188S 



GLEAI^INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



733 



Contents of this Number. 



INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 



Bee Botany — | Ladies' Department T(10 



Bee Entomology — Remindery 753 



Blasted Hopes — i Smilei-y — 



Editorials 7fil | The Growlery — 



Forgettery "H3 | Honey Column 734 



Heads of Grain 751 | Notes and Queries — 



INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 

 AND OTHER SHORT ARTICLES. 



Honey, Marketing 747 



T>»»'.i li^li.- <^«^l Dane ^^Q 



Adulteration 747 



Answering Letters 762 



Alsike Clover.. 761 



Are they Italians 748 



Banner Apiai-y 735 



Bees Eating Larva; 752 



Bee-keeping for Profit 751 



Blacks,ltalians,and Syrians T-f6 



Brood for Swarms 745 



Canada, Climate of 754 



Chicago Convention 747 



Combs, Age of 756 



Color Hereditary 759 



Cuba 744 



Dhourra 752 



Drones Building Combs 754 



Drones Congregating — 746 

 Dysenter.y and Sugar Syrup7.55 



Eggs Miising 7.52 



Feeding on Bottom-board. .759 



Florida. 756,760 



Foul Brood 7.58 



Gravenhorst's Bee-Journal 740 



Hatching in 14 Days 756 



Hilton's Apiary 738 



Honey, Granulation oi 743 



Invalids and Bees 748 



Moving Bees 757 



Oak, Honey from 7.59 



Olefogy 745 



Orange-bloo.soras 751 



Our New Office 761 



Overstocking 747 



Palestine 746 



Preventing Sunday sw'g 737 



Qu's from Europe by Mail.. 749 



Roach trap 753 



Robbers 747 



Robbins' New Strain 741 



Soporific Plants 760 



Strikes among Bees 743 



"Story of the Bible" 761 



Sundaj' Swarming 744 



Substitute for Wax 737 



Swarming without Clust'g 741 



Tnorntou'.- 



Ventilation, Buttoiu 7."i6 



Ventilation, Downward 7.58 



Veniilation. Lower 740 



AVater in Winter 7.55 



CnD C«IC F[NE ENGLISH RABBITS, from 3 to 

 run OALlli 6 months old, $i to *4pf^r pair. 



A. A. FKADENBDRG, Port Washington, Ohio. 



AD Ann AIM A second-hand printing outfit for 

 DnrlUMIIli sale cheap. Address 



W. H. LAW, Fort Smith, Ark. 



■ OR SALi£. — A Barnes combined Buzz and 

 Scroll saw. Price $2,5 00. 

 J. H. COLVILLE, Goshen, Clermont Co., Ohio. 

 111/2-12C 



DADANT'S HONEY CROP. 



Our honey crop being very large, we offer 



THIETY THOUSAND POUNDS OP EXTEACTED HONE? FOE SALE 



AT REASONABLE PlilCES. 



We have both clover and fall honey. Samples sent 



on receipt of stamps to pay postage. The bouey 



can be delivered in any shape to suit purchasers. 



Send 15 cents for our 2i-page pamphlet on harvest- 

 ing, handling, and marketing extracted honey. 



DADANT'S FOUNDATION. 



From James Heddon, July 27, 1>*S;^. " Your t'dn. is 

 certainly the nicest and best bandied of any I have 

 seen on the market. It is the only fdn. true to sam- 

 ple, I have ever received." 



From Jas. Heddon. Aug. 10, ]88o. "I will contract 

 for 2000 lb->. of fda. for next season on the terms of 

 your letter." 



From A A. Newman, Aug. 24, 1883. "Book my or- 

 der for 5000 lbs. for spring delivery." 



From C F Mutb, Sept. 6, 188!. "All of your ship- 

 ments of fdn. during the season were sold on the 

 day of their arrival." 



Dealers, send in your orders for next spring, while 

 wax is cheaper, and thus save trouble and money. 

 We pay 28c cash for prime wax. 



CHAS. DADANT & SON, 



HAMILTON, HANCOCK CO., ILL. 



DEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



It will pa.v to get our prices before purchasing sup- 

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

 in the flat. 60 cfs. each; Langstroth winter-protector, 

 in lots of 50. $L50each; small lots, $1.7.5, all in the 

 flat. Manufactured of good pine lumber. Work- 

 manship unexcelled. Crates, sections, and founda- 

 tion. WM. O. BURK, 8tfd 



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



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 tim^ with' 

 imt charge. After, 20c each 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 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, furnished 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 f 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., 



*Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 



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



*Wm. Ballantine Sagn, Musk. Co., O. 



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



Pa. lOtf 

 lOttd 

 lOtfd 

 lltfd 

 3-2 

 7tfd 

 Caldwell Co., Texas. 

 2-12 

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

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

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



*J. S. Tadlock, box 42, Luling 



lOtfd 



8tfd 



Kan. 



6-5 



*James P. Sterritt, Sheakleyville, 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, Lberville Par., La.lOtfd 



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



A I'erftrt MOUSE Tclcffraph Instrument for 



beaianfi-f'. Send for catalogue. 



5-12d P. B. KINGSLEY, Greeneville, Greene Co., Tenn. 



JUST FEOM BOLOGNA, ITALY, ONLY $5.00. 



Select tp-sted queens, young and prolific, - - $3 00 



Tested queens, young and prolific, 2 50 



No more " dollar " on hand this year. 



J. a TADLOCK, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. 



FI.AT - BOTTOOT COMB FOUN- 



dation.— High side-walls, 4 to 14 square 

 feet to the lb. Circular and samples 

 free. J. VAN DEUSEN & SONS, 

 Sole Manufacturers, 



I WANT TO CONTRACT, 



Early as possible, for 100 lbs. of bees and 100 queens 

 (safe arrival). State time can ship, price, etc. Will 

 take a fe^ hybrid queens in the lot. 



li. S. BENHAM, 

 13(} >IT. Bliss, Anthpi Co., Mich. 



