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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



techrs v fonograf v tl u tht bref Ing-hiirl z nt, whn 

 aplid 3 e ritng maelien, swft oiiuf i rportii^!-, r f tha \ 

 tl u tht e Miehela ii ' 

 rfut thm by e Anier 

 e Michi'Ia hs airily d . 

 larmit \- courts, r liy }'. Den 

 r Prot liarlhDloiii.'W, I!cl 

 i.) yrs V lailr hv provd : 

 a stnogratic allabt, u.sls '^ an.\ .\ept thos who mak 

 thr us a profshn, & gy t al thr tim, & 3 a fu othrs 

 who hv unusulv gd mnirys & who hv e almost abslut 

 entrol v e pn ncsry 3 rit t wth enuf Ijibility 3 b abl 3 i 

 red t wthout losii^-- nior tim thn ws svd n ritng t. E 

 fonogratie ulfabt / sdut-tiv, bt look farthr \- u 1 fnd 

 e alfabt xtndil .V <• sain caractr mad a litl litr, a litl 

 hvyr, a litl liij'-r, \- a litl shrtr usd 4 mny difrnt Itrs. 

 Epnmn hs no k>-wa\- \- c slitst dyiashn flashs wh 

 othr Itrs. T z pri)()strus l' elm fono.sz-raly etlir Ijibl r 

 es.y V aquirmt. T z nt ncsry 2 nijiloy a sjislil tcehr n 

 a scool r colj 3 tech Inef Ing-hnd, z any v v tchrs en 

 soon Irn it. 



E SKMN ON E MOUNT. 



& seing- e multituds he wnt up into a hi mountn; 

 & whn he ws st, lis dcijils earn unto liin; \- he opnd 

 his mouth \- taut tliiii. Saint;-, Hlsd r c jioor n spirit ; i 

 thrs z e kiiKdni v livii. I'.lsd r tha tht mourn: 4 tha 

 shal bemnfrtd. Blsd r c inck; 4 tlia shal inhrit e 

 erth; Blsd r tha wh do hung-r \- thrst attr riteoiisns; 

 4 tha shalbflld; blsd r e mercill: 4 tha shal obtain 

 mrcy. Blsd r e pur in hart; 4 tha shal sc Cod. Blsd 

 re pecmakers; 4 tha shal b cald e chldrnvGod. 

 Blsd r tha wh r prscutd 4 riteousns sak; 4 thrs z e 

 kngdm v hvn ; Blsd r ye whn mn shal rvil u & prscut 

 u & sa al manr v evl ag-nst u falsly, 4 my sak. 



To usns V HiTiNCi MACUKNS: F r gyng ur crs- 

 pondnts Itrs n jjliiiii i>nit, wh tha en red n'je tim v 

 ordnry serpt. Mny y thm gy ii rr/yi/ srntirls. Hv u 

 nt a rit 3 ley out suprllus ItrsV U ed eyn us e rport- 

 ng styl V to & gv ur crspondnts mor Ijibl shets thn 

 tha gv u. Cn e ran who thmslys virtully lev out 

 mny Itrs (ritng haf.awrdAnimw eist into a tail) 

 dmur atur abreviashns? Tha omit impm-tnt Itrs & 

 without any rul 4 traeng thm. U only omit wsls Itrs. 

 E majority v profshni mn alrdy abi-eviat xtnsivly. 

 Po merly asks thm 3 a/i/rniof by ml. 



Fo z nt orijnlwth me. Som v e abreviasens, z e 

 4 the, hv bn n us t'rm tim imemoi-ial. E most im- 

 portnt orijnl fechr n t z rul 1. T alon cuts down e 

 lugua .5 times z mch z e 3000 abreviashns n us, & levs 

 cvry wrd redabl.— Pro/. Gamble, of Philadelphia. 



One of the clerks in our office has been us- 

 ing it for several months, for the purpose of 

 preserving a copy of any thing she wishes to 

 take down Inu-riedly, and it seems to answer 

 every purpose ; in fact, I am so much pleased 

 with it tliat I have decided to give the arti- 

 cle entire, and suggest to our readers that 

 they are at liberty to use it if they please, 

 in writing to us, except for matter for pub- 

 lication. The saving of time, and the wea- 

 risome labor of writing, is enormous ; and 

 yet it can be read even faster than ordinary 

 writing, with a little practice. 



