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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



ArK. 



Doolittles's management from 40 to 80 lbs. of comb honey 

 worth 25e. and a vahiablo S'Warm $10. I am aji old man 

 and have no time to experiment, but want to follow the 

 beaten track that others hiive found successful. I wish 

 to say a few words about Hosmer. His teachings ruined 

 all who followed them. His winterins^ was a failure. 

 With perfect cellars his example would have been less 

 ruinous, but nobody had any such cellar.s then. Now I 

 think I have one. We shall see. J. A. King. 



Janesville, Minn., March 8th, 1877. 



Saw rec'd and works good, can run it all day long day 

 .after day and not want to go a visiting. 



Chas. H. Rue, Manalapan, N. J., Mar. 13th, "77. 



[The saw mentioned was sent on approval, and while we 

 are very much pleased indeed to hear such an excellent 

 report of it, we feel it a duly to say that many find it 

 pretty severe exercise to saw all day. We think, fiiend 

 R., you must have unusual muscular strength, besides a 

 knack of keeping your saw in nice cutting order.] 



WH.VT A BOY or 12 DID. 



In '73 I had one hive of bees in the spring and they 

 threw off a good swarm in July, and from the two I got 

 $-2o. worth of honey, and sold the bees in the fall tor .515. 

 I was then 12 years old, being 1(5 now, and father and I 

 have got 36 swarms in the cellar ; that is both of us to- 

 gether. We went into partnership last spring on bees. I 

 am his boy jet, but he encourages us to do business on 

 our own account. I would like to know how you keep 

 the queen from going up into the upper story and laying 

 oggs, for I am making a new hive. I am going to set one 

 on top of another and lill the upper set of frames with 

 sections. Waltee D. Stoek. 



Belle Valley, Pa., March 8th, 1877. 



[May much happiness and pro.si)erity attend the part- 

 nership of father and son, and may more sons and fathers 

 do likewise. Use rather small sections, and tin separa- 

 tors, and we think you need not fear the queen.] 



Will secure you, Ne.'itly Printed 13 -SO No. 5, 

 XX Envelopes, and we furnish tHiO ^^ 

 Note Heads also Neatlv Printed for ^|, 

 All Postp aid. A.JI. P EAKE. Medina. O. 



Price List of Bees, Queens, Etc., for 1877. 



1 Full colony .. .. with tested (p.ipen $13 00 



1 three Iranie nucleus "' *' " 5 50 



1 " •• " " dollar '• 4 00 



I tested q ueen 2 50 



1 untested " 100 



A <liscount of 10 per cent will be niLide on all orders 

 of more than .510. 0!) each. All my queens are raised 

 I'roni Imported Mothers, I only guaranteeing the sale 

 firriv.il of all tested (ritcens within 1000 miles. The 

 money niiiPt accompany each order, and all orders 

 ■will be tilled strictly in rotation. My loeaiion enables 

 mo to Uirnish qnecna much earlier than parties far- 

 ther north. Address, 

 2^10d E. W . IIALK. Wirt C. H.. W. Va. 



'pat binder i§lL[ iPERI0D!CAL'5 



ff . Jl:^ Jfcv____ ' ^ . 



Yon cannot look over the li.'ick No's of (jLEAntngs 

 or any other Periodical with satisfaction, unless llic^j' 

 .^.re in sotuc kind of a Hinder. Who has not saiib^ 

 'Dear me wliiU. a hoi her — 1 ')nusl have l.^st 

 month's .Joni-nal and it's no where to he found. " Put 

 <ia(di No. in the Knun-son Pdudcr as soon a*^ it comes 

 and you can sit down hai(|)y, any time you wish to linci 

 any thing yon may have jn-evionsly seen even though 

 it were months ago. 



Binders lor Glicaxings (will hold thorn for four 

 years) gilt lettered, free hy mail for 50, (iO. and 75c, ac- 

 cording to (juality. For ta'ble of iirices of Binders for 

 any Poriohcal, sec Oct. No.. Vol. 2. Scnri in vovj 

 orders. A. I. UOOT, Jlcdlna, O. 



