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orders for bees and queens I'l-oiu neighbor H.'s two 

 apiaries. They are situated 3i2 and :l miles respcet- 

 ivelj', Irom the Home ot the IIoney-Becs, and it is 

 altogether improbable that the disease from our 

 hives should bo transmitted to liis bees. Neighbor 

 H. has examined several of our affected colonics, 

 and, after carefnlly inspecting- all liis colonics, as- 

 sures us that he has nothing of the kind among his 

 bees. We thinli our friends may feel safe in still 

 ordering bees of us as lioretoforo. 



TODD'S nONEY CANDY. 



We have received samjilcs of this, and it is a very 

 nice confectionery, with an unmistaltable flavor of 

 honey. There is sonic tendency to stickiness, but 

 not very much. The trouble is entirely obviated 

 with the caramels, which are wrapped in prepared 

 paper, as usual, to prevent sticking or daubing. 

 One difficulty in the way ot getting it to take the 

 place of common confectionery is, that the raw 

 material is yet rather higher than sugar. If peo- 

 ple will pay a little more for this kind of candy, it 

 might come into general use. I don't think that a 

 recipe could be given for making- it at home. It 

 could be done, probably, by a regular confectioner. 



THE nONEY-CKOI> A FAII.UHE IN ENGLAND. 



We are sorry to learn that our brother bee-keep- 

 ers across the water have had an exceptionally poor 

 honey season this year. In the Jiritii^h Bcc Journal 

 of July 8, page 302, we find the following: 



During.' .in oxperic'iK-e of over l"ortv years we do not reeolloet 

 n season more unlnAovalile to the l)ee l;eeiier than tlie present. 

 Sunnners. inwliieli rain tell on almost I'verv <lay, iutersiiei seel 

 with lltltil ul'-ams of stinslime. iiideeil almost honey less sea- 

 sons, wherein it was impossihle for the hees to store a snriilns, 

 and seareely to live from liand to month, we clo icniiMnher; 

 hnt a season so snnless, wit li iirevailintr eold north ami east 

 winds, hlowinff almost eontinnously from Xovemher np to the 

 21st. of June, w'e can not call to niinil. 



The results to many apiarists, espcci.ally to the uninitiated, 

 have been most disastrous. 



Perhaps this state of affairs in England will have 

 a very bcneticial etfect upon our honey-trade. 



"THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING." 



DooLiTTLE, in the A. B. J. of July 21, says: 



My plans ,are often ealhd expensive, and niv liivi! ,and llx- 

 tures complicated; but I I elieve there is as little labor and 

 cash outlay by my jilan of producing $1000 worth of comb bon- 

 ny as by any other iihui in existence. As proof. I will say that 

 from less than .")0 eohmiis ■■I liees isjirinpr eounti 1 have clear- 

 ed over .Sioiil) each year for the past i:! yens, taki'ii as an aver- 

 aKe. I have not hired i:! ilavs' l.ilun- in that time m tlie apia- 

 ry, nor had any a|pprentiees or students to do the work for 

 me, altlioufrh I have had many applications from those who 

 wisheil to s)icnd a season with ine. Besides m,v labor with 

 the bees, 1 take eare of my pardeu and a sni.all farm |29 acres) ; 

 have I'h.arife of my father's estate ; run m,y own shop and 

 steam-cntrine, sawinpr seetions. hives, honey-crates, etc., for 

 myself and lU'ighbors ; write for seven difterent papers, and 

 answer a host of corres)iondcnce. 



The old sayini? is, "The i)roof of the pudding is in the eat- 

 inpr," and so I now say, as I h.ave said before in these columns, 

 thai; all I have to recommend the plans 1 use Is the success at 

 lained by them. 



Does this not in part answer the wail of a few, 

 " Bees don't pay"? The old saying, " What man has 

 done man can do," tipplies right here. It maybe 

 there is something- in the localit}-; but certainly a 

 g-reat deal rests with the man. 



BEES AND BEE-KEEPING, BY FKANK CHESHIUE. 



