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NOVICES GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



ihcm ; but we wish it to make its way en- 

 tirely by its own merits. We expect to 

 be able to furnish back numbers to all 

 who may need them, at all times. Shall 

 be pleased to exchange with all other bee 

 journals, and will cheerfully pay the differ- 

 ence in price. 



We see by the Bee Keepers' Directory 

 just out (first number) that its editor, N. 

 C. Mitchell, proposes to "sail along the 

 shore in shallow water." He also adver- 

 tises "dollar bee hives;" but he don't sell 

 Ibem for a dollar — he only sells us a right 

 for ten dollars, and then we can make 

 them with frames and all painted for a 

 dollar or less. His mode of "making 

 comb" is now sold away down to J ire dol- 

 lars, and we are going to send him the five 

 dollars to get it for "Gleanings," i. c, when 

 we get the "ambrosial honey," if it is 

 good. Mr. M. also "teaches school" a 

 good deal cheaper. His hits in the Di- 

 rectory on ventilation are certainly not 

 very far wrong, and if he didn't always 

 keep wanting to sell receipts and "rights" 

 for ten dollars or more, we should really 

 like some parts of his quarterly. Cincin- 

 nati : 25c. per year. 



We are happy to add that we have found 

 the screw mentioned in our last, for the 

 queen-rearing cards are entirely unneces- 

 sary. Common brass pins driven through 

 the card into the hive half their length 

 and then bent at right angles answer every 

 purpose, as the head of the pin plainly 

 designates the date or condition of things. 

 The pins cost almost nothing, and do not 

 rust by exposure; and so the expense of 

 the device is oidy one cent per hive; the 

 convenience of it can only be appreciated 

 by use. 



I'KOBLEHS. 



■p^jTU. 17.— Granted that fifty colonies 

 «-irJ] are as many as are profitable in one 

 locality generally, and that more honey 

 could be secured by giving them a locality 

 in autumn different from their summer 

 cue. Could not a wagon or car be con- 

 structed, perhaps something on the plan 

 of a photographer's car, that would give 

 the whole fifty the requisite room and 

 space between each hive, and have a per- 

 manent place thereon, a light room to be 

 arranged for extracting in the center, and 

 the hives arranged around the outside? 

 The winter repository to be arranged so 

 that the whole can be run in and housed 

 in a minute or more, and as quickly 

 brought out to have a fly during a warm 

 day in winter. A simple mechanism 

 could be arranged to close all entrances 

 with wire cloth at once, and also to open 

 them as quickly. 



When pasturagetis scarce, single hives 

 hung on spring balances could be located 

 at desirable points for ten or fifteen miles 

 around, and when one of these showed 

 that honey was coming rapidly, our trav- 



eling apiary could, in a few hours, take 

 Advantage of the yield. Many other ad- 

 vantages present themselves, such as 

 quickly housing our bees during severe 

 frosts in March or even April, likewise 

 some disadvantages. As several have 

 this season reaped rich rewards for mov- 

 ing bees where they could have fall pas- 

 turage, we think the matter an import- 

 ant one. Nunn Bros, report 1500 lbs. in 

 about one week by moving their bees only 

 a few counties west. Further reports 

 next month. 



1IOXEY COLUMN. 



U E have sold all our honey but 

 ^/^ one barrel for 18c, and the de- 

 mand seems to exceed the supply for fine 

 clover honey. There seem to be many 

 buyers at good prices, and many of our 

 friends have sold their crop already at 

 25e. 



(Jive us the items, if you have any to 

 sell and don't get fair prices at home. 



We take great pleasure in inserting the 

 following extract from a letter just ree'd. 

 The more so as Mr. Chas. F. Muth's name 

 is quoted very fair and our readers can 

 rest assured that he is both reliable and 

 responsible : "I will pay for all the choice 

 white clover honey I can get, 1G cents per 

 lb. at Cincinnati depot. I can use a 

 lew bbls. of dark or Linden honey, and 1 

 may get a good demand for the latter be- 

 fore long, but do'nt think I could pay 

 more than 115 cents for it. 



Ciias. F. Ml'TH, 

 1>7G and 978 Central Avenue, Cin., 0." 



1 )oleful again. A series of severe frosts, 

 cut short at one "fell sweep" both the 

 "swamp posies" and Novice's hopes, and 

 to prevent demoralization our bees have 

 been returned to their homes In regard 

 to the cider mill, Novice, when baffled at 

 Problem 17, turned desparately to the so- 

 lution of Problem 15, and he and the bees, 

 arc now rejoicing at what seems to bid 

 fair to be a great success, viz : Employ- 

 ing robbers and all hands at work on dry 

 sugar iu the open air, exposed to the sun 

 but protected from rain. Further partic- 

 ulars next month. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements will be received at 10 cents 

 l>er line each insertion, cash in advance; 

 and we require that every Advertiser satisfies 

 us of his responsibility and intention to do 

 all that he aprees, and that his goods are 

 really worth the price asked for them. 



rilHE PRICE FOR ITALIAN ©JLEEXS 



_L after the 1st of August, will be for 

 Tested Queens, P. 00 



Warranted Queens, 2.00 



J. SHAW k SON, Chatham Center. 

 I. E. DANTELS.Lodi, 



Medina Co., 0. 