IJAUm BEES. 



Imported and home 1-red queens ; full colonies and 

 nucleus colonies; beekeeper's supplies of all kinds. 

 Queens bred early in the season. Send for catalogue. 

 9tf DR. J. P. H. BROWN, 



Augusta, Ga. 



I have Just purchased latest improved machinery and 

 can promptly furnish 



Pure Beeswax Coitib Fouiidalloii. 



at the following low prices. Made from Yellow Wax, 

 70 cents per pound ; White Wax, §1.00 per pound. 

 Packed in light, wooden boxes— I'aper between the 

 sheets. At above rates, the siieets will be cut to any 

 desired fizo. Ten per cent, discount will be given on 

 50 ))ounds or more. 



Wax delivered here, will bo worked up for 40 cents 

 a pound or for half the wax and f) cents a pound on 

 your share. 



Highest cash price paid for pure wax. All Freight 

 or Express charges to be paid by the purchaser. If 

 ordered by mail, add 25 (;ents jier pound to above 

 prices. Samrtles by mail 10 cents. Enlarged Bee Cir- 

 cular ready April first. J. H. Nellis. 



Canajoharie, N. Y. 3-5 



IDESCRIPTIOl^ AND IPRICES 



Of Hives and best Secticmal Honey Boxes free. Carpet 

 Stn tchor and Tack Holder Combined. S;unp!e hy mail 30c. 

 Agents Wanted. 3-4 BARKHR & DICER, Marshall !\lich. 



rXhUMi QUEEWS FOB 187?. 



Queens bred from Imported or home bred stock. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Will send you every time 

 just wliat you order. 



Unwarranted queen Si 00 



" •' per doz 1150 



Warranted " 1.50 



" " per halt doz 8 00 



" " per doz... 14 00 



Tested " before July 1st 3 50 



" " alter " " 2 iiO 



" " '• '• '-4 for H 00 



" " " " '■ per doz.. 20 00 



2 frame nucleus (frame 11x12) and tested queen 



after July Ist.., 5 00 



5 same 20 (0 



San^.e and nn warranted queen 4 00 



5 " " 17 00 



2tf J. OATMAN & CO., Dundee. Ills. 



WC.«J»L,I.ETT»:. l.«>roy, N. Y,. Breeder 

 . of Pure White LA>;horn Fowls. Eggs Si.-'iO per 

 dozen. SAriSPACTION GUARANTEED. Will ex- 

 change for a few Stocks of Bees or Nuclei. 3-5 



j^ <G!oo(l Of fer.— Bee Hives, Frames, Surplus Boxes— 

 4% an> style — cheap. Italian Queens (/ttjfw to our Pat- 

 rons. For particulars of our plan, Prices, Etc.. 

 Adddress J. H. MARTIN, 



3- ipd Hartford, N. Y. 



In the Standard Langstroth frame at 25 cents each. 

 My former partners having quit the bee business, wc 

 h.ave a quantity of good combs at above pr.ce. Also 

 a lot oi ivvo year old Osage Orange hedge ])!ants at 

 S2,(io per lono or less according to quantity ordered, 

 ftid Address F. T. NUNN, Peru, Huron Co., Ohio. 



(tfd 



At S7,50 Per Coiosiy. 



M. PARKK, Pini' BlulT, Ark. 



Iinproveci (^iiiiiiiy Smoker. 



Quinby's " Bee - Keeping Explained." 

 Box material for as practical a box as can 

 be made. Glass cheaper than ever be- 

 fore. Queens, Hives, Colonies, Extractors, 

 Clasps, Bee Veils, etc. 



Send for Illustrated descriptive Cir- 

 cular. L. C. ROOT, 

 ; -i. Mohawk, Herkimer, Co., N. Y. 



