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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15, 



SOME GERMAN POETRY. 



Some time in the winter, one of our sturdy 

 German workmen lianded me a little bit of 

 newspaper clipping. The print was German, 

 and, of course. I could not read it; but he said 

 It was something that would just suit me, and 

 he said it was like what I wrote for Gleanings; 

 but as he could not talk our language very well, 

 that was all he could tell me about it. But he 

 insisted that it was something of such great 

 value that it ought to be put into Gleanings. 

 At the time, I did not know that it was poetry, 

 but we gave it to " W. I*." to translate. Our 

 German friend made inquiries every two or 

 three weeks, but somehow or other the transla- 

 tion did not materialize. When it did come, 

 however, I for the first time understood why it 

 is difficult to make a translation, so as to make 

 poetry and rhyme in English out of what 

 was poetry and rhyme in German; but I was so 

 much pleased with the result that we give the 

 translation below; and as our German friends 

 may like to see how well our stenographer did 

 his work, we give also the German text for their 

 benefit. By the way, don't fail to consider 

 what a fine compliment I received from our 

 good friend Mr. Ruff when he told ine that it 

 was just like my writing. Here are the " Gold- 

 en Sayings " that look such a hold on him. 



©olbcner Spvud} I 



SBer feinen Slder fleiftg iaut 

 Unb babci ®ott bem ^crrn sertraut — 

 2Ber gletc^crmapen wohl In-mipt 

 2Ba« er ber SBicfc fitulbig t|l — 

 2Ber feinen iBicbilanb forgfam pjTegt 

 Unb gutter ilct^ in ifiorrath Icgt — 

 SBer icben .^anbcl baar befprgt 

 Unb nic^t leidHftnnig fauft unb borgt — 

 9Ber mtt bcr (Sonne fritf) aufftebt 

 Unb frifcl) an feine 9trbcit gebt — 

 5lut (Sonntag rubt, unb |)er^ unb ®etjl 

 SWit ®otte^ bcil'gcm SBurte fpei|l — 

 SBer ftcb an Drbnung, 9?ciiilid)feit 

 3m |)auS unb $pf unb Stall erfreut — 

 S!Ber .£)abfucbt unb Serfcbmcnbung fliefit, 

 2Ber feine .tinber fromm erjicbt — 

 SBer niagig blcibt in guter 3cit 

 Unb gem entbebrt in 5totb unb Seib — 

 9Bcr aucb in bem @eringften trcu, 

 3n 3Cort unb SBerf wn g-alfcbbcit frei: 

 2)?tt bem wirb'g gut tm .^aufe pebn, 

 2Bic ti aud) fontmcn mag unb gebn. 



GOLDEN SAYINGS. 



He who gladly turns the sod. 

 And thereby shows his faith in God; — 

 Who takes no more from off his farm 

 Than comes back to it from the barn; — 

 Whose flocks and herds are warmly housed. 

 With hay and fodder well inclosed; — 

 Who buys his goods for cash on spot, 

 And buys things needed, — borrows not; — 

 Who rises at the break of day. 

 And fresh to labor speeds away; — 

 Who rests on Sunday, heart and mind, 

 And feeds on heavenly love divine; — 

 Rejoices much in order, cleanliness. 



In house and yard and all his premises; — 

 In greed and fraud takes no delight; — 

 Who rears his sons in wisdom's light; — 

 Who does his work at stated hours. 

 And thus evades misfortune's sorrows; — 

 Who faithful is in least and most;— 

 In word and deed is always just; — 

 It shall be well with him at home, without, 

 In going in and coming out. 



Seest thou a man dilisrent in his business! he shaU stand be- 

 fore kings; he shall not stand before mean men.— Pr. 22: 29. 



H. P. Langdon. of East Constable, N. Y., has 

 the largest house-apiary in the world. It is 11 

 X 100 feet. It is well equipped according to the 

 latest ideas, and is a success. 



If R. L. Taylor and the others fellows don't 

 keep still, we shall be on their side of the fence. 

 We are talking about self-hivers versus queen- 

 traps, as discussed recently in the Review. 



Our winter losses at the Home of the Honey- 

 bees have increased from 20 to about 3.5 per 

 cent; and if this beautiful spring weather will 

 only hold out a little longer, our wintering and 

 springing troubles will have ended, for there 

 are lots of hatching brood all over the apiary. 



The Bee-keepers' Enterprise is the title of a 

 new monthly, to be issued May 1.5, by Burton 

 L. Sage, who is to be its editor and proprietor, 

 at New Haven, Ct. If we can judge any thing 

 by the prospectus sent out, it is going to rival 

 in appearance any of the bee-journals now 

 published. 



When we said of the Progressive Bee-keeper 

 in our last issue, page 273, that we had no doubt 

 but that it would be " as successfully conducted 

 as before," we had reference to its editorials and 

 general good selection of matter, and not to its 

 business management whatever that may have 

 been. We make this statement, as the Leahy 

 Manufacturing Co. misunderstood the purport 

 of our editorial. 



Types do queer things; and not the worst is 

 pulling up sometimes while on the press, and 

 spoiling some more type. Well, a lot of 'em, 

 by mutual agreement, pulled up on the reverse 

 side of this form all at once, and "sot down" 

 on the horse's head that Rambler tells about as 

 having such a funny expression while she was 

 sitting down. That "funny expression"' was 

 just ■' too cute." Our readers will have to sup- 

 ply in imagination what the lines fail to supply. 



If you are going to paint your honey-house, 

 barn, or shop, use Venetian red and genuine 

 Freiich ocher, mixed about half and half. Don't 

 try to get too cheap an ocher. Something 

 worth between (i and 7 cts. per lb. would be 

 about right. The mixture of ocher and Vene- 

 tian red makes a very nice bright red tint — a 

 color that will not fade nor turn brown. Of 

 course, two coats should be used. This color 

 would be hardly suitable for painting hives; 

 but for such use. as light a colored paint as pos- 

 sible should be used. 



