1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



159 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OP DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — 



Bee Entomology 195 



Blasted Hopes 196 



Editorials 202 



Forgettery *. — 



Heads of Grain 186 



Honey Column 162 



Humbugs and Swindles — 



Ladies' Department 19 1 



Notes and Queries 19i 



Obituary — 



Kemindery — 



Smilery 195 



" Square List' ' — 



The Growlei-y — 



Tobacco Column 193 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Axtell's, Mrs. Letter 182 



Balance-wheels 188 



Banner Apiary 163 



Bee-tree 193 



Bee-keeping for Women — 175 



Bee-men in Trouble 171 



Bees, Fastening in Hives.. .195 



Bees, do they Hear ' 181 



Bees in Wash. Territory 194 



Bees on Rampage, etc 192 



Bees in Cellar 187 



Bird-house 192 



Blue Thistle 190 



Box -Elders 173 



Bee-keeping, to Commence. 192 



Bee-trap, Pouder' s 166 



Brood-rearing in Winter. . .191 



Carson on Cyprians 170 



Cement at Entrances 191 



Chaff, Damp 187 



Combs, Cleaning 195 



Crate, Walker's Combined..l77 



Cyprians, Vitality of 188 



Cyula Linswik's Letter 164 



Dan White 181 



Dimmick's Buzz saw 167 



Doolittle's Neighborhood. .175 



Drones, Killing 170 



Dysentery 191,192 



Eggs Moved by Bees 192 



Enamel Cloth 172 



Entrances, Forming 186 



Feeding during Dearth 169 



Fevers 167 



Fireweed 194 



Figwort, Marking Hills of. .187 

 Figwort in North Carolina. 188 



Flour Feeding 195 



Foul Brood in Germany 171 



Frames, Drilling 188 



Frames, Wiring 189 



Gallberry 179, 187 



Gloves 194 



Good. L R., From 169 



Heart's-ease 186 



Hives, Chaff 187, 188 



Hiving-Bag 193 



Homeless Children 169 



Honeysuckles 188 



Honey-pails, Filling 167 



Honey from Corn 184 



Honey, Palmetto 187 



Honey, Non-granulating . . .189 



Hubbard's Experience 168 



Kepler in Texas 190 



Leaves, Forest 186 



Mountain Sage 190 



Nuclei. Starting 190 



Paraffine for Foundation.... 186 



Poinsettia 189, 193 



Pollen, White 191 



Pollen, Chickweed 194 



Potato , Sweet 187 



Pieniiums at Fairs 185 



Propolis, Poison 188 



Queens Lost on Bridal Trip.179 



Queens, Two in Hive 191 



Queens, Clipped 179 



Salt for Bees 195 



Schultz' Experience 178 



Sections, 75 c. per 1000 186 



Sections, K-lb 181 



Seps. or no Separators. .180, 187 



Silverhull Buckwheat 180 



Shrew Moles 195 



Smoke for Stings 189 



Square Men 193 



Sugar-cane, Amber 190 



Swarms, Caring for 164 



Swai-ms, Length of Flight. .191 



Swarming in February 180 



Taylor's Story 179 



Thin Combs in one Section. 176 



Vannoy's Experience 168 



Veils 195 



Ventilation, Sub-earth 172 



Ventilation, Upward 188 



Vinegar from Honey 192 



Walker's Double Gift 193 



Water in Winter 172 



Wax, Plain Sheets of 174 



Who should Keep Bees? 175 



Wintering Under Snowdriftl93 

 Wintering, by Doolittle. ...172 



ITALIAN OUEENS 



Prices 2r> per cpnt less than in A. I. 

 Root's circular (due his reputation), 

 and ready 1st of April. 100 queen- 

 rearing- colonies. Dollar Queens, 

 and Bees by the Pound, a specialty. 



C. B. CURTIS, Selma, Ala. 



4d 



HIVE MATERIAL. 



I can make the 8-frame L. hive without portico for 

 45c. Same without cover or bottom for 30c. Honey- 

 rack for twenty-four 4J4.v4i4x2 sections, 30c. The 

 above are all in the flat, ready to nail, made of good 

 sound material. Can furnish in any quantity. 

 4d N. E. DOANE, Pipestone, Berrien Co., Mich. 



WANTED. 



100 AVARRANTED ITAIilAN QUEENS, 



Delivered in fore part of May, at rock bottom cash 

 price. Money ready. Queen-breeders will please 

 Inform me. WESLEY BALDUFP, 



4d Milford, Iroquois Co., 111. 



FOE SALE.— Ten I'/^-story hives, with 100 ready-made 

 combs, built on wired fdn. All new last summer; 

 10 L. frames in each hive. Price $3.00. Address 

 Charles E. Price, Smithtown Branch, Suf . Co., N.Y. 



T^ C!«»l.*» A small cheap Engine, Just 



X Olr iSlaXC* right to run the Barnes foot- 

 power machine. Is in good running order. Corres- 

 pondence solicited. 

 H4 ALBSRT POTTER, Eureka, Wiq. Co., Wl|, 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, »t a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $3.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 30c each insertion, or $3,00 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, 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. 4tf 

 ♦Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 4tf d 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 4tfd 



*Wm. Ballantine. Sago, Musk. Co., O. 4tfd 



*D. A. McCord, Oxford, Butler Co.. O. 3-3 



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

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

 Bates & Miller. Barrington, Bristol Co., R. I. 3-4 

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



3tfd 

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



3-13 

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

 *Ja8. O. Facey. New Hamburg, Ont., Can. 3tfd 



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



*S. C. Perrv, Portland. Ionia Co., Mich. 3tfd 



*J. H. R°ed, Orleans. Oranpe Co., Ind. 3tfd 



M. Isbpll, Norwich, Chen. Co., N. Y. 4-9 



*0.. C. Vaughn, Columbia, Maury Co., Tenn. 4-8 



*J. W. Keeran, Bloomington, McLean Co., 111. 4-9 



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. 4tf d 

 M. S. West, Flint. Gen. Co., Mich. 1-6 



T. G. Ashmead. Williamson, Wavne Co., N. Y^. 4tfd 

 S. D. Biiell, Union City, Branch Co., Mich. 3tfd 

 L. E. Mercer, Lenox, Taylor Co., Iowa. 4-3 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST OF 



Lan^stroth, Siinplicitj,Si Chaff Rives i Supplies. 



S. D. BUELL, Union City, Branch Co., Mich. 4d 



^T^OOD ^EPAEATOIlg 



Price list of the Besse Wood Separators: For the 

 wide L. frame, per hundred, 50c; per M. $4.00. Any 

 size made to order. Send 3-cent stamp for sample. 

 4 DR. If, BESSE, Delaware, Ohio. 



"OEFORE you forget it, send your address to 

 -^ J. P. MOORE, Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky., 

 and get his new price list of Italian queens, nuclei, 

 and full colonies. Three Langstroth frame nucleus 

 and tested queen, $5.00. 4d 



E. T. I^EVVIS & CO., TOLEDO, OHIO, 



Manufacturers of the U. 8. Standard Honey-Ex- 

 tractor (new improvements), an4 ftU other Apiarian 

 guppUeg, Send for circular, J.tW 



