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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



SpIHE smoker arrived Saturday, all right. I ] 

 Ji|[ been using- it to-day, and find it just a 



SMOKERS. 



have 

 about 



==J perfection. I don't know how 1 ever man- 

 aged to do without it. J. l>. Mills. 



Mill's Mills, N. Y., June 7, 1880. 



Send me another Simplicity smoker. I want it 

 for one of my neighbors. I showed him mine, and 

 when he saw how nice it worked, he gave up that 

 the Simplicity is the best. H. D. Norwood. 



Dundas, Minn., May 29, 1880. 



I got a smoker from you last summer, which gives 

 good satisfaction. It makes bee handling almost a 

 charm. I would not like to be without it any more. 



Isaac L. Kulp. 



Danboro P. O., Bucks Co., Pa., June 16, 1880. 



The smoker is as complete an invention as I ever 

 Faw. I had to laugh when I saw it; I would not take 

 for it twice the money it cost me. F. L. Surick. 



Wilmoth's, W. Va., June 6, 1880. 



I received your cold blast smoker, and like it very 

 much better than I do the Bingham smoker, inclu- 

 ding price. As I was transferring a swarm the oth- 

 er day, an old bee-keeper came along and asked me 

 what that was. I told him. He laughed about it, 

 but I told him to wait and see it work. He did. 

 When I got through, he requested me to order him 

 one. So here it is. ***** * 



P. H. Walker. 



Manchester, Vt., June i, 1880. 



COUNTER STORE GOODS. 



Box of tools, scales, etc. received all in good order, 

 and entirely satisfactory. I only wonder how you 

 can get up such a collection of useful things for the 

 money. The ten dollar lot would cost here nearly 

 fifty dollars. J. E. Johnson. 



St. George, Utah, June 10, 1880. 



[.Thanks, friend J. The secret of selling these 

 things so low, is in buying of the manufacturers in 

 gross lots or still larger, and in then selling to you at 

 a single profit. This single profit is also made small, 

 by having the goods all put up by boys and girls, or 

 comparatively cheap help. They love their work, 

 and are trying hard to learn accuracy and fidelity.] 



DRONE FDN. 



The drone starter fdn. received from you was just 

 "boss;" it was the nearest to my idea of perfect fdn., 

 of any ifc has been my good fortune to sc«. The wax 

 was soft and pure, while the base of cells was the 

 thinnest I have seen, and side walls high enough for 

 starters. C. H. Chapman. 



Easthampton, Mass., May 31, 1880. 



The 2 lb. of fdn., by mail, at hand. Thanks for be- 

 ing so prompt. Not a single sheet was broken. I 

 will order 20 lb. by freight or express. 



E. J. Atchley. 



Lancaster, Tex., May 20, 1880. 



The grind stone came all right, and it is just 

 splendid. S. (i. Morehouse. 



Loveland, Iowa, June 1, 1880. 



Extractor was received yesterday morning, in 

 good order. I extracted 18-t lb. of honey before eve- 

 ning. I am very much satisfied with the machine. 



Olmstead, 111., June 15, '80, M. Kierie. 



Imported queen I purchased of you last fall is a 

 good queen, though not very bright colored. I can 

 handle her bees without smoke. I have taken from 

 her 24 lb. of honey (ext.), three frames of brood, and 

 two strong nuclei on four frames (7 frames in all) 

 and it is now a strong colony. R. J. Fox. 



Natick, Mass., June 2. 1880. 



All the 10 queens arrived here in good health and 

 spirits, and tender you their thanks for the fine ac- 

 commodation on the road. Every thing was all 

 right. H. Sontag. 



Cucamonga, Cal., June 16, 1880. 



[These were dollar queens, ten of them by mail 

 in the tin bottle cages.] 



I received my hives May 10th, and am well pleas- 

 ed with them. They go together flrstrate. The 

 lumber is better then. I thought it could be for that 

 money. Please accept thanks. J. F. Taft. 



Millville, Mass., June 6, IjfcH, 



The goods received all in splendid order. I must 

 praise your mode of putting up goods for shipment 



light and compact. Every thing fitted O. K. 

 when putting together. Before 1 received the 

 goods, I was almost tempted to growl; but, remem- 

 bering your advice to order in time, I dared not do 

 it. But after the goods were here, I had to smile; 

 could not help it. Joel Heydt. 



Ashley, Pa., June 23, 1880. 



The parker machine is a complete success, and 

 is worth $5.00 to any one who uses fdn. in section 

 boxes, and keeps 53 swarms of bees. 



Hudson, Mich., May 31, '80. J. C. Dickinson. 



Everything ordered of you is here. The bees 

 came this morning, and, although I was beginning 

 to get a little nervous over delay, I am ready to 

 shake hands with you now. The bees are beauties, 

 and came through nicely, not a dozen dead bees in 

 all. W. A. Stephens. 



Jersey Shore, Pa., June 10, 1880. 



The goods I ordered of you, I am happy to say, 

 came safe and all right; except you sent all-one- 

 piece sections instead of one thousand of the old 

 kind, as I ordered. That makes little difference, as 

 they seem to work well, and have a beautiful ap- 

 pearance. There is verv little honey so far. 



Delaware, O., June 18, 1880. W. T. Ropp. 



Those bees came all right, and are working and 

 doing splendidly. E. Carter. 



Loveland, 111., June 21, 1880. 



Please take out my advertisement offering 300 

 colonies for sale; 1 have sold nearly all I had to sell 

 in colonies. P. L. Viallon. 



Bayou Goula, La., May 12, 1880. 



A B C OF BEE CULTURE. 



I beg to acknowledge receipt of "A B C of Bee Cul- 

 ture," with which I am much pleased. It contains a 

 large amount of valuable information, and its hand- 

 some appearance will adorn my library. 



Dr. L. F. Burroughs. 



Quebec, Can., May 28, 1880. 



I wish you knew how highly I value the ABC 

 book I got from you. Ed. Sudduth. 



Stony Point, Bourbon Co., Ky., June 7, 1880. 



I have just received my "A B C of Bee Culture" 

 and I am well pleased with it. I would not take $5.00 

 for it if I could not get another. E. S. Tuttle. 



Millsprings, Wayne Co., Ky., April 23, 1880. 



I have your "A B C of Bee Culture," and think it 

 the greatest work on bees I ever saw. 



E. L. Loftin. 

 Denver, Lincoln Co., N. C, May 17, 1880. 



Your "A B C in Bee Culture" is the best bee his- 

 tory that I have ever read, and I have read a good 

 many different ones. Fred. G. Mirlke. 



McFarland, Dane Co., Wis., May 1, 1880. 



