GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUHE. 



Oct. 



ous labor of cleaning up the weeds, and is 

 taking a refreshing rest in the 7o-cent ham- 

 mock. His brother, with hoe in hand, looks 

 as though he had almost got ready for some 

 rest and recreation too. The chap a little 

 further down, having supplied his mamma 

 Avith a nice lot of fresh grapes, with the dew 

 and the bloom still on them, which he has 

 placed so temptingly on that unique fruit- 

 stand, is perhaps now making an estimate of 

 the probable quantity nearly or about ready 

 for market. Papa has evidently decided 



brought it out for her. See how thoughtful 

 they liave been in putting a bit of board un- 

 der each end, that the legs may not sink in 

 the sandy soil. It is a sandy soil, is it not, 

 friend L.V Well, we are very thankful to 

 you all for this view ; and if you are not a 

 liappy family, you certainly ought to be. " If 

 I ever get so far south as Florida, I shall 

 certainly anticipate great pleasure in giving 

 you a call. Before closing our remarks we 

 will here give you a brief letter from the 

 master of llie pretty ranch : 



that that Simplicity hive just before him 

 needs an upper story. He does not seem to 

 have any smoker near, but very likely the 

 bees are getting so much honey that none 

 will be needed. The little chap who has 

 slid so far Ijackward on the big chair he oc- 

 cupies that he looks almost ready to go to 

 sleep, has already probably refreshed him- 

 self with grapes, and is taking it cool in the 

 shade. Mamma, who of course prefers to be 

 outdoors among the rest, has taken along her 

 sewing-machine, or, rather, the boys have 



1 inclose a photograph of part of my apiary. I 

 like to follow your advice — utile dtdci, grapes and 

 bees. I think I have solved the problem for shade 

 in the South, and paying shade at that. The grapes 

 are Scupernong-s,* red and; white; the vines are 

 planted to every second post, 20 feet apart, and 

 spread 25 feet each way/, or, rather, will in a year or 

 two. The first vine, planted six years ago, mea- 

 sures now six feet high, 13 inches around, and cov- 

 ers a space 40 feet long and 50 wide, and bore last 

 year about 10 bushels of grapes. 



Francis, Fla., Sept. 5, 1884. Aug. Letvu az. 



