1885 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTLliE. 



331 



Contents of this Number. 



.vitliHemlock353 



Trouble 347 



irv 341 



IS, Wide or brood. 



Kiiiiildvinent, Permanent. 



Head. Ill on Separators 



Help tor Bee-men 



Hives. Marking 



Honey Column 



Honey-dew : 



Japan Letter : 



Kind Words : 



Lantern People : 



Muskrats : 



MvN.-iu'lilH.i-. 



No-|N>llc]l KX|. .11111. lit 



(.Haiiyt-lil. ■>■<,, 1,1 ,: 



(>iirP..tato look : 



Persimmon : 



Queens, Two in Hire : 



Strawberries, Raising ; 



Sun-strainer ; 



Tobacco Column : 



Weak Colonies, Strengthen- 

 ing o 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



OVn SECTIONS OF 188r(. 



If your scctiou boxes arc not the licst in the 

 world, they certainly are the best I ever saw. They 

 jro to-fcther better, and *I can keep them square, 

 when they are togrether— a thing ver.v much to be 

 (lesireri. A. W. ("hknkv. 



Kanawlia Falls, W. Va., May II, l^W. 



I.DWEll FREir.IlTS. 



The goods you sent nie arri\e<l licic the sixth 

 in St. all right. lam much pleased with them, and 

 the freight iSiic.) was very moderate, so 1 can afford 

 to order goods of j'ou again when needed. Hees all 

 alive. Jos. C. H vi.vks. 



Miekloton, N. .1., Mar. 9, 1885. 



M.VM.MOTII C.VVK. 



Vour deseriiitiun of your visit to the .Miiniiiiolh 

 t'ave is the best thing you have ever written. It is 

 worth more tlian tlie price of Gle.vmncs for the 

 whole year. 'I"he children all read it. and are im.v- 

 ious for the ne.\t number to come, to get the rest 

 of it. Maiiai..\ H. Cii.vddock. 



Vermont, 111., .\pril 19, 1885. 



(iLK.AMNCS .\S AX ADVEKTISI .N(i MKDif.M. 



I'lease ilrop my ad't, as I have all the orilers 1 

 want at i)resent. " Oliveu Fostek. 



Mt. Vernon, Iowa, May 11, 188."). 



Please do not let my ad. appear again. I have 

 refused hundreds of orders, and still the letters 

 come, five to ten a dav. (i. W. Gates. 



Hart left, Tenn., Apr. 23, 18S.5. 



If you receive this in time to not let my advertise- 

 ment appear in May number, please do so; if nut, 

 all right. I will pay for the one insertion in May. 

 The demand for bees this season is too great for the 

 bees. Dan White. 



New London, Ohio, April 2T, 188.5. 



THE FIVE -CENT GLASS - CCTTEIt POIt CUTTIXG 

 PAPER. 



The goods ordered from you came all (). K. Tin' 

 glass-cutter works as well for cutting ))atterns from 

 ))aper as a pair of shears, when laid on a hard 

 board or glass. .1. .M. Peters. 



lilceekei-, N. Y., Apr. 13, 1885. 



[Thanks, friend P. Our painter has .just made use 

 of one of these glass-cutters for cutting out his 

 stencils, and finds them away ahead of a knife. 1 



SOME KIND AVORDS IN REGARD TO OCif MANNER 

 OF SHIPPING QUEENS. 



The imiiortcd f|ueen which vou mailed the 37tli of 

 .\prilwas received last night, introdueed to a full 

 colony this forenoon at !t o'elot'k, and t li is afternoon 

 at •) o'eluck she is doing a fair joli of la.\ing. I am 

 \ery much gratitlcil by the e.xeelleiit order in which 

 she was received. The bees all looked as if they 

 had been caged onl.\ a lew hours. 



The first imported queen which you sent me sev- 

 eral years ago has ne\ er had her equal iu my yard, 

 both as to the working qualities of her bees, and 

 also their docilit.y and markings. 



Kansas City, May 1. 1885. IJ. M, RAYHirpsT. 



KIND WORDS IN REGARD TO GLEANINGS. 



