NOVICE S GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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A. I. ROOT & CO., 



I. I) [TORS A X D PROPRI E T O R S . 



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Medina, Oct. 1, 1873. 



On page 55 July No. it seems a line was 

 omitted in Mr. Pratt's article. After the 

 words "old hive," read "and allow them 

 to enter the new one," which, etc. 



' My little girl sends love and a kiss to 

 the 'blue-eyed baby,'" writes a subscriber; 

 and we return the compliment hoping the 

 "baby" may live to know all her friends, 

 through "Gleanings," at least, if not in 

 person. 



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'Mas. N." and "P. 0!." earnestly re- 

 quesl our friends not to use magnifying 

 glasses in viewing the photo, for the ar- 

 tist assured them that no one could see 

 their eyes even if the blazing western sun 

 did almost put them out. It was neces- 

 sary to have all objects illuminated by the 

 sun direct, for a well defined picture. 



We have quite a number of complaints 

 that &feto who advertise queens largely 

 have received money for them and will 

 not even answer letters of inquiry in re- 

 gard tu it. We have written to these per- 

 sons direct, and if they give us no explan- 

 ation we shall give them the benefit of a 

 free advertisement of their mode of doing 

 business. We propose sifting mi/ the 

 unreliable names. 



Perhaps we should remark, in regard 

 tu our discovery in introducing queens 

 jn i hatched, that Mr. Langstroth almost 



uggested the same thins;' at the Cincin- 

 nati convention, and that ('. C. Miller, of 

 Marengo, 111., also said, in the American 



/!•: Journal, some time ago, that it could 

 lie done with a colony constructing queen 

 cells; however, strange as it may seem, 

 we have found, as yet, no colony hostile 

 to a queen jut hatched, although a few 

 have been missing the next day. 



Last month we made the offer of wire 

 cloth for extractors by mail for 25c., but 

 further experiment showed that the light, 

 close mesh was unsuitable for very thick 

 hone} - , and none could be found in the 

 market just as it should be. As the coarse 

 wire is heavier and costs more because 

 made especially to order, we shall have to 

 charge 15c. per square foot for it. The 

 untinned, such as we have been using, we 

 can furnish for Sc. per square foot. If 

 sent by mail, postage will be 6c. addition- 

 al. We can furnish also very nice tinned 

 wire cloth for queen cages, sixteen mesh- 

 es to the inch, for 15c. per square foot; 



postage, 4c. per square foot. 



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We hope our friends will accept our 

 thanks for circulars sent us pertaining to 

 bee culture. While most of them seem 

 to have been sent out with a wish of doing 

 a fair and honest business, we find it is 

 hard to get over the old idea of "selling 

 rights." 



Busy Bee is sent for a three cent stamp, 

 and, even if it does run a patent hive, 

 contains considerable that is valuable and 

 but few errors. We clip the following : 



ARTIFICIAL HONEY OR BEE FOOD. 



"During the winter of 1S71-72 our bees 

 were lacking supplies, and being anxious 

 to obtain a cheap and reliable food I 

 communicated my knowledge and obser- 

 vations on artificial bee food to an emi- 

 nent chemist of New York, and employed 

 his services to aid in compounding a, food 

 answering the same purpose as honey. 

 After conducting a number of expensive 

 experiments we succeeded in discovering 

 a correct method for compounding an 

 artificial honey equal in every respects to 

 the natural article, and at. one-third to 

 one-half the cost of honey. To obtain 

 this recipe has cost me nearty $500.00, 

 besides my time and experiments, but it 

 is the sublime mode of making honey in 

 every respect as good as that made by 

 the bees, and if the simple directions are 

 followed in mixing it will appear like 

 amber, clear and fresh, free from wax and 

 mi fomenting. It will also keep in any 

 climate. If bees are fed upon this Am- 

 brosial Honey they can be wintered with- 

 out any of the risks or other disadvanta- 

 ges consequent upon depending on the 

 natural method alone for the needful sup- 

 ply. The Ambrosial Honey can be made 

 l>,\ any one with ordinary kitchen utensils, 

 and with very little labor." 



"To enable bee keepers to satisfactorily 

 compound this cheap and beautiful arti- 

 cle of food we have the recipe printed 

 with full directions to manufacture and 

 use, so each one with very little outlay 

 can have the benefit of our labor and ex- 

 pensive experiments. The recipe to 



