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GLEAl^II^GS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Kov. 



combs, yet when these are well Jilled with 

 stores, we think the supply ample. Wliere 

 there is iuiy (loui)t in the matter we hvy some 

 sticks ofcaiuly uu top of the I'nimes under the 

 quilt. The sticks arc 10 in. by 's, by 1|^. Tlic 

 bees do not save it for winter as we had been 

 calculating, but are eating it up at a pretty 

 j?ood rate during this tine weather. We have 

 i^iven one colony notliinu' l)ut empty combs 

 and candy ; as tiic candy is very liard and ))rit- 

 tle, we cannot think it nnwliolesome, fed dur- 

 ing? any kind of weather. It costs us alwut 

 13jjj cents per lb., tiie sticks weigh about '^ lb. 

 iVou. 'i7//r. -Jliivc liitd sonu! caiul}' liiicks iiijkU'- ;; 

 lbs. ouch. Voii don't muni any IVji'ilors ol' any kind, 

 just lay lln'ni on the frames, "cover llu-ni with tlic 

 nullt, and it's all I'.one; even if you slionld nejilcct to 

 Ijress down the i)nill alter tliev )iav(^ eaten ii, it will 

 do no serious liann, and you can feed lUeni thus du- 

 ring the (roldest weather. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



l*ii[>liMlii><!! IDituitlilv, 



E D I T Oil AND P 11 () P K I E T () R . 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Terms: T'-'S*^ I*or Aimvmi. 



[Tncluding I'ostagc.'] 

 For Club Bates see Last Page. 



IS/!lEIDI3Sr.A., ISTOAT". 1, ISTS. 



Ulksski) arc they which arc ])cr£Ocuted lor right- 

 eonsneHa' sake: lor theirs i« the kingdom ol' heaven. 



Mat. v., 10. 



A. /?. ./., and Md^iiizinc on hand in good time, but 

 ■!io World as yet. 



Wk can furnish the fcouib foundationn at the prices 

 advertised by Mr. T,oivg. 



EvKN ii' we get only '25 !bs. per colony, and have to 

 sell it for l(i cents per lb., W(? can Klill alVord to keep 

 bees. l<;h .■' 



Wk will send Gmcaninos ;! months for a copy of the 

 ■Jan. No. lor 1875; or we will send all oi' this year ex- 

 f-ept the Jan. No., for 50 cents. 



Samuicl T.Ramskv, 1515 Vine St., Philadcli)hia, I'a., 

 ^.cnders liin services to those who are disposetl to ex- 

 liibit at the Centennial. 



AT the prices at which Mr. Harbison od'crs bees in 

 ills adverlit-euieiit in this No., we should think it 

 <'heaper to buy them tliere than to move thcui as 

 Iriend Wilkin is doing. 



Don't conline (lie bees to tlieir hives; il' they got 

 out it is probably because your cjllar or house ailmits 

 light sonu'where. It' nothing is visible, in anv corner, 

 after y(ui have remained in it 10 minutes, it Is proba- 

 blv dark. 



TiiK Chiiujse Mustard in Vick's catalogue, at 50 els. 

 per lb., is (luite unlike that of our iiiiporialiou ; while 

 tlie former has a narrow, irregular leaf, the latter has 

 a broad, symmetrical <nie. It is now in blooui, ami 

 ihe Italians may be seen on it every pleasant da> . 



Wk are glad to learn that A. Gray & Co., did send 

 Ihc extractiir mentioned in onr last, and if thcv, or 

 Mr. Gray rather, proposes to make satisfactory ar- 

 rangements ill regard to all the money that lias "been 

 sent him, we shall take pleasure in so stating it. 



Ki i)i>ion"s A'cerc/so/ Bea-keep/nq, pvicoGOc, for sale 

 by tli'j Prairie Farmer Co.. is in some resiiects a valu- 

 able work, but bOiidcs being behiutl the times— ISii;* - 



it also urges its readers to invest in rights to his pat- 

 ent hive, and worse than all, indulges in bitter per- 

 sonalities, Which are bad enough in a Journal, but 

 when Uiey get into a book, are bad indeed. 



