1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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I received the queen j ou sent, all O.K. Many 

 thanks lor prompt delivery. M. Freismuth. 



Wheeling, W. Va., Aug-. B, 1889. 



SENDING QUEENS TO CALIFORNIA. 



The select tt sted honey queen came to hand to- 

 day in good condition; only one dead bee in the 

 cage. J. F. McIntyre. 



Fillmore, Gal., Sept. 11, 1889. 



LAYING, THE THIRD DAY AFTER ARRIVAL. 



The queen mailed me Sept. 6 arrived in g-ood or- 

 der. It was introduced according to instructions, 

 and ciitnmeiiccd laying the third day. 



Girard, Pa , Sept. 16, 1889. B. Fount,. 



I just received a sample copy of Gleanings. It 

 is much improved since I last saw it. I enjoyed tbe 

 sermon, also the sketch of "Huber," and many of 

 the shorter articles. Mrs. H. A. D. Westover. 



David City, Neb., Aug. 21, 1889. 



SENDING STRAWBERRY-PLANTS TO MISSISSIPPI. 



The plants recently ordered from you have been 

 received in beautiful condition, and, like every 

 thing else voudo, the fulfillment is better than your 

 promise. C. P. Coffin. 



Pontotoc, Miss., Sept. 30, 1889. 



SENDING STRAWBERRY-PLANTS CLEAR TO OREGON. 



The strawberry-plants came to-day in prime con- 

 dition. Many thanks for your promptness. Bees 

 are working now on white clover. It has bloomed 

 since the rains. B. J. Ladd. 



Portland, Ore., Sept. 20, 1889. 



A PLEASED CUSTOMER. 



I thank you for your promptness with my orders 

 for goods I got of you this spring and summer. 

 The 22 one-story chaff hives came to hand all right. 

 Every piece was number one. The queens are do- 

 ing- fi'nelv. E.M.Bennett. 



South Charleston, O., Sept. 19, 1889. 



DOVETAILED HIVE JUST THE THING LONG LOOKED 

 FOR. 



The Dovetailed hives received, and are just what 

 I have been looking for during the past three or 

 four years. I have examined numbers of cata- 

 logues. Can I say more; G. F. Ayres. 



Atherton, Ind. 



Mr. Root:— J must thank you again as I report 

 my success with the little package of Ignotum to- 

 mato seed you gave me; they gave us the first ripe 

 tomatoes, growing alongside of other best varieties 

 obtainable, with the same cultivation. I have nev- 

 er seen a tomato, with all the good qualities of the 

 tomato combined, that the Ignotum has. 



Jas. W. Walker. 



Green Spring, W. Va., Aug. 18, 1889. 



A POUND OF BEES AND A QUEEN TO NEWARK. DEL. 



The bees, etc., you shipped Sept. 23d were receiv- 

 ed in Newark, Del., Sept. 26, in the forenoon, in 

 good condition. About 3 to 5 per cent of the bees 

 were dead. The queen was alive and active. They 

 are of fine color; the queen is very beautiful. I am 

 well satisfied with the lot. I have given them some 

 unsealed brood and honey, and will try to build 

 them up rapidly. Express charges were 50 cts , 

 which I think very reasonable. T. Jaquett. 



Newark, Del., Sept. 27, 1889. 



I want to flatter you on your promptness in filling 

 orders. The sections, foundation, and wax-extract- 

 or, all came in good time, and in good order. The 

 sections are nice; the foundation is fine, and the 

 wax-extractor is a daisv. The reason I had them 

 sent by express was, I wanted to use them this 

 summer, and I did not know whether they would 

 get here in time by freight. T. Brown. 



Cloverdale, Ind , July 11, 1889. 



gleanings a necessity. 

 I would say that T regard Gleanings as a house- 

 hold necessity, and a blessing to myself and family, 

 not only temporally but spiritually. T think it 

 would please you to know that " Uncle Amos " has 

 a warm place in the hearts of nil my family. Even 

 our little four-year-old baby Georgie talks about 



Uncle Amos, and says he loves him. May you live 

 long, and continue to lead us by example and pre- 

 cept in the way you have in the past, is my desire. 

