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GLEAJ^INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MAR. 



tree but a little distance off, he fairly danced 

 and shonted for joy. He didn't shake any 

 thing off the table this time, for he stood on 

 solid ground. Of course, the rest were soon 

 on the spot, and this is what they saw : — 



3IK. MERRYUANKS' COMIUISJED BEE-niVE, \ 

 SAP-PAIL, AND 3IAPLE-SUGAR j 



EVAPORATOR. 



Sure enough, there was the pail bee-hive 

 that had stood in the greenhouse, but they 

 had been built up so that two pails instead 

 of one were required to hold thera all. The 

 sap was conducted on to the comb ; and as it 

 dripped down through, the bees ordinarily 

 took it all up; but during the best part of 

 the day, if it was quite a favorable one, it 

 would come too fast for them, and drip into 

 the upright pail below. This pail was fur- 

 nished with a full set of combs, also, so that 

 the sap dropped into these combs, and could 

 be taken up by the bees at their pleasure. 

 The colony was so strong that the bees clus- 

 tered, during warm weather, clear down into 

 this third pail also, so you see they were 

 well prepared to take all the sap a large tree 

 would furnish. You will observe he has 

 here in this case used pails, without even 

 removing the bales. 



" Why, husband, why did you not tell me 

 of this before V" 



" Well, 1 did not know how it would work, 

 for one thing ; and for another, I thought 

 you could see it better than I could tell it ; 

 do you not V" 



" Why, Mr. M.," said John's mother, 

 " you do not mean to say that nice syrup and 

 sugar came from this bee-hive V" 



*•' No, it did not ; it was made in the pan I 

 will show you presently. I expect to get 



' How dotli the littlo busy bee improve each shining hour! 

 TOM'S PICTURE. 



nicer maple syrup from this hive than any 

 thing that has been seen yet." 



Just here Tom, the doctor's boy, came 

 with some labels he liad been printing for 

 John's lu-cent pails of honey. John thought 

 he would like some kind of a picture on the 

 labels, and Tom thought he could engrave 

 it. Here is a picture of the sample label he 

 showed them, and the words he had printed 

 under it. 



Of course, there was a big laugh all round 

 at '"Tom's picture;"' and after they had 

 laughed, they went up and had some warm 

 sugar. If l" should tell you how they got 

 some snow, and made wax, and all that sort 

 of thing, I am afraid it would make you 

 feel l)ad because you were not there too ; so 

 I think I won't say any thing about it. 1 de- 

 clare, I shall have to put off telling about 

 Tom's printing-i)ress, and the way he made 

 bronzed labels, until next month. 



I'ertaiiiiiig: to 33ce Ciiltai'c. 



Wu respei'tfullv solicit the aid of our friends in conducting 

 this dcpartinciil. and would consider it a favor to have them 

 send us all cirrnhiis that liave a deceiitivc ajipearanee. The 

 rreatest care will be at all times maintained to prevent injustice 



being done any one. 



^3j^ ARTIES here are selling a hive constructed 

 f\r^ Similarly to the Simplicity hive, with perma- 

 ~ nent bottom-board, movable lid, division (or 



adjustable) boards. They correspond in size, shape, 

 frames, and entrance, to the Simp. hive. These par- 

 ties are representing- them as "Mitchell's patent." 

 The question we desire answered is. Has Mitchell 

 such a hive patented, or is Ibis bogus? Please ans- 

 wer at once, as a suit is pending- to enforce payment 

 of claimed right for use of said hive. 

 Cornelia, Mo., Feb. 1, 188:2. John J. Hollar. 



Our older readers will hardly need a word 

 of caution, after hearing " Mitchell " men- 

 tioned in the matter ; and we can briefly say 

 to the new ones, that Mitchell has almost 

 monopolized this department for the past 

 four or live years. Of late, we had heard so 

 little from him we hoped he was getting an 

 honest living somewhere ; but it seems that 

 he needs to be taught, a few times more, that 

 " the way of the transgressor is hard." 



"Who is Kirk Kidder? He sold to a man up the 

 French Broad River, in North Carolina, near Mar- 

 shall Co., a right to make and sell his hives, he, Kid- 

 der, to fill orders, I believe, for hives in Hat at cer- 

 tain prices, etc., from somewhere in Kentucky. 

 Kidder got a note for foCOO for it, and one J. J. 

 Gurlycr discounted it, and the man claims that he 

 has been unable to hear any thing from Kidder 

 since. ] understand that Kidder was through here 

 about a .vear ago, doing that kind of business. I live 

 at Chattanooga, Tenn., and like this countrj' much 

 better than Ohio. It is a very healthful countr.v; 

 pure water and climate; fine fruit, etc. 



Big Creek, Tenn., Feb. 1, 1883. B. O. Everett. 



J.,etters of similar import, that have ap- 

 peared in back volumes, it seems to me, 

 point out pretty clearly who Kirk Kidder is, 

 or, rather, what he is'not, friend E. 



