GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



W. M. Keli.ogg, Oueida, Knox Co., Ills. P. 

 141, Vol.2. 



D. N. Kkkn, Shiniersville, Lehigh Co., Pa. P. 

 57, 60, 70, 73, and 84, Vol. 2 ; 9, and 28, Vol. 8. 



Friend K. seems to be the original inventor, 

 and for that matter the sole advocate at pres- 

 ent, of cloth curtains for keeping the bees from 

 the sun, and keeping oft" cold winds. The fa- 

 cility and (luietness ".vith which curtains can 

 be moved, it seems to us places them before 

 glass and shutters, that is if we really need to 

 give the bees sunshine between the months of 

 Nov. and March, a point on which we confess 

 to be undecided. 



E. Kretciimer, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. 

 A i !i matter of histoi'iccal reconl, I may state, that I 



have owned Italian bees longer than any person in 

 Annriea. Being I'aised only Smiles Ironi the residence 

 of L»/-ieizon, of Carlsmarkt, Silesia, I had the pleas- 

 ure of seeing the lirst Italian bees ever brought to 

 Germany in 185.3. In the same year my father obtained 

 a Queen from Dzierzon, and on the 14th of March, 

 ISiyi, I received a swarm of pure Italian bees as a birth 

 day present. For my first (^ueen in America I paid 

 8150.00 gold, and in August 18H1, [then in the U. S. Ar- 

 my] I sold my first colony of Italian bees lor S150.00; 

 qiilte a diflerence from present prices. 



We have decided to give the above a place, 

 j'et it seems to us unaccountable that Italians 

 should have been sold at such figures the same 

 year that the A. B. J. was started. We find 

 them advertised at that time on its pages at 

 indices not so very much in advance of the pres- 

 ent ones for full colonies. Was it not Confed- 

 erate money friend K. ? 



Mr. & Mrs. D. P. Lane, Koshkonong, Rock 

 Co., Wis. P. 9, 51, 94, and 143, Vol. 2 ; 84, Vol. 3. 

 C. T. Lane, Koshkonong, Rock Co., Wis. 

 P. Lattner, Lattners, Dubuque Co., Iowa, 

 writes : 



In the springe of '74 I started with 24 colonies mostly 

 weak, had i>lenty of empty combs [lost 110 colonies in 

 the spring of 1873 with tne dysentery] and took with 

 extractor 3040 lbs. of honey. Sold all but al)out 

 160 lbs. at 20 to 25c. i)er lb. Increased to 49 and put 48 

 In winter quarters, for the first time, in a dry cellar. 

 Examined them March 3rd, all right except one Queen- 

 less, brood in nearly all stages. My bees had not one 

 inch of comb to build. Increased artiticially, alter 

 the honey season was over. ICnclosed find Thoto lor 

 your Medley, if you think it won't "busf" it. 



If the Medlcj' won't stand a report from such 

 a bee-keeper as you, friend L., it ought to be — 

 Ahem. We fear our veterans are not equal to 

 the task of 150 lbs. to the colony besides doub- 

 ling the stock, even if they do have combs 

 unlimited. Who can do better with 24 colo- 

 nies '{ 



E. LiSTON, Virgil City, Cedar Co., Mo. 

 P. Livingston, New Salem, Alb. Co., N. Y. 

 J. F. Love, Cornersville, Tenn. 

 W. S. LuNT, Fostoria, Hancock Co., O. Page 

 32, Vol. 3. 



T. G. McGaw, Monmouth, Warren Co., Ills. 

 Pages 99, and 120, Vol. 2. 



1 now have (>o stocks, and G nuclei. I expect to 

 winter and spring every one of these. I won't tell 

 you now how much honey I expect to take from them. 



A. McMains, C^hariton, Lucas Co., Iowa. P. (50, 

 and 9(5, Vol. 2. From the cheerful tone of 

 friend M's letters we would not think of his 

 being deaf, yet the intense questioning look so 

 common in such cases is clearly seen in the 

 Photo. He writes : 



I have not heard a word since I was about 15 years 

 oM and 1 am now near 34, but I can talk well. It will 

 1)11 a great pleasure to look ui)on the faces of the many 

 whose interesting articles we have been reading so 

 long. 

