2C4 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



Sept. 



Contents of this Number. 



Prviventiii;: After Swaniiiiiij 207 



Storiiii; Eini)t.v Combs 207, 216 



GetiiiiK Box Honey 207 



Hives used by our Leading Bee-Keepers 208 



How to Make Bees work in the Boxes 209. 227 



Omit; ins the Separators with the Section Boxes 209 



Our Kxpeiienee with Smokers 209 



How to put the Sections on the Hive 210 



How to Dispose of odd bits of Comb honey 210 



The S'lle of Honey 211 



How Doohttle works witli the Section Bo.xes 212 



Squash and Pumpkins Again 212 



Fastenins Combs in Transferring 213 



Sports of Nature 213 



Can we Sell Honey for H c per >b. ? 213 



Second Swarming 207, 214, 215, 222 



Giving Bees a "Ply" 21J. 



Box Hive Department 211' 



Humlnigs & Swindles 215 



Feeding Extracted to get Comb Honey 21() 



The I'niversal Section Box 217 



Bee Botany and Entomologv 217 



Pollen of the Milk Weed Entangling Bee's feet 217 



Some of the Wasp Family 218 



Wild Hei-ii.imot 218 



Inlriiilufiug tjueens to Hives a long time Queenless. . .219 

 Feeding for winter Colonies having fdn. instead of comb 219 



W'orkers in Drone Comb 219 



Doubling up in the Spring 220 



Feeding Bees Scraped up Wax 221 



Laying out the Hexagonal Apiary 222 



Plain Sheets of Wax 223 



Killing Queens with coal oil 223 



Quinby Versus Langstroth Hive for Box Honey 223 



Average loss in Introducing 223 



Chaff in the Upper Story 223 



Queens just Hatched for Stocks just Uuqueened. .216, 223 



Empty Ccnibs, and Frames of Fdn 224 



Gonnelly's Honey Box 224 



Queen Rearers of Italy 227 



Bulging of the Fdn 227 



Closed end Q. Frames 228 



Eggs in 12 Hours on the Fdn 228 



August 29th. We have to-day, 1778 suljscribers. 



ITALIAN pEES&^UEENQ 

 300 Colo nies for Sale. 



1 to 10 stocks, each S8,00 



15to25 " " 7,(0 



1 two frame nucleus (frames 11x12) 8,50 



5 to 10 two " " .3,C0 



1 four frame "■ 5,00 



5 to 10 four frame " each 4,.50 



Warranted queens " 1,50 



" " per doz 15,00 



Tested " each 2,50 



Safe arrival guaranteed on stocks and queens. Sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



Address, J. OATMAN & CO., 



0-lld Dundee, Kane c. Ills. 



BEES FO_R SALE! 



Italian bees in small Gallup hives. 9 frames (un- 

 painted) 37,.50. Same in Standard Gallup hive with 

 sample set of cases and 21 boxes (un painted) ^9,50. 

 Same in Doolittle's improved hive with 30 boxes and 

 cases all complete (painted with tin roof) $12,50. Hy- 

 brids 81,50 less. G. M. DOOLITTLE, 

 9d Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



imPLiIil^IENTS FOR BKS: CU I/riKE AL- 

 PHABETICALiLiY ARllArVCJEIJ. 



For descriptions of the various articles, see our ninth 

 edition circular found in Feb. No., 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- 

 umn of tigures : the figures giving the amount of 

 postage required. 



Binder, Emerson's, for Gleanings 50, (30, 75 



4 Boxes, section with comb guides 02 



Balances, Spring, for suspended hive 8,00 



Clasps, for transferring, package of 100. 



50 

 25 



Card's, Queen Registering, per cioz 10 



10 



00 



1,25 



10 



10 I Blocks, Iron, for frame making 15 



I Barrels for Honey §2.50 to $4,00 



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

 on applicati m. Two saws and two guages included. 35.00 

 I Buzz-saws, extra, G inch, 1.50 ; 7 inch, 1,75 ; 8 inch. 2,00 



I Comb Foundation JIachines complete §125,00 



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



20 Corners, Metal, per hundred 1,00 



25 " " To)) only 1,25 



20 " " Bottom, perlOU 75 



On 1000 or more a di^ccunt cf 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. 

 Comlw, empty worker in metal cornered L. frames 

 10 "• 

 



2 Cages. 



18 Case with Separator to hold 3 Section Irames 

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



2 I Cheese Cloth, for strainers, per yard 



I Extractors 18,50 to 10,00 



i " Inside and Gearing 5 00 



[ " Wax 3,.50 



4 I Frames with Metal Corners 00 



5 I " Samjjle Rabbet and Clasps 10 



10 1 it Clo.sed end Quinby, nailed 05 



I Gleanings, back Volumes, each 75 



I " present " 1,00 



40 1 Gearing for Extractor 1,150 



20 I Gates, Houej', for Extractors 50 



THE SIMPLICITY HIVE. 



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



The same witli bottom, lo frames, division 

 I board and quilt, crated so as to be sent 



I safely l)y 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 body and 10 frames— SI, 25— making "comi)letc 

 two story hive— §3,50— or, you can have 60 section box- 

 es (two tiers of 30 each) in place of the 10 frames, at 

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

 boxes, we can fit the upper story with 18 having glasi* 

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

 hive and all cost §5,00. 



One story Q. hive without bottom or frames 84 

 Tlie same with bottom, 10 vailed frames, 

 division board and quilt, complete except 



• surplus recejitacles .S2,00 



The same with two story, 20 frames 3,00 



Or you can have 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 surplus ar- 

 rangements mentioned; also, as they are all deeper 

 than the Langstroth frame, a single story can be used 

 with fewer frames, 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 place 18 section boxes. 



25 I Honey, Clover, per lb, 16c., Basswood, 15c. By the bar- 

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

 Honey in section frames or fancy glass boxes, 25c. grosg. 



I Knives, Honey 1,0() 



Labels, Honey i)er 1000 3,25 



Lithogiaph of Apiary 25 



! Lamp Nursery 5,00 



Larva;, for queen rearing, from June to Sept.... 25 



15 I Microscope. Compound. 3,00 



I Prepared objects for above, sucli as bee's wing, sting, 



eye, foot etc., each 25 



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



Magnifying Glass, Pocket CO 



" " Double lens 1,00 



Photo of House Apiary 25 



06 Quilts 25 



2 I Rabbets, Metal per foot 02 



Scissors, for clii^ping 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 Quinby Smoker 1,50 



2 Tacks, Galvanized 10 



3 Thermometers 40 



1>4 I Univei'sal Section Boxes in the flat, each 01 



Universal case of 30 boxes, just right for U. hives or 



• 75 



75 

 50 

 15 

 15 



any L. hive, and can be litted, to any hive. 



i Vails, Bee, with face of Brussels net, (silk) 



I Thesame, all of tarletan (almost as good) 



5 I Wire Cloth, for Exti-actors, per foot 



3| " " " Queen Cages 



All goods delivered on beard the cars at prices named. 



