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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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DiKKi'TioNs: Put into ;i tin buclcet one cup eiicli 

 of butter and new milk, a little salt and as niiicli of 

 the above as will lie on a silver 5-ei'nt piece. Now 

 set the bucket in some warm (not hot) water, and 

 begin to stir with a spoon, and as soon as the butter 

 melts take the bucket out of the water and g-o into 

 the cool air with it and continue to stir it, until it 

 gets cold, and it will be buttei-. You may fail a few 

 times, but keep a trying til you learn just how to 

 work it.— Price $;10.00. 



AKTIFICIAI. HONEY. 



Good common sugar, five pounds; water, two 

 pounds; bring gradually to a boil, skimming wl en 

 cool; add one pound bees' honey and four drops es- 

 sence of peppermint. If you desire a better article, 

 use white sugar and half pound less water, half 

 pound more honey. fl.OO. 



To tell the truth, I have not oven tried the 

 great butter recipe at all. The last .sentence is 

 what discouraged me. It suggests that you 

 may fail a few times; but you are to keep on 

 trying " til " you learn just how. I am a little 

 afraid I should never make it work, and then 

 the disappointment would be more than I could 

 bear. Come to think of it, I didn't try the arti - 

 ficial honey either. The thing that discourag- 

 ed me about that was the clause, "If you desire 

 a better article," etc. 



P. 8.— Oh dear me I after I had got all the 

 above said and done, I found at the bottom of 

 one of the i)ai)ers this: 



" This Recipe MUST NOT be given away, nor 

 published in papers." 



Just think of it I " Must not," is put in ital- 

 ics, and in capitals besides; and then she (that 

 is, if it is really a woman who writes) says it 

 m\i»t not he puhlLshcd. What is it we used to 

 hear in our childhood about coming out of the 

 little end of the horn? Well, don't you really 

 think, friends, that this recipe business— the 

 whole of it — from black pepsin to artificial hon- 

 ey, is, in this year 1893. coming out of the little 

 end of th(> horn? Almost every thing that has 

 ever been published and sold is lumped off for 

 r-T) cts., and a song- book thrown in. We have 

 not received the song-book yet, but it may be a 

 real good thing — who knows ? May be I can 

 sell it to Dr. Miller for 3.5 cts., and then I shall 

 have all the recipes /or nothiiKj. 



Heads of grain 



FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS. 



SOME " FAX." 



MUter Root:— I hev kept bees fer upwards of 

 1.5 yeers. an' hev sort o' stumbled outer sum fax 

 wich I larnd heer in the Hoosier state. Thinkin' 

 thay mite be of some good to yorereeders I send 

 'em to you immcgiately. 



The fust one is why bees swarm. Hit am alius 

 bin puzzlin' to me just why bees ever got to 

 swarrnin', an' at last I am able to give the only 

 kerrect explanashun. Git yer bible an' turn to 

 Genesis s. 17 verse wich sez. sez it: "■ Bring forth 

 with thee every livingNthing that is with thee. 

 of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of 

 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the 

 earth: that they may breed abundantly in 

 the earth, and be fkuitfui., and multiply up- 

 on the earth." I emphersized .some of them 

 words so you might git the ideer. I am saters- 

 tied. Mister Root, that bees will swarm when 

 you an' me are gone frum this aiith amity long 

 spell. Hit aint no use to try to upset Nature's 

 plan. 



Nuther fax is, bees will raze droncvs in spites of 

 all kreashun. You can't keep 'em from hit, 

 cause thaive got to hev 'em. bound to hev em, 

 an' can't keep house without 'em. Sum folks 



claim foundation is a panacea: but I hev seen 

 'em knock the waddin' out'n of whole sheets of 

 it when thay wanted a congregashtin of drones. 



Xuthern is, thick-top frames, J^ inch will 

 keep away burrs, but a few braces will git thar 

 jist the same. 



Here's big fax: All spaces in the hive must be 

 bee spaces: an' all angles in yer appliances must 

 be right angles. Menny mistakes is made heer. 

 Take yer V edg*; on Hoilman frames. Hit aint 

 right angles, ner bee-space, so the bees '11 jist 

 gaum an' smeer hit full of properlice. 



Las' fax, Mistir Root, I hev obsarved that all 

 jints must be perfectly plum, square, and tite 

 tittin'. The only improvement you shood make, 

 on yer frames is ter make 'em so nice and true 

 when thay kum together that thay aint no space 

 nowhares; make the end-bars so thay will fit 

 even 'thout enny joggin; hev the ends of the 

 top-bars cut as slick as yer sekshun boxes, 'an 

 the rabits the same way; an' don't make 'em 

 with much play so thay would jog at one er 

 tother end of the hive, an' git properliced. I 

 like the ones you sold yeer before last best,cau.se 

 the top bars was thick and groved so I could 

 fasten foundation into the groove better. 



Thay is sum more fax I will send you sum day 

 if yore reeders gives this enny appreciashnn. 



Alexandria, Ind. E. E. Edavakds. 



[" Fax" are what we want, and must have. A 

 few more of 'em, even if they do demolish our 

 pet schemes, will be acceptable.] 



A word to INDIANA BEE-KEEPERS. 



Indiana bee-keepers who are to make an ex- 

 hibit at the World's Fair iniist make application 

 soon, or space can not be reserved for them. Thus 

 far only a few have responded. Bees have win- 

 tered fairly well, and the honey season promises 

 to b(> good. It is to our interest to have a good 

 showing; and all exp(Mise of collecting, trans- 

 porting, and aiTanging of exhibits will be paid 

 from the State appropriation. Make applica- 

 tion to Hon. B. F. Havens, Executive Commis- 

 sioner, Indianapolis, Ind. In making applica- 

 tion, state what you have to exhibit. Beeswax, 

 comb, and extracted honey are wanted for the 

 show-cases, while bee-appliances will come un- 

 der another classification, but will be displayed 

 near the honey exhibit. Do not delay. 



Walter S. Pouder. 



Indianapolis. Ind., March 11. 



HEAVY WINTER LOSSES IN BOX HIVES; DOVE- 

 TAILED CHAFF HIVE ALL RIGHT. 



Many bee-keepers in this vicinity, especially 

 box-hive men. have lost very heavily this win- 

 ter, and I anticipate a much heavier loss before 

 warm weather comes. One box-hive man, who 

 had 10 or 1? colonies last fall, has* to-day but 

 two living, and both of them would not make 

 one good one. Another bee-keeper started with 

 :.'5 or .30 colonies, and has now about a dozen. 

 Several farmers who keep from five to a dozen 

 hives have shared the same fate. " My bees died 

 with plenty of honey in the hive'' is what they 

 say when asked how their bees are wintering. 

 Their owners lay the blame to the deep snow 

 smothering their bees. They use hives large 

 enough to accommodate two or three colonies, 

 and leave on the sur|)lus-boxes from last sum- 

 mer, which makes their hives .so open and barn- 

 like that the air passes through the hive like 

 a chimney or flue: and, of course, when the 

 mercury went to 15° and 30° below zero, as it 

 did here for a week or more, they soon ate the 

 lioiK^y out from wher<' they were clustered; 

 and, being so stiff from cold, and not able to 

 move out for more, they starved, with honey 

 in the hive. 



I started into winter with five colonies, two 



