1882 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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etc. The strip V, Fig-. 1, is 13i.i.\;lx?8 inches. Tliore 

 must be 7i in. between the bar D, and the bar E, to 

 make room for the fingers, when using- E as a han- 

 dle. When the handle is in the position shown in 

 Fig. 2, and the covers are on th'^ comb-holder., the 

 apiarist can use the comb-holder to sit on. 



O. H. riYATT. 

 Farragut, Fremont Co., Iowa. Jan. 24, 18S2. 



Every sii'I or lioy, iiiulor 12 yoai's of asre, who writes a letter 

 for this (lep.ivtiiieiit will reeeive one of David Cook's excellent 

 Ji-cent Sunday-sehuol linnks. Many of these hooks c-entain the 

 same mattei- that you lind iii Suuday-seliool books eostiuir from 

 $1.00 to Si. 50. 



fjHIS is my first attempt to write for a paper. 

 1 know yon will not expect much from a boy 

 ■ ' 12 j'eais old. Papa calls nip his boe-man, and 

 I assist him all I can. I am thankful that I have a 

 pa to help and to love. But I have no mother to 

 love. I read in Gle.vnings of the death of your pa. 

 How sorry I am for you, as I know you must have 

 loved him as I do mine! I forgot to say that pa 

 has 75 colonics of bees, all of them In nice painted 

 hives, and they look nice. 



STONEWAtrt, J. Opp. 

 Helena, Phillips Co., Ark., Jan. 7, 1882. 



Pa keeps bees. 1 am but six years old. This is my 

 first letter. I would like a book. Mary E. Baer. 

 Vanwert, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1882. 



I am eight, and have never written a letter, but 

 pa read the children's letters, in Gleanings, so I 

 thought I would write. Henry W. Baer. 



Vanwert, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1882. 



I am nine years of age. My pa has bees; some at 

 home, and I don't know how many away from home. 



ESTA Williams. 

 Vanceburg, Lewis Co , Ky., Feb., 1882. 



I am 11. My brother-in-law has 4 stands of bees; 

 he is trying different ways of wintering. He bought 

 new queens, but all of them r:id not get much honey 

 last summer on account of the dry weather. 



NOHMAN HINEBAUGH. 



New Paris, Ind., Feb. o, 1883. 



I am a girl 8 years old. I have a sister 6 years old. 

 Her name is Susie, but we call her Stubbie. Pa says 

 we will have to call her Sue. Pa has kept bees 7 

 years. He has 13 swarms now. We go to school, 

 Susie and I, but not to Sunday-school; it is too* far 

 off. This is my first letter. Cora King. 



Baraboo, Wis., Jan. 10, 18S2. 



My pa was a soldier in the Third Iowa; lost his 

 limb at Jackson, Miss. Pa has 23 swarms of bees. I 

 hope they will winter well. He put 18 down cellar, 

 and left five in chaff hives. He lost a good many 

 last winter, but likes the business so well that he 

 does not get discouraged. Thomas E. Stocks. 



Nashua, Iowa, Feb. 3, 1S83. 



My pa is a bee-man, and he has 46 stands of bees. 

 He got a ton of extracted honey in 4 weeks this fall; 

 but I don't help him work with the bees as some 

 little folks do, but I like to eat the honey. I like to 

 read the letters the little folks write. I have three 

 brothers and one sister. I am 10 years old, and go 

 to school. Chablev Baldwin. 



Stewardson, TU , Jan. G, 1883. 



My age is 7. My pa takes Gleanings, and keeps 

 bees. He put 99 swarms into the cellar last fall. I 

 go to school; had the mumps last week, and had to 

 stay at home. Edith A. Morts. 



Mohawk, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1883. 



I am ten. My pa has bees, and ma is afraid of 

 them. I like honey, and eat it when I get a chance; 

 but last year the bees did not make much. Pa has 

 lots of empty hives, but only 12 with bees in. 



Circleville, O., Jan., 1882. Charlie Rife. 



I am a boy of 10. We keep bees. Pa and my 

 brother C. together have 25 stands. If this letter is 

 too long, cut some off, and throw it away; but 

 please don't forget the book. Hay Phillips. 



West Chester, Butler Co., O., Feb. 6, 1882. 



It would have been pretty long, friend Raj^, 

 but you see I crossed out some that was not 

 particularly about bees, or of much general 

 interest. You see, if we hear from all we 

 shall have to be rather brief. 



I am nine. I li-ve in Michigan. We used to live in 

 Ohio, and when we came here we came through 

 Medina, and we saw your bees; but I did not know 

 they were yours until we were past; and if we ever 

 go back again I am going to watch for them, if I 

 think of it. Papa and mamma and my sisters and 

 brother used to live in Medina. My sister takes 

 Gleanings, and if she gets some bees you may hear 

 from me again. Bertie Bachtel. 



Napoleon, Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 30, 1882. 



My pa keeps bees, and he got 50 lbs. of honey from 

 a new swarm, and he has 5 Italians, 4 blacks, and 

 one hybrid. One hybrid swarm went away. I helped 

 pa fix his bees for winter. I have two brothers and 

 two sisters. 1 go to day-school and Sunday-school. 

 I am 11 j-ears old. Please send me a book out of 

 that wheelbarrow full. 



William Job Church. 



Waterford, Ont., Can., Jan. 5, 188J. 



And that we will, friend Job. If letters 

 like that don't make us fly around lively, I 

 don't know what will. 



lam eight. Papa keeps 9 hives of bees, and we 

 have lots of honey. We have it on pancakes every 

 morning. My little brother Willie don't like to have 

 mamma steam it when it begins to candy, because 

 he says he likes the little " hummocks " in it. When 

 I was a little boy about three years old I threw a 

 stone into some bees hanging on the outside of the 

 hive, and one stung me on the knee, and I have not 

 bothered them since. My Waterbury watch, which 

 papa got from you, and gave me Christmas, I think 

 is very nice. Horrie Hickok. 



Bethel, FairlielJ Co., Conn., Jan. 10, 1882. 



I am five years old. Papa has bees, and one of 

 them is mine. I like bees, but I don't like jackets. 

 Last summer a yellow-jacket stung me on the lip, 

 and I tell you it made me hop. Papa killed them all. 

 Do j'ou think it is a sin to kill jackets? I go to Sun- 

 day-school when it don't rain, or is not too cold. I 

 live in Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Penn., and my 

 name is Lee Hoffman. Papa told me how to spell 

 the hard words. 



It isn't wicked to kill "jackets," or others 

 of God's creatures, when they are doing 

 harm ; but it is wicked to kill them need- 

 lessly. I think, on the whole, I wouldn't 

 kill them. Quite a bright little letter, Lee. 



