1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



293 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany 303 I Ladies' Department 



ms 



Bee Entomology. 



Blasted Hopes — 



Editorials 335 



Forgettery — 



Heads of Grain 320 1 



Notes and Queries. 



Obituai-y — 



Kemindery — 



Reports Encouraging — 



Smilei-v 308 



Honey Column 298 i The Gro wlei-y . 



Humbugs and Swindles 3S9 ' Tobacco Column 335 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Alsike 323 



Apiary, Site tor 311 



Ai-kansas 330 



Banner Apiary 297 



Basswood Supply 319 



Beeswax. Refining 302 



Bee-keeping for Women 328 



Bee-keeping, Restricting.. 315 



Bee-traps 320 



Bee, The Coming 304 



Bees, Burying 325 



Bees, Setting Out 323 



Bees, Wintering Many 303 



Bees, Svrio-ltalian 310, 321 



Bees, Educated 315 



Bees, Distance they Fly 298 



Bee Culture for Students. . 300 



Bees for Honey 319 



Bees Killed by Exposure 299 



Bees 90 Miles an Hour.. .301, .314, 

 322 



Boomhower's Bees. . . 309 



Box-Elders 318 



Boxes, Putting on 327 



Brood-chambers, Small 304 



Buckeye 299 



Burnett on Honey, etc 319 



Buzz-saws, etc 324 



California 320 



Canada 302 



Carpet-stretcher '. 326 



Case and Crate 315 



Chaff Packing 325 



Clamp 322 



Cleansing Flight 324 



Combs Full of Honey. . .330, 336 



Cook's Manual 337 



Doolittle 301 



Drone Theory 299 



Drone vs. Worker Fdn 328 



Electric Light 320 



Eggs, Transferring 299 



Eggs, Several in a Cell 302 



Extractors, L^^se of 327 



Feeder, The Boy's 322 Weather, Bad 



Feed and Feeders 312 White's Article 



Flies 322 



Florida 308, 316 



Forest-leaves 313, 321 



Fdn., To Use 302 



Fradenbuig's Success 308 



Granulated Hcfney 320 



Giape Sugar 312 



Heddon's Letter 315 



Hill Device 319 



Hives, Size of 311 



Hive and Frame 311 



Honey Vinegar 321, 326 



Honey, Willow 329 



Honeysuckle 303 



Mesquite-tree 303 



Mice in Apiary 322 



Mirrors. Using in Swarm's. 299 



Muth's Picture 306 



Oregon '. 329 



Pasturage , Artificial 325 



Patents, etc £05 



Plaster Plates 324 



Pollen and Dysentery 304 



Pond's Experiments 313 



Queen-cells, To Get 326 



Queen, Swapping a 326 



Queens, Maimed 326 



Queens, Two in a Hive 330 



Queens, To Introduce 312 



Queens, 2 in a Swarm 299 



Queens Tested by Buyer. . . .314 



Room , Plenty of 310 



Runaway Swarming '298 



Sage of Ohio ."03 



Sages of California 301 



Saws, Foot-power 319 



Shade for Bees 298 



Smothering 321 



Stenographic Writing 314 



Stings 323 



Sugar, Granulated 322 



Swarming, etc 299 



Swarming in May 306, S.'^O 



Swarming without Clust'g.299, 

 . 305, 323, 325, 326, 3'27, 3.30 

 Texas 328 



Ventilation, Sub-eaVtli... .!330 

 Vetches 303 



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Willows .'.'.'.'.'.'.'298 



Willows and Dead Bees 330 



Wiltse on the Bee 310 



Windbreaks in Winter 300 



ATTENTION! 



FULL COLONIES OF BEES, OTGLEI, QUEENS, FOUNDATION, 

 SECTIONS, SMOKERS, HIVES. AND ALL APIAEIAN IMPLE- 

 MENTS CONSTANTLY ON HAND. FULL COLONIES AND 

 NUCLEI A SPECIALTVo SEND FOE OIEOULAE 

 AND PEICE LIST TO 



FLANAGAN & ILLINSKI, 



BOX 819. BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR CO., ILL. 



SEND YOUR ADDRESS 



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



for circular of Italian Bees, Queens, Silkworm 



Eggs, etc., at reduced prices. 5tfd 



BIEKeepers^SiipplieS. 



It will pay to get our prices before purchasing your 

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

 frames, quilt, etc , in the flat, 60 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. CEYSTAL, Mont. Co., Uizh. 

 5-7d 



E. T. I.EWIS & CO., TOIiEDO, OHIO, 



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

 tractor (new improvements), and all other Apiarian 

 supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or 12.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this departmeyit the first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c exich inseition, or f 2,00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

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

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, 

 or anj^bingof 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 seciirely, 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. 4if 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 4' id 



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



*\Vm. Ballantine. Sago, Musk. Co., O. 4tfd 



*D. A. MoCord. O.vford, Butler Co., O. 3-2 



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

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

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



2tfd 

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



2-12 

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

 *Jas. O. Faoey. New Humburg, Ont., Can. 2tfd 



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



*S. C. Perr.v, Portland. Ionia Co., Mich. 3tfd 



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



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



*C. C. 'V^aughn, Columbia, Maury Co., Tcnn. 4-8 



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

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



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



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



*D. M. AVeybriifht, New Pari.a, Elk. Co., Ind. 6-7 

 *F. G. Cartland,' High Point, Guilford Co., N.C.5tfd 

 *Rev. C. B. Curtis, Selma, Dallas Co.. Ala. 6-8 



*Jas. A. Nelson, box 83, Wyandott, Wy.Co., Kan.6-.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 Co., Iowa. 4-3 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST OF 



Lan^slrotli, Simplicity, & ChaifHivss Si 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, which 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 



FULL COLONIES 



111 Root's Sliuplleity Hive, $7.00. 



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

 5-6d 



