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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



thing of as little value as a broken casting returned 

 to us, or sent us by express; and where the distance 

 is gvccd, the charges are often 50 or 75 cents. Now, 

 of course, we can refuse to take them from the ex- 

 press office; but the express company would then 

 have to lose, unless it could be collected from the 

 shipper. Will it not be better to lay it down as a 

 rule, that it is hardly fair to express any thing to 

 anybodj- without first getting his consent or ap- 

 proval? This, of coui'se, applies to returning goods 

 that may have been sent you by mistake, or that 

 you did not want. By far the kinder and better 

 way will be to notif j- the shipper that said goods are 

 subject to his order. 



CIKCULARS BECEIVED. 



T. CViiiKll, Loiiox, la., sends a 16-pnife tiiciilar, piofiisey 

 I'icrcr, (iaiisevoort, N. Y., sends out. a 4-page circular— 

 r'. (I. Ifussi-ll. Millbrook, Out., Can., sends us a 12-page eircu- 



His 



.M. M..I-M 



sends us a one-page circular. 



Keiiiiiiiv ,V j.i'aliv, 1 i i-uiiisvillo. Mo., send us a 4 page circu 

 lar. Hives ;iiidsf-ti..Hs a specialty. 



E. M. Storer, Red Cloud, Neb., sends us a price list of queens, 

 on a postal card. 



H. B. Harrington, Medina,©., sends out a circular of bees 

 and queens; also farm implements. 



J. H. Woodworth & Co.. West Williamsfleld, O., send a 4-page 

 circular of hives and supplies. 



Marcus Holtz, Tiffin, O., sends out a 4-page circular. His 

 specalty is L. hives, and supplies for same. 



.T. S. Holcombe & Co., Lambertville, N. J., send us a t-page 

 circular on poultry, with queen-bees mentioned on last page. 



N. E. Doane, Pipestone, Mich., sends out a circular of •' Hed- 

 don's new Langstroth hives, and surplus honey -cases;" 2 pages. 



C. P. Bish, Petrolit, Pa., sends out a very pretty 12-page cir- 

 cular, containing a picture of a chatt hive with a Simplicity 

 upper story. 



L. H. B.ashaw & Sons, East Rochester, O., send us a 4-page 

 circular of Iiivfs and implements. They also deal laigely in 

 seeds ,.i ;. :i k I iiiis. 



lor si 



J. W. CI 

 Friend C. 

 these are 

 swarmina:. 



.1. W. K,-l; 



tainiir -M_L. li lis to bee-keepei-s for preparing packages 



iiitiaii. Mo., sends us an 8-page eiucular. 

 iki-s ilulciniers. We do not learn whether 

 • the bees swarm, or to make them stop 

 Ilk VI ry likely they work in somewhere. 

 L-hiiii>nd, Texas, sends us a one-pape circu- 



man siiys, in iiindfrntelv plain ICiisflisii : "Do nut be hum- 

 buggeii witli niuth-proot claptrap |iatent liives. All they are 

 tit for is for hens' nests. The much-dreaded motli-woim has 

 never killed a swarjn of bees yet." 



The National Bee-hive Co., High Point, N. C, send an 8-page 

 circular; but as they seem to have an additional price tacked 

 on to their hives tor an " individual right," it seems to me 

 they are a little behind tlic tiims, it they will excuse the liber- 

 ty 1 take. Their hive iiKi,\ \>f tiptop; but that way of doing 

 business seems to get uiu- into bad i-dnipany. 



Quite a number have sent iis thr circular of the Golden bee- 

 hive. The proprietors ni.iy Iium' a piil.iit on this hive, or 

 some portion of it. 1 nallyilo not think it worth while to 

 make inquiries; but tiio |ikni mi \\ liirh I luv have done busi- 

 ness is such that I would cmi instU a(l\ isi- our rL-aders to have 

 nothing to do with it. Tlie (b>l(bu lire hive has been shown 

 up at different times during the past ten years, and it has 

 be6n used mainly as a base for swindlers, as tar as it has come 

 to my knowledge. There is no sort of necessity for using any 

 thing having a patent on it, to succeed in bee culture. 



DIED. 



In Greenville, Miss., at the residence of her sister, 

 on the 22d inst., Orvile Blanton, wife of Dr. J. S. 

 Wallvcr, and daughter of Dr. O. M. and Mrs. M. R. 

 Ulantdii. ill h(r;.'7th year. 



'I'll is iH it ii'c chronicles the death of one rarely gifted 

 ill lu'tiit, iniiiil, und person. Mrs. Walker's cheerful, 

 liappj- disposition, was illuminated by a brightness 

 of intellect, a quick sympathy, that constituted a 

 household idol. Young and beautiful, loving and 

 loved, 



" Death lies on her like an untimely frost, 

 Upon the sweetest flower of all the field." 



