1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



429 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OP DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany IS.*! 



Bee Entomology 4<i8 



Blasted Hopes 467 



Editorials 473 



Forgetterv 467 



Heads of Grain 456 



Honey Column 432 



Humbugs and Swindles 453 



Ladies' Department 465 



Notes and Queries 467 



Obituary 448 



Kemindery — 



Reports fincouraging 466 



Smilery 468 



The Growlei-y — 



Tobacco Column 472 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



A B C's Troubles 437 



Absconding:, To Prevent — 461 



Apiary, Floating 474 



Apiary, The Bachelor 459 



Apiary, To Build up 4ii3 



Apiary, A Successful House.4«8 



Ajiiai-y, Our Own 448 



Apiary, La Fe 452 



Attachm's bet. Upper and 



Lower Story 437 



Banner Apiary 4.33 



Basswood 451, 456, 462 



Bee Disease, A New 461 



Bee Culture on Old Plan. . . .4S9 



Bee-man, An Old-style 4.36 



Bees, How Far they Work. .464 



Bees, Uniting 463 



Bees, Foreign 4.57 



Bees, How Many in Hiveful.4.58 



Bees, Speed of.! 4.56 



Bees, Length of Flight 443 



Bees, Prep, for Shipment. . .440 



Bees, Uniting 456 



Bees on Lilac 467 



Bees and Temperance 462 



Bees in Woods 467 



Bees and Sunday 447 



Bees Hanging on Outside. . .460 



Bees Carrying Leaves 4.57 



Bees after Honey Season . .440 

 Beginner's Troubles.... 438, 443 



Blood's Device for Bars 443 



Boardman's Portrait 437 



Burr-flower 4.53 



Clarke, W. F 458 



Clover. Sweet 451 



Clover, Big Yield 459 



Combs, Attachment of 4.38 



Convention, Toronto 433 



Crooks' Report 458 



Cvps and Holy-Lands 438 



Doolittle 4!)0 



Drones, Where shall we get.462 



Drones. White-headed 460 



Eggs, Bees Stealing 4.57 



Entrances, Upper 441 



Entrances, Extra 449 



Fdn., Questions About 459 



Fdn., Drone, for Sections. . .445 



Feeding, Judicious 4.53 



Figwort 451 



Flanagan's Visit 474 



Florida 463 



Foul Brood 446 



Fr's, Wired, for Nat. Combs. 4.57 



Harrison's, G. W., Letter 4.54 



Harris' Letter from Ga 445 



Heddon's Combined Case. . .415 



Hiving Bees Five Times 447 



Hiving where thev Cluster. 447 



Hives, The Wood for 439 



Hives, Economy in 447 



Hives. Mrs. Cotton's 465 



Hive, Working for Extr'r..441 



Honey from Apple 4.56 



Honey, 24 Tons in 1883 439 



Honey Vinegar 467 



Honey in Old Apiaries 4.55 



Honey for Bites 460 



Honey, New, by the Ton — 4.55 



Horsemint 468 



Hound ' s-Tongue 4.54 



Hybrids, Handling 438 



It'al. Queens in Log Gums. ..460 



Langstroth's Letter 441 



Jlosquito-hawks 463 



Peace in Affliction 462 



Pollen, White 467 



Pond's Apology 464 



Queen-cells, how Destroyed. 461 

 Queen Stinging Workei-s — 456 

 Queens that are not Queens. 468 

 Queens, Cost of Imjnirting. 468 

 Queens, Two in a Hive. .440. 449 

 Queens, Color of Imported.. 463 



Queens, Clipped 4.50 



Queens, To Catch 463 



Queens Wrong End >ip 464 



Sections P.irtlv Fill I'd 462 



Sees., To Tell when Pilled. ..4.58 



Simp. Hivfs, Two-storv 4.37 



Smoker. Our Cold-Blast 473 



Sundiiv Su-ariiiing 467 



Swarins ClustV Together.. .4.50 

 Swarms, New. Absconding. .456 



Swarms. Two in a Hive 473 



Sw'g without Clus'g. . . .4.58,464 



Swarming in the Rain 4.58 



Swarming when Cloudy 467 



Taylor. R. C 449 



Trains, Speed of 435.464 



Viallon's Apiary 435,436 



Wax-raising, Artificial 4.57 



West Indies 4.52 



Wilkin's Report 439 



Wintering in Tennessee 439 



Wood-borers 4.59 



World, Seeing the 444 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



TWO -HORSE -POWER ENGINE AND BOILER. 



