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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



Contents of this Number. 



ApiaiT of E. M. Hayhurst, Kansas City, Mo . .259 



M\- ideas of tixiiifi- colonies for winter 259 



California, and liow they do tilings there 260 



Uniting- bees 260 



Italians and long cold winters 261 



Honej' for cooking purposes 262 



Out door wintering, with 8 and 11 frame hives 262 



Doolittle's report 2615 



Imported queens 2ti;5 



Queens that won't lay 264 



Bee-hunting 265 



Asters 2V2 



Aphides 272 



Basswood trees 271 



Introducing queens 273 



How to keep cakes of wax from cracking 273 



Sweet clover 273 



How to keep the queen out of the upper story — 273 



Bees killing young workers 274 



Color of drones 274 



Wintering 274 



Brood in the section boxes 275 



Cross bees and the remedy 275 



Value of pictures 275 



Asilus, Missouriensis, or bee eater 276 



Wintering in the South '. 276 



Smothering bees 276 



Honey in jars and vases, and embossing in 



Honey comb 276 



" Blasted hopes " 279 



How to winter bees for 50c per colony 280 



Grape sugar 272,280 



Bread and molasses for bees 280 



\oii cannot look over the back No's of Gleanings 

 or any other Periodical with satisfaction, unless they 

 are in some kind of a Binder. Who has not said— 

 "Dear me what a bother — I nuist have last 

 month's Journal and ifs no where to be found." Put 

 each No. in the Emerson Binder as soon as it comer 

 and yon can sit down happy, any time you wish to tind 

 any thing yon may have prhvioiisl}' seen even though 

 it were months ago. 



Binders tor Gleanings (will hold them for four 

 years) gilt lettered, free by mail for 50, 60, and 75c, ac- 

 cording to quality. For table of prices of Binders for 

 any Periodical, see Oct. No., Vol. 2. Send in your 

 orders. A. I. ROOT, MeJina. O. 



FOR SALE AT 85. OO EACH 



f9r orders of five or morf . Single. 56.00. Lansstroth hive, 

 size of frame, inside 17.\i»/^. Strons; colonies in a perfectly 

 healthy condition, plenty of stores. 

 y-10 ALBERT POTTER, Eureka, Wis. 



BYRNES' FOOT POWER MA- 

 CHINERY. 



IN different machines witli which 

 jy Builders, Cabinet Makers, Wa^on 

 Makers, and Jobbers in miscella- 

 neous work "an compete as to Qi^ali- 

 TY and Price with steam power maii- 

 utacturiuK; al?o Amateurs' supplies, 

 saw blides, fancy woods and designs. 

 Say wliere you read this and send for 

 catalosue and prices. 



W. F. & .JOHN BARNES, 

 6tfd Rockford, Winnebago Co., 111. 



FILES for small circular saws. Something new. 

 Wifh these a saw can be made to do handsomer work 

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

 ple of the Section Boxes we are woic sending out. Files 

 mailed for 20c. each. A. 1. ROOT,'^ Medina, O. 



Doolittle's Advertisement. 



Having had many calls for wares irsed hi onr apiary, 

 ' we have condiided to sell for samples, as below ;. that our 

 bee-keeping friends, if they desire, may have a pattern t& 

 ' work by jn making them. 



Doolittle's improved Gaihip hive wfth S& hoses and 



cases and wintering arrangement all complete... ?6 25- 

 Standard Gallup hive with 21 boxes and cases all 



complete 3 2» 



The above are well painted, with tin roof. 

 Sample set of cases with 21 boxes that will fit any 



frame hive at top 14x20 (outside measure) or 



larger 2 00" 



Sample case with S boxes 40i 



Sample case with 2 boxes (by mail 16"c extra) 35 



Sample boi ready to nail (by mail .3c extra) OJi 



Tin tacks for fastening glass in honev boxes, sample 



by mail 6 cts. ; per lOOO, lOcts. ; per SOOO, 35cts. ; 



(by mail Sets, extra per 1000) 



Block to nail boxes on (by mail .3ac extra) 1 5ft 



Block to tin boxes on (bymail 25c extra) .50) 



Address, G. M. DOOLITTLE, 

 lOd Borodino, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



lUlIAN^UEEmOUBEfALL 



Unwarranted Queens, each §1 GO 



Warranted " " 150 



per ^ doz 8 00> 



perdoz 14 00 



Tested " each 2 5i> 



2 frames, nucleus and tested qneen 4 50 



Sale arrival of all queens guaranteed. 

 9-10 J. OATMAN & CO., Dundee, Kane Co., 111. 



GLASS HOI^EY JARS. 



1 lb. Round Honey Jars, Corks included, per gross . . §5 00» 



HOr^EY TS-PIVieLERS. '" '^ ^^ 



NO COVER. 

 /J Pint, plain or ribbed 40 doz. 



6 dozen in a package* Packing boxes 40 each. 



}i Pint, plain or ribbed 50 doz. 



6 dozen in a paek.age. Packing boxes 45eich. 



HOP^EY TOlfieLERS. 



TIN TOPS. 



/3 Pint 65 doz. 



6 dozen in a package. Packing boxes 40 each. 



X Pint... 75 doz. 



6 dozen in a package. Packing boxes 45 each. 



Also, Window Glass, Lamp Chimnevs and glassware of 

 all kinds, for sale by B. L. FAHNESTOCK, late B. L. 

 Fahnestock, Fortune Co., 76 Wood St., Pittsburgh. Pa. 

 10-12d 



Set Out mn MS ia the FALL 



For $1.50 I will forward by Mail, prepaid., 



1 Elvira, retail price Si 00, 



1 Taylor, " " 30, 



1 Goethe, " " 30, 



1 Wilder, " " 30, 



(; Concord, " " 60, equal to S2 50. 



Vines will b" sent in time fir Fall })lanting. One year 

 old Concord Grape vines at Sl5,00 per thousand, two year 

 old at §30,00 per thousand, delivered at the Express office. 

 One year old Concord vines by mail, preprid, 31.00 per 

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

 per doz. 



Reference, the Editor of this Journal. 



Address, J.G.WARNER, 

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



ass wood Trees. 



Young Basswood or Linden trees, securely packed with 

 some of their native soil adhering to the roots of each. 



One foot and urder, per one hundred §2 00 



" '■ " " " bymail 3 00 



One foot to five feet " " 5 00 



Five feet to ten feet " " 10 00 



These will be taken directly from the forest as wanted, 

 and if planted any time after the leaves have fallen, until 

 the ground freezes, not one in one hundred should fail to 

 grow. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



