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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



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create a better feeling g-enerally toward us and our 

 calling? I offered honey, and sold some to begin 

 last year, at eight cents, to my near neighbors, 

 when the price was ten in town. But the season 

 Boon closed, with no surplus honey, so I had to re- 

 fuse to sell anymore at any price; but I went far 

 enough to see that my neighbors were likely to be- 

 come good customers. Jas. A. Stone. 

 Bradfordton, 111., .Tan. 1«, 1888. 



Friend Stone, with what experience I 

 have had I am inclined to think you would 

 succeed only in establishing the price at 8 

 cts.. and everybody else would have to fol- 

 low you, and the result would be that your 

 neighbors would not kn()w\ or would fail to 

 remember, that you had been trying to do 

 them a kindness. I believe it is better to 

 ask the regular market price for every thing 

 we have to sell. You might say, '' Neigh- 

 bor A, honey is selling in town at 10 cts. a 

 pound ; but as you are a neighbor, I will 

 charge you only 8 cts." In this way I think 

 it would be appreciated ; but you want to 

 be sure, when you say so, that it is the exact 

 truth of the ma tter. 



THE CANTON BEE-CONVENTION. 



The Stark Co. Bee-keepers' Society met in Grange 

 Hall, Canton, O., on Saturday, February 4. The 

 President, Jacob Oswald, of Maximo, being absent, 

 W. S. Kline, of Bolivar, Tus. Co., was called to 

 the chair pro tem. Owing to the very dangerous 

 condition of the roads and streets, only a few bee- 

 keepers were present; but notwithstanding this 

 fact, a verj' pleasant and profitable time was had. 

 A committee, consisting of Henrj' Beatty, of Mas- 

 sillon, and J. H. Smith and L. J. Wise, of Canton, 

 was appointed to wait on the directors of the Stark 

 Co. Agricultural Society to ask for a revision of the 

 bee and honey premium-list. After the questions 

 from the query-box were answered, the society 

 adjourned to meet on the second Wednesday in 

 April next. Mar k Thomson, See. 



A COLONY OCCCPYINQ A CREVICE BETWEEN TWO 

 ROCKS IN CALIFORNIA. 



1 have not met with a single progressive bee- 

 keeper in this part of the State, yet I have bought 

 in the stores some very fine honey gathered here by 

 " wild bees " as the natives call them— that is, bees 

 living wild in rocks and trees. While out deer- 

 hunting I came across a very large colony occupy- 

 ing a crevice between two rocks. The combs were 

 weather-beaten, but the bees were too strong to be 

 fooled with in the dry season, so T did not disturb 

 them. As soon as the willow blossoms, I will re- 

 move them to better quarters. R. S. Green. 



Cayucos, Cal., Dec. 1, 1887. 



BEES NEAR A RAILROAD, NOT DISTURBED. 



I have seen frequent statements, both pro and 

 con, as to bees being disturbed by passing railroad 

 trains, and I will, now state my case. I have now 

 had my apiary for ten years, located within 100 feet 

 of the main line of a railroad where, on an average, 

 about 40 trains pass at full speed every ^ hours, 

 and I have never been able to detect any harm or 

 disturbance from the jar or noise. Last winter I 

 went out where the ground was frozen hard, and 

 put my ear to several hives when trains were pass- 

 ing, but could not perceive that it caused any buzz- 

 ing or disturbance to them in any way. 



A. A. Fradenburg. 



Port Washington, O., Feb. 6, 1888. 



]S[0TEg ji^B Queried. 



LOOK OUT FOR HIM. 



fN page 110 I notice you say, " Look out for 

 him!" Yes, I think you had best do so, 

 friends. William Connelly, of Ogden, Boone 

 Co., Towa, is the man who advertises chick- 

 ens, eggs, stock, and I don't know what else: 

 holds his property in his wife's name, and pays 

 his debts by saying he sent the money by postal 

 notf : at any rate, that is what he did for me in the 

 spring of 1886, to the tune of f.5.00. T had the mat- 

 ter investigated then, without any result, only as 

 above stated. Abbott L. Swinson. 



Goldsboro, N. C, Feb. 6, 1888. 



Weather is cold— from 10 to 30° below zero; no 

 rain, and water scarce for stock. Some have to 

 drive a mile to get water for their stock, but I thank 

 the Lord that it is no worse. J. S. Willard. 



Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa, Jan. 19, 1888. 



the prospects for TEXAS THIS YEAR GOOD. 



My golden Italians are working hard on meal and 

 flour that I have been feeding them. They usually 

 get natural pollen by this time. Prospects were 

 never better for a honey crop, as the ground is al- 

 most covered with horsemint, and that is our main 

 honey-plant here. L. B. Smith. 



Cross Timbers, Texas, Feb. 3, 1888. 



auger-chips for SMOKER FUEL. 



I observe with interest the recommendation, in 

 Gleanings, of pine leaves as smoker fuel. I can 

 add to the list, white-oak auger-chips, which I find 

 very good fuel for my Clark smoker. Probably 

 auger-chips from other kinds of wood would do 

 well also. W. W. Lenoir. 



ShuU's Mills, N. C, Jan. 13, 1888. 



14% LBS. OF .lAPANESE BUCKWHEAT FROM A 5-CENT 

 PACKAGE. 



I thrashed my Japanese buckwheat, which I 

 raised from a 5-cent packet. I raised 14?^ lbs. It 

 grew .5 and 6 feet high. It was blown down when 

 it just began to fill, so I didn't get a full crop. 



Frances Taylor. 



Fall City, King Co., W. T., Jan. 28, 1888. 



A correction. 



Your printers or somebody made surely a mis- 

 take in publishing my report for 1888 in Jan. num- 

 ber, page 3.5. In place of 160 gallons it ought to say 

 650 gallons for I certainly could not have sold the 

 160 gallons for *.S00; but I did sell 650 gallons, and the 

 net proceeds were $300, after deduction of barrels, 

 freight, etc. If you think proper, please correct 

 the report. J. W. Ross. 



Phair, Texas, Jan. 36, 1888. 



the blizzard over. 



We have a change from the cold blizzard weather, 

 which has held high carnival for the past thirty 

 days, to more spring-like weather. My bees have 

 enjoyed the change by having a good cleansing 

 flight, and so far have wintered very nicely. On 

 examination of a few colonies this 38th and 39th of 

 January, 1888, I find my Italians and Carniolans 

 have eggs In one and two combs, from 3 to 4 inches 

 square. J- B. Kline. 



Topeka, Kas., Jan. 30, 1888. 



