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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov, 



Contents of this Number. 



Some of the trials " bee-folks " have to endure 287 



liitriiduciiifi- (jut'<'iis 28T, 301, 303 



It;ili:ms luid Ilylnids; which make most honey.. .288 

 FccdiiiH' extracted honey to get sections finished. 289 



Kernieutation of honey 288, 289 



Chaff Cushions, an Improvement in making .289 



Getting- oif sections 290 



Is it the hive that gives the great yield of honey . .290 



Bees in the Houses and Groceries 290 



A Bee funeral 291 



Bees and Grapes 291 



Leaky roofs, How to make a sure thing of tliem. .292 



The Simpson honey plant 292 



Humliugs and Swindles 292 



How to ;n raii«c and manage Several Apiaries 293 



Which Stjle of Apiary to adn])t 293 



How to Cage Queens ioi- Shiinnent 293 



Bee-Dress, what we need, and what we don't need293 



Basswood, or American Linden illustrated 294 



Bee-Motli, How to circumvent, and all about them294 



Bees, How they grow, live, and all about them 297 



Buckwheat and all about the dillcrent kinds 299 



Division Boards that wont Stick. Illustrated 300 



Blue Thistle and the Honey it Yields 3 o 



Blasted Hopes 301 



(irapc Sugar 301 



Foul Brood, How to distinguish it 301 



Tall Frames, and Shidlow Frames 302 



How to knoiv a Hive is Queenless 302 



Queens reared in Sep. and Oct 302 



Buidap and Grain Bags for Covering Bees 303 



Some Wholesome Truths and Cautions for Be- 

 ginners 303 



Excessive Swarming 304 



Some of the Difficulties in Selling Imported 



Queens 306 



How to Prepare Bees for Winter 307 



Honey Column 308 



Catnip 308 



We have to-day, Oct. SOth, 24G9 Subscribers. 

 Slabs of the flour cni'.dy in cl;:ifl' hives, ])roduco beauti- 

 ful combs ol brood, ^'evcry lime," even a s lule as Oct. 3l8t. 



tTALmW BEES. 



Imported and home Ircd queens; lull colonies and 

 nuc eus colonies; beekeeper's supplies of all kinds, 

 Queens bred early in llie season. Send lor catalogue. 

 9cf DR. J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, Ga. 



The ABC of Bee Culture. 



My Irieiids, I am scKing a great many bool;s on bee 

 culture, and many are the queslioiiS asked in regard 

 to tlieir teachings. 1 can not he responeiblo for the 

 teaciiings oiotlier writers, but I do intend to bo re- 

 sponsible tor all that appears in the ABC; and fur- 

 thermore, I have been to tljo expense ol purchasing 

 the type lor ihe whole of it, ihit every mistake or 

 wrong statement may be concctcd, just as toon as it 

 is found to be such. The sheets are to lie printed, on- 

 ly as last as they are sold, that, none ol the information 

 may be old, or behind the times. Subscribers to 

 Gleanings, of course pet the whole, without charge; 

 but our incpuring friends who are not; sub:-ci'ibers— 

 and there are many— will be supplied 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 of preventing 

 losses from this cause. 

 After Swarming; Ilow it comes about; Several queens 

 in one; Shall we iirevent them? What to do to 

 make them good stocks, &c. 

 Aije of Bee^ ; Ape of queens, workers and drones. 

 Alighting Boards wuh illustrations; Importance of 

 converiient ones; Sawdust lor, ju^t as good as the 

 most c(-nvenient ; Porticos more for ornanitiit than 

 real use, &c. 

 Alsike clover; Modes of cultivation; Time of blos- 

 soming; Value for Jioney and value lor seed and 

 forage. 

 Anger of Bees; W)iy they are ill-tempered, how to 

 keep them good, &c. 



No. 2 CONTAINS : 



Ant3; In what rcsiiects they arc haimful; The best 

 means of getting lid of thein, &c. 



Apiary ; Where to locate; Wind breaks, the impor- 

 tance of anil how to make; The Vineyard Apiary 

 witli dia?;ram3and illasiraUoas; Thechall' Hive Api- 



ary with illustration ; The House Apiary with dia- 

 gram and Illustration ; compaiative advantages and 

 disadvantages ol the above three, &c. 

 No. 3 contains: 



Aidary. continued; Floating Apiary; Railway Api- 

 ary;' which style of Apiary to adopt, all things con- 

 sidered. 



