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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 



struck me. Was I going to take out a policy? 

 '' Oh, no!'' I said to myself. " Here is a hy- 

 brid colony ; I will accidentally (?) bump the 

 hive. I can easily stand a couple of stings." 



While this thoiight was passing my mind, 

 and I was about to execute my plan, I am 

 sure I looked pleased. My companion, 

 thinking that I was about to tell him I 

 would take out a policy, advanced nearer to 

 me— just what I wanted. 



'■'■ My! these bees are cross fellows," said I. 



My companion took the hint ; and as he 

 started oft' on a kind of dog-trot (he weighs 

 2(J0) he said, •• Good-evening; will see you 

 at another time." 



Gleakikcs in Bee Cdlture. 



Published Sctnl-3Ionthly. 



JL.. I. IROOT, 



EDITOB AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For ClttblDine Sates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 

 liv£EIDIiT.i^, l<TO^J-. IS, less. 



Do all thing:s without munmirings and disptitlng.s.— Phil. 2:14. 



We will give 1.5 c. each for May, 18T.'), Gleanings. 



ERUATU.M. 



In the last column on page HOU, hi this itsue, the 

 reference should have been to Gleanings for 1885, 

 and not to the " Winter Care of Horses and Cattle." 



FRIEND HUTCHINSON S LOSS BY KIKE. 



The following is from friend W. Z. H. by postal: 



We have lost nearly 1000 lbs. or our t-hoieest comb honey, by 

 the binning, last night, of oui' railroad depot, where t he honey 

 was storetl preparatory to shii)ping. The nostoffiee, hotel, and 

 a store were also burned. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Oet. 20, l«f6. 



THE BUSV BEE. 



Fkom Rev. E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph. Mo., we 

 have received a little work on bees, entitled, "The 

 Busy Bee; or, Bee-Keeping in a Nutshell." It is in 

 pamphlet form, and contains 40 pages of matter, 

 of which something over half is devoted to bees, 

 aud the rest to advertising. It can l)e obtained 

 I'rom the address above. Pric« 15 cts. 



DISCOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECE.MliER. 



Until Dec. 1 Ave will allow 8 per cent discount on 

 all goods which, from their nature, can not well be 

 used until next season, as given iu our last issue. 

 During the month of December the discount will 

 be reduced to 5 per cent; in January it will be 4 per 

 cent; in February, 3 per cent, and in March 2 per 

 cent. After April 1, net cash as usual. 



CQMB HONEY IN GLASSED SECTIONS, AT ONLY W\i 

 CTS. PER LB. 



In oi-der to close out the lot mentioned on p.age 

 .339, April 15, we will sell it in lots of 10 cases at lO!^ 

 cts. per lb. ; less than 10 cases, 11 cts. per lb. This is 

 nice honey, and can hardly fail to give satisfaction. 

 The only objection to it, that we know of, is, there 

 is a sheet of glass fastened on each side of a sec- 

 tion, and, of course, this glass is weighed up with 

 the bonej'. See description on page referred to above. 



LETTUCE IN THE OPEN AIR, IN THE MIDDLE OF 

 NOVEMBER. 



We have this morning pushed away the snow 

 from off the heads of Tennis Ball and "Deacon" 

 lettuce, and gathered a basketful of about as flue 

 heads as any we ever saw, although not quite Sf) 

 large in size as those raised in summer. I hardly 

 need add, that it was grown over the New Agricul- 

 ture. The mercury has been several times down to 

 20 degrees— 13 below freezing— but it docs not seem 

 to hurt it a particle. Before it gets much colder 

 we shall cover it with sash or oiled cotton cloth, 

 nights, or when it freezes severely during the day 

 time. We are going to have a fine lot of it ready 

 for Thanksgiving. The "Deacon " is a new variety 

 that promises to be an acquisition. The leaves are 

 smooth, flat, and round. It is an enormous grower, 

 and the heads are very handsome. 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INDIANPO- 

 LIS CONVENTION. 



The above report is very neatly gotten up. It is 

 a book closely written, of 32 pages. It is furnished 

 by the American Bee Jimrnal for 35 cts. It seems to 

 me the matter contained in it ought to be worth 

 that to any enthusiastic bee-keeper. While I am 

 about it, I believe I omitted to make editorial men- 

 tion of the proceedings a year ago. I regret this, 

 as it embodieil also a history of the N. A. B. K. S. 

 from 1870 to 1884. The price is also 35 cts., furnish- 

 ed by the A. B. J. This latter book contains 64 pages. 

 While we are looking over these convention reports, 

 I feel moved to say that the editor of the A. B. 

 J. should receive a vote of thanks for the very 

 faithful service he has rendered at different times 

 to this convention, or, so far as I know, at all con- 

 ventions. He is a most excellent reader and speak- 

 er, full of good-natured pleasantry and enthusiasm ; 

 and with the experience of the last two or three 

 conventions liefore me, I for one should feel sorry 

 to find friend Newman absent from any convention 

 I might have the good fortune to be permrtted to 

 attend. 



A GOOD TELESCOPE FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF 

 MONEY. 



When 1 was a boy I was greatly taken up with a 

 description of a home-made telescope, described by 

 the great astronomer Thomas Dick. The glasses were 

 good, but the tubes were made of pasteboard form- 

 ed by rolling up old newspapers. They can be 

 made so as to slide one into the other, and answer 

 every purpose of the expensive brass tubes, only 

 when you draw the instrument out the tubes may 

 come clear out and pull apart if j'ou are not care- 

 ful. Well, we have just succeeded in getting a lot 

 of telescopes made in this way. The power is pret- 

 ty nearly equal to our $3.00 brass telescopes, 

 but the price is only 50 cts. Or we will send it for 2 

 new names or 4 renewals. They can be sent safely 

 by mail for 6 cts. extra. When drawn cut the in- 

 strument is 3ti inches long; but it shuts up to II'; 

 inches. The paper tubes are nicely finished and 

 varnished, and the ends are capped with brass, so 

 the instrument is not bad looking after all. We are 

 so confident that these will please the juveniles 

 who have a love for telescopes and astronomy that 

 we will take any one back that does not give sat- 

 isfaction—you, of course, paying postage both 

 ways. They are made to be used as a marine tele- 

 scope. We hope to have a picture of the instru- 

 ment in our next issue. 



