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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



last year, but I think mustard will do better. Who 

 can tell me when to sow it? How much seed to an 

 acre,— and what yield of lioney to expect, and the 

 quality? S. W. Mohuison. 



Oxford, Pa., July 7, 1884. 



SAMPLES OF THE HONEY -CKOP OF 



18S4, 



SUBMITTED FOR AN OPINION. 



fILL the friends who send samples of 

 honey for my inspection, please pnt 

 tlieir names plainly on tlie package? 

 and if sent by express, send yonr let- 

 ter along with it. This will save 

 some confusion in identifying. Of course, 

 it is always in order to prepay express 

 charges. The little blocks which we have 

 for mailing will answer just as well, for I 

 can pass my opinion on a teaspoonful as well 

 as on a larger quantity. 



HONEY FROM TEXAS, EQUAL TO ANY. 



I mail you this morning- two samples of honey. 

 Pleas9 let me know what you think of them for 

 Texas honey. E. Crudgington. 



Breckenridg-e, Texas, June 25, 1884. 



Friend C, I think the above, in color and 

 flavor, equal to any thing produced in the 

 world. That which you label mesquite is 

 not only beautifully wliite, but has a flavor 

 to ms fully equal to the far-famed mountain 

 sage of California. The other, marked on 

 tlie label "Cat claw,'" although perhaps not 

 quite equal to the mesquite, is the whitest 

 honey it has ever been my privilege to look 

 at. I should say that hoiiey like either of 

 the f^amples would command as high a price 

 as any tiling i)roduced in the line of honey. 

 Now, then, if you will excuse the Yankee 

 liberty I take, how much have you, and what 

 will you take for itV Wouldn't it be funny 

 if Texas rivals the world in quality as well 

 as quantity? 



A SPECIMEN FROM NORTH CAROLINA. 



This day I send you by express a small sample of 

 my honey. I think it very nice. Please let me 

 know what you think of it. I have about 1500 lbs. 

 for sale; have found no market yet. Would like 

 very much to see some white-clover honey. My 

 bees are all blacks, but they work finely. I have 

 taken from one colony that swarmed out this spring, 

 1.59 lbs. honey, with only a small quantity of fdn. I 

 think I shall try an Italian queen next season. 



J. F. Williams. 



Warsaw, Duplin Co., N. C, June 38, 1881. 



And your honey too, friend W., is just 

 beautiful. I can not name the source ; but 

 if it came from California, 1 should say it 

 had the flavor of mountain sage. The color 

 is a little dark ; but in flavorl should pro- 

 nounce it fully equal to any white clover. 

 Can you tell us what the bi'-es gathered it 

 from? If your 1500 lbs. is all like this, there 

 will certainly be no trouble in Ihidiug a mar- 

 ket. Its color would perhaps make it a cent 

 or two less per pound than the Texas honey 

 mentioned above. 



TEXAS again. 

 I send you a bottle of honey, to find out as to its 

 purity. Give it a thorough investigation, and an- 

 swer accordin^'ly. Please tell nje the differeqce, If 



any, in the making of honey about its candying 

 sooner from the spring and fall; in other words 

 give me full information. D. G. Lindsey. 



Brownwood, Texas, June 26, 1884. 



Friend L., I should call the sample pure 

 honey, although I have no means at hand 

 for making a chemical analysis. The color 

 is good ; and tlie flavor, although a little 

 queer, is by no means unpleasant to me. I 

 should think it ought to command a fair 

 price in the market. The candying proper- 

 ty is by no means reliable. While the honey 

 from most sources candies promptly at the 

 approach of cold weather, there are many 

 sources from which bees obtain honey which 

 does not caiidy, or, at least, candies very sel- 

 dom. I do not know whether this is gath- 

 ered in the spring or fall, in this respect. 



BEE-STINGS. 



What to do for When the Symptoms are 

 Dangerous. 



ALSO SOMETHING .\BOUT GETTING BEES OUT OF A 

 ROOM. 



N page .300,of Gleanings, I see that W. W. Ed- 

 wards wishes to know what to do in case of se- 

 vere stings. I will state a little experience we 

 had, and may be it will be of benefit to some 

 one. Summer before last, as my father was 

 coming from work he came through the apiars^ and 

 was stung on the arm ; he went to work after dinner 

 as usual; but in the course of an hour he began to 

 break out all over in small hard white spots, look- 

 ing somewhat like " hives," accompanied by much 

 itching. Coming home he took a very hot bath in 

 which was put about a pint of salt, which gave him 

 much i-elief, and in a day or two he was all right. 

 AVe did not at the time think that the above symp- 

 toms came from a sting. About a week after, he 

 was stung on the face, when immediately it pro- 

 duced the same eftect as stated above; the same 

 remedy was applied, which at once gave relief, al- 

 though the face was swollen for a couple of days. 

 Five years ago, when I began bee-keeping, a sting 

 produced much swelling; but now hardly any, gen- 

 erally none; but if I am stung on the right hand 

 two or three times, and often if only once, an in- 

 tense burning sensation passes quickly up the arm, 

 and distributes itself, as it were, through the right 

 side of my chest, lasting from two to five minutes; 

 if on the left hand or arm, the effect is the same, ex- 

 cept that the burning is in the region of the heart, 

 sometimes almost producing faintness. Has any 

 one a like experience, and will some one well versed 

 in medicine tell us what to do to counteract this ef- 

 fect? Although off the above subject, I want to say 

 that one of our neighbors says, that when she is 

 much bothered by the bees in the kitchen, she drives 

 every one out by burning sealing-wax on a shovel 

 of hot coals. Geo. F. Williams, 



New Philadelphia, O., May 5, 1884. 

 Friend W., wouldn't a cold-w\ater bath 

 without any salt do just as Avell V As salt 

 water is a better conductor of heat, perhaps 

 it might allay the fever caused by the sting 

 a little (luicker. I think cold water w ould 

 drive away faintness in the case you men- 

 tion. If not convenient to apply the water, 

 ]{e down in guch a Avav a§ to haye the head 



