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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



0113 ; for there was not a single egg in any of the cells at 

 the time of introducing the Italiim queens. So the colony 

 remained quee nless until I gave them common brood to 

 raise a queen, when they at once commenced to make 

 several queen cells of it ; is there any possibility of there 

 having been a queen in the hive before introducing the 

 Italian queens ? W, T. Seal. 



Chaddford, Pa. Aug. 9th, 1S7(). 



[If the bees commenced ce'ls on the brood given them, 

 it is pretty (certain they had no queen, but yon are going 

 to very great extremes in presuming the number of 

 queens lost so great. Jud!2;ing from reports, we think not 

 more than 1 in -i is lost in introducing, counting new be- 

 gmner's work and all. The plan we ha^e given so often 

 obviates all risk, viz., frames of hatching brood.] 



The last fdn. you sent me seems to work all right. 

 My only apprehension is about the queen's laying in 

 it although she has used a little in oue hive. AVish 

 you would give me a word of your experience in this 

 respect. J. P. Moore in last A. B. J., frightened us 

 about that. J. F. Sfaulding. 



Charles City, Iowa, Aug. 7th, 187U. 



[With clean nice wax, we find the queens laying as 

 quickly as in natural comb. Queens are quite sensi- 

 tive, and it would not be strange if they objocted to 

 trusting their children in cradles having an offensive 

 taste or smell. If they object to any wo furnish, send 

 in bill and we will pay damages. See what our next 

 friend says.] 



The f jundation that you sent me is received and I must 

 siy, is a perfect success. I put it into frames and found 

 the queens laying in it twelve hours after its insertion. 

 Next summer I must have iOO weight of it. No trouble 

 with having too much drone comb in a hive now. I think 

 it one of the greatest steps ever made in bee-keeping. 



E. W. Alexamiee, Camden, N. Y. 



I have made over 200 Quinby frames like sample you 

 sent me ; transferred all the combs out of my old style 

 Quinby frames into them. I turned all the frames upside 

 down in the hive for five or six days while the bees were 

 fastening the combs, it works splendidly, and a honey 

 board in 2 or 3 sections on that kind of a frame beats 

 quilts all to pieces. It gives the bees a free passage of %' 

 inch all over the frames. Just try one or two of them ; 

 you can transfer the combs and bees from an L. into a Q. 

 frame in less time then you can extract the honey if it is 

 iill capped over. A. W. Windhoest, St. Charles, Mo. 



The royal food for the young queen in the cell, is com- 

 loosed of young grub bees, cut up. Am I rirjht ? 



A. L. KxAE, Pana, 111. 



LWe think not. The idea has been often advanced, but 

 observation and experiment do not veiify it.] 



I send you 651.00 by express for 100 lbs. worker fdn., 

 yellow. I don't want them too light ; about 5 to 6 square 

 feet to the lb. R. S. Becktell. 



New Buffalo, Mich. Aug. 19 th, 187fi. 



Comb fdn. got of you last Wednesdey, the IGth, is fdled 

 out and to-day— 22d— extracted honey from it to give 

 queen room. Will M. Kello&g. 



Oneida, 111. Aug. 22d 1876. 



HO^VElk^ BEES. 



SEND for E. W. Hale's price list of Queens for the year 

 1876. All Queens raised in full colonies and from'lm- 

 ported mothers. No Bee disease in mv locality. 

 9 Address, E. W. HALE, Wirt C. ll., W. Va. 



Italim and Hybrid Bees for sal.?, in Quinbv and Lang- 

 stroth hives. Price. .§10.00 per colony. 

 Will sell 30 swarms forS250,tO. 

 Hart, Oeeana Co., Michigan. HENRY PALMER. 



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PTJPvE BEES WAX. 



Cut to any size desired. 



PACKED IN NEAT WOODEN BOXES-PAPER BE- 

 TWEEN EVERY TWO SHEETS. AT .?1.00 PER 

 POUND FOR THE WHITE, OR 75 CENTS 

 PER POUND FOR THE YELLOW. 



IF WANTED BT MAIL. ADD 25 CENTS PEE POUND FOE 

 PACKING BOXES AND POSTAGE. 



If taken in our regular packing boxes, sheets 12x18 

 inches, 10 per cent, off from above prices on 10 pounds or 

 over. 



Wax will be worked up to order, and cut into sheets of 

 any size desired, for JO cents per iwuiid. 



We will pay S3 cents per pound cash for bright yellow 

 wax, or sell it for 36. 



One pound of wax makes from 4 to 8 square feet of sur- 

 face. The thinnest will be used h} tlie bees, but is not 

 made into comb as quickly as the heavier, which has a 

 greater depth of cell. 



Sheets just ritht for L. frames, both white and yellow, 

 kept constantly in stock ready for shipment ; also square 

 sheets for section boxes. About 6 of the f(>rmer or 30 of 

 the latter (enough for 1 Universal case) weigh 1 pound. 



At above prices we can pay no freight or express charges 

 either way. 



Tlb3 only wholesale rates we can give is 10 per cent, off 

 from above rates on orders for 50 jjounds or over, or 20 

 Ijer cent, on 100 pounds or over. A. I. ROOT. 



Medina, Ohio. 



"BOHimWrncnsEsT 



Pursuant to returning to the box hive system, James 

 Heddou, of Dowagiac, Michigan, will sell his Glenwood 

 Apiary, at the following prices, to-wit : 80 colonies of Ital- 

 iae Bees for S610, all in 8 frame (Standard) Langstroth 

 Hives, of best pattern ; 28 colonies of Italian Bees in 9 

 frame Oatman hives for S22t. These Bees are nearly all 

 pure, carefully bred, ptrfeclly health!/, and will be sold 

 only in two lots, as named above, and to purchasers on the 

 ground. For further particulars, address, 

 ' Dowagiac, Michigan, JAMES HEDDON. 



TEA-KETTI.E BEE-FEEDERS, large 

 enough to feed 18 lbs. at a "dose ;" with it, enough 

 can be given in one day, under favorahle circwmstan- 

 ces, to last over winter. Pric3 reduced to Toe, or §1.00 

 by mail. Quart (3 lbs.) feeder, 10c. ; bv mail 16c. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



Fifty (50) good strong colonies of Italian and livbrid 

 bees. " Price, one colony SlO.Cu : five Sl.'i.OO; ten fSO.OO. 

 In 8 frame hives, each jl.OO less. Hybrids each Sl,00 

 less than above rates. Also hives lull of comb (frames 

 are all 11x11) and 25 or 30 lbs. honey and bee bread, 

 for wintering bees on. Price 86,00. Order soon. Will 

 deliver at depot Oct. 1st to 15th. 

 9-10 R. S. BKCKTELL, New Buflfalo, Mich. 



Cheap Honey. 



For feeding Bees or other purposes. 



I have some good buckwheat honey that I will sell 

 for seven cts. per lb. if takpn a barrel (40 gallons) ut a 

 time. J. L. WOLFEN'UEN, 



9-lOd Adams, Wal. Co., Wis. 



876. 



ueens. S376. 

 ueens. 



We will sell queens in September at |1,C0 each. 



ALL warrantp:d pure, large and 



HANDSOME. 



SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED Bl' MAIL. 



9 H. ALLEY, Wenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



