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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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EDITOR AND PUBLISHEB, 



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Fer Clubbing Rates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 



liiftlireii, if a jiiaii bi- ovnlakcn ill a fault. 

 itual, restore such a ime in tlie spirit of meek 

 thyself, lest thou also be temi)tecl.— Gal. (i:l. 



Our subscrii)tion list now nunibei'S 759:J. Still 

 saininfj, you see. 



THANKFULNESS. 



We are, here at Medina, just now rejoicing- on ac- 

 count of a drenching- rain, followed up by small 

 showers afterward. How is it with you, friends? 



THE AVEBSTER FUMir.ATOR. 



In speaking- of the Webster fumig-ator, the editor 

 of the Revue Internationale, published at Nyon, 

 Switzerland, seems to have had an exi)erience ex- 

 actly similar to our own, as given on page T.56, 1886. 

 Our proof-reader translates a few lines: 



With colonies of ordinary disposition, the odorous 

 air, expelled by the bellows, suffices to repel the 

 bees, and cause them to fill themselves with honey; 

 but on those which are aggressive it has no efifect, 

 and the addition of a few droi)S of ammonia, even, 

 is not sufficient to quiet them. 



BLACK AND HYBRIDS QUEENS. 



In our price lists we have g-iven prices on these, 

 but we also state that we can furnish them only 

 when we happen to have them. Well, as there are 

 no blaclis or hybrids now in our vicinity, we prefer 

 not to furnish them at all. We might buy them, it 

 is true; but the prices are so low during- the sum- 

 mer months it does not pay for the trouble of 

 handling. Those who want them sliould send or- 

 ders to the names mentioned in that deptirtment, 

 to be found in every issue. 



AN INA^ENTION WANTED. 



Friend Terrv's article has suggested to me that 

 the host of lieen, sharp inventors among the read- 

 ers of Gleanings might furnish a man who has the 

 time and talent to make a dumb-waitei- that can be 

 put in an.v house in a few hours, and made to worl< 

 all light. I have in mind an arrangement that can 

 be loaded on to a wagon, a good deal as our pump- 

 men load up pumps, go in the house, cut a hole 

 through the floor, put the machine in in good work- 

 ing order, explain to the housewife how to use it, 

 drive on to the next house, and so on. I presume 

 the whole thing could be boxed up and shipped like 

 a bee-hive, with pi-inted instructions, etc. Who will 

 make it? 



CARP-PONDS, AND HOW BROOK EISH GET INTO 

 THEM. 



The above puzzling question is answered by Mil- 

 ton P. Peirce, author of the book on carp culture, 

 and editor of the Journal of Fish Culture, Philadel- 

 phia. Friend Peirce says that various water-birds, 

 in moving- from one body of water to another in 



the summer, may carry the spawn of diiTei-ent 

 kinds of fish on their legs and feathers. Turtles, 

 musk-rats, and various reptiles, may also do the 

 same. The spawn hatches, and the little fish take 

 possession. Birds that frequent bodies of water 

 are. as a rule, very shy, and thus escape observa- 

 tion, which is one reason why we don't see them 

 oftener. The matter is fully discusshd in a recent 

 number of the Journal of Fish Culture. 



OUR SWAMP GARDEN. 



While every thing is parched up with the 

 drought, it is refreshing indeed to have one little 

 plot of ground that seems absolutely exempt from 

 drought. This is our swamp garden. The celery 

 looks as bright and fresh this hot, dusty .July after- 

 noon (the 39th) as if there had been a rain only yes- 

 terday. The Karly Ohio potatoes, planted the 1.5th 

 of .Tune, were looking as bright and fresh as the 

 ccleri', and more than knee-high, and they are just 

 (!oming into blossom. This wet swamp was all 

 transformed into this luxuriant garden by a single 

 underdrain which is perhaps IS inches below the 

 surface. The plants all have their roots in moist, 

 black vegetable mold; and without a particle -of 

 manure, almost all kinds of vegetables are just 

 booming. So much for reclaiming one useless bog. 



THOMAS HORN. 



Please remember, dear friends, that our offer in 

 our last issue was to our suhscrihers only, who lost 

 money by sending- it to Mr. Horn. We can by no 

 means undertake to make good such losses to peo- 

 ple who do not care enough about our journal to 

 pay the regular subscription price. Quite a num- 

 ber have asked if the amount might be applied on 

 other goods than bees and queens. We have de- 

 cided to allow it to apply on subscriptions for 

 (rLEANiNGS, A B (■ books at retail prices, or to ad- 

 vertising space in our journal, or to bees and 

 queens at our regular advertised pi-ices, and the 

 latter may be taken now or at any future time, as 

 you choose. Another thing, friends: I don't think 

 I have written any thing encouraging the idea that 

 I propose to make good any thing more than the 

 money sent to Mi-. Horn, in answer to his flaming- 

 advertisement of bees and (lucens, express charges 

 lirepaid, etc. This advertisement appeared in 

 (Jlkanings when it ought not to have been accept- 

 ed. Of course, I have nothing to do with other 

 dealings you may have had with Mr. Horn, in the 

 way of hives, extractors, giving him advertising- 

 space, or things of that sort. 



A FRIEND IN NEUD IS A FRIKND INDEED. 



Two postal cards, which read as follows, have 

 made me feel quite happy: 



Mr. Hoot:— I see you otl'er to pay Thomas Horn's debts, or a 

 part of them, at least. I lost $(i.90 in eash by ordering queens 

 and liees c.f liini, Ijiit lan not accept payment of you, as I can 

 u,tt ,-«■<■ \\\i\ ynii >lioiil(l p:iv his debts. I hope all the rest of 

 111!' Iri'ini^ will iiil a> I ilo about it, and not ask you to pay. 



s.ir ('ity, la.. .lnl\ L'.'i, IssT. Wksi.ky Cheney. 



Mr. .-v. I. KooT;'-I am obliRed to you for offering: to pay me 

 the amount due from Thomas Horn. You nia.y cancel mine, as 

 I do not think you owe it I think it Horn will let you pay his 

 debts, he must'have been from the start what you intimated. 



Reading, Pa., .luly 27, 1887. Irwin D. Althouse. 



I am very much obliged indeed, friends, for your 

 kind encouragement. As we do not all see things 

 alike, however, 1 i)refer i)aying- tho?e who think I 

 am resiionsible for having inserted such an adver- 

 tisement. Especially do I value your kind words, 

 because there have been quite a few rather unkind 

 words in regard to this very matter. 



