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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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SprinfT balance, Qiiinby and Doolittle smokers, 

 quart feeder, queeH ('aj;e and hone.v knife, we pre- 

 sume you all understand without explanation. 

 No. 3. is a transferrins clasp and shows the Way 

 in which it is put on the frame. No. 18. is intend- 

 ed for a jueeii care, but it certainly does not give 

 one a very vivid i lea of the article. No. 21 is also 

 .supposed to represent a bundle of the pieces cora- 

 posin'i: t'ne section box, but the idea is so "dim" 

 we shall have to ask you to look at the engraving 

 of a section box below, and iraasine 40 of the 

 pieces composing it, fastened together as a square 

 block. For further particulars, see page 43. 



A beautiful article of alsike closer seed raised 

 near us, has just been brought in. that we can sell 

 .nt 25c per Ih., or 42c if sent by mail. We paid 

 $10,00 for the seed raised on 2 acres, to say noth- 

 ing of the honey obtained. 



Jan. 30W»— 1388 subscribers. Thank you all. 



If things do not always please you, don't com- 

 plain— ^'j^s/ pray ! — Moody. 



AXD THIS IS FRIEND MuTH'S APIAET. Just aS 



sure as you are alive, he has the bees so well 

 tamed that they feel at home, and bring tine crops 

 of honey right into the heart of the city, and 

 away up to the top of kis store. He certainly is 

 not afraid of his bees, for if he should try to beat 

 a retreat, clear up there, he might make a mis- 

 step, and come down before the people on the 

 pavement expected him, and that would be such 

 a "jolt" that we fear eren he, with all his jolly 

 good nature, niiiht Hnd his equanimity disturbed. 

 Long may he live, to buy and sell honey, and to 

 make his customers ttlad by his prompt and ex- 

 emplary way of doing business; may his bees 

 also thrive, as they have in times past,' to the dis- 

 comtiture of all who pronounce "City bee-keep- 

 ing" only a myth. 



Contents of this Number. 



Muth's Apiary 30 



Foul Brood, and Salycilic Acid 33, 36 



Small Kegiiniings :« 



Bee-moth, How do they live over Winter, etc 31 



Sugar of Commerce, Is it adulterated ? 34 



Mailing Queens in Winter 34 



Section Boxes, how to Ship 34 



Ventilation and Comb Building 3.t 



Chaff Cushion Division Boards. 39, 35 



Entrances half way up ;i5 



The Best Hive, Jiist where to find it 35 



Frames, Who can solve the Problem V 3B 



Duolittle's System of raising Comb Honey 37 



Starters of Natural Comb, How to Fasten 37 



Bee Plants, When to sow the Seeds 37 



Wintering entirely on Sugar 48, 38 



Chaff Packing in Summer. 38 



An Apiary of Common Bees— 200 Colonies.... 38 



Amount Consumed in Winter 50, 38 



Foundation, Why Bees sometimes refuse to use it 38 



Straight Combs 30 



Swarms, How to Hive Them 39 



Increase Extraordinary 39 



Swarming, Natural and Artificial 39 



Bee Thieves, Remedy for 40 



Frames of Ditterent Sizes in the same Apiary 40 



Bees that will not Protect their Stores 40 



Hiving a Swarm on One's Head 41 



How to make Comb Foundations --AH about it 42, 41 



IVames of Sections, Large versus Small 42 



Simplicity Bee Hives, How to Make 43 



Bees do Eat Grapes at times 42 



Chaff as a Remedy for Spring Dwindling 44 



Drone Comb, How to get it '. 44 



270,000 Bees in 3 Months 4t 



Brood Rearmg as early as Christmas 41 



Closing Entrances in Winter 44 



Starters of Drone Comb, How to get Larva; out of 44 



Will it pay to buy an Extractor 45 



Frame versus Box Hives 45 



House Apiary, Will it pay to Build One V 4(i 



Honey, Building up a Home Market for «» 



Introducing Queens into the Honey Boxes 4*) 



Italian vci sus Black Bees 46 



Bees on the Prairie ; A Poem 46 



Atre of Worker Bees 4t! 



Winter Bee Houses, Keeping them Cool Hi 



Honey, How to get from a Box Hive without 



transferring 47 



Moth, Eggs of. What are they like ? 47 



Side and Top Storing Boxes, And why do Bees build 



Comb Vpward? 47 



Siij; ir for Wniterini; 48 



Separators and no Separators 4.s 



Poisoning Bees by Cheap Molasses 48 



Section Boxes, Best Size and Shape 48 



Straw Mats, and Ample Ventilation of Cellars 4!» 



Fertile Workers— Don't want to Find Them 4!> 



Extnacting, When to do it 1!> 



Triangular Comb Guides a Waste of Time and Mosey 49 



Quinby Smokers. Nut patented l!» 



t)pening Hives Often, Is it Harmful ? 50 



Handling Bees in the Cellar ,'M 



Propolis and Simplicity Hives 5«» 



Moving Bees Short Distances .50 



Virgin Queens, Selling them ."j^ 



MUTH'S ADVERTISKMhN r. ^^ 



HONEY JARS ! 



One pound (square) jars, per gross ffi 00 



Two " " " " 8 (0 



One " " " flint glass per gross.... 8 50 



Two " " " " •' '• 10 ,50 



Corks for 1 and 2 pound jars 75 



Tin foil caps, per gross 1 20 



Labels '• •' 75 



A thousand labels address printed to order 5 i o 



One qt. fruit jars. Mason's patent, per gress 17 00 



Labels for same, " " 65 



A thousand labels address printed to order d 00 



Uncapping knives, as good as an7,eaeh .50 



•• " per dozen 4.50 



Alsike clover seed, i)er bushel 13 50 



peck 3.50 



" " " " pound 40 



('atnip seed, per pound 6 .50 



" " ounce ,50 



LiansTstroth Bee Hives, 

 Straw mats, bee vails etc., at reasonable rates. 



For further particulars, address 

 7-12 CH AS. F. MUTH. Cincinnati, O. 



Did you never see a 

 section iionet box 'i 

 r*. ji AVell, here is a picture ofj 



l» "'• ^^^j^^ what we think a very iiif'*^'!™™™'! 



one, and also a newly de-fflP»lllA 

 vised tool for cutting theilK-^ w 

 grooves, on a Foot Power" 

 !^^^^ Buzz-saw. If you will look on the 

 other side of this leaf, you will sew 

 how they are i>lnrod in and on the 

 hives. For prices of these boxes, sec l)iirk cover, and for 

 the tools, new price list of saws which we mail on appli- 

 cation. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



