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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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of bees. That you may know what friend Watkins 

 is able to do, we will say that he has actually photo- 

 graphed, by the instantaneous process, a bee on the 

 wing— some about to alight, and some just flying 

 from a head of clover. Of all the engravings of 

 bees on the wing, we never saw one that was true 

 to life. We shall place the slide in the hands of our 

 engravers, and see If we can not get a correct pic- 

 ture. There are also other specimens which we 

 hope to illustrate. The price is one shilling each, 

 and can be obtained of the address above. 



MV TWO UNFINISHED STORIES. 



The friends will remember that I promised, in 

 our last issue, to give the conclusion of my trip to 

 Chicago; but matters of so much interest came 

 up while in Michigan that I felt I must tell you 

 about them while they were fresh in my mind; and 

 In the present issue I have not more than half 

 finished that story, so I see no help for it but to 

 finish both in our issues for January. As we now 

 send the journal right along, however, until we 

 are told to stop it, most of you, at least, will get 

 the remainder of both articles. 



CEREALINE GEMS GOOD WITH HONEY. 



We have made a discovery at our house; namely, 

 that the most beautiful gems can be made by using 

 cereallne with the flour, making the gems in the 

 usual way. They are as light as a sponge, and so 

 soft to the touch and palate that one thinks he is 

 eating delicate sponge cake; and when they are 

 eaten with a nice quality of honey it makes one of 

 the daintiest dishes on a frosty cold morning. I 

 think you want a pitcher of milk near by, to make 

 the repast complete. You can get the cereallne, 

 with directions, at almost any grocery. It costs 

 here in Medina, 18 cents for a two-pound package. 



THE NEW LETTUCE I FOUND AT GRAND RAPIDS. 



While I write, a celery-glass full of the above 

 lettuce stands on the tabic before me. A single 

 stalk is over 15 inches tall, and it fills the holder so 

 as to spread out and droop over on all sides. The 

 very sight of it is tempting, and the taste makes 

 me think of summer showers in June. We will try 

 to give a picture of it in our next issue. Mr. Eu- 

 gene Davis, lock box 34, Grand Rapids, Mich., is the 

 originator and proprietor of this new and handsome 

 vegetable production. You can buy plenty of the 

 lettuce of him by the basket or by the barrel. 

 Twenty cents a pound is what he charged me. It 

 will retail readily, before the holidays at least, for 

 40 cts. a pound. He will sell you the lettuce, but 

 you can not get the seed, unless you are more lucky 

 than I have been; and even if you had it, you 

 would probably need his greenhouses and skill to 

 grow^t in winter time. 



FRIEND HUTCHINSON'S NEW BEE-JOURNAL. 



As will be noticed by an advertisement on anoth- 

 er page, this journal is to make its appearance in 

 January. I have often thought it would be an 

 excellent thing for some one who is competent, to 

 make a review of the great mass of information 

 that is constantly ai)pearing in our bee-journals; 

 and one or more of the various journals have at 

 different times undertaken it, but have finally 

 given it up. It not only requires somebody with 

 great knowledge and experience, but some one 

 who can patiently go through all the journals and 

 sift the wheat from the chaff. Now, in view of 

 the fact that what we now consider to be wheat 



may soon transpire to be chafl', and vice versa, the 

 task is no easy one. Of course, a real live bee- 

 man, and one who is an actual honey-producer, is 

 needed for this work; and just now I do not know 

 of anybody better calculated to do the work than 

 is friend Hutchinson; and I believe, also, he is a 

 man who is not apt to get weary in well doing. 

 We shall see. 



NEGLECTING TO RENEW. 



In both of my recent trips I met many old friends 

 who said they had formerly taken Gleanings, and 

 never intended to have it stop; but they kept 

 putting off and putting off writing a letter to send 

 for it, and finally it was neglected altogether, con- 

 trary to their intentions and wishes. The sight of 

 me, however, revived a disposition to renew ac- 

 quaintance, and nothing more was necessary than 

 to just push a dollar toward me. I always get hold 

 of such dollars, you may be sure. Some time ago 

 we proposed remedying this matter by having an 

 agent at each postoffice, to look up those who want- 

 ed the journal to continue, but our efforts have re- 

 sulted in only about 40 local agents. Last year. Ernest 

 suggested another remedy, which was, to keep the 

 journal going until we were desired to stop it. I 

 suppose this not only covers the trouble in question, 

 but it sometimes results in sending the journal to 

 those who did not mean to have it. They kept 

 neglecting to write a letter telling us to stop it; 

 and finally, as one issue after another came, they 

 decided to let it come. This puts the shoe on 

 the other foot, you see; but as the recipient almost 

 always decides that he has had his money's worth, if 

 not in bees in something else, we conclude it is the 

 lesser of two evils; therefore if you desire it to 

 keep coming, just attend to your other matters and 

 don't bother about Gleanings. If you prefer to 

 have it stopped, however, just scratch on a postal, 

 " Stop it," and I assure you it will be done, Without 

 adding a single word more. 



" A MODERN BEE-FARM." 



The above is the title of a new English work by 

 S. Simmins, Bottingdean, Brighton, England. The 

 work contains 200 large pages, beautifully printed 

 on a fine quality of paper. In plan it is excellent, 

 each subject and its sub-head being distinctly sep- 

 arated by strong black head-lines, so that a novice 

 can easily find such information as. he may need. 

 Mr. Simmins is not only the author of "A Modern 

 Bee-Farm," but he has one practically in success- 

 ful operation, as one of the excellent photographs in 

 the work testifies. Among other subjects of Brit- 

 ish apiculture we find The Non-swarming System, 

 The Production of Honey, House-apiaries, The 

 Production of Wax, and the Non-use of Foundation, 

 etc. With few exceptions, the writer says in his 

 preface, the instructions are drawn from his own 

 experience of 20 years. As one opens the book and 

 turns the fly-leaf, a pleasant surprise greets him. 

 An actual photograph pasted on the leaf (not an 

 engraving) represents Mr. Simmins, his good wife, 

 and a family of five children. The group, from the 

 baby to its papa who is holding it, is a very inter- 

 esting one, particularly to us. We feel sure Mr. S, 

 is a home man, and it is this domestic feature that 

 makes us feel a nearer kinship to himself and his. 

 We can not describe the picture further; but if 

 you wish to see it you can obtain the work of the 

 author as above lor 7s. f!d., postpaid (or $1.80). 

 A cheaper edition can be had, 3 s. 6 d. (85 cts.). The 



