1884 



GLEANINGS I^ BEE CULTURE. 



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young men who have never been taught 

 neatness and order ; and although they do 

 not seem to know it, I have sometimes 

 thought them to be almost as badly off 

 as if they were crippled in the hands or legs 

 or both. It has sometimes seemed to me as 

 though the great crying thing in the present 

 generation was for neatness, system, clean- 

 liness, and order. In many kinds of busi- 

 ness, disorder is utter ruin. In fact, just 

 now while scores are begging for something 

 to do, 1 am in urgent need, in many places, 

 of somebody who knows how to work, with- 

 out doing more harm than good. Disorderly 

 and slovenly habits make many good people 

 almost useless for the great business of life. 

 A girl who knows how to cook and keep 

 house will almost always make good help in 

 the office or factory. But boys, by some 

 means, seem to grow up suffering, and per- 

 haps unhappy, through a great part of their 

 lives, because they have never had educa- 

 tion of this kind which their sisters almost 

 invariably have —Thank you, Mrs. 11., also, 

 for your vivid description of that wonderful 

 lake. 



Even- giri; or boy, under 15 years oJ 

 fho writes a letter for this depart- 

 ment, CONTAIN'INO SOME VALUABLE FACT, 

 XOT OEXERALLY KNOWN, ON BEES OH OTHER 



MATTERS. Will receive one of David Cook's 

 excellent five-cent Sunday-school books. 

 Many of these books contain the same 

 matter that you And in Sund.iy-school 

 books costing from 81.00 to $1.50. If you 

 have.had one or more books, give us the 

 names'- that we may not send the same 

 twice. We have now in stock, six different 

 hooks, as follows: Silver Keys, Sheer Oft, 

 The Giant Killer, The Roby "Family, Res- 

 cued from Egypt, and Ten Nights in a Bar- 

 Room. 



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^ELL, we have a good lot of juvenile 

 letters this month, little friends, and 

 they are good letters too, as I think 

 you will say after reading them. Many of 

 them discuss some of the most important 

 points in bee culture. The letters are all 

 fresh too. I think there is not an old one 

 among them, and I have tried to get all your 

 letters in. so we could have all fresh ones 

 next month. And with this idea in mind I 

 think I will stop right here ; for the more 1 

 have to say, the less room will there be for 

 your letters— don't you see? But even if I 

 do talk short this time, remember I am Uncle 

 Amos, all the same. Oh ! just wait. Only 

 a few minutes ago Iluber was over here, and 

 had a real tine time being drawn around the 

 counters in the store, in his little wagon. 

 When he can "go see papa," and "ride in 

 waggie," then he is happy. You see, he 



can ride and look at the tinware and all the 

 other things, and have the children chasing 

 all around him besides. Who wouldn't en- 

 joy itV 



THE LITTLE BUSY BEE. 

 Tune—" Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching." 

 Oh, the little busy bee 

 In the garden you may see, 

 Gathering honey thro' the golden summer hours : 

 He is cheerj' and he's gay. 

 And intent he works away, 

 .Storing treasures from the sweetly blooming flowers. 



CHORDS FOR EACH -N-ERSE. 



Working, working in the sunbeams. 

 Gathering honey all the day. 

 Oh, the little busy bee 

 Is the type for you and me. 

 For the winter he provides in sunny May. 



When the lark springs from the corn 

 In the early summer morn. 

 And ascends on wings of gladness to the sky. 

 Oh, the little busy bee, 

 To his labor goeth he; 

 You may hear his meri-y song as he goes by. 

 In the sultry glare of noon. 

 Still he sings his merry tune 

 As he r.anges through the depth of some bright bell ; 

 If you try to shut him in. 

 You will hear a pretty din. 

 And may chance to get an angry blow as well. 

 When the slowly sinking sun 

 Tells that day is nearly done, 

 Tlien the little bee, no more inclined to roam 

 AVith his laden bag and thighs, 

 Like an earnest worker hies 

 To the lowly straw-built cot where is his home. 

 Caro, Mich. -W. E. BrMP. 



THE BEES. 

 The bees, the bees, they work away, 

 I believe they work by night and daj, 

 .A.S tn their hives they flying come, 

 With golden honey on their tongue. 

 The bees are wise, 'tis very true, 

 And even wiser than I or you -, 

 As on the clover they do hum, 

 It seems as if 'twere only fun. 

 They work on clover white and red ; 

 They carry wax upon their leg; 

 And as they fly upon their wing, 

 If you hurt them they will sting. 

 And I h.ave very often thought 

 How God has them so wisely taught 

 To build their combs so very neat, 

 .\nd within the honey is so sweet. 

 Middleton, Pa. Harrisons. Brinsek. 



FROM 7 TO 22, AND COO LBS. OF COMB HONEY. 



My pa had 7 stands of bees in the spring. He now 

 hhs 23, and has taken .500 lbs. of comb honey in one- 

 pound sections. Bessie Moruison. 



Bates, 111., Dec. 1 , IS^;;. 



A SMALL LETTER FROM A SMALL BOY. 



I ani a little boy 8 years old. My pa ha.s 

 six -swarms of bees, three cows, and one 

 calf, and one horse. I -would like Silver 

 Keys. WILLIE PEASE. 



Kingsville, Ohio, Dec, 1883. 



A PRINTED LETTER FROM ONE OF THE C-YEAROLD 

 1!EE-FR1ENI)S. 



Pa said he would help me write a letter, so I could 

 g-et a book. Pa takes Gleanings; he has o.'i swarms, 

 and I have one. I like white clover honey best, as 

 it does not taste as strong as some. Pa has extract- 

 ed once from my swarm. I will now close. From 

 your little friend,— Claudie S.mith, age a. 



South Lyon, Mich. 



