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us I thought." This lace indicates that he is jfood- 

 natured, intelligent, or, perhaps conceited. Al- 

 though some of the faces appear not quite natural, 

 yet in general the medley as a whole will help us to 

 recognize most, if not all of the faces, if we should 

 see them at a convention. 



GETTING RID OF LIFE-INSURANCE AGENTS. 



OxE of our subscribers, a life-insurance agent, 

 seeing the little note on page 015, under the above 

 caption, writes: "Tell Ernest, that if I should get 

 after him he couldn't scare lue as he did the other 

 fellow. I'm not afraid of bees." Very true; but 

 then, you are away over in New Yorlt. Still, if you 

 should ever think best to come to Medina, and talk 

 with me in regard to the merits of the " semi-ton- 

 tine," let me know just a little before hand, and I 

 will contrive to have some Carroll Cyps in readiness 

 for the occasion. I will also manage to have all the 

 veils and smokers missing, except my own— a liber- 

 al offer, don't you think'? The other fellow (the one 

 who weighs 200 lbs.) has since been around, but he 

 very cautiously asked, " Got any bees about you':'" 



.\BB0TT'S NEW HONEY-KNIFE. 



Ol'r friend C. N. Abbott, e.\-editor of the British 

 Bee Journal, has brought out a honey-knife made of 

 Sheffield steel; and even after paying duties and 

 imports we arc enabled to furnish it at the regular 

 price of the Novice honey-knife. The cut of it l>e- 

 low explains it by saying that the blade is 2 Inches 

 wide and S^i inches long. 



ABBOTT'S TTNCAPPING-KMFE. 



Of course, this knife can not take the place of the 

 well-known Novice honey-knife, and other similar 

 knives, for its office is for uncapping and nothing 

 dsr. If wanted by mail, add 10 cents extra for post- 

 age and packing. 



DECI^INE IX THE PRICE OF HONEY-.JARS. 



We are pleased to receive the following letter 

 from friend Muth: 



We have made a change in the price uf our honey -jars, of 

 whieh please make due notice in your next number of Glkan- 

 INGS. Hereafter our price for square glass Hint honey-jars will 

 be: 



Dime iars fa gross in a box I, with corks, per gr. ■ ■ $3.00 

 J<;-lb. " ■• •■ " -4 00 



1-lb. " (a gi-. or 14 gr. in a box i without corks, per gr. .5.00 

 21b. " •• ■• '■ - 6.50 



Corks foi- 1 and 2 lb. jars. " - - .7.") 



In lots of !) (TV. jars or moi-e, assoited if you choose, we allow 

 a discount of 5 per cent. 



Flint glass jars being the nicest jars for honey, and prices 

 having been reduced, \ve have concluded to abandon the trade 

 in green-glass honev-iars. Cll.\,-i. F. Muth & Sox. 



Cincinnati, i 'hio. Nov. 22, 188(i. 



P. S. — 1 inclose our jobbing price list of honey, and will add 

 Ihat our trade in jar goods is Dettei- than ever. Size and shape 

 have been uniform tor years, and is known to the trade and 

 consumers, and no suspicion iestsoi\ its purit.v. There is no 

 eastern extracted hone.v in an.v shape in Cincinnati, although 

 their jars were more stylish (or fancy ) than ours, and 5 or 10 

 years ago they seemed to be strong co'mpetitor.i. M. & S. 



The above prices will be the same that we charge 

 here. 



SHAM, WE -VLI.OW OUR HIVES TO BE COVERED 



WITH SNOW y 

 1 FOR one say, let the snow come— the more the 

 better, and under no circumstances attempt to 

 meddle with it at all. I have never yet known a 

 hive of bees to be injured by snow— not even where 

 sleet and freezing rain closed the entrances entirely, 

 and I don't know that 1 ever heard of a case where 

 1 was satisfied that the snow or ice did any harm. 

 If a bee-hive could be made as tight as a glass jar, 

 and the only opening were closed up with ice, it 

 might do harm; but no bee-hives that I know of are 



made in that way. Disturbing the bees by brushing 

 the snow away, or tramping it down, does do harm, 

 for we have had several cases of the kind reported 

 in our back volumes; that is, the hives where the 

 snow was brushed away, or tramped down about 

 the entrances, did not winter as well as where they 

 were let alone. 



CAN BEES BE DECIiARED BY LAW A NUISANCE '? 



It seems our Canadian friends are also about to 

 have trouble over this question. A blacksmith 

 named Mcintosh was annoyed by the bees owned 

 by a neighbor named Harrison. Mcintosh claimed 

 that the bees Hew all over the neighborhood, sting- 

 ing the people. The.v annoyed the horses in his 

 shop, and made troul)le when the women-folks were 

 making preserves. The jury brought in a verdict 

 that the bees were a nuisance, and that he was. en- 

 titled to an injunction. The .iudge, however, re- 

 fused to grant an injunction, but i-eserved it for 

 argument in a full court. And now our Canadian 

 friends are talking about a Canadian bee-keepers' 

 union. A b?e-keeper residing quite a distance 

 away says he for one will give five dollars, to see 

 the case fairly tried. The editors of the ('. B. J. 

 propose to do as well; and as the case has been pre- 

 sented to me, I for one feel like offering my five 

 dollars also. Of course, we do not wish to gain our 

 case by the money we raise, but we do wish to have 

 the case fairly and squarely presented, before any 

 decision is made. Keeping poultry is oftentimes 

 as annoying, if not more so, than keeping bees, but 

 what court would say a man could not keep 

 chickens ? 



CONVENTION" NOTICES. 



Nebraska bee-keepers will meet for their next annual fcs- 

 sion in Lincoln, Neb., on the second Wednesday in Jan., 1887. 



H. N. P.\TTERSON, Sec. 



The Keystone Bee-Keppers' Association will meet at Court- 

 House, at Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, Dec It, 1886, at 10 a. m. 

 Clark's Green, Pa. Arthur A. Davis, Sec. 



The Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its annual 

 meeting in Burlington, Vt., on the 13th of Jan., 1887. The Pro- 

 gramme is not fully made up, but it is expected there will be a 

 two-days' .session. " R- H. Holmes, Sec. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



A KIND WORD FOR THE ABC FROM ONE OF 

 OUR AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS. 



Please send to me by post, 2 copies of A B C, 

 cloth; the ones I have had are all sold, and also the 

 one to arrive next mall. It's the best on bees pub- 

 lished. I would not be Without a copy on any ac- 

 count. Fred'k a. Hudson. 



New South Wales, Australia. 



The A B C book sold on sight — no need to talk 

 up its merits. I just handed it to a friend who had 

 called, and as soon as he opened it be said, " I must 

 have you get me one." C. A. Lower. 



Wabash, Ind. 



GLEANINGS AND HOW IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN IT. 



Gleanings is not the only paper in which I have 

 advertised, but it certainly has done the best of any 

 for me, as its readers seem to put more confidence 

 in those short advertisements, even though the ad- 

 vertisers be strangers. I will hei-e say, that if any 

 one ha.s sent me money for which they think I have 

 not rendered full value I will with pleasure make it 

 satisfactory. D. S. Hall. 



South Cabot, Vt. 



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