1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



517 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — 



Bee Entomology 524 



Blasted Hopes — 



Editorials : 515 



Forgettery — 



Heads of Grain. 



Ladies' Department — 



Notes and Queries 543 



Obituary — 



Hemindery — 



Reports Encouraging — 



Smilery. 



Honey Column 51S i The Growlerj' — 



Humbugs and Swindles 453 ' Tobacco Column — 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICTiES. 



Alfalfa 510 



Aspen. Quaking 540 



Baskets for Hiving 519 



Bees, Success with 525 



Bees.To Make Stay 537 



Bees and Broken Cb. Honey53l 

 Bees Hunting a Location.. .533 



Bees 96 years ago 510 



Bees before Entrance 538 



Bees and Brimstone 536 



Bees Clustering 540 



Bees in Parks 535 



California 540 



Cans for Honey 546 



Careless Agents 543 



Combs, Finishing Unsealed.531 



Conventions 546 



Convention, Fares to 532 



Corn, Honey from 539 



Cotton, Mrs 525 



Cotton, Honey from 543 



Cyprians 531 



Davis' Report 542 



Doolittle 526 



Drone-rearing 526 



Drone Fdn. for Honey 543 



Eggs, What Became of 5.S8 



Fireweed 538 



Florida 529 



Fountain Pump 519 



Frames, Metal-Cornered 520 



Frames, Wide 536 



Frames, Wired 539 



Fuel, Smoker 538 



Hives, Chaif 531 



Honey on Wheat-stubble... .540 

 Honey, Sour 529, .539 



Honey in Unwired Frames. 537 

 Honey-dew, Crystallized. .541 



Hono.v-dew in Field 536 



Hybrids vs. Pure 540 



Hybrids 529 



It.xlians vs . Disease 537 



Int., Caution About 543 



Int. Virgin Queens 519 



Introducing 538 



Langstroth's Letter .'.22 



Muth's Change of Basis 536 



Nectar in Canada 536 



Ninety Miles an Hour 5.30 



Obs. Hive, Three-frame 534 



Pails, Dadant 542 



Parsnips 543 



Preparing for Winter 532 



Queen Nursery 546 



Queens, To Get Good 542 



Queens, Clipping 519, 527 



Queens Returning 539 



Queen-rearing 526 



Raisins 534 



Raising Qs. near a Lay'g Q.540 



Sabbath 531, 538 



Section, The Manum 620 



Solar Wax-extractor 521 



Sourwood .537 



Stinging without Cause 540 



Swarms Absconding 627 



Swarming, Natural 519 



Sw'p without Clustering 543 



Svrio-Italians 543 



Underselling 537 



Watering-places for Bees. . ..537 



White Caps .537 



Who Shall Lose? 539 



POB aETTIHO BEES OFF THE COMBS. 

 Sample brush, 18c.: V^ dozen. 90c.; 1 dozen, $l.fi.5. 

 See advertisement iu June Gleanings, page Sas. 

 You will throw away the asparagus-tops, etc., when 

 you use one of our manufactured brushes a day or 

 two. T. J. CODE, Newpotnt. Decatur Co., IND. 8-9d 



ITALIAN BEES 



BRED FOR BUSINESS. 



Warranted queens, each, $1.00; per half doz.,$.5 50; 

 per doz., $10 OO. Safe arrival and perfect satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Send for circular. Address 



J- I»- ]VtOOIl.E3, 8tfd 



MORGAN, - PENDIiETON CO., - KY. 



TliB Eicfilsi Poultry Yarfls 



are always well stocked with Pure-Bred Poultry and 

 Italian Bees; Extractors, Foundation, Hives, etc., 

 for sale. Job Printing of every description done 

 cheap for cash. Ci'^cnlars free. 



Address J. T. FLETCHER, West Monterey. 

 12-9d Clarion Co., Pa. 



JXJST OXJTI^ 



New Circular, and price list of Bees, Queens, and 



STENCILS for bee-keepers' use. 4-9d 



JOS. U. BEOOKS, COLUliBUS, BAETHOLOMEW CO., INDIANA. 



KEGS 

 f -- 



.8-9d 



FOR HONEY, ALL SIZEQ 



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



[The following came too late for the Honey Column.] 



I HAVE 20 barrels of choice white-clover, and 10 

 barrels fall or dark honey, for sale in any quan- 

 tity desired, at reasonable rates. Barrels contain 

 about 525 lbs. net. I can put it up in any shape de- 

 sired. Correspondence solicited. 



EMIL J. BAXTER, Nauvoo, Hancock Co., 111. 



Names of responsible parties will be inserted in 

 any of the following departments, at a uniform 

 price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2.00 per year. 



$1.00 Queens. 



Names inserted in this department tlie first time with- 

 out charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2,00 per year. 



Those whose names appear below agree to furnish 

 Italian quoc?is for :fl,00 each, under the f'lllrwing 

 conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of pnrity, 

 or anj-thingof the kind, only that the queen be reared 

 from a choice, pure mother, and had cominei'ccd to 

 lay when they were shipped. They also asTrce to re- 

 turn the mone>' at any time when customers liecome 

 impatient of auch dclaj' a? may hv unavoidable. 



Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, 

 put up most neatly and most securely, uill pmbably 

 receive the roost orders. Special rates for warranted 

 and tested queens, furnisnod oii applicatior to any 

 of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen 

 mother. If the queen arrives dead, notifj' us and 

 we will send you another. Probably none will be 

 sent for $1.00 before July Isi, 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 (roula. La. 7itd 



*S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. Vtfd 



*Wm. Balhuitine Sagn, Musk. Co., O. 7tfd 



*D A. McCord, O-xford, Butler Co., O. 8-3 



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



71 fd 

 *J. S. Tadlock, box 43, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texa.s. 



3-13 

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

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



F. J. Wjirdell, LTrichsville, Tusc. Cm.. O. ;«» 



*J. H. Rpcd, Orleans. Orange C).. Tnd. 7tfd 



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



*<~'. C. Vaughn, Columbia. Maury Co.. Tenii. 4-S 



*.I. W. Keoran, Bliomington, McLean Co., 111. 4-9 

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



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



*D. G. Edmiston, Adrian. Len. Co.. Mich. 81 Id 



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

 *Jas. A. Nelson, fj.box 8:>, Wyandott, Wy.Co., Kan. 



6-5 

 *.^. P. Roddv, MechnnicPtown, Fred. Co.. Md 7-f> 

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



Hive Manufacturers. 



Who agree to make such hi\ es, and at the prices 

 named, as those described on our circular. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. 7tfd 



L. E. Mercer, L"nox, Taylor t^o., Iowa. 4-3 



Headquarters in the South, 



FOR THE SALE AND MANOFACTDRE OF 



^BEE-KEEPERS'XSUPPLIES.) ^ 



Root's Simplicity, and V. D -N. hives, frames, sec- 

 tions, foundation, etc. ; Italian queens and early 4- 

 frame nuclei a specialty. See advertisement in Jan- 

 uary, 1883, Gle,\nings; and for further particulars, 

 send for my Illustrated Catalogue. 



25 cents cash, or 27 cents trade paid for beeswax. 



7tfd BAYOU GOULA, La. 



SAVE YOUR FOWLS^ 

 AVE TIME and MONEY. 



FANCY POULTRY, POULTRY POWDER, 

 ITALIAN BEES, BEE - HIVES, &C. 

 fitfinq For circulars, address 



J. It, Z ANDES, Albion, Ashland Co., Ohio. 



