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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



"stop!"it almost ceased moving. Our young 

 conductor was busy with his head another 

 way; but, as the gentleman had ample time 

 to get off easily, he, without looking, sig- 

 naled for the car to start up again, thinking, 

 I presume, of getting me through. All at 

 once we were all startled by hearing — 



"Stop this car! I would have you to un- 

 derstand, sir, that when I say stop, I mean 



stop!" 



As the boy very courteously apologized, 

 saying he supposed he had stepped off, the 

 car came to a standstill, and a female, from 

 the further end of the car, very deliberately 

 arose and came the whole length of the car 

 and got off. I took a good look at the man 

 with the big voice and so much authority, 

 lie might have been a Sunday-school super- 

 intendent, or even a minister, by his looks; 

 but, for all that, he kept on in his harsh 

 words until the boy's face lost its gentle 

 look and paled with anger under his uncalled- 

 for severity. Why, oh! why could not this 

 man have remembered that the boy might 

 have had reasons he knew not of for seeming 

 to be neglectful of his customer's welfare? 

 Why could not that woman have been 

 thoughtful enough to the needs of others be- 

 sides herself, to have been near enough to 

 enable her to have stepped off, and saved so 

 much pain? The boy indulged in some pro- 

 fanity; but I could not help wondering if the 

 recording angel above had not marked two 

 scores against the name of the man where 

 he had put down one for the boy. I sympa- 

 thized with this young fellow-traveler, as I 

 never did before. May God help us all ! and 

 especially may God help me to remember 

 that — 



A soft answer turnetta away wrath; but grievous 

 Avords stir up anger.— Pbov. xv. 1. 



'fjg^EES are gathering at present at the rate of 5 to 

 fJtPji 6 lbs. a day. Paul L. Viallon. 

 Bayou Goula, La., Oct. 14, 1880. 



I have 44 stands of bees; commenced last spring 

 with 38, increased to 44, and got 2500 lbs. of honey. 

 Columbia, Mo., Oct. (i, 1880. J. W. Bbadley. 



My bees will average from 45 to 50 lbs. to the hive, 

 which I think a fair yield, but it is mostly buck- 

 wheat honey. David S. Carll. 



Deer Park, Suff. Co., N. Y., Oct. 11, lo80. 



I had 63 swarms of bees last spring; increased to 

 140 swarms, and had about 5000 lbs. surplus comb 

 honey. C. H. G. 



Manson, Juneau Co., Wis., Oct 9, 1880. 



My bees have done well. 1 commenced with 45 

 swarms and increased to 94. Got about two tons 

 and a half of honey, one-half comb, mostly bass- 

 wood. A. J. Tibbets. 



Downsville, Wis., Sept. 27, 1880. 



I began last spring with one colony of Italians; 

 increased to four, and took out 40 lbs. of surplus 

 comb honey. They have now from 30 to 50 lbs. each 

 for winter. Wm. A. Murkar. 



Aberdour, Ontario, Can., Sept. 27, 1880. 



My yield of honey this season has been 89 lbs. of 

 comb honey per colony. Some have gone far above 

 those figures, but that is the average. I have 35 col- 

 onies. W. E, McWillis. 



Collins, Oregon, Sept. 8, 1880. 



I carried my honey to market the 16th of this 

 month. Sold comb honey at 16?.;c, and extracted at 

 12^0. So, my bees have paid me eleven dollars per 

 hive this season. That is pretty good, I think, for a 

 Texas bee-keeper. E. J. Atchley. 



Lancaster, Texas, Sept. 20, 1880. 



The 1-lb. sections are something new in this locali- 

 ty. I have taken SO lbs from one hive. My husband 

 has been selling it in his store, and thinks it would 

 be well to keep it on hand. 



Mrs. Richard Willis. 



Towson, Baltimore Co., Md., Oct. 6, 18£0. 



For an A B C scholar, I get along very well this year, 

 considering the poor season. I had 7 hives in the 

 spring; increased to 19; got 264 lbs extracted honey, 

 and 90 lbs. comb honey in 2-lb. sections, black bees at 

 that. It is the general complaint here among the 

 bee-keepers, a poor season and very little honey. 

 Devizes, Ont,, Oct. 12, 1880. Wm. Coleman. 



OUT OF BLASTED HOPES. 



I carried only 15 colonies of bees through last win- 

 ter, but got about 1600 weight of honey this full, and 

 increased to 40 colonies. Take me out of Blasted 

 Hopes. A. L. Klar. 



Pana, 111., Oct. 7, 1880. 



With all the pleasure in the world, friend 

 K. Give us your hand, and step right out, 

 and go on prospering with the 40 colonies. 



NOT IN BLASTED HOPES. 



T see myself in Blasted Hopes in last Gleanings. 

 Hopes all blasted? No, sir, not I. I am too old for 

 that. My yield of honey has exceeded that of oth- 

 ers in this neighborhood for the five years since I 

 commenced to keep bees. I lost none last winter. 

 I have examined my bees since I saw myself in 

 Blasted Hopes, for I don't believe I belong there. I 

 find they have store for winter, by dividing equally. 

 1 have taken 725 lbs. from 26 colonies which I had 

 last spring; increased to 48 by natural and artificial 

 swarming, which gives 24 lbs. each. My old stocks 

 have beaten Bingham's 10 lbs., according to report. 



N. A. Prudden. 



Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 17, 1880. 



I really beg pardon, friend P., for I think 

 I was in error. It seems to be one of my be- 

 setting sins, in my anxiety to have Blasted 

 Hopes kept up, to get in who do not belong 

 there. 



Besides the tested queens mentioned elsewhere, 

 we have about 20 nice young hybrid queens to spare. 



Friend Nellis is cross, Faris is cross, Given is 

 cross, and there are so many others who seem to 

 think they must be cross or they won't get along, 

 that I am sometimes half tempted to say, in the lan- 

 guage of the Psalmist, — 



'• They that hate me without a canst' are more than the hairs 

 uf my head. ' '— Ps. lxi.v. i. 



Perhaps I lack wisdom; but, my friends, I have 

 tried to do right, and to be unselfish. The October 

 Exchange says: — 



In spite uf all the good qualities thai friend Root, editor of 

 Gleanings, has developed, he yet has one obstacle hard to sur- 

 mount, viz: he has difficulty to speak well of the inventions 

 of others, that he can not himself control. This holds true of 

 most kinds of apiarian supplies that he does not inventor man- 

 ufacture. 



Now, fi-iend N., this makes "two times" you have 

 been cross. I don't believe I want to control any 

 thing or anybody. All I have ever made or invented, 

 anybody is at liberty to make or copy— even my A 

 B C book, as there is no copyright on it. I gave 

 Faris over $100 for inventing: a machine that would 

 spoil our roll business; and I did so, too, when I did 

 not think his machine practical, for fear he would 

 feel hard about it, and he feels hard now. What 

 more can I do? I like the Peet cage; but, before 

 dropping my own for it, I wanted to draw out the 

 experience of those who had used it. Was that not 

 right? Come, now; let us show the world there are 

 two people at least who can be pleasant to each oth- 

 er, even if they hnve got a "bee journal" apiece. 

 How much money shall I pay you or Mr. Peet for the 

 privilege of using some of the features of your 

 queen cage, in one of my own get up? 



