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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



THE A H C OF CAUP CULTUnE. 



IJv a iiiisunrlorstanding between the atitlior ami 

 publisher, we tlxed the price on our earp-book at 

 40 cts., when it should have lieen 50 ets., by mail 

 postpaid. Hereafter please remember that the 

 priee is 51) ets., and it is a good large book (104 pages 

 and lull ot pictures) even then, for the money. We 

 think it will be an exceedingly dittieult matter for 

 any person to ask an intelligent ijuestion concern- 

 ing carp culture, which is not fully answered in 

 this book. 



A FuiEM) ai-ks how to get a swarm of bees to go 

 into a chatl hive. He says the entrance is so small 

 that he has tried two swarms, and could not get 

 cither cf them in. Our friend could have managed 

 it very easily by shaking- the swarm, or pouring 

 them into the top of the hive. He would h:ivc to 

 get them down to the brood-frames then, and use 

 the enamel sheet or honey-board, or they would be 

 very liable to commence their combs on the cover. 

 We have never had any trouble by making- them go 

 in at the entrance, although cf course it would take 

 a little longer than if we could enlarge the entrance 

 to any desired extent, as we can with the Simplicity 

 hive. 



I.MPOK TANCI', Ol- SENDING Ql'EKNS IMf O.M I'TI, V. 



We have been at times during the past month as 

 much as a week behind on our orders for untested 

 queens; but the orders have been so much more nu- 

 merous than we ever knew them before, that we 

 were not prepared for such a trade. It has hurt our 

 l)usiness, I know; and I am resolved that, if possi- 

 ble, we will not have this happen ne.\t season. As 

 an illustration of the trouble that delays make on 

 this kind of merchandise, I make the following ex- 

 tract from a letter of complaint: "1 paid 



lor three (jueens April 22, and walked fifty miles to 

 the postofflce to receive them." Now, we hardly 

 think that the above friend walked fifty miles ex- 

 pressly for the queens; but if he had to wait .lust GO 

 days, it may have been pretty near it. Do you see 

 the point, brethren-' The (luecn-brceder mentioned 

 above would have to pay his customer live or ten 

 ilollars, perhaps, for the annoyance and bother ho 

 has caused. 



LOTS OE THINGS TO BE THANKErJ- EOli. 



Heije at our house we are having sixteen hnig 

 hours of daylight every day, sunshine in unlimited 

 riuantities, and a great abundance of rain Just 

 about as soon as somebody liegins to talk about dry 

 weather. On to)) of it all, .your humble servant is 

 enjoying i)erhaps the best health and spirits he has 

 ever known. Do you want to know how he got it? 

 Well, a good deal of it came from digging- in thesoft 

 black dirt down by the cari> pond every morning, 

 .yjst a little before sunrise. That is where our cab- 

 l)age-i)lants, sweet corn, Hubbard s()uaslies, etc., 

 are, and there are two eooi)s of .>()ung- IJrahma 

 chickens down there that help every morning b.y 

 chasing bugs olf the cabbages. You see, when I 

 get ofl' down there sa early, the ollice is all left be- 

 hind inc— there is not even anybody around to ask 

 (luestions; and there all alone with the chickens, 

 plants, and God, is it an.>- wonder that I get happy 

 and well.' When it comes breakfast time, I never 

 need urging to eat; and what I eat gives me 

 strength, so that I mainige the duties of the da.v 

 without much troul)le or fatigue— esi)ecially if I 

 can play with the cultivator and other farming 

 tools about every alternate hour in the day. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The 50 lbs. of comb fdn. came promptly, and it is 

 very nice. Many thanks for promptness. Express 

 charges were moderate enough. W. S. Pouuek. 



Groesbeck, Ohio. ^ 



Your last sections were nice, and also your sec- 

 tion foundation. This is why I sent to you also this 

 time. 1 can get my goods nearer home, but your 

 fdn. was nicer than some years ago. 



Hill Church, Pa., May 30, 1885. H. M. MovEit. 



GOOD TI.ME ALI- liOUND. 



The untested (piecn you sent me the :ilst was i>_, 

 ceived the :lind, introduced morning of 2.'5d; liberat- 

 ed at exening, 24th; is laying this 25th. Many 

 thanks for prompt shipment. C. A. Kicketson. 



Quinev, Mich., May 25, 1SS5. 



oru T5-CENT TELEPHONES. 



The tele))hone received from .you is put up; and 

 as a proof that it gives satisfaction, you will please 

 send me three more. Jos. Logeuot. 



Ledonia, Tex., May 19, l^fb. 



ONE KI-.ASON WHY FDN. MILLS DO NOT WOliK 

 SOMETIMES. 



The mill works nicely. I find my trouble last 

 year was entirely due to the impurity of the wax. 

 You may remember what a nuisance I was to you. 



Fort Wayne, Ind.. May 22,1885. Koland Holmes. 



MOOHE'S CKATE FOK THE SI.MPLICITY HIVE. 



I got the goods all right, and must return you and 

 your clerks my thanks. I am well pleased with all. 

 I like those Moore's crates for Simp, hives ver.v 

 much. 1 have some nearly full now. Bees are do- 

 ing- ver.v well; 1 had one swarm, but don't think 

 there will be many. I lost very few in winter. 



Shepherd, 111., June 4, 1885. Wm. Rouse. 



KIND WORDS FOR THE .\ B C BOOK. 



I sent a few days since through Mr. Weaver, of 

 this place, for your ABC book, and to say 1 am 

 delighted hardl.y expresses it. 1 am amused and 

 pleased, too, with the way— the common-sense wa.v 



—in which you . 1 don't know but 



your book ma.v work a great change in my pursuits 

 ultimately. I like the spirit of your book. 



Kev. C. E. (line. 



Emmetsburg, Iowa, June 18, 1885. 



straight men. 



Your account is, 1 presume, all O. K. I never 

 keep an account when I deal with slniiijlit men, and 

 1 feel assured that you are. W. Veu.million. 



Bradford, Ohio, May 13, 1885. 



[Thanks for your kind words, friend Y.; Init 1 do 

 not quite approve of your wa.y of doing. I would 

 much rather that everybody who deals with me 

 should keep account, and look carefully to see that 

 no mistakes are made.] 



AN enthusiastic BEE-HUNTER. 



The smokers were received in tiptop oi-dcr in due 

 course of mail, luid now we recjuest you to send one 

 Clai-k smoker to It. J. Israel, principjil keeper of 

 Point i,oma Light-house. San Diego, Cal. He is a 

 hig bee-man. Hi" has dug two swai-ms out of the 

 hills. Point l.onui is nine miles long and five miles 

 wide, and he has made the whole iMMiinsula a howl- 

 ing wilderness— to get these bees. Send him a smo- 

 Kcr. Israel \- Co. 



San Diego, Cal. 



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I think as long as you print so much of interest 

 about bees and honey as you do, we ought to be 

 satisfied. Honey is good, but we could not very 

 well live on it ; and in this place we can not make a 

 living by producing- it. If I ne\er own another l)ee, 

 I shall take (Jleanings for the other matter in it, 

 aside from bees and honey. The Home talks are 

 worth the pi-iee to me. So as long as I can get the 

 means, I shall take Gleanings. 



Mitchell, Mich., June 8, 1885. Mrs. F. L. Church. 



