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tiliition is a picblein in itself. Then there is the 

 lugging- in and out." 



In reply to this, friend M. said that those wintered 

 in the cellar did not as a rule require half the stores 

 of thf sc wintered on their summer stands, and that 

 as regards the lugging- back and forth, to and from 

 the eellar, it cost him for hired help about one cent 

 per colonj-. On a moment's reflection, 1 saw that 

 cellar wintering woulil save about 50 cts. per colony 

 on the supposition that it would save about ten 

 pounds of syrup; the syrup I called worth about ic. 

 Rut friend Miller, in order to secure proper ventila- 

 tion, as well as temperature, heats his cellar with a 

 hard-coal stove. I forgot to ask him what part this 

 played in the expense, but I presume that he would 

 say that would be overbalanced by the expense of 

 chaff hives in out-door wintering. 



"But," said I at length, " I don't believe we have 

 suitable accommodations, as the cellar which we 

 built for the purpose under our new house has 

 steam-pipes connecting radiators in the room above. 

 At any rate, suppose, friend Miller, you take a look 

 at the cellar, and as you have had experience in 

 this matter, you can advise us." 



We went together in company with the apiarist to 

 look at the cellar— a large spacious one with heavy 

 stone walls supporting the brick building above. 



" Why," said the doctor, on carefully surveying it, 

 " this would be a capital place." 



" But the steam-pipes ? " I interposed. 



" I think they will cause no trouble," he replied; 

 "besides, with the exception of one or two, they 

 are covered up. A little heat from the pipes will be 

 an advantage. You know I heat my cellar with 

 a stove to bring about proper ventilation. Why, 

 yes, you ought to try a few here for the sake 

 of Gleanings." 



" Do you really, then, think they would winter 

 here?" said 1, brightening at the thought. 



" I don't hnou\ of course, but I thinli they would; 

 at any rate, you can try," he answered. 



"But there are no sub-earth ventilators, such as 

 you have described in Gleanings," said I. 



"You won't need them, if you put only a few col- 

 onies in the cellar by way of experiment," said he. 



" I believe, then, if nothing prevents I will try 

 four or five colonies, and report in Gleanings," I 

 replied. 



On our way back to the factory we began to dis- 

 cuss supers, hives, reversing, etc., but I shall 

 hardly have space to go into detTiils here, though I 

 may occasionally refer to them in future issues. 



In justice to Dr. Miller, I will state that the cou- 

 ,versation related is not strictly verbatim, yet suf- 

 ficiently accurate, I hope, to preserve the true 

 shade of ideas. 



In conclusion I desire to say, if Dr. Miller will 

 pardon the familiarity of his junior in age and ex- 

 perience, that he is a "grand good fellow," and, 

 betlerthan all, a true follower of Christ. He did 

 not make me to feel at all that he was one of the 

 "big guns" on bees, and for that reason my con- 

 versation with him was more free. 1 believe 1 

 never yet fully realized the benefit derived from 

 the interchange of ideas in regard to the subject of 

 bees with a brother bee-keeper. I gleaned many a 

 little fact from our friend, which I could not have 

 obtained from conventions or bee-journals, though 

 I do not in the least depreciate the value of either. 

 These " (Oteonventional conventions," as W. Z. 

 Hutchinson has fitly i)ut it, are just what bee-keep- 



ers need. In fact, my friend W. Z. will remember 

 that I had with him one such a visit some three or 

 four years ago. I would say, tlien, brother bee- 

 keepers, get together more; and while you recog- 

 nize the value of these large convention?, do not 

 ignore the little ones where " two is company and 

 three is none." Ernest. 



Gleanings in Bee Cclture, 



Published Scnii-Monthly . 



.^. X. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clublisg Bates, See first Page of Eeading Uatter. 



I pray not that thou shouklest take them out of the workl, 

 but that thou shouldest keep theui from the evil.— John 17 : 15. 



HONEY-JUMBLES. 



We are now able to furnish you a barrel of those 

 nice honey-jumbles for an even $.5.00. There are 

 from 45 to .50 pounds in a barrel, and a dozen and a 

 half cakes make a pound, as a rule. 



NO MORE QUEENS. 



From J. P. Moore we have received the following 

 card : 



Please tell the brethren in your Opt. 15 issue not to send me 

 any more orders for queens until next spring, as my season's 

 stock of queens is exhausted, and lam still receivinpr orders 

 whieh I can not till. J. P. MooRR. 



Morg-an, Ky., Oct. 11, 1886^ 



A CORRECTION. 



On page T81 of our last issue, 1 was in error in 

 supposing that our friend C. C. Miller reflected on 

 publishers and supply-dealers, as our readers will 

 notice by a careful reading of his article. If the 

 doctor will accept my apology, I will try to be more 

 careful hereafter. 



A BOOK ON CELERY CULTURE. 



The best thing we have been able to get hold of 

 is a little book of 15 pages, by W. W. Rawson, Ar- 

 lington, Mass. The book is advertised at :i5 cts.; but 

 by purchasing- 100 copies, we are enabled to furnish 

 them for 15 cts. If wanted by mail, add one cent 

 extra for postage. It gives full particulars in re- 

 gard to storing for winter, as Avell as cultivation. 



THE AMERICAN APICULTIIRIST. 



I BELIEVE we have omitted to notice that this 

 journal is noAv in the hands of our old friend Henrj- 

 Alley, and so far it seems to be managed with much 

 credit to him. The October number contains arti- 

 cles from Prof. Cook, G. M. Doolittle, Charles Muth, 

 Heddon, and others. As these all write on the sub- 

 ject of wintering, it makes this one number of con- 

 siderable value. 



THE SOLAR WAX-EXTRACTOR. 



In our recent articles on the above, we have 

 omitted to mention that the credit of the invention 

 belongs to O. O. Poppleton, formerly of Williams- 

 town, la., who recently moved to Florida. Friend 

 P.'s description and illustrations will be found in 

 Gleanings for September, 188:5. From the descrip- 

 tion there given, it seems likely that friend P. used 

 it. even before any of the friends who have men- 



