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GLEANii^CjIS 1^ UEE CULTUilE. 



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NOT MUCH BUCKWHEAT HONEV, BUT "A GOOD 

 BIT OF BASSWOOD." 



My pa has ten swarms of bees. T claim one of 

 them. They swarmed twice this summer. It was 

 bad weather in August, and we didn't get much 

 buckwheat honey, but we got a good bit of bass- 

 wood. E.MMA DATTEURER. 



Newtown Mills, Pa, Octobers, 1885. 



.50 GALLONS OF HONEY FROM 2:2 BOX " GUMS." 



I am a little girl 8 years old, and I live on Red 

 River. My pa is a farmer, and he is a beginner with 

 bees. He has 2:2 hives, and they are old box gums. 

 He got 50 gallons of honey last year. My sister 

 lives about200 yards from me. She hassomebeestoo, 

 and her bees came down here to rob pa's bees, and 

 pa's killed them just ag fast as they went into the 

 gum. Lizzie Dudxey. 



CoUinsburg, Bossier Paiish, La. 



FROM 41 TO 70, AND 3000 LBS. OF HONEY; REPORTED 

 BY A JUVENILE. 



My papa has kept bees about si.x years. He com- 

 menced this season with 41 stands; increased to 70, 

 and got 3000 lbs. of comb honey in Mb. boxes. He 

 sold some at home for 15 cts. per lb., but sent the 

 most of it to New York. 1 have one brother. His 

 name is Royal Jasper. We go to school. I have 

 left otr at the head of my spelling-class every day 

 for two weeks. Eva Grego, age 6. 



Galilee, Wayne Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 188.5. 



HOW a LITTLE GIRL MAKES HERSELF II.«;EFUL. 



My papa has 25 colonies now. They didn't swarm 

 any this year, but made a good deal of honey. Papa 

 generally takes from 100 to 200 lbs. of honey per 

 year. 1 help him with his bees. I could climb a 

 ladder, saw otf the limb, take down the bees, and 

 hive them before 1 was 10 years old. Pa buys all 

 his hives of yon. He and T are coming out to see 

 you and your bees and little Ulue Eyes. 



Mary C. Miller. 



Millersburgh, Ky., Oct. 11, 18; 5. 



We are very glad to know, Mary, that you 

 are going to pay us a vi.sit. When you come, 

 be sure to tell us that you are the "little girl 

 who said in the Juvenile journal she was 

 coming with lier lather to pay us a visit. 



"A BIG FLY BIT HI.M." 



Papa has 15 swarms of bees; he commenced with 

 !t swarms. He would have had 21 swarms, but C 

 went away. I had a wart on my hand, and I put 

 coal oil on it twice, and it took it off. I have a little 

 brother 3 years old. One day he went out to play. 

 Pretty soon he came in crying, and said that a big 

 fly bit him. A bee had stung him. 



.Jefferson, O. Jessie Herrick, age 10. 



Very good, Jessie; but how could you 

 prove it was the ('(tal oil that made the wart 

 go off from your handV Warts come and 

 go, quite freqiiently when nothing is put on, 

 do they notV Vou may be right; but I am 

 anxious that you children shall learn to use 

 reason, especially in this matter of remedies 

 for various ailments. 



report DISCOURAGING. 



The bees have not done much this season, and 

 have not made much honey; but next year I hope 

 they will do better. Papa has taken the honey 

 from our bees, and now they are full of honey for 

 the winter, fo papa will not have lo feed them. The 



other morning George and I went out and got 43 

 fish, and they were ]Ust as fat as they could be, and 

 we smoked them. Eva S. Glawson. 



Hawk's Park, Fla., Sept. 28, 1885. 



Glad to hear about the fish, Eva. But, 

 what do you mean by "smoking'' themV 

 That is something we don't quite understand 

 here. May be you can tell us about it. 



A lesson to BE LEARNED FROM THE BUSY BEE. 



Our neighbor keeps bees, and I have been over 

 there to see the bees swarm in a hot summer's day. 

 It is a good lesson for little children to go into abee- 

 yard and see the busy bees work in a sunshiny day. 

 It is a perfect buzz all the day long, by the busy 

 bees going forth to find honey-flowers, and bringing 

 back to their hives particles of nectar which is 

 made into honey in the comb; and when the cell is 

 filled by the bees they cap the cell over with a piece 

 of honej--corab, then it is finished. 



Tracy Creek, N. Y. Bert S. Whittaker. 



50 SW.\BMS AND 20('0 LBS. OF HONEY; SOMETHING 

 ABOUT CARP. 



My papa has about 50 swarms of bees this year. 

 They are getting along all right. This summer 

 my papa took ofl' about 2000 pounds of honey. He 

 keeps carp. One day he went to his earp-pond and 

 caught a carp and brought it to the house and 

 showed it to my little brother Irving, and he 

 thought it was nice, and he laughed. He is 2J4 

 years old. Emma .Iensen, age 11. 



Valparaiso, Nebraska, Oct. 17, 1885. 



"Why didn't your papa weigh the lish, and 

 tell how much it weighed. JMunia. and how 

 old it was? We all want to know what can 

 be done in this matter of carp. \Ve should 

 also be very glad of a report from th(»se who 

 are using the carp for food. Are they really 

 goodV 



KOOT-POWEK SAWS NOT PRACTICABLE. 



Papa and I have been keeping bees for about four 

 years, and have been following your advice. We 

 did not have much success with the old fashioned 

 way, but are doing l)etter now. Last winter we 

 made a foot-power saw for making hives, but it was 

 such hard work sawing that we attached a horse- 

 power and made 12 nice hives. I would not advise 

 anyone to attempt making many hives by foot- 

 power. Two years ago we had only three colonies, 

 and now but 1(1. My colonies were very weak last 

 spring, but papa gave me some combs containing 

 eggs and young bees, with which I made it a strong 

 colony. Charlie Greer, age 11. 



Paris, Tenn. 



a juvenile tells how long .\ BEE LIVED AFT- 

 ER IT STUNG HER. 



I am a constant reader of your .iournal. My pa 

 takes it. He has five hives of bees. It was said in 

 Gleanings that some one should try to find out 

 how long a bee would live after it lost its sting. I 

 tried it. It stung me in my dress, and it left the 

 sting in the cloth. I gave it all the honey that it 

 wanted, and it lived just seven hours. 



HuLu.i. M. Myers, ape 13. 



Mt. Cory, Hancock Co., O. 



Well done, little friend. You have indeed 

 given us something valuable. You may 

 now, in addition to the book we sent, take 

 your pick of any thing on the ten-cent coun- 

 ter. Let us hear from other juveniles upon 



