1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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the bees would make more honey in it, is 

 easier to operate, and ever so many other 

 things besides its attractive appearance. 



A PICTURE OF THE HOME OF ONE OF 

 OUB ABC SCHOLARS. 



THE PLACE WHERE FRIEND HEACOCK " OETS 

 HAPPY." 



E have had so many pictures of apia- 

 ries that cost huge amounts of mon- 

 ey, and tliat v^^ere the result of years 

 of labor, 1 had thought it might be a 

 little refresliing, by way of variety, 

 to have at least one glimpse of an apiary be- 

 longing to one of our boy bee-keepers— at 

 least we call him a boy, for he is only 20 

 years old. Here is the picture, dear friends. 



clear as it could be, and the thermometer stood at 

 66 degrees at noon in the shade. 1 write to you 

 this way, because every thing 1 know about bees I 

 got from you. I caine here tliree years ago, and 

 didn't know a bec^ froiii a yellow-jacket. So much 

 tor reading your ABC and Gleanings. I am an 

 ABC schohir only 20 years old, and not very stout. 

 I never took a chew of tobacco nor tasted whisky. 

 Volusia, Fla., Dec. 29, 1886. O. E. Heacock. 



Now, my young friend, 1 wonder if you 

 know how mucli 1 like tlie ring of that last 

 sentence of yours—'' I never took a chew 

 of tobacco nor tasted whisky." May God 

 grant that you can say that to the end of 

 your life! How 1 should like to tiike a lialf- 

 holiday down in that Peach-tree apiary I I 

 wonder if tliere is^not a nice garden t'other 

 side of that picket fence; and aren't there 



PEACH-TRKE APIARY, BELONGING TO ONE OF OVR BOY BEE-KEEPERS. 



Friend H. does not write a very long letter, 

 so all I can tell you about this bright little 

 spot away down South is what we gather 

 from the brief letter below. 



what an a b c scholar says about gleani.ngs 



AND the ABC BOOK. 



I thought you would like to see bow an apiary 

 looks in the far-oflf South, so I will sendjyou a )>ic- 

 ture of mine. It was taken the 18th of Dec. While 

 your bees in the North are housed up, ours are 

 bringing in pollen. They have been carrying pol- 

 len and honoy pretty fast for the last ten days. 

 The peach-trees don't show very plain, for they 

 were set out only last Febriiary; but they have 

 grown very fast, as they are about ten feet high, 

 and will bear peaches this next year. Christmas 

 was the most beautiful day I ever saw. It was just as 



some orange-trees somewhere in the neigh- 

 borhood that bear rusty Florida orangesV 

 Our friend Nellie Adams has just sent us 

 two boxes of tliose rich, sweet, juicy Florida 

 oranges. Why, it almost makes me well 

 and strong jiist to think how I have enjoy- 

 ed them. They got bruised considerably on 

 the trip, and some of them were likely to 

 spoil unless they were used up pretty soon, 

 and I concluded t was just the chap to help 

 keep them from spoiling; and when T took 

 my tramps across the fields I used to have a 

 big orange in each pocket and one in each 

 hand. But, about tlic Peach-tree apiary : 

 If friend H. were not jiresent I would call 

 attention to the fact of what a nice clean 

 upright boy he is. He is rather tali, but he 

 is honestiahd true. I do not know whether 



