Fdn., Machines for.. 149 Water for Bees in Winter...130 Fdn., Drawing out. 137 Wide Frames, Sub. for. 129 126 Wintering on Sugar. 183 114 Wint. two in a Hive. ..138 Boomhower's Letters...117, 130 Box-Elders. Frame-piercer, Chapman's.137 Queens Reared out of Sea'n. 139 Sec's, 1-piece, 7 years ago. .140 Sex of Queen's Eggs. Survival of the Fittest. 1 807 50 959.00 908 50 | 85 | 8 00 10 Walks and Words of Jesus** This book contains, in very large type, all the words spoken by Jesus, as nearly in their proper order as we can get them. ONE-DOLLAR COUNTER. 35 Clock, in walnut case; a real beauty, and a good "timer." 19 0085 00 A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, OHIO. NORTHERN-GROWN SEEDS, PLANTS, VINES, ETC., of first hands, at growers' prices, grown at my seed farm, fruit gardens, and apiary, east side Saratoga Lake. Descriptive catalogue free. Address, JOHN H. MYERS, Box 1064, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. TOOLS FOR MAKING Maple Sugar! Sap-pails, 10-qt., each 20c; per hundred, $18.00. Sapspiles, like those shown on page 143, per box of 100, $1.50; per 1000, $12.50. Sample by mail, 10 for 20c. Bits, %, to match above, 20c; braces to hold them, 25 and 50c. Postage on bits, 3c; on braces, 18 and 270 respectively. Oblong square pans, for 1-lb. cakes, 3c each. Patty pans, from 10 to 30c per dozen. A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. OR SALE.-Barnes Bros.' Combined Machine frames, and section boxes. Cost $50; will take $30. J. F. THORNTON, за Bedford, Ind. Fwith all necessary tools for making hives, One-Piece Sections a Specialty. Pound size, $4.50 per 1000; L. hives, 50c each. Circular free. BEE WALKER, 3-7d Capac, St. Clair Co., Mi h. WANTED. Barnes Combination Circular and Saw. be in good condition. Write, stating particulars and the lowest cash price. S. H. HICKOK, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Conn. 3 WOOD SEPARATORS FOR SURPLUS HONEY They are better, cheaper, warmer, than tin, and give inch entrance to sections. We bave machinery to furnish them in any quantity desired. Address C. R. ISHAM, Peoria, Wyoming Co., N. Y., or за C. J. VAN EATON, York, Liv. Co., N. Y. Names of responsible parties will be inserted in any of the following departments, at a uniform price of 20 cents each insertion, or $2,00 per year. $1.00 Queens. Names inserted in this department the first time without charge. After, 20c each insertion, or $2,00 per year. Those whose names appear below agree to furnish Italian queens for $1,00 each, under the following conditions: No guarantee is to be assumed of purity, or anything of the kind, only that the queen be reared from a choice, pure mother, and had commenced to lay when they were shipped. They also agree to return the money at any time when customers become impatient of such delay as may be unavoidable. Bear in mind that he who sends the best queens, put up most neatly and most securely, will probably receive the most orders. Special rates for warranted and tested queens, furnished on application to any of the parties. Names with *, use an imported queen mother. If the queen arrives dead, notify us and we will send you another. Probably none will be sent for $1.00 before July 1st, or after Nov. If wanted sooner, or later, see rates in price list. ESSEX PIGS A SPECIALTY! 75 to 100 Pedigree Pigs for delivery in June, six weeks to two months old. Write for prices. Also Brown Leghorn (prize winners) EGGS, @ $1 per doz., and B. B. R. G. Bantam Eggs for Hatching (imported), @ $1.50 per doz., in new baskets. Safe arrival guaranteed. C. W. CANFIELD, 5-4d Athens, Bradford Co., Pa. MUTH'S HONEY EXTRACTOR, SQUARE GLASS HONEY JARS, TIN BUCKETS, BEE HIVES, Apply to CHAS. F. MUTH, CINCINNATI, O. READ THIS: FIFTY YEARS AN APIARIAN. We are the oldest breeders of Italian Bees, and manufacturers of APIARIAN SUPPLIES in New England. Our experience dates back to the first experiments of Mr. Langstroth in the movable-comb system. Send for our Price List of Bees, Queens, and Supplies, before making your purchases for 1882. Address WM. W. CARY & SON, 1tfd Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices EARLY named, as those described on our circular. A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. P. L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. Itfd J. F. Hart, Union Point, Greene Co., Ga. M. S. West, Flint, Gen. Co.. Mich. F. A. Snell, Milledgeville, Carroll Co., Ill. ltfd 4-3 Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. HEADQUARTERS FOR ITALIAN and CYPRIAN BEES and QUEENS! 2-7 TWO, THREE, & FOUR FRAME NUCLEI 3-2 Department for those who wish to be considered Names will be inserted in this Department free of charge the first time. After that, 10c. each insertion, or $1.00 per year. If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.