GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



have ever seen a pa?-4 of a field produce red clover 

 in just this way. 



For the first time in the life of Gleanings we 

 have got up to 7000 and a little o\er, for we are now 

 just 7131. 



CORRECTION. 



In the advertisement of friend J. H. Reed, Or- 

 leans, Ind., which appears on the cover, please read 

 " Ten per cent discount on^i'cor more," instead of 



fifty- 



DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF SECTIONS. 



Until further notice we will fill orders for sec- 

 tions as well as for fdn. at a discount of 10 per cent 

 from list prices, and we can give you nice goods, 

 almost by first train. Lots of the boys and giiis are 

 wanting work just now, you see. Will it not be a 

 good idea to have your odd sizes made up now, so as 

 to be sure to be ready when next season comes? 



HORSEMINT HONEY NOT BAD, AFTER ALL. 



Mrs. Maggie Goodrich, Massie, Hill Co., Texas, 

 sends us a sample of horsemint honey, of a beauti- 

 ful bright amber color, and of a flavor so fine that 

 all the family, even down to baby Huber, smacked 

 their lips over it and wanted more. If our friends 

 have much more of it like the above, we might al- 

 most give three cheers for the quality as well as 

 quantity of the horsemint honey of Texas. 



raised-cover honey-pails. 

 Aside from the low rates given on 1-quart pails, 

 we can now furnish pint pails, put up in boxes of 

 100 each, for an even *4.00; 3-quart pails for $6.50; 

 3-quart pails, $10.00, and 4-Quart pails for $12.50. As 

 these are new prices, and a good deal lower than 

 any thing we have ever advertised, please refer to 

 this editorial when you make an order. 3t present 

 we can not give the above rates unless a whole 

 hundred is ordered. They are made by a new pro- 

 cess, and almost entirely by machinery. If any of 

 these new pails leak, I have never yet seen or heard 

 of one; and, in fact, the plan on which they are 

 made makes it next to impossible. It is the same 

 pail we have been selling so largely in nests at 40 

 cts. per nest of five different sizes; namely li, 1, 3, 

 3, and 4 quarts. Wo will try to give you an en- 

 graving in our next issue. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next regular convention of the Hamilton 

 and Tipton Co. Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Ekin, Tipton Co., Ind., on Thursday, Aug. 7, 

 1884. John Fritz. 



The Southern Illinois Bee-Keeiicrs' Association 

 will meet at DuQuoin, 111., in the Opcrii House, at 

 1 p. M., August 14, 1884. AU \ivv-\n'v]wrs are cor- 

 dially invited. Meuwin Stone, Sec. 



The Tri-State Fair of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, 

 will be held at Toledo, Sept. 8 to 13 inclusive. Among 

 the premiums we note the following: Best display 

 of comb honey in marketable shape, $25.00; best of 

 extracted, crop of 1884, $25.00 ; best display of comb 

 honey by a lady, $10.00; best colony of bees, $5.00. 

 Equally liberal premiums are offered on all the im- 

 plements usually used in bee culture. The man- 

 agers of the Fair seem to be fully awake to the al- 

 ready important position that apiculture now holds 

 in our country, and seem to be doing all they can 

 to promote its still further growth. Special low 

 rates of fare are offered by the countless lines of 

 j-ailroad centering- in that city, 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleanings is the best advertising medium I know 

 of. Have had more orders than I could fill. 

 Wentworth, N. H., July 18, 1884. S. F. Reed. 



I got the foundation machine all right, and it 

 works like a charm. I can beat any sample of fdn. 

 you ever sent me. H. F. Bargar. 



Border Plains, la., July, 1884. 



Every thing was perfectly satisfactorv. We en- 

 joyed the maple sugar very much, and the baby 

 thought the little pail so cute. Katie Hilton. " 



Los Alamos, Cal., July, 1884. 



The balloon came and went up all right and de- 

 lighted all of us. Please accept mj' thanks for your 

 kindness in sending it. Gracie Aspinwall. 



Harrison, Minn., July 23, 1884. 



THE WATEUBURY WATCHES. 



Inclosed find $10.09. Please send me three Water- 

 bury watches; they are praised by everybody who 

 has seen mine. Chas. Gutekunst. 



Bayou Chene, La., June 30, 1884. 



AVell, let mo say to you, friend Root, that it is a 

 pleasure to deal with such a man as you are. Ev- 

 ery thing 1 (■^■t■r sent to you for came up all right, 

 and you have my l)est wishes and respects in ail of 

 your undertakings. E. Crudginton. 



Breckeni-idge, Texas, July 34, 1884. 



A pound of bees in may. 



The pound of bees I had of you the last of May 

 are now a prosperous colony, and are storing in the 

 boxes. In point of numbers they are fully double 

 what a colony of blacks is which I bought in Feb. 

 for $10.00. I am very much pleased with them. 



My bees are gathering honey faster now than at 

 any other time this year, and I can not find out 

 where they are gcttiiiM it. The white and red clo- 

 vers are iTi bloom, but not a bee is to be seen on 

 them, although they worked almost exclusively on 

 white clover 10 days ago. C. W. Costellow. 



Watcrborough, Maine, July 8, 1884. 



HOW TO MAKE SLAP-.fACKS COME OUT EVEN. 



The queen I got from you is a fine one, and she is 

 laying. I have taken brood from her, and placed in 

 a queenless colony to get queen-cells. She came to 

 me a laying c|uoen. What will the queens be that I 

 get ironi those cells— Italiansor hybrids? Last year 

 was my first cxpericmc in lice culture, and I am 

 just beginning to find out how green lam; but 

 Gleanings and the ABC help me in every thing 

 but one. They don't tell a fellow how to make nice 

 comb honey (which 1 have) and slap jacks come out 

 even at breakfast. 



I have 10 stocks, and I have had but little increase 

 this season. Now is it too late for me to build up 

 stocks with the queens 1 rear this late? 



A German friend of mine wants a bee-book, but 

 can't read English. Is the ABC published in Ger- 

 man? D. F. Lewis. 



DeForest, Ind., July 24, 1884. 



[Come to think of it, friend L., I do not think that 

 I know of any way.— In regard to the German bee- 

 book, we are talking about having it translated into 

 German ; but as it is being constantly printed and al- 

 most constantly revised, we should have to go to the 

 expense of German type and another printing-press, 

 for what I see. Will it not be best for our German 

 brother to learn to read English yet awhile?] 



The goods ordered of you came safely to hand, 

 and, after unpacking and admiring the taste and 

 neatness with which they were put up, my husband 

 turned to me and said, '• Now, I want you to write 

 Mr. Root a letter of thanks, for it is such a satis- 

 faction to deal with such a man." And I want to 

 say right hor(\ friends, you who have had dealings 

 with Mr. Hoot, that have not been entirely satisfac- 

 tory to .\(>urs('hcs, that have caused you to write 

 hasty, unkind things to him, just think if, perhaps, 

 the fault, after all, hasn't been with yourselves-^ 



