1877. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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

 larva; out of the hive more than two days, and you will lie 

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

 vim are to insert it in the center of acomhinthe middle of 

 the cluster of a queetiless colony, and if it is ;ill ri:-iht, jou 

 will see them starting queen cells around it at once- V)f 

 •cnurse there must be no other eggs or laiseal^d brood in 

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

 sealed brood. 



1.AMF NUKSERT. 



This is simply a hive made nf thi, with double walls; 

 the space letween the tv/o walls which may be from 4 to 

 1 inch, is filli-d with water, and this water is kept at an 

 ■even temperature of alxjut lOO'', by a lamp undi-r the hive. 

 The lamp is to he enclosed in a box to avoid dr.- fts, and 

 tht- whole should be in a close room, to save the expense 

 ■of oil. The til : hive is to be placed a foot or more above 

 the top tf the lamp chimney. When the oil is purchased 

 by the barrel, the expense is but little more than one cent 

 per day. Get your queen cells on the i»l;in given in A J! C, 

 and when capped civer. they may be taken aw^y f.om the 

 bees entii-ely. and the frame containing; tiiem hung in the 

 nursery. If you have followed the instructions given, the 

 ■quetns will all hatch out long before the worker.', and all 

 you have to do is to place them in any queenie^s hive or 

 nucleus, as soon as they are hatched. You need not open 

 the hive to introduce them, but you c;in just let them 

 ■crawl in at the entrance, and the loss will certainly be no 

 greater than that of inserting queen cells. You can if you 

 choose, have several combs containing queen cells in the 

 nursery at the same time, and when we can have queens 

 batching every day for weeks, we really enjoy the fun. 

 It is easy keeping a supply of cells on hand, when we 

 •once get started, and we do not examine our nursery of- 

 tenei' than about five times a day. It will be observed 

 that with the lamp nursery, we have no cutting, nor 

 mutiiatiny; of our nice combs, as we do where we cut out 

 queen cells. When the queens are old enough to begin to 

 gnaw out. they can easily he heard by holding the comb 

 ■of cells, next to the ear, and as they are ready to introduce 

 as soon as they begin to cut out the caps, they may be 

 safely taken out with a sharp pen knife, and put at once 

 where wanted. They sometimes kill each other when 

 crawling about in the nursery, but not often unless there 

 are bees present. We have found a half dozen or more 

 crawling about peaceably together on first going out in 

 the morning, but they would be certain to kill sach other, 

 if left until a few hours older. Price of nursery with 

 lamp large enough to burn several days. So, 00. 



IiASELS FOB HONEY, 



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

 printed in two colors, furnished with your own address, 

 and source from which the honey was gathered, already 

 gummed, post pnid by mail. No order rec'd for less than 

 :i50. At these low rates, the full number mentioned 

 must be ordered without the change of one sinale letter of 



1 he type 1000, 63,25 ; 5W), 82.40; 250, 61.80. 



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 jjaid, 25c. 



MICBOSCOFES. 



These are real compound microscopes, and quite a dif- 

 ferent thing from the double and smgle magnifying 2:1ns- 

 ses so often called br that name. The one we offer at -53. , 

 is a very neat instrument carefully packed in a mnhogniiy 

 box, with implements for the work of taking regular les- 

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

 single bee will make a study for a long time. Sent by 

 mail for §3.15, and if you are not pleased with it, yott can 

 return it at cur expense, nnd the money will be refunded. 



FRICE LIST OF QUEENS. 



ImiX)rted queens will be 6<! 00. if I select the best to fill 

 .TOur order, or §5.00, if I select the poorest. What I mean 

 by best, is those which are largest and litrhtest in color, 

 that produce the largest and yellowest bees, and are the 

 most prolific layers. It takes a long time to iest a queeen 

 for honey gathering, and therefore it would be nothing 

 strange, if those sent out at the lesser price, are really 

 most valuable. 



Tested queens reared from imported mothers bavins all 

 the above good qualities, $3. ; with part of the above goo<l 

 qualities, §2.50, and the poorest, that I feel sure are Hot 

 hybrids. Sl.EO. Now I am going to try to have the above 

 satisfactory, and if they are not, you are to send them 

 back, inside of 40 days and get your money or another 

 ■queen, as you choose. 



Yoting queens just commencins: to lay, will be sold for 

 SI. 00 if yen come and get them ; if vou want them sent b^ 

 mail, send us 10c, for cage and postage. 



Queens that have been tested and •' found wanlirg," 

 will be sold for 50c. I also reserve the privih ge of seixinif 

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

 I h-ive made the abo\e conditi ns that 1 may be eiiahled 

 to '"pick ou^ " queens to order, wihcut doinsi any of ycu 

 an injustice. The dollar queens, are always taken just as 

 they come. If any of you can fuinisti them cheaper, I will 

 rejoice with the rest. 



I do not think dollar queens can be furnished sooner 

 than July 1st. but if our friends in the south conclude 

 to "help us out" in the matter, I will let you knoic 

 through Gleanings. 



QUEEN CAGES AND BEE-FSEDEBS. 



There are two inveniiijns I have m:<ilH. this Tear, 

 that I am especially pi ond of ; the Canity Queei Cage, 

 and the Simplicity Feeder. The" answer the purpop" 

 so completely, ''nd are po clean and nes^t. that I should 

 not have considered the p-ice very high, at 25c, but 

 when 1 discovered that we couM mike them i-o as to 



be sold lor oyc/^yiie ce»!/s, 1 1 c.l. as nearly as 



lean reniembe'. I think I must hav.' looi-pii J api y. 

 Every time we fill an order lor tht in. 1 s-av to ni\st-lt, 

 •• V'» o'n't that Mellow' be tick'ed. v 1>. n b ■ ^ees them 

 and thinks of the insignificant price." 1 f.'o li^e losee 

 fifce work at low piices, hut 1 alvr"ay.s leel "awuilly 

 miserable" when I am chaigeu, or am i bllgecl to 

 charge anybody else, high prices for work ihat i^ not 

 " nice." Now 1 will show n ou tne cage and feeder, 

 and try to stop "gossiping." 



OUR 5 CENT SniPLIClTV BEE-FEEUEK. 



No directions are needed lor using the queen cage, 

 and almost none for the feeders. Fiil it with honey, 

 syrup, sweetened water, or even sugar with water 

 poured on it, and then stt it in one side of the hive, rn 

 the frames, in the portico, in Irort of ihe hive, or In 

 the open air anywhtre, and the feed will ail be laken 

 without a single bee getting drowned, hince the abc\e 

 cut was made, we have made the feeder* icrger nnd 

 narrower, having two grooves iustea<l of 3. They bold, 

 just about 1 pint, and are sent safely by mail lor ICc. 

 postage included. 



SECTION HONEY BOXES. 



SECTIOjr BOSFS IN THE FLAT, PBICE PEE 1,000 BOXES. 



Any dimensions not exceeding 2x5x5 '10 00 



The above is 50 cubic inches ; for larger sizes add 10c 



per 1.000 for each additional cubic inch or fraction of an 



inch, outside measure. Extra prices for If ss than 500. 



Just right to fit in L. frames, 2x4Jlix4i!i 9 50 



The above are crated in packages of 500 each, weighing 



about 50 lbs. 



Sample by mail yvith fdn 5 



If the grooyins for holding the fdn. is omitted, 25c less 



per 1.000. Sections weigh from 7 to 10 lbs per IflO. 



10 I L. frame made 2 inches broad to hold S sections 5 



25 I The same -with 8 sections 13 



