1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



225 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — 



Bee EntonioloCT' — 



Blasted Hopes 258 



Editorials 267 



Forgettery 249 



Heads of "Grain 252 



Honey Coluinn 228 



Humbugs and Swindles 230 



Ladies' Department 239 



Notes and Queries 261 



Obituai-y — 



K'emindery 267 



Reporia Encouraging 259 



Smilery 240 



I The Growlery — 



' Tobacco Column 266 



INDEX OP HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Asparagus 261 



Aster 253 



Axtell's Letter 244, 258 



Banner Apiaiy 229 



Basswoods, Seedlings 262 



Bee-man, A self-made 252 



Bee-tree, To tell how Far... 241 



Bee-caves 262 



Bee-hats 214 



Bee-fevers 255 



Bee-keeping for Women 2.'i5 



Bee, The Cuming 240 



Bees, To Water 252 



Bees, Wintering 247 



Bees bv the Pound 231 



Bees, Remov'g from Cel.244,250 

 Bees, Starting in Sect ions.. 846 



Bees, Train's Improved 219 



Bees, Wingless 254 



Bees in Florida 262 



Bees Flying 18 Miles, etc.241,2.i4 



Bees 90 Miles an Hour 255 



Brood-rearing 234 



Brood, Another Disease of. 256 



Brush, Cook's 231 



Buzz-saw, Cider-mill 242 



Chickens in Apiary 2.58 



Circulars Received 269 



Cloth, Enameled 250 



Conventions 269 



Doolittle 250 



Drone Combs tor E.\t'g 245 



Duff's Report 255 



Facts and Fallacies 238 



Fdn., To Fasten 236 



Fdn., Money in Making 257 



Fig wort. Tall 261 



Foul Brood 234, 235 



Foul Brood, a Protest 2.56 



Frames, Nailing 257 



Frames, Wiring 248 



Frames, Scraping Wired... 262 



Gloves, Substitute for 244 



Good, I. R 241 



Good Candy 262 



Green's Report 243 



Hedge, Honey-bearing 248 



Hive, Empty, Under Bees.. .254 

 Honey-dew bad for Bees 256,257 



Honey-house 251 



Honey, Broken, To Sell.. ..244 



Honey, Marketing 251 



Honey, To Soften by Steam 2.52 



Honey, Maple 254 



Honey, New 261 



Honey from Tobacco 262 



House, How He Did It 246 



Ice in Entrances 245 



Mats tor Frames 268 



Nebraska, Plants of 238 



Paraftine with Wax 242 



Plaster Plates 245 



Queens, Mutilated 2.53 



Queens, Young, leading out253 



Quinine 252 



Raspberry. 256 



RustandFrost 272 



Sawdust vs. Chaff 2.53 



Saw-table, Cut-off 236 



Saw, Foot-power 2.58 



Sections, i.,-lb 218 



Sf]. Hint, lis <if Wood 2.54 



Siiiirkii s Fur Vermin 2C2 



Stat istics of Bees 233 



Stings 254 



Sugar Syrup 257 



Sugar, Maple, for Bees 258 



Swarms, Artificial 244 



Swarms Not Clustering 242 



Swarms, Early 257 



Vinegar from Honey.236,243,262 



Wax-extracting 245 



Willows 348 



Wooden Vessels tor Honey. 257 



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. 



FULL COLONIES 



]ii Koot's Simplicity Hive, $7.00. 



E. D. GILLETT, BRIGHTON, LORAIN CO., OHIO. 



5-6fl 



SEND YOUR ADDRESS 



to CHAS. R. MITCHELL, HAWKINSVILLE, GA., 

 for circular of Italian Bees, Queens, Silkworm 



Egg-s, etc., at reduced prices. 5tfd 



SIMPSON and THOROUGHWORT PLANTS FOR 

 SALE. J. W. BARLOW, 



5d Belfast, Lee Co., Iowa. 



BMrKpPERS'ISUlPLllS. 



It will pay to get our prices before purchasing your 

 supplies. Good Langstroth Hives, with 8-iuch cap, 

 frames, quilt, etc , ia the flat, bO cents each. Manu- 

 factured from good pine lumber. Workmanship un- 

 excelled. Crates and Sections cheap, and Dunham 

 foundation a specialty. WM. O. BURK, 



Successor to Hiram Roop. CRYSTAL, Mott. Co., Mich. 

 5-Td 



E. T. LEWIS & CO., TOLEDO, OHIO, 



Manufacturers of the U. S. Standard H(mey-Ex- 

 tractor (new improvements), and all other Apiarian 

 supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



BEFHIVES for SALE! 



I manufacture every thing needed by bee-keepers, 

 made of wood, not patented. 1 make Simplicity and 

 Langstroth hives a specialty. My work is as good 

 as the best, and my prices always please my custom- 

 ers. Send postal card fur my illustrated catalogue. 

 4tfd H. P. SHADBOLT, 



WiNOOSKI, - - ShEBOYG.\N CO., - - WISCONSIN. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this depaitment the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, 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 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. 4tf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 4 td 



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



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



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



*Jas. A. Nelson, box 83, Wyandott, Wv. Co., Kan. 5-6 

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

 Bates & Miller, Barrington, Bristol Co., R. I. 2-6 

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



3tfd 

 *J. S. Tadlock, box 43, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. 



3-13 

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

 *Jas. O. Facey. New Hnmburg, Out., Can. 2tfd 



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



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



*J. H. Heed, Orleans. Oranee Co., lud. 3tfd 



M. Isbell, 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 

 ♦Oliver Hoover. Clyde, Sandusky Co., O, 5-10 



*lla Michener. Low Banks, Ont., Can. 5-10 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 5tfd 



*D. W. Weybright, New PHris, Elk. Co., Tnd. 5 



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. 4tfd 

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



L. E. Mercer, Lenox, Taylor (Jo., Iowa. 4-3 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST OF 



Lanptroth, Siinplicitj,^ Chaff Hives I Supplies. 



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



QUEENS ! 



SCIENTIFIC BREEDING TELLS. 



If you want the best and most beautiful queens, 

 try our strains, whie|j we have obtained by long and 

 skillful breeding. Orders filled promptly, and satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Circular free. 



E. A. THOMAS & CO., 



COLERAINE, - FRANKLIN CO., - MASS. 

 ' 5tfd 



70 CENTS PER POUND 



For bees in lOOpouiid lots; 30 lbs. at 75 cts. per lb. i 

 l^i lbs. for $I.fO. I will sell at these prices between 

 May 20 and June 30. T, P. A NDMIi WS, 



5d Tnrina, fayette Co., lilt 



