GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUllE. 



Oct. 



rale, this \\o\M not be the case. Our trou- 

 bles liave been, that it would sour when put 

 into bottles immediately after extracting.— 

 I agi-ee with you in regard to alsike. It 

 seems to me tliat here is a Held for bee-men 

 who are farmers; at least, so far as my ex- 

 perience goes, a field of alsike is a pretty 

 safe investment. 



THE PICTURE OF FRIEND HILTON'S 

 APIARY IN OUR LAST ISSUE. 



HE TlCr.I.S I'S MORE ABOIT IT. 



|H| LEANINGS is here, and the cut ol' apiary is 

 it nice. You say my letter is altogether too 

 ¥[}T_ short. I didn't know it would be published 

 *^ when I wrote it. Yes, the S-square building- 

 in the center ol' apiary is ray honey-house 

 and e.xtracting-rooni. The queer-looking- arrange- 

 ment in my hand is lor taking- down swarms, and is 

 nuide of an oak halt-bushel basket, with handle re- 

 moved, and a pole fastened to the bottom. It is light 

 and strong. The shop in the rear is where we ))ut 

 together and paint our hives; but the stuff is gotten 

 out at the mill just under the hill, in the background 

 of the picture. The 100 hi\ es you speak of were or- 

 dered by W. I). French, then living- at Columbus, 

 Ohio, but later he ordered tlieni sent to neai- Grand 

 Rapids, where he now has a fine api^u•y and trout- 

 pond. The lumber that made those hives was de- 

 liN'cred at the mill for ^4..50 per 1(100, and jjaid for in 

 honey, although tliei-e is not a pine-tree in sight of 

 our place. Tliose you see in (l;e distance are hem- 

 Many thanks lor kind words, and especially your 

 closing remark. rNCi,i: (iEOiuii-: & Co. 



Fi-emont, Mich., Oct. .5, ISS,*. 



PERTAINING TO DEE CULTURE. 



THE BOHE.MIAN-0.\TS SWINDLE, AGAIN. 



Up BOUT one year ago, I think, I saw in Gi.ean- 

 ^'^ iNGS a reference to an oat swindle that had 



1^' been perpetrated on the farmers in your vi- 

 ■*^^ cinity by the Bohemian huUess oat. Par- 

 ties are now in this vicinity, securing many 

 orders for them at ^10.00 per busiiel. If there are 

 any of this kind of oats for sale in your neighbor- 

 hood, please inform mo at what price they can be 

 bought, or at what price you can ship me a bushel 

 or two. 1). H. lii'.ACM. 



Mina, Chaut. Co., N. Y., Ocl. 1. 1S8.-). 



Friend JJ., the oats can be purcliased in 

 any (piantity for from T.j cts. to .-^l.oo per 

 bushel. Any reliable seedsman can furnish 

 tliem, or they can be had in Cleveland and 

 various places. Ferdinand Schumacher, of 

 Akron, O., the largest manufacturer of oat- 

 meal, perhaps, in the world, recently stated 

 in the Ohio Faniirr that he did not want 

 tiiem at any price. They are not suitable 

 for making oatmeal, and "are not desirable 

 for any purpose. The swindle is one of the 

 most shameful frauds that have ever cmsed 

 our rural population. Xo liu'ther ])roof is 

 needed that it is a fraiul. than to hear tiie 



men who sell them say tliey don't care if the 

 oats <(rc sold at a dollar a bushel, or less, 

 and then go right on selling them at SIO.OO 

 per bushel, on the plan that has been so 

 many times written up and explained. 



Since the above was written, we have re- 

 ceived the following from friend Kendel, of 



I the Cleveland Seed-Store: 



I We have no Bohemian, or " hulless " oats in stock. 



} They are unworthy of cultivation. Horses do not 

 like them; for oatmeal they arc of less value than 

 common oats, and we have not heard of any point 

 they excel, e.vceiJt in gulling credulous farmers. 

 We sometimes have them ottered, and think we 

 could get them for about 5ii cts. per bushel, but 

 should want to be assuretl that they were intended 

 for legitimate uses only, as in your case. Tfwe 

 have any ottered soon, we will write you. 



A. C. Kendet,, Seedsman. 

 Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. (I, 1HR'>. 



DOUBLE - POINTED TACKS MADE OF 

 STEEL WIRE. 



A V AI.IAIM.E ACynSlTlON, USEFUL TO BEE-KEEP- 

 EUS AMI PEOPLE IX GENERAL. 



• 



I'll friends may remember that double- 

 pointed tacks have been talked about 

 some little time. We have succeed- 

 ed in getting them at a pretty low rate 

 by the pound, so they i-eally do not 



cost mncli more than common 



tacks by weight. JJelow we/i 



give you cuts of six different 



sizes and patterns, the ciitl 



showing the full size of the' 



tack. iJoth larger and small- 

 er sizes are made than those 



shown; but at present we 



have in stock only the two 



middle sizes. Price 5 cts. for 



a package of two ounces ; IS 



cts. for a half-pound package'; 



30 cts. i'oY a full pound ; S2.7.J 



for 10 lbs., or :?2.5.00 for 100 



lbs. If wanted by mail, add 



IS cts. per lb. for postage and 



packing. 

 These tacks are being used 



extensively for putting down 



carpets. The carpet can ne\ - 



er get away, the head of the 

 1 tack can not pull olf, and at 

 ' the same time they are easier 

 j to draw out than the common 



tacks. The>- are also very 



useful for many kinds of 



woodwork. The" wood can 

 j not very well si)lit, because 

 ! the two "points inclose a piece 

 i of wood ; and although they 



are made of tlattened steel 



wire, the temper is such that they can be 



clinched so as to l)e wonderfidly strong and 



secure. The points are made by cutting 



the (lattened wire at an angle, so as to leave 



a keen taiiering steel i)oint that M'ill go 

 j straight into any thing, even zinc or tin. 



A'ery small sizes are quite useful for repair- 

 ing l)askets, and are much stronger than 



an> oi-dinary tack. 