-MATT. 5: 23, 24. We whose names appear below do not know that we have a single dissatisfied person with whom we have had deal; but if we have, such will confer a favor by writing us kindly, and we will do our best to render satisfaction. THE FOLLOWING ARE IN THIS MONTH FOR THE J. P. Moore, Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky. 3tfd 3.7 British Bee Journal. The British Bee Journal is now mailed to our address in packages, cach month. In order to dispose of them, we offer them at present at $1.00 per year, postage paid, beginning Jan., 1882. Will guaratee safe arrival of every number. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. OR SALE CHEAP.--Foot-power buzz-saw. Pure during the season. Orange cane-seed, the kind bees work on. Also seed potatoes. For prices, address N. J. ISRAEL, Beallsville Monroe Co., Ohio. J. T. Wilson, Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 3rd mouth Rock fowls and eggs for hatching Rev. J. S. Woodburn, Livermore, Westm'd Co., Pa. 3-8 J. H. Myers, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., N. Y. Byron Walker, Capac, St. Clair Co., Mich. 3tfd 3tfd 2-3d Headquarters in the South FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF Bee-keepers' Supplies SIMPLICITY AND V. D. NELLIS HIVES AND FRAMES. THE ALL-IN-ONE-PIECE SECTIONS, Comb Foundation. Having purchased Mrs. Frances Dunham's whole outfit to manufacture foundation by steam power, I can furnish foundation in any quantity, and in sheets as large as 14 inches wide and 7 feet long. ITALIAN BEES and QUEENS. All bred from imported mothers of my own importation. Dollar queens in April, $1.25; in May, $1.10; in June and after, $1.00. Tested queens from March 1st to July 1st, $2.50; after, $2.00. Full colonies of Italian bees in any quantity. Early 4-frame nucleus, with tested queens, $5.00. This is more advantageous to those wishing bees by the pound. Send for illustrated catalogue for further particulars. Address PAUL L. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. C. OLM'S COMB FOUNDATION MACHINE. 5tfd SEND FOR SAMPLE AND CIRCULAR. STOP! LISTEN! The new Deane System for Comb Honey. The N. A. B. K. A. says it surpasses any thing of the kind, combining all the necessary arrangements, simple and complete. One full set for 50 cts. Weight, 4 to 5 lbs. Sent by freight or express as you direct. Send money by P. O. money-order to Versailles, Woodford Co., Ky., at my risk. Send for price list. Will send by mail, exact measurement of each piece of the Star Chaff Hive, and the new Deane System, for 30 one-cent stamps. Don't fail to put your name and P. O. address. C. H. DEANE, 12-5d Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 20 SWARMS OF BEES FOR SALE! I will sell, and deliver to Louisville express office from 1 to 20 swarms of Italian and hybrid bees at the following prices: In 10-frame 2-story Langstroth hives, each $10.00; in 8-frame 1-story L. hives, each $7.50. Pure Italians, $1.00 per colony more. They have all straight worker combs, young queens, and are as strong as any that I have at the time of shipment. I will guarantee safe arrival to your express office, and am determined to give satisfaction. No order filled unless accompanied by the cash. No discount on the above prices. Address 3-4d A. SCHNEIDER, Cor. 26th & Market Sts., Louisville, Ky. Dodge's Bee - Feeder TAKES THE CAKE! Hundreds using it; universal satisfaction. Sample 3d 1-3d Hoopeston, Vermillion Co., Ill. Honey-Bearing Trees For 25 cents, I will send by mail, postpaid, to any 20 Golden Willow cuttings, yields both honey and pollen, and is tougher than hemp twine for tying. 25 Gray, or fence willow: will grow on low, wet ground, and can be headed back into a good fence; also yields honey plentifully. Put in deep, and ground well mulched, 90 per cent of these cuttings will form roots. 10 Catalpa Speciosa. Nice trees. Better than basswood for honey; a very quick grower, and the wood positively will not rot. 12 Turner Raspberry. Best honey-plant in U. S., and bearing abundant crops of the finest fruit. 12 Gregg, largest black-cap, keeps the bees busy. 1882. QUEENS! 1882. 10 Rox-Eiders; nice little trees. I am now booking orders for war- IN THE FRONT RANK of Queen-Breeders. Our handsome 24-page Illustrated Catalogue of four races of BEES, QUEENS, and BEE-KEEPERS' SUPPLIES for 1882 is now ready. Secure a copy before you purchase elsewhere. Address 5 Russian Mulberry; fine fruit-trees. Catalpa seed, 20c per 75 seeds. Osage hedge-plants, boxed on car, by freight, $2 50 per 1000. For catalogues of small fruit and nursery stock, send to за H. M. Morris, Rantoul, Ill. FOR SALE! Address W. G. SALTFORD, 61 Delafield St.. ANTED.-WAX.