58 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 



Contents of this Number. 



r )0t p.) war Si^vs. And how to use Them 57 



Our Friend? in GarnTany (>1 



Honey ihrX. won't, Candv (>2 



T'lick and Thin Honey Combs ^.03 



Winterinar, A Midel house tor 03 



Fi-ame. B^r. 01" Box Hives <•;? 



( ; hall" Pickin? 63, (!4 



IIo^v many Cells do we Find to the Inch <>4 



Fdn. made on Cloth, Paper, etc • Ot 



P.itent ris'it B3e Hives, etc OS 



Blasted Hopes 6t; 



.Average yield per colony, How shall we calculate it? (56 



How to Sell honey 6(} 



Wintering; House 69, (ifi 



Honey G- ites... , 66 



Section Frames ' 66 



Rep ore for lf> Year.s , 67 



Size of Hives, Importance ol' having them exact 67 



Little "Sunbeam" 67 



Kibbinff, How to stop .-68 



Feeding in the Spring 6S 



Mice : 68 



Frames without Bottom Bars 68 



Quills, Tackin? to one edge of the Hive 68 



AVint.ering. "Mud Hut For" 6!) 



(;haflf nacbinff, and Spreading Brood (K> 



Foul Brood, Remedy for., 69 



Honey Knives, How to curve the Blade 70 



Notes and Queries 70 



Virgin Queens, Introducing them 70 



California 70 



The "Go-Hoppers." A Poem 72 



"Our Clearing" T2 



Freezing Bees , TA \ 



Moving Hives close together for out door Wintering T^ I 



Uniting Colonies in May 7S j 



Closed To)) Sections T^ \ 



Raising Chaff 7.? I 



How Many Stocks can be kept in One Place 7-'i j 



Honey from the Cotton Plant 74 



Extracted versus Comb Honey "4 | 



Moth Worms and Pollen 74 ' 



Twelve from One in One Sciison "4 



Dysentery and D windlin g 72 



Transferring on a Novel Plan 75 



Pollen. Artificial 75 



Brood Rearing in Winter, Undesirable 75 



Swarming and Transferring in Winter 76 



Frame versus Box Hives for Wintering 76 



(Gauges for Common Shears 76 



Entrances at the Sides or Ends of the Frames 77 



Chaff— The First Complaint 78 



Swarming Out in the Spring 78 



Feb. 27Mi. We have to-dar. '\T>1\ suhsorihers : thanks. 



~ COMBFOUNDATSON. 



Haviua: purcliused a machine for my own use I will 

 furnish the fdn. in strips any len!<th by 5 inches or less 

 wide at 7jc. per lb. if I can set thf 



J?ees-M'ax "Wanted. 

 I will pay 30c. cash for clenn yellow wax delivered here. 

 I refer to the Editor of this Journal. 



GEO. jM. dale. 

 Border Plains. Webster Co., lowii . 3-5 



One Hundred Colonies 



PURE ITALIAN REES FOR SALE CHEAP. Send for 

 Circular and Price List. C. C. V AUG HAN. 



.3-8 in c). Columbia, Tenn. 



t WOULD like to take a Sfock of 100 or more swarms 

 of Bees in some good locality to handle on shares. 

 For Competency and Thoroushness and Fair Dealing, I 

 would refer to Muth. Should want, if possible, to run 

 all for extracted honey. M. NEVINS. 



.3-8d Cheviot, Hamilton Co., O. 



♦TESTED QUEENS. RRADY FOR IMMEDIATE 

 SHIPMENT. 



Wishing to reduce my Apiary prei)aratory to remov- 

 ing to a new location April first, I will receive orilers 

 for pure tested Queens during this Month at S3. 00 

 <!ach, or three for $8.00. (Queens will be Home-bred 

 or from my Dadant Imported Mother, as (lesired, 

 with purity anil safe arrival guaranteed. No hives 

 or hive material for sale this season. Full Colonies 

 •JI5 per cent less than last year; but no orders for 

 Q'lje IS solicited after May iirst,as my engagement for 

 the cominu: year will forbid tlie close attention ve- 

 • luired in (iueen rearing. J. S. WOODBURX. 



