1886 



GLEANINGS IK BEE CULTUHE. 



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Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Published Scmi-Monthlij. 



J^. I. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID, 



For Clnlsbins Bates, Seo First Fago of Scadis^ Hatter. 



He that is greatest amone vou. lot him he as the younger; 

 and he that is chief, as he that dotli serve.- Like 22: 2C. 



DISCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1886. 



As business is still moderate, a discount of 4 per 

 cent on all orders sent us during this month will be 

 allowed. 



The discount of 10 per cent on foundation will 

 be continued so long as the price of wax remains 

 where it is. 



THE KANSAS BEE-KEEPER. 



In i-esponse to the editorial in our issue for Nov. 

 1, friend Scovill replies as follows in regard to 

 the unexpired time on his subscription-list: 



I am now paving back amounts due, as fast as I can, and 

 shall continue till all are paid. H. Scovill. 



Galena, Kan, Dec. 2, 1885; 



AN OMISSION. 



My attention is called to the fact that I omitted to 

 say that the beautiful volume of Paradise Lost was 

 presented to me as a birthday present. Remember, 

 I told you, in an editorial in our issue of Dec. 1, that 

 I should be 46 years old on the second day of the 

 convention. 



FATHER LANGSTROTH'S BOOK UNDERGOING RE- 

 VISION. 



I AM pleased to make the above announcement, 

 and also to be able to tell the bee-friends that the 

 work is in the hands of such able men as Charles 

 Dadant & Son. I can not say just how soon it will 

 be out— may be some little time yet; but when it 

 comes it will be fully abreast of the times. 



NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS TO GLEANINGS ON THE 



LAST DAY OF 1885. 



Although we hav'e not as many as we had one 

 year ago to-day, friends, I am happy to find that, by 

 actual count, we have 4045 to start the year with. 

 Considering the general depression in business, 

 losses during the winter of a year ago, and the low 

 prices in almost every thing, we think we have 

 abundant reason to say, " Thank you." 



FRIEND HEDDON ALSO AT WORK ON A BEE-BOOK. 



We are also pleased to note that friend Heddon is 

 hard at work embodying the many good things he 

 has given us in years past, in a book on bee culture. 

 No matter how many bee-books j-ou have already, I 

 presume every one will want to add Heddon's book 

 to his collection. We do not know when it will 

 make its appearance, but we presume friend Hed- 

 don means to take time enough to do it well while 

 he is about it. 



BOUND VOLUMES OF GLEANINGS FOR 1885. 



As we have quite a good many left over, we will 

 furnish these, neatly bound in cloth, for an even 

 ^1.00, and pay postage besides. If you want a 

 bound volume by express or freight, with other 



goods, the price will be 80 cents. If any one should 

 want to know what we will charge to swap one of 

 these bound volumes for your old ones unbound, 

 the price will be 40 cts., you paying all postage both 

 ways. 



THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL A WEEKLY. 



We have now three weekly bee-journals well es- 

 tablished—the A. B. J., the B. B. J., and the C. B. J. 

 The B. B. J. commences as a weekly during this 

 present year, 1886. We have not completed ar- 

 rangements yet with the publishers for our usual 

 exchange; but until further notice we will furnish 

 it with Gleanings for $3.50 per year. Since it is 

 weekly, the postage amounts to something like 50 

 cts. a year. 



CHARLES F. MUTH & SON. 



We are infomed by postal card that hereafter the 

 above will be the name of the firm that does busi- 

 ness in place of the usual C. F. Muth. And that is 

 the way to do it. When we old folks get well along 

 in life, let us allow some of these responsibilities to 

 rest on the shoulders of the younger ones, while we 

 attend conventions, make neighborly visits, and 

 stir around enough to knock off the sharp corners. 

 Best wishes to the new firm. 



REPORT OF THE N. A. B. K. A. AT DETROIT. 



As both the American Bee Journal &nd Canadian 

 Bee Journal have given such very full and excellent 

 reports of the proceedings of this convention, it 

 hardly seems to me to be worth while for Glean- 

 ings to go over the same ground again. So many 

 of our bee-keepers have the journals, it seems hard- 

 ly advisable to have the same matter in all of them, 

 especially while there is such a great amount of 

 good original matter before us. If you do not take 

 either of the above journals you can get, for only a 

 few cents, copies containing these reports. I shall 

 i-efer to the points considered there as they come up 

 occasionally in oOr discussions, perhaps for a year 

 to come. The report will occupy 63 columns of the 

 American Bee Jinirnal. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The imported queen and bees came all right. I 

 introduced her to a frame of brood last evening. 

 They are all right this morning. I am well pleas- 

 ed with her. J. E. Windle. 



Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 23. 



becoming A CHRISTIAN CHANGES ONE'S VIEWS. 



Having had some deal with you, I take the priv- 

 ilege to write you. 1 want to say a word in regard 

 to mixing up subjects in Gleanings. I will say, 

 I like to have it mixed with ditlerent subjects. Be- 

 fore I was a subscriber I would borrow Gleanings 

 of a friend of mine, and I was one of those fault 

 finding ones; and when I received your ABC 

 book 1 found more fault than ever, because there 

 was so much" religion " in it, as I called it. But 

 about one year ago I gave my heart to God. 

 Though it was dai-k at first, those clouds have all 

 passed away, and Gleanings has been a great help 

 to me. Those Home readings are good. I love to 

 have the subject of religion mi.\ed up with all of 

 my doings, and put on the whole armor of God. 



1 have kept bees for seven years, and have not 

 had very good luck until the last year, when they 

 did well for increase, but not much honey. But I 

 have learned to love God and all his creatures. My 

 home is happier, which accounts for my bees doing 

 better, and 1 am happier, all because we are trying 

 to follow the path our Savior has laid out for us. 



I have 17 swarms of bees. The most of them are 

 in chaff hives, very strong, part Italians and part 

 blacks. Ir.a D. Granger. 



Madison, O., Nov. IC, 1885. 



