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GLEANINGS IN 1M:E CULTUllE. 



Dec. 



II couple of days, ate out the candy and lib- 

 erated the queens, all of which were suc- 

 cessfully introduced. 



Gleamihcs IK Bee Culture, 



VubVished Scuii-^roiitlihf. 



.£^. I. I^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID, 



Fer Glutting Rates, See First Pag© of Eeading Matter. 



"tliou shalt not covet 

 bor's.— EXODU.S 20:17. 



. . any thing that is thy neiffh- 



HONEY RETAILED FROM FUI.L-SIZED ij. FR.4MES. 



In regard to the price received, as per page MO, 

 Jast issue, friend Fradenburg replies as below: 



Referring to your foot-note on rage Wfi, I will .sav that our 

 grocer here has sold my comb honey from the L. flames at 1.5 

 ets. per lh...Tna sections at IS cts., ami I allowed him 15 per 

 cent for selling. That which I toolc to I'hrirhsville netted me 13 

 cts., bnt I believe they sold tlie most of it at '^il cts., so you see 

 it is not such awful cheap honev after all, is it '. 



Port Washington, O., Dec. 9, 1886. A. A. FKADENBl'Rfi. 



THE FARM .TOURNAI., OF PHILADELPHIA. 



We presume most of our friends are already ac- 

 quainted witli this original, crisp, go ahead little 

 sheet, at the low price of iJO cts. a year. If not, 

 they had better drop a postal for a sample copy. 

 And, by the way, we must not forget to mention 

 that it was through the liiiidness of said journal 

 that we are able to present the excellent picture of 

 friend Tei-ry, on page 975. The portrait first ap- 

 peared in their pages, and they were liind enough 

 to let us have an electrotype. 



STATE bee-keepers' CONVENTIONS. 



If there is to be a bee-keepers' convention at 

 Columbus, O., will some of the friends please tell 

 us when and where, that it may be generally under- 

 stood in time so we can endeavor to call out a good 

 attendance? I confess I have been very backward 

 in these matters; and I even omitted to mention 

 beforehand that I expected to be present at the 

 State Convention in Michigan. Through God's 

 providence I am feeling unusually strong and well, 

 and I propose to be present at the N. Y. State 

 Association, at Albany, Jan. 11,13, T8, 1887. If my 

 presence can be the means of bringing the bee- 

 friends together, and helping them to get better 

 acquainted with each other, I mean to try to be on 

 hand, whether I " feel like it" or not. 



A DISTINGUISHED A^SITOR. 



We have been enjoying a very pleasant visit of 

 several days from Mr. James A. Abbott, sou of C. 

 N. Abbott, the originator and former editor of the 

 British liee Journal. Mr. Abbott brings with him a 

 tin can for extracted honey, that beats the world. 

 It can be opened and closed in an instant, and yet it 

 J8 absolutely honey-tight. The different sizes nest 

 together like our honey-pails. He also has taken 

 our order for a honey-label in sl.v or seven different 

 colors, that is neater and more unique than any 

 thing America has ever produced, so far as I know, 

 and yet the price is so moderate we hope to be able 

 to sell them at a price not to exceed $1.75 per 1000. 

 The label is small. Small labels are getting to be 



more in vogue, especially for glass receptacles. If 

 it were a possible thing, I tell you I would give a 

 good round sum of money to have the readers of 

 Gleanings en masse listen to a piece of music ex- 

 ecuted by Blue Eyes and our young friend Abbott 

 — Blue Eyes having a piano, and Mr. Abbott a silver 

 fiute which he brought from England. 



SPECIAL NOTICES. 



A carpet-sweeper for a CHRISTMAS PRESENT 

 FOR V(JUR WIFE. 



1 DO not know who in the world deserves a Christ- 

 mas present more than the "queen of your house- 

 hold," as Prof. Cook puts it. And if she is in the 

 habit of sweeping (and what household queen is 

 not, more or less V) I do not knew of a nicer and 

 more appropriate present than a carpet-sweeper. 

