1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Force rhubarb the same as asparagus: aiul tlio 

 price you are offered for it should {i'uide you in re- 

 gard to when and how niucli you should st;irt. 



Radislies— especially till' Seailet Globe and eaily 

 frame— lequire very little heat, and are exeeedingly 

 easy to manafj'e. The same with spinach. It will 

 stand more cold than any other plant, ))robaljiy. In 

 fact, we liave nice spinach right outdoors, a great 

 many times, nearly all winter. ' 



If you want to propagate rare and valuable vari- ' 

 eties of strawberries, you can easily keep them | 

 going- all winter, and they can be pushed like j 

 spinacli and winter onions in cold-frames, wi hout I 

 any lieat at all. All the expense will lie in handlinji- 

 the glass, and giving them \entilatioii when there is 

 very strong sunshine, and giving tlu'in a bath when- 

 ever we have a warm rain. j 



Last, but not least, you can have plants of the 

 newThoroughl)red potato: and if you do not let the 

 frost beat you out some time unexpectedly, you 

 ought to have some new potatoes to plant by plant- 

 ing-time, next May or June. 



KIND WORDS FROM ODR CUSTOMERS. 



My! but your bee-supilies are most beautiful, 

 and go together so very nii-ely ! " Mack." 



Bloomdale, O., Nov. 4. 



THE MANTTM SWARM-CATCHER INVALUABLE. 



By the way, those swarm-catchers— the Manum — 

 after one learns to use them are an invaluable 

 thing. We change ours about on different lengths 

 of poles to suit our swarms, having a pole with a 

 book on it to reach any of them for the purpose of 

 shaking the limbs and closing the lid ; then we raise 

 the basket clear of the tree, and continue to shake 

 the limb, and, presto! your bees are in the basket. 



Fairfield, 111., Nov. 19. T. C. Stanley. 



A KIND WORD FOR OUR BUSINESS HABITS, IF NOT 

 FOR SOME OTHER THINGS. 



Mr. A. I. Roof .-—While I do not approve of raw- 

 meat or hot-water diet, or religious lectures, in 

 business dealings your firm is away above par, and 

 I shall always have a good word for your square 

 dealing. H. L. Jones. 



[Thank you, friend .1. Our readers will please 

 notice the expi-ession "t-:iw meat" in the above. 

 It seems strange where this co\ild have come from. 

 If anybody can direct my attention to any phj'si- 

 cian. ancient or modern, wlio prescribed ixiuJ meat 

 to his patients, I shall be glad to know about it.] 



THE PORTER BEE-ESCAPE THE BEST. 



I want to say a word in favor of the Porter bee- 

 escape. I have been using a cone escape, and 

 thought they worked very well; but .after trying a 

 Porter I hare no more use for a cone escape. The 

 Porter clears every bee out of the super, in a very 

 short time. T don't think the Porter escape can be 

 recommended too highly. E. R. Magoon. 



Malone, N. Y. 



THE CORNEIL AND CRANE SMOKER. 



The Cornell smoker came to hand last niu-ht. 

 Thanks. I have examined it with a e-ood fire in it, 

 and think it is a good durable smoker, and very 

 cheap. I think our men will prefer this to the 

 Crane; hut as for me, give me Cr.ane every time.. 

 The last tin valve, I think, is allright-at least, it 

 served me the whole season. P. H. Elwood. 



Starkville, N. V., Oct. .SI. 



A KIND WORD INDEED FOR A. I. ROOT. 



Dear Friend A. I. Roof ; — Whether you write 

 about the entertainment and management of a 

 hotel, about the processes of raising potatoes and 

 of him who raises them, or be it about hanging the 

 buzzards up on trees to dry, or the girl who gets the 

 mail from a moving steamboat, or other of the m'jl- 

 titude of life's vicissitudes, 1 have this to remark: 

 That you possess in an eminent degree the ability 

 to make every line and sentence highly interesting: 

 and, above ail, you seem to be able to make eveiy 

 ph.asc of life and action a lesson of betterment and 

 uplifting of human life and character. Tome this 

 seems to be the true model of journalism. 



John Cadwallader. 



North Madison, Ind., Oct. 19. 



