1882 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



251 



$el%} and Qmrie^s. 



^ MADE a complete failure in the bee business 

 Jt([ last year, but now 1 am going to try all over 

 — ' again. I will be more careful. My hopes are 

 not blasted yet. I am a boy, but I think that so 

 much the better, as I begin soon in life. 



Joseph Ross. 



Germantown, Pa , April 15, 1883. 



[That's the spirit, friend U. If our boys should 

 have their hopes blasted, I don't know where our 

 nation would go to.] 



"The Lebanon Apiary " is now receiving my at- 

 tention. From time to time, however, I shall go 

 over to the Cynrus apiary, which is still kept up. 



Beyrout, Syria, Feb. 14, 1S83. Frank Benton. 



I set out 2:) colonies of bees this morning. Win- 

 tered in bCw-house, with plenty of top ventilation. 

 No chaff, no cushions. No loss of bees. All in good 

 condition. W. H. CuMiMiNGS. 



Boonsboro, Iowa, March 29,1883. 



THE WAY TO DO IT — IF YOU CAN. 



The queen arrived on the 7th all right. I got her 

 home in the evening; introduced her at 8 o'clock at 

 night; the next morning she was laying. 



C. W. King. 



Emlinton, Venango Co., Pa., April 12, 1882. 



MR. LANGSTROTH. 



[We have received from our old friend the follow- 

 ing brief note:] 



My health does not improve, and I can take no in- 

 terest in bee-matters. Your friend, — 



Oxford, O., April 16, 1832. L. L. Langstroth. 



The L'Horamedieu brothers have had their usual 

 good luck in wintering their bees. Cellared 91 col- 

 onies Nov. 12. April 1st, set out 91 live swarms — 

 none queenless, that we can discover. Commenced 

 bringing in pollen April 2d. 



D. E. L'HOMMEDIEU & BRO. 



Colo, Story Co., Iowa, April 3, 1883. 



HONEY FROM FRUIT-BLOSSOMS. 



Bees are In splendid condition this spring. Frida}' 

 and Saturdaj', April 7 and 8, were the best honey 

 days that I ever saw for fruit-bloom. Bees came 

 home from daylight to dark, and fell in front of 

 hives like pebbles. I never saw them loaded down 

 so. E. B. Rife. 



Circleville, Pickaway Co., O., April 10, 1882. 



What will you give me (in trade) for 18 or 20 hybrid 

 queens, also a few blacks? Bees wintered without 

 loss. I have kept bees for 5 years, and have never 

 lost a swarm — an argument in favor of cellar win- 

 tering. H. O. Morris. 



Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., 111., April 10, 1883. 



[We have no use for the hybrids. Can any of the 

 friends take them?] 



BEES ON A RAMPAGE. 



Just talk about bee fights. I killed a chicken for 

 dinner, and it fluttered on to one of the alighting- 

 boards of a hive, when the bees covered it; they just 

 covered it all over, then tackled every thing that 

 dared to cross the yard. I got a pole, got the chick- 

 en, and then got my smoker, and "went into them." 

 In about fifteen minutes they surrendered. 



Burnsville, Ind., March 20,'82. A. J. Galbraith. 



Bees are doing very well here. I wintered 25 hives 

 without the loss of any. They are now full of bees, 

 and trying to swarm; but I am holding them back 

 for the honey crop. J. A. Clements. 



Villanow, Ga., April i:i, 1883. 



June weather. Every colony (23) brought through, 

 and in fine condition, bringing in honey with a rush. 

 Had to extract from one colony to-day, to give room 

 to the queen. Apple not fairly open. With a con- 

 tinuation of this weather for 2 weeks, I expect to 

 take hundreds of pounds of honey from the apple. 

 White-clover prospects flrstclass. 



Mortonsville, Ky., Apr. 8, 1882. C. H. Deane. 



A ONE -cent binder FOR GLEANINGS. 



Having adopted a cheap plan of binding Glean- 

 ings, I will give its readers the benefit of it. I take 

 it for granted that everj' reader is keeping all the 

 numbers on file. I use two strips of leather. Cinches 

 long by li inch wide, and cut two holes in each. 

 Near the fold at the edge of the paper I cut holes in 

 the paper, and insert in each a shoe-lace. As soon 

 as a number is received, it is filed, and at the end of 

 the year they are all bound at a cost of one cent. 



Stamford, Ct., March 29, '83. Fred Offinger. 



seven-top turnip. 



Why does my seven-top turnip winter-kill? I have 

 tried two winters. Will it do any good to sow it in 

 the spring? I planted some in March; it is up now. 



Chelsea, Iowa, March 14, 1883. W. C. Howard. 



[So far as I can tell, friend H.,the trouble is not 

 getting a sufficient root in the fall. The most com- 

 mon reason is in not sowing early enough; but poor 

 ground may be the trouble. Sandy soils are much 

 less likely to let plants winter-kill; perhaps your 

 ground is too much clay. In the low sandy land 

 down by the pond, we have much the best success 

 with all plants that are to winter over. I have 

 never tried sowing the seven-top turnip. 



ITIKRRYBANKS AND HIS NEIGHBOR. 



Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall 

 stand bofore kings; he shall not stand before mean 

 men.— Prov. 32: 29. 



T was six o'clock in the morning, and the 

 Jones family were gathering around the 

 — ' breakfast table. A year ago they did 

 not have breakfast at six o'clock, unless, in- 

 deed, it was for Mrs. Jones to get some sort 

 of a cold hasty bite before she went at her 

 washing, and then the children and her hus- 

 band came stringing along for their break- 

 fast whenever they felt inclined. The break- 

 fast, take it altogether, was an uncomforta- 

 ble affair, and seemed to all parties a sort of 

 necessary evil. The children were seldom 

 half dressed, and I fear many times would 

 not have had their faces washed had not the 

 poor mother insisted on it. Mr. Jones used 

 to wash his face, I believe ; but as he seldom 

 got up early, he did not feel very well pleased 

 with himself nor anybody. else, and the feel- 

 ing that he had probably hindered his wife 

 by his being so late in getting up did not 

 help matters very much. As his pipe seem- 

 ed the best tiling to rouse him up and make 

 him forget these uncomfortable feelings, he 

 usually hurried through with his meal so he 

 could get hold of that. Thank God, it is 

 not so^ this bright spring morning ; for al- 

 though it is only six, as I told you, all are up 



