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GLEANINGS IN 13EE CULTURE. 



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AN ORECOX IJEE-TREE. 



We clip the following from the Portland | 



TEN FEET OF PURE UONEV. 



A short time ago Sanniel, Asa, an<l Joe Holaday, 

 of Soapijoosc, took a trip over to the Lewiston Riv- 

 er, ill order to look into the resources of that le^ion. 

 Tiicy t'ouiid it a most beautiful eo\intr\-, and one 

 that oilers iininy inducements to settlers. The purt 

 visited lies otf in the diirction of Mount St. Helena, 

 and is eoniposed of liol li timlier land and line open 

 tracts, which ahound in yame. hirjiC and small. 

 While encamiied on the ri\er they discovered an ob- 

 ject that was novel and interestiiifi- as it is beautiful 

 and strikiiii;-. In their rambles through the pine 

 wood ttii-\ suiidenlv came upon a fiillen tree across 

 the ptiih. which, on inspection, they found to be 

 hollow. 'Phroutrh a kncil hole the.\- could see some- 

 thinjf white, and at once I (•;^an to imcsti'^ate. They 

 sawed into the lou-, iiii<] were surprised to tind that 

 the whole interior of the lo^ w:is tilled solidly with 

 lioney. They at once brought from their cami> 

 some of their vessels lf> till with this sweetest (d all 

 natures prodnetioiis. Their buckets and |)ans were 

 soon tilled. Then they saweil f)tr another length of 

 the log, and found it still solid with honey. This 

 the.v repeated, and look fi-om it honey until they 

 openeil up ten feet of pure, lovely lioney, which 

 .yielded a (tomb t hat was in man.N- places four inches 

 thick. Of this lind th<\ carried awa\ isil pounds, 

 which they d»;clare(l was ilie liiiest they ever tasted, 

 beingfar richer thaiiithe tame honey whiih the.\ 

 produce. 



(!()()!) I'ltOSI'KCT AI1K.\I) Kdl! i;.ASSW( >l >I). 



Our prosi)ects for a honey How down in this sec- 

 tion are not very promising, ns about all the old clo- 

 ver crop of last year was frozen out the past winttr, 

 but with llie favorable weather of the last two 

 weeks tlu; basswood, or linden, will keej) tiu-m lius.\- 

 two or three weeks, as I have never seen as good a 

 show for bloom since it has come under my iintice. 

 Our creeK boUoms are covered with the trees in e\- 

 ery direction; and as bees are so lew there will be a 

 good many trees untouched. I came out in the 

 sjiring with ."> prime and :i weak colonies; have ha<l 

 4 good natural swarms. The first came oil' the ITtli 

 day of May; the last, about the *th of June, and I 

 liave built up my wealv stock strong enough to store 

 in bpxes. From one-half pint of bees to a ehatf hive 

 full is i)rctty fast building up. The jellowest and 

 nicest (lueen I have does not raise as tine queens 

 and workers us some very dark ones 1 Iiave, as I get 

 my best (|iieens from the medium-dark iiueens. 



Dennisou, O., June „":.', ll^S."). C. ,1. Hii.i,. 



We are happy to report hasswood-trees in 

 our vicinity are also lull of buds, ready to 

 blossom in a few days. 



.\ SlKiGESTID.V KliOM OUR (iOOI) I'HIK.NI) OKO. II. 

 PETERS, AS TO THE CONTE.NTS OF (i LF,.\X INCS. 



