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Contents of this Number. 



Ants. To Destroy 388 



Australia 387 



Bat-nes Saw 388 



Benson's Letter 386 



Blacks vs. Italians 3X? 



Brood, Spreading 3Ul 



Bunible-heKS 388. 389 



Cans vs. Kegs 3»t) 



Carp-pond 398 



Cellars. Tt-rrv on 390 



Corn Ciiltiuv 381 



Corncobs, Wet, as Feeders. 399 



Cyprians. Unendurable 390 



Dandelions 39fi 



Dollar. A Well-spent 392 



Kditorial.s 108 



K.vhibition. Jubilee 388 



Foul Brood and Phenol 388 



Growlerv 387 



Honey Stolen 394 



Hands. Jerkingr from Bees. 407 



Hats for Apiarists 407 



Heads of Grain 393 



Hibernation 379 



Hive-eart 392 



Hives, Handmade .386 



Honey dew Neetar 396 



Hone.v in Australia 387 



House Apiaries 395 



Hutchinson's Hook :183 



Hybrids. Cross 407 



Hybrids, To Get Rid of 393 



Inventions, Small 384 



Kinu'-binls 395 



Mid-'adden Letter 385 



Our Honey Apinry 408 



I >ur Own .\|ji;iry 406 



I'licnol for Foul lirood 388 



l'l:iTit louse Ncil;ir 398 



(Jucens. (iood. Iiisablrd 400 



Kailroadsan.i Urcs 393 



liebnkiiit;- I'rolanity :i85 



Kcpoils Discouraging .406 



Holilxis, I ircnniventing. . .394 



Saw tiilili'. Cheap ..i. .386 



Scivcndo.iis 384 



Sections. Half-tilled 380 



Sting-trowi'l Theory 380 



Swarm in ( ipeii .Air ..395 



Swarms, Artilleial 381 



Swarming 14 Times .399 



TTins 394 



T Tins. Loose 396 



T..baeco Cohinin 401 



L'nsealed Cells in Seetions...380 

 Weather. Hot. in AusI nilia.:i87 

 Wide Fiiunes vs. Cases . , 393 

 Windmill Stor-y 397 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMFRS. 



PAID FOR IT.'^ELF THE FIRST D.AY. 



The goods J ou seut us are here, and give entire 

 satisfaction. The machine for fasteniiifj- fdn. in 

 sections is a fine thing, and paid for itself ttie first 

 day used. We should not want to do without it. 



MazoManie. Wis. W. A. Johnson & Bko. 



ONE WHO LIKES THE CLARK SMOKER. 



Clark's smoker is the most perfect ol all smokers 

 lever saw; is the easest handled, and gives the 

 strongest draft of all smokers. I would not do 

 without it for the price of five smokers. I have 

 been keeping- liees lor the past nine years, and 

 have decided that tobacco smoke is injurious, both 

 to bees and myself. Often, after taking honey 

 from the hive, I notice that many bees become sick 

 and (lie, caused by strong tobacco smoke, and I 

 have ol ten been sick myself from smoking. 



Manilla. Ind., Apr. 130, 1887. G. E. Hawkins. 



THE HtJME TALKS EXERCISING AN INFLUENCE. 



I should like to tell you in what esteem your 

 Home Papers and neighborly talks are held. If 

 there were nothing in Gleanings but Our Homes 

 I should take it for the influence your talks have 

 with me. 1 feel that the principles of your talks 

 are permeating my life, and 1 know that my con- 

 duct with my fellow-men is favorably influenced 

 by the ideas advanced in your familiar home-like 

 talks. Our Homes in Mar. 1.5, especially, touched a 

 tender spot in my heart, for it is now but a year 

 since 1 parted with a dear and only brother, the 

 loss of whom 1 could not for a long time become 

 reconciled to. But I wish from experience to cor- 

 roborate your talk and consolation to the friend 

 referred to. 



For some time after my bereavement this prayer 

 was almost continually in my mind; 



My God my Father, while I stray 

 Far from my home, on life's rough waj-'. 

 Oh teach me from my heart to say. 

 Thy will be done. 



Next came the hymn beginning, 



.Jesus, lover of my soul. 

 Let me to thy bosom fly. 



