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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. l.S. 



Kind Words From Our Customers. 



Potatoes rei^eived. Many thanks. 

 Root, son, and son-in law. 

 Circleville, O., Nov. 15. 



Long live A. I. 

 E. B. Rife. 



Gleanings has saved us many times its price. 

 We should not know how to get along witliotit it. 

 The honey crop is exceedingly poor in t he oountry. 

 The tires ran over large tracts of our neighborliood 

 last year. Fireweed followed this year, and that 

 was all that helped us out. Mrs. S. Wilbur Prey. 



Plumville. Mich. 



I still "think the world "of Gleanings. Long 

 may it and its editor live and sow good seeds. We, 

 your Christian readers, are bound by stronger than 

 ordinary bonds to you. Long live the " admir- 

 ing society." It does good to belong to it, even if 

 only to admire others for their commendable quali- 

 ties. A. MOTTAZ. 



Utica, 111., Oct. 17. 



THAT CRANE SMOKER, AND WHAT IT WILL DO. 



I received the Crane smoker there has been so 

 much talk about, and I must say it is the best [ ever 

 saw. We need no better; for with it we can smoke 

 every bee clear out of the hive, then smoke them in 

 again. I know this can be done, for I have done it. 



Cummiusville, Neb. Jas. Pratt. 



AN EXCELLENT SERMON CONDENSED INTO A FEW 

 SHORT WORDS. 



Dear Brother Roof .-—We heard such a good sei'mon 

 last Sunday that I am constrained to pass it on, 

 where it will do more good— I. Cor. 10:31: " Whatso- 

 ever ye do, do all to the glory of God." The Chris- 

 tian motive of life, man's chief end, is to glorify 

 God, since we are not our own, but we have been 

 bought with a price. We belong to God, and all 

 that we have comes from him— our time, money, 

 health, opportunities, and all that we have, are lent 

 to us from the Lord to /(f used /or him and for his 

 honor and his glory. But then we must not let this 

 service to him be a tax or an unpleasant duty. We 

 must not be satisfied with giving to him one-sev- 

 enth of our time nor one-tenth of our property, but 

 dedicate, consecrate the whole to him; and if we 

 have the love to him that we owe, giving the whole 

 to him will be a delight, just as Jacob served seven 

 years for Rachel, and it " seemed but a few days;" 

 and then since God is our Father, and such a boun- 

 tiful giver, we will re.ioice in his service, since we 

 are assured that all things work together for good 

 to tire.m that love him; therefore we will account it 

 always a pleasure to " rejoice in the Lord." Rejoice 

 because we are the sons of such a great, glorious, 

 almighty king. 



Now, brother Root, I do not wish to interfere 

 with a .single one of your Home Talks. 1 send you 

 this as only so much matter which you can weave 

 in or use as you see best; for I take more pleasure 

 in reading Myself and Neighbors than all the rest. 



Hammonton, N. J., Nov. 13. A. H. VanDoren. 



Something New ! 



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neither Rot, Rust, nor Bum. It 



IS adapted to plain, barb, or any of the 



patent fences Ten posts can be driven in the time it 

 takes to dis one hole for'wooden post. For Catalog- 

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Please mention this paper. 



A Comb=Honey Hive 



containing 10 closed -end standing brood - frames, 

 15'2x6>4 net comb space, and 32 5-inch Prize sections 

 3%x5in.; adapted to furnish standard Langstroth 

 hives as bodies or supers with full space for top 

 packing for safe wiuieringand promoting work in 

 supers; forming solid double walls with interven- 

 ing air-spaces tightly covered, and perfect bee- 

 escapes, with all free of cost; manufactured by The 

 A. I. Root Co., and now being exhibited by the in- 

 ventor at the Atlanta, Ga., Exposition, in the Dade 

 Co., Florida, division in the Agricultural building. 

 One complete sample hive ready for bees, jP2.2.5;£lO 

 complete in flat with nails, $1.5.00. 

 For present, address 



F. DANZENBAKER, City P. O., Atlanta, Ga. 

 t_^ln responding to this advertisement mention Gi.KANiNQi 



PURE HONEY 



At 514 and 7c per pound, in cans and kegs. 



SUPPLIES 



at bottom prices. Wax Wanted. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, NEW YORK. 

 105 Park Place. 



BEGINNERS, 



Beginners should have a copy of the Am- 

 ateur Bee-keeper, a 70-page book by Prof. 

 J. W. Rouse. Price 25 cents; if sent by mail, 

 38c. The little book and the Progressive 

 Bee-keeper (a live progressive 28-page month- 

 ly journal) one year, 66c. Address any first- 

 class dealer, or 

 LEAHY MF=^G. CO., Higginsville, Mo. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 



486, 488 & 490 Canal St., Corner Watts St., N. Y. 

 WHOLESALE HnNICV LIBEEAL 



DEALEES & I IvJlM Li I ADVANCES 



COMMISSION H^AND— MADE 



MEECEANTS. ' ON 



EstaMishod BEES "WAX 00NSI3M- 



1875. 



UENTS. 



Potatoes. 



Craig's Seedling, Everett's Early, and 

 Freeman, at prices given by A. 1. Root. 



W. B. Collins, Blackwater, Cooper Co., Mo. 



White Lilacs 



are fragrant and beautiful. Sent by mail. Order 

 early. Small size 25 cents; larger ones 35 cents. 

 J. S. CASE, 

 COLCHESTER, NEW LONDON CO., CT. 



I t^In responding to tliis atlvertiseinent mention Glka.sings, 



