1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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5f0Bi^cce C0iiW|i]\[. 



'NDER the influence of Gleanings I have quit 



|fci| the use of tobacco, having smoked my last 



l.'/fl cigar about two months ago; and if I am 



entitled to a smoker, and you send it, I will 



willingly pay for it, if I ever resume the 



habit. G. Smith. 



Alpha, 0., Oct. 24, 188T. 



Mr. Chas. M. Lynch has promised to quit using 

 tobacco. Please send him a smoker. I will pay you 

 for it if he uses it again. E. E. Guv. 



Trenton, N. J., Nov. 28, 1887. 



I have quit the use of tobacco after seventeen 

 years' chewing and smoking. Send me a smoker. 

 I promise never to use it again, or I will pay for 

 smoker. W. F. Winstead. 



Delhi, La., Oct. 22, 1^87. 



I told you last fall that, if you would give me a 

 smoker, I would quit the use of tobacco. I quit 

 last fall. If you see fit to send me one, I will pay 

 you for it if I use the weed again. S. W. White. 



Liberty, Mo. 



BROKEN HIS PLEDGE, BDT PAYS FOR THE 



SMOKER. 



I am sorry to tell you I have broken my pledge, 

 t)ut I must send smoker money, which, according 

 to promise, is the price of two, $1.20. They came by 

 mail. J. A. KiME. 



Fairfield, Pa., Nov. 25, 1887. 



About the first of the year, Mr. Van Fradenburg 

 sent for a smoker for a young boy, who had been 

 brought up in tobacco, and had used it for some 

 time. At the fair this fall, he was led away. We 

 are very anxious to have him try again. I have 

 persuaded him to let me ask you to give him 

 another trial. Shall we send you the money, or 

 shall we try him a?ain? 



Mrs. E. Van Fr.\denburo. 



Vintonton, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1887. 



Try him again, by all means, my friend. 



INTRODUCING QUEENS. 



A SUGGESTION ABOUT VIRGIN QUEENS. 



fEOPLE often ask me how they shall introduce 

 their queens. I tell them how I would treat a 

 valuable queen. It is thus: I goto the hive 

 that is to receive her, take out all the frames, 

 finding and caging the old queen. I then put 

 the frames and bees into another hive, which I set 

 on the old stand. I clean out the old hive, being 

 sure that every bee is brushed out. I spread a 

 sheet in front of this empty hive, and shake the bees 

 off the combs, putting them at once in this hive. 

 I then sprinkle the bees with water sweetened with 

 honey, and scented with some strong essence. I 

 then hive tliem as a new swarm, daubing the queen 

 well with honey, and letting her run in the hive 

 with the bees. I have introduced many in this way, 

 and have never lost a single queen. Some one (I 

 think Mr. Doolittle)says, " Cause the bees to first fill 

 themselves with honey before shaking off the 

 combs." This would be the better way. I have 

 used this plan of introducing for a number of years, 

 and, as I said before, never yet made a failure. 

 Now, I should like to ask you, Mr. Editor, why this 



will not do for young virgin queens as well as for 

 tho foitile queens. M. A. Kelley. 



Milton, W. Va., Nov. 19, 1887. 



Tlie plan is an old one, friend K., and is, 

 perhaps, about as reliable as any known ; 

 but everybody, sooner or later, votes it too 

 much trouble. We sometimes make use of 

 the plan when every other fails. Very like- 

 ly it would answer for introducing virgin 

 queens, the amount of labor and lime occu- 

 pied being the only objection. 



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\Vi;ll, friends, this number finishes tlie year of 

 1887. We wish' you a merry Christmas and a happy 

 New Year, even should you decide not to remain 

 with us during that year. 



BUCKWHEAT CAKES AND HONEY. 



Has any one tried buckwheat cakes made out 

 of the new Japanese buckwheat? If so, report and 

 tell us whether they taste any better than when 

 made from the common buckwheat, tjuestion.— 

 Candidly, which do tyo?* think is better— cakes and 

 honey, or cakes and rich maple molasses? We 

 rather prefer tho latter. 



THE OHIO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Bv reference to another column, under the head 

 of "Convention Notices," the reader will observe 

 that the Ohio State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet at Columbus, the second Tuesday and 

 Wednesday of the month, Jan. 10th and 11th. The 

 convention will be held in the United States Hotel, 

 corner of High and Town Sts. Rates are $1.50 each, 

 double, or §:i.00 per day single. The matter of se- 

 curing reduced rates of travel is now in the, hands 

 of a committee, further announcements of which 

 will be made in our next issue, at which time, also, 

 a full programme will be given. Every effort is be- 

 ing put forth to make this a success, and a good 

 rousing meeting is expected. Every loyal bee-man 

 who can should be present. The local conventions 

 of the State which have not already appointed a 

 representative, should see to the matter at once. 



LANTERN SLIDES ON BEES. 



We are indebted to Alfred Watkins, Imperial 

 Mills, Hereford, Eng., for samples of some of his 

 lantern slides on bees. Among them are micro- 

 photographs. They are all exceedingly fine, and are 

 well adapted to accompany lectures on the subject 



