GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



Published Montlily^ 



EDITORS 



I?.OOT <5c CO., 



AND PROPRIETORS 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Terms: ySc. I*er Annxim. 



[Incltuling Posiape.] 

 For C'liib Hates see Last Page. 



3s^E£>i3>^.A., i^j^:ei. 1, is-rs. 



Almighty Father ! Wc pray that thy blessing nlay 

 accompany each separate number of oitr little Journal 

 on its mission amonp the bee-keepers of our land. 

 May each and every one of us bear our losses during' 

 the in-esent and ensuing months, should such there 

 be, with a projjer spirit of resignation to events we 

 cannot control. Give lis also that cool, calm, and de- 

 liberate frame of mind, that best prepares us to look 

 earnestly about, and see what means thou hast i)laced 

 within our reach to avert a repetition of our past 

 ti-ouliles during the spring months. Give tis submis- 

 sion, without a spirit of idleness, and teach us to work 

 while wc pray. P^nablc vour servant to deserve the 

 great trust, that he has never until now felt has been 

 accorded him. Give him that humility that will ena- 

 ble him to forget self and labor honestly for the benefit 

 of his brother bee-keepers, and to deserve the confi- 

 dence they I'cpose in hinii 



A, B. J., Macjaziite, and World, for Feb. were all on 

 hand in fair time, and ai'e all good. 



KUU8CHKE Bros, are now supplied with Kapp and 

 Esparcet seeds jtist imported; sec advertisement. 



With ideasure Ave refer our friends wanting Queens 

 or full colonies, to the adveriisH of J. Oatman & Co. 



Chin'>isk Mustard seed seems difficult to find, but 

 wc shall have some in due time we think, even if it 

 has to be imported. 



We shall have to refef all those iniiuiriiig for bees 

 to our advertising columns. Everything wc have for 

 sale is in our price list. 



fSCMMKK Itape seed. American grown, \:>y mail in 

 cloth bags, per lb., ■i.jc. ; per express 15c, Tliese will 

 be our rates for the season. 



of the wind, but in the sun as much as possible. Herf 

 is a chance for you to exercise your ingenuitv in sO 

 arranging a glass sash, as to secure these conditions, 

 and yet not trouble the bees by having them bumi* 

 against the glass by mistake. li' they don't notice thii 

 meal, as some complain they will not. start them by 

 giving a jiiece of comb honey laid in the niidst of th(5 

 meal ; get a few bees on the comb from several hives 

 until they have got a taste, if you cannot staft theui 

 otherwise. \Vhen they begin on natural pollen thev 

 will take little notice of the meal. Equal parts fit' 

 oats and rye ground fine aeenis to ])lease out bees besti 



We are very sorry indeed to be obliged to say that 

 we think "Money in the Apiary" by H. A. Burch, by 

 ] no means worth the price (25ci) asked for it. The 

 ! more so as our relations with Mr. Bi of late have been 

 of the most friendly nature, and he has uniformly 

 spoken Well of Gle aminos. The book is entirely too 

 sniall, containing onl}' abodt one-fourth the matter olT 

 a single number of :iny one of our Bee JouraaTs.. 

 King's Bee-Keepei"s Text book, only costs 1.5c. iswore;, 

 and yet it is a work of 140 pages, condensed, ami tO' 

 the point, aljihabetically indexed, etc. etc. Mo'M'ey ini 

 the Apiary contains less than 20 pages, less- wv size,, 

 and some of it unimportant matter at that. We ad- 

 vertised the Work without seeing it which we regret« 

 but it Would be unkind, and do no good now to find' 

 fault with what is past; shall we not rather consider ai 

 remedy that will do justice all around? Our advice.- 

 would be that Mr. Burcli give his patrons four just! 

 such pamphlets, for the '25c. he has received, and make' 

 it a quarterly. If he will do this, we will give him; a 

 standing advertisement gratis. 



