1882 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUL'TUli^. 



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LOCUST seed; when to plant, ETC. 



Id answer to sowing locust seed, 1 think the prop- 

 er time is as early in the spring as possible, as I have 

 several large trees standing close to my garden, and 

 the seeds blow ofJ during March, generally, and they 

 come up very thick every spring in the garden. I 

 can furnish young locust-trees from one foot up, as 

 they are plentiful here, and also seed when it is ripe. 

 I will furnish these trees at the same price you 

 furnish basswoods this fall. S. P. Koddy. 



Mechanicstown, Md., Aug. 8, 1882. 



A WHEEL ADDED TO THE BUTTON-HOOK SOLDERING- 

 COPPEK. 



I think I can tell you how to make something 

 which will be better than a button-hook or a solder- 

 Ing-copper for fastening fdn. to the wires. Take an 

 old-fashioned copper cent or penny-token. Drill a 

 small hole through its center, and file a shallow 

 groove around its edge, making it like the wheel of 

 a pulley. Fasten it in the end of a tin handle the 

 same way as the Carlin fdn. cutter. Heat the copper 

 over a lamp or oil-stove, and run it along each wire 

 as Blondin ran his wheel! larrow along the tight rope 

 over Niagara. J. W. Hakkness. 



KeeSevill:;, Essex Co., N. Y., Aug. 5. 1883. 



Or Letters from T\\oHe Who bavc Made 

 Bee Culture a Failure. 



F I should send in a report you would not sleep 

 till you had put me in Blasted Hopes, so I will 

 keep still. One peck of bees on the outsiile of 

 a Gallup hive, hallooing, "Boss! boss! hallool" 

 Well, go and see what was wanted. What should I 

 see but those " blessed bees " mightily tickled, cross- 

 ing their legs, and asking the old boss if he has got 

 lots of stores for winter. Well, what could the boss 

 do or say, except that he had not got a pound of 

 honey, and they would return the complinient by 

 saying, "We have dead loads of it, and don't you for- 

 get it" ? H. B. POMEHOY. 



Fayette, Fulton Co., O., Aug. 7, 1882. 



We have 2-1 swarms of bees, very little honey so 

 far. We think bees arc much trouble and very lit- 

 tle profit, saying nothing about expense. But I 

 think their company is worth more than it costs. 



E. A. KiKKPATRICK. 



Bowling Green, Pike Co., Mo., Aug., 1882. 



I have paid f :0.00 for queens this spring, and ha%'e 

 Ijut one and one cripple, and I <lo not want to raise 

 queens from them. Really, with all my losses, and 

 on bees and queens, besides some other things, I be- 

 gan to feel something as the young man in Onion- 

 ville did over his small onions. Wm. H. B.VLCir. 



Oran, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 14, 1882. 



The enameled cloth I muat have by next week 

 Thursilay or Friday at the latest, because I shall go 

 out on a fishing excursion and want to use the en- 

 ameled cloth for a rain-proof tent. Of my bees, I 

 guess I rather keep still; for the less said about 

 them, the better. I have been in the bee business 

 for nearly fifty years; but of all poor seasons, this 

 seems to be the poorest, and it would go hard with 

 me if I had no other business to fall back upon. But 

 I thank God I have, and so I must not grumble. 



Batavia, N. Y., Aug. .5, 1882. Chas. Klimitz. 



[Is itjii^hing that you aregoingto" fall back upon," 

 friend K.?] 



%ohaem Seliinm. 



Spj? HAVE been using tobacco since I was ten years 

 Ji||_ old, and n(jw send you my promise to quit it; 

 and if I should begin again, I will pay you for 

 three smokers. My bees are doing well; wintered 3 

 colonies without loss. R. C. Gat. 



Pontotoc, Randolph Co., Miss., July 4, 1882. 



Glad to hear it, friend G., and may God be 

 with you ! 



By the help of the Lord I have quit using tobacco. 

 Please send me a smoker; and if I ever use any to- 

 bacco again, I will pay you for it. Mollie Davis. 



White Sulphur Springs, Ga., Aug. 4, 1883. 



HONEST, THomm vanquished, 

 Inclosed is one dollar, to pay for smoker got by me 

 one year ago on tobacco pledge. M. L. Thomson. 

 Earlham, Madison Co., la., July 18, 1883. 



As I have reformed from the use of tobacco, 

 please send me a smoker (Clark's), and when I feel 

 like smoking and chewing I will pay you for it. 



F. H. Tower. 



Beaver Center, Crawford Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1883. 



I overcame chewing, and it is almost two months 

 since I took my last smoke, and I am fully convinced 

 that, by trusting and confiding in the Source which 

 I have, I shall never bo molested nor tempted by 

 that detestable habit. Richard Schrey. 



Pottstown, Mont. Co., Pa., July 2.^, 1883. 



I have .lust started on a small scale in bee-keeping. 

 I have used toliaeco since I was in my 22d year, and 

 I am now in my 49th. If you see fit to send me a 

 smoker I will abstain entirely from the use of tobac- 

 co; and if at any time I resume the use of it, I will 

 pledge you my word that I will pay you double the 

 price of it. I Smoke, and chew also; but to-morrow 

 morning or to-day — good-by, tobacco. 



Hayt's Cor., N. Y., July 31, 1882. C. B. Everett. 



One of my friends seeing me use your smoker on 

 my bees to'day, at once took a great fancy to it. I 

 told him how he could become the possessor of one. 

 He has been using tobacco for a long time, both 

 chewing and smoking. He keeps a few colonics of 

 bees, and will stop using tobacco if j-ou will send 

 him a smoker. His name is Reuben Floher, but he 

 wants you to send smoker in my name, and if he 

 goes back to his tobacco I will pay you for it. 



Daniel Good. 



Emigsville, York Co., Pa., Aug. 1. 1883. 



This is an excellent way to fix the matter, 

 it seems to me, for yon get the whole matter 

 in the hands of a friend ; and if you ever 

 get back to toljacco again, why, this friend 

 will see that the smoker is duly paid for. 

 Your friend gives you the benefit of his sym- 

 pathy and counsel, and stands responsible 

 for you. Here is something later :— 



The smoker ordered from you last week for Mr. 

 Floher has been received; he is much pleased, and 

 has laid aside his tobacco. I hope he will keep it up. 

 The smoker for the amount inclosed is for a man 

 who will pay for it, and stop using tobacco any way. 



Daniel Good. 



Emigsville, York Co., Pa., Aug. 11, 1883. 



