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GLEANINGS LN BEE CULTUllE. 



Dec. 



something like this: Get as many bees out 

 of the crates of sections, wlien taking oft' 

 honey, as may be possible, either l)y shaking 

 or smoking. Next, (juickly carry' crate or 

 crates of honey, with adhering bees, and 

 place them under a bee-tent. In like man- 

 ner place others under the tent until there 

 are as many stacked togetlier as can be cov- 

 ered by the tent, lipave for a time or until 

 the bees have all crawled out and clustered 

 in the peak of the tent. There, through the 

 hole which I have described, the bees will 

 escape, and return to their respective hives ; 

 and if the tent has been securely anchored 

 down in the mean time, no robbers can gain 

 access to the crates. These, after being freed 

 from bees, are now ready to take to the hon- 

 ey-house, when the sections can be removed 

 and cleaned in readiness for market. 



THE TEXT TO CATCH SWAUMS. 



Something over a year ago, 1). A. Jones, 

 in the ('. B. /., related the following inci- 

 dent: While he was at one of his out-apia- 

 ries, a swarm came out; when it had got 

 fairly into the air, another began to come 

 out. The thought struck him to immedi- 

 ately clap the tent over the hive from Avhich 

 the bees were pouring. This his man did ; 

 and when they had disposed of the other 

 swarm they returned to hnd the other caged 

 in the peak of the tent. 



Cleanincs in Bee Culture, 



Published Seni'h-Mon thhj . 



EDITOB AND PUBLISHER. 

 MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Clntbing Sates, See First Page of Eeidis; Matter. 

 ZMIElDIiT^^L., IDEC 1, ISSS. 



Blessed is the rnan whose strength is in thee.— Ps.\L5i Kt: .">. 



Our subscription list is running- up with a sure 

 and steady pace. We now have, uii to date, fiOT4. 

 Many thauljs, friends. ^ 



MICHIGAN STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



' While dictating these editorials I am waiting for 

 the train to take me to i^psilanti. I expect to have 

 many good things to tell you on my return. 



ORDERING EARLY. 



Kemember our discount for this month is 5 per 

 per cent— a drop of 3 per cent from last month. If 

 you desire to get the lowest prices in supplies order 

 early. With our new machinery and increased fa- 

 cilities we think we can give you better goods than 

 over before. 



IS FOUL BROOD CURED IN OUR APIARVV 



A NUMBER of our fricnds have written us some- 

 thing like this: "I am very glad to hear that you 

 have at last cured foul brood." We have not yet 

 claimed that. We did say, that, as brood-rearing 

 had ceased, foul brood had of necessity stopped. If 

 it shall not re-appear in the spring, tlien we shall 

 think we have cui-ed it. 



OUR PREMIUM LIST. 



You will notice, inclosed in the back of this issue, 

 ; our supplement and premium list. Although we 

 ■ have in former j-ears offered awards to those of our 

 patrons who have solicited names, we have felt that 

 this year they ought to have a larger and better 

 collection from which to choose. Most of the pres- 

 ents therein presented are new goods, and are well 

 suited for holiday gifts. If you can not secure ncir 

 names, hustle in the old ones before their subscrip- 

 tion expires, and get something. We would ask 

 i you to iireserve this Premium Jjst for future ref- 

 erence. 



KUICKS OF CANDY. 



Have jou nice sealed combs of stores laid awa^' 

 which to give all the colonics this winter that may 

 ; be running short, before spring? If you haven't, 

 now would be a good time to make and have in 

 ; readiness some bricks of candy. (How to make, see 

 i A li C of Ree Culture.) These bricks you can la> 

 right over the cluster of any colonies, such as you 

 may find, during a few of the warm sunny days of 

 Avintcr, to be in need of stores; you can usually de- 

 termine, with a little practice, whether such col- 

 j onies are running short, by lifting up one end of 

 { the burlap and "hefting" the ends of all the 

 frames. 



THE CHUISTIANS SECRET OF A HAPPY LIFE. 



We are pleased to notice that we have just re- 

 ceived another shipment of this great book, 

 amounting to 13.50 coi)ies; and although it is con- 

 siderably enlarged, having several new chapters, 

 the price is reduced to ri.") cents bound in paper, 

 and .50 cents in cloth, gilt edge. If wanted b.y mail, 

 add .5 cents extra for postage on the paper bound, 

 and H cents fin the cloth. When I first read the book, 

 some four or live years ago, it seemed to me it must 

 prove such a great help to those struggling toward 

 godliness that it ought to have a very large circula- 

 tion among the people; but I hardly dared hope we 

 should be able to sell it at the rate it has lieen called 

 for. 



QUEENS AS PREMIUMS. 



Oxi: of our correspondents wishes to kuow what 



we can offer in the way of queens as premiums. 



For the benefit of those who may prefer queens to 



j any other presents we will make the following offer: 



For 10 new subscribers we will send, the first of 



[ next May, one of our best imported queens; for 



I 6 new names, a select tested queen; for 4 new 



j names, an untested. Remember, at this offer the 



I queens are to be sent in May. If you desire to have 



I the queen sent at any other month, write us. The 



I names can be secured now, and sent in; but you 



must state, at the time of sending, that in i-eturn 



you desire to draw a queen or queens, according to 



the terms of this otter. We will then book your or- 



I der for next May. 



THE NEW BEE-KEEPER'S MEDLEY. 



The above, which we mentioned Nov. 1st, is now 

 \ framed and hangs over our desk. As we sit i-ead- 

 ing letters from our bce-frlends from all over our 

 land, it gives us peculiar pleasure, after reading 

 their productions, to view their faces. We come to 

 know our friends and their peculiarities from their 

 writings; and to look upon their faces makes us 

 feel face to face with old friends. In some cases we 

 are surprised, and we mentallj' exclaim, " Why! I 

 didn't know he looked like that." Again, our opin- 

 ion is confirmed—" Just about such a looking man 