A great argument against such sliort-hand 

 is, that it would spiiil the spelling of the one 

 who uses it. I do not think tlie aljove way 

 of writing will have that effect. In fact, the 

 clerk whom I have mentioned spells just as 

 well as she ever did. As she writes all the 

 letters to you written with the type-writer, 

 you may notice that her spelling is correct. 



kinds of bees. One can walk out and find several 

 swarms of a morning. They swarm in our houses 

 and in trees, and under rocks. The swarms are 

 small, as a rule; the largest swarm of the Indian 

 bee, which resembles the domestic bee of Europe or 

 America, will nofcontain'over a few quarts — say 3 

 or 3 quarts of bees. The larger kind, however, as 

 the Apis dorsata, are found in monster swarms. I 

 have been experimenting a little as I can get time 

 from my many duties, and find that the Apis Indica 

 is very gentle. I can handle them easily. The dif- 

 ficultieslin keeping them are well set forth in this 

 book. I have a large Karen population to look 

 after. The Karens are very poor; and if I can in- 

 troduce a new industry among them, I shall indeed 

 render them a great help, so I am tempted to ex- 

 periment further, as I am able. May God still bless 



you. A. BUNKEK. 



Toungoo, Burmah, July 30, 1884. 



Thanks, friend ',B. ' i We are very glad in- 

 deed to know tliat Ajjis Indica is being do- 

 mesticated like other bees. Thanks, also, 

 for the book, which we mentioned in our last 

 issue editorially. If you could only get hold 

 of some of the Ajjis dorsata, and experiment 

 a little with it, you would confer a lasting 

 favor; and by way of assistance, we will 

 forward the means to do so if you think the 

 matter at all practicable. There has been an 

 intimation that they will network in domes- 

 tication ; but we are anxious to have this 

 matter fully proven before we drop them. 

 Any information you can give us in regard 

 to t'lieni will lie very thankfully received, and 

 we will gladly pay you for your time, or anv 

 otlier expense incurred in hunting up such 

 facts. 



BEES OF INDIA. 



ALSO A CASUAL MENTION OF THE APIS DORSATA. 



KOTHER ROOT:— I send by this mail a book 

 on bees in India, which has just been issued 

 from the press, in hopes that it may be of 

 some interest to you, as you will learn by it 

 the state of bee culture in this mighty em- 

 pire of over 340,000,000 souls. 

 In Burma h the old forests are full of the various 



ANOTHER LETTER FROM ERNEST. 



A VISIT TO THE QUEEN-REARING ISLANDS OF D. A. 



.TONES. 



oLTFIOUGH our friend Jones had, just the 

 >i previous week, been to his queen-rearing 

 islands for a little recreation with his large('l) 

 family, on hearing that I was going, kindly 

 insisted on accompanying me there, that I 

 might receive the full benefit of my trip. These 

 islands are situated in the Georgian Bay, about an 

 even hundred milesjfrom his home at Beeton. We 

 took the morning train, properly equipped with 

 camping supplies, including blankets, gun, dog, 

 and other like necessities, fully bent on " roughing 

 it." As the islands are apart from civilization, life 

 there is in its primitive state; hence the pleasure- 

 seeker must go prepared. 



Arriving at Collingwood, we took the steamer at 

 midnight, and the following morning found us amid 

 thousands of beautiful islands, varying in size and 

 appearance. The scenery, mingled with the rays of 

 old Sol just heaving in sight, was certainly grand 

 and magnificent, to say the least. To me, invigorat- 

 ed by the morning air to a full appreciation of na- 

 ture's beauty, the sight was more pleasing than the 

 falls of Niagara. Here we pass by a beautiful leafy 

 island of perhaps 50 acres, more like a painting than 

 a reality; there again is a threatening bare rock 

 just above the surface of the water, and scantily 

 covered with shrubbery; yonder is an Indian vil- 

 lage on one of the larger of the islands. Here and 

 there are beautiful little bays passing in and out 



