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GLEANINGS IN BEE OULTURE. 



AUG. 



Now, my dear reader. I have given you 

 full particulars in regard to the treatuient 

 of diseased colonies with carholic acid. Al- 

 though the acid treatment has so far been 

 very promising, I am not sui-e that even that 

 will be an ultimate success, l^eniember the 

 point in its favor so far is, that it prevents 

 the spread of the disease into other healthy 

 colonies. 1 shall have something further to 

 say about carbolic acid in oui- next issue, 

 and also give the leasons why I jirefer car- 

 bolic.acid to salicylic. 



ROBHEHS. 



In consequence of the great scarcity of 

 nectar and the dry weather, robbers "are 

 most persistent in their efforts to thieve. We 

 manage to get along in the daytime after a 

 fashion, with tlie tent, ])ut the little thieves 

 have learned the trick of dropping down in 

 the grass around the bottom fringe of the 

 tent and crawling under. AVe are obliged 

 to do some of our work by twilight. 



HONEY THAT FOAMS IN THE CELLS. 



WHEKE DID IT COME B'ROM /' 



T SEND you by this mail a sample of honey. Can 

 fM you tell what it is? Is it of the celebrated 

 ^r bark-louse variety— something- I never saw? 

 "*■ In case it is not, what then do you think of it 

 for wintering? 



The honey season has been a poor one; very little 

 clover, and no basswood at'all. July 12th I extract- 

 ed what I thought would save the bees from starv- 

 ing during the honey-dearth, which generally sets in 

 about July loth and lasts till late in August. But 

 in spite of the honey-dearth, my bees went to work 

 with a will. Then the combs soon began to fill, 

 and the honey looked nice and transparent in the 

 comb; but as I came to extract it I found it dark. 

 My first thought was honey-dew; but when I hunt- 

 ed up the description of the latter I began to think 

 mine is not dark and bitter enough to be the real 

 stuff. But, however, it is the queerest thing I ever 

 saw. When first gathered it foams in the comb, 

 like soapsuds, and some swarms hang outside for 

 lack of room, and, in reality, they have nothing in 

 the comb but a little foam. They draw the cells 

 up, cup-shaped, and then put a convex cap on it, as 

 on drone brood. When I pull the capping off there 

 is nothing but a little foam in the cell, hardly enough 

 to form a drop. Others, however, work it in a 

 more business-like manner. They fill the cells full, 

 avoid fanning, to a great extent, and cap the cells 

 in the oi-dinary way. I have tried to trace the bees, 

 but generally lose sight of them when they ap- 

 proach the woods and marsh, but I am a good deal 

 of the' opinion they ai-e in the marsh or else go 

 across it. .1. .Iohannsen. 



Port Clinton, O., July 27, 1887. 

 Friend J., the sample you send may be 

 honey-dew, or the secretion of aphides ; but 

 if so, it is lighter in color, and rather better 

 in flavor, than the general run of aphis hon- 

 ey. I have before heard of honey that 

 foamed out of the cell, and I believe this 

 has often been the caseiluring our winter- 

 ing troubles and si)ring d\vin<lling. If the 

 honey finally settles down, and is capped 

 over, with the cells full of thick solid honey, 

 I think I would risk it : if it remains foamy, 

 I do not believe I would. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The goods came to hand to day. They beat any 

 thing I have ever seen in that line. A. Bagley. 

 Siloam, ArK., Aug. S, 1887. 



Goods are at hand, and we, are much pleased. 

 Mrs. K. says she thinks your profit is small on the 

 2.i-c. socks, for 50 cts. would not more than buy such 

 hose here. Mii.ton Knowt.es. 



Crystal River, Pla., Aug. 2, 1887. 



My little adv't in last Gleanings has brought all 

 the orders that I can possibly fill. I very much dis- 

 like to cut down prices ol queens, but T thought 

 that dull times and jjoor honey seasons demanded 

 it. Please announce that 1 have no more queens 

 to spare. Wai>ter Poi'deu. 



Groesbeck, O., July 14, 1887. 



THOMAS HORN. 



In the Thomas Horn case I fail to sec where you 

 have been at fault; and your offer of settlement 

 must satisfy the most unreasonable ones. I sent 

 Horn $1.00 for a tested Italian queen, and rccei\'ed 

 iiothing. I am not willing it should be your loss, so 

 please mark my claim settled. 



E. Van Fradenbitiu!. 



West Fulton, N. Y., July 2tj, 1887. 



paying another's debts. 



1 wrote you yesterday, ordei'ing queens on Thos. 

 Horn's account; but after due consideration I can 

 not see how any man can consistently ask you to 

 pay Horn's debts, and I do not think that any one 

 can honestly hold you responsible for them. Now, 

 then, I countermand my oi'der, and thank you the 

 same as though I had received the bees. 



Edgerton, Kan., Aug. 2, 1887. B. T. DeTar. 



CHEAP AND good. TH.\T MAPLE SUGAR. 



The box of goods ordered of you came all right, 

 and every thing was entirely satisfactory. The ar- 

 ticles ordered were cheap, and good too. I have 

 been buying maple sugar for 2.'> years past; but 

 never, in all that time, got any pure, in my opinion, 

 until I received yours. It is absolutely pure, and of 

 the best quality. Many thanks f(n- promptness and 

 low prices. Wm. M. Keer. 



Salineville, ()., Aug. 5, 1887. 



the novice extractor. 



The goods came on the 24th, in perfect order, 

 freight reasonable. Accept thanks for your excel- 

 lent manner of packing. The extractor is the first 

 "Novice"! ever saw; and I must say I like it 

 much better than I expected to— in fact, I could not 

 be better pleased with one. I gave the solar wax- 

 extractor a trial yesterday and found it satisfactory 

 for extracting wax. I see by the wrapper on 

 Gleanings my subscription has expired; as I can 

 not think of doing without it, send it on another 

 year. Miss A. M. Taylor. 



Mulberry Grove, 111., June 28, 1887. 



THE bee-keeper's HAT. 



My buckwheat came sooner than I expected. I 

 have it sown, and now it is raining almost a deluge. 

 My clover seed is all right; and the hat — well, I 

 don't see how any bee-keeper can aftord to do with- 

 out one when the cost is so trifling. I fear I shall 

 have to get me another, as my girls have captured 

 mine already. 



THOMAS HORN. 



As to the Thomas Horn business, J consider you 

 an honest man. You put the advertisement in your 

 pai)er for us to read, and I and many others thought 

 we might make a good thing out of nothing. We 

 were all more dishonest than you, for we wanted 

 something without paying for it. I don't think I 

 would pav a red cent to any one of his dupes, as 

 you put the adv't in as all other periodicals do, 

 thinking he was honest. W. K. James. 



Loudon, Tenn., Aug. 4, 1H87. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Southwi-sU'iii luwa Hfekec-i)ers' .Society will hold its 

 ne.\t annual meetiiiK »! Enu-ison. .Mills Co., la., on Thul-sday, 

 Sept. 1, 1887. All interested are invited. E. W . PiTi-.F.R, Sec. 



Hillsdale, la. 