A great number of kind words have come iu re- 

 gard to the way Gleanings Is managed, especiall.v 

 in regard to its talks on religion as well as bees. It 

 would be altogether out of the question to think of 

 giving place to these, and, in fact, I have thought 

 iiest to onut one article from friend Hutchinson 

 himself, as I think the space may be better occu- 

 liied. I have thought best, however, to give place 

 to the following: 



Mfj Dear Friend Poiit:—^ have just read the article 

 from friend H. on page 309, and am greatly surpris- 

 ed at the way he comments on the way Gleanings 

 is edited— he'is generally so Jecct-headed. He sa.vs, 

 '• I have heard many others express similar views." 

 Locality may have something to do with it— he cer- 

 tainly could not say that cf this locality. I prize 

 the Home Papers very highly, as do many of my 

 neighbors, to whom I lend the paper. The piece in 

 Mar. 15. on borrowing, etc., was read in our Good- 

 'J'emjjlar Lodge to an interested audience lately. 

 Friend Root, you are doing a good work, and let 

 nothing turn you from it. There is not enough of 

 religion in our general business— that is a great 

 lack of our time. I often think of one of Paul's 

 messages, where he says, "Whether therefore ye 

 eat, or whether ve drink, or whatsoever ye do, do 

 all to the triorv'of (iod." Which means that the 

 glorv ol (iod should be in, over, and above all our 

 temporal business; and so I say, go on: give us 

 Home Paiiers and religious thoughts. I should 

 like to write vou a long letter, but I know your time 

 will not allow it. C. W. Costei-low. 



Watcrboro, .Me., May 9, 1885. 



[Very likely Gleanings has sometimes omitted 

 tliinys of much importance, to give i>laee to other 

 mattei-of very little general importance, and I am 

 going to try hard to profit by the kind eiitieisms I 

 have had from time to time, from t>thcrs as well as 

 friend H., always keeping in mind, however, that 

 seeking the kingdiMu of God and his righteousness 

 is, at least to mv mind, the first duty before us all.) 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The .Mahoning Valley Bee Keepers' Association 

 will hold its luxf meeting at Newton Falls, Ohio, on 

 Thuisday, .May -8, 188.5. E. W. Tl'rner, See. 



The Ilee-keppcrs" Association of Central Illinois 

 will meet at Hloomington on ,luly 1.5th. at 10 o'clock 

 A. -M. W.M. H. Lawrknck, Sec. 



Hloomington, 111.. April 3U, 1885. 



The 2d annual jticnic of the Northeiti Mich. Hee- 

 keepers' Societv will be held at the ai)iary of F. A. 

 Palmer, one mile west of McHride. Thursday, May 

 28. Teams will be at the depot in the morning to 

 convey those coming on the cars to the grounds, 

 and aiso return them in time for the P. M. trains 

 home. Hot tea and cntfoe will be served in abun- 

 dance, and all friends of the honey-bee are cordially 

 invited. Uemember the good time we had at Ionia 

 last vear. an<l come and let us compare notes. 



McHride, .Mich. F. A. Palmer, Sec. 



FRADENBURG'S RABBITS. 



I have now \"y ready to till orders, and shall have 

 1 more in due season. A. A. FHAI)ENHl'U{i, 



j Port Washington, O. 



SECOND HAND FOOT-POWER SAWS. 



Wi-; have, siibicet to our order, three Harnes 

 foot powei- bu/./. saws, which we have taken from 

 parties whose business has enlarged so much that 

 thev have no further use for them. They are all 

 nearly new, in good order, ha\ing allithe latest im- 

 provements. W( will sell them for one-fourth less 

 than the regular retail price; that is, we will sell a 

 .^■10.(10 saw for SJiO.IHI. 



\. I. KOOT, :necliiia, Oliio. 



3Dacliaae ixa. Sscbions- 

 I'NTiL further notice, the regular Simplicity sec- 

 tions will be $4.50 per lono; 10,(iO;i or more, ?4.00 per 

 1000; lOO.OOC or more, «3.;5 per 1000. 



X. I. KOOT, Jlcdina, O. 



