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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Feb. 



their offensive habits under our very 

 noses "wili be tolerated in heaven. I knov^^ 

 we all have our besetting sins. None of us 

 are free from them ; but after that besetting 

 sin has been held up to us, and we still per- 

 sist in annoying and persecuting our fellows, 

 we can not be followers of Christ unless we 

 repent and reform. Perhaps we have been 

 guilty of showing a Pharisaical spirit, and 

 we thank you for so kindly giving us a 

 caution ; and whether you use tobacco or 

 not, my good brother, here is my hand in 

 Christian fellowship and charity. I am 

 glad to know that you admire the Tobacco 

 Column as a whole. 



Gleanings is Bee Cultdre. 



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only blossomed earlier than they were ever known 

 to before, but they bore fruit that got ripe and is 

 now in market. At the present writing, Jan. 27, we 

 have had five days of fair wintry weather. At one 

 time it was as cold as 5 degrees above zero; but to- 

 day it is mild and muddy once more. 



For Ohl3l3iss Bates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 



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We have to-day 9404 subscribers. 



A MISTAKE IN A NAME. 



Tbe celery described in our last, under the name 

 of Incomparable Crimson, was, by a blunder of 

 A. I. Root, tbe New Rose; that is, I described the 

 New Rose, and by mistake got the wrong name 

 for it. 



bee-stings for RHEUMATISM— APIUM VIRUS. 



We are pleased to notice that the Homeopathic 

 Recorder for November 15 copies four of the most 

 positive testimonials that have appeared in our 

 pages. I should be exceedingly glad to know with 

 what confidence our medical brethren regard the 

 reports we have been giving. 



SPRAYING TO PREVENT THE CODLIN MOTH. 



On my way home from the Michigan convention 

 I found that one of our Michigan bee-keepers has 

 over 100 acres of apple-trees. They have used the 

 spraying-machines with remarkable success. Dur- 

 ing the past season the apples were all sprayed 

 three times. The wagon that drew the liquid work- 

 ed a force-pump. The result was, 3000 barrels of 

 apples, almost without scar or blemish, that sold 

 for $4500 in the orchard. The New York Arm that 

 bought the apples furnished their own barrels. 



On page 92 friend Morrison alludes to a letter 

 sent us, de.scribing candy for queen-cages, made by 

 boiling the sugar and honey together. We can not 

 find that any such letter ever reached us, or that 

 we ever succeeded in combining sugar and honey 

 in that way. We have written to friend M. to ex- 

 plain more fully, for we regard it as something 

 quite important. 



MORE ABOUT THE HONEY FROM PINE-TREES. 



Several communications have been sent us, not 

 only in regard to bees working on the pines of Vir- 

 ginia in the vicinity of Amherst and Danville, but 

 reports are given of as high as 3000 lbs. from a single 

 apiary, of the thickest, whitest, and best-flavored 

 honey ever taken. Careful observers give it as 

 their opinion that it is not an insect secretion at all. 

 M. C. Wayland, M. D., Kochelle, V^a., can gWe fur- 

 ther particlars. 



STRAWBERRIES IN .JANUARY. 



Strawberries have been for some days on the 

 market in Cleveland, at 60 cents a qt. I am told that 

 they came from Tenoegsee. The strawberries, not 



the ROCHESTER CONVENTION. 



Next in importance to the meetings of the N. A. 

 B. K. A. are those of the New York State Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association. This association was founded by 

 Moses Quinby, and embraces within its ranks a 

 very large number of our most prominent bee- 

 keepers, some of whom enjoy world-wide reputa- 

 tion. Their next meeting will be held in Rochester, 

 at the court-house, Feb. 5, 6, 7. Owing to the ab- 

 sence of A. 1. Root in Wisconsin at the same date, 

 he can not be present; but Ernest expects to be on 

 hand, if the grippe lets go of him sufficiently. Un- 

 der the head of Conventions we give their pro- 

 gramme in full. 



the glass sash that does not need handling. 

 Three such sash are now over plant-beds, com- 

 posed of strips of glass 2 inches wide and 18 inches 

 long. The glass rests perfectly level. They kept 

 the ground from freezing when it was 5 degrees 

 above zero, and after a gentle rain last night the 

 ground seems to be as thoroughly wetted as if no 

 sash had been over it at all. During very severe 

 weather, straw mats or wooden shutters can be 

 placed over it as well as over common sash. We 

 shall at once have more of them made and put in 

 use. Perhaps I should add, that the bed is right 

 over a single steam-pipe that runs under ground 

 to our dwelling-house. 



We are having a large number of new names, but 

 there are some few discontinuances. Allow us to 

 remind the latter, that there are two or three mat- 

 ters of j:reat moment that are just now being dis- 

 cussed, and that they had better remain with us, 

 and get the benefit of it. The importance of thick 

 top bars, and the doing away with burr-combs and 

 houey-boards, can not be overestimated. Having 

 frames suitable for out-apiaries, for moving and 

 shipping, is bound to come up this year, and we 

 hope a solution of the problem may be reached. 

 An initial article is already at hand on the subject 

 —see page 99. Reversible and non-reversible ex- 

 tractors have been and are to be discussed this 

 year. 



raising plants fob honey alone. 

 A letter is just at hand from a friend who wants 

 enough Chapman honey-plants, flgwort, and spider- 

 plant to plant an acre of each: and he was feeling 

 very badly at the prospect of not being able to And 

 enough tigwort to plant an acre. Of course, we told 

 him that neitht'r he nor anybody else wanted to do 



