GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sections $4.50 HEDDON'S CIRCULAR FOR 1882 NOW READY. Send address, P. O., County, and State. Be SURE to state whether or not you NOW have my 1881 Circular. ONE-PIECE OR DOVETAILED, and all goods correspondingly low. We make HIVES a specialty, of all styles, of the SIMPLICITY DUNHAM FOUNDATION, and are agents for FLAT-BOTTOMED MAKE. Will pay highest price offered in GLEANINGS from month to month for beeswax, delivered at depot here. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF APIARIAN SUPPLIES. MERRIAM & FALCONER, JAMESTOWN, N. Y. WANTED BEESWAX. Also a student ap prentice. Address JAMES HEDDON, B 1-12d Cash for Beeswax! Will pay 21c per lb. cash, or 23c in trade for any quantity of good, fair, average beeswax, delivered GIVEN'S FOUNDATION PRESS. at our R. R. station. The same will be sold to those who wish to purchase, at 27c per lb. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. P. S.-Unless you put your name on the box, and tell how much you have sent, I can not hold myself responsible for mistakes. It will not pay as a general thing to send wax by Express. A. I. ROOT. CASS CO., · MICH. READ EVERY WORD OF THIS. The October and November numbers of the BEE - KEEPERS' MAGAZINE contain many original articles on the most important subjects in practical bee-keeping, from such men as CAPT. J. E. HETHERINGTON (the largest honHEDDON, W. P. HENDERSON, G. M. DOOLITTLE, etc., ey-producer east of the Rocky Mountains), JAMES etc. Also the report of the NATIONAL BEE CONVENtion, with the speeches of PROF. COOK, T. G. NEWMAN, CH. DADANT, and many others. For good, safe, and practical instruction in the art of RAISING and MARKETING HONEY, the old 32-PAGE BEE-KEEPERS' MAGAZINE has NO SUPERIOR. The subscription price has been reduced to ONLY $1. a year, and the list of PREMIUMS to agents is TRULY VALUABLE and LIBERAL. G. M. DOOLITTLE will write for EVERY number for 1882, and this fact alone is worth TEN TIMES the subscription price to all who keep bees for PROFIT. New subscribers will receive Oct., Nov., and Dec. numbers of this year FREE. Send AT ONCE, lest you forget it, to A. J. KING & CO., 14 PARK PLACE, New York. GIVEN'S MACHINE FOR WIRING FRAMES. The only invention to make foundation in wired frames. Circulars and samples free. D. S. GIVEN & CO., 1-3d Hoopeston, Vermillion Co., III. M. DOOLITTLE says our thin Vander vort fdu. one than natural comb, and beats all other fdu. He has given it a trial. Send for samples and prices. G. W. STANLEY & BRO., Wyoming, Wy. Co., N. Y. THE BEST KNIFE MADE For Farmers and Mechanics. Blades extra thick, oil tempered, every CLe tested by file. Exchanged free if tcft or flawy. Price post paid. 75c, or 1-blade, ECC. Medium 2-blade. 50c, 1-blade, 25c. Illustrated list free. Butcher Knife, Lest, 6 in., 50c; Sticking Knife, 60c; Skinning Knife, 75c, postpaid. Please send for our free list. Address MAHER & GROSH, 34 N. Monroe St., Toledo, Ohio. ADVERTISEMENTS. We require that every advertiser satisfy us of responsibility and intention to do all that he agrees, and that his goods are really worth the price asked for them. Rates for Advertisements. All advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 20 cents per line, Nonpareil space, each insertion. 12 lines, Nonpareil space make 1 inch. Discounts will be made as follows: On 10 lines and upward, 3 insertions, & per cent; 6 insertions, 10 per cent; 9 insertions, 15 per cent; 12 insertions, 20 per cent. On 50 lines ( column) and upward 1 insertion, 5 per cent; 3 insertions, 10 per cent; 6 insertions, 15 per cent; 9 insertions, 20 per cent; 12 insertions, 25 per cent. On 100 lines (whole column) and upward, 1 insertion, 10 per cent; 3 insertions, 15 per cent; 6 insertions, 20 per cent; 9 insertions, 25 per cent: 12 insertions, 33% per cent. On 200 lines (whole page) 1 insertion, 15 per cent; 3 insertions, 20 per cent; 6 insertions, 25 per cent; 9 insertions, 30 per