As there seems to be a disi)osition among the 

 lialrons of your e.xeellent .journal Xondrixc you as 

 to the sub.iects most proper to be tieated in your 

 issues, and as you seem to be feeling for the opin- 

 ions of such patrons, I will, with diflidence, say that 

 1 think a bee-.journal should treat of bees and their 

 relations to other rural pursuits only, leaving to 

 the professed divine to publish a newspaper on his 

 theme proper, if one should be so disposed. I think 

 the bee part of Gleanings is sought after with 

 avidity by the apicultural patient, and the religious 

 part read only by those who do not take a religious 

 paper at all, or perhaps liave no facilities for at- 

 tending church. I think religion and politics 

 should be eleriially severed — also religion from the 

 legal profession— that is, a mi.xing of the respective 

 journalist, and I think bee-matters, and those things 

 intended as a salco for the ills of human nature, 



should be sundered; believing that each one has 

 importance enough to be dignified by its own spe- 

 cial journal. Now I see you advance high authority 

 on both sides of the question; and in your dilemma 

 you invoke divine assistance to show you the 

 course you are to'pursue. Among your advisers is 

 the name of Prof. Cook, advocating. Now, while I 

 have great respect for friend Cook as bee-authority, 

 I have none for Ijis attempt to chalk out the course 

 of a mixed, journal— that is, he is good authority on 

 bees, but verj- poor on divine matters. Would it 

 not be better to run two journals— one for apicul- 

 ture and one especially for the faithful? In the 

 present summing-up of testimony, I must side with 

 friend Hutchinson^nd those of his opinion. 



Geo. C Peter.'^. 

 Council Hend, Ark., June 10, 18?."). 



Tliaiik you. friend .Peters, for your kind 

 and frank letter ; but I am sorry io sec you 

 for once with tlie small minority. I do not 

 remember now of more than three individu- 

 als who have atrreed witli friend Hutchinson 

 in his lemarks. You are one of them, and 

 the brotlier who lirst called tiie matter up. 

 an<l fiiend Clarke, are the others; while 

 those who liave petitioned most vehemently 

 for about the same variety in Gi.i-:axi.\(;s it 

 lias been oivins, are nuiiibercd by the hun- 

 dreds. Perhaps I am at fault in letting it 

 api)ear that I was in a " dilemma." 1 have 

 been in no dilemma at all : for since I decid- 

 ed to seek ,/(/>7 the kingdom of (iod and his 

 righteousness. 1 liave never. I may say, hard- 

 ly Ihoia/lil of such a thing as turning b:ick. I 

 am asking (Wnrs blessing daily, not only in 

 legard to what matter shall be used "for 

 (iLKAXiX(;s, but on our hee-keei)ing indus- 

 1 try. and every thing itertaining to it. I do 

 n(')t mean to say by the above that 1 have al- 

 ways chosen just tlu; wisest course between 

 two extremes; foi- to err is hut human, and 

 I thank you for your kind letter, because it 

 may help me to bt^ more careful in some re- 

 spects than I liave been. I have thought of 

 two journals; but one is all my strength 

 will probably ever be ahle to compass ; and if 

 (iod gives me strength to do that one well, I 

 shall be thankfuh 



R.V1SIN(; FKiWORT .VNU SPIDER PI,.\NTS UV roVF.R- 

 l.N(J THE SEICDS WITH .MOSS. 



I iun one of your A 11 C scholars, and therefore 1 

 am somewhat interested in bee culture. Bees in 

 this section of the couiUry have wintered badly. 

 Some have lost all; and what bees there are are 

 mostly in log gums, except ours. We use your 

 ' Simplicity hives. We had 1") stands last fall, but we 

 I have only 4 this spring-one strong and three weak 

 ones. We purchased one ounce of flgwort and spi- 

 dcr-i)lant seeds from yon this spring. We sowed 

 some of the seeds in open ground, and some in box- 

 es. About the first of May they weie just coming 

 up, when 1 saw the directions in CJleanings for 

 ! coveiing with moss. I made a box VZ inches square 

 I and 4 inches deep. 1 filled it two-thirds full of dirt, 

 and sowed the seeds thickly, and put an inch of 

 moss over them, and put a pane of glass over the 

 box. In just one week they were up. I think if the 

 friends will do as 1 have done, they will ha\(' no 

 more trouble about sowing the seeds. 

 This is a great country for white clover, and we 

 I have a lew bass wood-trees. The bees are gathering 

 I lots of honey from the locust-trees now. I think 



