1884 



GLEANiXGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Contents of this Number. 



Aphides 626 



Barley ..625 



Bees, Cross when Fed 638 



Bees, New Trouble 643 



Blanton's Neighborhood... .632 



Canary, One-Eyed 636 



Cisterns 621 



Conventions 645 



D. A. Jones 620 



Doolittle 6 3 1 



Urone-Trap 633 



Editorials 645 



Eggs on Rollers 634 



Es-ay on Honey 622 



Exudation 625 



Florida 633 



Hiving a Swarm 634 



Honey Beer 638 



Honey Cake 638 



Honey Column 616 



Juvenile Letters 636 



Kind Words 615 



L. L. Langstroth 617 



Live-Oak 626 | 



Locust-Trees 



Mrs. Harrison's Loss., 

 My Ni'iprhbors 



J'nrin 632 



Pciiul-slii'ii.iit 625 



Pyrethruni 624 



Queens, Disabled 622 



Recent Developments 643 



Reports Discouraging 643 



Reports Kncouratrine- 642 



The five 245 scales have arrived at last, all right. 

 They are a splendid article, worth double the money 

 thev cost, to any one who needs a scale. 1 have 

 them all sold. Kobeht Tonekt. 



Atwood, Ont., Can., Aug. 28, 1884. 



The goods ordei-ed of you came through all right, 

 and I think every thing is cheaperthan I expected. 

 The smoker is worth nearly its cost every time I 

 use it. A. C. O. LOMEN. 



Decorah, Iowa, Aug. 25, 1884. 



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ming, To Stop. 



Toads tiat) 



Tobacco Column 641 



Trouble In Introducing 624 



Videt'sHive 635 



Walnut 626 



White Clover 636 



j STARTING ON A SOLID BASIS. 



I am one of your ABC class, and so have follow- 

 ed your instructions, both in managing bees and 

 making- hives, even to not getting into debt for bees, 

 though 1 often felt like disobeying, as I was too 

 poor to send for even a quarters \\ orth of Glean- 

 ings; however, as I have now a chance to do so, I 

 make haste to embrace it. John Lillie. 



Mt. Carmel, Ills., Aug. 28, 1884. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES. 



I would not take SIO.OO apiece for my Simplicity 

 hives, and do without them, the.v are so handy for 

 almost every thing. Clarence Hopkins. 



Port Gibson, Miss., July 24, 1884. 



OUR FOUNDATION-MACHINES. 



The comb-machine and other goods sent me some 

 time ago are more than satisfactory — all of them. 

 Thanks for exact dealing. W. W. Loveland. 



Lawrence, Mich. 



That fdn. machine works splendid; the bees ac- 

 cept the fdn. as readily, I believe, as they would 

 their comb. It is surprising how they go for it. I 

 would not believe they would accept it so readily; it 

 is certainly a grand success. Wm. Ki.mble. 



Dewitt, Clinton Co., Iowa, June 2.3, 1884. 



THE cold-blast SMOKER FOR ROBBING BEE-CAVES. 



I find them a great help in robbing caves, being 

 able to force them to the back end of tlie cave, and 

 out of the way. K. J. Carson. 



Junction City, Texas, Aug. 39, 18S4. 



Received goods the 10th. Every thing came 

 through safely — nothing missing. Many thanks to 

 yourself, and every one who had a hand in filling 

 the order; to say I am satisfied, as far as I know, is 

 .stating it short of the reality. I will report again. 



Foxboro, Mass. Abbie C. Holden. 



gleanings as an advertising medium. 



I am exceedingly grateful to you. I have had 



quite a number of applicants to my offer, showing 



tiie large circulation of your book, and also the 



great interest taken in bee culture. 



F. P. Ferret. 

 Franklin, La., Sept. 1, 1884. 



CHAFF HIVES AND THE ABC BOOK. 



T have 9 swarms at present; wintered three 

 swarms, all I had last summer; used chaff hives; 

 would not take *.5.0() for the A IJ C, if I could not 

 get another. H. C. Fuller. 



Millington, Tuscola Co., Mich., July 31, 1884. 