Tn pood running' order, as good as new. Has been 

 run about four months; is flrst-elass in every res- 

 pect. But my business has g-one beyond its capaci- 

 ty. I must have more power. Write for further 

 particulars. 



I will also sell 20 colonies of hybrid bees, warrant- 

 ed to work on re<i clover, at $4.00 per colony, in Sim- 

 plicity 10-frame hives. 

 8tfd A. B. OSBUN, Spring Bluff, Adams Co., Wis. 



BEES FOR SALE. 



40 COLONIES in SIMPLICITY and HEDDON HIVES. 



The bees are Italian and hybrids; more than half 

 the combs are built on foundation in wired frames. 



8-9(1 



OHIO. 



C. C. KNOWLES, 



PORTLAND, - - MEIGS CO., 



HOLY-I^AND QUEEUVS BY RETURN MAIL. 

 Untested single queen, Sl.OO: six, S5.50; 

 twelve, $10.00; warranted, 35c more each. 

 8d I. E. GOOD, Tullahoma, Tenn. 



FOR THIS MONTH ONLY! 



All the bees in a L. colony, $2.50; Hybrid queen, 50 



cts.; untepted, $1.00 ; tested, $2.C0. 



8d M. L. "WILLIAMS, yance|3urg, Ky. 



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. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names itiseried in this depwrtment the fi/rst time wUh- 

 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 a^rree to re- 

 turn the money at any time when customers become 

 Impatient of Giich 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. Probabiy 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. 7tf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 7ttd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. 7tfd 



*Wm. Ballantine. Sago, Musk. Co., O. 7tfd 



*D A. McCord. Oxford, Butler Co., O. 3-2 



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



7tfd 

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



2-13 

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

 *Jas. O. Facey. New Hamburg, Ont., Can. 7tfd 



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



*S. C. Perry, Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. 7tfd 



*.I. H. Reed, Orleans. Orange Co., Ind. 7tfd 



M. I«bell, Norwich, Chen. Co., N. Y. 4-9 



*r!. C. Vaiiphn, Columbia, Maury Co., Tenn. 4-8 



*.I. W. Koeran, Bl )omington, McLean Co., 111. 4-9 

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



''Ha Miobennr Low Banks, Ont., Can. 5-10 



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian, Len. Co., Mich. 8tfd 



*F. G. Cartland, High Point, Guilford Co., N. C. 7tfd 

 *Ja8. A. Nelrion, L. box 83, Wyandott, Wy. Co., Kan. 



6-5 

 '^'5. P. Roddy, Mechanicstown, Fred. Co., Md. 7-8 

 *Wm. K. Deisher, Kutztown, Berks Co., Pa. 8-10 



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. 7tf d 



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



BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



It will pay to get our prices before purchasing sup- 

 plies; good Langstroth hives, with 8-inch cap frames, 

 in the fiat. 60 cts. each; Langstroth winter-protector, 

 in lots of .')0. $1.50 each; small lots, $1.75, all in the 

 flat. Manufactured of good pine lumber. Work- 

 manship unexcelled. Crates, sections, and founda- 

 tion. TTM. O. BURK, 8tfd 



Successor to Hiram Roop. Crystal, Mont. Co., Micli. 



on T'ULL COLONIES OF ITALIAN BEES IN 

 A\3 Simplicity hives, full stores and young queen; 

 $7.00 each. In lots of 5, $6.50. 

 8d J. H. REED, Orleans, Ind. 



1 TO 25 COLONIES OF ITAUAN BEES 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



Address E. J. C. TEOSELL, Ft. Seneca, Seneoa Co., Ohio. 8d 



KEGS FOR HONEY, ALL SIZEQ 

 8-9d E. T. LSWIS & CO., TOLEDO, 0. l3 



