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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



Contents of this Number. 



ralifornia and their "blasted hopes" 331 



Boy bee-heepers, and what to do with bees that 



will hang- out 235, 231 



Stretching- or sagging of the fdn 251, 331 



Overstocking- 331 



Wintering nuclei, and how it usually turns out. . .334 



Do lajing (jucens c^cr go a visiting- 334 



Cross bees, nnd how to get gentle ones 234 



Our friends in the South, etc 335 



Starch versus slippery elm, for making- fdn 335 



Albinos 335 



What was the matter 335 



Drones with "red heads" 236 



]?ee-sting remedies 236 



Sweet closer as a honej' plant 236 



Toads and sawdust 236 



Varnishing honey cases 245 



Honey fi-om corn 245 



Moth worms on section boxes 245 



Honey dew for winter stores 245 



"Raw honey," what can be done with it 245 



Feeding- and feeders 337 



How to feed, and how to make the sjTup 238 



Bee-feeder illustrated 23& 



Smokers 240 



Fuel for smokers 241 



The smoker I prefer 242 



Shipping- bees in hot weather 246 



Button Bush 247 



Sumac 247 



Introducing- queens 247 



Running- frames from side to side, instead of 



from front to rear 247 



Stopping bees when they are bound to "emi- 

 grate" 247 



Covers of calico for hives 248 



Smothering new swarms 348 



Colonies that won't be queened 348 



Honey column 251 



Winter entrances 251 



Importing queens from Italy 251 



To-day we have 3333 subscribers. Aug. 29th. 



Two queens were sent in the candy cages, clear to 

 Colorado. Both arrived safely. 



WILL, exehanse Mammoth Cluster Raspberry plants 

 for a few colonies of Italian bees in hives. Plants 

 ready about October 1st. 

 y R. B. McMASTER. Sewickley, Pa. Box !>9. 



QUEENS. Tested and untested, bred from my 

 choice loD«of imported mothers received from Italy 

 last fall. Safe arrival by mail cuaranteed at low prices. 

 Satisfaction (guaranteed. Circular free. 

 9 J. M. C. TAYLOR. Lewistown, Fred'k Co., Md. 



CLASS ClITTEf^S. 



Good class cutter to cut liuht and heavy kIhss for honey 

 boxes, hives, &c., &c. Sent nost-paid for .'iC cents, 

 y Address, H. M. MOYEE, 



Hill Church, Berks Co.. Pa. 



STANDS OF BEES, Italians, blacks and hy- 

 brids, in 2-story L. hives, in frood order and full of 

 honey, for sale at §G 00 per colony. A number of 

 new einiity hives, frames, boxes and sehlions uiveti with 

 the entire lot. Address, S. SUOTT HAMMITT, .Jr., 

 1» College Hill, Ham. Co., O. 



TESTED QUEENS for S-2.50, with 2 frame nucleus 

 full of brood and bees So.f 0, live for §25.00 ; all from 

 imported mother. The same w itli a dollar queen §4.00. 

 K. C. RLAKKSLEE. Medina, Ohio. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 

 FOR SEPTEJVBBE 



Rai.sed from imported or home brerl mothers. All war- 

 ranted pure and safe arrival guaranteed by mail. Queens 

 handsome, prolific, and proireny very jrentle. Five hun- 

 dred shinped up to Au;;. 15th. Sixteen years' experience 

 in rearing and selling them ; $1.00 each. 

 9 H. ALLEY, Wenham, Essex Co., Mass. 



Pure bnd fai.cy Poulti-y fui Bees, Honey Extractors, 

 Foundation, Poot-1'ower S.aw ^Jaciiines, oi- anything in 

 the bee line. Correspondence solicited. 

 9 JAS. W. McMAKlN, Station A, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



PURE ITALIAN BEES FOR SALE. 



Will sell after x\ugust 15, 1877. 



ONE HUNDRED COLONIES 



OF 



PURE ITALIAN BEES, 



With Oueens raised this summer from IMPORTED 

 MOTHERS, at $6.00 per colosiy. Money must accom- 

 pany order, or it will not be noticed. 



9-10 Jefferson, .Jefferson Co., Wis. 



Set Out mi MS in the f All 



For $1.50 I will forivard by Mail, prepaid, 



1 Elvira, retail price 8l 00, 



1 Taylor, " " 30, 



1 Goethe, " " 30, 



1 Wilder, " " 30, 



Concord, " " 60, equal to f2 50. 



Vines will bp sent in time f >r Fall planting. One year 

 old Concord Grape vines at S15,00 per thousand, two year 

 old at 130,00 per thousand, delivered at the Express office. 

 One year old Concord vines by mail, prepaid, $1 00 per 

 doz. Two year old Concord vines by mail, prepaid, 81,50 

 per doz. 



Reference, the Editor of this Journal. 



Address, J. G. WARNER, 

 9-10 Clover Farm Vineyard, Butler, Bates Co., Mo. 



Imported Queens Received Weekly. 



One Imported Queen 57 00 



Single Queens to old customers GtO 



Special rates for larger quantities. 



Safe arrival guaranteed. CH. DADANT & CO.. 



8tf Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



Untested and unwarranted queens §1.00 ; tested queens 

 §2.50. Queens to be sent durinir the months of August 

 ftnd September. Address J. SHAW & SON., 

 8-9 Chafh-im t^'^ntre. iMedi' a Co.- Ohio. 



FJIjES for small circular saws. Something new. 

 With these a saw can be made to do handsomer work 

 tluin ordinary planing. For sample of the work, see sam- 

 ple of the Section Boxes we are ?!0«' sending out. Files 

 maile d for 2(ic. each. A. 1. ROOT, Me di na. O. 



Home Bred Italian Queens, 



Post°paad 75 Cents. 



Estimates furnished on hives of all styles and finish. 

 9 R. FERRIS, Belleville, Essex Co., N. J. 



-CCB^B FOUSyDATSON. 



Having purchased a 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 



Uees-Avax: "VVanled. 

 I will pay 3flc. cash for clean yellow wax delivered here. 

 I refer to the Editor of this Journal. 



GEO. M. DALE. 

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



TH^EE SIZES 



Kxtra large 2 '-2 inch tube §1 7.'i 



Per mail '2 0() 



Standard 2 inch tube 1 5() 



Per mail i <io 



smu] I 1 ?., inch lu be 1 (K) 



Per mail 1 25 



These smokers difl', r only in size. 

 T. b\ BINGHAM, 

 'J Abronia, Mich. 



