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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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introduced, and we go into winter quarters 

 with towards a hundred imported queens. 

 As all three of these last lots were unexpect- 

 ed, it would seem that our friends in Italy 

 must have confidence not only in my ability 

 to care for so many, but in my disposition to 

 pay for them. You see we can be prompt in 



filling orders uext spring, if if well, 



we can fill orders promptly this winter, any 

 way; and I will get them safely at your ex- 

 press offices any month in the year, if you 

 will take care of them after they are there. 



Our bees are now all in chaff hives, except 

 a few having queens yet to be sold. We 

 shall go into winter with about 225 colonies, 

 150 of which are in chaff hives and the rest 

 in the house apiary. 



II. ItlGRRYBANKS TRIALS IN BEE 

 CUIiTURE. 



HOW HE SAVED MONEY. 



¥OV see, our friend, after some sad ex- 

 perience in sending his wax a great 

 ■ way off by express, and paying more 

 money for express charges than the wax was 

 worth, to say nothing of the express on the 

 fdn. back again (he was obliged to do it all 

 by express, because he had small quantities 

 and was always in a hurry for it), finally de- 

 cides to have a fdn. mill of his own. The 

 money is scraped up, the mill purchased, di- 

 rections carefully read over, all needful ap- 

 pliances—such as soap bark, starch, etc., 

 procured, and now all that he laeks is a stove 



OUR CARTOON FOR DECEMBER. 



MR. MERRY15ANKS MAKING HIS OWN COMB FOUNDATION. 



on which to melt his wax, and a room for his 

 tub of water, mill, etc. He finally decides 

 to use his wife's cooking stove, but thinks it 

 will make less trouble to do the work during 

 her absence. As he does not know exact- 

 ly how it may turn out, he decides to say 

 nothing to her about it. 



It seems his wife (as wives often do) re- 

 turns rather unexpectedly, and the scene that 

 meets her astonished gaze as she opens the 

 door, our artist has tried to depict in the 

 sketch above. Do not be frightened, my 

 friends, it is not melted wax that the little 

 one has fallen off the table into (our artist 

 would never allow that, for he has a little boy 

 and girl of his own), but only a tub of cold 

 water. It is nothing strange that children 

 of "inquiring minds" should wish to see 

 every thing done, and, at our friend's house, 

 it seems even the dog and cat are taking a 

 " lively " interest in proceedings; but, if I 

 am right, the dog seems a little undecided as 

 to whether the splash before him was a bona- 

 fide part of the programme, or a slight acci- 

 dental hitch in the machinery. As I was 



obliged to leave just when the above took 

 place, I really cannot say how the husband 

 and wife adjusted matters, nor how many 

 pounds of fdn. friend M. made that day; but 

 I hope and trust the day ended in tranquility. 

 Moral:— When you go to work with wax, 

 candy, glue, honey, or anything of the sort, 

 be careful. Accustom yourself, by practice, 

 to handle any of these things without soiling 

 your fingers, or getting a drop on the floor 

 or any where else. If you cannot work with- 

 out scattering things all about, do not try to 

 do any such work, but hire some body to do 

 it for you, and remain poor and helpless all 

 your life. Don't you see how naturally 

 scolding comes from me V Tell your wife, 

 when any scolding is needed in the family 

 just to send for me. 



Our friend, A. C. Kendel, of the Cleveland Seed 

 Store, wants some white clover, extracted honey. 

 I hope some of you will send him some, for a man so 

 prompt and trustworthy as he ought, to have every* 

 thing he needs — to carry on his business. 



