1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Contents of this Number. 



Alabiuiia for Honey 142 



Basswood, While 442 



Black and IJerman Bic ;. . . .430 



Break-joints ( Q. B.) .445 



Cook on Patents 451 



Clamps 444 



Dwindling, To Cure 442 



Editorial 453 



Extractor, Coon's 444 



Fastener, Foundation 438 



Feeder, Millei-'s 443 



Florida, the Eldorado 431 



Frame, What is Standard!. ,443 



(4alhip's Letter 441 



(Tluing: -machine 439 



Hair-snakes 429 



Hemp tor Honey 443 



Hives, Double-walled 443 



Hoarhound 42fi 



Honey hoaids. To Make. . . 44(1 

 Honey-boaids,. .ly. Bi 445, 14fi 



Langstroth's Letter 449 



Matter tor Publication 454 



Money where Lost 442 



Ohio Centennial 427 



Out-apiaries 425 



Paris Green on Trees 454 



Patents 451 



Perforator, Reese's 439 



Pierce's Hiver 437 



<i)ucen-catchers 444 



i,iiiestion-Box 445 



OiuUiii, Anna B 434 



Ramble 437 



Root, LvmanC 435 



Section: H.ilf Filled 444 



Sections, Four-piece 438 



Sections, 7 to Foot 454 



Setting out Plants 428 



Swarms in New Hives 443 



Toledo Exhibit 433 



Water for Bees 441 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Carry on the good work against the use ol tol>ac- 

 co; and may the Lord bless you. C. S. Walker. 

 Grafton, Vermont, March 19, 1888. 



PLEASED. 



The goods I ordered of you all came to hand. 1 

 counted the 100 enamel sheets over, and found one 

 too many, and all other goods with con-esponding 

 correctness. I advise all jiarties wishing to be used 

 well, and to get full value for their money, to trade 

 with A. 1. Root, as he always gives me my dues. 

 Your veils, I think, are the best thing out, as a man 

 can see as well with one on as he can without it. 



Mclvor, Mich., May 11, 1888. M. Schneider, Jr. 



GLEANINGS AND NO OTHER BEE-PAPER. 



1 am very much pleased with Gleanings and the 

 binder; and as long as I take it, I want the binder 

 also. Gleanings is all the publication on bees that 

 I take, and it is good enough for rao, for 1 am satis- 

 fled you keep posted on all such affairs, and arc 

 constantly disclosing new light to your subscribers, 

 lam trul.y glad your subscription-list is getting so 

 large. 1 wish it would run np to one hundred 

 thousand. J. T McCracken. 



Rosebud, Ala., April 18, 1888. 



[I am sure, friend M., that we are very much 

 obliged to you for your kind words; hut I fear you 

 are making a mistake. We hope Gleanings is 

 good as far as it goes; but it does not cover the 

 whole ground of bee culture. We think you will 

 find it profitable to read the other .iournals— at 

 least a part of them. I do not believe it is a good 

 plan to confine oneself to one paper on any sub- 

 ,1ect.] 



vegetable plants — sending THEM LONG DIS- 

 TANCES BY EXPRESS. 



The vegetable plants were received in fine order. 

 I hesitated to send to you, on account of high ex- 

 pressage, but your prices are so much less than 

 Chicago prices that I gained the difference in ex- 

 pressage, and more than $1.00 besides. 



Marengo, 111., May 12, 1888. C. C. Miller. 



THE WATERBURY WATCHES AS THEY ARE MADE 



NOW.MiAYS. 



The Waterbury watch arrived about a week ago, 

 and in that time it has not varied Irora my eight- 

 day clock one minute; and my clock, I av ill wager, 

 will not var.v one minute in a month from the true 

 time. So much for the Waterbury. 



Sweet Water, San D. Co., Cal. A. W. Osburn. 



[I believe, friend O., that this is the universal ver- 

 dict in regard to the Waterbury watches. There is 

 nothing on the face of the earth to be compared 

 with them in the way of accuracy, for the "small 

 sum of money they cost. 1 do not know how long 

 they will last; but if 1 had to buy a new one ever.y 

 three years I would rather do it than to carry any 

 other watch, no matter what its value is, even if it 

 were given to me. The above is simply the opinion 

 of A. I. Root.] 



AT HIS OLD TRICKS AGAIN. 



Friend Root:— J see you are at your old tricks 

 again. Some time since I sentapostal note of .fS.OO, 

 expecting to get Gleanings and a paijer-ct>ve7cd A 

 B C. The former came all right; but the ABC was 

 a ne&t cloth-bound book, which is an ornament to any 

 library. The " trick " of which we write is, to do a 

 little better than you promise. Now, it's said that 

 it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, so I shall 

 not attempt to convert you from the error of your 

 ways; but you will accejrt thanks for the book. Al- 

 though 1 am new in the business, I have known of 

 your methods for about thi-ee years, and now come 

 knocking for admittance to the circle of bee-keep- 

 ers. After one season's experience I have started 

 off on my own account, with 140 stands of hybrid 

 Cyprians which I bought in January. In the ABC 

 I find an explanation to clearall tangles so far. You 

 will pardon me if 1 say it's a boon to learners of the 

 art; and ("tell it in Gath") is used more frequently 

 now by the writer than the good book which so 

 many are using as a guide-board along the stormy 

 path of life. W. A. Websteu. 



Bakersfield, Kern Co., Cal., April 37, 1888. 



[Friend W,, ] am not nearly as good a man as you 

 think I am. The above came iibout because^ the 

 boys decided to furnish a cloth-covered ABC book 

 in connection with Gleanings for an even $3.( (i. 

 It was published some little time ago, but perhaps 

 you omitted to notice it.] 



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