At last the hives and extractor came, just one 

 month on the way; received them JuneJlO, and cost 

 in freight, !i;:i.8,). That is cheap enough, and I am 

 well pleased and satistied. 1 traiislcrrcd a swarm 

 July 1. It took nic a gocid wliili', but they arc doing 

 finely to-da>-. 1 put in three trames, some biood 

 cut out of the old hive; put these bet ween tlie oth- 

 ers, so to-day they have started straigiit combs in 

 the other frames also. They work also in the sec- 

 tions on fdn. On the whole, it was more successful 

 than I anticipated. But, dear me! there must be a 

 bushel of bees in the hive, as, in transferring, all 

 was bees. I got about 3 gallons of honey out of 

 the old hive. Charles Gutekunst. 



Bayou Chcne, La., July 4, 1884. 



THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TAKES TO CHANGE A 

 COLONY OK BLA( KS TO ITALIANS. 



The queen I got ol you the 25th of July is all right. 

 There is no blacks left in the colony. The colony is 

 all full Italian, I think but I never have seem any 

 before. They are a bright yellow. On the 25th of 

 August just one month from the day introduced, I 

 saw the first colored bee. L. M. Long. 



Edina, Mo., Sept. 10, 1884. 



THE STORY OF THE BIBLE, ETC. 



The queen is received all right, introduced and 

 laying. What a wonderfully convenient and ingen- 

 ious way you have for sending and introducing! 

 You seem to be prrfrctiny bee culture. 



Our children ai-e enjoying ever so much those 

 stories from the book >()u gave them (in the story 

 of the Bible). When we are reading it to them they 

 beg us to " go on." A. T. Keed. 



Chardon, O., Aug. 20, 1884. 



OUR HACK SAW FOR CUTTING IRON. 



The hack saw worked like a charm. Our black- 

 smith says he could not keep shop without one. 

 They are just the thing to cut off holts, and any 

 thing else with. Last week, while making some re- 

 pairs at the limekiln he cut off' a T rail with one 

 blade, and the saw was not used up either. 



Geo. H. McGee. 



Point Marblehead, Ohio, Sept. 8, 18S4. 



OUR NEW HONEY-PAILS. 



Honey-pails came promptly to hand, all bright and 

 shining— a happy contrast to those received from 

 other dealers. Charges *3.30, making cost a little 

 high; arrival by freight would have been uncertain. 

 Monev will not always buy a certainty, and peace 

 of mind. T onlv regret that I did not send a larger 

 bill. Honev is al>out halt a ero].. \\\\\Xv cloverwas 

 unusually good; liasswood almost a total failure, 

 on account of blight. I shall get some fall honey. 



Lucas, Wis., Sept. 6, 1884. Z. Bliss. 



KIND WORDS FROM THE MAN WHO M.iKES THE 

 DAVIS BRUSHES. 



I will tell you what my neighbors said when I 

 commenced to make the brushes. Some said, " You 

 are fooling away your time: 'others would say, 

 "You must be going er:i/.y ;" but when you ordered 

 a gross they thought that was n(its<iliad: then the 

 next gross you ordered they said, " He nuist do a 

 big business;" then you ordered 2 gross; then they 

 said, "4. 1. Uoot must be crazy." Then came the 

 order for ten gross, before I had commenced the 

 last two you hail ordered. That capped the climax. 

 Then oiu- P. M. wiuited me to write to the P. M. at 

 .Medina, and find out about your responsibility. 1 

 told him I was jierl'eetlv satisfied about that; so 

 when a dnilt eame for every shiiimeut, the folks 

 opened their eyes bigger than ever; and what "got 

 them" the woi'st was, I made all of the bi-ushes 

 while it was so rainy that 1 eould not ha\(' worked 

 out of doors at all. "So that was almost elear gain. 

 Well, friend Root, we have not had any rain since 

 the third of July; every thing is ])arelied, so you 

 can inutgine how my bees are doing. It has been a 

 poor year for honev in this neighborbhood. 1 have 

 not taken all ot my honey off yet, but I think I shall 

 get 100 lbs. i)er colony. J. S. C. Davis. 



' Ballstown, Uipley Co., Ind., Sept. 8, 1884. 