cent; 12 insertions, 40 per A. I. ROOT. cent. HIVES & SECTIONS! HI We are now in better shape than ever to furnish Bee-Hives and Sections, having remodeled our machinery, and got every thing in tiptop shape for the coming season. We make a specialty of our "BOSS" ONE-PIECE SECTION. Patented June 28th, 1881. We have not sold any rights to manufacture, therefore we are the sole manufacturers of the United States. Send for Price List. JAS. FORNCROOK & CO. Watertown, Jeff. Co., Wis., Jan. 1, 1882. Patent we hereby NOTICE Some persons having infringed upon give notice that we shall prosecute all manufacturers. We shall not molest bee-keepers for USING by caution them against buying any except those those purchased before December 1, 1881, but herebearing our stamp. It has been reported by some that it is our intention only to prosecute bee-keepers for using those One-Piece Sections heretofore purchased; this is wholly untrue and false. JAMES FORNCROOK & CO. Watertown, Wis., Dec. 15, 1831. A BEE-KEEPER WANTED. using intoxicating liquors, tobacco, or cigars, need Must be experienced and reliable. No person apply. A married man preferred. Must be industrious. Address DR. ISAAC EDWARDS, 12tfd Omaha, Nebraska. Comb Foundation MachineS $15.00 TO $100.00. SAMPLES OF FOUNDATION WITH OUR ONE POUND SECTION BOX BY MAIL FOR FIVE CENTS. For illustrations see our Illustrated Catalogue of Apiarian Implements and Supplies, mailed on application. A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE. Bound in paper, mailed for $1.00. At wholesale, same price as GLEANINGS, (but will be sent to any postoffice singly), with which it may be clubbed. One copy, $1.00; 2 copies, $1.90; three copies, $2.75; five copies, $4.00; ten copies, $7.50. The same, neatly bound in cloth, with the covers neatly embellished in embossing and gold, one copy, $1.25: 2 copies, $2.40; three copies, $3.50; five copies, $5.25; ten copies, $10.00. If ordered by freight or express, the postage may be deducted, which will be 12c on the book in paper, and 15c each, on the book in cloth. Heads of Grain.. Honey Column. Humbugs and Swindles INDEX OF DEPARTMENTS. 98 .86 81 Bees, Longevity of. Bees and Grapes. 82 Bees, Disturbing in Winter. 85 83 82 72 67 63 74 INDEX OF HEADS OF GRAIN, NOTES AND QUERIES, 88 Facts from a Veteran. Foul Brood.. Gum-trees. Burch Matters.. Candied Honey in Jars. California, Gallup's Items..78 Clovers, Hasty's. Circulars Received. Dysentery. 80 88 70 86 .71, 74 Frames, used either side up..71 Frame, Octagonal.. Frame, The L. Great Honey Reports. Juvenile Department. 68 KindWeeds from Customers 57 Notes and Queries. The Growlery SIMPLICITY AND V. D. NELLIS HIVES AND FRAMES. Hive, A $25.00.. Hives, Chaff, v. Cellars.82,85,87 THE ALL-IN-ONE-PIECE SECTIONS, Hive, The Long-Idea.. Made on a machine purchased from A. I. Root. 63 .83 .86 Square Men... 86 Stock, Large Increase of. Skunk Cabbage. Spring Dwindling. 100 81 Starvation and Dysentery Honey from Corn. Hot-house, Keeping Bees in..62 .76 Int. by Eating thro' Candy..83 Notes from Banner Apiary .59 73 Pollen a Necessity?. Shepard Swarming-Box. Shade or Sunshine. Reversion, Heredity, etc. Rep't, Good, from Hayhurst.88 Ventilation, Upward. Wax, Melting by Steam Wax Sheets. 87 86 86 83 Wheeler's Report. 85 What Women Did. .82 Wintering Problem. 92 VON DORN, 820 South Ave., Omaha, Neb. 02 .84 60 82 .85 1 manent home. Address, with references, .64 .83 .83 .79 .86 .84 .66 100 .60 73 76 .78 82 .97 66 87 79 81 82 83 87 75 MATTHEW DODDS. A per 2d PAUL L..VIALLON, Address Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. FOR SALE! BRONZE TURKEYS, or will exchange for Italian FOR SALE I A GREAT BARGAIN. I will sell 30 strong healthy stocks of Italian and Hybrid Bees, on the Langstroth frame, in Simplicity Hives, together with all the fixtures for a modern apiary. The whole, or in lots to suit. Complete list on application to W. G. SALTFORD, 2d 61 Delafield St., Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y. FOR SALE. For rabbits and rats. Shipped by express anywhere. Safe arrival guaranteed. Price $6.00 per pair. W.ADDENBROOK. North Prairie, Waukesha Co., Wis. 2 Headquarters in the South FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF Bee-keepers' Supplies THE British Bee Journal. The British Bee Journal is now mailed to our address in packages, each 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. 