Dicliensoa, Cumb. Co., Pa. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, 



By mail, and safe arrival guirant"3l. Unwarranted 

 Qupen, .$1. Wu-rmted, .SLSO. Also dealer in and maker 

 of Hives. Frimis, Mital C)rn3rs, &c., ia. Sand forprice* 

 Send m your orders with the cash, as I shall be.gm toshit> 

 Queens the 1st of AIn", Those preferring- cxn order 

 throuifh Ed. Gleaninrs. Address, 



3tfi T. B. PARKER, Goldsboro, N. C. 



Tu L I A N B ITS TTnin. 



tireat Kediietioii in Prices. 



Mrs. Adam Grimm will sell, .and ship between the 1st 

 and iOth of May, 1S77, the remainder of her bee?, amount- 

 ing to about -tSO Good Colonies, at the followiu'.? prices r 



Pure Itali ins, from 1 to 5,' each Cblony §8 0(> 



.5 to 10, " '• 7 i^O 



"■ " " 10 to 20, •' " 7 00 



•' " " aotoioo " " 6 5<-> 



Hybrids descending from Pure Italians, 



1 to ' •£>, each Colony 6 r/' 



20tol(j0, '• " 6(11) 



S'lfe arrival guaranteed if ordered in lots of less tuan ■?■>. 

 Being appointed administratrix of the estate, I must 

 sell said l>ees this spring, as th"^ estate will he settleill 

 within a ye»r. MRS. ADAM GRIMM. 



3 — hd Jefferson, Wis. 



Wni. "W. Cary, Colerain, Frankhn Co.. Mass. Six- 

 teen years experience in Propagating Queens direct 

 from imported n-.others, from the best district in Italy- 

 Persons i>iuchiisiiig Queens or Swarms from me will get 

 what they barijaiii for. Si^nd for circular. 3 in q. 



Itttliaii Iinportecl Bees & Colonies. 



PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. 



Full Colonj with Imported Queen fU 0() 



home bred Tested Queen. 10 Oi» 



Sp;cial rates for larire ituantities. All the Colonies 

 .sold are in new and well painted movable frame 

 hives ; all coxnbs straight. 



1 I nported Queen after June 1st 7 00 



•1 " Queens " " each 6 !50 



6 " •' " " •■ 00 



12 " " " '• '• 5 50 



Single Queens to Old Customers.... 6 00 



Safe Arrival Guaranteed on Queens and Colonies. 

 References furnished in nearly every State in the 

 Union and Canada, or among the most noted Apiarians 

 of Europe. Send lor Circular to 



CH. DADANT & CO., 

 3d Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



Hurrah for Canada. 



Let's have Free Trade. A Universal ami Adjustable 

 Honey Extractor for §5.00, all Metal, no Cog Gearing, 

 no Slipping of Belts, a Stationary Can, a Perfect Ma- 

 chine. Will take Frames from lo to 13.j inches in 

 Length, and l.'> inches Deep. Warrented to give Satis- 

 faction or Money Refunded. 3Ietal Corner Frames 

 §4.(0 per hundred. Sectional Frames any Size within 

 reason, Ic. each. Hives, Smokers, vails, etc., etc. 

 Circular and Pi ice List free. 



Address M. RICHARDSON. 



PortColborne, Ont. Can. 3-id 



MUTH'S ADVERTISEMENT. 



HONEY JARS ! 



()ne pound (S(iuarc) jars, i)er gross $6 Ot) 



Two " " " " 8 (0 



One " " " flint glass jier gross.... 8 .'io 



Two " i. u » .. " 10 .^0 



Corks for 1 and 2 pound jars 7.'> 



Tin loil cai)S, jier gross 1 '-i) 



Labels " " 7'> , 



A thousandlabels address printed tj order 5 10 



One qt. fruit jars. Mason's patent, per gross 17 (» » 



Labels for same, " " 6.') 



A thonsanri labels address printed to order 4 00 



Uncapping knives, as good as any, each Ui 



"" " i>er dozen 4 ■'">o 



Alsike clover seed, i>cr bushel 13 50 



" " " " peck 350 



" " " pound 40 



Catnij) seed, iier pound 6 .50 



" " ounce ■'■'<' 



Laiiars^trotSi Bee Hives, 

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

 For further particulars, address 



CHAS. F. MUTII, Cincinnati, O. 



