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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



Sept. 



you about to-day. If you have been long- 

 ing to know just why God gave you exist- 

 ence, and what plans he has especially for 

 yourself individually, read the Bible ; pon- 

 der on it, and ask your Creator to give you 

 understanding, and the answer will come. 

 I have never known it to fail. And while 

 you do this, do not, I beseeech you, hold 

 aloof from your fellow-men. God's plans 

 for the children of Israel were for them col- 

 lectively, and his plans for us are for us col- 

 lectively. After you have begun to study 

 your Bible, hunt up the nearest prayer- 

 meeting ; get in with a body of Christian 

 people. If they are not very good Chris- 

 tians, go in with them as Christ the Savior 

 would go, to help them. If you have better 

 judgment or greater wisdom than they 

 have, God calls on you to give them your 

 assistance. Go humbly, go prayerfully. 



Whosoever therefore shall confess me before 

 men, him will I confess also before my father which 

 Is in heaven.— Matt. 10:33. 



Do not find fault ; do not grumble ; do not 

 complain ; do not tell what you will or will 

 not do ; do not find fault with the weather, 

 the prices, the crops, the things that belong 

 to God, and which you can not help. Tell 

 yourself over and over again, that all things 

 shall work together for good to those who 

 love the Lord ; then set about loving him, 

 loving his people, loving his creatures, lov- 

 ing this world he has given us just as it is, 

 and your life will grow brighter and happier. 

 Better still, community all around you will 

 gi'ow better and happier and brighter; and 

 by and by shall be ushered in the new 

 heavens and the new earth, according to the 

 plan of an infinite and all-wise and good 

 Father— the plan that was founded before 

 the world. 



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It is hard for thee to kick atjaiust the i)ri(ks.— Acts 26:14. 

 MARKET FOR SILK COCOONS. 



The following comes to us from the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture : 



The Commissioner ot AKricultiire at Washington, D. C, is 

 now purohasint;- coc-oons of tlie cmii of 1888. Persons having 

 any l^or sale si ion 1.1 .-01111 iiunic ate with him at once ami olitain 

 a circular relating' to the terms of iiineliase. If you have not 

 yet applied for Silkworm Eggs for 1889, do so at once so that 

 your application may not arrive too late. 



Write directly to the Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture. Washington, D. C. Do not write to us, for we 

 know nothing about it further than the above. I 

 am Inclined to think, however, that the price paid 

 will not prove to be very remunerative unless the 

 person who produces the cocoons is so situated as 

 to have but little else to do. 



THE BEE-8TING-TROWEL THEORY IN REGAI^D TO 

 THE CAPPINGS OF HONEY. 



In the last number of the American Bee Journal, 

 in the Question-Box department the question is 

 asked whether bees do pierce the capping of the 

 cells, for the purpose of injecting formic acid into 

 honey. The answers are uniformly emphatic to 

 the effect that bees do not make any such use of 

 their sting. It is admitted by some of the corres- 

 pondents that formic acid is in the honey, but that 

 its presence is due, not to the sting, but to the pro- 

 cess of digestion. 



PRESENT INDICATIONS. 



Judging from the number of orders for extract- 

 ors, labels, etc., which have poured in recently, it 

 would seem that some honey is coming in some- 

 where. Indeed, the aspect seems to be changing 

 a little liit for the better. Instead of a long array 

 of "Reports Discouraging" in this number, with 

 very few of the other kind, you will see about as long 

 an array of " Reports Encouraging." Some of the 

 latter say it is " the best season ever known;" "av- 

 erage crop;" " good, considering." We hope to get 

 out a batch of statistics in a few weeks. We shall 

 then know a little better about the present status 

 of things. 



DISCOURAGING FOR THE BRITISH ISLES. 



In the British Bee Journal for Aug. 30, Bro. Cowan 

 tells us that the season of 1888 may be reckoned as 

 the most disastrous that bee-keepers ever experi- 

 enced in the British Isles. He says flowers have 

 been plentiful, but when in bloom the weather pre- 

 vented the bees from leaving their hives, and in 

 consequence many of the stocks are in a starving 

 condition. He brings up the question as to wheth- 

 it will pay to feed. For those who have frame 

 hives he answers emphatically, yes. He is not 

 sure that some of the cottagers who have managed 

 to make ends just meet, aside from the bees, can do 

 so; but he urges feeding if possible. He is quite 

 sure it will pay in the long run. The failure of the 

 honey crop seems to be general. 



ALSIKE— SOWING IT IN THE FALL. 



We shall be very glad to sell you the seed, friends, 

 especially as the price is quite low (only $7.00 a 

 bushel); but so far as my experiments go it will 

 certainly be killed out by the winter if you sow it 

 after the first of September. I have tried it re- 

 peatedly, and I never got any sort of a stand. Last 

 fall I sowed some on one end of a piece of rye, 

 giving It the very best market-garden soil. The 

 plants came up and made a fine show, but not a 

 plant was visible in the spring. I am not certain 

 whether the same is true of other kinds of clover 

 or not. I am sure, however, that fall sowing has 

 been quite universally abandoned for Terry's plan 

 of sowing in the spring when the ground is honey- 

 combed by frost. See Terry's potato-book for fur- 

 ther particulars. 



FALSE STATEMENTS, AND THE THOUSAND-DOLLAR 

 OFFER. 



At this time of year, especially at the county 

 fairs, the honey-e.vhibitor will probably hear the 

 old cry of adulteration and manufactured stuff; 

 and the groceryman who retails your honey will 

 probably have to listen to the same old stoi-y, in 

 spite of any thing either you or he can say. We re- 

 mind our readers again, that the editor of this 

 journal has a standing offer of $1000 in cash, to be 

 paid to the person who will furnish satisfactory 



