1890 



GLEANINGS IN hJEE CULTURE. 



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-WICTOll t BICYCLESK- 



Will carry you up hill easier 

 and doAvn hill faster than any 

 others you ever mounted. 



ALL INTERCHANGEABLE. 

 ALL HIGH GRADE. 



ALL RIGHT. 



Send for Catalogue. 



OVERMAN WHEEL CO., Makers, Ghicopee Falls, Mass. 



t^In responding to this advertisement mention Gleanings. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The bee-hives arrived all right, and we are much 

 pleased with them. G. Garver. 



McVej-town, Pa., June 9 



PROMPTNESS. 



The queen ordered yesterday by telegraph was 

 received to day, safely. Accept my thanks for your 

 prompt fulfillment of my order. E. E. Bewinger. 



Pittsburg, Pd., July 22, 1890. 



WELL PLEASED. 



I received the queen in good condition. I am 

 well pleased with the whole transaction. Accept 

 thanks. I am so well pleased that you will find an- 

 other order Accompanying this. 



Wawaka, Ind , July 23,1890. T. J. Mawhorter. 



GLEANINGS GOOD FROM COVER TO COVER. 



You may continue Gleanings until you are told 

 to stop, and that will be when I am unable to keep 

 bees or earn enough to pay for it. Gleanings, 

 from cover to cover, is charming for the enthusias- 

 tic apiarist, and always a welcome visitor with me. 



Arden, N. Y., July 19, 1891). J. G. Earl. 



gleanings a GOOD INVESTMENT. 



I am very much pleased with Gleanings, and 

 will say that its cost hRS many times returrjed to me 

 in the knowledge of facts contained therein. No 

 investment 1 ever made returned me so much on 

 first cost as Gleanings. G. Wiederhold. 



Yonkers, N. Y., June 20. 



likes the dovetailed hive. 



I received the 20 Dovetailed hives the 27th, all 

 O. K. They were packed very nice. I am well 

 pleased with them. All who have seen them say 

 they are the right kind of hive to use. 



Naples, N. Y., Apr. :50. W. H. Ellerington. 



BEES SAFELY TO SOUTH DAKOTA. 



The bees you shipped me July 10th arrived on the 

 14th. They were just what I wanted, and in good 

 shape. 1 find that it pays to order from parties 

 that are responsible, even if it does cost a little 

 more, as I have ordered from several parties, and 

 got a bad muss, and from some I did not get any 

 thing— not even my money back; yet I thought I 

 would save express by getting them nearer home, 

 but not so. J. W. Chapin. 



Winfred, S. Dakota, July 16. 



gleanings a GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



The orders for merchandise, foundation, and la- 

 bels, have been duly received. Every thing was ac- 



cording to list, and, as usual, quite satisfactory. 

 We can very heartily join our testimony to that 

 of others, that Gleanings is a remunerative ad- 

 vertising medium. A few years of prominence be- 

 fore the public is necessary for a wide business. 

 Westfield, Mass., July 11. F. H. & E. H. Dewey. 



AN a B C SCHOLAR'S EXPERIENCE. 



When I was a boy in my old Kentucky blue-grass 

 home I helped my father work with bees in the old 

 round tree gum. The love of bees then instilled 

 into my heart still clings to me, so 1 procured five 

 {Colonies in old round black gum hives, and trans- 

 Jdrred them a few weeks ago into L. hives, which I 

 made myself, and now want to combine bee-keep- 

 ing on a small scale with the garden and fruit. My 

 friend J. Gaston Catrmel, a bee-keeper, has kindly 

 loaned me some copies of Gleanings and your 

 ABC of Bee Culture. I am so well pleased with 

 these publications that I must get each of them as 

 soon as my means will allow it. Your pos-ition in 

 regard to tobacco, intoxicating drinks, and profani- 

 ty, together with your plan of working with boys 

 and girls and grown-up people in your business, 

 meets my hearty approval. May God bless your 

 work. Keep on, dear brother. There are few on 

 earth that live and work on that line. Work on 

 that line, and don't surrender. May we meet over 

 there, if not in this vale of tears. M. C. Brickey. 



Jackson, Tenn., July 2. 



SUPPLY-DEALERS BEING BEHIND 

 SIDE. 



THE OTHER 



Friend Root;— Tn looking over Gleanings for 

 June 15 1 notice the letter of F. F. Harrington. It 

 *pains me to read such communications, and I want 

 to say to the readers of Gleanings that 1 have had 

 dealings with A. I. Root for several years, and have 

 found him one of the most prompt supply-dealers I 

 have ordered from. His promptness in answering 

 letters is one of the reasons I order goods shipped 

 so far; and if any misunderstanding occurs he is al- 

 ways ready and willing to make .t satisfactory; 

 and what more can mortal man do? Who of us do 

 not make mistakes? And 1 do hope, dear friends, 

 we shall all try to have more charity for one anoth- 

 er. 1 have felt the inconvenience of this waiting, 

 very much; and 1 have been compelled to order a 

 few goods from other dealers to last me until tlioy 

 do come: but I am not going to blame A. I. Koot 

 for it He has not been sending out any price lists 

 for some time, and is doing all in his power to fill 

 orders, and I can not think any one is excusable 

 for accusing him of usinir (kccpthm. Thar word 

 means a good deal. Bro. Root, I trust you will not 

 let unKind letters worry you very much. I pre- 

 sume friend H. is a stranger to you. 

 Linn, Kan., June 20. J. T. ^ an Petten. 



