1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



239 



Contents of this Number. 



Alsike Seed, Saving 257 



Andrews' Case 246 



Aster tor Honey 247 



Bee Entomology 262 



Bees on Mountains 260 



Bees, Egyptian 258 



Bee-balm, To Cultivate 257 



Blue Thistle for Honey 247 



California honey 259 



Carp-ponds 256 



Chaddock 's Picture 258 



Clark's Smoker Improved. .266 



Combs, To Preserve 260 



Cyprian Blood, Detecting.. 260 



Drone Comb (Q. B. ) .261 



Editorial 269 



Egyptian Bees ?58 



Ensilage 250 



Florida Flowers 252 



Foot-scraper 247 



Foundation Dipped Even. ...255 



Fnd. to Sides of Section 249 



Foundation, Thin 257 



Heads of Grain 356 



Hiving on Empty Frames. .253 



Honey-plant of Africa 256 



Hone.v, Tasmanian 259 



Honey, Hoarhound 257 



Honey Statistics 243 



House Apiary 248 



Italians Superior 257 



Malaria 254 



McFadden's Method 259 



Melissa, To Cultivate 2.57 



Mud-brush 247 



Notes and Queries 259 



Our Own Apiary 206 



Queen Flying in January. . .260 



Question-Box 260 



Salt as a Lubricant 253 



Sections, 2-oz 241 



Sections, Ojien Side 251 



Sep:u-ator.s. Slotted 267 



Sermon to Husbands 248 



SittiUK l>o«n (Q. B.).260 



Space Between Combs 258 



Spider, Bee-killing 26i 



Starters, Old (Q, B.),261 



Stings, Peculiar 255 



Stocking the Field 247 



Swarms, Ownership of 219 



Swarming with Unsealed 



Brood 256 



Swarming, To Prevent '256 



Sweats 258 



Tailor Bee '246 



Although not bee-keepers, we consider Glean- 

 ings a necessity at our house. A. F. Beach. 

 Larabee, Pa., Feb. 31, 1888. 



Let us have more like Terry's piece in Glean- 

 ings where he says, " We want to try to do all we 

 can for the queen of our homes. I like that name. 



Hatfield, Pa., March 16, 1888. Mks. S. S. Khatz, 



GLEANINGS A HELP TO SUCCESS. 



1 enjoy reading Gleanings ver.y much, and 

 should not like to do without it, for it has helped us 

 to make a success of bee-raising. We started out a 

 year ago with two swarms of black bees, and with- 

 out any knowledge of bees either; but by the help 

 of your journal and a little instruction from a 

 friend we have now five swarms of Italian bees. 



Orlando, Fla., March 7, 1888. Mrs. A. L. Foku. 



gleanings as an advertising medium. 



Find inclosed thirty cents due you for advertising. 

 The advertisement brought more letters tlian I can 

 reasonably answer. David Hadley. 



Alva, Florida, Feb. 19, 1888. 



[We are glad, friend H., to know that you were 

 pleased with the result of your advertisement; but 

 no wonder, for you advertised for somebody to 

 work for you. I presume if I were to put a similar 

 advertisement in Gleanings we should get more 

 letters than all the clerks in our office could answer. 

 In fact, 1 have been obliged to advertise regularly 

 in our county paper, " No more help wanted."! 



I thought I could get along without Gleanings. 

 and told you to stop it in December; but I must 

 have it again. Some of the other bee-papers are 

 good, but somehow 1 miss the cuts that fused to 

 see in Gleanings. Stick to the illustrations; noth- 

 ing explains a thing so well as drawings. 



Macleay, Oregon, Feb. 31, 1888. David Craig. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



It seems to me that Gleanings is now all that 

 could be expected for the money. J. W. West. 

 Martinsville, O., Mar. 31, 1888. 



The Home Papers have been a great comfort to 

 me. May you be spared many years, and go on 

 with the good work. I should like to shake hands 

 with friend Terry and his wife. I believe he gives 

 us women more credit than the most of men will. 1 

 know women who never saw the inside of the pock- 

 et-book; and if one asks for a little money, may be 

 husband thinks she is extravagant, and the poor 

 wife feels hurt, and would ratlier do without things 

 than to ask for more. N. A. E. Ellis. 



Astoria, Mo. 



Inclosed please find express order for my renewal 

 to Gleanings. It amuses me greatly how you get 

 ofl" things in print of practical importance. I guess 

 you have great opportunities to study human na- 

 ture, besides thousands of other things. No wonder 

 you are always busy. I wonder how you get around 

 j to attend to them all and study your sermon be- 

 sides. 1 can't imagine bow you get time for that 

 half-hour sleep just before dinner, and, after falling 

 asleep, not sleep too long and miss your dinner 

 while warm. C. Theilmann. 



Theilmanton, Wabasha Co., Minn. 



THAT WHEELBARROW. 



I can not speak too highly of the bee-keepers' 

 wheelbarrow 1 received from you about a month 

 since. As I live in the edge of town, it is just the 

 thing to wheel light things to market and a colony 

 of bees to the depot for shipment, and many other 

 uses I find for it. The boys come to my place and 

 quarrel as to who shall run it. I get all my wheel- 

 ing done for nothing, as they like it so well. 



Rossville, Kan., Mar. 13, 1888. M. F. Tatman. 



don't STOP. 



Don't stop Gleanings, for I will muster up 

 enough in the spring to balance all dues. I never 

 was attached to any periodical or journal as I am 

 to Gleanings. Friend Koot, you certainly are a 

 friend to the upright honest man. Adversities and 

 misfortunes have overtaken me; many of my cal- 

 culations have been disappointed, and I've been 

 about persuaded to give up my strife for life; but 

 God said to me, " Forsake your evil ways, and 1 will 

 give you a new life." A New Year's life dawned 

 upon me, and I resolved to work for my Master, 

 let come what will. Like Job, " though he slay me, 

 yet will ] trust in him." W. H. Swigart. 



Dixon, III., Feb. 35, 1888. 



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