1887 



GLEANINGS IN 13EE CULTURE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Ants 1)11 b'l'uit 742 



Apiary, Mi-s. Chaddoek's 734 



ApifviSTf 729 



Australia 734 



ISii-iUUl Kniit Cultiii-o 728 



H<c llolaiiv 747 



Bif Kiil(.iiiol(i(jy 747 



Hri'-Ci-lhus 738 



I'.r.- liox, (iduUl's 737 



Mi'.-HiiiiliMi.- 735 



r..-i->anil Ki-iiit 742 



Hies HI KiTin-Bird 743 



ltrns..ii Li'tlcr 730 



Hiiikwliinl and HinU'V-IVw 741 



liuuJiiii'i- loi- WiiitiM-: 742 



Hutti'i- Oislics 751 



rcil-liiiilcliim- 744 



C.iMviiii.-iir.'s IV>r House.... 743 



Cuwair- Visit 731 



Ciussnc'ss (.fKoos 740 



Division-Boards 742 



Editorial. 751 



K..U1 liiood, Ktc -M 



Koul Br 1, llovle on IXt 



Ui-aiicviiics and" Clover 744 



Harvest. The 729 



}h-ads(il(;iaiii 742 



Heal lliiidi'iiiiijBees 744 



Hciiies Business 744 



noiie\ , .Vrlitleial 739 



Honey l)e« 730 



House-Aiiiarv 733 



Myself ami Neighbors 748 



Oitiee, Cut of 72r) 



Onr Own Ajiiarv 750 



Ovstei-s ill Florida 744 



ynestii>ieBnN 745 



Qiie.iilessiiiss ill Oetober....751 



Heiioils Diseouragiuif 741 



Keports Kneouragrinsf 740 



Siniiin-, (inr New 740 



TavL.r's Keport 739 



Tohaeeo Ccliiiiill 749 



rnilinu- lor Winter 7.51 



Wil,.\'s Pleasantry 739 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The llaike Co. Union Bee Keepers' Soeielv will hold its iie> 

 iieelill;,' at Areannin, (>., on Friday, Oet. 28,' 1887. .1. A. RoE. 



The presenee of all interested is earnestly requested at a 

 meeting of the Northern Ohio Bee-Keepers' Assoeiation, in the 

 Town Hall, Wellington, on Saturday, Oet. 8, 1887. 



H. W. Minns, See. 



The Pan-Handle Bee-Keepers' Assoeiation will hold its next 

 ineetinj?0.t.2i> and 27, 1887, in the K. of P. Hall. No. 1138 Main 

 .St.. Wlieeiiny, W. Va. All bee-keepers are invited. 



Blaine, O. W. L. KiNSF.Y, See. 



The Ninth-American Bee-Keepers' Society and the North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Society will meet in .joint convention at 

 the (Jommereial Hotel, cornel' of Lake and Dearborn Streets. 

 (^hicaKo, on Wednesdav. Thuisdav, and Friday, Nov, 1(1, 11, and 

 18, 1887. Arrangeiiienls have been made with the hotel, for 

 back room, one bed. two iiersons. 81.75 per day, each; front 

 room, S2.00 per day, each iieison. This ilate occurs duriiiK the 

 second week of tlie Kat-Stoek Show, when excursion rates will 

 be very low. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The wheelbarrow is a dandy, and has* saved Us & 

 Co. many a backache, and will have paid lor itself 

 bv the time snow Hies next winter. P. Si'tton. 



Exeter, Pa., Aug. 29, 1887. 



Inclosed find postoffiee order for three dollars, I'or 

 which please send us one crate of Clark smokers. 

 They are the best that have ever come to this coun- 

 try. John Pvpku. 



Nophi, Utah, July 18, 1887. 



Inclosed find $1.00, due for Gleaninos, the best 

 bee-.journal published. Yes, I must have it. 1 

 can't well set alonij without it. .1. J. Daijden. 



Oiddinjr-s, Texas, Sept. Ui, 1887. 



that little ad. 



FriefH? RooL-— I will send you pay for my adver- 

 tisement that was inserted in Gleanings, Aug'. 1"), 

 in Exchimg:e Column. It has g'iven me more cor- 

 re8])ondence than I can answer. Letters poured in 

 from Florida, all the way to Wisconsin, except from 

 Kentucky. L. C. Calvert. 



