710 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



MARKET QUOTATIONS 706 



STRAY STRAWS 717 



EDITORIAL 717 



Prospects for the Season 717 



Death of J. C. Acklin 718 



Caucasians for Queen-rearing 718 



Getting Bees for Stocking Nuclei 719 



Prof. H. A. Surface 719 



Field Day of Bee-keepers at Jenkintown 720 



FANCIES AND FALLACIES 721 



PICKINGS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS' FIELDS. 722 



GLEANINGS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST 723 



BEE-KEEPING AMONG THE ROCKIES 724 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE 726 



GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 727 



Alexander and His Critics 727 



Honey Market, Condition of 729 



Appliances to Adopt if I were to Start Anew 730 



How to Use a Sectional Hive 734 



Bee-keeping in Pennsylvania 734 



The Control of Swarming 735 



The Alexander Cure for Black Brood 736 



Some Fancy Honey 737 



An Apiary in South Florida 738 



Shade 738 



Honey as a Food 740 



The Differences of Opinion on Frames 741 



Cabbage-palmetto Trees of Florida 742 



How Many Colonies Sh<>Jl a Man Keep? 742 



HEADS OF GRAIN 743 



Wire-cloth Separators 743 



A Plan for Requeening an Apiary 743 



Curved Alighting-boards 744 



Alexander's Bee-hat 744 



Moving Bees 744 



Early- reared Queens 744 



Foundation Stretching 745 



Horizontal vs. Vertical Wiring .746 



How to Divide and not Lose Bees 746 



What can be Expected from Buckwheat 747 



Manipulating Hives instead of Frames. 747 



Ants 745 



A Metal Side and End Spacer Combined 748 



Plain Section in Colorado 748 



Combs Melting Down in Hives Painted Dark 748 



An Error Corrected 752 



Inbreeding 747 



A YEAR'S WORK IN AN OUT- APIARY 749 



OUR HOMES 753 



SPECIAL NOTICES 762 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Banking by Mail. 

 Savings Dep. Bank Co 757 



Bee Smol(ers. 

 T F. Bingham 763 



F. Danzenbaker 707 



Bee Supplies. 



A. H. Reeves 771 



A. G. Woodman Co 766 



C. H. W.Weber 705 



C. M. Scott & Co 766 



D. Cooley 768 



Pred W. Muth Co. 706 



Frank W. Prothero 768 



Geo. E. Hilton 767 



G. B. Lewis Co 714 



I.J. Stringham 713 



J. H. M. Cook 713 



Kretchmer Mfg. Co 766 



Lathrop Mfg. Co 767 



Leahy Mfg. Co 769 



Marshfield Mfg. Co 718 



Minnesota Bee Supply Co 769 



M. H. Hunt & Son 712 



Page & Lyon 765 



The Root Co .768 



The Root Co., Syracuse, N. Y.. .712 

 The Root Co., St. Paul, Minn .. .765 

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



Walter S. Pouder 764 



York Honey & Bee Supply Co.. 767 

 Orel L Hershiser 631 



Bees and Queens. 



A. E. Tito£f 772 



Bee & Honey Co 768 



Best-the-bee man 768 



B. C. Terry Co 773 



Chas. Koeppen 772 



D. J. Blocher . 695 



Daniel Wurth 773 



Doolittle & Clark .771 



E. A. Simmons 770 



E. E. Lawrence 772 



F.J.Colahan 770 



F. A. Lockhart & Co 771 



G. Routzahn 769 



Grant Anderson 771 



Henry Alley 770 



E. E. Mott 769 



G. W. Gates 771 



Henry Shaffer 773 



H G. Quirin 770 



H. C. Simpson 771 



H. M. Parker, Jr 773 



H. A. Ross 769 



H. H. Jepson 771-773 



J. L Strong 773 



J. W. Taylor 770 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co 771 



Jas. W. Bain 771 



J. B. Case 773 



J. E. Chambers 773 



J. R. Rambo 770 



John M. Davis. 770 



Mennie & Fenton 773 



Malan Brothers 769 



M. D. Whicher 772 



Robert B. McCain 772 



R. O. Cox 771 



Roselawn Apiary 772 



S Valentine 763 



The Jennie Atchley Co 773 



Victor- KnoUe Apiary Co 773 



W. H. Laws 772 



W. T. Lewis 769 



W. T. Crawford 771 



J. P. Moore 768 



J. W. Griffin 771-772 



L. H. Robey 772 



I. C. Miller 773 



W. H. Rails 771 



Bee-books. 



A. J. Cook 767 



George W.York 713 



Comb Foundation 



Dadant & Son Back Cover 



Gus Dittmer 765 



Fences. 



Brown Fence and Wire Co 761 



Coiled Spring Fence Co 761-776 



Page Woven-wire Fence Co 757 



Honey-buyers. 



See page 706-707 



Household Specialties. 



Best Light Co 761 



Cleveland Desk Co 776 



Joseph Home Co 761 



Machinery. 



Electric Wheel Co 761 



Lyons Engine Co 759 



Medina Concrete Co 758 



F. E. Myers & Bros 761 



Miscellaneous. 



Alabama Times 776 



Best Gate Co.. 760 



Hammond's Slug-shot 758 



Hardware Specialty Co 761 



Home Correspondence School. . .757 



Seaboard Air Line R. R 776 



The Deming Co 757 



Chicago House-wrecking Co 761 



Ideal Specialty Co 776 



T. T. Poultry Co 681 



Publishers, Agricultural-paper. 



Farmer's Call 763 



Southern Fruit Grower 631 



Publishers, Bee-Journal 



A. I. Root Co 708-709 



Geo. W. York & Co 713 



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

 W. Z. Hutchinson 709 



Publishers, Poultry-paper. 



R. R. Fisher 776 



The Poultry Gazette 776 



Poultry Item 776 



Ohio Poultry Journal 776 



Poultry Success 631 



Seeds and Trees. 



Hart Pioneer Nurseries 758 



Wants and Exchanges. 

 See page 774 



