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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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EDiwewii. 



Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus 

 Christ.— 11. Tim. 2:3. 



(ii,KANix(is" np:w DHESS. 

 Foi! foar you might not have noticed it other- 

 wise, we call attention to onr lirand-new type 

 and our "bigger" and plainer letters. How do 

 you like it? 



I'liOFANITY. 



Are any of the readers of Gleanings rail- 

 road men? If so, do you have swearing at your 

 daily work? and won't you lend a haiul in this 

 battle for the right? 



EIJXEST S HETrKX. 



Eknest drops in upon us just as we go to 

 press. Sept, 1, and his father is very glad to see 

 him, and quite willing to turn over to him his 

 share of the editorial burdens. 



THE UAVEHLAXI) STJtAWBEKKY, 



It has turned out somewhat as I exjjected. 

 The tremendous demand for the Hav(M-land 

 plants has run almost every plant-grower into 

 a corner. Our own stock is just exhausted, but 

 we have found a place away off in New Jersey 

 where we are told they can be bought. Before 

 using them to till orders, however, we shall set 

 them in our plant-beds and wait until they 

 have made good new roots, so your Haverlands 

 may be delayed a couple of weeks: All the 

 others will go as usual by the first mail. By 

 the way. if any of the readers of Uleanings 

 have any of the Haverlands for sale, will they 

 please tell us how many they can furnish and 

 at what pric(>? 



ADVERTISING THAT DID NOT PAY. 



Just two more report that their advertise- 

 ment did not bring them a customer. One is 

 II. L. Fisher, of Milford, Ind.. who advertised 

 three-frame nuclei for $2.2.5 each, in May and 

 June. He paid us $3..50 for the advertisement; 

 but as it brought him no customer we return 

 him the money. The other was T. L. Thomson, 

 of Blairsville, Pa. He advertised bees at -W.OO 

 per colony. As he made no sales we returned 

 his $1.20. There is another fact that begins to 

 come out here, friends; and that is. that a new 

 comer in the advertising Held is not as likely to 

 receive orders as somebody with whom the peo- 

 ple have become somewhat acquainted; there- 

 fore there is an advantage, to a certain extent, 

 in getting people familiar with your name and 

 address. 



THE STRAAVI5KHRY, AND ITS ADAPTIHII.ITY FOR 



INTERESTING INVAIJDS, AND KEEPING 



THEM IN THE OPEN AIR. 



I DO not know of any other plant that grows 

 that one can work with, propagate, and se(^ 

 grow almost every month, when the ground is 

 not frozen, like tlu^ strawberry. As cold weath- 

 er comes on, confine your opt^'ations to a piece 

 of ground protected by hills or buildings, or 



both; and if you still wish to have them make, 

 runners and start plants, cover your bed, or a 

 portion of it, witii sash, when the frost is severe. 

 Whenever the weather moderates so as to en- 

 able you to move the sash safely, do so; and 

 whenever it rains, the sash are better off than 

 on. By taking pains you can see them thrive 

 almost all the year round, and you will have 

 your reward in getting fruit a month earlier- 

 than tlu)S(> not protected. Of course, by the aid 

 of artificial heat you can make them bear fruit 

 in the winter time; but this is a more difficult 

 operation, 



QUEEXI.ESS COLONIES IN SEPTKMHKI;. 



This month and the next are the ones during 

 which the average novice gets frightened be- 

 cause he can not find eggs or brood in the hive. 

 In many localities the queens become .so small 

 and insignificant after they stop laying, that 

 they are difficult to find; therefore the beginner 

 sometimes even orders queens when every thing 

 is all right and no queens are needed at all. 

 Where honey is coming from fall pasturage, of 

 course queens keep right on laying; and if you 

 want your bees to raise brood this month, you 

 can easily start them by daily feeding in small 

 quantities. If the colonies are already populous, 

 and have plenty of stores to winter them over. I 

 do not believe it will pay to feed. If feeding is, 

 to be done, however, and no honey is coming in, 

 I would do all the feeding during this present 

 month, so that it may be \\ell ripened and sealed 

 up before cold weather comes on. 



A VISIT FRO.M THE EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN 

 BEE JOURNAL. 



Last Saturday morning. Aug. 23, while dic- 

 tating matter for (tLeanings, I was agreeably 

 surprised to see the genial face of our co-worker, 

 Mr. T. G. Newman, editor of the American Bee 

 Journal. He remained with us only a few 

 hours, but they were very pleasant hours, I 

 assure you. We felt sorry to have our friend 

 see so much disorder all about us, consequent 

 upon the new railroad and the new building, 

 but I presume he knows how to make allow- 

 ances. It was a privilege to us all to have him 

 occupy the time and take charge of our noon 

 meeting; and. by the way, every time I think of 

 it, it gives me a new thrill of joy when I think 

 what a grand thing it is to have such pleasant 

 and brotherly relations between tlit^ editors of 

 at least two of our i)rominent bee-journals. By 

 the way, why sh<nil(ln't editors visit each other, 

 compare notes, and find out how and by what 

 means they may a-ssifst each other? Just con- 

 trast for a moment the effect it would have on 

 our nation to see such a feeling among the ed- 

 itors of our land, especially editors wlio conduct 

 what miglit be called rival journals, and in 

 fields perhaps already overworked. Tln^ liible 

 says, "Give, and it shall bi^ given unto you;" 

 but Satan whispers, " You want to be constantly 

 on the lookout lest somebody overstep a little 