Photo'!* for the Medley are still coming ih, and as 

 we wish to include all that tvill send them, we s'hall 

 delay it perhaps a week altei- this number reaches 

 you. Uemember this is the last call, and that we wish 

 to include every bee-keeper whose eye meets these 



On page 104 of Vol. 2. Mr. Quinby says the Queen of 

 Mr. Elwood's colony that produced the great yield, 

 came from vs ; yet in Mr. Elwood's report page 19, 

 cnrreiit Vo'.. it does not so apjiear. Who is in error? 

 'We certainly wish no credit given the dollar Queens 

 which they have not earned. 



We are hajipy to say Miss A. (P. G.) has refcovered 

 from the fever and is again at her accustomed jiost. 

 We trust our friends will now have less cause to com- 

 plain of the types and other sma:ll items, that have of 

 late too ofteii prevented things going with the jirompt- 

 ness and accuracy that makes business a pleasure. 



It seems some of the other sex are determined to 

 have the "last word" in ro.gar'd to bee .^t.ings; a i)iivi- 

 Ipge we accord tlicin with all the goo'd will imagfriabTe, 

 alter we have uicntioiKMl foi- the' Ijenelic (/f beginners, 

 that no matter bow distressing are the symptonis at 

 first, they will very soon "ret inured to th(^ poison, 

 and tinally, no swelling will ensue at all. 



This is the month tov feeding th(! rye and oat meal, 



v.ilh most of our rc:idcr>-. Pat i:i shallow boxes out 



Feb. lith— AM three of the hives, that we aTe winter- 

 ing out-dooi's, have come thi-oug-h so far in good' 

 condition so far as bees are co'ncerned, although they 

 spot their hives and tlie ground badly. The hive bro't 

 from a tlistancc worst of all ; the one prepared with.' 

 wooTeii bv 3Iiss A., next, and the Standard hive best 

 of all. Th(^ latter stands just where, and just as it did 

 when we left off extracting, has had no preparation' 

 nor tinkering, ancl is all in comi)lete trim to extract 

 again, so soon as its 20 conlbs are filled. Could we be 

 sure of making a whole Apiary winter like this one. 

 we should feel (|uite relieved, even if we ivere obliared 

 to put two t'air colonies into every hive to do it. The 

 Queen has just cnmnienced laying. We were agi-eea- 

 bly surprised to find that almost every bee from these 

 three safely regained their hives, while those in the 

 forcing bouse, collect in masses on the glass, get 

 nearly all of them into one hive, ami seem in a fair 

 way at present to become utterly dcnioralii^ed, al- 

 though they have reared (|uite a ph'tch of brood during 

 this month" in some of the hives. Will others using 

 the cold frames, please send us minute reports? 

 Even though our own now looks discouraging, we are 

 going to give it a careful test to the best of our abilitj'. 

 clear through. 



i»0\1it.E WAI>I^ HIVES FOR WIIVTER. 

 IlVCf AND THE FIIVN BEE HIVE. 



fT Avill be observed that we have among our 

 , advertisements, one of the Finn Bee Hive. 



In receiving this, we feel it a duty to state 

 franlvly our opinion of the matter, and then if 

 the parties tliink we should, we will cheerfully 

 return the .$1.00 thej^ have paid us for this one 

 insertion. Of course what we stiy here must 

 only be taken for our own opinion, and in the 

 matter Of selling rights we may have been un- 

 duly severe. In mattere of this kind it is it 

 very safe rule to ask ourselves if wc ai'e hon- 

 estly ffoing as ■vv'e would be done by. 



If Messrs Keycs <^ Finii made hives for sale 

 sucli as they advif*e and sold them for a fair 

 price, there coulVl certainly be no' wrong, for 

 very many bee keepers of late stoutly affirni 

 that bees do wintef safely in hives well pro- 

 tected, on their summer Stands, while those side- 

 by side', not so protected, i)(:?i'ish. In Order to' 

 show both fftdes o1' tfte ("luestioii, wc givfc the 

 following: 



They are stowed awa\' in t>o:^'eg p.icke'd With stfJiW.. 

 Kept good in thiit wav" winter of '72 and '7.H, all that 

 were jiacked early. Those that were ]);icked i\i .r.-iu. 



