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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



out your Egyptian onion-sets in July, they 

 will do almost as well if put out now. 

 Parsley will be right for winter, if sown in 

 August. Alaska, or American Wonder peas 

 will probably give at least a few before 

 frost. All kinds of radishes, and especially 

 the winter radishes, will give a crop. Spin- 

 ach is just in time to make large bushy 

 heads, without running to seed; and it will 

 usually stand without protection until 

 ( hristmas or later. 



There, haven't I made out a pretty good 

 list for gardening, for the month of August? 

 Now, you can have your choice — a nice 

 beautiful garden where every thing grows 

 from the word l, go," or an unsightly 

 crop of weeds and rubbish. The seeds of 

 the weeds (if the latter are allowed to go to 

 seed) will make you trouble as long as you 

 live on the place. If you do not do any thing 

 else, mow them down or cut them off with 

 a scuffle-hoe, and burn them up. Kill the 

 weeds, even if you do not raise a nice crop. 



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THE HONEY FLOW. 



We had a slight flow from basswood. It was good 

 while it lasted, but ceased abruptly after three or 

 four days, and then robbers began to make their 

 unwelcome appearance. 



A POINTER FOF{ EXTRACTED-HONEY PRODUCERS. 



Square cans are now actually cheaper than new 

 kegs or barrels, and the return freight no higher 

 than on kegs. Remember, the cans are adapted lor 

 any climate, and they do not shrink or swell like 

 the wooden packages. 



HONEY FROM RED CLOVER. 



Honey is coming in again (July 31st), this time 

 from red clover. In the supers of some of the 

 stronger colonies, the bees have begun to store 

 honey. With the amount of rain we have been hav- 

 ing we may get something from this source. 



J. M. .JENKINS. 



We have had a very pleasant visit from J. M. 

 Jenkins, Wetumpka, Elmore Co, Ala. He repre- 

 sents our establishment in the South, and reports 

 an unusually good year for bees. Friend Jenkins 

 is alive to the bee-keeping interests of the South, 

 and no doubt has done as much, or more than any 

 other man for the advancement of modern apicul- 

 ture in Di"xie. 



MUCH ADO ABOUT BEES. 



Our correspondence has grown at such a rate 

 that our letter postage alone now costs us, on a close 

 estimate, #10oo per year, to say nothing of the cost 

 of stationery and printing, directing, etc. Verily, 

 there is much ado about bees in other ways than 

 through the medium of conventions and bee-jour- 

 nals, and it will take more than falsehoods about 

 manufactured comb honey to squelch it. 



SEASONABLE "LOOK OUTS." 



Look out for robbers. Look out and don't leave 

 a comb of honey leaning against the hive over 

 night, nor a cover not tightly fitting. Look out for 

 that honey-house door. Put a sign on it in big let- 

 ters, YOU shut the door. Look out for the en- 

 trances of small nuclei. Look out when robbers 

 get started while you are working over a hive. 

 Close up and go to another part of the apiary. 

 Lastly, take a lookout over the apiary to see if all 

 is well. Leaving a comb outside by mistake, man 

 result in a horse being stung, and the loss of the 

 horse, or, possibly, the loss of human life may fol- 

 low. I have just hud a tussle with "old Charlie," 

 because one of the boys left a comb leaning against 

 a chaff hive over night. 



BEE-KEEPING 1 NOT A NUISANCE. 



Our co-worker, Thomas G. Newman, of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal, Chicago, 111., has gotten out a 

 pamphlet relating to the Z. A. Clark case, in Arka- 

 delphia. Ark., entitled "Bee-keeping Not a Nui- 

 sance." The whole history of the case is given in 

 full. Those who desire full information on the sub- 

 ject can obtain this pamphlet free of charge, either 

 of us or by applying to the editor of the American 

 Bee Journal, as above. Inquiries still come in as to 

 how to join the Bee-keepers' Union, the entrance 

 fees, etc. The entrance fee is $1.00, and that pays for 

 the dues for the unexpired year. The annual dues 

 are *1.00, and must be paid within six months to re- 

 tain membership. The fees and dues must be sent 

 directly to the General Manager, T. G. Newman, 9:25 

 West Madison St., Chicago, 111., who will record the 

 names and send receipts. 



MY TRIP TO WISCONSIN. 



I reached home on Thursday, July 25, after an 

 absence of just two weeks. There are many things 

 I should like to tell you all at once, but I have 

 thought best to preserve them for future issues. I 

 will say this, however, that the basswood yield of 

 Richland Co., Wis., was fully up to all that it has 

 been represented. The day I visited friend Free- 

 born, he brought in a load of 1800 lbs. of honey, and 

 his boys brought in from another apiary, the same 

 day, 1400 lbs. If I am correct, this yield was from 

 less than 500 colonies, and was all gathered in about 

 three days. Friday morning the hives extracted 

 llrst were full again, and the boys were at work ex- 

 tracting when I came away. I am told that they 

 never have poor seasons in Richland County— that 

 is, there is always at least a fair crop of honey. 

 They have had trouble in wintering, however, like 

 the rest of us; but they seem to have got pretty 

 well the upper hand of it now. 



Italian and Garninlan Queens. 



Thirty years a queen dealer. Prices low. Circu- 

 lar free. HENRY ALLEY, Wenham. Mass. 



