GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr 



Contents of this Number. 



How to Work in the Shade, etc 89 



Arrangement of Hives 89 



Advcriisinii. J hies it Pay 00 



A Vis// li, 'DddiinVs <)0 



Traiisfi'ii iiKj in Winter ilO 



Cuttimi lire 7'rees <)0 



Hair Mdl/resses Versus Vtmff Cushions 01 



lAnxj Hires and Hoiv to Use Them 01 



Carri/ini/ Hees : (in. Implement for the Purpose oi 



Hires, a 'full; About 02 



Hives leitli Double J'Jnds 0'2 



Siuidiiifi Jlires willi I'ole Jieaus Oi 



Turnin]/ t/ie l<'r(nues Around for Wintering 0'2 



Seelion '/io.res nutde of Malerial for Berry Boxes 92 



N(dur<d ( 'oiiib I'uries in Thiclcness 0'2 



Feeding lires Jlonei/ Comb 02 



Vetdild/ing Hone// Boxes 0.'5 



" Jiigh/s " and Wrongs .0:5 



Bee-Sling ( 'are 94 



Feeder Under tlie Top Bar 94 



lieeeipls, are they to be Bought and Solel f 04 



Starvalion 05 



Chaff' or Straw Under the Bees 95 



Hinging the Cove 95 



Box Hives, are they ever Advisable f 95 



Dgseidery, Cause and Prevention 06 



Freezing Bees g(j 



Deserting in the Spring 9f; 



Use tlie L. Frame 96 



Waxing Barrels 07 



Dool it tie's System, Hoivfarwe can Afford to Follow' 



Him 97 



Drone Comb, Too Much of It 97 



Quecntess Colonies in April 98 



Carpeting a Substitute for Quills 08 



Clipping (jiicciis' Wings 99 



Brood Combs, Itow many are Needed 09 



Broad I/irt s 00 



IIou^ )ii(tnii Eggs can a Queen Lai/ 90 



IIoiv muiiii Cells to the Inch ' 09 



W/iy tlif (Jiocns refuse to Lay in some Combs I'oi) 



Purehasiiif/ Bros IqC 



Queens, Tc-ned, Warranted and DoUar l(o 



Combs lireiiking Down in Winter lOl 



BegiiDitrs, a Warning to lOl 



Natural Versus Artijicial Swarming lOl 



^/««#' 102 



Honey Boxes of Paper I02 



E.vtracted Versus Comb Honei/ 102 



' Natural Versus Artificial Swarming 103 



3Iovnig lieesfor better I'asliiraae IQIJ 



Virgin (jiieens, Int roiUieiiu/ 'litem 10;5 



Prppej/is, to Aroid, Tin Versus Wood 10:J 



lutrmlueing Queens 103 



Ripeniiiii Iloiiey IQI 



Founila'liou Machines 101 



Bees on Sliares ■. Id.t 



Section Fniiiics, Width of 1(14 



Separators 104 



Confining Bees to their Hives 105 



Blne!cs Vtrsus Italians, for White Comb Honey 105 



" Corn-crib " House Apiary 1( 5 



Size of tlie Brood Apartment, and Spreading the 



Brood 106 



Burying tlie Bees on their Summer Stands 106 



Sliall we K.rtractfrom the Brood Comhs 106 



3Ioving Bees Short Distances 100 



Stands for Hives 100 



Good and Bad Teaching lOo 



What a Boy of 12 Did 110 



Makch 31st.— We have now 1,690 subscribers. 



Friend C. F. Lane, ot Koshkonong, Wis., sends out 

 a very jirctty catalogue of seeds in general, and gives 

 us, tor the llrat time, a complete list of all the princi- 

 pal honey-bearing plants. 



Our friend, Hardin Ilaines, seems to have such an 

 invetetatc way of counting his chickens before they 

 are hatched, that we feel it a duty to caution our 

 readers against placing too much faith in his printed 

 statements. 



Yes, wc are going to have the bee-disease this year, 

 too ; three have died in the house apiary and two out- 

 side, and they all died because they were at one side 

 of the hive, and the honey at the other. Just 0!ie 

 hundred colonies left. 



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IJee-kecpers and all others who d<jsire to purchase 

 seeds for the farm, apiary, nurserv, flower or vegetable 

 garden; agricultural or apiarian ini piemen ts,supplies, 

 &c„ should scuil lor our new descriptive catalogue 

 Price list free. Address, carefully, 



C. F. LANE'S N-W Apiary and Sped Warehouse, 

 4 Koshkonong, Wis. 



REM oVaxT 



The Brooks r>ro"s. have removed their Apiary from 

 Columbus to Elizabethtown. Ind.. and would lie "pleased 

 to send you their new circular. Send for it before pur 

 chasing ,vour queens or bees. 



Address, J. M. BROOKS & BRO., 



4-9d Elizabethtown, Ind. 



ITUUNimTOS SALS, 



(sreat Ileduclioii in Prices. 



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

 and 20th of May, 1877, the remainder of her bees, amount- 

 ing to about 15U Good Colonies, at the following prices : 



Pure Italiiins, from 1 to .'i, each Colonv $S 00 



5 to 10, " '• ■ 7 50 



" " " 10 to 20, •' "' 7 00 



" " " 20 to 100. " '■ 6 50 



Hybrids descending from Pure Italians, 



1 to 20, each Colony 6 50 



20tolt'0, '• " 6 00 



Safe arrival guaranteed if ordered in lots ot less than 25. 

 Beiriuc appointed administratrix of the estate, I must 

 sell siiid bi'os this sprinsr, as the estate will he settled 

 within a yeiir. MRS. ADAM GRIMM. 



3 — 5d Jell'erson, Wis. 



Wui. W. Cary. Colerain, Frankhn Co.. Mass. Six- 

 teen years experience in Propniriitinir Queens direct 

 from imported ir.others, from the best district in Italy. 

 Persons purchasing Queens or Swarms from me will get 

 what they bargain for. Send for circular. 3 in q. 



Italian Iin])ortefl Bees & Colonies. 



PRICES GREATLY REDUCED. 



Full Colony with Imported Queen Si I 00 



" " home bred Tested Queen 10 00 



Special rates for larae quantities. All the Colonies 

 sold are in new and well painted movable frame 

 hives ; all combs straight. 



1 Imported Queen after June 1st 7 00 



2 " Queens " " each (5 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 

 ITnion and Canada, or among the most noted Apiarians 

 of Europe. Send for Circular to 



CH. DADANT & CO., 

 ■Sd Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



MUTH'S ADVERTISEMENT. 



HONEY JARS ! 



One pound (square) jars, per gross 86 00 



Two ' " ••• 8 <o 



One " " " Hint glass per gross — 8,50 



Two " " " " " " .... 10 .50 



Corks for I and 2 pound jars 75 



Tin toil caps, ))er gross 1 20 



Labels " " 75 



A thousand labels ad<lress printed to order 5 10 



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



Labels for same, " " fi5 



A thousand labels address printed to order 4 00 



Uncapping knives, as good as any, each 50 



"" " )>er dozen 4 50 



Alsike clover seed, per bushel 13 60 



" " •• - peck 3.50 



" " " " pound 40 



Catnip seed, iicr pound G 50 



" " ounce 50 



rwanc»>trotIi Bee I3Kos, 

 Straw niat^, boi; vails etc., at reasonable rates. 

 For further iiarticnlars, ad Iress 



CHAS. F. MUTII, Cincinnati, O. 