We arc in receipt of Volume I. of this work, re- 

 cently noticed by Prof. Cook. So far as the ntitural 

 history of the honc.y-bee is concerned, this book in 

 many respects is far in advance of any thing that 

 has ever before appeared in print; in fact, I am as- 

 tonished and pleased to find that we have, in any 

 quarter of the globe, a microscopist who has gone 

 into this subject so thoroughly as Frank Cheshire. 

 The typographical appearance of the work is also 

 simply a wonder; iind the enB-ravings, in beauty 

 and excellence, are superior to any thing it has 

 ever before bfcn my fortune to meet iinywhcrc in 



the whole realm of scieutiflc knowledge. At the 

 present writing I have not been able to read the 

 book so thoroughly as I mean to do. It is, without 

 doubt, a wonderful addition to our fund of knowl- 

 edge in regard to the structure of the bee. Very 

 likely the book contains errors, for to err is but hu- 

 man. The life-sized pictures of a full-grown bee 

 are far in advance of any thing that has ever been 

 accomplished heretofore, and we can only congrat- 

 ulate friend Cheshire on having been able to i)ro- 

 cure the assistance of such skillful artisans to bring 

 his work before the world. The jirice of the book is 

 $2. .50 — perhaps twice as much as books of a similar 

 size cost in our country; but the beautiful engrav- 

 ings alone ought to be sufficient to induce any one 

 to pronounce the book cheap at $2.50. We c:\n mail 

 it at that price. 



MR. THOMAS HORN. 



Just after our last issue wont to press, the fol- 

 lowing note to Mr. Horn's customers came to hand : 



TO MY CUSTiiMEKS WHO ARU READERS OF GLEANINGS. 



On the 2fltli of July 1 will have tilled all orders now on mv 

 books for bees and luielei; and by the 2.3tli, for queens; so if 

 you h.ive ordered any u'oods that yon have not received, please 

 let me he.ir from you at once, and ohline yours truly, 



Sherburne, N'. Y., July !■<!, 1S86. TlIOMAS Horn. 



Very good, friend Horn; and we sincerel.y trust 

 that by the time this reaches our readers there will 

 not be one who can say his bees, queens, or money 

 has not been received. If there are any such, how- 

 ever, they will please write directly to Mr. Horn. 

 And I would suggest that they also state what will 

 make every thing satisfactoiT, if it is not already 

 so. If Mr. Horn does not respond promptly, then 

 (but not before) pU^aso write us. Mr. Horn has sent 

 us a very pretty photograph of his apiary, showing 

 that he has a large number of hives employed in 

 his business. He also states that he has filled over 

 noo orders this season, and that less than two per 

 cent have made any complaint of dissatisfaction. 



GOODS AT A REDUCTION OF 2.5^.. FOR FAIRS. 



To those of our friends who desire to exhibit our 

 goods at their county or State fairs this season, 

 and distribute our price lists to those interested in 

 bee-keeping, we will offer the following induce- 

 ment : You may deduct 2.5C from the retail price 

 of any or all of the following-named articles in our 

 price list, providing you state in your order, in 

 good faith, that the goods are to be on exhibit at 

 your fair: 



One saw-table for hivcniaking; 



One dovetailing t.able; 



One cutter-head and table; 



One V-gi-oove section machine lonly 20 per cent off this); 



One comb t'dn. machine, 10, 12, or 14 inch; 



Clark's, Parker's, and Gray's fdn. f.isteners, in any quantity ; 



One honey-extractor, any size; 



One uncapping-can; 



Metal corners, in any quantity; 



50 brood-frames, either all-wood or metal cornered, in flat, 

 wired, or iinwired; 



Smith fountain pump or sprinkler; 



One of each or any style of Iiives given in our cat.ilogue, 

 put up or in the Hat; ^ 



One of each or any .style of retailing cases; 



One pair of square honej-cans in a box ; 



one honey-knife, each or any style; 



One lamp nur.sery; 



One sheet perforated zinc, or sample honi'y-hoard; 



One box ot 6(X) sections, 1-picce V-groovc, ii4 x i'/i: 



Smokers in any ipiaiitity ; 



Bee- veils, one of each kind; 



Wax-extractors, one of each or .any one. 



Wo will also let you have all the A B C's you 

 want to sell, C'3 40;/ discount; the more you soil, the 

 better; but you must not sell them below our re- 

 tail price unless you sell more than one at one sale. 



