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GLEANINGS IN EEE CULTURE. 



No\'. 



JOBBING OUT HONEY. 



I am just about to start on my annual trip to job 

 out my honoy-crop in the neig'hboring- towns. 

 Maysville, Ky., Sept. 3, 1886. W. C. Pelham. 



CAN BEES UTILIZE OLD BITS OF COMBV 



Why would it not be economy to let bees have the 

 old honey-comb to render up wax for themselves, 

 instead of rendering it ourselves, to sell for 20 cts. 

 per lb.? Almon Holmes. 



Douglas Center, Wis., Sept. 30, 1886. 



[Bees do use up old bits of comb to some extent, 

 but I believe they generally use the old wax most- 

 ly, in place of jjropolis. I have, however, seen new 

 combs made entirely from old black wa.\, fixed up, 

 or, rather, scraped off from the bottom-boai'd. 

 When honey is coming in plentifully, there is usu- 

 ally wax enough secreted to furnish all that the 

 bees require in comb-building.] 



does sealing honey always prevent candying? 



I should like to use some clear glass jars for ex- 

 tracted honey, but I find that, if the honey candies, 

 its sale is much reduced, besides spoiling its appear- 

 ance. I am positive that, if honey is sealed while 

 hot, it will not candy, as I have some in Mason jars 

 a year old. (i. Wiedekhold. 



Yonkers, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1880. 



[The matter you mention is one of the contested 

 points, friend W. Our experiments indicate that 

 honey, perfectly sealed up as we do fruit, when it 

 is heated pretty nearlj' to the boiling-point, never 

 candies until the sealing is loosened. But others 

 say that some samples of honey will candy any way, 

 no matter how carefully it is sealed up. I believe 

 the tendency now is in favor of clear fiint-glass jars 

 for holding honey.] 



why do the beer swarm in august? 



The goods came in good shape. The sections are 

 nice, the nails are very nice, the labels and rubber 

 stamp just please me; in fact, every thing is all 

 satisfactory. Mr. Root, can you tell me the cause 

 of bees swarming at this time of year? The last 

 week in August I had four swarms come out, which 

 is something I never had nor saw before. 



S. W. Gheen. 



North Greenwich, N. Y., Sept. 6, 18S;i. 



[Friend G., I think that swarming in August is 

 owing to a good yield of honey, and may be the 

 good yield of honey you have had is what makes 

 you so well pleased with the goods we sent you. 

 Your orders were filled just as we fill all of our or- 

 ders. Still I am very glad to know the things you 

 received from us were satisfactory] 



T0B^CC0 C6MMN. 



Y brother, F. H. Chapin, of Hinsdale, N. Y., 

 has started me in a limited way in the bee- 

 business, furnishing me a nucleus of 

 Italians. My experience with them thus far 

 is to try to subdue their angry passions as 

 far as possible; and by watching his movements 1 

 saw the smukrr had quite a cooling effect; and he 

 also, my next-door neighbor, informs me of your 

 generous offer of one of those articles to the 

 person who quits tobacco. After having been an 

 inveterate smoker for a good many years, I have 

 now gone without it for over a month, and think 

 I can stand the storm, as I have now got so I can 

 sleep well, which I could not do after first giving 

 it up. Mark price, if I should later break the 

 contract. In looking into the top of a hive recent- 

 ly, I discovered a good many little small black ants. 

 What effect have they, if any, on the colony? 

 Ashtabula, <)., Sept. 9, 1886. A. H. ('HAriN. 



.See Ants, A B C book, page 10. 



ANOTHER B'RIEND TAKES THE PLEDGE. 



I have quit the use of tobacco. If it is any 

 pleasure to you to give a smoker to any one to ab- 

 stain from the use of it, I will gladly receive one 

 from you, and promise to pay $1.00 if I commence 

 the use of it again. Joe Head. 



Trenton, La., Sept. 1.'., 1886. 



HAS used IT for 30 YEARS. 



After having i;sed tobacco for over thirty years I 

 have quit it, and never intend to use it in any foi-m 

 as long as I live. If you will send me a smoker I 

 shall be very thankful, and will pay for it if I ever 

 resume the filthy habit. Wm. Finley. 



Palma Sola, Manatee Co., Fla., Sept. 13, 1886. 



GOING SECURITY FOB A NEIGHBOR. 



] .sold bees to a neighbor. He has smoked since 

 he was 13 years old. I persuaded him to stop, say- 

 ing you would send him a smoker. He has prom- 

 ised to stop, or pay you for the smoker if he begins 

 again. I will go his security. D. W. Mooke. 



Pelham Union, Ont., Can., Sept. 1, 1886. 



IN BEHALF OF A NEIGHBOR, AGAIN. 



I again come to 3'ou for a smoker on behalf of 

 a neighbor of mine, who is now going into the bee- 

 business. He was an inveterate user of tobacco, 

 and now for two weeks has quit. He wishes a 

 smoker; and if he begins the use again ho will pa}- 

 for it, and I vouch for him. L. B. Polk. 



Selden, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1886. 



ONE MORE JOINS OUR RANKS. 



1 have made up my mind not to use tobacco 

 again; and if I do 1 will pay you for the smoker. 

 Wheatland, Mich. A. W. Spencer. 



HAS used IT FOR 30 YEARS. 



My father, who is about 59 years of age, has been 

 smoking for 30 years. He promises never to use it 

 again, and asks you to send him a smoker. If he 

 ever uses it again he will pay you for it. 



Oriole, Pa., Sept. 13, 1888. G. W. Clark. 



H.\S BROKEN HIS PLEDGE. 



1 am sorry to say that John Goodhull has already 

 broken his pledge, and commenced chewing. 1 in- 

 close the pay for smoker. He, while plowing for 

 wheat with a three-horse team, and working hard 

 while hot, thought he could not stand it. 



Williamson, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1886. C. S. Adams. 



I understand that you send a smoker to all per- 

 sons who have quit using tobacco. I have quit; and 

 if I use it again I will pay for it. A. B. Heiseh. 



East German town, Ind. 



One of my neighbors, Crawford Lentz, has quit 

 the use of tobacco, and wants a smoker. Mr. L. is 

 one of our good men, and means just what he says. 

 He will pay double for the smoker if he uses the 

 weed again. Jas. W. Roseberry. 



Kent, Mo., Sept. 3S, 1886. 



"A LITTLE FRIEND" H.AS QUIT TOBACCO. 



A little friend of mine, seeing your promise to 

 give a smoker to any one who would quit the use of 

 tobacco, has quit it. It has been three months since 

 he used any. His name is George Williams. He 

 asked me to write for him, and have you send the 

 smoker to me; and if he ever uses it again I give 

 you my promise to pay you for it myself. 



W. A. SlSTRUNK, 



White Sulphur Springs, (jfi., Sept. 18, 1886. 



