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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



April 



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This department was suggested by one of the 

 clerks, as an opposition to the "Growlery." Ithink 

 I shall venture to give names in full here. 



pnjsJHE goods forwarded on the 22d reached here 

 g| J to-day. Express was only $1.21. Goods were 

 ^J all that could be desired. The knife is a beau- 

 ty; also the rule. Section frames complete are just 

 the thing. Some of the fdn. came down, but they 

 carried as well as could be expected. Many thanks 

 for samples of honey labels. I had just got a thou- 

 sand, which are not near as nice as yours. We mav 

 want some jars with those fancy labels: if so, will 

 know where to get them. The white fdn. looks 

 splendid: if the bees are as well pleased with it, all 

 right. We have now in the cellar 45 swarms, all do- 

 ing well so far as I know, and I hope we may be 

 blessed with a bountiful honey harvest the coming 

 season. M. E. Bullakd. 



Burns, N. Y., March 5, 1879. 



HOW TO SEND THIRTY CENTS IN SIL- 

 VER BY MAI E. 



BINCE the disuse of fractional currency, most 

 persons and firms accustomed to receive small 

 sums of money by mail have been much annoy- 

 ed by having so large a proportion of it come in post- 

 age stamps, especially, in stamps of inconvenient 

 denominations. Not one person in a dozen seems 

 to know how to send silver in a letter. To the good 

 work of removing this benighted condition of hu- 

 manity, this article is devoted. 



The difficulties to be overcome are these. Coins 

 are slippery, and will rattle about in a letter, in a 

 manner which is unpleasantly suggestive. They are 

 also somewhat liable to break through the envelope, 

 and steal away. They can be kept "as snug as a bug 

 in a rug," and sent to the amount of 30cts.. or even 

 40cts., for one rate of postage, by observing the fol- 

 lowing directions. 



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Take a light envelope, and half a sheet of thin note 

 paper. Write your order close to the top of the 

 sheet, leaving at least an inch and a half of the bot- 

 tom blank. Fold upward a little strip of the bottom 

 of the sheet, just as wide as the diameter of the coin 

 or coins you wish to send, and lay them side by side in 

 the little gutter which is thus formed. Fig. 1 repre- 

 sents your letter and dimes at this stage of the pro- 

 ceedings. Referring now to Fig. 2, which represents 

 the lower portion of the same letter, cut 2 little 

 gashes in the paper, one from a to b. and one from 

 dtoc. The strips which are partially severed are 

 now to be folded over upon the coins, and rubbed 

 down tightly. Fig. 2 shows them thus. 



It might be well to mark the lines a-b and e-d with 

 a pencil before cutting them, in oi - der to get them 

 just the right length. It is evident that the coins 

 are now closely confined in every direction but one. 

 They can still slip upward. Now fold this pocket- 

 like package upward upon the rest of the sheet, and 

 this door of exit is closed. It is not necessary to do 

 anything more, other than to fold and inclose the 

 letter as usual. 



The coins cannot get loose until the pocket is 

 turned downward; and the pocket cannot turn 

 downward while in the envelope. The job looks a 

 little more complete, however, if you continue to 

 fold upward until you have turned one or two folds 

 in the uncut portion of the paper. The lower end 

 of the sheet will then look as shown in Fig. 3. Now 

 fold to proper size, and enclose. 



Just try this little device as an experiment once, 

 and you will be surprised to see how snug and how 

 handy it is. Give your envelope all reasonable sha- 



king and rough usage, and see how immovable the 

 coins are in their paper nest. They are fastened to 

 the substance of the letter itself. Should'nt wonder 

 it you should feel so grateful to Gleanings for the 

 information, that you would at once extemporize an 

 order for 30 cents' worth of little traps. 



A half ounce of dimes and half dimes is 55 cents, 

 very nearly. If you can make your envelope and 

 sheet weigh the same as a dime and a half, you 

 can inclose 40c, without having to pay extra post- 

 age. This is perfectly possible, but should not gen- 

 erally be attempted, unless you have a balance at 

 hand to weigh the letter. 



Gleanings furnishes electrotype copies of its 

 cuts, and for 60 cents, will send these figures to any 

 paper desiring to republish this method of sending 

 money. 



It occurs to me, friend Root, that, sometimes, 

 when we send a small order to a person in whom we 

 have perfect confidence, it would be most conven- 

 ient to send a dollar bill and have the change re- 

 turned. Would it not be well to make your patrons 

 some offer of this sort? E. E. Hasty. 



Bodley, Ohio, Jan. 31, 18T9. 



Pertaining to Bee Ciiltui'e. 



[We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in 

 conducting this department, and would consider it a 

 favor to have them send us all circulars that have a 

 deceptive appearance. The greatest care will be at 

 all times maintained to prevent injustice being done 

 any one.] 



C. MITCHELL has one victim here, a man by 

 the name of Bushnel, of Gustavus, Ohio. He 

 sent $5.00 for a right to use the hive that 

 Mitchell sells for $1.00. He also sent, last fall, $20.00 

 to Mrs. Cotton, of West Gorham, Me., for a swarm of 

 Italian bees, with instructions how to make $50.00 

 to a swarm, and he has received nothing yet for his 

 money; $25.00 out by not taking Gleanings. 



C. M. T. 



I have taken pains to ascertain who Mrs. Lizzie 

 E. Cotton is. She is a man ! Her name is C. B. 

 Cotton, alias Lizzie E. Cotton. Post that scoundrel 

 in Gleanings. C. B. Cotton is the villainous hus- 

 band of "old Liz." I know it to be so. 



Malcom, la., Feb. 10, '79. Wm. Clements. 



Under this head, will be inserted free of charge, 

 the names of all those having honey to sell, as well 

 as those wanting to buy. Please mention how 

 much, what kind, and prices, as far as possible. The 

 prices quoted in our cities for honey are, at present, 

 too low, to make it worth while to publish them. 

 As a general thing, I would not advise you to send 

 your honey away, to be sold on commission. If 

 near home, where you can look after it, it is often 

 a very good way. By all means, develop your home 

 market. For 25cts., we can furnish little boards 

 to hang up in your door yard, with the words "Honey 

 for Sale" neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10c. 

 extra for postage. Boards saying "Bees and Queens 

 for Sale," ;ame price. 



HONEY MARKETS. 



Chicago.— Hanoi— Choice, in single comb boxes, 

 10@13c. Extracted, 6@,10c. 



Bees-wax.— Choice, yellow, 23<W27c. Darker grades, 

 16@20c. 



New York.— Ho?iej/-Best comb., 12@15c. Extract 

 ed, 7@,10c. 



Bees-wax.— Choice, 28c. 



Cincinnati.— Honey— Best, in single comb boxes, 

 10fTjil5c. Extracted, 8@10c. 



California.— Honey- Comb, 9@llc. Extracted, 



iy 2 @8c. 



Bees-wax.— Best, 30@31c. For darker colored, 



20r L /.22 I /,c. 



