1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



453 



The charge* on the Exti'aetor were $1.30 which was 

 very reasonable. I don't see what makes people 

 growl. Your packing- is perfect, and I have never 

 ordered goods of you yet but what they came soon- 

 er than 1 expected. Elias Berg. 



Cicero, lnd., July 30, 1880. 



I sent for 2, dollar queens, July 20th, and re- 

 ceived them on the S52d. 1 introduced one the 24th, 

 and the other on the 261 h. Both were in good condi- 

 tion when received, and are doing well. Allow me 

 to commend your promptness. S. W. Sutten. 



Adamsville, Muskingdum Co., O., July 29, 1880. 



Thanks for promptness. I received Price List, 

 Gleanings, and ABC 24 hours before 1 expected 

 them. My friend is so highly pleased with A B C 

 that he cannot express his pleasure and still has 

 some suspicion that its pi ice is below cost. 



Cleveland, O., Aug. 2, 1880. N. Anson. 



THE $4.00 WATCHES. 



1 have had the $4.00 watch running a month, and 

 it gives entire satisfaction, keeping tip-top time. 



Please find P. O. order inclosed for $9.90, for which 

 send me 2 more, four-dollar watches, and 2 gold pens, 

 one with no holder, the other with gold-plated hold- 

 er, both Morton's, ladies pens. W. D. Loveland, 



Lawrence, Mich., Aug. 14, 1880. 



Good morning, brother Root. I have just come in 

 to get a few more smokers. This is my fourth time 

 after a half dozen, so you can see they are a poor 

 thing to keep. A man came along the other day 

 and took the one 1 was using, and I have to do with- 

 out till I get this lot; so you see 1 will be watching 

 the express office soon. I have just finished taking 

 off 200 nicely tilled section boxes. Jas. Parshall. 



Union Valley, Nodaway Co., Mo., Aug. 6, 1880. 



buckwheat; silver-hull. 



That peck of silver-hull buckwheat bought of you 

 is just splendid. It is now in full bloom, and bees 

 are on it, I believe, night and day. C. Sevener. 



Mount Morris, Mich., August 2, 1880. 



[Well, I declare, friend S., if you have bees that 

 work on buckwheat in the afternoon, you are ahead 

 of the bees, and buckwheat too, that grow here. I 

 am very glad to hear it pleases you.] 



The ABC and smoker were carefully and secure- 

 ly packed and came in nice order. The smoker 

 works finely; I only wish I had had it in May. The 

 A B C is a wonder to the whole family as well as my- 

 self. Such a book as that for $1.2) ! We cannot cease 

 to wonder and admire. It is eiirht years this spring 

 since a swarm of bees was given to me, when all I 

 knew of bees was they would sting, and could make 

 honey. F. A. Moores. 



Newburgh, N. Y., July 28, 1880. 



TRIALS and vexation. 



Indeed you have lots of vexations and trials, but 

 the best of all is, you know where to go to find rest 

 and peace. God, who takes notice of little sparrows, 

 will surely help all who trust him. 



One day last week I came into my room all tired 

 out, and saw Gleanings on the table. On the first 

 page I opened to was the picture of Novice and Blue 

 Eyes. I was so pleased, I forgot I was tired, and 

 ran into the garden to show it to Laura, who was 

 working in the strawberry bed. So you see it gave 

 me rest. Mrs. a. B. Hodsdon. 



Corning, Mo., Aug. 10, 18S0. 



I received the bees in good order, put a frame of 

 bees in the hive, and was all ready to let them out. 

 It was about 10 o'clock, a.m. ; heat up to 108° ; didn't 

 know how to begin; finally took the wire cloth off, 

 and shook them into the hive. All worked like a 

 charm. We closed the hive, supposing all to be 

 right. In about 20 minutes, out they came, swarm 

 like, and clustered on an apple-tree limb. Now, if 

 you could have seen me, you certainly would have 

 laughed. A few moments before, I was hijrh up in 

 Smilery; then, down in the cellar, filled with Blast- 

 ed Hopes, and "off for Kansas." We opened the 

 hive and shook them in again; they then gave bet- 

 ter indications of being satisfied. Next morning, we 

 wanted to see how they were getting along, and 

 opened the hive. We found them all clustered nice- 

 ly on the comb; took the comb or frame out, and 

 then got sight of the mother bee. An old friend, a 



bee-man, exclaimed, "I have seen many queens, but 

 this gets away with all that I ever saw." 



