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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 



I have said I didn't care to use a veil. I 

 rarely ever have occasion to resort to their 

 use ; but 1 must confess, that if 1 had such 

 hybrids as these, and so strong in numbers, 

 I "should consider a veil one of the indispen- 

 sables. 



OUR HONEY APIARY. 



We have definitely located our Honey 

 Apiary some five miles south of Medina, 

 and we expect to do some wonderful things 

 in that apiary this summer. "Me and my 

 wife" drove down there last week and com- 

 pleted arrangements. 



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He that endureth to the end shall be saved.— Matt. lO-.Zi. 

 T TINS— NUiMBER SOLD UP TO DATE. 



Since the first mention of T tins on page 156, 

 current volume, the foreman of our tin-room in- 

 forms us that we have so far made 36.000. This 

 makes about 13,000 a month; and the demand, in- 

 stead of decreasing-, seems to be increasing. 



MK. THOMAS HORN. 



As quite a number of the friends have com- 

 plained that they have not yet received their notes, 

 as promised by Mr. Horn, on page 111, we wrote to 

 him in regard to it, and here is his reply: 



Friend Root.— I mailed, as pmmised, all notes excepting a 

 few retained tor further investigation, wliich I have since 

 mailed; and now to the best of ray knowledjje all have their 

 notes. If I have overlooked any, if thev will kindly inform 

 me I will mail them at onie. Thoma.s Horn. 



B-IOHTING THE POTATO-BUGS. 



To-DAV, May 14, our Early Ohio potatoes that 

 were started in the greenhouse are almost knee- 

 high, and are doing splendidly, but the bugs are go- 

 ing for them to such an extent that one of the lioj s 

 picked 34 off from one stalk. Our potatoes grow as 

 stalks, remember, and not in hills. 1 have just 

 written to friend Terry to know if I shall keep a 

 boy picking the bugs ott, or go back to the old-fash- 

 ioned way of using Paris green. 



TOTAL LOSS BY FIRE. 



The following letter from our friend Ur. .1. P. H. 

 Brown has just come to hand, which will explain 

 itself: 



I have iust had the misfortune to-day of having my resi- 

 dence burned, including all my books, letters, and correspond- 

 ence. I shall he much obliged to yon if you will say that I will 

 esteem it ;i f'avm- if iiiv rustoniers will please send me at once 

 their imIiIi rss, iniliidliiL;- :i relict iticiii ot theii' onlcrs. All or- 

 dei-s will rci^clvi- prompt nttcntion. The loss of the house in- 

 cluding its lonlcuts, is fully lour thousand dollars, and no 

 insurance. We could not save a thing out of the house, as 

 the wind was blowing a gale. .1. P. H. Brown. 



Augusta, Ga.. April 29, 18S7. 



Friend B., we extend to .you our sympathy. We 

 have no doubt, however, that you will be able to 

 meet 3,11 your obligations, 



PROF. BEAL'S new book, " THE GRASSES OK 

 NORTH AMERICA." 



This is perhaps the most thorough and compre- 

 hensive work of the kind in the world. It is just 

 from the press, and covei's the whole ground most 

 thoroughly, including the entire clover family as 

 well as the grasses. Prof. Beal's clover-garden 

 was one of the most interesting sights to me at the 

 Agricultural College when there some years ago. 

 He had a little plot of all the clovers known in the 

 world; and near bi" were plants not exactly clovers, 

 but nearly related to them, such as peas, vetches, 

 etc. Among the subjects treated of in the book 

 are Grasses for Cultivation, Grasses for Meadows, 

 Care of Grass Lands, Making Hay, Grass for the 

 Lawn, Garden, and Decoration; Enemies of Grasses 

 and Clovers; the Fungi of Forage Plants, including 

 corn-smut. Weeds in the Meadow is a department 

 that interested me greatly. The price, $2.50, maj' 

 be thought by some a little high; but it is a most 

 thorough piece of work by a most able man. 

 There are 457 pages, and the book is fully illustrat- 

 ed, for the most part excellently. AVe can mail it 

 on receipt of price given above. The author is 

 professor of foref try and botany in the Michigan 

 Agricultural College. 



CAN BKES HE MADE TO HIBERNATE? 



Since our article on page 343 was published, in re- 

 gard to the secret possessed by the Indians, of keep- 

 ing bees from fall to spring in a dormant state, sev- 

 eral communications have been received— one from 

 Mr. C. E. Jones, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. .Tones says 

 that an old missionary assured him that he had bur- 

 ied bees in dry dirt, after causing them to fill them- 

 selves with hone.v, and kept them till spring. Friend 

 Jones himself has experimented with bumble-bees 

 in this way, and thinks that, because he succeeded 

 with the latter, it might be done with honey-bees. 

 Of course, this is a mistake. For years past, differ- 

 ent individuals have told about bees that were 

 brimstoned, and buried in the ground, but when dug 

 out in the spring (by accident, of course) they came 

 to life and were as good as ever. Now, while there 

 may be truth in these oft-repeated assertions, I 

 very much doubt it. When these statements are 

 sifted it turns out that somebody else did it besides 

 the narrator. If, howe\'er, there is a man who has 

 buried bees in dry dirt, and kept them months, and 

 afterward brought them to life, we shall be glad to 

 know it. And when such an individual shall go to 

 work and demonstrate it before good witnesses, we 

 will then give ui> that bees can be made to hiber- 

 nate. Now, don't feel hurt, any of you, dear friends. 

 We are not doubting anybody's word. W'e are only 

 asking for accurate facts in the matter. 



HUTCHINSON'S NEW BOOK. 



There have been some criticisms sent in, in re- 

 gard to this work. It is true, friend H., in the book, 

 invites the freest criticisms; but some of them are 

 not in as courteous a spirit as they ought to be, to 

 find place in a periodical. On page 2'S3 of the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journttl, Prof. Cook quotes me as follows: 



" I read Mr. Hutchinson's new book on comb honey, as I 

 came here. It is so good that I have only one criticism— it is 

 too short." 



It is true, I did say that, or something very much 

 like it, but I also added, or, at least, intended to add, 

 that I should give it the same criticism I did Dr. C. 

 C. Miller's new book— the absence of engravings to 

 make matters plain. A busy inan like myself coul^ 



