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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



A SUBSCRIBER objects to our advising' the brown 

 sugar, even for enticing robber bees away from the 

 apiary, on the ground that we could not look our 

 honey buyers in the face, and tell them our honey 

 had not a drop of sugar in it. If he or others will 

 test the matter, they will find that bees cannot bo 

 induced to notice brown sugar when at work in the 

 boxes ; but that the sugar is deserted entirely, as 

 soon as any honey is to be found in the fields. The 

 sugar is every particle of it used in the brood apart- 

 ment, and if it is fed dry, as we advised, they succeed 

 in carrying away but very little indeed. Any one 

 who has tried feeding sugar to get comb honey will 

 understand readily how utterly impracticable the 

 idea is. 



HIVES BY THE QUANTITY. 



The demand for both Simplicity and Chaff hives in 

 the tlat, has been such as to warrant me in making 

 arrangements to furnish thorn by the quantity, at 

 A'ery liw prices. Now it is with these sis with the 

 fdn., we can only do it, by having them made up in 

 quantities ahead, all boxed or crated, ready to snip. 

 To avail yourself of these low rates, you nuist send 

 the exact amount of money specified, and order them 

 in the quantities specified. Printed instructions with 

 illustrations, will be furnished for setting up each 

 kind. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES IN THE FLAT. 



Per hive. Per pckg. 

 1 1-story hive, no insldes nor bottom 60c. $ 60 



f) " " 58 2.90 



10 " " 55 5.50 



26 55 13.25 



50 62 26.00 



100 50 50.00 



You can use your ordinary' Langstroth frames in 

 the above hives, or we can furnish you metal cor- 

 nered frames for them, for just as much more ; that 

 i«, the frames (10 to each hive) cost precisely the same 

 that the hives do. You can cover the frames with 

 carpeting or we can furnish a sheet of duck hemmed 

 with tin, for the purpose, for 10c. Two of the above 

 hives make a complete two story hive, the cover of 

 one of them, then being used as a bottom board. If 

 you wish comb honey instead of extracted, fill the 

 upper story with sections instead of frames. The 56 

 1 lb. sections, with the 7 broad frames and separators, 

 including fdn. starters, will cost thrre times as much 

 as the 10 metal cornered frames. The sections and 

 fdn. cost but little, but the broad frames to hold them 

 are pretty expensive with the tin separators. How- 

 ever, as a set will hist indefinitely, we have only to 

 purchase the sections, after we once get started. 



CHAFF HIVES IN THE FLAT. 



A Chaff hive is always a two story hive, and can be 

 used in no other way ; as the walls are double, the 

 expense will be fJiree times that of a one story Sim- 

 plicity. Furnishing the lower story will cost just 

 the same as the Simplicity, but as the upper story is 

 wider, it will cost one-half more. 



No nails are figured in the above price, but we can 

 furnish them for 5c. per lb. A single story needs 

 about ip lb. to make it good and strong. An iron 

 gauge frame is needed to nail the Simplicities con- 

 veniently, price 50c. 



I have thought best to give you this list thus early, 

 that you may decide in time, abovit hives for another 

 season. 



THE ABC OF BEE CUliTUKE. 



For the past few days, we have spent considerable 

 time in going out bee hunting. Do you know why ? 

 Well, it is because I must write an article for 

 the ABC for next month, in regard to trapping 

 wild bees, and I do not wish to write a single thing 

 for the ABC without at least some practical experi- 

 ence in the matter. I am selling a great many books 

 on bee culture, and many are the questions asked in 

 regard to their teachings. I can not be responsible 

 for the teachings of other writers, but I do intend to 

 be responsible for all that appears in the ABC; and 

 furtherraorc, I have been to the expense of purcha- 



sing the type for the whole of it, that every mistake 

 or wrong statement may be corrected, just as soon 

 as it is found to be such. The sheets are to be print- 

 ed, only as fast as they are sold, that none of the In- 

 formation may be old, or behind the times. Sut- 

 sciibers to Gleanings, of course get the whole,, 

 without chtvrge ; but our inquiring friends who are 

 not subscribers— and there are many— will be sup- 

 plied for 5c each No. 



No. 1 contains— ABSCONDING swarms, (Swarming 

 out for want of food in early spring. Nucleus 

 swarms. Runaway swarms of all kinds and all the 

 usual means for preventing losses from this cause). 

 AFTER SWARMING, (How it comes about. Several 

 queens in one. Shall we prevent them? What to do 

 to make them good stocks etc), age of bees, (Age 

 of queens, workers and drones), alighting boards, 

 with illustrations, (Importance of convenient ones. 

 Sawdust for, just as good as the most convenient. 

 Porticos more for ornament than real use etc), al- 

 siKE clover, (Mode of cultivation. Time of blossom- 

 ing. Value for honej^ and value for seed and forage). 

 ANGER OF bees, (Why they are ill tempered and how 

 to keep them good etc). Price 5c. 



No. 2 contains— ANTS, (In what respects they are 

 harmful. The best means of getting rid of them etc). 

 APiARV, (Where to locate. Wind breaks, the import- 

 ance of and how to make. The Vineyard Apiary with 

 diagrams and illustration. The Chaff Hive Apiary, 

 with illustration. The house apiary, v/ith diagram 

 and illustration. Comparative advantages and disad- 

 vantages of the above three etc). Price 5c. 



No. 3 contains— ARTIFICIAL comb, artificial fer- 

 tilization, (With accounts of the attempts and fail- 

 ures). ARTIFICIAL heat, (For raising bees. Its fail- 

 ures), queen REARING, (Nuclcus hives for rearing 

 queens foi* market illustrated. How to get good 

 queen cells. When to cut them out. How to do it. 

 How to insert them. Profits of queen rearing etc). 

 Price 5c. 



No. 4 contains— MARKETING honey, (What shape to 

 have comb honey built in. Shipping case for comb 

 honey illustrated. Taking it from the hive. Import- 

 ance of neatness to secure the highest prices etc). 



CLIPPING QUEENS' WINGS, QUEEN CAGES, (HoW tO 



make, with illustrations), comb basket, illustrated. 

 INTRODUCING QUEENS, (How to find and remove the 

 old queen, How to release the queen etc). Price 5c. 



No. 5 contains— FEEDERS, AND FEEDING, (What to 



feed. When to feed. How to feed. Feeding fast or 

 slow. Feeding to build up colonies. Feeding for win- 

 ter. How to make the sjTup, and the simplest feeder 

 illu&trated. SMOKERS, Corn-p ipper smoker. Fuel for 

 smokers. The smoker I prefer, illustrated, etc). 

 Price 5c. 



No. 6 contains— BEE-HUNTING, (How to make a 

 hunting box illustrated. How to get the bees started 

 on the "bait," How to follow the line. How to find 

 the tree they are in. How to make a pair of climbers 

 illustrated. How to climb the tree. How to get the 

 bees out so as to save them. Transferring them into 

 a hive. Habits of wild bees. Best season for trapping- 

 wild bees etc). Price 5c. 



The above six Nos. (48 pages, size of Gleanings) 

 will be mailed for 25c. I am working hard to , make 

 these practically valuable ; and if I succeed in fur- 

 nishing you with a complete and comprehensive an- 

 swer to almost any (juestion you may ask, explained 

 by expensive engravings when they will assist, yoii 

 will willingly pay me the 5e. er.ch will you not ? 



