GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



Dec. 



thinjr Tvanted about the npiary. The table can be 

 raised pnd lov'eied f'^r rultin'c flifTeror.t ilpptb?. for 

 rabiioiinjr. gricovinp. jiiningtnd othor work. Price 

 \rii.h two (> inch saws, all needed ^.Migr-p, etc., ?35.0(\ 

 Thn. Ijuzz sa'.vs, ■will reach throu<:h '2>8' inches. 



These answer very wr)l, lor making hives for your 

 own !ise, but ifyon think of niakintr ihcni for sale, 

 you "ill need powrv ol' pome kiid. If the machine is 

 all in excellent trim, saws shari'). and every thing 

 ricelv oiled, the labor is not vevy fatiguing, for paw- 

 in" irx-li lumber, tut i: ' ou let the pi'-v/ get jii'^t a little 

 <liill, or vour lumber in bard, or if you attempt to cut 

 verv miich 2 inch stuff, vnu mav wl.-b pretty "severe- 

 ly," ' ( u iiai' a little engine. Although we have steam 

 riower. we find the foot power saw so handy for odd 

 job?, that we could h".v,lly get along without it. We 

 furnish with them, nt the i)rice, two books on saw fil- 

 ing and the care ol saws. 



HIVES. 



SIMPLICITY BEE-HITE. 



One body and 1 cover in the flat, as sample to work 

 fi'oni— ore sample fnime and sheet of duck in- 

 cluded 1 CO 



One story hive for exfnictcr (body .50c— '3 covers 

 f,Oc— nrilingand paintin'-';'20c-quilt 2.50—10 frames 

 f,Oe— crntina: lOe) 2 25 



One story hive for comb bonry is precisely the 

 same as the above, substituting 2 frames of sections 

 for 4 metal cornered frnniep 2 25 



The above 16 sections will be fitted with frin-, and 

 starters lendy for the bees, for b'ic. iind the tin sepa- 

 rators added for 10c. makinsr whole complete 2 50 



The above two hi^es contnin everything used in a 2 

 s^tory bive. We simply use another body filled with frames 

 or sections, for n 2 stf)ry bive. 



For a '^ story hive for the ext'-actor, add (to 1 story 

 2 25) body .'iOe— nailing and painting ]0c— TO frarnes 

 00c— cratinr; 5c, making complete 2 story containing 

 20 frames , 3 50 



For a 2 story hive for comb honey add (tol story 

 2 25) body .''Or— nailing nnd painting 10c— 6 frames 

 of seetions 78c— 1 met;d cornered frame 6c— crating 

 f,c, mnl<ing complete 2 story containing 7 frames and 

 64 sections 3 75 



If tilled with fdn. starters 60c— if also filled with Ini 

 separators 40c, making 64 75, if two latter items are 

 wanted. 



An njjner story filled with sections, fdn. stsrters 

 anrl nil rendy to be pet over any L. hive ^2,7.5 



To prepare the above hives 'or M'inter. put in place of 

 the 2 outside fraines. chafT cushions, price 20c each, and 

 a thick one on top, .'^Oc. 



Iron frame to ^nuge pi/e of above hives, and to 

 hold tbrm tiuc when nniling, size 20^x16 inside £0 



I Chaff iiivk fou out door wintekikg. 10 

 frames below, and 14 frames or SO pection 

 I boxes ,' bove, well painted and finished com- 

 I plete (T-awn hive f\ more.) ?^5 00 



Tf filled with fdn. starters and separators, i?1.2.5 more. 



Witliout frnmes ch:dT or paint, as sample to work 

 from 2 50 



There bive , if .^up-olied with stores, will, we bone, 

 need no attmtion whatever, from the time honey 

 ceiises until it comes again the next season. 



Two frame nucleus hive, neatly painted 50 



niVES T,Y THE quantity. 



The der-and for both Simj.lieit.v and Chaff hives in the 

 flat, has been such as to wnrrant n.e in makinsr arrrnge- 

 ments to furnish them by the eunntily, at very low prices. 

 No\.' it is with these as wiih the fdn., wo can only do it 

 by linving them m.ide up in quantifies ahead, all boied or 

 crated, ready to ship. To avail yourself of these low rates, 

 you iwf'.ti' send the exnct anieunt of money specified, and 

 order Hum in the quantity specified. Printed instructions 

 with illustrations, will be furnished for setting up each 

 kind. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES IN THE FLAT. 



Per hive. Per pckg. 



.S l-f-fcrv hives, ro in^H'fs or V'Otlfiti Wc. Si. 80 



5 „ " „ „ „ „ •■■8 2.!'0 



10 ,1 „ ., .. „ -5 5.f0 



r.'i „ „ „ „ „ ^^ i:i-.'5 



fO „ „ „ „ „ 5-2 26.00 



100 „ ., ,, „ ., .50 .50.00 



Metnl rahJxti' are inchulcd tcith nil the above, and hives 

 are nil made of seasoned j ine Inniber. 