1 can truly say, that in Christ alone is consolation 

 and help in these times of trouble. I believe these 

 afflictions are ordained to wean us from the world; 

 for as one by one we lose our dear friends, those 

 whom we are living and working for, we of necessi- 

 ty transfer our affections from earth to heaven; 

 for it is written, that " where the treasure is there 

 will the heart be also." 1 hope you may be spared 

 many years to point the straight and narrow way 

 that leads to life. C. W. Costkllow. 



Wttterboro, Maine, Apr. 24, 1887. 



gleanings as an advertising medium. 



Eighty-six tested queens have been mailed. All 

 were heard from but five. There has been no loss 

 this spring. Accept our thanks for the adv't. It 

 will bring the hundred dollars. Next year, God per- 

 mitting, '.iOd (jueens will be ready in April, for $1.0(1 

 each. J. W. K. Shaw & Co. 



Loreauville, Iberia Par., La., May 2, 1887. 



moral patents. 

 The following very kind letter from Norman 

 Clark, the inventor of the smoker bearing his 

 name, is at hand, and we here give it to our read- 

 ers: 



Friend Root:— Laft evening our pastor's subject was " The 

 kingliness of kindness." and he closed something like this: 

 In earlier davs, there were men who roved the world over to 

 tind that which wuiild give perpetual youth. In these latter 

 davs many find it. and it is those who have Christian charity, 

 wlio have"sympathy for all; who love their neighbors as them- 

 selves. 



Thanking you again for t)eing so thoughtful of me, I re- 

 main very truly yours.— Norman Clark. 



Sterling, 111., Apr. 25. 1887. 



Attached to the letter is a receipt. It reads, 

 " Received of A. 1. Root one hundred dollars, a gra- 

 tuity on smokers, and for which 1 thank you. 



Norman (,'lark." 



YES, I WILL 



Devote my time exclusively to rearing pure Italian 

 queens. If you know my strain, send me your 

 orders; if not, send me a stamp for samples of live 

 workers. Untested queens, $1.00 each; $9.00 per 

 dozen. Tested queens, $1.50 each; $15.00 per dozen, 

 tfdb THOMAS HOKN, 



Box 691, Sberburne, N. Y. 



HYBRIDS in 10-frame S. hive, with hybrid 

 queen, only $3.50 per full colony. Italians in 10- 

 frame S. hive, with tested queen, $7.(10 per full 

 colony. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Ready now. .J. B. Whitlock, Eufaula, Ala. 



FULL COLONIES oflTALIAN BEES 



^3:01^ • Queens -for • Sale. *«► 



10 L. frames of bees, queen, brood, and honey, all 

 for $5.00. Tested queens, $1.25 each. 10 12d 



A. G. BBUSH, Susquelianna, Pa. 



QTJEElISrS. 



Ark. or big brown, and pure Italians mated with 



brown drones, 20 to 00 cents each; ready now and 



through swarming season. lOtfdb 



SALiIiIE: MOUROW, 'Wallaceburg, Ark. 



A Barometer for Gardeners and Farmers. 



We have finally succeeded in getting a wonuer- 

 fully pretty little aneroid barometer that we can 

 sell as low as $2..')U. One of them has been careful- 

 ly tested by the side ot our mercurial barometer, 

 and it follows the rising and falling of the mercury 

 with wonderful accuracy. It seems to me that 

 these little instruments ought to pay for them- 

 selves over and over again lor any farmer or gar- 

 dener, or any person who is dependent on the vicis- 

 situdes of the weather. The instrument much re- 

 sembles a pretty little clock, and it may be sent by 

 mail safely for 10 cts. extra for postage. You will 

 remember that my method of using any barometer 

 is to pay little or no attention to where the indica- 

 tor or mercury stands. When you wish to know 

 what the weather will be, tup the instrument with 

 the end of your finger. If the indicator (or mercu- 

 ry) falls, there is a prospect of ram; if it rises, you 

 are pretty safe in deciding there will be no rain 

 very soon. If a considerable storm is approaching, 

 the mercury will keep falling for some hours, and 

 it will drop a little every time you touch it, even 

 though i ou tup it as often as once an hour. When 

 it keeps dropping for several hours, look out tor a 

 storm or a big w ind. if it keeps rising for several 

 hours, go on \vith your work and you will very sel- 

 dom be misled. A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. 