Aphides; Their agency in the production of honey 

 dew more connnon than is generally supposed, &c. 



Artiticlal comb. 



Artiticial Fertilization, with accounts of the atlempta 

 and failures. 



Anilicial Heat lor raising bees, its failures. 



Artilicial Pasturage ; Will it pay to raise plants and 

 trees for honey alone? If sii. what iJlants. 



Anilicial SvvainJng ; very plain dbtelions for begin- 

 ners; Shall thiy 1 uy their qeetns <ir rear them? 

 How to select combs of liatching brood; U.^ing Idn. 

 for the luirpose; How to get good queen ceils, how 

 to prevent their being destroyed, &c. 



Asters; How much honey they produce, and what 

 they are like. 



Barrels; How they should be made; How to prevent 

 their leaking or tainting the flavor ol the honey ; 

 How to gel the honey out after it is candied ; Cau- 

 tion, &c. 



Basswood ; Its great value as a honey producing tree; 

 Our orcharcd of 4000 Basswood trees. 



No. 4 CONTAINS: 



Basswood continued, with an engraving. 



Bl'c- bread. 



lit e-dress; how a bee-keeper shoitld arrange his cloth- 

 ing; about Veils and Glover. 



B( e-huuiing; How to make a hunting box. ilh:slratcd; 

 how to fjiart. them on the baii,lollovv the line and 

 tind the tree; how to make a jiair of climbers, with 

 engraving; how to climb the tiee, how to get the 

 bees and ccmls, and how to transfer them ; habits 

 ol wild bees, anu lest season lor trapping them. 



Bie-moth; uev( r iiouule where strong colonies of 



Kalians are l.e])!; how to keep eraiJty combs seciu'e 



from them ; how to nindsate enijuy comLs or box 



honey, when the uioih appears in them. 



No. 5 coNTAi.vt-; 



Eecs; the diflcrcnt kinds ol bees under domestication; 

 how bees grow ; how llie Itibkle ol a hive looks ai 

 dilfurent aeaecns ; how bceu behave at eilltvei.t 

 apts. 



Blue Thistle as a honey i)lant. 



Borage as a honey plant. 



Buckwheat, its \a;ue; dilVcrent vaiir-tiep, mode of 

 citllivaiion; how to get larnieis to ndsc It. 



Caj^es lur queens and how to make ihem; liow to cage 

 the bees and queen, aisd how to stud iLicm ctf, ill'us- 

 irateu \.ith engra\inj.s. 



Cnidied linney; how to prevent it from candjinp; 

 how to make candied honey confectionery. 



Candy for bees; all about how lo make it; what kind 

 (d sugar to us-e; caution in regaid to candy making. 



Catnij) as a honey ]dant ; its value, and mode of culll- 

 tivation. 



Cider and cider mills ; their damaging influence on an 

 apiary, and how to get along with them. 

 No. contains: 



Clover; White Clover, White Dutch Clover, Red Clo- 

 ver, bweet Clover or Mellilot, Lucerne, Esparcette, 

 Allalla, Trefoil. &o. 



Comb Basket; its utility hi an Apiary, and how to 

 make one. illustrated. 



Comb Foundation, Its discovery, and progress up to 

 ih(! present time; How to make the wax sheets; 

 Rolhng the wax sheets; Trimming, etpiarlng, and 

 cutting the sheets; How to fasten them la the 

 frames and honey boxes. 



Comb Honey; How to secure it In Ihe simplest, neat- 

 est, and most marketalile shape; Best size for sec- 

 tion boxes, and best manner of puttliiK them in the 

 hives; How to prevent the bees irom clustering out- 

 side their hives; Flow to remove the lilled sections; 

 ulwavs us(! the tin scpaiators; Eujrraving of a sec- 

 tion iilled with honcv; Marketing honey, and en- 

 gr:iving of a tilled shipping case of honey; caution 

 about keeping your honey clean and free from 

 stickiness. 



The above C Nos. wiil be raai'.ed. neatly bound in 

 )iaper covers, for 25c. Tins conslitutes> the A B C boolc 

 Part First, and It will, 1 hope, prove of gieat value to 

 Ix'pi'.mers. It 1^ printed on tine heavy i)aper, and il- 

 lustrated vviiii many ihie-soiae of liiem epiite expen- 

 sive—engravings. The matter i.-i a coiiden-;ed sum- 

 ming uj), of what has proved jjooii, and most valuable 

 ia past vo'umes of Glkanings. 



