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GrLEANri*JGS IN liEi: CULTUliK. 



Dec. 



her colonies caused expcTKliture a little over rc- 

 beipts. The third year the bulanco in her favor 

 was not large, but she had gained greatly in judg-- 

 ment and qualities which uialvc up a good bee- 

 keeper, while her business gave her delightful 

 chances to study God's marvelous planning for the 

 life and work of even his tiniest creatures. This 

 fourth year her honey-house is filled with luscious 

 boney. There are hundreds of pounds waiting for 

 Shipment to distant cities, besides other hundreds 

 •Whidh have gone before. As you take one of the 

 cakes, and the light flashes through it, you realize 

 that the bee has made the myth of King Midas' 

 golden touch a reality. It has caught the clover- 

 blooms, and in these transparentj cells changed 

 them into gold. 



How did this girl earn her success? She kept at 

 It, i-efusing to be discouraged, even when friends 

 counseled retreat and a withdrawal from the bus- 

 iness. She compelled herself to learn her trade as 

 thoroughly as if she were a carpenter, a blacksmith, 

 a painter, or mechanic; and in doing this she 

 studied closely the best books and magazines on 

 the subject of bee-keeping. Realizing that as a 

 learner she ought to begin with the alphabet of her 

 profession, she sent for an " A B C of liee Culture," 

 and her earnest, faithful study of that rich cyclo- 

 ptEdia of "every thing pertaining to the care of 

 the honey-bee" now reappears in returns from 

 Chicago, Milwaukee, and Kansas City. 



To keep abreast with the improvements in her 

 profession, to take in the new thoughts of the stu- 

 dents, and to have a bond of union with the large 

 circle of little workers, our bee-keeper added to 

 her ABC the magazine, Glcanintjs in Bee (Julturc, 

 to which she owes much of her success. We who 

 skip the technicalities, and dip into bee details 

 just a little for our bee-keeper's sake, have learned 

 to love and look for Gleanitms. because it helps us, 

 bee-magazine though it is, to learn how to win the 

 kingdom of heaven. Mrs. Lydia Sthawn. 



Ottawa, 111. 



We extract the above from the Northwest- 

 ern Christian Advocate, of Dec. 1 . The mor- 

 al to the little story is excellent, aiul we bid 

 those ABC scholars who feel disappointed 

 because they have not taken in more money 

 than they have paid out for the fast year or 

 two, to read the story and take courage. 



SEALING HONEY-TUMBLERS, ETC. 



HOW TO MAKE THEM ABSOLUTELY AlK-TIOHT, AT 

 AN INSIGNIFICANT COST. 



ITp T the Michigan State Convention a lit- 

 ^fjbi tie idea came up that was well worth 

 jplf the whole expense of time and attend- 

 ■*^^' ance. As a matter of course, honey 

 pails and tumblers were on exhibition, 

 containing samples of honey. Novi^. even 

 experienced bee-men would every little while 

 tip a tumbler over on its sideband the honey 

 would ooze out under the edges of the cover, 

 daubing the tables, the fingers, and clothes 

 of the bee-friends. Secretary Cutting linally 

 asked permission to tell the convention how 

 to obviate all these troubles ; and when he 

 told it I felt like giving an Indian war- 

 whoop of exultation, although I did not 

 dare to do it just then and there. The plan 

 is, briefly, this: 



Get a cheap wire sieve of coarse mesh. 

 Those we have on our ten-cent counter will 

 do ; or the transplanting-frame on page lob. 



Put this frame or sieve (m a couple of 

 boxes, so as to raise it liigh enough to set 

 a coal-oil stove underneatli. I believe that 

 friends Catting and Mason, at the Tri- 

 State Fair, used the part of an uncap- 

 ping-can to which the wire cloth is at- 

 tached. Now turn your glass tumblers or 

 pails bottom up over the wire cloth, and ar- 



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rnngc the heat so they will gradually get 

 warm enough to melt beeswax. Then dip 

 them in melted wax, kept in some pan over 

 anotlier lamp. The wax in this latter pan 

 should not be over one-fourth or one-eighth 

 of an inch in depth. Dip the mouths of 

 your tumblers in the melted wax, holding 

 one in eacli liand, but don't turn them right 

 side up until the wax has cooled enough to 

 prevent it from running down the sides. 

 \Vith a little practice you will find you can 

 very rapidly put a nice ring of wax evenly 

 over the mouth of every glass pail or jelly- 

 tumbler. As the glass was warm when it 

 was dipped, there is no possibility of the 

 wax cleaving from the glass. This arrange- 

 ment is for cups and pails having a cover 

 that slips over the top. It works especially 

 well on the '' Old Oaken Bucket " glass pails 

 that have been sold so largely, a cut of 

 which we give : 



In putting on the 

 covers we must warm 

 them up to the point 

 where they will melt 

 wax ; and this is done 

 with the same appara- 

 tus used to warm the 

 glass pails. After a lot 

 of your pails are coated 

 with wax. as described, 

 fill them with honey up 

 to within a quarter of an inch of the top ; or 

 you can, if you choose, weigh out a certain 

 amount of honey in each tumbler. Of covu'se, 

 you ar(^ not to daub any honey on the sides, 

 nor get any on the beeswax ; for if you do, it 

 wilf spoil the plan. Take one of the hot tin 

 covers and slip it over the pail, just as if no 

 wax were on the rim at all. The cover 

 should be warm enough to melt the wax as 

 it goes down. It will tlien be sealed up so 

 perfectly that you can roll the package on 

 the floor, if you choose, or hold it upside 

 down as much as you like. 



Friend Cutting said the credit of the in- 

 vention belongs to Dr. Mason, of Wagon 

 Works, near 'Toledo ; but Dr. Mason very 

 modestly disclaimed any credit for the in- 

 vention, saying that he read a description 

 of the process in back numbeis of Glean- 

 ings. I promptly replied, that no such 

 thing had ever been given in our pages. 

 Then he said it was in the Cawidian Bee 

 Jourmd; but our genial friend McPherson. 

 who represented Canada and the C B. J., 

 replied as promptly, that he was sure no 

 such thing had appeared in their pages. 

 Now, then, friends, if any one can tell us 

 where this matter appears in print, provid- 

 ing it has ever been in print, we shall be glad 

 to '' render unto Cesar the things that are 

 Cesar's." If we can not lind any such place, 

 I think Dr. Mason and Secretary Cutting 

 will have to bear the honor. It is a most 

 simple thing, it is true; but I have experi- 

 mented and puzzled my brains for years to 

 decide upon some cheap method of sealing 

 up jelley-tumblers with beeswax. The 

 trouble was, it never occurred to me to put 

 on the wax before I put in the honey. While 

 we are on the subject, I may remark that 

 we can furnish the Old Oaken buckets of 

 1 lb. for %\.m per Kin. or S4n.00 per 1000. 