All the mitigation of grief that can flow from the 

 sympathy of friends, is offered to her sorrowing and 

 woestriJkcii husband, orphans, parents, andsisters. 

 There is a truer and securer cdiisdlat ion that will 

 come to them: the iiiemory that her virtues were 

 founded iiixtn Christian faith and resignation. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



The box of goods by mail received this time all 

 right; they all came through in good condition. 

 The dozen lead-pencils I got of you for 10 cts. would 

 cost at the stores .50 cts. I am well pleased with the 

 hack-saw. L. C. Seaton. 



Ellensburgh, Wash. Ter., March 11, 1884. 



GIVING PUICES ON THINGS WE DESCRIBE, ETC. 



In your last issue you say you will risk it being 

 said that jou putt' things you have to sell, in the 

 journal, when you advertise and give prices on the 

 machine for putting in fdn. That is what we take 

 the journal for — to get the latest improvements in 

 implements and tools, as well as to get each other's 

 experiences in handling bees andhonej'. Advertise 

 every thing you can indorse as being convenient 

 and of u.se to us. R. T. Chapman. 



GariettsvilU", ( ihio, May 24. 18?4. 



[■jluiiiks, friend Chapman, lor your kind and en- 

 conrafiiiig words.] 



I rect'ived the goods ordered of you, and found 

 them i)eireeti.\ satisfactory. The Clark smoker goes 

 beyond niy expectations. I have used other kinds, 

 but 1 like this iiuich the best. It lights easily, holds 

 fire pel iect l.\ , and gi\cs immense volumes of smoke. 

 I'm satisfied. Also the Gray foundation-fastener 

 suits me to a T. (io right along; give us cuts of all 

 the good things as tlie>' come before you, and then 

 don't liy any means be backward about telling how 

 much .\'()ii can furnish them for, and you will not 

 displciise the great majority of your subscribers. I 

 don't think any mechanic can be found, "certainly 

 not in this section," who would make the Gi'ay ma- 

 chine so well for any thing near the price you sell 

 them at. Thei), again, you know just what they 

 are to do, and can see that they will do the work be- 

 fore shiiijiing. I have bought several little bills of 

 you, tiiid consider every thing i-eceived eminently 

 worth the money, and they gave perfect satisfac- 

 tion. Thus. H. Walton. 



Doylestown, Pa. 



I received your ABC of Bee Culture this spring, 

 and have fed on its pages ever since. As a guide 

 to bee-kee|)ing, it is far beyond my expectations; in 

 fact, " Hoot " is ;i household word with us, and is es- 

 teemed in the apiary as the Bible is in our daily 

 walks. It is very plain, and, together with its many 

 engravings, it makes it a perfect gem. 



But, I must tell you about my bees. The other 

 day we transferred them from a box to a Lang- 

 stroth hive, and we did it just as " Root " said; and 

 although my first attempt, it was done as easily as 

 if I hiid been a "vet." The colony is one I caught 

 last summer while in the lot at work; and after 1 

 read your ever-valuable book I find your first be- 

 ginning was \vith a -caught swarm, and Mrs. P. 

 laughed, and said, " Do you expect to be a Root in 

 regard to bees?" But I do not, as the section of 

 country is not so good. M. D. Parkhukst. 



Boonville, N. Y., May, 1884. 



The following we find in the Herald, cf Winches- 

 ter, Ind. : 



The " A B C of Bee Culture," by A. I. Root, Me- 

 dina, Ohio, has been received and examined with 

 great interest tiiid i)i()ttt, we being among the num- 

 ber of aniateuis in bee science which are springing 

 up all over the country. The work is a complete 

 digest, as well as an elementary treatise on bee cul- 

 ture, as the title assumed for" it indicates. It is a 

 book of neail.N three hundred pages, fully illus- 

 trated, and beautifully printed and bound, and 

 adapted to the use of a new beginner, with a new 

 edition issued each year, thereby keeping fully 

 abreast with all new discoveries and improvements 

 in this comparati\Hly new and interesting occupa- 

 tion. The iiiithor haslieen engaged in the work for 

 twenty .\-ears, and seems a perfect enthusiast, as 

 well lie 'might behaving commenced on a single 

 "runaway ' swarm about that time, and is now the 

 leading aiiiarist of the country, employing one hun- 

 dred aiKl lift v hands about his bee-farm and various 

 work-shops connected. There is nothing new or 

 novel in bee culture or bee supplies, but is fur- 

 nished or kept by this celebrated establishment, 

 even down to a printing-oflice ! We would commend 

 our bee beginners to send for a catalogue and this 

 book, whether an apiarist, or only students, learn- 

 ing the hab'ts and wonderful "instinct" of these 

 most wonderful " sweet bugs." 



