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novices gleanings in bee culture. 



NOVICE'S 

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Terms: 75c. per Annum. 



Anyone sending u* 5 Subscribers can retain 75c. for 



their trouble, and in the same proportion 



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PRINTED AT MEDINA COUNTY GAZETTE OFFICE.; 



Medina, Dec. 1, 187 S. 



Imagine Novice's consternation at find- 

 ing the types in the A. B. J. careless- 

 ly allowed to make him say he had '"more 

 friends than he desired," when it should 

 have read deserved '. 



After the 'cider' colony had dwindled 

 down to less than a pint of bees and were 

 evidently near their demise, they were 

 handed over to the tender mercies of P. 

 ft., at her earnest solicitation, and they 

 are now humming merrily" under the com- 

 bined effects of clean dry comb, candy, 

 sugar syrup, and a warm room. "We pro- 

 pose to follow their adventures, should 

 they survive long enough to meet with 

 anv. 



Should we offer chxomoe and the like 

 as premiums, some might be induced to 

 take our little Journal on that account, 

 and not for its own intrinsic merits. 

 This we would not have, much as we 

 would like to see its circulation increas- 

 ed, and when it can not still continue to 

 make its way simply on account of its 

 value to bee keepers, we will "bow and 

 retire," still having full confidence in the 

 discriminative appreciation of our Amer- 

 ican people. 



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Ix our notice of the Bee Keepers' 

 ■Journal in our Jan. No., ^e mentioned 

 that it was to be hoped the "patent hive 

 feature" might be removed, and we are 

 now happy to state that such is the case. 

 See advertisement. Chromo's are cer- 

 lainly less objectionable, when tit optional 

 with the subscriber whether they have 

 them or net, and as the National Agri- 

 culturist anil Bee Journal is offered for 

 $1.00, withou any premium we consider 

 it quite low, for so pretty a family paper. 



< in: index to Vol. I, of 'Gleanings, 

 will be given in our Circular and Price 

 List for 1874, which will be issued this 

 month. It will be mailed to all subscri- 

 bers as soon as out, and will lie sent to 

 any one else on application. 



Nov; 21.— "P. Gr." insists that the bees 

 should have been housed before this 

 severe winterv weather, but Novice says 

 there has been no suitable weather for 

 moving them, and that just as soon as the 

 hives are dry again he will fix them all 

 nicely. 



Notwithstanding the fact that "Glean- 

 ings ' will be considerably enlarged, be- 

 sides being printed with new type 

 r pvess, and on new paper, for 1874, we 

 shall furnish it for only fifty cents, in 

 clubs of ten or over. Any one sending 

 us ten names at 75 cents each can, of 

 course, retain $2.50 for their trouble, and 

 all over 50c. eaeh. for any additional num- 

 ber" Additions to clubs may be made at 

 any time, and when the number reaches 

 ten, we will credit the amount that has 

 been sent us over 50c. each. 



Should any be so unfortunate as to 

 have bees destitute of adequate food for 

 winter when this reaches them, we should 

 advise using plain candy. Mr. Wilken, of 

 Cadiz, O., has just paid us a visit, and 

 among many valuable items given us, he 

 mentioned that he had frequently saved 

 colonies even in midwinter under circunr 

 stances like the following: An old Qua- 

 ker had two colonies in December that 

 had stores insufficient to last them a 

 month, and had left them to their fate, as 

 he couldn't "fuss to feed them." As Mr. 

 W. was pressed for time, he proposed to 

 save both, for one of them asfpayment in 

 the spring, which proposition was readily 

 accepted. We think a dollar's worth was 

 purchased, the hives were inverted, ami 

 the sticks pushed between the combs : the 

 two colonies being placed in a cellar, of 

 course. Our friend saw no more of them 

 until the following summer, when he found 

 both had swarmed and all were doing 

 well. The owner gladly paid him for can- 

 dy and trouble, and went his way rejoi 

 cing. Mr. W. was unable to add that (so 

 far as he had observed) candy stores wen- 

 a preventive of the bee disease, although 

 his experiments have been only with Sttch 

 as had partially enough huney to winter. 



