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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June- 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



Published Monthly, 



-A.. I. ROOT&CO., 

 EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Terms ; 75o. Per Annum. 



For Club Rates see Lust Page. 



ZMTEZDUKT-A-, JTTTnTE 1, 1874. 



"Blasted Hopes" is so large we couldn't put it in 

 at all. "Reports Encouraging." tolerable, but "Hum- 

 bugs and Swindles" have dwindled down to nothing 

 worthy of publication, which is the best news of all. 



FkUIT blossoms are furnishing an unpiecedented 

 amount of honey, is the report from almost every side. 

 Oh that we had bees to gather it. 'Easy" says "buy 

 'em," but Prudence says, "No Sir 'ee. Learn how to 



keep 'em first." _ 



We feel daily more strongly convinced that the two 

 story hive is about to be laid aside, and the double 

 width ones used instead. We shall in future keep 

 only the latter made up on hand, and only make the 



former to order, 



Mil, Muth this month advertises an extra fine qual- 

 ity of flint glass Honey Jars. Just the thing where 

 you wish something extra nice; say, for a present for 

 instance. Who would not be pleased with a nice flint 

 glass jar of honey ? 



Again, we are obliged to omit many things we dis- 

 liked to, and have even been obliged to put diagram 

 of Quijen cage on the cover. We fear our friends 

 will think as we do sometimes, that we have inserted 

 unimportant matters and omitted those of value. 

 "Like enough," for after all "we're all poor ere'tur's." 



liu. Allev was one of the first, if not the first who 

 attempted to raise good Queens at a low price. Some 

 of our Medina Bee-keepers' tbink the best Queens 

 they have had, have been from among those ree'd of 

 Mr. A. See his advertisement in this number. 



Those who have already subscribed for Gleanings, 

 can have Mrs. Tapper's Journal or the A. B. J. by 

 sending us $1.50; B. K. M. 31.00. This gives our read- 

 ers an opportunity of taking all the Journals if they 

 wish, at a low rate. We will try and make equally 

 advantageous terms for the Bee World when they get 

 it out on time, and with a little more care. All the 

 rest come to us now, full up to time. 



We too have an imported Queen just from Italy. 

 She was brought by an old acquaintance, and we 

 feel as much confidence in her, as if we had brought 

 her personally. He started with 30 and brought 

 home safely 27 ; is not that pretty well ? As she cost 

 ns $15.00, we did not dare risk an introduction, and so 

 placed her and accompanying bees, on three combs 

 of hatching brood, carefully brushing off every bee as 

 they were taken from the hives. This was the 22nd, 

 and to-day— 25th, they are a fair little colony. 



We have just learned of the sudden death of one of 

 our number. A letter from him appears in Heads of 

 Grain, written apparently without a thought that he 

 was so soon to leave all things earthly. We learn his 

 bees will a great part of them be sold soon. Address 

 • i per advertisement in May No., M. Miller, Penin- 



sula, O. May peace be his lot, and that of all other 

 good Bee-Keepers', when they leave us, for that 

 Great Unknown other World. 



In answer to many inquiries, We would say that we 

 would have no hesitation In feeding the honey, and 

 using the combs of colonies that died In the win- 

 ter, providing it be fed in warru weather. Get it 

 worked up into brood if possible. 



We have never heard of any trouble during the hot 

 summer months. We would teed it in the combs by 

 all means, and it may thus be made to save an equal 

 amount of our finest honey if it is not first quality it- 

 self. The combs are very valuable for building up 

 stocks, and the honey stored or sealed up in them, we 

 think in the best shape to feed it can possibly be. 



ALL about the Averill Chemical Paint, how to use 

 it, how much it costs, how much is needed for a 

 square yard of surface, etc., etc., can be gathered from 

 the price list and sample card, that will be furnished 

 on application to the Co., whose advertisement see in 

 this No. We have remarked more than once before, 

 that we would use nothing else for bee hives, and we 

 now add that we should never think of hiring a paint- 

 er, even had we one hundred hives to paint yearly. 

 Our paint pot was last used, and put away with the 

 brush in it, Nov. 22nd, and remained uncovered and 

 untouched until May i)th, a period of nearly 6 months, 

 when it was brought out and a couple of hives painted 

 in good shape in less than 20 minutes ; yet the paint 

 is dry enough to handle without soiling, in a few 

 hours afterward. And best of all, it runs smooth it- 

 self, no matter how inexperienced is the hand that 

 puts it on. 



We would be very glad indeed, to be shown that an 

 efficient Extractor could be made for SI .00, but from 

 an examination of one sent us by Mr. A. N. Draper, ol 

 Upper Alton, 111., we fear it cannot be said to be a 

 decided success as yet. 



The machine is a tin case something like a dripping 

 pan, having a sheet of wire-cloth framed fn tin, laid 

 over the top; the comb is laid on this, and the whole 

 apparatus is whirled about the bead by means ol four 

 cords attached to the corners. 



The apparatus will certainly work, (bat the wire- 

 cloth will need to be better supported than in the 

 sample sent us), and for a very few hives it might give 

 fair satisfaction. 



As the case must be emptied for each full comb, the 

 work must necessarily go on very slowly, ami all 

 things considered we fear few would be content with 

 the implement ; especially after the number of their 

 colonies had increased very much, as bees may alwavs 

 be expected to do. 



ALTHOUGH we have criticised the Bee World's ty- 

 pography etc.. severely, it was not done with the 

 intention of injuring Mr. Moon, but on the contrary, 

 with the hope that it might induce him to be a little 

 more careful in his proof reading. We believe 'tis 

 well known that the most powerful corrective of bad 

 spelling, punctuation etc., is the ridicule that gener- 

 ally attends "short comings'' in that direction ; what- 

 ever comes from the press uncorrected, is sure to be 

 pointed out sooner or later by some one. 



We are well aware that Gleanings contains errors 

 in spite of the best we can do, and value criticism 

 more than we do commendations ; for how are we to 

 improve unless errors that we overlook are pointed 

 out to us, by those who notice them ? When the Bee 

 World comes to US with no more error.; than are to be 



