43d 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE. 



JuiSTE 



a spring ran over some cakes of tallow, it 

 would not affect the tallow at all, nor would 

 the tallow affect the water. Suppose, how- 

 ever, tlic water lirst ran throufjh a body of 

 ashes. Then it would be ready to wash 

 away the tallow with great rapidity ; and as 

 it evaporated, soap would be left along its 

 course. In this same way, many minerals 

 are dissolved and held in solution, and again 

 precipitated. There are said to be in the 

 State of Kentucky 100,000 sink-holes, such 

 as were so great a curiosity to me when I 

 first saw tliem out of the car window. 

 There are also many smaller caves. In Ed- 

 monson County alone we are told there are 

 upward of -500, big and little. What a won- 

 derful field for exploration, and what a won- 

 derful place to study (TOd through his works 

 —yes, works that are going on even now ! 



Tn the beginning: God created the heaven and the 

 earth. 



Gleanings in Bee Cultdre, 



I'tiblishcil Srtui-MoiithUj. 



j^. X. I^ooT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 

 MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clntbioe Bates, See First Page of Eeadiae Matter. 



i(l( iiiiiaiKjii, that light is come into the 

 rd .|:ukiic-ss rather than light, because 

 .-John 3: 19. 



BEESWAX AT THE PRESENT DATE. 



Until, further notice the best offer we can make 

 on beeswax is 22c cash or 25c trade. 



the A b c of carp culture. 

 We are happy to saj% that the above book is now 

 in stock, and all orders have been filled some days. 



BUSINESS at this DATE, JUNE 15. 



All orders are filled, and clerks are waiting for 

 more, ready to pitch into them the minute they get 

 their hands on them, if we may except orders in- 

 cluding untested queens. But these are only a few 

 days behind, and enough queens are in the apiary 

 to fill all orders on our books as soon as said queens 

 get to laying. 



HONEV FROM THE HARD MAPLE. 



We notice that Rro. Jones, of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal, suggests that hard maple yields as much, if 

 not more, than fruit-blossoms. We admit this to 

 have been the case this past spring, but we do not 

 believe it is a common occurrence. During only 

 two seasons have we noticed the hard maple yield- 

 ing such a quantity. However, it will be an excel- 

 lent idea to have strong colonies in good trim for 

 this new source of honey. 



n()NEV-t,ABELS. 



We have just llnished printing our new book con- 

 taining specimens of all the dilfeient kinds of 

 honey-labels now ordinarily in use, both in black 

 and colors. Kvery possible pains has been taken 

 to present to our friends the most attractive display 



for their honej'-packages. The book is 4X6 inches, 

 and contains about 24 pages. Besides labels for 

 honey, we also print letter-heads, envelopes, libra- 

 ry numbers, etc. All interested in this particular 

 line should not fail to send for one, which will be 

 mailed to any address free. 



A KIND WORD FROM OUR OLD FRIEND MR. LANG- 

 STROTH. 



We are all rejoiced at the receipt of the following 

 few lines on a postal card— especially the conclud- 

 ing part of it. Of course, we told friend L. that we 

 would regard it as a privilege to send him a potato- 

 book, or anj- other book, free of charge, if he is able 

 to read it. 



Please send the potato-book, and charge to my account. I 

 am thankful to be able to inform you that I have recovered a 

 very comfortable use of my limbs from the attack of paralysis 

 "ast February, and that my 



Oxford, Ohio, .June 3, 1885. 



MAIL ROBBERV. 



A MONTH ago, a mail - bag containing a large 

 amount of our mails was stolen somewhere on the 

 route. This mail-bag has recently been found, and 

 many of the letters have been forwarded to us. 

 The whole will reach us as soon as the U. S. detect- 

 ives have got through with the letters. This will 

 explain the reason of delays to several of our cus- 

 tomers. Their letters were just about one month 

 behind time when they came to us. We learn that 

 our friend A. C. Nellis, of the Mohawk-Valley Seed 

 Wai'ehouse, has had a similar trouble, but a much 

 more extensive one. 1 1 was caused by a elerk in the 

 C'anajoharie postoflfice, who is now under arrest. 



THE WIRE NETTING FOR POULTR V-YARDS. 



We have purchased over a thousand dollars' 

 worth of this wire netting already, and have finally 

 enough on hand to fill all orders promptly. The 

 fabric is being used for a great variety of purposes 

 besides confining poultry. It is a cheap, neat, and 

 efficient protection for almost every thing that 

 needs to be protected. It is well known that Irish 

 junipers, when small, are often injured or killed by 

 dogs or other animals. Roll up a piece of wire net- 

 ting, set it over the tree, put four or six stakes in- 

 side, staple a band of netting to the stakes, and you 

 have it. If you want to train climbing vines on your 

 porches or elsewhere, a strip of netting makes the 

 uicest trellis you can invent. It never rusts, and is 

 unaft'ected by summer's heat or winter's storms. 

 If you want to exhibit some nice goods, fruit, or- 

 anges, or berries, make a screen around in front of 

 your fruit, with wire netting; and although it is full 

 in sight, even meddlesome small boys are prevent- 

 ed from handling it. New uses come up for it 

 every day. See advertisement on cover. 



bee-veils WITH GLASS IN FRONT OF THE EYES. 



This matter has come up ngain, and our friend J. 

 C. Capehait mails us a sample of a very neat one. 

 The glass is (luite thin, and slightly concave. It is 

 very neatly attached to the mosquito netting that 

 forms the body of the veil. Some of the friends 

 may remember when the subject was up several 

 years ago, that the matter was pretty thoroughly 

 discussed. You can see better through a clean 

 glass than you can through any sort of laee or net- 

 ting; but unless you are very careful the glass will 

 become soiled, and then you have to keep wiping it 

 otr as our elderly friends wipe their spectacles. If 

 you get any honey on it, you would be apt to turn it 

 to one side, and prefer to look through the netting. 



