1887 



GL>:iANlNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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iiig vent to his spite in the way lie did last 

 night. If I were you I would let this mat- 

 ter drop. If you now take revenge upon 

 Jake, there will not only be one set of bad 

 boys, but two sets of bad boys." 



"Well," said Frank, " Jimmy and Sam 

 have fixed the windmill as good as it ever 

 was ; but how about my melons? Am I go- 

 ing to let Jake and his crowd repeat the 

 same operation again, and let them think I 

 don't know who did it?" 



"Your situation is a little peculiar, that 

 is so. Well, I don't know but that you 

 ought to tell him that you know that he 

 stole those melons. Give him just enough 

 facts to convince iiim that you know all 

 about it, and he will think that one of the 

 boys told on him. You can then advise him 

 not to repeat it, or you will be obliged to do 

 something besides merely notifying him. 

 One thing more," continued Mr. Green. 

 "I see you have been fostering a desire 

 for revenge ; and as a means to this end you 

 are going to employ the method used by bad 

 boys— that is, give blow for blow. Boys, 

 there is nothing noble or manly about fight- 

 ing ; there is nothing in it that commands 

 the praise or admiration of the better class 

 of society. I hojio, therefore, that, so far as 

 possible, you will try to get that noble re- 

 venge upon your enemy." 



" What do you mean by ' noble revenge ":* " 

 said Jimmy. 



'' I mean, do good to them that hate you," 

 said Mr. Green. 



Frank and Sam wei e ready to admit that 

 Mr. a. was right ; but .linmiy declared that 

 it would make him "feel real good to blacik 

 Jake's eye;" but still, he agreed to do noth- 

 ing very serious, providing Jake would let 

 him alone. 



To be couiinned Jidi/ 15. 



JavEfimE IiE¥TER"Bo^. 



"A chiel's aniang ye takin' notes; 

 An' faith, he'll prentit." 



THE TUUMPKT IXOWER. 



My pa had 61 colonies last fall, but lost 3 iti wiu- 

 tti-ing. He intends to start another apiaiT this 

 spiinj,', and my bister Katie, age 18, is to take care 

 of them. We live close to town, and can sell all the 

 hunoy that we can raise. Pa will sow IK2 bushels of 

 alsike clover this spring!-. Do you know that the 

 trumpet liou'er yields honey? We have a vine, or 

 bush, in our yard; and last summer, when it was in 

 bloom, we could shake half a teaspoonful of honey 

 out of a sing'le flower. It is easy to raise, very 

 pretty, and blooms a long- time. 



Jennie Keplogle. 



Centerville, Appanoose Co., la. 



You say the trumpet flower had half a 

 teaspoonful in each blossom, but you don't 

 say whether the bees were able to' get it or 

 not— how is it, my friend? Of course, they 

 would have to take quite a number of trips 

 to and from the hive to carry half a tea- 

 spoonful of honey. Tlie trumpet flower has 

 been mentioned as a honey-plant in our 

 back numbers. 



(•'IFTY YOUNO QUEENS KILI>EI). 



I Ikivo two hives, all my own; but I had bad luck 

 with them. My i)retty queen jfot killed whoii papa 

 united them. Another young queen hatched which 

 killed 5 ) queens that must have hatched with her. 

 1 found them in front of the hive, dead. The colony 

 is doing \ery well now, and papa has very fine bees. 



Atlanta, Ga. Maiiv Hanbukv. 



Your statement is quite an astonishing 

 one, friend Mary. I have known a great 

 many young queens to hatch out and be 

 killed by a royal sister, but I do not think I 

 ever knew as many as fifty from one hive. 



painting nivES dark. 



I have one swarm of bees. Last summer it was 

 so warm that the honey melted; and when it began 

 to melt, the bees began to run out of the hive. It 

 was like so much molasses and wheat all mixed up. 

 i should like to come and see Mr. Root's bee-yard. 

 More than that, I should like to see how he has his 

 Lees arranged. Willie Carl. 



Roaring Rranch, Pa. 



1 fear, friend Willie, your hives must be 

 l)aiuted some dark color, and left in the sun. 

 A hive that is painted white will never, so 

 far as my experience goes, melt down 

 combs ; lliat is. where the entrance is large 

 enough, and unobstructed. If the bees get 

 fastened in the hives in hot weather, they 

 will create such a heat as to melt down the 

 combs ill any hive. Wiring the c tmbs as 

 we do, to keep them from being broken 

 down,1ielis them to stand a modeiate de- 

 gree of lieat. 



A iu>vs experience in hiving swarms. 



I will tell you how I got my bees. My eldest 

 brother came home one evening last summer, and 

 told my pa there was a sv,-arm of bees hanging on a 

 fence, a mile away. It was too late that evening 

 to go alter them, but early the next morning we 

 went there and found the bees. Before sunrise 

 we had them at home and hived. Pa said I might 

 have them. They wintered well. Last summer 1 

 got 48 lbs. of honey, which I sold. I got a little 

 more per lb. than pa did. My bees did not swarm 

 last sumiuL'i-, and so I have only one swarm yet. 

 It is a good one. Last summer I hived three 

 swarms in one afternoon, all myself. They were 

 largo swarms. I get stung sometimes, but it does 

 not swell on me. I guess I am too solid. I am 11 

 years old, and I weigh 120 lbs. We all like Glean- 

 ings very well. Pa had 63 swarms in the begin- 

 ning of winter, and lost two so far. I am bound to 

 be a bee-keeper, if I can make it win. 



J. Warren Koutzon. 



Findlay, O., Mar. 21, 1887. 



speed in putting together sections. 



1 tried my hand at putting up sections the other 

 day. The first hour 1 put up ;W6; the second hoiu-, 

 408. I think I did pretty well. The sections were 

 those that pa got of you. Alfred Higbee. 



Elsie, Mich., May :.'ti, 18S7. 



If you will turn to p. .50o, Jnne lo, ISSH. you 

 will see that your record is slightly ahead of 

 tluit of Pearl and Nettie Cranston, who pre- 

 viously have had the best record. You 

 folded 408 in (iO minutes, wliich would be 

 (Ji in one minute. Nettie and Pearl each 

 folded .5(30 in 75 minutes, which is just M 



