1884 



GliEANtKGS IN BElJ CULTURE. 



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and dogs that T liave talked to you aliout on 

 another page. 



KROM 3 TO IT. 



My pa has 17 swarms of lioeS; last spring' he start- 

 ed with 3. Paffrow Mohes. 

 Dupont, Hennepin Co., Minn., April 7, 1884. 



MINNIE'S REPORT. 



My papa had 19 swarms hi^t fall; he has only 16 

 now. He lost three. His lightest swarm is all right 

 yet. It was very light, so he plugged up the entrance 

 so only one be^e could get out at a time, and now it 

 is quite strong. I am going to take care of the bees 

 next sumni6r. Mintstik Burk, age U. 



Crystal, Mich., March 12, 1884. 



ETTIE'S REPORT. 



Father has one swarm of bees, and my brother-in- 

 law has 25, and he packs them on the ground with 

 Sawdust, malting a nice dry shed over them. He 

 sold about $100 worth of bees last fall, and about 

 .'iOO pounds of section comb honey at 2'> cts. pei- 

 pound. Ettik Latham, age \:i. 



Hilliard. ().. March 10, 1SS4. 



El.l.AS LETTER ,11'ST AS SHE WROTE IT. 



WElI ME Root i Saw the othej- littl giRlQ 

 Was Eiting to yoU «nd i right to you to. i like 

 to help Pa extract honEy. i WoUID Like to 

 help Pa With the Bees. But When they sting 

 Me "n the face it sWell my eyes ghrt. Well 

 MR Rt)ot if thisitwoRth a letter Pleas senD 

 me the silver key. Ella KiRk, age 6. 



Golrmbrs, CheRokee Gounty, Kans. 



Well, Mr. Root, pa had 27 stands of bees, and sold 

 one. We got 1200 lbs. of honey last year. 1 like to 

 help pa with his bees. When they sting me it does 

 not swell. Pa is not going to increase in number, 

 but he is going to build them up strong. He thinks 

 that is the best way. Our bees are all alive so far. 

 I saw that one little girl said she had the best pa in 

 the world because he did not drink nor smoke nor 

 play cards. My pa is still better than that. He 

 does not do anj' of them, nor chew tobacco, nor 

 swear, and I think he is the the best pa in the world. 



Columbus, Kan. Hattie Kirk, age 11. 



HOW PARTHINA'S FATHER TAKES DOWN SWAKMS. 



My father had 3.5 stands of bees the first of May. 

 and has now increased to 40. He did not have box- 

 es enough. Most of the time he put two swarms 

 into one box, and thej- did well. Pa got the bees in 

 the orchard. I watched them in swarming-time. 

 If they settle down on a low limb, pa puts a box un- 

 der the tree, and shakes them down in front of 

 the box; and if they are too high up, he sets a lad- 

 der up against the tree, and cuts the limb off, and 

 carries it down. Sometimes he takes a pole and 

 puts a bucket on it, and holds it under the swarm, 

 and gives the bucket a shove against the limb, and 

 they all fall in, and then pa takes the bucket down 

 and empties it in front of the box. 



Parthina Reich, age 12. 



Coopcrstown, 111., March 6, 1884. 



the logs to the mill and got them sawed into boards 

 's thick, and then we took our thrashing-engine and 

 sawed the lumber 3 feet long ou our wood-saw, and 

 then we took the rip-saw and ripped them up 2 inch- 

 es wide, and I ran the engine. Don't you think I 

 did pretty well for a boy 11 years old? 



My uncle John keeps bees, and he told me that by 

 writing a letter to you you would send me a book. 

 Willie E. Grate, age 11. 



Vale, Portage Co., Ohio, May 1, 1884. 



a solution of the PROBLEJr ABOITT THE HONEY- 

 C.A.NS. 



The solution of the problem by Harry Labarge, in 

 Juvenile G-LE.\NiNGS of February l.Mh last, I find 

 to be as follows: Pour the 3-gallon jar full, then 

 empty the same into the .^-gallon jar; till the 3-gallon 

 jar again out of the 8-gallon jar; then till the .5-gal- 

 lon jar out of the It-gallon jar; pour the r>-gallon 

 jar into the 8-gallon; empty the 1 gallon left inthe:i- 

 gallon jar into the .Vgallon jar, then till theo-gallon 

 jar again out of the 8-gallon jai-, and empty the3 gal- 

 lons again intothe.^-gallon jar, which will leave 4 gal- 

 lons in each of the .5 and 8 gallon jars. We have very 

 cold weather here, and also good sleighing. Oui- 

 bees are in the cellar, and are in a good condition. 

 Theodore t!. Kvber. 



(ireen Hay, Hiown Co., Wis., March 10, 1884. 



Quite a nuinl)er()f answers have come in 

 sohition to tlieaitove iirol)lenr. lnit the above 

 answer will suthce. I think. 



HOW WILLIE AND HIS FATHER MADE THE PICKET 

 FENCE. 



I weigh 11.5 lbs. Who can beat that? This is a nice 

 day, and we are making garden. Pa and myself 

 have been making pickets this spring. We hauled 



LETTER FROM A LITTLE CANADIAN CIRL. 



My brother-has 8.5 colonies of bees. Part of them 

 are Italians, and part are blacks. They gathered 

 lots of honey last year. He sent some of it to Mon- 

 treal, and sold some at home. I like to watch the 

 bees in the summer; and when they swarm, 1 run 

 and tell papa or brother Frank. I should like to 

 call you Uncle Amos as some of the boys and girls 

 do; may I'j' I wish I could see little baby Huber. 

 Are his eyes blue or black? My eyes are black, but 

 I have a little brother 4 years old who has blue eyes. 

 Does little Huber walk yet? I should like to give 

 him a good kiss. Mamma told me about where your 

 girl cut paper dollies. Tell her I should like to be 

 there and help her. I go to school every day. I 

 hope this letter is not too long. My sister Alice 

 helped me spell some of the big words. Do you like 

 to have so many little boys and girls write to you? 

 Bertha J. Jones. 



Bedford, Quebec, Canada, March 8, 1884. 



By all means, call me "Uncle Amos." 

 Bertha. I should like to have all the little 

 boys and girls in the world feel as well ac- 

 qmiinted with me as if I were their uncle in 

 very truth. You will find a lot al)()ut Ilulier 

 on another page. 



.m.4.tte's storv and its moral. 



My pa keeps bees. He has 15 colonies. Two 

 years ago he had only one, which he purchased for 

 $3.00. They swarmed 5 times the first summer. We 

 put them in the cellar; but when we took them 

 out in the spring there was one weak swarm, and 

 the rest pitched into them and robbed them of about 

 25 lbs. of honey. Matte W. Mosher. 



Delavan, Wis., April 7, 1884. 



Do you want to know what the moral is. 

 Matte y It is this: Be careful about leav- 

 ing a weak force of bees to stand guard over 

 a liive full of honey. A great many big 



