1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



71 f 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Have received the 500 sections all right. 1 never 

 saw a nicer lot. G. W. Can fort. 



Bloomingburg-. N. Y., July Ifi, 1880. 



The groods came in A 1 condition, and ])lcasc nie 

 very much. 1 can hardly imajrine how I ^"-(jt along 

 without the wheelliarrow; while the same scale 

 which you sent costs here $3 more. 



Verd'ugo, Cal., June 37, 188ti. G. B. Wooduuuy. 



PLEASING. 



Please, sir, would you please to be so kind as to 

 please to send me a lioiieu-Jumblc l)y mail, if j-oii 

 please ? C. C. Mii-i-eh. 



Marengo, McHenry Co., 111., June 33, 1886. 



OUR liEVKUSlNO DKVICE PLEASES. 



T now have about 300 pairs ot your reversibh; 

 wires in use and like them xery much. 1 send oi-- 

 der for another W) i)airs. Lewis P. BilI/Inus. 



Bloomington, 111.. July 31, 1886. 



Thiink you for sending .ioui-nals so promptly, 

 though not prepaid. Vour faith in men's honesty 

 must embrace all mankind, and reach right around 

 the world. J. Wood. 



Ohaui)o, Auckland, N. Z., May 19, 1886. 



The goods came all in good shape. Everything 

 gives so gpod satisfaction 1 can not praise any one 

 thing in in'efcrence to the others, unless it be the 

 carpenter's level lor 50 cts., which is a thing of 

 beauty indeed for so small a sum of money. 



G. E. Hutchinson. 



Kogersvllle, Mich., July 3!l, 1886. 



Allow me to thank Earnest for the work he is do- 

 ing in GJjEANinos, and ask him to continue to toll 

 lis about "Our Own Apiary." ] believe now that 

 the best bees in the world are jiure Italians, and 

 that we shall have to continue to import them from 

 Italy to keep them the best. W. W. Wilson. 



Puerta Principe, Cuba, July 9, 1886. 



" foundation just boss." 

 The queen came to hand in good shape 1 intro- 

 duced her at once, and she is now laying. The 

 Peet cage is just the thing. That foundation I got 

 of you is just "boss." I am well pleased. 

 Troy, W. Va., June 36, 1886. Pekuy Hansford. 



novf those glass honey-pails suit. 



1 am so well pleased with the little honey-pails, 

 that my wife says she must have some more, as 

 they are so nice to use for jelly as well as honey. 

 The last goods received of you came on time, and 

 in excellent shape. Geo. F. Brondige. 



Holly, Oakland Co., Mich., July 3, 1886. 



that imported queen. 



Thanks for your promptness in sending me the 

 imported queen. The order was sent June 34, and 

 the queen was received on the evening of the 36th. 

 I introduced Iversuocessfully; and on Monday morn- 

 ing, at the first examination, I found her not in the 

 least bashful, but settled right down to business. I 

 now have cells under way for queens. 



Ashley, O., July 1, 1886. Elias Cole. 



KIND WORDS OF SYMPATHY FROM HAYIIURST. 



Dear B/0. JRoot;— Gleanings for Aug. 1st is just 

 received. I regret very greatly to learn from it of 

 the trouble in your apiary; it most certainly is a 

 great calamity. I have no doubt, however, that 

 you will soon clean np your yard. Your manly 

 courage in applying the heroic treatment is to be 

 especially admired. E. M. H.vyhurst. 



Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3. 1886. 



those chaff hives. 



The ten chaff hives that you shipped me July 3!)lh 

 are received, and 1 have them nailed up and jjaint- 

 ed one coat, and 1 can say truthfully that it was as 

 nice a lot of material as I ever had the pleasure of 

 nailing together. I should like to have as many 

 more, but will have to get along with what I have, 

 as my honey-crop was rather short— only about 

 800 lbs. from 35 hives, spring count; increased to 

 31. P, J. Spencer, 



Hartford, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1886, 



1 received the basket of smokers, saws, mandrel, 

 and files, in good order. I am very much pleased 

 with them. The saws run very easily and work 

 nicely. Almon Tower. 



