1883 



(JLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



107 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPAHTJIF.VTS. 



Bee Botany 144 



Bee Entomology — 



Blasted Hopes — 



Editorials 149 



Forgettery — 



Heads of Grain 131 



Honey Column lOJ 



Humbugs and Swindles 144 



Ladies' Department 132 



Notes and Queries 143 



Obituary — 



Kemindery 148 



Smilery — 



" Square List' ' — 



The (irowlerv — 



Tobacco Columji 148 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Abutilon 134.141 



Alsikc 112 



Apiarian Hall 123 



Asparagus 13(1 



A xtell's Report 117 



Banner Apiary. .. 113 



Bee Balm 110 



Bee Raid 112 



Bee Roek in Calitornia 124 



Bees, Age of Hone.y-Gath's,i;!!) 



Bees to Utah '. 134 



Bees, Length of Flight. .134, 140 



Bees, New Place for 1.33 



Bees and Neuralgia 140 



Bees, Moving 127 



Bees. Water for 129 



Bees ill Cellar Bottom 121 



Bees, riLitiiig to Nuclei 119 



Bees. Winter Enemy of i:w 



Bees, Who should keep? 114 



Bee-keep'g for Women.. 119, 132 



Binding Journals 139 



Blanks tor Bee-keepers 1.39 



Blanton, O. M li:{ 



Blue Thistle 128 



Book on Introd'g Queens. . .13() 

 Buckwheat in Missouri .. .143 



Candied Honey Melting llG 



Canada ". 121 



Carpeting Peet Cages 143 



Cellars a head, l>0 below zerol.3.'i 



Chatr Hives. Testing 138 



Chicago Markets 118 



Christie's Report 119 



Circulars lieccjved Iftl 



Clustering. To Prevent 11(1 



Commission Men 118 



Corn-sheller Buzz-saw 142 



Ci'atcs. Giving Away 118 



C.yprian Bee— Foster 124 



C.vi'rian Bee— Malone 122 



Dummy on UpperStory 121 



, Thei:. 



.140 



Figwort in Colorado 120 



Figwoit for Honev, etc 137 



Frame-tongs 117 



Frames, Wiring tor Fdn 137 



Hanging (Jut 141 



Harrison's (Mrs.) Letter.... 112 



Heart's-ease 1.34 



Hive, CJolden 128 



Hives, Chatf 143 



Hives, Piling for Surplus... 143 



Holes in SniokerGrate 139 



Honevsucklc 13.5 



Honey. T,itti-r 134 



Honev. To Market 118 



Honev on the Floor 112 



Honey from Apple 137 



Honev, Flood of in Indiana. 13(i 

 Honev, To Put in Crates. .. .118 



Honey, Thick 127 



Hone v-(le w 127 



Honey-|)ails 149 



Honey-tree, Our Royal 115 



Hone.v-boards 11(i 



Honey-.yield in Iowa 138 



Hovt 



Hybrids Ahead 139 



Japan Lily 13(5 



Kansas 127 



Machinery for Frames 150 



Maple Sugar 133 



JIatrimonv Vine 13i) 



Meal.Sweet r..rn liA 



Mollv Heath Plant 14.3 



Moral Intl. of .Vpioulture.. .I'il 



:\lot h. Squeaking 140 



MuUi's Report 143 



New Zealand 13ti 



( )regon and Wash. Ter'y 140 



Patent -hive Men 140 



Plan for Honey-house 141 



Poiiuiana Puleherrima 123 



Pollen, New 143 



(Queens not lav'g if moved. .133 



R.ice, The Be.st 123 



Recipes, Selling 149 



Reports. Laige 139 



Rockv Mountains, etc 120 



Sawdust V. Snow 143 



Sections, liisiiciising with...l3R 

 Sections under Brood-nest..l'^9 



Sec-tioiis. 1- pound IIG 



Sections. Smailei- 126 



Sections, Walker's Impr'd..l50 



Separatoi's, None 118 



Simp. Hives, To put up 143 



Snowdrop 144 



Snyder's Letter 12fi 



Spring liwindling 142 



Spring Feedinn- 117 



Swarm, Aljseonding- 136 



Sw.irnung by Moonlight 1'23 



Svrup. Scented 131 



Tomato that yields Honey. .142 



Ton of Ht)ney in 8 daj-s 128 



Vail's Report 1.35 



Water fountain 129 



Wax-extractor, Jones's 120 



Wax, Hatch's Experinients.125 



AVheat-stubble 144 



Wind-brea ks 134 



Windows. Wire-cloth, 



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BE S"cri^E 



To send a postal card for our illustrated catalogue of 



AFIARIArr SUFFLIES 



Before purchasing' elsewhere. It contains illustra- 

 tions find descriptions of every thing new and desir- 

 able in an apiarv, 



AT THE LOWEST PRICES. 



Italian Queens and Bees. 

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



Seeds, Plants, vines, Bulbs, Etc., f\ 



at growers' prices, grown at my seed farm, fruit 

 garden, and apiary. Descriptive catalogue free. 



Address JOHN H. MYERS, 



3(1 Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



"DEES AND QUEENS FROM MY APIARIES. 



QUEENS AND NUCLEI IN SEASON, 

 3tfd Circular on application. 



J. H. Robertson, Pewamo, Ionia Co., Mich. 



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. 



queens. 



Names inserted in this department fft-e first time with- 

 out charrje. After, 30c each inseition, or S3,00 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 theciueen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to 

 la.y 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 neatl.v and most securely, will probably 

 receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnished 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.xford, Butler Co., O. 3-3 



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

 *J. P. Sterrit, Sheaklpyvilie, Mercer Co., Pa. 2-7 

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

 *Chas. it. Mitchell, Hawkinsville, Pulaski Co., Ga. 



3tfd 

 *J. S. Tadlock, box 4;:, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. 



3-13 

 *Dr. A. B. Mason, Wagon Works, Lucas Co., O. 3-8 

 *Jas. O. Facey. New IlHinbiirg, Ont., Can. 3tfd 



F. J. Warden, Uriehsville, Tusc. Co.. O. 3-9 



•*S. C. Perry, Portland, ionia Co., Mich. 3tfd 



*J. H. Reed, Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. 3tfd 



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 

 M. S. W.-st, Flint. Gen. Co., Mich. 1-6 



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

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



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1083 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



I am now bo(^)king orders for queens. 

 I cull my queens as they hatch, is the 

 reason my customers were so wf^U 

 pleased last year. Send me your ad- 

 dress on postal. a"d get circular. Six 

 for $.3.00. jr. T. WiliSON, 



Itfd Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 



E. T. liE^VIS & CO., TOI.EDO, OHIO, 



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

 tractor (new improvements), and all other Apiarian 

 supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



1 A« NICE straight TULIP or POPLAR TREES 

 lUU for $1.00, sent by express. Better than linn 

 tor honey ; beautiful for shade, and good for timber. 

 Address CHAS. KINGSLE Y, Greeneville, Tenn. 



"IC-^—- C«.»l.#rk A small cheap Engine, just 

 X 017 iSaXe* ngbt to run the Barnes foot- 

 power machine. Is in good running order. Corres- 

 pondence solicited. 

 3-W ALBERT POTTER, Eureka, Win. Co., Wis. 



Cl 7C ^°® Italian queen and one dozen Ply- 

 Ola B Oi. mouth Rock Eggs, or 1 package of Seed 



Corn. 

 3d 



Orders filled in rotation. 

 Address H. BAHBER, Adrian, Mich. 