FOR THE CUBICAL HIVE. 



I am more than pleased with Gleanings. It is 

 really a marvel ot cheapness and excellence. 1 can 

 not imagine how you can furnish it at the iirice, let 

 alone the quantity of extra matter it sd often con- 

 tains. I am much pleased with K. R. Ri)ardman's 

 arti'-le on the square-shaperl hive (in Glicanings of 

 April 1.5). I found that the long hive w:ts the wrong 

 hive for me, as I found the combs not occupied by 

 the bees in winter got mildewy; but the combs in 

 the top chambers on mv square hives did not. I 

 keep the top chambers on my hives all through the 

 winter. It saves a lot of trouble. My broad top- 

 frames keep the bet's nice and comfortable in the 

 hrood-chamber. The excess of moisture and heat 

 escapes via the end of the frames.' The hives are 

 always ready for aiy Mow of honey that may be ob- 

 tained in my locality, come when it mav. 



J. F. Munday. 



Woodville, N. S. Wales. Australia. 



a kind word in very truth, from away down 



IN TEXAS. 



Mr. A. I. Root:— Ten or twelve years ago I some- 

 times worked for a neighbor who was then taking 

 a journal published by you called Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture, I believe. I can well remember 

 reading the interesting articles and letters about 

 bees and their ways, etc. But what most interested 

 me was your familiar "talks" that you gave on 

 about the last pages. Although at the time I was 

 only :i rather small boy, yet I was interested and 

 concerned about my soul's salvation, and I well re- 

 member how I used to read your words on religious 

 subjects when no one was around, so that they 

 would not .'.ee how interested I was in them. The 

 impression left on my memory is a, plea-^ant one. 

 Now I want Glea.mngs, if you still punlish it — not 

 to find out. how to be saved, because I gave my heart 

 and life to Christ seven years ago, and he still has 

 them in his keeping; but I do want Gleanings to 

 read and iind out how to work with bees properly. 

 Then it will keep me posted on the latest improve- 

 ments in hives and apiary fixtures. I know I shall 

 get a great dealofoihei- information that will in- 

 terest me. Well, here is a dollar for one year's sub- 

 scription; and if it is more than th.it for a year, 

 please let me know. M. S. Lusby. 



Taylor, Texas. 



AN encouragement FOR WELL-DOING. IN THE 

 SHAPE OF Sf)ME EXCEEDINGLY KIND WORDS. 



.4. /. Roof .-—I am an officer of the navy, of many 

 years standing, on the retired list. I have made a 

 study of lees, and am conversant with a good deal 

 of bee-litefature. 1 have several times ordered 

 material of youi- company for myself and others. 

 At the first' reading of youi- catalog I was struck 

 with a peculiarity it seemed to exhibit, and on that 

 account 1 have studied it carefully, and my first 

 impression is confirmed. It is one of the few de- 

 scriptive Catalogs issued by manufactureis which 

 seems to be thoroughly truthful, with no attempt 

 to exaggerate; or to mislead, or to overpraise any 

 article made or sold by you. It does not hesitate to 

 say that certain articles in the catalog are not 

 recommended. It frequently advises the luirehase 

 of the lower-priced article Throughout it rautions 

 the beginner to avoid useless or unnecessary ex- 

 pense. : ;. ■ 



Of the articles I havT received from you for my- 

 self and others, the catalog is faithfully descrip- 

 tive. Therefore it is wiih pleasure that I wilte this 

 to let you know ihe, impression yiair- business 

 methods have made on one person at least, and to 

 most heartily wish you a continuance of your de- 

 served success. Eugene B. Thomas. 



Lynn, N. C, Nov. 8. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 

 UNION COMBINATION SA'W 



Can do the work of four men us- 

 ing hand tools, in Ripping, Cut- 

 ting off, Mitering, Rabbeting, 

 Grooving, Gaining, Dadoing, 

 Rdging-up, Jointing Stuff, etc. 

 Full Line of Foot and Hand 

 Power Machinery. Sold on Trial. 

 Cntalna Fra'. l-24ei 



SENECA FALLS MFC. CO., 

 44 Water St.. Seneca Falls, NY. 



