1883 



glea:nings in bee culture. 



589 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany ■ — i Ladies' Department — 



Bee Entomology — I Obituai-y 619 



Blasted Hopes 617 i Smilery — 



Editorials 618 I The Growlei-y 616 



Forgettery — | Honey Column 590 



Heads of Grain 608 | Notes and Queries 618 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Apiary, Help in 600 



Ash, Prickly 611 



Banner Apiary 591 



Baskets 601 



Basswood in South 611 



Bees that won't raise Q., ..610 



Bees that won't flg-ht 608 



Bees, moving North 609 



Bees on top-bars 609 



Bottom Lands for Forage. .611 



Canning in glass 612 



Cannibals, Are Bees! 607 



Cells, Royal, Best, of 598 



Conventions 619 



Corn Honey 612 



Dodder Plant .604 



Drones, Rearing 612 



Di'ones, ArfificifU 602 



Extractor, Need of 601 



Flightof iBees 610 



Florida 600 



Grapevines for Shade 612 



Groveside Apiary 601 



Harrison, Mrs 605 



Hiving-Boxes 601 



Hive-Carrier 607 



King-birds 609 



Langstroth's article 613 



Maple Sugar for Spring f eed596 



Mats with wire 600 



Michigan State Fair 603 



New Zealand 602 



North Carolina 605 



Patent Rights 600, 613-61i 



Pollen, Excess of 601 



Queens Airing 598 



Queens Across the Atlantic 599 



Queens near Entrance 610 



Queens, Wed. Flights 598 



Queen in a hive cont. Q 598 



Queens not allowed to lay . .6l9 



Queens, Two in Hive 612 



Queen-cells with laying Q. 613 

 Qu'n-rear'g,with old Q.c'gd.598 



Queen-Rearing 602 



Queen-cells, Inserting 602 



Roanoke Apiary 612 



Sections, To get out 611 



Sections, Bad 600 



Sections during Honey-flow 611 



Shumaker's Letter 600 



Skunks 6(i8 



Starters, To put in 600 



Stephenson's Observations. 598 



Sumac 608 



Summit Apiary 612 



Sunshine and Honey 611 



Sw'g without Clustering... 613 

 Swaims, Holding by Brood. 609 



Toronto Convention 592 



The Old Way and the New.. 596 



Vent, for Comb Honey 601 



West Virginia 610 



Wilkin's Apiary 606 



Wintering, Outdoor 59? 



Workers, Fertile 609 



20 



COLONIES 



or EEES. 



Mixed Italians and hybrids; part with Italian 

 queens; in one-story Simplicity or I'/i story Lang- 

 stroth hives; 8 frames of comb; division - board ; 

 cloth; say about 15 lbs. each of honey or granulated- 

 sugar feed; all with more or less brood. Will place 

 on the cars at Newark for $6.00 per colony. 



Address 



W, EARLE CASS 



lOd 



NO. 2 SUMMER PLACE, 

 NEWARK, N. J. 



I" — ' ^^-v STRONG COLONIES of Brown Hybrid 

 I — V / I Bees in new 3-8tory L. Merrlt Hives; 

 » I \ / combs built last year. Single col., $7: 

 ^^-^ V-X in lots of six, $6.50, or $300 for the lot. 

 Would take young team as part pay. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. H. O. McElhany, Brandon, Iowa. 



216 COLONIES OF BEES 



A chance to get a first-class apiarv South at a 

 bargain. ANTHONY OPP, 



lOtf d Helena, Pliillips Co., Arte. 



GJIJIAT PPPUGTIOJI ! 



FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS 



I will sell the U. S. Standard Honey-Extractor at 

 about 1554 off the list price. I^~Send for mv new 

 Price List. G. W. STANLEY, Wyoming, N. Y. 



E will pay 10c. each for the following : January 

 Gleakings, and May Juvenile. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



W 



PLYMOUTH ROCKS & BROWN LEGHORNS. 



Superior stock. Prices reasonable. Address, 

 T. S. ASHMEAD, Williamson, Wayne Co., N. Y. 



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 the first tims with- 

 out chm-ge. After, 20e eash insertion, or $2,00 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 anj-tliingof 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 ua 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. lOtf 

 *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. lOttd 



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



*Wm. Ballantine. Sago, Musk. Co., O. lutt'd 



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



7tfd 

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



2-12 

 *Jas. O Faoey. New Hamburg, Ont.. Can. lOtfd 

 *J. H. Reed, Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. lOtfd 



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



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



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



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

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



6-3 

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

 *James P. Sterritt, Sheakley ville, Mercer Co., Pa. 



10-3 



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.lOtfd 



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



FOR SALE! 



52 Strong Colonies of Italian, Holy-Land 

 and Hybrid Bees. 



In VA and 3 story hives, with surplus arrangement. 

 1 will take $400. Fur particulars, address 



10 



H. J. SCHRECK, 



Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind. 



Back Numbers of " Gleauiugs," 



Full and complete, and in good order. Vols, for the 

 year 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, nearly complete. 

 Will sell or exchange any or all of them for bees, 

 books, or any thing useful in the apiary; also 



HISTORY OF FKEE-WIASONKY, 

 and Digest. By J. W. S. Mitchel, M. n. Ninth Edi- 

 tion, 2 large Vols., handsomly bound in Morocco; 

 Gilt backs, sides, and edges; cost $18. Will sell for 

 $10, or exchange for Chambers' Eucycloptdia, bees, 

 or offers. Speak Quick. Address, 

 lOd L. A. DOSCH, Miamisburg, Mont. Co., Ohio. 



of best old 

 and new 



Strawberry and Raspberry Plants 



varieties. Fall is the time to plant. S^nd for circu- 

 lar to N. WHINERY & SON, 

 10 Winona, Col,. Co., Ohio. 



