1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



855 



world. Alas, there are too many motives that hold 

 sway in a Christian's heart, that are only false and 

 degrading-. " Dr. Bonar once had a dream that the 

 angels took his zeal and weighed it. It was full 

 weight, plurap 100. He was ranch pleased. But 

 then they began to analyze in various ways, and 

 found 14 parts were seltiHlmess; 15 parts sectarian- 

 ism; 33 parts ambition; the whole melted away, 

 and but three parts were pure love to man, and four 

 parts love to God. He was greatly concerned, and 

 well he might be, that but seven parts were purely 

 good." Just so! The fork HI the road at which the 

 paths of Christian and Worldliness separate lies 

 right at the foot of the cross. The man who is con- 

 teat with the shallow tickle praises of men, goes 

 right on doing this and that good act, or restraining 

 this and that passion, because the eyes of the world 

 are upon him. He m\ist not swear and drink when 

 in the presence of his brothers, because they are 

 listening; but let him be alone, and what is to hin- 

 der? But the Christian has entered a life which has 

 a motive as fixed as the sun is in the skies. Wheth- 

 er at home or abroad, whether in society or in a 

 forest a thousand miles distant from any inliabitant, 

 the faithful Christian must restrain the lust and 

 evil word " for Christ's sake," because he gave his 

 life as a ransom. 



" Foj- Christ's sake!" that is our impulse. I am to 

 sacrifice my all because Christ died for me individu- 

 ally. There can be no true morality, there is no 

 real service, there can not be genuine greatness 

 which does not spring from that source. Every 

 loyal Christian should detest that spirit in any man 

 which makes him a policy man; a mere seeker of 

 worldly ease and human compliment. Our duty it 

 is, and it should be our pleasure, to lead just as 

 many as possible into the light of this eternal Sun 

 of Righteousness. If we devote our lives to this oc- 

 cupation, men may take less notice of us; but what 

 are men when God stands calling from on high? 

 The motto on the coat of arms of the Prince of 

 Wales is, " Ich dien," I serve — a most princely mot- 

 to. Ah, yes! my brother, if your ambition is to be- 

 come great, and surely it is, if there is any thing 

 valuable in your make-up, then humble yourself, 

 gird your loins with a napkin, and wash the feet of 

 humanity ; would you become great? then cut your- 

 self away from all this " sham and shoddy " world, 

 and take into your heart that principle of joyous 

 sacrifice which unfolds year by year into all that is 

 elevating both to yourself and the world. Remem- 

 ber that you lift humanity only by getting under- 

 neath it, and that in the end Heaven swings wide 

 her gates of pearl only to those who approach with 

 bowed hearts. No matter what Uie world may say, 

 for ever graven into the adamantine rocks of time 

 are these words: To selfishly rule is to die; but to 

 lovingly serve is life and peace everlasting. 



BEES HAVE PAID S.5.00 I'EK DAY FOU THE LABOK 

 EXPENDED UPON THEM. 



fROM 4,5 colonies, spring count, I had 5 stolen by 

 thieves who made their inroads upon me in 

 the night. From the remaining 40 I have 

 saved ;35 swarms, after having 10 to starve in 

 June. .5 to run to the woods, and one to 

 smother, while trying to abscond through a metal 

 guard the whole width of the end of the hive, with 



one row of perforations. I took 1950 lbs. of honey, 

 mostly comb, and sold ray entire crop within two 

 weeks after taking it from the hives, to consumers 

 in my home market, at a net price of 15 cts. per lb., 

 and I am receiving frora one to five calls each dHy for 

 more of that honey. 



I have made an exhibit of bees and h(»ney at our 

 district fair for five consecutive years past, and I 

 have been fortunate enough to secure the first 

 premium of $8 00 each time. I am one of your en- 

 thusiastic ABC class, and when about 31 years of 

 age I became fascinated with what was related in a 

 few sample copies of Gleanings. 1 purchased two 

 swarms of bees, made my own hives iind fixtures, 

 and have grown up with the business by following 

 closely the instructions in your ABC and several 

 of the leading bee-journals. I have sold nearly a 

 third of my apiary each spring, and have made them 

 pay their way, and I roughly estimate that they 

 have paid me more than five dollars per day for 

 each day's work bestowed upon them. 



Lavaca, Ark., Oct., 1888. W. H. Laws. 



11,000 I.BS. OF HONEY FUOM 145 COLONIES. 



I started with a5 colonies at the home apiary, for 

 extracted honey, and 4 for comb honey. 1 also 

 had 56 colonies that I took on shares, six miles 

 away. Four of them were for comb honey. I have 

 taken 11,000 lbs. altogether— 10,600 extracted honey, 

 400 of comb. They are all in good conditiim for 

 wintei-. I have increased to 176. The extracted 

 honey I have sold at an average of ti% cts. per lb.; 

 about .{500 of it was fall honey, heart's-ease, and 

 buckwheat. Robt. Quinn. 



Shellsburg, la., Oct. 10, 1S88. 



SPANISH NEEDLE AS A HONEY PLANT. 



My bees have done well this fall. They will 

 average .50 lbs. surplus per colony, spring count, 

 Spanish-needle honey. Why is it that I never see 

 any one speak of Spanish-needle honey? We think 

 it very fine here. Like your basswood, it lasts on- 

 ly from 6 to 10 (lays, yet a strong colony can hardly 

 get in and out at the entrances of our hives fast 

 enough, so eager are they. J. J. McCoy. 



Mt. Erie, 111., Sept. 34, 1888. 



NEIGHBOKHOOD KEPOKT. 



First neighbor, spring count, 70 stocks; 600 lbs. 

 comb. 



Second neighbor, spring count, 85 stocks; 1300 lbs. 

 comb. 



Third neighbor, 60 stocks; 1500 lbs. comb. My- 

 self, 100 stocks, spring count; 4500 lbs. slung honey. 

 Honey is quoted at San Francisco, comb, 8 to 18 cts; 

 slung, 4(4 to 6 cts. Beeswax, 16 to 30 cts. My bees 

 are in high condition, 150 stocks. B. C. Vandall. 



Woodside, Cal., Sept. 30, 1888. 



.55 LBS. PER COLONY. 



1 have taken, on an average, 55 pounds of honey, 

 from each of my hives. New comb honey is sold 

 here at 30 cents per pound. Ad. Bebgt. 



Hooper, Neb., Oct. 8, 1888. 



RKPOKT FKOM NEVADA. 



Bees have done well in this section, more espe- 

 cially in August and September. I think the latter 

 part of July they commenced filling the sections, 

 and I have been pretty busy ever since until the 

 present time. E. A. Moore. 



Reno, Nevada, Oct. 3, 1888. 



