1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



65 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — 



Bee Entomology — 



Blasted Hopes 93 



Editorials 99 



Foigettery — 



Heads of Grain 83 



Honey Column 56 



Humbugs and Swindles 69 



Ladies' Department 81 



Notes and Queries 93 



Obituary — 



Kemindery 68 



Smllery — 



" Square List' ' — 



The Growlery 94 



Tobacco Column — 



INDEX OP HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Honev-boards, Pert'. Zinc 



ABCChild 87 



ABC Scholars 63 



Asparagus 89 



Banner Apiary 57 



Bars, Drilling 69 



Bees Indoo rs 92 



Bees, Burying 87 



Bees, Best Place for 84 



flees to Florida 66 



Bees in Mississippi 84 



Bees in South Carolina 88 



Bees in Wyoming 84 



Beeswax, Raising 67 



Bee-keeping, Hard .73 



Binding Periodicals 90 



Blue Thistle 87 



Business Men, Our 63 



Candy for Cages 56 



Cellars, Concrete 83 



Ci rculars Received 100 



Comb-closet, Movable 69 



Concrete 85 



Conventions 100 



Honey-dew 85, 93 



Honey, Selling 64 



Honey-house Items 69, 70, 77 



Honey-Room 86 



Horsemint 94 



Hybrids 85,90,91 



Je rusalem Letter 70 



Jones's Letter 67 



Julia 87 



Maine 79 



.Maple, Flowering 64 



Marliet, A Home 83 



Millers and Roaches 84 



Mills, New Fdn 68, 85 



Moth that Squeaks 70 



Name, Your Own 100 



Neighbors, To Please 72 



Nickel vs. Zinc 92 



Queen, A Smart 91 



Queens, Caring for 88 



Queens, Two in Hive 94 



Queens, Importing 81 



Report, First in 1883 93 



Reports, Big 88, 91 



Drone-layers 



Knameled Cloth 90 _.,.. , __^ 



Engravings, Lending 90 | Roese's Lette. . _ 



E.xpress Monej'-Orders 99 I Saws, Foot-power 82 



Fdn, to fill Sections 82 i Saw-table, Bar to 89 



Fifteen from One 93 ' Screens 70 



Flax Straw 84 , Sections, K-lb. . .66, 72, 74, 75, 77, 



Florida 93, 94 | 86, 92. 



Fi-ames, Mak'g Home-made. 61 , Sections, IJ^-inch 82 



Frames, Half-length L 74 , Separators 72 



Prames of Sees,, Wide 88 .Separators, Wood 86 



Frames, Wide 72 Simplicitym Details 80 



Frames on End 93 Stings for Neuralgia 93 



Frames, Reversible 65 Smartweed 63 



Glass for Robbers 82 Smoke, for Stings 90 



Hives, Patent 83 I Statistics 89 



Hives, T«o-.story 92 Suntlowers 78, 89 



Hive, Heddon's Nucleus 74 I Swarming-Boxes 87 



Hive, Tall, with L. Frames.. .79 [ Swarms, Absconding 90 



Hive, Controllable 65 i Table for Honev-hou.sc 82 



Hive, Golden 69 ; Temperature for Bees 84 



Holy-Laud Bees 70 | Tithing 76 



Honey for Regu. Customers. 83 i Ventilating 78 



Honey, Marketing, etc 57 | Water for Bees 81 



Honey, Adulterated Comb.. .71 I Wind-mills 57 



Honey, Cand5'ing 91 I Work-box 69 



Honey, California ill : Writers for Gleanings 57 



Honey, Shipping Liqui<l 83 , Zinc, Price of 99 



To send a postal car J for our illustrated catalogue of 

 AFIARIAIT SUFFLIZSS 



Before purchasing elsewhere. It contains illustra- 

 tions and descriptions of every thing new and desir- 

 able in an apiary, 



AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 



Italian Queens and Bees. 

 l-6d Hartford, Washington Co., Wis. 



A farm of 120 acres cheap; also 70 hives of bees, 

 with or without. For particulars, address 

 2 C. C. HOLMES, Sauk Rapids, Benton Co., Minn. 



AT $1.75 



PER 100. 



BASSWOODS 



By freight or express; all to be one foot or more. 



Address HENRY WIRTH, 



l-3d Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



"DEES AND QUEENS FROM MY APIARIES. 



QUEENS AND NUCLEI IN SEASON. 

 3tfd Circular on application. 



J. H. ROBERTSON, PEWAMO, lONlA CO., MiCH. 



Names of responsible parties will be Inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted In this depwrtment the llrst time with- 

 i)ut charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2,00 per year. 



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 anything of the kind, only that the queen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 lay when they were shipped. They also agree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnisned on application 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. Probably none will be 

 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 Co., Pa. Itf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. Ittd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. Itfd 



*Wm. Ballantine. Sago, Musk. Co., O. Itfd 



*D. A. McCord, O.Tford, Butler Co., O. :« 



*Jas. A. Nelson, box 83, Wyandott, Wy. Co,, Kan.,5-5 

 *J. P. Sterrit, Sheakleyvilie, Mercer Co.. Ph. 2-7 

 Bates & Miller. Barrington, Bristol Co., R I. 2-4 

 *Cha8. K. Mitchell, Hawkinsviile, Pulaski Co,. Ga. 



3tfd 

 *J. S. Tadloek, box 42, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. 



2-12 

 Dr. A. B. Mason, Wason Works, Lucas Co., O. 2-8 

 *Jas. O. Facey. New Hamburg, Ont,, Can. 2ttd 



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



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



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



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



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

 T. G. Ashmead, Williamson, Wavne Co,, N. Y. 2tfd 



S. D. Buell,tUnion City, Branch Co., Mich. 2tfd 



xses 



X883 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



I am now booking orders for queens. 

 I cull my queens as they hatch, is the 

 reason my customers were so wrU 

 pleased last year. Send mo your ad- 

 dress on postal, and get circular. Six 

 for f.j.OO. J. T. WILSON, 



Itfd Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



ONE-PIECE SECTIONS a specialty. Pound size, $1.50 

 perllfO; L. hives. 50c each. Circular free. 

 2-6d B. Walker & Co., Capac, St. Clair Co., Mich. 



E. T. liEAVIS & CO., TOIiEDO, OHIO, 



Manufacturers of the U. S. Standard Honey-Ex- 

 tractor (new improvements), and all other Apiarian 

 supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



New and clean, 2.5 cts. per lb. 

 1-4 BEN CLENDENON, Grinnell, Iowa. 



50 TO 150 COLONIES OF 



PURE ITALIAN BEES, 



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

 hives (frames 1214XI2J4 in.), for sale at $6.00 per colo- 

 ny, delivered at depot or express office at Lexing- 

 ton, LaFayette Co., Mo. DR. G. W. YOUNG. 

 12-2d 



