1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE- 



609 



to the plant as to injure the roots. After having 

 loosened and broken the g:round in this way clear 

 down to the sub-soil, remove the surface dirt until 

 you come pretty near to the roots. Fill the cavity 

 thus formed with old well-decomposed stable ma- 

 nure, and bank it up a little so as to make a nnilch. 

 When a rain comes, the water passing' through this 

 old manure will wash the soluble parts down into 

 the cracks made when you loosened the ground. If 

 it should be a dry time, and does not rain, give the 

 manure mulch a good soaking about once a week, 

 just at night. In this way you can make honey- 

 plants, strawberries, raspberries, fruit-trees, or any 

 thing else, boom to your satisfaction. Bone dust and 

 guano will answer the same purpose; but with 

 guano you must be very careful, or you will kill 

 your plants. A very small quantity of fertilizing 

 material dissolved in a large quantity of water pro- 

 duces wonderful results on the roots of plants. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received those goods; the starter machine is 

 "just splendid;" the other goods were satisfactory. 

 Thanks for promptness. B. F. P.\sley'. 



Zearing, Iowa, Aug. 18, 18?4. 



The two " iudiiferent imported" queens are O. K. 

 in colonies. They ai-e far from indifferent in lay- 

 ing, and please us well. A. W. Bryan.. 



San Marcos, Tex., July 30, 1884. 



The "New Edition ABC" ordered of you is re- 

 ceived. I have carcfulli) examined it, and am very 

 much i)lcased with the improvement nuide. It, both 

 in matter and mechanical execution, is a work of 

 which you iiuiy well be proud. lean ()nl.\- tliinkof 

 one wiiy in wli'icli to improve it; that is, to have a 

 lull-page likeness of one A. I. Root as a frontis- 

 piece. It would then be what the girls call "just 

 splendid." C. J. F. Howes. 



Adrian, Mich., Aug. 15, 1884. 



I was much surprised to see so many bees with 

 the queen. 1 think it will help to make her content- 

 ed. I tell my grandchildren they are the queen's 

 "maids of honor." I believe I get the most infor- 

 mation from reading letters from the little ones. I 

 think you must have great patience to make out 

 their letters. My grandchildren are quite interest- 

 ed with me and my bees, and read Gleanings. 



Mrs. C. Stevens. 



Monmouth, 111., Aug. 4, 1884. 



We received the goods last evening in first-class 

 order. Receive thanks for sending them so prompt- 

 ly. We had a rousing big swarm come out last Fri- 

 day afternoon. We were almost in despair; got an 

 old box. put two brood-frames and the two frames 

 of section boxes in; we managdl to keep them to- 

 gether; transferred them this morning on the same 

 stand; have a young queen. Her brood is coming 

 out already— all pure. She is yellower than her 

 mother. The swarm must have abo\ii ."> or c. lbs. ot 



bees. W.M. LORRIMAN. 



Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 12, 1884. 



SHIPPING BEES TO M.\NITOBA. 



I have this morning received the i)ound of bees 

 sliiiii)ed by you on the 4th inst. I am dcliglited to 

 say, they arrived in splendid condition, there bi'ing 

 not more than a couple of score dead. Notwith- 

 standing the large amount of candy you must have 

 })ut in with them, I notice the boxes are all empty; 

 conseq\i('ntly, had I not received them until Mon- 

 day (as with' the last), probably these would have 

 met the same fate. I lune siu'cecdcil in amalgam- 

 ating them with a weak hive all right, 1).\- the use of 

 the smoker, and burning some dried wild mint with 

 the wood, and they now api)ear as hapiiy as possi- 

 ble. I must accord you my sincere thanks for your 

 generosity in sending me these bees; for I had 

 peither claim nor idea that you would do so. 



Tfioa. OoLLiPfs. 



Portage la Prairie, Man,, Aug, 9, 1884, 



FOR SALE. 



160 acres, ~ running spiings, sun bearing grape- 

 vines of 7 varieties, and aiirieots, nectarines, 

 peaches, figs, etc. House and imiilcments, shop and 

 tools, statile, horse, harness, and spring-wagon, ll.j 

 colonies Italian and hyhrid bees, and fixtures, in 

 double-stor.\- r.angstrotli lii\'es. in e.xtra condition. 

 straight eoi'nb foundation, combs I and 2 years old, 

 from which 1 extracted ;.'(i, :>.').") lbs. of honey this 

 year. This is a ver.\- liealth\- localit,\', and the amount 

 of honey talks as to tlie condition of bees and jilace 

 for bees. All this I will inir in at #b")Oil, to strike 

 quick sale, on account of Eastern business. 



CII.VKL.^»« 1<. IK.IKTH, 

 nd IVordlioir, Ventura C;o.,Cal. 



TESTED AND UNTP^STFD ITALIAN QUEENS 



Hy return mail. Send postal for circular. 

 G. H. KNICKKRBOCKFAt, PINE PLAINS, N. Y. 



I HAVE a lot of tested black queens, which I 

 would sell at a very low price in exchange for 

 Italian queens. Address 

 ITd W. p. D.wis, Goodman, Anson Co., N. C. 



DO YOO WANT TO BUY BEES? 



I will sell to any person wishing to buy bees, from 

 one to (50 colonies of black, hybrid, and Italian Bees. 

 Twill not be undersold. Test my prices; blacks: 

 One Langstroth hive, «4; two, $7; three, *9; five, 

 $11; or ten, $30. 



Hybrids: One Langstroth hive, S5; two, $9; three, 

 $10; five, $12; or ten, $22. 



Italians: One Langstrothhive, $6; two, $11; three, 

 $12; five, $15; or ten, .^25. Queens are all good. 

 These prices run only for September and October. 



G. W. ALBRECHT, 

 17 Dnndas, Calumet Co., "Wis. 



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 Every bee-keeper wants a glass-cutter, as a mat- 

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