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GLEANINGS IN BEK CULTUKE. 



Mak. 



replied. '• Mr. Root, this is m// bit and 

 brace. ■■ On inquiry I found be liad pur- 

 chased with bis earnings a little saw, two 

 sizes of hammers, and some other tools that 

 be needed often in his work, and was inde- 

 pendent, von see. I told him if be would 

 make a little chest for all his tools I would 

 "iive liini tlie lumber, and pay him for the 

 time while he was making it. You see. you 

 can honor tlie Master by liaving tools of 

 ■your own. instead of wanting to borrow. 

 "People may be stingy of tlieir tools, their 

 cutters, tlieir buggies, and may be of their 

 horses, l)ut it is their right. 1 like to see 

 people wlio iia\'e the good sense to refuse to 

 loan their things. I do not believe I should 

 feel hnrt if somebody explained to me that 

 lie would rather not lend something I asked 

 to borrow; but 1 do not believe I shall be 

 subject to such a trial, for 1 am not going to 

 ask people for things wiien 1 am pretty sure 

 they prefer not to lend them ; or. if yon 

 choose, when good sense would dictate that 

 they wonld better not lend them. A mutual 

 exchange between neighbors is sometimes 

 very desirable. Xow, then, if you want to 

 sho'w your zeal for Christ, can you not show 

 it more effectively in the way 1 have pointed 

 out. than by any great amount of talk in 

 ])ublic. or any strong profession. Ilemem- 

 ber what the 'king said of tlie careful and 

 the provident: 



('ome, ye blessed of ni.\- Father, inherit the Ivinji- 

 flom prepared for you from the fouudatitm of the 

 world. 



NOT ALWAYS DEAD WHEN THEY AP- 

 PEAR TO BE. 



APPi;C)l>IUATE 1 

 .SKA.SOX. 



THi; I'lIESEXT 



A.ST evening I discovered that one colonj- of 

 my .iiees were dead, or I supposed they were. 

 It was a very small swarm, not over one 

 quart of bees in all; they wore clustered on 

 three frames, and their stores were all con- 

 sumed, so of course I at once jnonounced it a case 

 of starvation. Part of them were clustered natural- 

 ly between the combs; the rest were on the bottom- 

 board. 1 brought them up into the kitchen, took 

 out the center comb, and on that found the queen. 

 She is an Italian, that I bought and introduced last 

 fall. I took her in my hand and breathed on her 

 for about two minutes, when one of her feelers be- 

 gan to move; then I put a droj) of honey by her 

 tongue, and within ten minutes w(; liad her in a 

 cage, alive and smart. 



We tlu'u turned our attention to the others. As 

 y(,'t they had shown not the least signs of life. Wo 

 lireathcd upon them, and hehl them where it was 

 wiirm, also si)rinkled some thin honey among- them. 

 Soon one after another began to move, and within 

 half an hour they were so lively we were obliged to 

 put them into the hive and close them lU). This 

 morning I found at least three-fourths of them 

 alive, and they appear to be none the worse for 

 their nap. 



Now, Mr. Hoot, did you ever know of a ease where 

 bees were so lar gone as those, and still live? It is 

 my opinion, that a great many bees are destroyed 

 that might be saved by a little pains on the part of 

 the bco-kecpcr who imagines liis bees are dead 

 when tjicy are not. 



A great many colonics are starving to death this 

 winter, in this county. I know of 50 or more that 

 have starved, and it seems really too bad when it 

 costs so little to keep them alive. My bees have 

 been in the cellar VZd days already, and but very few 

 have died, probably not more than a quart in all. 

 The most of them have granulated sugar in cakes 

 over the tops of the frames, in case they run short 

 of honey. .1. U. IJAi.r.. 



Knowlton. Ind., Feb. ::8. 18**.-,. 



Friend 1>.. wc have had a good luauy such 

 reports ; but as the matter comes uj) every 

 spring, it is a good plan to liave it repeated. 

 You will find the same thing mentioned in 

 the A 15 C Ijook, and. if I :im correct, a col- 

 ony may be saved after they have been in 

 this condition for li4 or even 48 hours. I 

 have never been able to discover that they 

 were in any way injured by this nap of ap- 

 parent death. It almost always occurs 

 wjien bees are out of stores, or nearly out. 

 Sometimes when candy is laid over the 

 frames, the cold prevents them from using 

 the candy, especially where the colony is 

 weak. W^here a colony has candy over the 

 frames, broken up into small pieces the size 

 of a bickory-nnt, or smaller, they will usu- 

 ally get enongh of it melted and stored in 

 the combs to last them through any freeze 

 we may have in March. 



Cleanings in Bee Culture, 



I'uhlishcd S<mi- Monthly. 



.^. X. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS; $I.Oo"pER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For ClttfctitE Bates, Seo First Page cf Eeadi:: Matter. 



CliOVEK FOR SPRING SOWINO. 



Wk have a splendid lot of alsike and nuimmoth 

 red, or peavine. A sample of seed will be sent to 

 those who are unacquainted with the peavine. Clo- 

 ver seed by the bushel can be sent safely by freight, 

 and is much cheaper than by express; but you will 

 have to order it some little time before you need it 

 for freight is, I believe, apt to be slow. 



DISCOUNTS BETWEEN NOW ANU AI'KIT, 1. 



DiscoL'NTS on section bo.\os, comb fdn., and 

 comb-foundation machines, will be extentled as in 

 our last issue until April 1. Of course, demand and 

 supply will decide whether these discounts can be 

 carried after that dfite. Wc can fill any order for 

 almost anything now, promptly; but the season is 

 fast api)roaehing when delays are likely to be al- 

 most unavoidable. 



SECTIONS DOVETAILED .\LL AROUND. 



The "odd -size" business begins now to make 

 trouble again, as is usual about this season of the 

 year; tnul w)ien we mi<\ ^vt; would luakp sections 



