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(CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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they understand that it is helping me along. 

 You see, I help them (or at least they think so), 

 and when they have a chance to help me they 

 eiijoy it; and I suppose they are feeling consid- 

 erably elated just now because for once in the 

 world they got ahead of the boss, even if it was 

 on so simple a thing as holding a bag. 



Tobacco Column. 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WK GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 

 First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on 1 he matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco ayain, he tthe subscriber) will pay forthe smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full najne and address of every one who makes the promise 

 musD be furnished for publication. 



1 take Gleanings. I never used tobacco 

 except to smoke; but I have quit smoking and 

 never expect to use tobacco again, smoker or 

 not. As you are giving them away I shall be 

 glad to receive one. P. L. Deho. 



Boonville, Mo. _________ 



Mr. Thorp has quit the use of tobacco, and 

 promises lo pay for a smoker if he ever uses the 

 weed any more. Mr. T. is a bee-keeper, and 

 uses J. M. Jenkins' (or Root) frames. I could 

 not get on without Gleanings. 



Eupora, Miss., Mar. 17. W. B. Enochs. 



Reading Gleanings has influenced G. J. 

 Potter. Silver Creek, Mich.; and, seeing the 

 folly of the habit, he says he will never use 

 tobacco in any form. But if he ever does I will 

 pay you for the smoker. Floy Potter. 



Silver Creek, Mich., Mar. 23. 



I see in Gleanings that you give a smoker 

 away to those who will pledge they will never 

 use tobacco again. I do not chi'w, but I smoke 

 some. Plea.se send me a smoker and I will 

 certainly pay for it if I do not keep the pledge. 



Springfield, Mo., Feb. 31. Charlie Tkone. 



I send you three names of tobacco-users who 

 say that, if you will send them a smoker, they 

 will quit the use of tobacco; and if they use it 

 any more I'll pay for the smoker. The names 

 are R. T. Miller, J. L. Reed, M. L. Reed. They 

 are all new bee-keepers. G. H. Reed. 



Anneville, Texas, March 6. 



I have been a subscriber to Gleanings for 

 six months. Since I commenced reading it I 

 have quit using tobacco. If you are still send- 

 ing the smoker, please send me one; and if I 

 ever commence using tobacco again I will pay 

 for the smoker. H. Geffert. 



Ballard's Falls, Kan., March 7. 



Mr. M. Hoyt, Mossy Rock, Wash., has quit 

 the use of tobacco. I showed him what you 

 said in Gleanings, and told him that I would 

 have you send him a smoker. He quit last 

 May, 1892, and hasn't u-ed any since. If you 

 think he is entitled to a smoker, send him one; 

 and if he ever commences the use of tobacco 

 again I will pay you for the smoker. 



Mossy Rock, Wash. J. H. Gae. 



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Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nnd all the things 

 thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.— Pro. 3: 15. 



The time for holding the next meeting of the 

 N. A. B. K. A. in Chicago, is October 11, 12, 13. 



We are not quite ready yet to give the result 

 of our experiments with electrical uncapping- 

 machines. It is sufficient to state, that Mr. J. 

 S. Reese and ourselves are still at it, and it re- 

 mains to be seen whether one or both of us will 

 be able to produce any thing of value. 



The American Bee Journal for May 4 con- 

 tains a biographical sketch by Dr. Miller, and 

 some complimentary references, from the editor 

 of that journal, to the senior editor of Glean- 

 ings. We tender our sincere thanks; but in 

 the mean time we fear that we may never be 

 able to fully reciprocate the kindness of Bros. 

 York and Miller. 



We have not said very much about it of late, 

 but our readers may have noticed that we have 

 been giving eight extra pagfs ever since the 

 fore part of the year, and the prospects are that 

 we shall have to continue doing so for some 

 time longer. The reason is, a press of good 

 matter awaiting its turn, and a general crowd- 

 ing in the advertising department. 



A new edition of "Bees and Honey," by 

 Thomas »G. Newman, 1893, published by G. W. 

 Y'ork, Chicago, is on our table. We notice new 

 engravings scattered here and there through 

 the body of the work, and we presume there 

 have been additions here and there through the 

 reading-matter. It is nicely printed, bound in 

 paper. Price 50 cts. It can be obtained of us 

 or of the publisher. 



We call special attention to the leading arti- 

 cle in this number, from the pen of P. H. EI- 

 wood. on his mammoth bee-cellar wherein he 

 winters successfully annually over a thousand 

 colonies. If any of our readers have any ques- 

 tions to ask, we hope they will send them on to 

 us, and we will save them up and forward them 

 on to Mr. Elwood. He no doubt will make them 

 the foundation for another and possibly more 

 articles. 



We have just received the May 1st number of 

 the Progressive Bee-keeper, published by the 

 Leahy Manufacturing Co., Iligginsville, Mo. 

 It comes out in a bright new dress, and the first 

 cover page is a beauty. We are glad to know 

 that the Progressive Bce-hceper — a paper that 

 has always been progressive in ideas — gives evi- 

 dence of being more progressive than ever; 

 and we have no doubt that it will be a valuable 

 medium to bee-keepers, especially south and 

 west. We can club the Progressive Bee-keeper 

 with Gleaning.s for$1.30. 



Our winter losses will aggregate 40 per cent, 

 and many of the surviving colonies are weak. 

 Those colonies, especially the hybrids that were 

 not used for queen -rearing, or that were not 

 otherwise depleted by the filling of nucleus or- 

 ders, are strong and in good order, showing that, 

 if our business had had bt^en strictly confined 



