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GLJ^ANiNGS IN KKK CI LTUKE. 



Jan. 



"■Oh, yesi both of us can do it if we work a 

 little after dark. It's only ;-! o"cl((ck."" 



Sam looked at the pile of wood with some 

 misgivings. He " never did like piling up 

 wood."" 



When, liowever, Jimmie commenced to 

 load up with an armful. Sam followed his 

 example. Ere long the ]>ile diminished very 

 appreciably. When it came supper time, 

 the boys were Ixith loath to give up the ,iob. 

 They thought it " just fun." Sam could not 

 tell just why he enjoyed it. After supper 

 the boys worked more energetically than 

 ever, meavitime talking and planning what 

 things they would make and do, whetlier 

 they could make bee-hives, etc. As it grew 

 dark soon, they worked by — the lightOf a 

 lantern which Sam"s sister "had thoughtfully 

 hung up. When the work w as done, noth- 

 ing would do but those boys must send for 

 the vises before the> went to bed. Sam's 

 mother produced writing-materials ; stamps 

 were inclosed, and the order sent. 



To be continued. 



]m\ifiiM li^nm-B^X. 



' A cliiel's amang ye takin' notes; 

 An' faith, he'll prentit. " 



THE KiTE, AND HOW IT I'LIEH. 



The kite you sent, we think !i beauty. It came 

 safely. Mr. Maoo j)iit it toKethet- Tor me, and 

 helped me to sail it. It went \ip like a thing- ol 



lilt^. COHA Uli-VNTHAUI). 



Ml. Hope. Morris Co., N. .1., Nov. :«!, )«8ti. 



Hl\ KS MADE BV HOUSK-PO WEH. 



I am a little girl. Pa had ii swarms this spring-, 

 urul they increased to 15 this summer. He g-ot 

 ahout riM lbs. of honey. Pa has a shop where be 

 saws his lumber out. and makes his bee-hixes. He 

 runs the machinery with the horse. 



Lizzie J. Dottekker. 



Newtown .Mills, Forest Co., Pa., Dee. 14, IHSti. 



A HIVE WITH OI.ASS OX THE BACK, ANI> WHAT THE 

 SUN DID. 



My father g-ave me a hive of bees, if I would watch 

 /ks bees, and hive them xvhen they came out. There 

 was a piece of g-lass on the back of my hive, and the 

 sun shone throug-h and melted two of the combs 

 down. Papa took the honey out, and the bees built 

 it up again. Next year 1 will put the hive in the 

 shade. IJen.i. F. Stout. 



A QUEENS HEAD THE WRONU W.W IN THE CELI^. 



My pa had 45 stands of bees, and I have one. Pa 

 did not ^et much honey last season. The bees are 

 in good condition for winter. Fa and I were look- 

 ing- at the bees, and we found some queen cells, 

 and pa did not want them, so I pulled off one of 

 them, and the queen's head was turned the wrong- 

 way. , KUOENE Wii.ias. 



•lonah, Texas, Nov. 3(5, 1886. 



AN ITALIAN QUEEN EIVE YEARS OLD. 



Pa has between .50 and 60 colonies of bees. They 

 have been dojng very well this summer. He had 

 an Italian queen which was five years old. Last 

 spring she died. T read Gleanings, and find it 



very interesting. We keep the Brown Leghorn 

 chickens. We find they are good layers. I have 

 a pet pigeon named Charley Boy. 

 Cold Spring, Ky. Lillib Ldrkek. 



EDWARD'S SWARM OF BEES. 



One day I was going out to work, and 1 saw a 

 swarm of bees. They were on a maple-tree, and 

 father gave it to me. He said if I would take care 

 of It I could have all the honey that they would 

 make. I got about a quart of honey. It was a 

 small swarm, and that is why 1 did not get much 

 honey. I have them in the cellar now. I am going 

 to try to do better next year. Edward Stout. 



Urightcm, Iowa. Dec. 37, 1886. 



SAWINO OFF A LIMB ON WHKH WAS CLUSTER- 

 ED A SWARM OF BEES ; RESULTS. 



1 am a bo.\ II .\ ears old. My pa keeps bees. As 

 he w((r-ks in Vienna I have to tend to the bees. We 

 live on a farm. The bees nearly stung me to death 

 last bummei'. The bees swarmed and settled in the 

 top of an apple-ti-ee. and I climbed the tree and saw- 

 ed'otf the limb, and the bees gfit after me and ran 

 me through ilie <'<;rnftfli| I lia\.' lots of fun skat- 

 ing. Fr<ED Uellemey. 



Vienna, 111.. Dec .-.'.s, l.sSti. 



Yours is not the lirst instance we have 

 had of the unpleasant results of sawing oflf 

 a limb lu>lding a swarm of bees. Always 

 be careful about jarring the limb while saw- 

 ing; and when tiie limb is nearly off, let it 

 down easily with a pitch-fork, or, better 

 still if you ("111. leacli it with your hands. 



COliD WATER FOR STINOS, ETC. 



My pa's bees are in tin- cellai-. He built a stone 

 wall around his bee-eellai- last summer, and made 

 a cement tlooi-. 1 wish I could come and see Hulter. 

 and blow the whistle too. Ma reads the letters to 

 me, and I want to hear some more about Jimmy and 

 Ted. When I step on a bee, 1 put my foot in water. 

 One day last summer a bee stung- me in my face; 

 and when I told ma I was stung she said. "Well, 

 run and i)ut your foot in water;" and then 1 told 

 her it was my face. ' • Charlie Palmer. 



Hart, Oceana Co., Mich.. Nov. 39. 1886. 



Yes, if you come to Metlina we will give 

 you a chance to l)low that big whistle. — Cold 

 water for stings, 1 know , makes the place 

 affected feel better, but I am not sure but 

 that you would get along about as fast if 

 you did nothing.— 1 haven't seen Ted for 

 some little time. I suspect that Jimmie, al- 

 though I haven't heard him say, does not 

 care to have Ted tag him into' their new 

 sho]!. 



SWAR.Ml.NG, .\ND WHAT THE BOYS DID. 



One (lay when my brother came in from the field 

 for dinner we were sitting- on the well-bed, and my 

 brother walked around toward the bees, and he hal- 

 looed out, " Oh I the bees are swarming I I was 

 bareheaded, and my father was working in the tile- 

 factory. 1 jumped up and ran all the way to the 

 tile-factory and told my father. 1 started right 

 back and ran all the way, and my father came, and 

 then they began to settle in the garden on the peas 

 and on the ground. Father took the smoker and 

 drove them into the hive which he had set close by. 

 It was very hot, and we cut some bushes and laid 

 them on the hive to keep the sun off, and they 

 stayed in the hive. Willie Hunt, age 12. 



Dodson, Montgomery Co.. C, Dec. 21, 1886. 



