1884 



(JLEANINGS m BEE CULTUEE. 



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Now, I do not know how we can decide in 

 regard to your "great invention with but 

 one end to it," till you tell us a little more 

 about it. 13y the way, friend D, I thought 

 you really belonged in the (irowlery ; but 

 after I got through I concluded it was a bit 

 of pleasantry ; but as we have not had any 

 thing for the (irowlery for some time, 1 

 guess I will let it go there. 



GLEAWmC S m BEE CULTURE. 



EDITOR AND FUBLISHEB. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERinS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POST-PAID. 



FOR CLUBBING RATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF BEADING MATTER. 



3VCX:X3X3Nr.A., J^^TO*. l, 1804. 



I have meat to eat that ye know not of .—John 4 : 



Have any of you got any white Dutch clover seed, 

 or white-clover seed without the "Dutch"? Please 

 mail a sample, and say what you will take for it, if 

 you have. 



Friend Alley's new book on queen-rearing is 

 now furnished for an even dollar. We have them in 

 stock, ready to mail, on a moment's notice. We can 

 furnish them by freight or express with other goods 

 for 90 cts. 



We are just filling an order for 5000 lbs. of honey, 

 to go to Eagland. It is true, I get only ]0 cts. per lb. 

 for it, but I am thankful for even that, because it 

 promises to open up a trade that may enable me to 

 help our bee-keepers to dispose of their honey. The 

 honey is to be shipped in 50-lb. tin cans, two in a 

 case. And, by the way, 1 am inclined to think I 

 would a little rather have himcy stored in tin cans, 

 when it is first taken from the hives, than to have 

 that which had been put in barrels of any kind. 

 How is it, friends? 



WHOLESOME READING FOR THE FAMILY. 



Severaf, Of late have asked what pnper I would 

 advise rbem to take. After giving the matter somn 

 thought, I have settled dowa on the Suiiday- School 

 Times. There are papers m<>re interesting, perhaps, 

 and there may be p.pers that should come before 

 this, owing to various circumstances; but in all my 

 reading, I know of none that seem to contain the 

 real solid, substantial, profitable food for thought 

 as does the Times. Turn to its columns where you 

 may, and you will always find something elevating 

 and ennobling. Its moral tone is of the highest order, 

 and not a line ever finds a place on its pages that 

 does not carry a moral lesson with it. It requires 

 some study and thought, much of it, I know; but 

 when one lajs it down, it is always with the feeling 

 of having been made a little better by its wise 

 counsels. We can furuish it to the reade s of 

 Gleanings for $1.25 per year. It comes every week. 

 The legular price is 3?3 00. 



HOW TO CONVERT A POOR ARTICLE OF EXTRACTED 

 HONEY INTO AN EXTRA FINE ARTICLE. 



The idea was given by friend C. C. Miller, at the 

 Toronto Convention, and, so far as I remember, it 



has never appeared In print. It is this : Get your 

 poor honey candied, as solid as you can. Then drain 

 off the liquid portion, all you can get drained off, 

 and sell this liquid portion as a poor grade of honey. 

 Now take the remaining solid honey and melt it care- 

 fully, without scorching, and you will have honey 

 thick, transparent, ripe, and of beautiful flavor. 

 The success of the operation depends on getting the 

 liquid portion entirely out of the candied honey. 

 The process is not unlike that used for refining loaf 

 sugar. The coloring matter and impurities run off 

 from the crystals, leaving them white, dry, and pure, 

 like crystallized rock candy. Of course, the honey 

 does not crystallize as does cane sugar, but yet the 

 candying process is something akin to it. May be 

 sugar refiners could suggest to us some mode of 

 washing or cleansing these solid crystals of candied 

 honey. I think the matter needs investigation, 



COMB FOUNDATION FOR 1884. 



As a matter of course, much discussion is going 

 on, and much comparing of samples. Like all other 

 manufacturers, I presume, we think ours is at least 

 as good as any, samples of which will be mailed free 

 to just as many as care to have them. Samples we 

 send out run pretty light — say 8 to 10 feet to the 

 pound; but with the rather thick soft walls, we 

 think they will answer for either brood or section 

 boxes, although we as a general thing make it a lit- 

 tle heavier for brood combs. Our samples may not 

 be as nice looking, or as bright and glossy, as some 

 others that are sent out; but I tell you, friends, if 

 you will Bubmit the whole matter to the bees, and 

 let them decide which they prefer, we have no fear 

 but that you will agree with us, that ours is certain- 

 ly equal to any in the \%orld. Our mills are now 

 stacked up, ready for shipment; and to avoid the 

 delays that may be disastrous to you in a few 

 months more, I would earnestly recommend order- 

 ing pretty soon. Our mills all make either thick or 

 thin fdn., as you choose; and if there is any im- 

 provement that can be made in them for real work, 

 we should be glad to know It. 



THE GIVEN FOUNDATION -PRESS. 



D. S. Given & Co. have sent us a very pretty cir- 

 cular on the Given foundation-press; and it would 

 seem, from the abundant testimonials, that they 

 are making a decided success of it. One great ob- 

 stacle in the way of its use to us would be, that the 

 wired frames of fdn. are not sulJiciently strong to 

 admit of shipment —at least, I have heard no reports 

 of their having been able to manage this point. If I 

 am mistHken, I shall be glnd to be corrected. An- 

 other thing, I do not quite understand why the Given 

 Idn. should be superior to that made on rolls, for it 

 is an easy matter to make rolls that will make fdn. 

 with as heavy soft walls as that made by the press — 

 at least, that is my understanding of it. However, 

 one thing is very certain — that it is pretty much out 

 of the question to think of making fdn. with rolls 

 right in the wired frames, and in this point the 

 Given press is far ahead of any rolls. When we last 

 discussed the matter, I believe It was also admitted 

 that we could not make the sheet of fdn. in a wired 

 frame so as to completely fill the frame, as we have 

 them when made by rolls. Very likely I am ignorant 

 on all these matters; and if so, I want to be posted; 

 therefore I would ask friend Given to send me some 

 frames filled with fdn. made by his machine. If they 

 ship safely, and the wax comes clear up to the wood, 

 I shall be quite ready to report in our next issue aft* 



