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GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



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much from theory, but from actual iiractice 

 and real work. Xow. if your father is study- 

 ing and experimenting', day after day and 

 year after year, to bring out the truth, we 

 shall be very glad to have an account of his 

 experience. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received Gleanings, and am mucb pleased 

 with it. I don't Icnow how I managed to get along' 

 without it so long as 1 did. It is the best bee- 

 journal published, I think. F. Someuvillk. 



Monticello, N. Y., Oct. 29, 188«. 



The 100 honey-tumblers came to hand in due time, 

 and in perfect condition. I like them better than 

 the glass honey-pails. They are a great deal strang- 

 er, and cost less. The freight was *1.I0. the same 

 as for .50 honey-pails. .Iohn L. Bonnat. 



CoulterviUe, 111., Oct. 30, lS8ti. 



Inclosed find N. Y. check for Gle.-vnings. 1 have 

 found that the money expended for Gleanings 

 has been a profitable investment. I hnve become 

 very much attached to it, and it can't come " any 

 too often." Your ABC book is one of the finest 1 

 have ever seen. f. I>. Whitakek. 



Hamilton, Ohio, Oct. 36, 1886. 



The celery-plants I got of you are doing so well, 

 and going so far beyond my expectations, that, for 

 want of knowledge to carry them through, I inclose 

 sixteen cents for the little book on the cultivation 

 and winter care of celery. A. A. Wehhkk. 



Hinckley, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1886. 



THE HOME READINGS. 



My mother looks for Gleanings. She likes the 

 Home readmgs. She is for ever telling nie of what 

 Mr. Root sa.\ s of this thing and that, as if A. I. Root 

 is always right. Never mind; continue putting 

 your thoughts in print, for it helps others to live. 



Shirley ville, Mass. W. E. Giuffin. 



Inclosed please find one dollar. Y'ou may count me 

 as a life subscriber to Gleanings. My little neph- 

 ew, Walter Somerford, of Grimes Co.. Te.v., came 

 to see me. and he had in his pocket the 1.5th of 

 March No. of the above journal, and the first arti- 

 cle I happened to read was headed "Our Homes." 

 1 read first to myself, and then re-read it to my 

 mothei", wife, father-in-law, and two little children. 



Washington, Tex. John M. Duew. 



THE ABC BOOK, AND HOW EVERY THING BY ITS 

 DIRECTIONS WORKS TO PERFECTION. 



The goods wei-e received, all in flrst-class order, 

 for which I thank you very much. I have studied 

 your A B C carefully, and we follow it just as nearly 

 as we i;aii, and every thing works to perfection. My 

 bees are doing finely. From three wintered "skeps" 

 Ave had eight swarms. Our blacks are somewhat 

 cross to hive, but the Italians are like kittens. 1 

 nearly drowned one swarm of ^blacks before they 

 would give up, but now they are well-to-do people. 

 Mrs. Chas. McDonald. 



Centr( ville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., July 9, 1886. 



"NEVER H.WE HANDLED SO I'ERFECT .\ LOT OF 

 STUFF." 



The goods you sent me were received. Though J 

 have worked a great deal of material in my life, I 

 must say t have never handled so perfect a lot of 

 stuff as that was. Should I need more another sea- 

 son, I shall send you my order. I am glad to know 

 jou are selling so much hive-material after your 

 misfortune by the fire. My bees are doing better 

 than ever before. I allowed them to increase from 

 'IS to 56 colonies, mostly by natural swarming. I 

 had one swarm only that went to the woods. 



Oriedo, Orange t'o., Fla. J. S. Wa.miu.k. 



HOW OUK GOODS TAKE IN CALIFORNIA. 



1 have been very busy all summer, and have 

 reaped a pretty good harvest of honey— about 3U00 

 lbs. from +0 hives; or. if they had all been Simplici- 

 ty, I think I should have had 1000 lbs. more. Well, 

 so far so good. Those little white sections of yours 

 beat evei-y thing there is on this coast, as you will 



take notice from a letter in the Keno Journal, from 

 the Mechanics' Fair held in San Francisco, in Sep- 

 tember, 1886. Our honey here is very white and 

 clear, and free from any foreign flavor, and is 

 mostly from alfalfa and white clover. Your Sim- 

 plicity took the premium at our State Fair, as also 

 did Novice's extractor, and /also came in for the 

 premium on honey for the best display of sections, 

 e.vtracted. and the best bo.\. and a recommendation 

 for another premium, so you must think that 1 feel 

 very much pleased with mv honey-crop this season. 

