Foul- Brood Law and Special Tax 413 



G. M. Doolittle 414 



Early Queen-rearing- in the North 413 



Co-operation in Selling and Handling Honey 415 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 416 



BEE-KEEPING IN THE SOUTHWEST 417 



PICKINGS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS' FIELDS... 419 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 420 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 421 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 423 



How Shall we Make our Increase? 425 



How to Provide Protection for Supers 426 



The Prevention of Swarming 423 



How I Began Bee-keeping 429 



COVER PAGE PORTRAIT-G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



The Science of Successful Wintering of Bees 430 



Some Experience with a Chinese Bee-keeper 433 



A Cheap Home-made Strainer 434 



A Visit to a California Apiary 435 



The Wire-cloth Separator Condemned 437 



HEADS OF GRAIN 439 



An up-to-date Youug Bee-keeper 439 



Addressing Farmers' Institutes 439 



Bees in CellarRes tless 439 



Large Entrances Propolized nearly Shut 439 



Hive-carriers 440 



Combined Hive-tool and Frame-tongs 441 



Shade for Baby Nuclei 441 



Moving Bees with Entrances Open 441 



Caucasians in the United States in the '80's 442 



Washington as a Honey State 442 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT- APIARY 441 



OUR HOMES 445 



SPECIAL NOTICES 459 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 



Savings Dep. Bank Co 447 



Bee Smokers. 



T F. Bingham 463 



F. Danzenbaker 403 



Bee Supplies. 



W. W. Gary & Son 462 



D. Cooley 464 



J. H. M. Cook 409 



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



Geo. E. Hilton 463 



M. H. Hunt & Son 408 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 463 



Leahy Mfg. Co 464 



G.B Lewis Co 410 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 463 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 464 



Fred W. Muth Co. 402 



Walter S. Pouder 460 



The Root Co ..465 



Page & Lyon 461 



A. H. Reeves 463 



The Root Co., Syracu.se, N. Y.. .408 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .461 



C. M. Scott & Co 462 



I. J Stringham 466 



White Mfg. Co 462 



C. H. W. Weber 401 



A. G. Woodman Co 462 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 462 



Bees and Queens. 



Aliso Apiary 469 



Anthony Biaggi 468 



Bee & Honey Co 464 



The Jennie Atchley Co 469 



D. J. Blocker 469 



H. H. Jepson 469 



Grant Anderson 469 



R. O. Cox ;467 



Doolittle & Clark .467 



B. F Averill 466 



Henry Alley 466 



John M. Davis 466 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co 466 



F. A. Lockhart & Co 467 



E. L. Pratt.. . 467 

 J. L Strong 467 



A. W. Yates ... 467 



B. C. Terry 468 



George W. Barnes 468 



Rev. J. G. Baumgaertner 469 



J. B. Case 466 



W. T. Crawford 469 



F. J Colahan 467 



Etablissement d' Apiculture 468 



A. W. Griffin 466 



Chas. Koeppen 468 



J. J. Jepson 466 



E. E. Lawrence 466 



W. H. Laws 468 



Robert B. McCain 468 



Malan Brothers 466 



E. E. Mott 469 



H. M. Parker, Tr 469 



A. E. Titoff 468 



W. H. Rails 469 



J. A. Rambo 466 



Roselawn Apiary 467 



H. A. Ross 467 



H. C. Simpson 469 



J. W Tavlor 466 



Henry Shaffer 469 



Victor-Knolle Apiary Co 469 



Daniel Wurth 469 



Buggies. 



Anderson Mfg. Co 454 



Elkhart Carnage Co 453 



Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co 453 



Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co 453 



Union Buggy Co 454 



Comb Foundation. 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 461 



Fences. 



Brown Fence & Wire Co 454 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 454-455 



Page Woven Wire Fence Co 455 



Honey-buyers. 

 See page 402 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 452 



Cltveland Desk Co 447 



Crofts & Reed 452 



TheD. Co 454 



Joseph Home Co 447 



Elliott Tel. and Elec. Co 452 



A L Rice 454 



Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co. 451 

 1900 Washer Co 452 



Incubators. 



Banta-Bender Mfg. Co 455 



Buckeye Incubator Co 455 



Cycle Hatcher Co 455 



Chas. A. Cyphers 455 



Gem Incubator Co 455 



Manson Cajmpbell Co., Ltd 455 



Geo. H. Stahl 455 



H. M. Sheer Co 454 



Machinery. 



Electric Wheel Co 454 



Lyons Engine Co 4.50 



Manson Campbell Co 455 



Mead Cycle Co.. 452 



Medina Concrete Co 448-449 



F. E. Myers & Bros 451 



Miscellaneous. 

 Alden Brothers. 465 



H. H. Aultfather .■.■;.".■ .381 



Best Gate Co 456 



F. W. Bird & Son 451 



Hardware Specialty Co 452 



Chas H. Manley 458 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 409 



Home Correspondence School. . .447 

 Mugler Engraving Co. 403 



Rand, McNally & Co '.447 



Poultry Supplies. 

 Willett's Egg-preserving Co 455 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farmer's Call 447 



Southern Fruit Grower 472 



Publishers, Bee-Journal 



Modern Farmer & Busy Bee 447 



The A. I. Root Co 404-405 



Geo. W. York & Co 409 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



R. R. Fisher 472 



The Howard Pub. Co 472 



Ohio Poultry Journal 472 



The Poultry Gazette 472 



Poultry Item 472 



Seeds and Trees. 



Callander Cactus Co 457 



L- J. Farmer.. 457 



Flansburgh & Potter Co 458 



E. C. Holmes 457 



E. C. Green & Son 458 



Forest Nursery and Seed Co. . . ...458 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 458 



R. M. Kellogg Co 458 



Jewel Nurseries 467 



Louis Roesch 458 



L. H. Mahan 409 



Schidler Bros 403 



Vaughan's Seed-store 457 



Yenn Bros 458 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 470-471 



