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LKAXiNGS 1:N' liEE CULTUiiE. 



ill 



arrangement for a brouder. providing you 

 piiton doultle wire clotli, sn tlic bees could 

 not sting tlie cliickt'ns. 



len, tell us, as well as you can, from what 

 flowers the bees are gathering it, and its 

 respective color ; how they put it on to their 

 legs, and how they take ft off. One more, 

 and then Fll stop." Mark a bee in some way 

 that has lost his sting (perhaps you can 

 cage liim besti. and tell us how long he 

 lives, or whether he dies at all. I am aware 

 these are hard ; but if you get your mamma 

 to help you, I think you can do it. Xow if 

 you will try to help me, I will give you a 

 alk upon a bee's leg : won't that be a queer 

 subjeclV 

 111 sign myself— Ruber's Brother. 



ANOTHER HUBEK. 



uinc is Hubcr. My biothcr Charlie has five 

 if bees; lie takes Gi-eaninos. T think your 

 is as full of misehier as I ever was. 

 (•('.111. HruKU Ai.i.KX. 



TWO BITS Ol' WAX. 



l."> hives of bees. This morning- he 

 when a bee alighted on his hand, and lie let 

 it a while; anil when thi' bee Hew away he 

 ittle bits of comb on pa"s hand. 



Hr.sr.v Wii.ii \ms. 

 nks, Minn.. Au-r. :50, 188.5. 



fat la 



SWAKM 



" A cliieVs anmng ye takin' notes: 

 .\n' faith, he'll pient it.'" 



i:i:ks tii.\t staved ox a iruuAXT- 



Ul'SH AI.I^ NIGHT. 



We hax'e 1:.' Iiives of bees, and 1 have a house in 

 he frardcn, just beside the hives. Last snnimer I 

 found a swarm on a eurrant-bush, that had been on 

 the linsh all niRht. Theresa Lixtox. aL'e 7. 



Aurora, Can. 



KLL. little folks, while " ray pa " has 

 gone to New York. Tli just crowd 

 myself up in tiiis little corner, and 

 give y<»u a little talk on how to write 

 Ictlefs. lie won't icnow any thing 

 al)out it until he gets home, will heV With 

 your keen briglit little eyes, and willing 

 hands directed in the right way. 1 fancy you 

 may be able to tell even soine of the "big 

 bee-men"" something lli< ii diiin't know be- 

 fore. Now just listen, and i)eihai)S 1 can 

 tell you how. V/hen you sit dow n to write a 

 little letter, read very "carefully the line print 

 at the top of this page. It says you must 

 write something new. That is a juetty liard 

 task, isn't it? Some of our big folks lind it | 

 so, at any rate. Xow, as you have got lots 

 of energy and a pair of eager little eyes, 1 

 believe you nuni beat your p^pas and "mam- 

 mas if you try real hard. Xow 1 am going 

 to give' you a sample of a letter such as we 

 don't waiit. because it has become stereo- 

 typed ; tiiat means, over and over again ; see 

 if it doesn't sound natural. 



"• My pa keeps bees. I don't like bees, but 

 I like honey. My pa has a pig, a cow, and a 

 calf. I have got two brothers and three sis- 

 ters. I go to Sunday-school. If this is 

 worth a book, send me one." 



The above gives no new fact of general in- 

 terest : and while it did very well at first, it 

 sounds old now. Perhaps I am expecting a 

 good deal from you little folks, but the last 

 two or three issues of (ii.E.VNiXGS proves 

 that you can write real good letters if vou 

 trv. 



Xow I am going to give you some work to 

 do. While the bees are getting a little pol- 



HEK-POISOX. AND HOW IT AFFECTS SOME PEOIM.K 



My cousin has many hives of bees; he takes in 

 honey every year. His name is Willie Blair. When 

 the bees stins: him it lays him in bed about a week ; 

 but when the bees sting- lis it does not harm us. 



Statebur;r, S. C. (jeoroe S. Ki.i.isox, ajre S. 



.ITTi 



I, whose P.\ took (;.")iO LBS. Of 

 HONEY. 



My \m has lots of bees, all Italians. He sold H'M 

 lbs. of honey last year. He has a foundation-mill, 

 and I help him to make foundation. T love to help 

 make it and init in section bo.\es. 



Ellismonnd, HI. Emei!V Peek, i\gc 10. 



.lOIIX'S MTTER; SOMETHING ABOIT WHTTE-KACEl) 

 CATTLE. 



My niiele has eight hives of bees. They made OTjO 

 lbs. of honey. He went to Aurora, HI., on Christ- 

 mas, and bought six head of Hereford cattle. They 

 all have white laces. They look very nice. 



Mt. Carroll, HI., Jan. 8. 1885. John Rohreu. 



" I'lT MV I'AI'A nOWN IX BLASTED HOPES." 



Put my papa down in RIasted Hopes. Two years 

 ag-o we had 100 swarms, and now he has just two 

 left. Mygirndpa Bennett takes Gleanings, and 

 1 like to read the letters from the little boys and 

 skirls. I am going- to save up my money until I get 

 enough for grandpa to send for me a watcli. 



Alexandria, Minn. Tommy Cowing, age 10. 



how to collect insects. 

 I am making a collection of butterflies and bugs. 

 I have made one, and now I am making another. 

 The way I make them, I take a box with a thin bot- 

 tom, and drive pins up through, about one inch 

 apart. When I get the butterflies and bugs I kill 

 them, and put them on the pins, and it makes a real 