Poplar Flat, Ky. 



1 will write you a few lines to say that I have 

 found GiiEANiNOS a blessiuK' to me, especially the 

 parts headed Myself and My Neighbors, and (lur 

 Homes, and many other good bits of reading that T 

 have been pleased more than a dollar's worth with, 

 and would not like to be without it. 



IJurnt Mills, Aid., June 14, 1887. J. Hamilton. 



that imported QUEEN. 



The imported queen you sent is a "daisy," and 

 is doing her work with the best of them, l" had no 

 trouble with her. She was laying in three days 

 after 1 put her in the hive. Well, friend Koot, you 

 can imagine how proud 1 am of her, and T shall do 

 my best to winter her and all the rest of them. 



Dr. L. L. Loom is. 



Pemberville, Wood Co., (>., Sept- 23, 1887. 



THE CLARK SMOKER AND S.VWDUST FUEL. 



The Clark smoker works admirably with the shav- 

 ings-like sawdust we get in making the white-pop- 

 lar sections. Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



New Philadelphia, ()., June 31, 1887. 



1 have been sending you little orders ever sined- 

 1882. The goods have reached us always by the 

 time the invoice did, and often before. Vour goods 

 have always been as good or bcttei' than .>ou rep- ' 

 resented them, for which I thank you very much. 

 John J. Matthews. 



Antimony City, Se\ier Co., Ark. 



The bees arrived Tuesday evening. I put them 

 in with a weak swarm of black bees. They have 

 passed one day of business in their new home, and 

 seem to be all right. This has been my Hrst effort 

 in this line. If all goes right I shall be glad. 1 am 

 a novice in bee cultiiie, and this is my second sea- 

 son. 1 read the A B C, and feel stronger and more 

 confidence in myself. S. Hoi'kins. 



W. Walworth, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1887. 



THE A n (■ BOOK NICER THAN EXPECTED. 



(SEE P. 0.84. 1 



Your beautiful A IJ C book received. I asked for 

 a paper-covered one, and .you sent a cloth-bouml 

 one. Surely you speak the truth when you say ynii 

 strive to give a little niore than is expected of you; 

 for even I, sr beggar, got more. T should be 

 ashamed to think 1 asked for the book as I did, if I 

 didn't tell myself that, outof the very first profll 1 re- 

 ceived from those bees, that book shall be liaid for. 

 I didn't expect it was iialf as large or half as nice 

 or half as beautiful, an.y way, and T am vei-y much 

 obliged for it until you are better paid, ff good 

 wishes from a great many friends would only do it, 

 I think you might visit your apiary to-morrow 

 morning'and find all trace of foul lirood had left it 

 forever; but trouble will come, tmd usually for 

 some good, but it is hard to believe it so. 



Mrs. C. Pennington. 



Cottage Grove, Minn., Aug. 32, 1887. 



PLEASED ; OUR MODE OF PACKING. 



You will pardon my freedom when I assure you 

 that your kind, pleasant, and instructive Home ttilks 

 have made us all quite well acquainted with you. Will 

 you kindlj- permit me to thank you for the beauti- 

 ful bees and the careful manner of putting them 

 up? also for the large handsome queen, whose 

 agreealile acqaintance we made to day';* Bees went 

 to carrying pollen within 90 minutes after being re- 

 leased, and are so courteous, gentle, and, apparent- 

 l.y appreciative of our attentions that I— well, I 

 trust you will not think me idolatrous if 1 confess 

 to having fallen in love with them. I fear we shall 

 never be able to cancel all obligations, luit hope to 

 deserve your eonfideiice always. 



Miss Dodv E. Beauchamp. 



Orange, Tex., Aug. 21, 1887. 



Mr. Hoot :—Dody forgot, I presume, to tell you 

 that the bees went from the express office. 8 miles 

 on horseback, and the rest of the distance, 17 miles, 

 on a small sail-boat, against a stiff breeze and heavy 

 sea, and still seemed as if able to continue the 

 voyage to Central .\merica, if so required. Ten- 

 nie, too, says thank you. If the bees die, it will be 

 from overnursing. W. A. J. Beaitch.\mp. 



Orange, Tex., Aug. 21, 1887. 



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