1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



693 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Misst)uri State Bee-Keepers" Assooiation will 

 meet in convenlion at Mexico, Mo.. Oct. 22 and 23. 

 A good programme, and an insti'wetive and interest- 

 ing- time is expected. All jiersons interested in bee 

 culture are cordially invited to attend. Board can 

 be obtained for 7.5 cts. per day. or 20 cts. jier meal. 

 J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mo. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Goods received O. K. I am well pleased with 

 tb^m all. L. J. Stark. 



Harris, Mian., Sept. 2, 1890. 



WHAT THEY SAY OF THE A B C OF STRAWHERRY 

 CULTUHE. 



It is an excellent little manual. 



H. Geo. Comey, Ed. Orchard and Garden. 

 Little Silver, N. J., Sept. 22. 



Tbe New Emjland Fanm r of this week says: 



The book contains a vast amount of practical in- 



foroiatior, being- just exactly what is needed, and 



it should have large sales. 



It adds another to the valuable works that you 

 are publishing, and is a nice work, full ot infor- 

 mation, worth many limes the money asked for it. 



Hamilton, ill., Sept. 18. Dadant & Son. 



I like the work so much that I propose to print 

 almost no introduction in my catalogues hereafter, 

 but refer my customers to your tiook — or Mr. 

 Ttrry's— to hud out how to grow strawberries. 



Cuyahoga Falls, O., Sept. 15. M. Crawford. 



My Btrawberry-fever burned out some years ago, 

 and you know it is not easy to communicate such 

 ailments the second time; but I enjoy the interest- 

 ing little book all the same. Emerson E. Hasty. 



Kichards, O., Sept. is, 189J. 



We have not a great many works on the straw- 

 berry; and havhig- had a good deal of practical ex- 

 perience in growing strawberries for family use 

 and the market we do not hesitate to recommend 

 the recent work, "A B C of Strawberry Culture," 

 by T. B. Terry and A. I. Root. The volume is hand- 

 somely bound, anu contains 160 pages attractively 

 illustrated.— T( (I (ifsscc Farmtr. 



"A B C of Strawberry Culture" is the title of a 

 neat little book of 148 pages which cori tains the ex- 

 periences of T. B. Terry and A. I. Root, in the 

 pleasant and profitable work of growing this popu- 

 lar fruit, the strawberry. Those who aie acquaint- 

 ed with Mr. Terry's success m this branch of horti- 

 culture will wish the book; and those who are not, 

 should get the book to find out how he attained his 

 success.— Ftu7>i , Field, and Stockman. 



OUR STRAWBERRY-PI.ANTS. 



The plants arrived on the 20th in good condition. 

 I have never before seen such good roots on young 

 plants. E. A. Taylor. 



Medford, N. J., Sept. 22. 



I received the strawV>erry-plants in splendid order. 

 We had three days of rain on them, and not one of 

 1200 wilted. W. H. Butler. 



Clifford, Ind., Sept. 13, 1890. 



The strawberry-plants came O. K., and are as fine 

 as 1 ever sa« , and very nicely packed. As 1 un- 

 wrapped them it seemed to me as though I could 

 almost taste their fruit, nnd that night I dreamed 

 of eating strawberry t-hortcake. G. W. Davis. 



Pino Creek, Mich., Sept. 8. 



The queen-cages are exceedinglv nice, and show 

 what nice work can be done with accurate ma- 

 chinery. J. P. Moore. 



Morgan, Ky., Au g. 2.5. 



dovetailed hive; best section-holder a 



SUCCESS. 



I consider your Dovetailed hive the best and most 

 convenient one I ever used. I bought some from 

 Mr. J. D. West, that he got of you last spring. The 

 sections come out of the supers the easiest of any I 



R. AV. HiGINBOTHAM. 



Morris X Koads, Pa., Sept. 1. 