 Price $1 50; extra decoration, and finished express- 

 ly for the holiday trade, .13.00. This latter one has 

 a rubber band clear around the machine, so the 

 juveniles can not bump the furniture and mar it, 

 when they take a notion to help mamma do the 

 sweeping. 



MAPLE SVRUP FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 



We to-day bought of one of our Medina Co. farm- 

 ers 83 one-gallon jugs full of maple syrup. Each 

 jug has his name and guarantee labeled on the out- 

 side. Although it is not as light in color as some 

 we have seen, it is quite thick, and the flavor we 

 consider very good. It is the real old-fashioned 

 maple molasses, such as your mother used to give 

 you when you were a schoolboy. We can furnish 

 it in its original shape, jug aiid all, for an even 

 dollar, or we will put it in a syrup-ean at the same 

 price, if you prefer to haveit shipped in that way. 

 If you want as much as four or five gallons you 

 had better have it in one of our shipping-cans for 

 extracted honey. It will cost you just the same in 

 this shape, but there will be a saving in freight. 



PROF. COOK'S BOOK ON MAPLE-SUGAR MAKING. 



And this reminds me that the manuscript for a 

 little book on maple-sugar making, is now in the 

 hands of our printers, and the author is no other 

 than Prof. Cook himself. The book is to be pro- 

 fusely illustrated, and will no doubt prove a boon 

 to thousands. Prof. Cook has a model sugar-bush 

 of his own, and I do not think there is a single 

 modern improvement in this wonderfully fascinat- 

 ing industry that he is not perfectly familiar with. 

 The book tells how deep to bore the holes, and the 

 reasons for it. He tells how many holes to put in a 

 tree, the advantages and disadvantages of having 

 the holes high up or low down. He also gives the 

 fullest particulars in regard to producing gilt-edge 

 maple sugar and maple syrup, witli the reasons 

 fully explained for every thing he directs. In size 

 it will probably be about the same as Terry's potato- 

 bool?, and the price will be the same; namely, 35 

 cents; -tO cents by mail, postpaid. If you want a 

 copy of the book just as soon as it is out, send in 

 your -to cents when you are making remittances. 



COJSrVEUT IGJf NOTICES. 



The next meeting of the Shcliovgan Co.. Wis. Bee-Keopei's" 

 Society, will be held at Hingham, j.an. 13, 1887. Mhs. H. Hills. 



The bee-lveepers of the western part of Ontario, Canada, will 

 hold a convention at Tllbnry Center, Jan. 13 and 13, 1887. All 

 are invited to attend. N. Smith, Sec. 



The Northeastern Ohio, Northein Pennsylvania, and West- 

 ern New York Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its eighth an- 

 nual convention in Chapman's Opera House, Andover, Ohio, 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, .January 19th and 20th, 1887. First- 

 class hotel accommodations at $1.00 ])er day to those attending 

 the convention. A general invitation is extended to all. 



Jl . E. Mason, Andover, O.. C. H. Coox, New Lyme, O., 



Acting Sec. Pre.;. 



The eighteenth annual convention of the New Yorlc State 

 Bee Keepers" Association (formerly Northeastern) will be held 

 in Agricultural Hall, Albany, N. Y'., on the 11th, l-ith. and 13th 

 of Jan., 1887. The tirst session will open promptly at 2 o'clock 

 p. M. of the llth. The Eastern New York and the New Jersey 

 and Eastern Associations will also unite ^vttll us, thereby as- 

 suring this to be the largest, most interesting, and instructive 

 convention ever held. No bee-keeper living within 500 miles 

 of Albany can afford to st.ay at home. Questions of great im- 

 portance will be discussed by many of the most noted and ex- 

 perienced bee-keepers in America. A giand exhibit. of honey 

 and apiarian fixtures is also promised. All implements for the 

 apiary, sent to the Secretary, will be properl.y arranged for 

 exhibition. Full programme will appear in next issue. 



AV. E. Cl.vrk, Pres. G. H. ICnickehbockiiR, Sec. ■ 