We have been much i)leased I)y a i)erusal of Bees 

 and JJrc-kccpin;/, by W. C Harbison, published in 'CU; 

 and if tho work is now to be proeuretl, we should very 

 much like to add it to our list. Mr. H. treats largely 

 of bee-keei)ing in California, and is the only author, 

 it seems to us, who has ever given the subject of 

 feetling during a scarcity of natural supplies, the im- 

 portance it demands. We woniler that the book has 

 not had a more general .sale. Wo emphatically en- 

 dorse all he says about keeping bees in a nourishing 

 condition throughout the warm season, by sugar feed- 

 ing whenever they are gathering nothing, and in re- 

 gaid to regular feeding invariably staiaing them to 

 ih(! liclds for pollen, wlien tliey would not otherwise 

 "stir a peg." If you cannot ail'ord to buy the sugar, 

 sell hall your bees anil make the other half ijoihI. 

 H'eed whenever they are consuming more than they 

 gather. 



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Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The eighth Annual INIcetiug of the Michigan IJee- 

 Keepers' Association will be lield in Jvalama/.oo, Mich- 

 igan, December 1st and 'Jd, 1875. The lirsl session 

 will convene at one o'clock r. jM., Wednesday. I'apers 

 ofscieiuilic and jiractical value have been promised 

 by huiiiy of our aldest and most e.\perienced apicultu- 

 rists ; while the discussions are e.vpccted to be even 

 more valuable than those of tlie previous annual 

 meetings. The reputation of this Society as being one 

 of tluM>ldest and ablest of the kind in the country, 

 together with the proverbial hospitality of the people 

 of ivalamazoo, should be ample inducement tor alt 

 who lake an interest in sc-ieulilic bee-culture. We 

 scar(;el3 need to aild that a cordial inviUilion is ex- 

 tended to all, and that every ell'ort will be made to 

 make the coining session a grand success. 



Hl<:UliEUT A. IJLiUCII, 



Soi xn Havkn, Mich. Secretary. 

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1<T11END NOViCi; : -We like your intimation that; 

 bee-kee|)ers liad better move slowly in adopting the 

 plan of wintering bees in bo.xes; in" fact it we suould 

 presume to give advice it would be to go slowly in 

 adopting anything thai is to theiu new, (fake ))ateiin 

 hives as an illustration) no matler how well it may 

 have been trieil or how strongly recoiiimeuded by 

 others. Vears ago we were aware that the plan had 

 been tried and laid aside by much okler and more e.x.- 

 perienced bee men. We have been Icil more by cir- 

 cumstances than otiierw ise into the plan of wintering 

 bees as ])rev)ously descriued, and have so far been 

 successlul beyond our expectalions ; and yet, if we 

 had now a room or cellar that was in every way suit- 

 able to winter bees in, oni; that was alfected but little 

 by sudden (dianges in the weather outside, and one 

 that we could keep drjj through the winter, vve should 

 certainly put our bees there ; but, mind you, we should 

 first jiack them in the boxes as soon as possible after 

 the honey season was over, leave them on their siini- 

 luer stands uiiiil the comiiieiKcment of winter, wiieii 

 tbev would be put in the wiiiieriug liouse, box and 

 all ; and when set out in the spring wt' should leave 

 tliem all siuigly pai'ked in the boxes until fruit blos- 

 soms, and any weak stocks wouUl be left there till 

 June. 



If desired, we will, in some future No., give our i-" 

 perienco in wintering bees in boxes during the •-• 

 four winters, (three of them the hardest for bees we 

 ever knew), in detail, showing just how we have been 

 graduall}' led into it and how lar we liave oeeii suc- 

 cessful. J. II. TOWNhKV. 



Toini)kins, Mich., Oct. I2tli, '75. 



lll,<>,ii;i.<i"^" ■<' <>{|liLJ]!i,:Wi,® 



'^i^j^'-*^ may put me down in Honey Column as hav- 

 W ing o barrels of honey for sale. Two barrels 

 ~^ nice and white, which I olVor for 15 cts. per lb. 



delivered lierc, and one barrel dark, at 10 cts. per lb. 



packages free. W. D. Wkight. 



Knowersvillc, N. Y., Oct. 11th, '75. 



I have '2000 lbs. nice extracted honey, (mostly bass- 

 wood, in barrels and kegs), for which 1 waiitKJcts. per 

 lb. I connueuced last spring with 15 swarms, bought 

 one (Jueeu arid now have (io strong stocks with lots of 

 honey for winter. Have taken a suri>lus of 2500 lbs. 



O. JI. Tow\nsi:nd, Ilubbardston, Mich., Oct. fth, 75. 