I want your valuable journal continued as long 

 as it retains its present tone and usefulness. I dif- 

 fer with you denominationally, but we will meet all 

 true followers of the one Christ over there, I hope. 



Phalia, Miss. F. Gentry. 



our solar wax-e.xtractor. 



The solar wax-extractor, bought of you this spring- 

 by T. G. Newman is a perfect .success in every par- 

 ticular. It just does tlie work nicelv. 



DeKalb, 111., June 18. A. Y. Baldwin. 



ALFALFA HONEY. 



Our alfalfa honey came in splendid order, and is 

 pronounced excellent. 1 was very curious to taste 

 alfalfa, and glad when I found the shipment was of 

 it. Now I am delighted with it. and prefer it to 

 white clover for my own use. That peculiar flavor 

 is delicious. Mrs. Jas. M. Davis. 



Ligonier, Pa., Aug. 2fi. 



MOI?E advertising THAT PAID. 



During the last few days, orders came in so heavy 

 that I found I should be all out, but did not realize 

 it in time to write you sooner. I can not fill a third 

 of the orders 1 am now receiving from my adver- 

 tisement. D. G. Edmiston. 



Adrian, Mich., Sept. 13. 



ARRIVED IN splendid SHAPE. 



The queen came to hand in splendid shape, lively 

 as a cricket, and I have got her in the hive in good 

 shape. Geo. A. Gould. 



Marshfleld, Oreg., .luly 6. 



THE candy plan A SUCCESS. 



The queen I sent for some time ago came to hand 

 in good shape, and was safely introduced by the 

 candv plan. Thanks tor sending such a fine one. 



Alliance, O., Sept. 1. Curtis B. Bowman. 



THE TESTED AND UNTESTED QUEEN. 



The tested queen shipped Sept. 5 came all right, 

 and she is in the hive safe. She is a beauty. You 

 sent me one untested queen in July. 1 placed her 

 in a hive that was nearly destroyed by worms, and 

 1 have now the finest hive of bees I ever saw in my 

 life. C. W. Huffman. 



Richwood, O., Sept. 15. 



A GOOD TESTIMONIAL FOR BINGHAM SMOKERS. 



The Bingham smokers 1 received last year, as 

 well as the soldering-iron and grindstone, have been 

 very satisfactory. The smoker has done very much 

 in the line of quieting the bees, and I would not be 

 without one of the Binghams, since I tried them. 

 Frank Benton told me, years ago, about their ex- 

 cellence, but i did not think so very much of it till 

 1 tried it myself. 1 handed one over to my brother, 

 and worked with one mys If. The smoker is work- 

 ing well; but I am afraid our Arabs have not 

 always the most careful hands; they might get 

 spoiled, so I had better have a few on hand. 



Ph J. Baldensperger. 



Jafta, Palestine, Aug. 21, 1890. 



further PARTICULARS FROM W. S. HART'S 

 APIARY. 



I was greatly surprised to find the engraving of 

 my photograph, sent you a short time ago. I sent 

 it, as 1 thought it quite a pretty picture, and one 

 that would interest you. T am pleased to have it in 

 GL.EAN1NGS, and especially so since it is so excel- 

 ently well done. I am not an expert judge of 

 such work, but it seems to mo that it is one of the 

 best engravings that I ever saw. The hives, as you 

 suggest, though not the Simplicity, are much like 

 them; and when makintr my first one I embodied a 

 good many featun s of that hive. I claim no merit 

 for my hive over the Simplicity, except that it was 

 a little easier for me to construct with the tools at 

 hand. It takes the L. frame, the best of all for ex- 

 tracted-honey production in thi« Sr ^tp Thegroiinl 

 is kept clean under the trees ami about the hives, 

 only by the vigorous use of the hoe every little while 

 through the summer. Vegetation grows rank in 



I the Slimmer, but in the winter the ground will re- 

 main quite clean for weeks after a hoe' ng. 



' Bradford, N. H., Sept. 8. W. S. Hart. 