 Tamora, Neb. S. H. Beaver. 



the dovetailed hive just the hive FOR THE 



GREAT MASS OF BEE-KEEPERS. 



The Dovetailed hives ordered of you arrived in 

 first-class order, and freight very moderate. We 

 admire your ingenious method of crating, and are 

 much pleased with the hives. We consider the 

 Dovetailed as just the hive for that great class of 

 tiee-keepers who, farmers also, make bee-keeping 

 an extra; have few appliances for putting hives to- 

 gether, and devote their attention to the produc- 

 tion of comb honey exclusively. K. N. Learned. 



Newton, N.J. 



PLEASED. 



Editor Gleanings : — 1 must acknowledge that you 

 are the most prompt and reliable dealer I have tried 

 as yet. I have been doiDg business with you in 

 father's name, C. C. Bartlett. The goods have all 

 got here in good shape; the mandrel and saws sent 

 last winter are doing the best of work. I think 

 Gleanings a fine paper, and the ABC book is now 

 a superb volume, of which you may well be proud; 

 and didn't you hit it, though, when you improved 

 the Clark smoker? I wish you success. 



Our honey season has been fair here. The bees 

 swarmed to Christmas. Our main dependence is al- 

 falfa. We have had no rain this summer, but were 

 favored with snow last winter, so we have done 

 very well. Bart Bartlett. 



Vernal, Utah, Aug. 26, 1889. 



travels and the home talks. 



I have not yet received my Gleanings for July 

 15, but I have received the one for August 1. Think- 

 ing it must be lost I thought I would ask you to re- 

 place it, as I should not like to miss the first part of 

 your trip to Wisconsin. I may say T most thorough- 

 ly admire your Home talks, as they seem to 

 breathe such a Christian spirit. I believe 1 myself 

 have been quickened to self-examination by your 

 practical every-day life sort of expositions on our 

 Savior's teachings. I myself belong to the blessed 

 Master, whom I try to serve in the Sundaj -school, 

 the pulpit, and by the every day life of one who 

 tries to love his neighbors. 



In regard to bees, blacks are the best here, all 

 things considered. Imported Italians are no good 

 in the north. My bees, 28 colonies, are working 

 now on heather, after doing well on clover. I have 

 the Scotch hills here in sight on the north, the Cum- 

 berland tells, with Skiddaw in full sight, on the 

 south. J. Stormonth, Jr. 



Kirkbride, Cumberland, England, Aug. 21, 1889. 



"thy word is a lamp," etc. 



Wouldn't it save some trouble if the editor of 

 Gleanings carried a small "pocket-lamp" with 

 him on his travels? 



[The above comes on a postal card, written in a 

 feminine hand, but no name was signed. To be 

 sure, you are right, my good friend, and I have 

 wondered that somebody did not take this matter 

 up sooner. The reason why I did not have a Bible 

 in my pocket was that I started out, as I usually do, 

 with the expectation of going across the country 

 with horse and buggy, and a good many times on 

 foot; and I have learned by experience that every 

 thing that can be dispensed with is a hindrance; 

 therefore I did not carry even a Bible, supposing 

 that, as a matter of course, T could readily lay my 

 hand upon one anywhere; and I was not once dis- 

 appointed, except in that great hotel. When I 

 started away my wife brought me my Sunday- 

 school quarterly; but I told her it would cumber 

 my pockets, and I thought that I should be able to 

 find one of some kind or other, wherever 1 was 

 stopping. Another thing, I like to get hold of a 

 Bible where I stop, and see how much it is used. 

 I like to see a soiled, well-worn Bible. If it has a 

 little beeswax and propolis on the lids, I do not feel 

 troubled at all. T had decided, however, before 

 your friendly suggestion came, to he provided with 

 a " pocket-lamp," and one has already been laid 

 aside, with a small copy of Gospel Hymns, to be 

 ready for the next start off. Now. soon fi iend. had 

 you given me your name, possibly I might have 

 called on you and asked for your Bible.] 



