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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MAY 



we hope not. — Your cave business is just 

 what I have been studying about ; in fact, I 

 do not know but I should have had a small ) 

 Mammoth Cave down by the carp-pond be- 1 

 fore this time, if it were not for that difficul- 

 ty you suggest— getting something to arch 1 

 over, to hold up tlie dirt. 1 am afraid of 

 boards, because they would rot or break, 

 and may be some of the children would get 

 buried up. I Avonder if the stoneware men 

 can't make us a great big horse-shoe tile, [ 

 big enough so we could walk in and carry in t 

 bee-hives. "We could extend it as we Avanted 

 more room, and it would last for ever. 



AATIDE, OR BROOD FRAMES, AND SEPA- 

 RATORS. 



FKIEND HEDDON'S EXPERIMENTS AND CONCLU- 

 SIONS IN REGARD TO THEM. 



HAVE been one of the pioneer opposers of wide 

 frames and separators. At one time I thoiig-ht 

 of separators as many now think of ',2-lb. sec- 

 tions; viz., that they cut the surplus depart- 

 ments up too small; but I have learned better, 

 and I have for several years publicly said that sep- 

 uratoi-s are no hindrance to the amount of surplus 

 we may receive, if other fixtures ai-e properly 

 arranged. Svich practical honey-producers as Dr. 

 C. C. Millei", and Oatman Bros., persuaded me to 

 again give separators a thorough trial, and two 

 years ago I did so by making 350 wide-frame supers 

 (one story or tier of sections high), and used these 

 side by side and over and under SCO of our cases, 

 all worked on the tiering-up plan. I used separa- 

 tors of both wood and tin, about 1800 of wood and 

 300 of tin. My appi-entices and neighbor Shirley 

 assisted me In using and testing them. I have also 

 used about 40 wide-frame supers two stories high. 

 I have done my best to give these fixtures a com- 

 parative trial for the past two seasons, and I have 

 used them in such quantities as to give us a physical 

 as well as mental education regarding their merits. 

 According to my present light I must render the 

 following decisions: 



1. My case is the best style of surplus receptacle I 

 know of, to use without separators, and admits of no 

 improvement by me. 



3. I would rather abandon separators altogether, 

 than use them in two-story supers. 



3. I do not think there is any system of using 

 separators, equal to the wide frame, wlitn used one 

 story high. 



4. I would use no system of surplusage (cither for 

 comb or extracted honey) that did not give me the 

 advantage of tiering up. 



.5. I prefer tin to wooden separators. 



6. There are many advantages in the use of sepa- 

 rators, and many in the non-use of them, and each 

 person must be governed by his own special cir- 

 cumstances. 



7. Their use or non-use need not affect the quan- 

 tity of surplus secured. 



I mean to continue the use of separators, and I 

 am now perfecting a different style of super which 

 1 think will aid us greatly in their quick and easy 

 manipulation, as well as their usefulness. 



1 can not see why my case is called " the Heddon, 

 or Moore case." There is scarcely the least simi- 

 larity between them. Hro. Moore's does not incase 

 the sections. It is a rack to hold them in place only, 

 if 1 understand the description correctly. 



Dowaglac, Mich. Jas. Heddon. 



PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT. 

 Friend Tisdale tells us the Secret of it. 



"whoso COMETH INTO ME, I WILL IN NO WISE 

 • AST OUT." 



N i)age 130 you gave most splendid advice to 

 those out of employment. Now, friend Root, 

 that was just my case two years ago. I was 

 out of emploj-ment, used tobacco, etc. 1 

 tried to get work, but failed. 1 got discour- 

 aged; did not care what became of mo; but I got to 

 thinking over one of your sermons which I had 

 seen in Gleanings. I got right down and prayed 

 to God to help rae, and he heard my prayers, and I 

 have tried to keep his commandments ever since, 

 but failed in some instances. Now, a good many 

 men could not stay more than a short time with 

 this man I work for. They said he was too hard a 

 master, and they told me so; but I did stay with 

 him. Perhaps it was because he was a Christian 

 and they were not; and, what do you think? With 

 so many out of employment, to-day there were five 

 of the best farmers of Richfleld came to me and 

 wanted to hire me, and have their men sent adrift. 

 No, I told them I was going to "stick to the old 

 lady." 



Now, young men, those of you out of employ- 

 ment, put your trust in the Lord Jesus Chi-ist; keep 

 his commands; go into the country; work for 30 

 cts. per day; be honest; build up a character; 

 stick to good principles; do as your boss wants you 

 to, if it Is nothing more than to knock down a 

 smoke-house and build It up as well as you know 

 how; and whosoever does this will never want for 

 work, and after a while get the best of wages. Do 

 right, young man. May this be your motto, your 

 shield, and your might, for the world ever honors 

 true courage in man. Then never be afraid oi- 

 ashamed to do right. A. H. Tisd.a.le. 



Kichfleld, Minn., Feb. 23, 188."). 



Friend T., I think you have struck the 

 true secret. The man who gets down on his 

 knees, all alone by himself, and asks God to 

 help him do right, will, if he is at all consis-- 

 tent, get up and go to work in a way that 

 must win him plenty of friends anywhere. 

 If he is working for Christ he is working for 

 his fellow-men ; and the Master has said, 

 '* Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of 

 the least of these my brethren, ye have done 

 it unto me."' If you are working for Christ 

 yon must be working for those around you : 

 and this kind of service never fails to be ap- 

 l)re{'iated, sooner or later. There are those 

 who make a 2"",/'.s.s/oii,who are out of employ- 

 ment, 1 know very well; but I have never 

 yet failed of beii'ig able to hnd that there 

 was trouble somewhere, when I got ac- 

 (luainted witli such people. A man who in- 

 sists on faithful, honest work, is often called 

 by many a hurd man, when he is simply a 

 ./('(.s/ nnin ; but one who has the love" of 

 Christ in his heart should hv able to get 

 along pleasantly, even Avitli a man Avho is a 

 hard man. I have sometimes felt a good 

 deal of pleasure in linding that 1 could, by 

 an extra etfort. get along pleasantly with 

 those wlio have a reputation of being diffi- 

 cult and hard to please. And such little 

 victories do one good ; for if we get along 

 easily witli those who are difficult, we shall 

 have no trouble with the rest of the world. 



