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GLEAKlKas IK BEE CULTURE. 



May 



Contents of this Number. 



In-reaoinp: 3 Colonies to 34 in One Season 117 



'i.xi.f Bef34 117 



Solving Queens During Their Flight 117 



Uniting Bees 118,123 



1 nirod iicing Queens 11° 



Wops, anfl Frogs 11° 



Blasted Hopes ll-> 



Glassing Section licxes 1' J 



Support lor the ends of Frame? 119 



House Aoiarles with thin walls, ami Chaff Packing 119 

 How to Have all your Bees pure (sell the bad ones) 120 



Grape Sugar foro>^c per Pound 120 



Gloves, How They " Work," 12*' 



Foot-Power S iws 121 



Making Simpiiciiy Hives with Foot Power Saws... 121 



Humbugs and S '-/indies 121 



(;ioth Li.ie<l Di\i-ion Boards 121 



DooiiiMe's S- stem. How far we can Afford to 



Follow Him 121 



How shall We put on our Sections, unit How shall 



W- g( t Th. m off 121 



Ext I acting from the I", rood C-mibs 123 



Begii ners, Dooliille's Advice To 123 



Que- ns Reared in Nuclei, Are They as Good as 



Others 123 



Wide iind Narr<jw I'od Bars 124 



Mnviiig Bees Short Distances 124 



Our Ov> n \, iary 124 



House AjjiaiiL'S 124. I'iti 



Covers, lni()ortance of Good Ones 124 



Meal F. eding 1^4 



Smokers 124 



A B Oof Bte Cultur« 12-') 



The Vineyard A))iary 12(5 



The Lavvn Hive Apiarv 127 



The Fli ating Apiary and Kailv.ay Apiary 129 



Corn Crli> A| iary '. 133 



C 1 1 i f o r n i a ' 133 



Bees Attaci ing Their Own Queen .'■ 133 



Slimula.ive Fi'eding 134 



Combs and Honei fri/m Bees that have Died, Giv- 

 ing Them to New Swarms 134 



Section Boxes! Made by Glueinir : 134 



Ripening Honey 135 



Clipping Queen's Wings 135 



Drone Larxrpe. How to get it oat ot New CombF.. .135 



How Many B' . s arc th^re in ihe U. S. ? 136 



McCoiui'i's Dir;Covery 13') 



Honev Plant, A New one...' 136 



Bir Hives, &c 135 



BEFOI^E ZPTJI^CH-A-SIlSra- 



Supplies for your Apiary, send a Postal Card for our 

 Price List of Ilives, Frames, Sectional and other Boxes 

 of any desirtd pattern. Comb Foundations, Metal Cor- 

 ners and Tested and Untested Queens from Imported 

 mother. J. C. & H. P. SAYLES, 



3-8d Hartford; Wis. 



Class for HONEY Boxes. 



Tn strips ()x20 or5>()S-2.5( a box of 50 lett. COMB 

 FOUNDATIONS of Pure Yellotu Wax in strips 5 in. 

 wide 70 cts per lb. The foundation is made by a ma- 

 chine purchased ironi A. I. Root, which works admi- 

 rably. C. B. ISHAM, Peoria, Wyoming Co., N. Y. 5 



We have ISU) readers to make glad by our coming 

 this month, ami v\e reedly Viope we have succeeded. 



S0UTHERt« BEE RECORD. 



Havina; received a number of letters requesting me to 

 start a Southern bee paper, I have concluded, provided I 

 meet with sufficient encouragement, to do so. Those who 

 are willing to .subscribe to such a .lournal are requested 

 to send me iheir names. No remittance is asked until 

 the receipt of the first number. 



Subscription §2. 00 per annum. 



Wm. J. ANDREWS, Columbia, Tenn. 



Bee-keepers and all others who desire to purchase 

 seeds for the farm.auiary, nursery, flower or vegetable 

 garden; agricultural or apiarian iniplements,supplie8, 

 «S;c„ should send tor our new descriptive catalogue. 