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 HIVES. I am now prepared to manufacture FExtractor; been used but two years, and used OR SALE, or exchange for bees, an Excelsior HIVES AND SECTION BOXES but very little. As good as new. 2d GREAT BARGAIN A RARE CHANCE! I offer for sale my supply business, consisting of one 10-horse boiler and engine, in perfect order; been used but little. Saw-tables, belting, shafting, pulleys, etc.; also one heavy wood saw-table, and one Steam-evaporator, for cider, jelly, or sorghum. Dunham fin. machine, and other implements too numerous to mention. Business well established. Price $1000; or, 50 colonies of pure Italian Bees with same, for $1400. 2d HIRAM ROOP, Carson City, Mich. HIVES. at wholesale and retail. Send for prices. 2 Farm for Sale. Just outside the corporation of Ithaca, consisting of 44 acres; good strong soil, well adapted to gardening or farm crops. One of the best fruit farms in Tompkins county; 16 acres already in fruit. A good location for parents who would like to send their sons or daughters to Ithaca High School or Cornell University. Price $8,000. Half the purchase money may remain on mortgage. Also 34 swarms of bees in Simplicity hives. JOSEPH SINTON, Ithaca, N. Y. WANTED. Steam-Engine, 4-horse, upright, in good condition. Write, stating particulars, and the lowest cash price, to JOHN DYSON, Coatesville, Chester Co., Penn. 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 with out 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. *A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. *H. H. Brown, Light Street, Columbia Co., Pa. 1tf *Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La. 1ttd 1tfd *S. F. Newman, Norwalk, Huron Co., O. *Wm. Ballantine, Sago, Musk. Co., 0. C. H. Deane, Sr., Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. 1tfd lttd 2-7 *J. O. Facey, New Hamburg, Ont., Can. Hive Manufacturers. Who agree to make such hives, and at the prices named, as those described on our 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., Kv., at my risk. Send for price list. Will send by mail, exact measurement of each piece of the Star Chatf Hive, and the new Deane System, for 30 onc-cent stamps. Don't fail to put your name and P. O. address. C. H. DEANE, 12-5d Mortonsville, Woodford Co., Ky. HEADQUARTETS FOR Early Italian & Cyprian Queens. Imported and home-bred; nuclei and full colonies. For quality and purity my stock of bees can not be excelled in the United States. I make a specialty of manufacturing the Dunham foundation. Try it. If you wish to purchase Bees or Supplies, send for my new Circular, containing directions for introducing queens, remarks on the new races of Bees, &c. Address ltfd DR. J. P. H. BROWN, Augusta, Ga. HIVES! HIVES! I am now prepared to manufacture bee-hives, whole sale and retail at the very lowest prices. Send one dollar, to get one of D. A. Jones' celebrated hives. Catalogue furnished on application. 9tfd JOHN M. KINZIE, Doon, Ont., Can. BEE-KEEPERS All buy Dodge's Summer and Winter Top and Entrance Feeder, and Upward Ventilator. It feeds Candy, Syrup, Sugar Candy, and extracted honey, or any suitable bee food, in a temperature corresponding with the interior of the Hive. A perfect upward ventilator, without loss of heat. Needs no testimonial; 1 sample captures every bee-keeper. Sample, by mail, 30c. Per doz., via express, $2.00. U. E. DODGE, Fredonia, N. Y. Inventor and Sole Manufacturer, and manufac turer and dealer in all kinds of Apiarian Stores. 1-3d |