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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



Contents of this Xiiiuber. 



Basket for Hiving Swarms 17!' 



Foundations 17!'. 1S5, 1S7, 18S, im, I'M 



Move than a Barrel of Bees 17!) 



Hi\es, SometbinK About Them 180 



Ivir. Townle.v's Apiary ISO 



Squashes and Bees-.'. 181 



Do Bees get Pollen from the Vines of the Melon, Pump- 

 kin etc "r 181, 1!"3 



How to Keep Box Honey 181 



Case tor Shipping Section Boxes 182 



Imported Queens 182 



Introducing Queens 183 



Unqueening to Prevent Swarming, and Secure Box 



Honey .183 



Box Hive Department 18 i 



Blasted Hopes 184 



Swarming out in the Spring 185 



Two, Three, and Four Story Hi\es 185, ISO 



Selling Honey 185 



Protecting the Boxes While Being Filled .180 



Chatl: 101, lti2 



Loatlng on the Outside of The Hives ISO 



L'ntilled Boxes 187 



Patent Hives, Bee Gums, and the Floating Apiary 187 



Our Solution of the Feeding Problem 188 



LarvM for Queen Hearing 1S9 



Humbugs and Swindles 180 



Feeding Bees Honey cappings 189 



Bees-wax 190 



Honey Knives with a Curved Blade 191 



Playingof the Young Bees in the Afternoon 192 



How to Keep a Queen Silent While Introducing... lii3 



Catching Queens with the Fingers 193 



A Repenting Swarm... ...193 



What Should a Swarm Weigh ;. 191 



Nir e Lbs. per Day, For 28 IJays 181 



A "Barn" Apiary .• ..l!tl 



Cans for Marketing Honey 191 



Do not Extract too Close 19-1 



Waxing Barrels 195 



Making Clonies with Bees fiom Different Hives 199 



Ants 200 



There is a bogus "Novice Honey Extractor" in the 

 market. Look out lor it. It is said to be a miserable 

 imitation. 



In ordering extractors, please be sure to givclength of 

 top bar, iviilth of frame Just under top bar, and dis- 

 tance from bottom of bottom bar, to top of top bar. 



OuE neighbor, Shane, has secured 3,300 lbs. of ext'd, and 

 about 2,000 of comb honey. He has sold the former for 

 10 cents, and the latter for 20, to our friend .^Iuth. 



We have to-day, July 28, 1097 subscribers and we ex- 

 tend 1097 thanks to our readers lor their patronage. 

 During the month we received bii ^ubscribeis, and 

 seven whose time expired have tailed to renaw. 



Although we retain the hoops for the section boxes, we 

 have discarded them for the body of the hive. We can 

 make a better looking hive considerably cheaper by using 

 yi inch whole boards, using a single hoop above to hold 

 the quilt. The plan of having one size for all the ditfer- 

 ent frames, is so great a saving that we can by no means 

 give it up ; for we are by this means enabled to have a 

 universal cover, quilt, case of section boxes etc., and 

 when we And that chatf is the thing, we can have the 

 external part that holds the chaff, all alike for all the 

 ditlerent hives also. The convenience of having the up- 

 per and lower stories precisely alike is so great, we 

 shoidd not think of having them'ot her wise. 



IMPtiEMENTS FOK BEE CULXURE, Al^- 

 PHABETICAEEY ARRANGEO. 



For descriptions of the various articles, see our ninth 

 edition circular found in Feb. Xo., or mailed on ap- 

 plication. 



This price list to be taken in place of those of for- 

 mer date. 



Mailable articles are designated in the left hand col- 

 iimn of flgures ; the figures giving the amount of 

 postage required. 



Binder. Emerson's, for Gleanings 50, GO, 75 



4 Boxes, section with comb guides 02 



•• with glass sides and fancy paper trim- 



12 ming lor above 15 



20 1 " four glass sides, oxoxOi 10 



3 I '■ without glass oo 



I Balances, Spring, for suspended hive S.OO 



10 I Blocks, Iron, for frame making 15 



I Barrels for Honey g2.50 to $1,00 



I Buzz-saw, foot-power, comiilete, circular with cuts free 



on applicatijii. Two saws and two guages included. .35.00 



I Buzz-saws, extra, 6 inch, 1.50 ; 7 inch, 1,75 ; S inch. 2,00 



I Comb Foundation Machines complete S125,0O 



20 i Candy for bees, can be fed at any season. Per lb 15 



20 i Corners, Metal, per hundred 1,00 



25 '• " Top only 1,25 



20 I " " Bottom, gal. iron, per 100. 75 



On 1000 or more a discoimt of 10 per cent will be made, 

 and on 100,000, 25 per cent. The latter will be given to 

 those who advertise metal cornered frames. 

