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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



missionaries to foreign lands, helping wid- 

 ows, and assisting those who were just on 

 the eve of going to the poorhouse V Suppose 

 my girls were using the money I pay them 

 Saturday nights, to deck themselves in fine- 

 ry for the club dances, or in dressing in 

 silks and jewelry beyond their means or sta- 

 tions in life. Would God send the money as 

 freely as he would should I talk to these 

 girls and tell them this is a religious institu- 

 tion, that the money came in answer to 

 prayer, and that, unless I look to it (as it 

 is for God"s work), it would stop coming V 



I have no doubt at all, my friends, but that 

 God will send us all the money we can take 

 care of, if we will use it all in such a way that 

 it will do good and not evil. You do not 

 need to ask the people -for it ; you do not 

 need to beg for customers, or to offer induce- 

 ments to people to get them to trade with 

 you in preference to somebody else. Be glad 

 to see others get a share of the business, and 

 to see them thrive ; help those who are your 

 rivals, and then ask God to send enough 

 business for you both, and he will do it. 

 God wants laborers by the thousands ; and 

 if you have not anything to do it is your own 

 fault, because you have not asked him and 

 then complied with his conditions. 



Praying that these words uttered in weak- 

 ness may be blessed to you all ; thanking 

 you for the support and encouragement you 

 have given me in the year past, and trusting 

 in Him who, through you, will take care of 

 and support G ltcanings in the year to come, 

 I bid you all adieu for this the last number 

 of the year. May his blessing rest over us 

 all! Let us close with the first verse and 

 chorus of No. 94, Gospel Hymns. 



" C me. every soul by sin oporessed, 

 There's mercy with ihe Lord, 

 And he will snrelv give vou rest 

 By trusting in his word. 

 Chorus- 

 Only trus 1 him, onlv trust him, 



Only trust him now; 

 He will save you. he will save you, 

 He will save you n >w." 



The tobacco store, failing to pay ex- 

 has moved away and carried the 

 painted Indian, who had a bundle of cigars 

 in his hand, with it. Before the proprietor 

 left, his boy begged hard for a situation with 

 us. and promised to sign and keep all my 

 rules, as have many, many others whom I 

 have been obliged, much against my will, to 

 turn away, because I can not, as yet, take 

 care of so many. 



P. S 



penses. 



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^jjS&LEASB send me a package of the Simpson anc 

 0jf=^ spider honey plants. Your "A B C of Be( 



id 

 Bee 

 Culture " c 'me to hand, and I am very well 

 satisfied It is worth 'hree times the money. Your 

 Gleanings in Bee Cilturr is "boss." May you 

 ever ihiive, and m>iy your shadow never grow less! 

 From a ABC scholar of late, but a bee-keeppr of 

 twelve years. N. E. COTTRfcLL. 



Fayette, Fulto n Co., P., Nov. 12, 1 879. 



I am an old man, full of " fid-fad«." standing, 

 month open, waiting for the spider plants. PI ase 

 excuse me for this time. One ot your b"j r s, father 

 B"Ot, only 67. You must be a very old m-in. Love 

 to father and mother, and all thf» bovs and clerks. 

 Edwahd Tunnicliff. 



Kewanee, Henry Co., 111., Nov. 14, 1879. 



Well, I declare! boys, I have " put my 

 foot in it " now, for sure. I have gone and 

 put an old man among you, and got him 

 right next in the class to a boy only twelve 

 years old. He talks so good-naturedly and 

 friendly, and wants the honey plants, too ; 

 is it any wonder ? May God bless you both, 

 my friends, and your honey plants too ! It 

 does old men and boys both good to get to- 

 gether sometimes, and if we are obedient 

 children to the great Father who is above 

 all, we shall certainly have love, charity, and 

 sympathy for each other. 



Our bees are no*- doing even nothing! but we trans- 

 ferred a colony in September, and i am fneding them 

 on brown sugar. Do you think it is as good as the 

 white? I do not know whether they have a queen 

 or not: I have never looked. In fact, I have not 

 seen a live queen yet, in all my experience (?) with 

 bees. Unlpss we gpt a " foot-power saw " this win- 

 ter, the bee", I think, will stand a poor chance on 

 'his place. I can't stand it to make hives with the 

 hand-saw and plane! I made five this vear. 



D. S. Bethcne. 



Snyder, Ashley Co., Ark., Oct. 16, 1879. 



Now, friend B.. I believe I would keep on 

 making hives by hand until I had opened a 

 hive and seen a " live queen,' 1 at least. May 

 be you won't need a great many hives, if vou 

 do not use those you have aiiy better than 

 that. Brown sugar is perfectly safe for feed- 

 ing in warm weather, when bees can fly, but 

 is not safe for winter stores in cold climates. 



Here is my report: T com nenced last spring, 

 buyiug 2 swarms for $s.00, and increased to 4. X also 

 caught 1 swarm ihat flew over our farm. T did n >t 

 take anv surplus honey ihis year, because 3 swarms 

 are younsr. and I put them in the story and a half 

 hive, and thontrht if they g >t enouah to writer on I 

 would be satisfied. I weUhr-d them about 2 weeks 

 a?o, and found the first swarm weighed 62 lb.; the 

 swarm I cauyht, 53 lb.; and the last swarm 41 lb. I 

 was g<ing to put in chaff cushions, and found the 

 combs built so crooked that 1 could not get ihem in. 

 I have filled the X A storv lull of chaff, and intend to 

 cover them up with straw for winter. 



WHAT TO !><> WITH A QUEEVT.ESS STOCK IN DFC. 



I believe I have got on« swaim that is queenless, 

 but I don't know certninly. They haven't killed 

 their dr nes vet, and it looks to me a« if they were 

 robbing:, for I have seen the bees clinch each other, 

 and roll around, and there are always a jrreat many 

 bees flying around the hive. If they are as I say, 

 what would you do with ihem? Om» of your ABC 

 scholars, 15 years old. Good by, Uncle, for this time. 



E. Wilson, N. Y., Nov. 13, *79. Wakhen A. Bush. 



In the first place, my young friend. I would 

 have tried the combs while they were being 

 built, to see if they would lift out, and then, 

 if they were waving too much, I would have 

 bent them straight. As it is, I think there 

 will be less trouble in taking them out than 

 you imagine. If those heavy colonies are 

 very full of bees, it may be well enough to 

 leave out the division boards, but I should 

 prefer to have them in. The first day when 

 it is warm enough so that the snow is thaw- 

 ing, I would fix them. Smoke them to keep 

 them from flying out, and then find out 

 which comb is the straightest. Choose one 

 outside of the cluster of bees, if you can, and 

 then gently slide the others away from it. 

 In the same way, see to the queenless hive, 

 and if as you suspect, unite it with the oth- 

 ers, saving the combs for new colonies next 

 year, or for table use, if you choose, if the 

 honey is nice enough. If the colony should 

 befutl of bees and stores, unite them and give 

 them some brood in the spring, as I have ex- 

 plained before. 



