GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



The reason T haven't sent these small amounts 

 more promptly, is, it is so expensive, anrl I had con- 

 cluded to wait till r made an order, as I do every 

 year; but ( know this is wron?; and besides, friend 

 Byrne predicts a fnilare, and we must not allow that. 

 Keep up the Home Papers by all means, and tell our 

 friend away up in Maine, if he don't want them to 

 take his knife and cut them out. C. H. Dkane. 



Mortonsvllle, Ky., Dec. 5, 1881. 



Mas-nify)n^-j?las9 and postal of Oct. 21st received. 

 Thanks for the beautiful little instrument. It is 

 flue for so small a price. Mv 75c colony is doing: 

 fliirly. They have taken in :?0 lbs. of honey since 

 Wednesday. I am iofornted that if any want to buy 

 cheap black bees in box hives, i hey can fr^t them 

 about or near Itcynolds, White County, Indiana, at 

 two dollars a stand, as many as one wants. My bees 

 are all packed for winter but one, and it has a trood 

 shed. Geo. L. Hollenbach. 



Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Ind., Oct. 21, 1881. 



I rec dvcd all the poods promptly, and in good 

 order, but I don't see how in the world you can fur- 

 nish articles for so small a price. Your pruning- 

 shears - why, I could not get a pair like that for 

 less than SI. 75 in the city of New York ! Your glass- 

 cutters ai-e simply immense for that price. I had a 

 few glasses to put in the greenhouse, which had to 

 be cut to fit; and I tell you, tdey just worked splen- 

 did You may expect another order shortly. Mean- 

 while accept Thanks for promptness. 



Carlstadt, N. J., Nov. 15, 1881. Fr. Hoi.tke. 



THE 5-CENT SUNDAY-SCHOOL BOOKS. 



T have the Simdav-school books, entitled "The 

 Giant-killer," "The Roby Family," "On the Way," 

 "Ethel Linton," "Sheer Off." and "Silver Keys." 

 and F would sav to those who have nr>t read them, be 

 sure to get them when you are making your solec- 

 tlons. If any one only knew the wholesome and in- 

 teresting matter contained in these books, he would 

 not, I think, hesitate to hand over the insignificant 

 price and read them. J. P. Moore. 



Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky., Nov. 28, 1881. 



A HINT for our YOUNG LADY READERS. 



I only echo the words of hundreds of others when 

 I say that my apiary, without Gleanings, would be 

 like a hen with her head qut off. It would merely 

 flutter around for awhile and then die. And now a 

 little about tobacco: I used to smoke a great deal; 

 but a young lady took me in hand, and said that I 

 must not smohe; result, no more smoke. Just give 

 some of your lady friends the hint, and you will see 

 what power they have over the young men. 



A. C. Miller. 



Barrington, Bristol Co., R. I., Dec. 6, 1831. 



I thought I would drop Gleanings this time (I 

 have taken it 8 years); but when the last number 

 came I felt I must continue the subscription an- 

 other year. I have no bees, mine having gone where 

 the sun " shineth ever," last winter, and I have not 

 replenished my hives; but I think I will next spring. 

 I can report only two stocks in this township that I 

 know of, and it's almost Impossible to find buyers 

 for the honeyyeton hand. But send me Gleanings; 

 If I have no bees it does me so much good to read of 

 others who do hare them ; and then the Home Pa- 

 )»ers are a source of great pleasure and profit to me, 

 if others do denounce them. T. J. Cook. 



Newpoint, Decatur Co., Ind., Dec. 7, 1881. 



The box of goods shipped to my address the 17th 

 Is received, every thing in good condition. Almost 

 every article was better than we expected — a 

 wonder for the money — 50 to 75 per cent cheaper 

 than the same could have been bought here. Why 

 do you advertise the carpenter's level an " imitation 

 rosewood," when it is good cherry, same as all lev- 

 els, just as good aa rosewood; while to say " imita- 

 tion," conveys the impression that it is soft wood, 

 only painted, whi(^ would be a poor article even if 

 it Imitated gold. I shall want another box of goods 

 after awhile. S. C. Perry. 



Portland, Ionia Co., Mich., Nov. 25, 1881. 



[Why, you see, friend P., it was imitation rosewood 

 at first, but the manufacturers improved them, and 

 we had not got round to note it. Many thanks for 

 your kind words.] 



HOW TO GET SUBSCRIBERS. 



