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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Al'g. 



Contents of this Number. 



Section Boxes 203 



White and Yellow Fdn 303 



Moving- Colonies with "Virgin Queens 203 



Foul Brood, and Salycilic Acid 203 



Honey Knives 204 



Temperature for Wintering 204 



Small Steam Engines versus Foot-power 304 



Ripening Honej' 204 



Longstroth Frame for Wintering 305 



Patent Hive Circulars, Noti-S warmers, &c 206 



Italian Bees, Box honey, &c 207 



Toads and Bees 216, 307 



Comb Honey Hi inches thick 208 



Fdn. just the Thing for Natural Swarms 308 



Rape and Rocky Mountain Bee Plant 208 



Marketing Honey 209 



Honey, How to take it from the Hives 210 



Clipping Queen's Wings 312 



Comb Basket 313 



Candy for Bees, How to Make 313 



Queen Cages, How to Make — 313 



Chaff Hives 308, 318 



Gloves in the Apiary 317 



Introducing Queens to new Swarms 317 



Too much Honey 217 



Di^■itling after the Honey Season is over 218 



Poplar 318 



Transferring after Swarming 318 



Honey Dew ; 218, 219 



Absconding 319 



Utility of Sawdust 319 



Distance Italians Fly 319 



Zinc and Galvanized Iron for Utensils in the 



Apiary 230 



Thick and Thin Hives 230 



Killing Drones in the Spring 230 



Imported Stock 320 



Making Section Boxes, Clamp for 316, 323 



Bees on a Rampage.— A Lesson for Careless Bee- 

 Keepei-s ,324 



Home Bred Italian Qneens, 



Post°paid 75 Cents. 



Estimates furnished on hives of all styles and finish. 

 R. FERRIS, Belleville, Essex Co., IV. J. 



CASH F On BEE S-WAX. 



We are paying 30 cents per poimd for yellow bees- 

 wax, in lots of from 50 to 5,000 or more ])bmids, deliv- 

 ered at Syracuse, or 31 cents, if exchanged lor white 

 wax. If you have any wax on hand, and can deliver 

 it at the above price, please do so, and we will send 

 you our check on receipt of the same. 



ECRERMAN & WILL. 

 8-7 Wax-bleachers, Syracuse, N. Y. 



We, in June No., (page 49) gave a letter of com 

 plaint about imported queens, but Mr. Camp writes 

 that he did not intend to complain of either Mr. Da- 

 dant, or Shaw, but that he feared pure Italian queens 

 could not be had, even in Italy. Be this as it may, 

 the queens that come from Italy, are so much superi- 

 or to those generally found here, that we certainly 

 can not afford to do without them. The testimony in 

 favor of them is so great, we shall have to be excused 

 from publishing any more on the subject. 



COI¥IB FOUNDATION. 



Having jjurchnsed :i machine for my own use I will 

 furnish the fdn. in strips any length by 5 inches or less 

 wide at 75c. per lb. if I can get the 



I5ees-^vax: "Wanted. 

 I will ]jay 30c. cash for clean yellow wax delivered here. 

 I refer to the Editor of this Journal. 



GEO. M. DALE. 

 Border Plains, Webster Co., Iowa. 8-9 



One pound, per gross §4 75 



Two " " " C 75 



Corks for above, per gross 65 



Larger sizes furnished if wished. 

 7-8 Address F. T. NUNN, Elyria, Ohio. 



O^MB^OUITDATIOM 



THREE SIZES 



4:5 to 55c. per Pounds 



Warranted Pure Beeswax. 



O- O. DPEI^I^-IlSrE, CHICAGO. 

 Send for Circular. 6-8cl 



Extra large '2 j^ inch tube $1 75 



Per mail 2 00 



Standard 2 inch tube 1 50 



Per mail 1 '>0 



Small l?i inch tube 1 00 



Per mail 1 25 



These smokers differ only in size. 

 T. F. BINGHAM, 

 7-8 Abronia, Mich. 



Imported (|iieeiis SeeelYed Weekly. 



One Imported Queen S7 00 



Single Queens to old customers 6 00 



Special rates for larger quantities. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. CH. DADANT & CO.. 



8tf Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



Q^TJEEWS. 



Shuck's Universal Bee Hive 



Is the most convenient ; can be opened t!ioroi;ghly in a 

 few moments, has room at side tor surjilus boxes, and 

 packing for winter ; can be divided into several deiiart- 

 ments for queen-rearing, if desired ; no useless rii-'si'iS 

 about it; hanging frames as easily lifted as you would 

 pick w.t a sticl< ; winters bees upon their summer stands 

 perfectly; is cheap, and not patented. One hive complete, 

 SS.Oi'. When hive is wanted, send size of frames. Money 

 in advance. Tunds are only at my risk when sent by 

 Draft, Monev Order, or Registered Letter. 



Address J. M. SHUCK, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Untested and unwarranled queens §1.00 ; tested queens 

 $2.50. Queens to be sent during the months of August 

 and September. Address J. SHAW & SON., 

 8-9 Chiitham Centre, Medina Co., Ohio. 



P. S.— Nearly all the queens in our apiary were reared 

 from an imported mother. 



Queens bred from Imported or home bred stock. 



Sale arrival guaranteed. Will send you every time 

 just what y oil order. 



"Unwarranted queen »1 iH) 



" •' per dcz 11.50. 



Warranted " ■ 1 50 



•^ per half doz ^ OO 



" " per doz... 14 00 



Tested " before July 1st 3 50 



after " " 2 50 



" " " " '-.Ifor 9 00 



a ii " " "per doz.. 20 00 

 2 frame nucleus (frame 11x12) and tested (jueen 



after July 1st ^ Of 



5 game ^0 oo 



Same and unwarranted tiueen 4 00 



5 " " 17 00 



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



OOIVIBS. 



In the Standard Lansrstroth frame at 25 cents each. 

 Mv former partners having quit the bee business, we 

 have a quant.itv of good combs at above pnce. 

 S Address " F. T. NUNN, Peru. Huron Co., Ohio. 