 Keno, Nevada, Oct. 18, 1886. F. .\. Moore. 



THE SIMPLICITY BEE-HIVE; FOUN D.VT I ON M 1 1, 1.S, 

 ET( ., AT THE FAIR. 



The fair has come and passed. The foundation- 

 machine came just in time (the Hrst day of the fail I, 

 and was placed on exhibition, and attracted a great 

 deal of attention, being the first on exhibition in 

 Western VVashingtoiL 1 sold all Ihe All C books 

 you sent me, and 1 got the first premium on Sim- 

 plicity bee-hives. 1 was successful in carrying oti' 

 tne prize for the best " native honey in the comb." 

 Of course, 1 had some of my best section honey in 

 competition with comt) honey placed on glass, and 

 many were the remarks made in favor of the hcii' 

 method over the old. 1 took great pleHsure as well 

 as pains, in showing the people the advantages of 

 the Simplicity hives, and the manner of manipula- 

 tion of the frames, sections, and comb foundation; 

 also I had a second story with honey stored in sec- 

 tions just as they filled them. " And will the bees 

 fill them like that':'" was heard a great many times. 



This has been a very unfavorable season here for 

 bees to store honey, as there have been scarcely 

 any Howers since the white clover season closed, 

 which was short, on account of dry weather. I 

 transferred all my bees this year into Simplicity 

 hives, except one which 1 bought in a Simplicity 

 hive, and from it F obtained 65 lbs. of section honey; 

 and from some which I transferred, I got 15 to 20 

 lbs.; and from the rest (far the greater number) I 

 got nothing, but will have to feed several to keep 

 them from starving before spring. I am well pleas- 

 ed with every thing- you sent. My good wife says 

 the Hunter sifter is just capital, and doesn't see 

 how she ever got along without it before. She 

 likes to hear me read the story of Jane Meek & 

 Brother. She says that sounds so much like 

 "woman's rights." T. L. Holloway. 



Chehalis, Wash. Ter., Oct. !l, 1886. 



A KIND WOKD INDEED. 



Dear Friend Root:— \ want to talk to you awhile, 

 not for publication, hut toyoui-self, out of appre- 

 ciation for your good infiuence in my home through 

 Gleanings. 1 never saw you, but you area near 

 "heart-acquaintance." I want to tell you, that 

 last July, a year ago, 1 followed Ernest's and 

 Maud's examples and " swarmed out," and secured, 

 in Southern Kansas, a South-Eastern Ohio girl; 

 and being from near Dayton myself, my queen and 

 I shall claim a relationship with you, anyway. 

 My queen is a devoted Methodist, which will be 

 pleasing to you, and has read thi- Bible nightly, and 

 led family worship every since we were married. 

 I have been brought back very near, if not right 

 to the foot of the cross through her influence, 

 and I know she won't stop till she is satisfied I am 

 planted firmly on the solid rock of Christ. The 

 good part is to come. On the 2d of Sept., in New 

 Orleans, she gave birth to a fine daughter, which 

 we have named after that great and good woman, 

 Frances Willard, which name is a suflficient exposi- 

 tion of our principles. We feel we have secured a 

 gift from God, and shall try to bring it up in a 

 Christian home. When mj' wife joins me again 1 

 shall take my place at the family altar and do my 

 duty. You have shown us very much in .v>nr 

 Home I'apers how to draw near to (iod, how t<: 

 secure the simpleness of heart so necessary to jjcr- 

 feet Christian love. C. M. Higgins. 



Hahnville, La., Sept. 22, 1886. 



[Our readers Mill notice that the above is not for 

 publication. 1 have, however, obtained permission 

 from the writer to use the letter as 1 thought 

 proper; and when 1 wrote him I earni'stly entreat- 

 ly him to take up the cross and lead in family wor- 

 sliip himself in his own home, as he proposes. 

 After the letter was gone I prayed that God might 

 bless my feeble words. I am happy, to tell yon he 

 has just writlen me of his I'omplcte surrender, and 

 of the establishment of the family altar.J 