 Price list free. Address, carefully, 



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

 4 Koshkonong, Wis. 



The Brooks Bro's. liave removed their Apiary from 

 Columbus to Elizabethtown, Ii.d., and would ))e pleased 

 lO send .you their new circular. Send for it before pur- 

 chasing vour queens or bees. 



Address, J. M. BROOKS & BRO., 



4-9 Eli/-''''eihtovviT. Ird. 



TAlIiN 



Great Kediictioii in Friees. 



We regret to be obli^efl to chronicle theideath of frienct 

 Neshit. of CynMiiaii»), Ky. Ho died very suddenly of 

 heart di.sease His work v/ilh bees is over, and no more 

 shall we rec- ive his g ninl, hopeful, and encouraging let- 

 ters. Today \\p are busied wi'h the cares of this life, but 

 to-morrow ! Who can tell whas the morrow may bring 

 forth ? 



\Vk have sold f25O,00 worth of bees out of the 100 re- 

 ported last month, and have 75 'j;ood colonies left. Is not 

 that a little better than the reports we have be^n in the 

 habit of makina; for the month of April? An income from 

 bees in the sprinir, is certainly quire a pleasant thing to 

 havf. Hurrah for the chfttf cushions, and many thanks 

 to friend Townley. 



"ANTED— Immediately, situation b.v a bee-keep- 

 . Northeastern Ohio preferred. Address, sta- 

 ting terms, "B," 5!' Adams Ave., W., Detroit, Mich. 5 



FOR S A i, E . 



On Recount of failing health, I offer for sale one of 

 Bai lies' Foot-Power Circular and Scroll Saws for the sum 

 of $30,00, orisfinal cost $10,00. Has been used but little 

 and is in perfect order. 

 5 E. KIMPTON, M. D.. Cedar Creek, N. J. 



QUEENS. Tested ami untested, bred from my 

 choice lot of imported mothers received from 

 Ituiy last fall. Safe arrival bv mail guaranteed at low 

 prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular free. 

 5d J. M. O. TAYLOR, 



Lewistown, Fred'k Co., Md. 



WiM. "W. Cary, Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. Six- 

 teen .vears experience in Propagating Queens direct 

 from iraijortud mothers, from the best district in Italy. 

 Persons purchasing Queens or Swarms from mo will get. 

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



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

 and 20th of Mar, 1S77, the remainder of her bees, amount- 

 ing to anout if)i) Good Colonies, at the following prices : 



Pure Italians, from 1 to 5, each Colon.\ ?S 00 



5 to 10, " " 7 50 



10 to 20, •" " 7 00 



20 to 100 " " 6 50 



Hybrids de<cending from Pure Italians, 



I'to 20, each Colony fi 5fy 



20tolt0, '• " 6 00 



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

 Bein^ appointed administratrix of the estate, I must 

 sell said bees this spring, as the estate will be settled 

 within a year. MRS. ADAM GRIMM, 



3—5 Jefferson, Wis 



MUTH'S ADVERTISEMENT. 



M ONEY JARS ! 



One ponnd (s(iuare) jars, per gross ..., % 0'^ 



Two " " " " 8 '0 



One " " " flint glass per gross S .50 



Two " " " " •' ^' .... lu 5a, 



Corks for 1 and 2 pound jars — ,,,,....,.......,..,, 75 



Tin foil caps, jier gross 1 20i 



Labels " " .,, ......•• 75 



A thousand labels address printed t j order 5 i a. 



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



Labels for same, '" " • 65 



A thousand labels address printed to order 4 00 



Unoapiiing knivoe, as good as an v, each... 50 



"' " per dozen..,...., 4 50 



Alsike clover seed, per bushel , , 13 .50 



" "• "• " peek..., 3 50 



" " "• " pound 40. 



Catni)) seed, i)er pound 6 .5(1 



'■ " " ounce 50 



IiaBigr8tii*Gt!l» 55ec Mivcs, 

 Straw mat«, lioe vails etc., at reasonable rates. 

 For further particulars, address 



CHAS. F. MUTH, Cincinnati, 0, 