-Address WE have received from D. A. Jones a quantity of his perforated zinc, for the exclusion of drones and queens. Duties and freights cost so much we can not sell it less than 15 cents per square foot; but we will cut it to any size for that price. The postage on it, if wanted by mail, will be about 18 cents per square foot. THE price of nails has advanced so that we can not now buy them at the prices given in our Jan. price list. A new price list will be mailed on application. Wire nails are at old prices, for immediate orders. A very large trade has sprung up in No. 30 tinned wire, for brood combs, and, notwithstanding advances, by buying in half-ton lots we are enabled to give a decline in prices as follows: For less than 1 lb., 2c per oz.; for 1 lb. or more, 25c; for unbroken coils, as they come from the factory, weighing from 5 to 10 lbs., 20c per lb. FRIEND BOOмHOWER sends us a piece of a section, with a very pretty label on it. The latter is made with a rubber stamp. The matter on it is something like this: BASSWOOD-TREES; HOW SHALL WE GET THEM? THERE is quite a call for hasswood-trees, and ncbody is at present advertising them. I have a little bit of a secret for those who want something to do, and it is that basswood shoots, if cut up into singlebud pieces, and properly started, will grow almost as well as currant and willow. I am trying to get time to have it tried in our greenhouse, and have Just been thinking of getting buds from such trees as I know produce lots of honey, so as to get an extra variety. Mr. Merrybanks thinks he can raise maple-trees in the same way, from the " old sweet tree." We shall see. Will those who can furnish small basswood-trees please advertise them? You need not write me about them, because it will be by far the simplest way to deal direct with those who wish to purchase. Get some basswood shoots, and start them in boxes in the window, or near the stove. If the basswoods are not near you, we can furnish the buds for 25 cents per hundred, postpaid. CIRCULARS, ETC., RECEIVED. Otto Schulz & H. Guhler, of Buckow, Prussia, send us a very nice 20-page price list of supplies for the apiary, as used in Germany. The list also contains a lithographed card with pictures of implements for the apiary, presenting quite a contrast with those used here: also a calendar for 1882 on the back. This list is so pretty, that probably few will be thrown away. J. A. Hopkins, South Oxford, N. Y., sends out an 8-page list, 8x34 inches, of supplies for the apiary. It is well gotten up. G. W. Stanley, Wyoming. N. Y, sends out a neat 4-page circular, with samples of the Vandervort fdn. One of the brightest little circulars of 16 pages comes from our friend Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. We make the following extract in regard to Simplicity hives, from p. 7: "Having had no demand for L. hives for the last two seasons, I discard them from this catalogue; while it may have been the best and simplest hive at one time. it is fast being superseded by the Root's Simplicity, and the Vandeusen-Nellis Simplicity hives, which are, in fact, nothing else but an improved L. hive, giving all the facilities of manipulation." Narmore & Wood, North Lansing, Mich., send a price list of hives, sections, etc., printed on card, 5x3%. J. I. Johnson, Palmyra, N. Y., sends out his 4-page spring catalogue of small fruits, and price list of bees. Dougherty & McKee, Indianapolis, Ind., dealers in bee-keepers' supplies, have sent us an 8-page illustrated price list of their wares. Friend Olm, Fond du Lac, Wis., sends us samples of beautiful fdn. with high side walls and thin bases; also prices of mills for making the same, down to 40, 25, 15, and 10 dollars for 12, 9, 6, and 4 inch, respectively. The California Apiculturist makes a very creditable appearance for the first number. Terms $1.00 a year. A very pretty 32-page catalogue from A. H. Newman, 972 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill., fully illustrated with modern imple ments. Dr. Nugent, Strathroy, Ont., Can, is fully up to the times with his tasty 20-page price list of things pertaining to the bee business. S. D. Buell, Union City, Mich., has issued a 12-page list of Simplicity and L. hives, sections, etc. A very pretty circular of fan. mills, from Mrs. Frances Dunham. Mrs. Dunham, by her increasing business, demonstrates woman's capabilities in nice machinery as well as bees. J. O. Facey, New Hamburg, Ont., Can., sends a 4-page list of bees and apiarian supplies. A very pretty circular from W. P. Henderson, Murfreesboro, Tenn., with a long string of kind words from his pleased cus tomers. Dr. W. R. Howard, Kingston, Texas, sends a nicely printed 4page list of apiarian supplies. It is literally filled with cuts - a good feature. extractors, bees, etc. F. A. Snell, Milledgeville, Ill., issues a 16-page list of hives, Illustrated. Friend Snell makes the "Eclipse" hive. Cheirograph circulars are becoming quite common. Friend Duff, of Flat Ridge, O., sends us one 5x4, one page, which looks rian. Following this is one from friend Oliver Foster, Mt. Verdecidedly gay.' It is a price list of queens, Italian and Cypnon, Iowa, relative to rubber machines for molding fdn. G. B. Lewis, Watertown, Wis., sends out a 16-page price list, map fold, of apiarian goods. B. Davidson, Uxbridge, Ont., issues an 8-page list of hives, sections, etc. 1. R. Good, Nappanee, Ind., is out with a postal