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GLf^AN^INUS in BP]E CULTTliiH 



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After school was out, the two boys noticed 

 that there certainly was quite a Ineeze ; and 

 if the windmill would run at all it would 

 run then. They both started on a double- 

 (luick trot for the scene of the windmill, fol- 

 lowed by a number of Die boys. When they 

 reached the street, Ted met them with the 

 joyful intelligence that the -'wheel was 

 goin' round and lound like every thing." 

 Sam and Jimmy cast one satisfied look at 

 Jake. The latter did not appear to enjoy the 

 news very much. \\'hen the bi)ys reached 

 home, sine enough the thing was ''going 

 I'ke split," as Jimmy expressed it. The joy 

 of the two boys knew no bounds, and all the 

 fellows seemed to share with them in their 

 pleasure, save Jake and one or two of his 

 companions, who were starting down street 

 by themselves. Jake was mad to think 

 '■ that silly cur Jim had threatened to 'lick' 

 him," but •■ he would show him whether 

 he could or not, when he got him alone." 

 Jimmy, however, now that the windmill 

 was running, felt no ill will toward anybody. 



The two proprietors of the bee-hive fac- 

 tory had as yet rigged up no saw-table, nor 

 iiad they even ordered a mandrel ; but as 

 they desired to test the power of their wind- 

 mill they lugged Mr. Green's grindstone up 

 the flight of stairs into the barn loft. They 

 had no belting, so they used common 

 clothes-line instead. J nst as the boys were 

 about to connect the grindstone to the wind- 

 mill, Sam's motlier called out that the last 

 bell for the afternoon school was ringing, 

 and that they must both hurry. Sam 

 begged piteously that he might be allowed 

 to stay out, and Jimmy said that his mother 

 wouldn't care anvhow; but Mrs. Green in- 

 sisted that both i lie boys had better go to 

 school; and when they came home in the 

 evening they would enjoy their experiments 

 so much the better. With reluctance they 

 obeyed. 



2b be continued May 15th. 



JavENmE Iiewei^-Bbx. 



" A chiel's amang ye takln' notes: 

 An' faith, he'll prent it. " 



A MULE STUNG TO DEATH. 



J write to let you know about au accident that 

 happened the other day. A pair of mules ran 

 away, and ran to a house close by. The bees were 

 in the yard. The mules ran over a bee-hive, and 

 the bees stung- one ot the mules to death, and the 

 other nearli' so. Our bees are doing finely; but if 

 It does not rain soon they will not do much. 



Thomas E. Wilms, ag-e 111. 



Jonah, Williamson Co., Tex., Mar. 36, 188". 



Thanks, friend Thomas. This time it 

 was a poor mule that was the object of the 

 bees" wrath. 



POLLEN IKOM CEDAR .AND HAZEL. 



My pa has 8") colonies now; 35 died last winter. 

 They are all doing well this spring-. They began 

 carrying in pollen about two weeks ago from 

 cedar and hazel. The pollen is red which they get 

 from cedar, and yellow from hazel. Pa says it is 



the first time he ever heard of bees gathering pol- 

 len from cedar. I have one swarm of bees. Pa 

 has put in about VM grafts this spring. He is 

 thinking of going into the nursery and lice busi- 

 ness together. We have had a very rainy sptitig 

 so far, and 'the bees have not had much time to 

 work. We have some very fine Brown lieghorn 

 hens. HowAKf) ,\i,i,kn. 



Snohomish, Wash. Ter. 



KKVlVl.\(i HKJZEN OH CHILLED BEES; .SAW- 

 TABLES. 



Winter before last we had a colony freeze, and in 

 three or four days the sun shone warm and we got 

 a handful of them and put them in the sun; tbey 

 came to life, and we gave them some honey. They 

 ate it, and Hew away. This proves that bees will 

 sometimes come to life after being frozen. We 

 havi' 1.5 hives of bees. We take Gleaninos, and 

 think there is no better paper. Our country is not 

 the l)est for bees. The hone.v-crop is uncertain. 

 We bought a hive from you in 188:^, but have since 

 made a horsepower saw and make our hives. I 

 notice in (jr-EANiNOs for Feb. 15, 1887, an improve- 

 ment on saws, and f think there would be a still 

 greater improvement if Mr. Warner would attach 

 the same device to raise and lower his table. 



W.M. C. Greek, age 13. 



Ptu-is, Tenn., Mar. 30, 188T. 



Thanks fur the experiments you give in 

 regard to bees supposed to have been frozen. 

 Some experiments were given in our back 

 volumes, I believe by friend Doolittle. 

 where bees, exposed tcf a temperature be- 

 low the freezing-point for 24 hours. couUl be 

 revived by warmth and then feeding; but 

 he found that where they were kept frozen 

 for 4s hours, they were past recovery. This 

 same matter is touched upon in the A li (' 

 bo(>k, under the head of " Wintering.'' In 

 sending out queens during the eaily spring 

 months, we have to tell our customers that, 

 siiould the bees arrive at their destination 

 apparently dead, they are to place them in a 

 warm place and allow them to remain for a 

 few hours. Where they have been chilled, 

 or even frozen, in this way for a few hours, 

 they will snon revive by the application of 

 warmth. About the tirst of last January 

 we received a queen from Xellie Adams, 

 Sorrento, Fla. The queen clerk thought 

 that the (jueen and her bees were surely 

 dead. They were, however, placed over one 

 of the steam-pipes, and in the course of two 

 hours they were " alive and kicking." — It is 

 true. Warner's chain and screw attachment 

 could be fastened to the table in such away 

 as to raise it, but Mr. W. says it would be 

 no advantage. Screws for raising the table 

 were used years ago, but I believe now are 

 generally discardea, both because they were 

 too slow to operate and because they would 

 not hold the table rigid enough. The de- 

 vice we have for raising and lowering the 

 table is much better, we think, for hive 

 work than any thing else. It can be quick- 

 ly raised and lowered, and can be clamped 

 securely so as not to jar or move. In mak- 

 ing hives it is very imi)ortant that all parts 

 of the saw-table should be strong and rigid. 

 Well, friend Willie, we think we shall have 

 to send you a panel chromo. These little 

 facts are just what we are after. 



