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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec 



dish of whortleberries and milk that I was en- 

 Joyiui^ hiijiciy, when a pleasant faced fellow 

 iiUerrupied by exteiidiiiy- his haud and mildly 

 asking for a half dollar. Novv I have got just 

 to the whortleberries — perhaps it is "boiled 

 wheat" in our case, at any rate it costs nothing 

 for what you have had, but if I give you with 

 each number of Glkaxings for 187() one of 

 these Home P.ai'eus 1 shall want about 2 cts. 

 each, or 35 cts. for the whole year. In other 

 words 



GLEANINGS FOR 1870 WILL BE $1.00 

 Three copies, $2.50 ; five, |;:!.75 ; ten, $(J.0() ; 

 and we will send as a premium to all who sub- 

 scribe before Jan. ist, 



LlTJlOGKAI'II OF THE APIAKY, 



Photo of the House Apiary, or photo of 

 "Novice and Blue Eves," your clioiee of 

 the three. 



G7jEAninc4s alone at old prices, or Ouii 

 Homes alone for 25 cents. Postage prepaid 

 on all. Those who have paid 75c can have any 

 one of the premiums if 25c is sent for Ouii 

 Homes, i^/wv Jan. 1st; after that date, two 

 names will be required at $1.00 each for any 

 premium. As we have been blamed for send- 

 ing the same a second time, no present wdll be 

 sent unless it is asked for. 



Dear friends, my work on Vol. Ill, is done, 

 and so far as I am concerned, it has been a 

 very pleasant woriv indeed. Your letters have 

 cheered me more than you can think, and 1 

 only regret that it has been utterly impossible 

 for me to reply to them individually in the 

 same kind and friendly spirit in wdiich they 

 were written. Whatever Gt.eanings lias ac- 

 complished, nuich of the cretlit has been due to 

 the many kind friends who have aided bj' fre- 

 quoit hints, and many of them liave been only 

 brief notes on postals. May God's blessing- 

 rest on all your Iiomes, and may cacli indi- 

 vidual member feel an earnest desire to walk in 

 the straight path of duty. May prosperity be 

 the reward of all faithful labor, whether it be 

 in the apiary, on the farm, in the shops, stores, 

 offices, or wherever in life these lines may 

 chance to greet you. A. I. Root. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



PiilhJislicd MosiaBily, 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 



EDINA, OHIO. 



[Inctudhig JPostagc] 

 For Club Rates see Last Page. 



3s*arEiDiisj.A., iDEO. 1, levs- 



To tliib cm I was i horu, ami Tor this cause cautc 1 

 into thu woili], thai. I should bear witness unto the 

 tnUh.— John IS, 31. 



Mu. IlAuiusoN will be ready to lill orders for queens, 

 as soon as Feb. bend lor his circular. 



Ni;v/ sul).scribers for Ouit rio:Mi-.s Tor 187(1, will re- 

 ceive the livi-t two iK'UJcrs free. „ 



A vKiiV good receipt lor tlic candy wo have men- 

 tioned, is found on page 22, Vol. 1. We hope in our 

 next to be able to give a full account of tlie imple- 

 ments needed to make it cheajsly for au apiary. 



Full directions for making comb foundations will 

 lie given next month, also, prices of the dies for stamp- 

 ing the wax sheets, and instructions to those who 

 wish to make their own dies. This will be nice work 

 for the winter. 



As our call for Jan. No's, only resulted in bringing 

 three cojiies— flattering is it not that nobody will sell 

 them ?— wc shall have to ofler Vol. Ill, without it we 

 fear. Therefore we will furnish Vol's I, II, and III, 

 less Jan. No. of Vol. II, lor :J2.5C, or the whole with the 

 best binder for §:!.00. 



"Injukiols Insects of Michigan," by Prof. Cook, of 

 the Agricultural College, is a pamphlet of 48 pages, 

 tlnely illustrated. It will be mailed on receipt of two 

 3 cent stamps and is really worth as many dollars if 

 well studied. Address Trof. A. J. Cook, Lansing, 



Michigan. 



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The Nortli American Bee-Keepers' Society will 

 meet at Toledo, O., Dec. 1st. We can not conscien- 

 tiously advise our readers to invest money in going 

 long distances to these conventions, with the hope 

 that it will prove a profitable investment; but where 

 they are held in their own county, should say attonil 

 them by all means. 



L. C. Root's article on preparing bees for winter, in 

 the Nov. No. of yl?H. AgricvltuTist, is probably as sale 

 to follow as any thing we have on the subject. He 

 gives the preference to cellars under a room wherein 

 a (ire is kept constantly during the winter. This ena- 

 bles us to remove all accumulation of bad air and 

 dampness without the possibility of mistake or failure, 



on the plan given on page ICt), Vol. II. 



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Gleanings, and in fact all the Bee Journal.^ of 



America, can be sent to Great Britain, for 21 cents iicr 



year extra. All the books advertised in our list will 



be sent, free of postage, at the same rate as in our 



own country: the same applies to the. back Volmncs 



of Gleanings. For the benefit of our English Iriends, 



we will say that \£ English money is worth, at jires- 



cut to us, S'.")..'5(), and that 5^1.00 our money will be cijuiv- 



alent to about Ms, 8d. 



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As foreign postage stamps are of little or no value 



to us, and' our own the same to our friends o\er the 



water, we think we can all be excused for not enclo- 



.sing stiunii for reply. Postal cards are much the 



cheapest medium of communication, and if we waive 



all ceremony and "pitch right into business," Avill 



contain quite a letter, and they only require an extra 



one cent stamp. AVe will answer all inquiries and pay 



all postage, if our friends will excuse the "postals," 



and our brevity, 



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Wi: have been taken to task for saying that our 

 standard works are all behind tho times; but really, 

 we do not know how we can recall it, until some edi- 

 tion is before the public that takes some cognizance of 

 the extractor ; onu that has been published since we 

 liave learned t « get 5C0 lbs. from a single hive, and to 

 market our honey l>y the ton; and above all, to make 

 some mention of our wintering troubles. As it is, we 

 feel it a duty to direct a beginner to our Journals, 

 rather than to any of the bee books. 



If you wish your })apcr continued without interrup- 

 tion, please remit for next year shortly atfer this 

 reaches you. As we do not Vi i-h to intnidc it on any 