circular of bees and queens. J. H. Robertson, Pewamo, Mich., sends out a 4-page price list of bees, with a picture of his apiary on first page. L. C. McFatridge, Carroll, Ind., a postal circular of bees and queens. J. L. Bowers, Berryville, Va., sends us a pretty 4-page list of apiarian goods. Among those issued from our Job Department during Februa ry we note the circular and price list of E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Ill., 12 pages, illustrated, size of this journal. A 4-page list for J. A. Osborne, Rantoul, Ill, dealer in bees, queens, and Cotswold sheep. A 4-page list of bees and queens for George W. Baker, Lewisville, Ind. A price list of grapevines and small fruit, for F. L. Wright, Plainfield, Mich. J. P. Moore. Morgan, Ky., a 4-page list of Italian queens, of which friend M. makes a specialty. Honey Column. Under this head will be inserted, free of charge, the names of all those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. Please mention how much, what kind, and prices, as far as possible. As a general thing. I would not advise you to send your honey away to be sold on commission. It near home, where you can look after it, it is often a very good way. By all means, develop your home market. For 25 cents we can furnish little boards to hang up in your dooryara, with the words. Honey. for Sale," neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens for Sale," same price. NEW YORK.-Honey-We quote best comb honey, put up in 2-lb. sections, at 18@20c; fair grade of white, 15@17c; mixed and dark grades, 12@13c; large boxes, 2c per ib. less than above prices; best white extracted in firkins, 10@11c; best dark do., 7@8c. Be swax, prime quality, 23@26c. We have no comb honey in 1-lb. sections; therefore we do not quote them. H. K. & F. B. THURBER & Co. New York, Feb. 23, 1882. NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. works speak for themselves;" and I say, let a man's NO. 28. OUR BUSINESS SHALL WE COMMENCE "LITTLE OR BIG"? RIEND HEDDON, I was much pleased in reading your article in January GLEANINGS. I agree, with you, that, after a man has learned bee-keeping, and intends to make it a business for life, it is foolish for him to fritter away his time with a few colonies; but in regard to the manner in which he shall gain a knowledge of bee-keeping, I don't agree with you, and yet I do. The serving as an apprentice may be all right in some cases; in others, it may not, as a method of management that is successful in one locality may be a failure in another. An apprentice who came from a distance to learn of friend Heddon, might be disappointed upon putting into practice, at his own home, a method that was successful in Southern Michigan. But even if this were the best way of learning bee culture, just think how few persons can leave home conveniently, and become apprentices; while by the aid of books, bee-papers that contain the experiences of the best apiarists, and a few colonies of bees, the theory, principles, and practice of beekeeping can be easily learned at one's own home. THE "SQUARE LIST." I can subscribe to the declaration with which the "square" list is headed; yet there is something repugnant to me about the whole business-this advertising, in this manner, one's honesty and good name. Public opinion says, that the physician must not advertise his wonderful skill; it says, "Let his works, or dealings, speak for themselves. Dealer after dealer has advertised to "guarantee satisfaction;" but, judging from the manner in which some of them deal, it must have been unto themselves, and not unto their customers, that they guaranteed satisfaction. A bee-keeper once said to me, "When a man advertises, or boasts of his honesty, I think it advisable not to trust him too far." Please don't think that I am casting reflections upon those whose names have already appeared in the square listfar from it: I consider them the squarest of square dealers. Perhaps, though, if I had lost a good round sum through the dishonesty or negligence of some "scaly" dealer, I might feel differently about this matter. BEES WINTERING SPLENDIDLY. For the first time since November, my bees had a "fly" yesterday. I carried all, except two colonies, out of the cellar; allowed them to fly, and then returned them to the cellar. I did not give two colonies a "fly," as I wish to see if they will stand it without a "fly" until next May. There were scarcely any dead bees under the hives, and all my bees are wintering splendidly. I say "all;" but about those 10 colonies that are buried in clamps - well, I will tell you more about them next spring, after I dig them out. W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Rogersville, Genesee Co., Mich. I think you mistake a little, friend H., in the matter of square men. Those who enter the list simply promise to make good any differences before commencing another season's business. Well, there are quite a number of our advertisers whom we would be |