 Combs, empty worker in metal cornered L. frames 



50 



Clasps, for transferring, package of 100 25 



" 10 



10 



06 



1,25 



10 



Cards, (iueeu Kegistering, per cioz 



Cages. " 



18 Case with Separator to hold 3 Section frames 

 I Case of 10 of the above, 30 Section frames in all, 



2 Cheese Cloth, for strainers, per yard 



I Extractors SS,50 to 10,00 



i ■' Inside and Gearins; 5 00 



I " Wax 3,50 



4 I Frames with Metal Corners (0 



5 I '• Samjjle Kabbet and Clasps 10 



10 I u Closed end Qiiinby, nailed 05 



I Gleanings, back A olunies, each 75 



I " present " 1,00 



40 Gearing for Extractor 1,50 



20 I Gates, Honej-, for Extractors 50 



THE HOOr HIVE. 



I One story Langs'h without frames or bottom $1,00 



The same witli bottom, ;o frames, division 

 I board and quilt, crated so as to be sent 



1 safely by freight or express 2,25 



The above is the hive we use and recommend in 

 preference to everything else, and it contains every 

 thing needed for all purposes except at the surplus 

 season. If you decide to use the extractor you want 

 an extra bo'dy and 10 frames— SI, 25— making "complete 

 two story hive — JS.oO— or, you can have 3U section box- 

 es (withtheir 10 cases ) in place of the 10 frames, at 

 the same price. If you preler the old style of glass 

 boxes, we can lit the upper story with IS having gla&s 

 on four sides at 12* cents each; this will make the 

 hive and all cost -55,00. 



One story Q. hive without bottom or frames S-1 

 The same with bottom, 10 nailed frames, 

 division board and quilt, complete except 



surplus receptacles S2,00 



The same with two story, 20 frames 3,00 



Or }-ou can liave instead of the frames above, any of 

 the arrangements for surplus, mentioned for the Lang- 

 stroth hive. 



A one story complete for 13 frames of either the 

 Standard, American, or Gallup hives, will cost S2,50, 

 and they can also be used with any of the siirjilus ar- 

 rangements mentioned; also, as they are all deeper 

 than the Langstroth frame, a single story can be used 

 with fewer li-ames, and sections or boxes at the side 

 of the frames. As an illustration ; we can take four 

 frames out of the one story hives above, and put in 

 their ]5lace 18 section boxes. 



25 I Honey, Clover, per lb, lOc, Basswood, 15e. By the bar- 

 rel 2c. less and waxed and painted barrel included. 

 Honev in section frames or fancy slass boxes. 25c. gross. 



I Knives, Honev 1,00 



} Labels, Honey per 1000 3,25 



Lithograph of Apiary ,.... 25 



! Lamp Nursery 5,00 



Larvffi, for queen rearing, from June to Sept.... 25 



15 I Microscope, Compound 3,C0 



j Prepared objects for above, such as bee's wing, sting, 

 eve, foot etc., each 25 



6 Medlev of Bee-Keepers' Photo's. (150 Photo's) 1,00 



Magnifying Glass, Pocket 60 



" " Double lens 1,00 



Photo of House Apiary 25 



06 I Quilts 25 



2 Kabbets, Metal per foot 02 



Scissors, for clipping queen's wings 40 



15 Seed, Alsike Clover, raised near ?(s,per lb 35 



20 " Summer Rape. Sow in June and July ... 15 



" Chinese Mustard, per oz 25 



10 Smoker 1,50 



2 Tacks, Galvanize! 10 



3 Thermometers 40 



\}i i Cniversal Section Boxes in the flat, each 01 



I Universal case of 30 boxes, just right for L'. hives or 



any L. hive, and can be fitted, to any hive l,2o 



I Vails, Bee, with face of Brussels net, (silk) 75 



i The same, all of tarletan (almost as good) 50 



5 I Wire Cloth, for Extractors, per foot 15 



3| " " " Queen Cages 15 



All soods delivered on board the cars at prices named. 