I was so delighted with Gleanings. I had some 

 copies in my pocket. When I saw a bee-keeper I 

 offered him one to read, with an invitation to take a 

 copy. In every instance they have done so. Wil- 

 kinson did not know that he wanted it at the time I 

 offered him the copy. I passed his residende yester- 

 day, and asked him how he liked it. He came out 

 to the road and said it was just what he wanted. He 

 would not do without it; said his wife wanted him 

 to take the ABC, but Gleanings was just what ho 

 wanted. He never had any honey except what he 

 took out of hives, L. movable frames. They are all 

 in a hurry; want to begin with Nov. No. Send them 

 along. Fred Timmerman. 



Fayette, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1881, 



Smoker No. 2, which you sent me in place of the 

 one Uncle Sam put his foot on, came all right, and, 

 as the girls say about a new hat, it Is "just nobby.' 

 I think you arc very kind to s'->nd another smoker; 

 but I do not feel just right to have you stand all the 

 loss. I don't know which to do in return for your 

 kindness — pay off the debt against your factory, or 

 try to get you some new subscribers for your maga- 

 zine. I think I will try the latter plan. How would 

 it do to leave a spRce at the bottom of your labels for 

 comb honey, to fill with pen or pencil the kind of 

 honey thH case contained, also space for name and 

 address of producer? P. W. Ricktmyer. 



Gilboa, Schoharie Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1881. 



[I think I would use a separate label for tho pur- 

 pose you mfntion, friend R. — Your very kind words 

 pay for all the damage, but we should be very glad 

 of the subscribers.] 



What will be your lowest terms for Gleanings for 

 five years and f)ne Waterbury watch, latest improved 

 nickel case? We like Gleanings so well, and also 

 the editor, that we want to secure it for the above 

 time. It is a pleasure to deal with you; for if th^re 

 are any mistakes, you are always ready to correct 

 them if you were at fault. W. O. & G L. Beach. 



Quitman, Nodaway Co., Mo.. Nov. 19, 1881. 



[Many thanks for your very kind words, friend B.; 

 and all that troubles me about them is, that 1 may 

 not always deserve them.— As we are doing a great 

 deal to introduce the Waterbury watches, the manu- 

 facturers have given us an especial rate, where we 

 use them as premiums, and this enables us to give a 

 watch, free of postage, to everybody who sends us 

 $5.00 for five subscriptions. It may be a club of five, 

 or sent to five different addresses, if all are new.] 



On page 567, Nov. Gleanings, I notice an editorial 

 headed, "A Big Swindle," in which you ask, "Now, 

 who of you is it that has been selling us pure queens 

 for hybrids?" I suppose I must confess that I 

 am "guilty," for I see no chance to escape, as one 

 of j'our customers, whose order I filled, wrote me 

 that the queen (which I sold for hybrid) was pure. 

 Speaking of her bees he called them " little beau- 

 ties." I wrote him that I was glad to hear it, and of 

 course did not ask for any thing extra. I did not 

 know she was pure when I shipped her; I thought 

 she was hybrid, but found out later that I was mis- 

 taken. So it was with one or two more I shipped 

 you for hybrids, and I thought. " Won't that fellow 

 be tickled when he finds that his queen is a tested 

 one instead ef a hybrid one? " I feel amply paid by 

 so agreeably disappointing those fellows, if it was 

 really I. I know I am the "chap" in at least one of 

 the cases which I have stated. Can you not tell, 

 friend Root, by going to your queen-books, the one 

 from whom you got the "bogus" hybrid queens? 

 Look, and let me know. 



square men. 



I wish to state that I fully approve of your 

 idea of having a list of square men. I think it 

 will be a great aid to all of the honest ones. I will 

 leave it to you and my customers whether I deserve 

 to be placed in that list or not. I have dealt with 

 you very much, and you have trusted me whenever 

 I asked you to send me goods, before I had paid for 

 them, for which 1 hereby tender you many thanks. 

 You can tell whether I have acted honestly with you 

 or not. I have tried to follow the golden rule, "Do 

 unto others as you would have them do to you," in 

 all my business transactions. I have tried to, in ev- 

 ery instance, as I thought God would have me do, 

 asking him to lead me; and, judging from the pile 

 of letters before me to-night, I have not tried in 

 vain. J. P. MOORK, 



Morgan, Pendleton Co., Ky., Nov. 4, 1881. 



