1886 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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\[6¥Ef5 7I]SID QaERIEg. 



pond's method of wintering, successfui,. 



Ji> AST winter I adopted Mr. Pond's method for 

 ^ wintering, and was so successful that here- 

 ^i after I always wish to follow that method, 

 " as nearly as I can. You know he wants 

 plenty of young' bees with which to go into 

 winter quarters. Mrs. J. .A. Keith. 

 Brockton, Mass. 



TOOK THE BEST PREMIUM. 



I want to tell you that my comb honey took Ihst 

 premium at our county fair last week. The 

 friends asked if it was not impurted honey. 



Macon, Miss. Mrs. Eloise Feriuso.n. 



5^0B^cce CeMMN. 



THE SOOTY APPEARANCE OF HONEV. 



The busy season is just over, and 1 can read 

 bee-journals more carefully. I have seen just that 

 sooty or smoky appearance this season in honey, and 

 feel fairly satisfied it is caused by a slight mixture of 

 hoDcy-dew, not causing a bad flavor at all. 



K. F. HOLTEKMANN. 



Brantford. Canada. Oct. 37, 18e6. 



"the bee-killers." 



The ABC book I received two years ago, has 

 proven an invaluable aid to me. 1 use the Simplicity 

 hive, a cheap make. My (experience tells me to buy 

 the best manufactured hereafter. Bees have done 

 poorly this season. The bee-killers (box-hive men) 

 got nothing this season. I got enough for home 

 consumption. I winter in the cellar, without any 

 loss. I). K. Phillipps. 



Fulton, Mo., Nov. 1, 18F6. 



hunting bees. 



The fall of 1884, 1 found ~'Z colonies in the woods; 

 and in the fall of 188.5, 31. Some of them I followed 

 'Z miles in the woods. We have large woods here 

 in Van Wert and Paulding Counties, O., and Allen 

 Co., Ind. Every man who wishes to have good 

 stock in his apiary will have to keep the black bees 

 hunted out of the woods. There is nothing I like 

 better than to have nice bright bees. 



Dixon, O., Nov. 10. 1886. .7. D. Cravin. 



SWIMMING A RIVER IN NOVEMBER, WITHOUT ANY 



BAD RESULTS, .\ND NO CATNIP TEA, 



EITHER HOT OH COLD. 



1 discontinued the use of drugs, or doctoring, as 

 it is called, some years ago. I had to swim the Big 

 Manistique, at Burns' Crossing, last week, and no 

 catnip tea or flre-water tonic. But when I reached 

 the other side I felt as light as when just out of the 

 army, and could run easier than I walked, hcforc the 

 icy river was crossed. F. M. Benh.^m. 



Petoskey, Mich. 



THE WAX-PLANT. 



LThe following clipping has been recently sent in 

 to us in regard to this vegetable whx. Can any of 

 our correspondents give us any further light upon 

 the matterV] 



The wax-plant is now grown on a large scale in 

 Algeria, and its product is gradually finding its way 

 into the markets of the world. The i)rocess of sep- 

 arating the wax is simple. The fruit, inclosed in a 

 bag ot coarse cloth, is plunged into boiling water, 

 on whose surface the substance soon floats. The 

 wax is of the same chemical composition as bees- 

 wax, and is likely to be largely used in place of it. 

 It is stated that these wax-plants may be seen 

 growing wild in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas, 



R. JOB H. MORGAN, of Worthington, hand- 

 ed me your Gleanings, and also gave me 

 two colonies of Italian bees. I see in 

 Gleanings that you will send a smoker 

 free to any one who uses tobacco, and will 

 quit the same. In good faith, I promise to abstain 

 from the use of tobacco; and if I use it any more 

 I will send you the price charged for smoker. 



James B. Fowler. 

 Lumbersport, W. Va., Nov. 8, 1886. 



1 prevailed upon a relative of mine, Mr. F. G. 

 Cook, of Murray, la., to quit the use of tobacco. 

 Will you please send him a smoker? If he ever 

 conuuences to use the weed again I will pay you 

 for it. H. A. Cook. 



Spring Hill, Kan., Nov. .5, 1886. 



1 have this day receiv'cd from you a smoker, in 

 consideration of which I hereby promise to quit the 

 use of tobacco in every form. If I ever resume the 

 use of the weed I pledge myself to pay for the 

 smoker. D. H. Hurst. 



North Lawrence. O., Nov. 8. 1880. 



S. Y. Kirk has quit chewing tobacco, having 

 used it for 13 years. If you will send him a smoker 

 I will see that you get your pay if he ever uses it 

 again. R. H. Kirk. 



Roanoke, Denton Co., Tex., Oct. 23, 1886. 



A friend of mine, seeing your promise to give a 

 smoker to any one who would give up the use of to- 

 baco, has quit it. His name is George Joslyn. 

 Please seud him a smoker. If he e\'er uses it again 

 he will pay for it. Byron Guest. 



Majile Landing, Monona Co., la., Nov. 5, 1886. 



Robert Reed works for me, and this is what he 

 says: "I am going to quit using tobacco, and sign 

 the i)ledge for a smoker. If I ever use tobacco 

 again I will i)ay Mr. Root one dollar." If you want 

 him to have the smoker, send to above address. 



J. O. Harlan. 



Jolietville, Hamilton Co.. Ind., Nov. 10, 1886. 



lam a new subscriber to Gleanings, and a be- 

 ginner in bee culture. After seeing in your Tobac- 

 co Colunui that you would send a smoker to any 

 one who would stoj) the use of tobacco I quit the 

 habit. If I break the i)ledge I will pay you $1.0(1 

 for the smoker. I like your A B C very much. It is 

 the finest book published, on bees. W. H. Stacy. 



Mittlin, Iowa Co., Wis., Nov. 8. 1886. 



WILL PAY FIVE TIMES THE PRICE OF THE SMOKER. 

 IF HE RESUMES THE USE OF TOBACCO. 



Noticing in Gleanings your otter to those who 

 would quit the use of tobacco, and seeing the num- 

 ber who have already responded, forces me to the 

 conclusion that you have struck the right way to 

 accom})lish a great object. In our childhood days, 

 it was nuich easier to get us to do a certain thing 

 when gentle means and a little pai/ were the induo 

 ment, than if force and harsh means were resorted 

 to. After having been a slave to tobacco for thirty- 

 odd years— smoking and chewing— you can add my 

 name to your list of reformers, and send a smoker; 

 and if I ever use tobacco again, in any form, 1 will 

 l»ay you five times the price of the smoker. 



J. F. Harner. 



Taylorville, Christian Co., Ill , Nov. 8. 18S6. 



