1878. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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SHIPPING AND RETAILING CASE FOR COJUB HONEY. 



This contains 48 of the 1 lb. sections, and, so far as our experience goes, may be shippedjsafely anywhere by 

 express, without injury, for the express mm cm see just wdat it Is. I presume they could be ehippfd as 

 freight in the same way, on direct lines. The case, if Kept clean, and treated to a coat of new paint occasion- 

 ally, makes a very pretty case for retailing I'rim. for the grocer has his honey neatly cased, and always in 

 plain Bight, and when a cake is sold, all hp has to do is to raise the cover, and hand it ont. Price of the case 

 co'Tiplete, GOc; without the glass, 400: stuff in the tl it, reaily tr> nail, 30c. The same to hold only 24 boxes, 

 half above prices. In lots of 100 or more, we can turnisli large size lor -loa, and small one for r2c each, in 

 the flat. The small size can be sent by mail lor 75c. 



LAB,V.a: FOR QUEEN REABING. 



Many failures are reported with this, just because it is 

 ordered from too great distances, or at an imseasonahte 

 time of the year. It should he borne in mnid, that if it is 

 out of the hive more than 48 ho\irs. or if exposed to a tem- 

 perature lower than 30°, the larva? will he tiretty sure to 

 be dead. If the bees remove it from the cells, .vou maj be 

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

 near you who has an imported queen, do nfit have the 

 larva; out of the hive more than two days, and .vou will he 

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

 .fou are to insert it in the center otacomh. in the middle of 

 lie cluster of a queenless colonv, and if it is all risrht, .vou 

 will see them starting queen cells around it at once. Of 

 course there must be no other eggs nr unsealed brood in 

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

 sealed brood. 



LAMP NTTBSEBT. 



This is simply a hive made nf tin. with double walls ; 

 the snaoe between the two walls wbich mav be from 4 to 

 1 inch, is filled with water, and this water is kept at an 

 pven temperature of about 100°, by a lamp uiKl<?r the hive. 

 The lamo is to be enclosed in a box to avoid drafts, and 

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

 of oil. The tin hive is to be placed ,a foot or more above 

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

 b.y the barrel, the expense is but little more than one rent 

 per day. Get your queen cells on the plan eiven in A H C, 

 and when capped over, they may be taken away from the 

 bees entirely, and the frime cintainins thpni hun'j in the 

 nursery. If you have followed ths instructions civen. the 

 queens will all hatch out Ions tif fore the workers, and all 

 .vou have to do is to nlace them in any oueenle«s hive or 

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

 the hive to introduce them, but you cin just let them 

 cra^il in at the entrance, ;i"d 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 

 nursfr.v at the same time, and when we can hav# queens 

 hatching 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 nurser.v of- 

 tener than about five times a day. It will be observed 

 that, with the lamp nursery, we have no cutting, or 

 mutilating of our nice combs, as we do where we cut out 

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

 gnaw out. the.v can easily be heard by holding the comb 

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

 as soon as the.v beiiin to cut out the caps, they may be 

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

 where wanted. The.v sometimes kill each other when 

 crawling about in the nur.sery. but not often unless there 

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

 crawling about peaceably toarether on first eoing out in 

 the mornins. but they would be certain to kill e ch other, 

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

 lamn l.arsre enouirh to burn several davs. $.5.00. 



While queens just hatched can be safely introduc- 

 ed to artificial swarms just made, or to nuclei, a 

 great many failures have been reported when they 

 are let in where a laying- queen has been just re- 

 moved from a full hive. I give you this word of 

 caution to prevent disappointment. 



LABELS FOE. HONEY, 



In blue and gold, dark bronze ind trold, or in while 

 printed in two colors, furnished with your own address, 

 and source from which the honpv was gathered, alread.v 

 gummed, post paid by mail, IdOO, §;j.'2.5; 500. S2.1-0; 250, 

 •SI, 80. No ordvu- rec'd for less than 250. At these low 

 rates, the full number menlioried mnst be oidered 

 without thp chanpe of one single letter of the type. 



Same as above, (!xcept th'it source of honey, "and name 

 of bee-k(M'|M'r is left blank, put un in packaves of 100, as- 

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

 package post jjaid, 25c. 