Lincoln, Neb., June 31, 1886. 



THOSE NICE sections WE MAKE. 



Those were the nicest sections you sent me that I 

 ever saw. It puzzles me to know how you cut 

 them so smooth. The Simplicities take the lead as 

 far as 1 have seen. My bees arc doing splendidly 

 this season. I wintered 31) stands in Simplicity 

 hives, outdoors, without the loss of one, which I 

 thought good luck, not good management, for they 

 had it all their own way. W. M. Wilson. 



Huron, Kansas. 



HOW OUR VEILS ARE GIVING SATISFACTION. 



Brussels netting is the best, for the meshes are 

 nearly round, hence arc not so injurious to the 

 sight, and it is t.ut very little obstruction tJ) the 

 sight. 1 have hui't my eyes by using the common 

 veiling. I think you should call special attention 

 to itiu one of your editorial notes; and if there is 

 anything yet still better, let us have it. at almost 

 any price, and 1 think you would be doing service 

 to the afflicted, and save many from affliction. 



E. B. Morgan. 



Cleveland, Lucas Co., la., July 8, 1886. 



1 saw on the wrapper of my last (;le.\nin(!s, that 

 my subscription has expired, and also wished to 

 know whethc^r it gave satisfaction or not; and in 

 reply 1 can say with a truth that I heartily indorse 

 it, and also the manner you do buisness, so far as I 

 am ac(iuainted with it. I Ivave dealt with you for 

 the past three years, more or less, and in every 

 transaction you gave entire satisfaction. I am one 

 of Delos Staples' subjects to the tune of one dollar, 

 but I don't ask you to pay me for his rascality. 



G. W. Cketors. 



Cutler, Carroll Co., Ind., June 38, 1886. 



1 received my last copy of Gleanings last week, 

 with a wrapi)er as usual, with extra ])rinting on 

 the outside, stating that my subscription expired 

 this month. That is correct. Many thanks for 

 your promptness in thus notifying us; and I must 

 say that 1 for one have been privileged for one 

 whole year to read a journal so full of interesting 

 and useful instruction, and so free from slang and 

 corruption. I am 43 years old, and this is my third 

 year with bees. I love to work among them. 



Levi Hildeijkand. 



Hancock, Pottawattamie Co., la., June 26, 1886. 



HOW to make the queen lay drone-eggs. 



The queen you sent me came in good shape, and 

 is a good layer; l:)ut she would not lay me any 

 drone-eggs, so 1 put black brood in her hive until 

 she thought (I think) she would have to swarm, 

 and then she commenced laying in drone-cells; 

 then 1 took the black brood away from her. I keep 

 her colony rather light in numbers, for I do not 

 wish her to swarm. I was pleased with my 15- 

 cent vise. It was just what I wanted. 



Mineral Point, Mo., June 38, 1886. O. F. Beal. 



HOW good it is. 



I received the ABC book all right. It iS a beau- 

 tiful book, inside and out. After I have read and 

 studied it 1 will say how good it is. I am just a be- 

 ginner in beekeeping. When I understand better 

 what 1 want I shall need many of yom- implenienis 

 in bee culture. I started with one colony this last 

 spring. The 1st of June a swarm came out and 

 clustered in two pla(^(>s. We had ])i()\ided only one 

 extra hive, so we hi\ed the small bunch in a nail- 

 keg and the large bunch in the hive. The <)ueen 

 was with the small bunch. The others went tiack, 

 and in two days came out again. I rehived them, 

 and they went to work. Then 1 thought 1 need not 

 watch for a time. So next day, out came another 

 largo swarm. 1 then resorted to another nail-keg. 

 Too bad, isn't if:' 1 could not gel any hives made 

 sooner than now, and they will cost $3.50 each. 

 White clover began to ai)pear in this section three 

 years ago, and now some pastures are white with it. 



Flora K. Smith. 



Griswold, Cass Co., la., July 8, 1886. 