You enu use your ordinury Langstroth frames in the 

 above liives, or we can I'urnish you metal cornered frames, 

 and a sheet of duck for covering the frames, for just as 

 much more ; that is, the frames (10 to each hive and duck) 

 CO •it precisely the same that the hives do. Two of the 

 above hives make a comjilete 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 ^Aree times as much as the 10 metal 

 cornered frames. The sections and fdn. cost but little, 

 l)ut the broad frames to hold thtin are pretty expensive 

 with the tin separators. However, as a set will last in- 

 definitely, 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 he ihree times that of a one story Simplicity. Fur- 

 nishing the lower story will cost just the same as the 

 Sinijilicity, but as the upper story is wider, it will cost 

 one-half mOiC. 



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

 nish them for 5c, per lb. A single story needs about ^ lb. 

 to make it good and strong. A pair of gauge frames are 

 needed to nail the Simplicities c. nveniently, price Si. 00 



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

 that you may decide in time, about hives for another 

 sea.son. 



If you have never seen a ChafF hive, perhaps you had 

 better order yojir first one made up, (H.^'iJ for there 

 arc a great many pieces to them. 



LABELS FOB, HONEY, 



In blue and gild, dark bronze and gold, or in white 

 printed in two colors, furnished with jour own address, 

 and source from which the honey was gathered, already 

 L'ummed, post paid by mail. No order rec'd for less than 

 250. At these low rates, the full number mentioned 

 must be oidered without the change of one single letter of 

 the type 1000, ?3,25 ; 500. 62,40; 250, §1,80. 



Same as above except that source of honey, and name 

 of bee-keeper is left blank, put up in packages of 100, as- 

 sorted colors, for both comb and extracted honey. — Per 

 package post paid, 25c. 



LAB,V.a: FOB QUEEN BEARING. 



Many failures are reported with this, just because it is 

 ordered fi-om too great distances, or at an unseasonable 

 time of the year. It should be borne in mind, that if it is 

 out of the hive more than 48 hours, or if exposed to a tem- 

 perature lower than SO^, the larva? will be cretty sure to 

 be dead. If the bees remove it from the cells, you may be 

 sure it was either chilled or starved. Send to some one 

 near you who has rn imported queen, do not have the 

 larval out of the hive more than two days, and ,vcu will he 

 pretty sure to get good nice queens. As soon as received, 

 you are to insert it in the center of a comb in the middle of 

 the cluster of a queenless colony, and if it is all right, jcu 

 will see them starling queen cells around it at once- Of 

 corir;:e there must be no other eggs or unsealed brocd in 

 the bive, but it will be a very good idea to have some 

 sealed brood. 



MICBOSCOFES. 



These are rral eomjiourd Uiicros-copes, and quite a dif- 

 ferent thing fum the double and sintde maurifyiiig glas- 

 ses: so cften called by that name. Ilie one we cfTcr at §3. , 

 is a very neat instrument carefully packed in a mahogany 

 box, with ini; hmcnts for the work of taking reiiular les- 

 sons in the insect world. You will find with it. that a 

 sinple bee will male a study for a long tine. Sent by 

 mail for 53.15, and if you are not plessed with it, yeu can 

 r<. turn it at cur exi>t use, snid tb.e ni< ney will be refunded. 



FBICE LIST OF QUEENS. 



Imported queens will be 86.00, if 1 select the best to fill 

 your order, or S5.00, if I select the poorest. What 1 mean 

 by best, is these which are largest and lightest in color, 

 that produro the largest and yellowest bees, and are the 

 most prrlilie layers. It takes a Icinr time to test a queeen 

 for bonev gafherinir, and therefore it would be nothirg 

 str.ange,' if those sent cut at the lesser price, are really 

 most \aluable. , , , • „ 



'Jested queens reared from imported mothers having all 

 the above good qualities ?3. ; with part of the al ove good 

 qualities, v«2.,50, and the poorest, that I feel sure are not 

 hvlirids, 61.50. Now I ans going to try to have the above 

 sati>^lactorv, andif they are not, you are to sei.d them 

 back,in.'<idoof:0 days and get your money or another 

 queeis as you choose. . , , .„ , , , , 



Young queens just commencing to lay. will be sold for 

 Sl.OO if yen ccme and get them ; if .vcu want them sent by 

 mail, send us 10c, for c:ige and postage. 



Queens that have been tested and •' found wanting, 

 will be sold for COc. I alS'O reserve the privilege of seufiing 

 out any kind of a queen that T do not like, as a 50c. queen. 

 Ihave"niadetheabovecondifii.r.s that I may be enabled 