 Wv.v. ,T. Meador, Dover, N. H. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Chicago, Ills. Pages 9, 50, 

 57, and 140, Vol. 2, and 52, Vol. 3. 

 N. C. Mitchell, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Co- 

 lumbia, Tenn., and finally Defiance, O., when 

 last heard from. Friend M. teaches sclwol for 

 the benefit of those benighted in the science of 

 bee culture, and also for the purpose of getting 

 130.00 for one lesson occupying less than two 

 hours. He also keeps very valuable receipts 

 for sale telling things that can never be found 

 in any Journal. You pay him the money (from 

 5 to $50.00) and then learn that he by mistake 

 left the precious papers at home but that they 

 will be sent first mail etc., etc. Our readers 

 may be astonished to learn that he does get 

 large sums in this way, and even from neigh- 

 borhoods where Gleanings circulates at that. 

 See pages 80, Vol. 1 ; 20, 32, and 128 Vol. 2 ; 22, 

 Vol. 3. We earnestly pray that Mr. M. may be 

 led to see the error of his ways, and become a 

 useful member of our branch of industry. He 

 is smart and talented and could easily make a 

 handsome income by raising honey and bees 

 honestly, instead of prowling about the country 

 as he does. 



G. C. Miller, Mt. Hanley, Nova Scotia. Page 

 106, and 143, Vol. ». 



J. P. Moore, Binghampton, N. Y. P. 118, 130, 

 and 143, Vol. 2. 



W. P. Moore, M. D., Richland Station, Sum- 

 ner Co., Tenn. Page 110. Vol. 2. 

 J. E. MooRE, Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa. 

 TiiEo. MoLTz, West Fairview, Pa. Pages 80, 

 103, Vol. 2. 



P. MoiiLER, Oneida, Knox Co., Ills. 

 CiiAs. F. MuTH, Cincinnati, O. Pages 10, 22, 

 33, 139, Vol. 2; 19, Vol. 3. 

 Samuel Mxjmma, Highspire, Dauphin Co., Pa. 

 Page 102, Vol. 2. 



A. J. Murray, Memphis, Tenn., is widely 

 known as a writer on Apiculture. He says : 



From experience during the war, [I was a "Johnny 

 Reb"] 1 found the bee-keepers ignorant. I was raised 

 among bees in Europe, and loved them, and as soon 

 as I had a home of my own, I began to study them 

 again closely, and 1 have given my experience 

 and advice for the past 5 years, through the columns 

 of the Hmdhvrn Farmer, 'Houthem CuHivnlor. Rural 

 Alubamian^ Our Home Journal, and Texas Farmer, 

 besides other papers that have lived and died some 

 time ago. I5y this means I have awakened an interest 

 in bee-keeiiing that was never known before, and the 

 interest continues to increase. 

 James Markle, New Salem, Alb. Co., N. Y. 

 J. H. Martin, ("Scientific") Hartford, N. Y. 

 P. 116, Vol. 2. Scientific is pretty well known 

 as a faithful and disinterested writer, in A. B. 

 J. i)articularly. 

 S. D. McClean, CuUeoka, Maury Co., Tenn. 



By your rule of judging a bee-keeper by the tons of 

 honey he sells, you won't know where to locate me, 

 as I have never ni{«le a report of my success, but will 

 try and be content with the position assigned me. 

 J.McElratii, Asbury, N. J. 

 Native Australian. 



We should like very much to be al)le to state 

 positively that this individual is a bee-keeper 

 but to conless the truth the picture was only 

 st nt us by our subscriber in Australia, (page 

 124, Vol. 2), and he neither said he icas or was 

 ■not a bee-kii'iicr, but we give him the benefit of 

 the former suiiposition. It strikes us that bee 

 veils, with extensive "coat tails" to 'cm might 

 ])e in l)risk tlemand in a country where such 

 simplicity ('r') of dress is in vogue. 

 J. II. Nellis, Canajoharie, jVIontgomery Co., 

 N. Y. Page 32, Voi. 3. 