Wright Lancaster. 

 Washington, Utah, July 24, 1880. 



THE FARIS FDN. MACHINE. 



I take this moment to thank you, for publishing 

 the Paris method of making fdn. It has already 

 saved me more than the cost of Gleanings, and will 

 save me $10.00 per year hereafter. That you may 

 prosper abundantly in all your noble work I shall 

 ever pray. And I know you will prosper, for it is 

 not in human hearts but to respond to such disinter- 

 ested, self sacrificing regard for the prosperity of oth- 

 ers; for you must have known that that publication 

 which cost you more than $150.00 would cut off a 

 large amount of your own business. When such 

 things, so scarce in this world, exhibiting as they do 

 faith in God and right, are seen, every human heart 

 responds, and what you loose in one direction you 

 gain in another. More than that, I know you will 

 prosper because God is on the side of every man 

 who acts squarely up to his sense of right, when it 

 requires a sacrifice. 



1 made one of the dipping casts and a vat accor- 

 ding to the plates in Gleanings, of the size of my 

 frames, only I made the vat, or outside box, smaller, 

 and with a tin bottom, and it did not leak. I made 

 it smaller and higher, and it does not spatter at all, 

 and makes the best fdn. I have ever used. But I 

 found the smallness of the box interfered with 

 straps on the end of the frames, and so I put one 

 strap on the front of the frames. But when we 

 came to use it, wife, who always helps, said, "Why 

 not fasten one end of the strap with a button, and 

 have the strap out of the way while you remove the 

 sheet of fdn.?" And so I made a button hole in the 

 upper end of the strap to til a small nail head driven 

 into the top of the upper frame. Now it is all right ; 

 we can lay it open on the bench to remove the sheet, 

 etc. H. V. Train. 



Mauston, Wis., July 29, 1880. 



100 COLONIES 



Black and Hybrid Bees for sale, in 8 and 10 frame 

 Langstroth Hives, 50 in Simplicity, and 50 in Grimm 

 portico, all two story and painted; owner going 

 West. Price $5.00 each on yard. Lots of 25 deliv- 

 ered at depot or dock free of charge. 

 9d JOHN Y. DETWILER & CO., Toledo, Ohio. 



Dollar Queens from Imported 



mother, and Foot-Power Circular Saws for sale, by 

 9 H. SMITH, New Hamburg, Ont., Canada. 



50 



9d 



FINE VISITING CARDS, no two alike, with 

 name neatly printed, 10 cents, post paid. 

 M. L. DORM AN, Sinclairville, N. Y. 



-| (~) f) XX ENVELOPES, with business card neat- 



x ^ ^ ly printed, 50 cents, free by mail. 



9d Spectator Printing House, Sinclairville, N.Y. 



Ot*m COMB FOUNDATION MACHINES, from 

 $15.00 to $35.00. Sample and Circular sent free 

 on application. Address, 

 9tfd C. OLM, Fond du lac, Wis. 



COMB FOUNDATION MACHINES 



for sale at 3]ic per sq. inch. Comb fdn. 35c per lb., 



over 5 lbs. ; under 5 lbs., 40c at the factory. 



9 JOHN FARIS, Chilhowie, Smythe Co., Va. 



OH ! SEE THE CHAHCES 



made in W. Z. Hutchinson's advertisement, page 454. 



1. 



We have at last succeeded in getting some seed of 

 this beautiful plant, which is described on page 148 

 of Gleanings for 1879. The seed is flat and bean- 

 like. As we have but a few, in order to make them 

 go around, we offer them postpaid, at 5 cents each. 

 To Canada, 2 cents extra. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



