1883 



GLEA2^IKGS IK BEE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Names of responsible parties will be Inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 30 cents each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — 



Bee Entomologrj' - — 



Blasted Hopes i'l 



Editorials 47 



Forgettery — 



Heads of Grain 30 



Honey Column 4 



Humbugs and Smndles — ■ 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Ladies' Department 



Notes and Queries 



Obituai-y 



Keraindery 



Smilei-y 



" Square List' ' 



The Growlery 



Tobacco Column 



1 1 $1.00 Queens. 



'.— : Namei ingei-led in this department the firat time with- 

 ~^- I out charge. After, 30c each insertion, or $3,00 per year. 



Abutilon 31 



Albinos 11 



Bees, Learning to Keep 11 



Bees visiting several Blos- 

 soms at one trip 12 



Bees, Non-swarming 30 



Bees, Large 32 



Bees, Hiving 40 



Bee-keei)ing alone for busi- 

 ness 42 



Bee-man in trouble 30 



Bee-keeping for Women 7 



Bee culture, Dark side of 3.5 



Blacks V. Italians l.S, 42 



Button-wood 88 



Buzz-saws 34 



Cellars 28 



Cells where wanted 16 



Cells, Artificial Ifi 



<'lamp for Bees 5 



CorabHonev IT 



Combs, Moldy 38 



Criticisms li) 



Cushions, Chaft' 3.'! 



Cyprians Ahead 42 



Hive. A AVintering U 



Honev, Selling Extracteil 29 



Honc'v, Marketing 20 



Honcv-linuses .. 7. 22. 24. 2.=i, 20 



Hoiicv-iilnnts by Road 40 



HoncV-piants U 



Houiy-di w 3> 



Horsi'Miint 40 



Horsc-cliestuut 12 



Hylirids Ahead 38 



Journals, To Bind .21 



Labels, To Fasten .W 



Melilot 11 



Nebraska .30 



Odor of Bees 38 



Oregon 13, 3 1 



Platforms, Beveling .19 



Porter's Troubles 37 



Pounds of Bees in a Colony. .28 



Queen-cells. To (let 12 



Queens, Dolhu- C. 32 



Queens, Several in Hive 12 



lueen that came home ?'> 



Quilt> 



Rats and Mice 41 



Cj'ps. v. Holy-Land.s 18 ' Rape 3.'! 



Doolittle's Vicinity 20 Raising Queens, etc 16 



Drones from Wkr. Eggs 18 ! Sections, 1 lb. 



Dysentery 38, 41 



Egg, Moving to Drono-cell.. .34 



Fdn., The Best 39 



Fireweed 14 



Foster's Report 20 



Frames, Coverings for 17 



Frames, Wiring on Hooks. . .31 

 Frames, Wide, 'To Remove. 40 



■• Friend" 37 



Fruit-trees 30 



Gladiolus 28 ! 



Goldenrod 42 



Hatching Queens in less than i 



16 days 21,27,31 



Heddon's Apiary 16 



Sections, y,-\\\ 10, 39 



Sections, Labeling 48 



Sei>a ra t ors 17 



Sex of Ova 15 



Shirts for Bees 19 



Sil verhuU 42 



Smoke for Stings 11 



Statistics 26, 33, 41 



Stringer's Report 39 



Swarming at Night 30, 42 



Swarming, To Stop 39 



Virginia Creeper 31 



Wheat for Honev 9, 39 



Windmills :« 



Zinc to Exclude Queens.. 10. 3."i 



BEE - ISZEEFEI^S, 



ATTENTION !! 



200 COL-ONIES OF BEGS FOK SALE. 



All Interested in advanced hce culture, who want 

 to make bee-keeping pay, should send for price list 

 of Apiarian Supplies, Bees, Queens, etc., to 



E. T. FliANAGAN, 

 Box 819, Bel'.eville, St. Clair Co., Illinois. 

 Proprietor of Rose Hill, Cahokia. Falling Springs. 

 and Lake Apiaries.— Beeswax wanted. l-]3d 



50 STRONG COLONIES, Italian and bvhrid bees, 

 in two-story Simplicity hives. STACY PETTIT. 

 l-3d Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ark. 



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T. l.E\%'IS & CO., TOL.EDO, OHIO, 



Manufacturers of the U. S. Standard Honcj- 



Extractor (new improvements), and all other 



I Apiarian Supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



IMPORTED QDEENS. 



In April. 11 francs in Gold. 



May and June, - - - - 10 " " " 

 July and August, - - - 9 n .. n 



September and August, - - 7 " " '» 



No orders received for less than 8 queens. Queens 

 which die in transit will be replaced only if sent 

 back in a letter. l-6d 



CHARLES BIANCONCINI & CO.. Bologna, Italy. 



"DEES AND QUEENS FROM MY APIARIES. 



QUEENS AND NUCLEI IN SEASON. 

 3tfd Circular on application. 



J. H. ROBERTSON, PEWAMO, IONIA Co.. MlCH. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anythingof the kind, only that the queen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had rommcnoed to 

 lay when they were shippcil. They also agrreo to re- 

 turn the money at anytime when customers Ix-come 

 impatient of such delay -as may be unavoidahjo. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the bosi quoms, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warrnnted 

 and tested queens, furnisned on applicatior to any 

 of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen 

 mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us and 

 we will send you another. Probablv none will 1)0 

 sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If want- 

 ed sooner, or later, see rates in price list. 



*A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



*H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia C< 



*Paul L. Viallon. Bayou Goula, La. 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., 0. 



*Wm. Ballantine. Sagf>, Musk. Co., o. 



*D A. McCord, O.xford, Butler C-\, O. 



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lOtf 

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 Itfd 

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 *Jas. A. Nelson, box 8:!, Wyandott, Wy. Co.. Kan.,5-.T 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prieea 

 named, as those described on our circular. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. Ufd 



S. P. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. Itfd 



F. A. Sncll, Milledgeville, Carroll Co., III. 3-2 



M. S. West, Flint, Gen. Co., Mich. 1-fi 



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1883 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



I am now bookiugordc rs forqueens. 

 I cull my queens as they hatch, is the 

 rea«on my customers were so woll 

 pleasfd last year. Send me your ad- 

 dress on postal. a"d gpt circular. Six 

 for jf.5.00. J. T. W! L.$0\, 



Itfd Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



THE MOST PERFECT AND HANDY 



COMB-HOMEV ARRANGEMENT 



EVER INVENTED. 



For SI. 00 I will send you my New Clamp, tilled 

 with the most perfect sections in the world. My cir- 

 cular will be ready in January. Send a one-cent 

 stamp for one. 



Mr. J. H. Warner, of Central Bridge, Scho. Co., N. 

 Y., writes me as follows: "Mr. F. Boomhower: To 

 work with your clamp is simpiv a pleasure." 



Address F. BOOrWHO^VER, 



Id Gallupville, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 



50 TO 150 COLONIES OF 



PURE ITALIAN BEES, 



In new, superior, well - painted, movable - frame 

 hives (frames 12f4xl2J4 in.), for sale at f 6. 00 per colo- 

 ny, delivered at depot or express office at Lexing- 

 ton, LaFayette Co., Mo. DR. G. W. Y'OUNG. 

 13-3d 



f|^ I A neat stencil plate, ink and brush 

 UIV I for.3.5cts. Three to one address for 

 $1 00 postpaid. Address John CorLSOX, 

 l-3d East Rochester, Col. Co., Ohio. 



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