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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



and pollen t'roiii, iis I suppose. The weed is gener-' 

 iilly called horse-weed. I send it to you for the right 

 nanie. Some stalks at the base will measure an inch 

 or more in diameter, and will grow ti feet high. 



We have had so much dry weather that verj'mauy 

 colonies of bees will be lost. .Iames A. Staff. 



Troy. Mo., Aug. 29, 18S7. 



Mr. Root:— Can you give me the name of the in- 

 closed plants (HAS. (Ir.ivEK. 



Conneautviile, Pa., Aug. '.is, 1S8T. 



Replying' to the above two letters, our 

 I'rieiidsat tlie Ohio I'liiversity say : 



The specimen you inclosed, fi-om .1. A. Statf, Troy, 

 Mo., is Aiithiiisia tiijida, 1... horse-weed. The one 

 from Chas. Oliver, Conneautviile, Pa., is Cirsium 

 Miyiiitaniiin, Mx., thistle. 



K.XI'EKl.MKNT ST.\TI0N. 



Cohmibus, Ohio, Sept. (i, ISST. I'lr ('rain. 



ANOTHER GOOD REPORT FOR 1887- 



DOES ANVHOOY NEED TO BUY A PATENT-KIGHT 

 WHEN HE COMMENCES BEE-KEEl'INC? 



fC K lione.y-tlow was short and sweet. Last win- 

 ter two-thirds of all the bees in old gums and 

 bo.xes were killed off. Spring was a little late, 

 but my bees were in fine trim for fruit-bloom, 

 which amounts to some section honey with 

 us, if properly managed in a good season. The 

 fruit-bloom came, and was immense. Every twig 

 was loaded with blossoms, and full of nectar. Bees 

 worked at it two full days, aud filled the brood- 

 chamber fairly, when it began to rain, and contin- 

 ued to rain until the fruit aTid bloom were all ruined. 

 Ne.vtcame the locust, which was again very full 

 of nectar; but before the bees had a full start on 

 them the same cold rain came again, and continued 

 nearly two weeks, and the fields were covered with | 

 white clover liy this time, but it was too cold for the j 

 honey to come. After the rain was over, and it got 

 warmer, we got seven days on the white clover, and 

 such a white-clover honey-shower I never witnessed 

 before in this part of the State. Then the white 

 clover was at an end, and since that time they have 

 to work for a living. During that short tiow 1 doub- 

 led my stock and secured 'S> pounds of honey fo 

 each colony. 'J'lie fall How is dawning, and we look 

 liopel'ully forward to that. We often secure a good 

 How from the asters, boneset, etc. 



Don't you think, friend !{.. your statement is mis- 

 leading when you say you know of no State, farm, 

 or township right to a patent bee-hive that you 

 would consider worth a coppery Those moth-trap 

 patent-right i)eddlers Just go after such bee-keep- 

 ers as those who know it all, and who will not stoop 

 1o read Oi.eanincs. <»h, no! They will pay *:.>0.1I0 

 for a inoth-trap, then they proceed to catch moths, 

 and sometimes thej- discover they are caught. 

 Mulberry, Pa., Aug. ril, issr. L. W. Lightv. 



I am sure, t'liend L., I do not know where- 

 in my statement is ^misleading in regard to 

 buying a liglit to mal<c a patent hlA e. May 

 Ije the statement was pretty strong: but for 

 all that. I think it pretty safe to err in that 

 way. If somebody who was intending to go 

 into bee culture \\ei-»' thinking of buying a 

 patent-right, I would unhesital iiiglv say to 

 iiim, '' No, don'1 do it.'' 



Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 

 where moth aud rust doth corru))t, and where 

 thieves break through and steal; but lay up foi' 

 yourselves treasures iu heaven, where neither moth 

 nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 

 break through nor steal.— Matt, tl: H(, 20. 



§OME two or three weeks ago my eye 

 happened to strike the text above, and 

 it came home to me with wonderful 

 force—'' J.,ay not up for yourselves 

 treasures upon earth." The question 

 came to me. Is the inspiring |)urpose of my 

 life to lay up treasures here on earth, or 

 treasures in heaven V and it troubled me. I 

 am working and planning, inventing aud 

 devising, day after day; iu fact, I am never 

 contented or at peace unless I am ear- 

 nestly striving after something in the 

 future. Now, am I really sure that this 

 working and stri\ ing is for the kingdom of 

 (Jod and his righteousnessV Supposing I 

 succeed in my plans for making garden, 

 secure wonderful crops by the use of feitil- 

 izers, irrigation, by the help of the windmill, 

 thorough tilth, etc., what then? Why, then 

 I shall be able to teach others, and it will 

 give me pleasuie to see them succeed in hav- 

 ing something to do at home with their fam- 

 ilies. l>ut what then? AVell, I tried to re- 

 ply to this voice that was interrogating me, 

 that, in teaching bee culture, gardening, 

 tish, and stiawberries, 1 should also be able 

 to teach godliness and purity. The latter is 

 the plan I have had before me for many 

 years ; but I felt troubled, because I feared 

 I was thinking too much of the treasures 

 this earth can furnish, and not enough of 

 the treasures in heaven, as we have it in our 

 text. Earthly treasures give satisfaction 

 where they are honestly accjuired, especially 

 if, in ac(iuiring them, we help oui- neighbors. 

 IJut there is another kind of satisfaction 

 that is away l)eyond this. I am afraid 1 

 ha\e not had it much of late. The things 

 of this world have occupied my thoughts 

 rather too much, and I have been reaping 

 tJie fruits. .Vnd this reminded me tliat it 

 had been some little time since I came into 

 the factory before any one else was there in 

 the morning, and prayed foi- all of our busy 

 helpers. While these thonghts were in my 

 mind one morning, a little before sunrise I 

 went up into the office and sought the jdace 

 I had gone to so much— the cloak-room ad- 

 joining the office. The special subject of 

 my prayer that morning was, that God 

 would tell me where to put my eneigies, 

 and in what way to employ the restless ac- 

 tivity which seems to be a gilt from him. 

 JSlv petition ended something like this : 

 " Lord, tell me what thou wcmldst have me 

 to do ; and tell me if my work as I am doing 

 it just now is acceptable in thy sight." .\s 

 I rose u)) and went down to help the boys otf 

 with the market-wagon, there was the i)eace 

 iu my heart that i had felt many times be- 

 fore, after going to my Savioi- for coiui.sel 

 and advice. In fact. I expected the day 

 wovdd biing some sort of answer to my pe- 

 tition. The message came: and whom do 

 you think the Savior selected to cany this 

 messageV \\\ hi? inHn'te goodness it was in- 



