1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



981 



you have something to start the fire with, 

 that is cheap, handy, and safe. Ft" the fire is 

 slow, with the shovel just sift on a sprink- 

 ling of this sawdust, and any kind of wood 

 or coal will start to going strong at once. 

 The crude oil costs only about 5 cents per 

 gallon. 



Continued Jan. Int. 



Gleanings in Bke Culture, 



Published Seini-Monthl y . 



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 EDITOB AND PUBLISHER, 



ivd:Ei:)i3<T.A., OHIO. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



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For Clnbling Bates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 

 :L/£EIDI3Sr-a., IDEO- 15, IBSS. 



Blessfd are ye that hunger now; fi>i- ye shall be tillid. Hlt-ss- 

 ed are ye that weep now; lor ye shall launli—lAKK 6: 21. 



What do you think of the ABC form of Bio- 

 graphical Sketches in this issue? 



The volume of Gleanings for 1S88 numbers over 

 1000 pages. Without the usual supplementary mat- 

 ter there would be a little over 800 pages. 



RENEW. 



By referring to your journal wrapper, many of 

 you will find that your subscription expires with 

 the present issue. We trust those of you who pro- 

 pose to remain with us will renew promptly. The 

 longer you put it off, the easier it is to put it off. 



THE QUEEN-BREEDER'S .lOURNAL. 



This is the title of a new monthly bee-paper pub- 

 lished by E. L. Pratt, Marlboro, Mass. Volume 1., 

 No. 1, has just come to hand. In material and 

 make-up it is creditable, and queen-rearers will no 

 doubt find it to their advantage to subscribe. Price 

 .50 cents per year. It can be obtained of the ad- 

 dress as above. 



THE YORK STATE BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



A NEATLY printed programme of the 20th Annual 

 Convention of the New York State Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation has come to hand. The convention met 

 in Syracuse the 11th, irith, and 13th of this month. 

 In consequence of the absence of the senior ed- 

 itor, we regret to say that the Home of the Honey- 

 Bees will not be represented at that convention as 

 usual. 



THE ABC AND ITS IMPROVEMENTS. 



Here is what Chas. Dadant says of our book: 



I have been through your latest edition of the 

 ABC, and marvel at the improvements that you 

 have introduced. Yet its heading does not agree 

 with the contents, for every one of us old bee-keep- 

 ers can find in thenr something to learn. 



Hamilton, 111., Dec. ■!, 1888. Chas. Dadant. 



Thanks, friend D. We have not only tried to 

 make It the ABC but the X Y Z of the subject— C? 



i.angstroth (jn the HIVE and honey-bbe, re- 

 vised. 

 We are advised that this new work will be out in 

 a few days. A great deal of painstaking care has 

 been bestowed on it. We Ijave already seen some 



of the advance proof-sheets; and if we can judge 

 anything from these the work will bo fully up to 

 the standard of the original, which was very high. 

 The portrait of A. I. Root, shown elsewhere, is a 

 sample of one of the cuts, executed in the highest 

 art of wood engraving. The work will also be 

 translated by friend Dadant into his native lan- 

 guage, the French. 



THIS world's .afflictions. 



We are sorry to learn that Dr. C. C. Miller, our 

 esteemed correspondent, has lost another of his 

 near relatives, this time his brother-in-law, 1). N. 

 Jones, of Pueblo, Col. In a letter from friend 

 Miller, dated from Kansas City, Dec. llth, on his 

 way thither, he informs us that this makes five of 

 his relatives who have gone to the other shore 

 within ten months. Truly, friend Miller seems to 

 have had his share of this world's afflictions. 



CKLLAR wintering IN ENGLAND. 



The edittir of the British Bee Journal says cellar 

 wintering is not much practiced in England; the 

 reason for which is, that the hives are of so many 

 different patterns, and "too large and awkward to 

 admit of ready handling." The climate on the isle 

 is much more mild than in this country; but inas- 

 much as it is variable, he thinks that cellaring 

 might be followed to advantage. He himself is now 

 experimenting with some forty colonies, placed in 

 a commodious cellar. 



PRICE lists printed AT THIS OFFICE. 



At this season of the year it is now high time 

 that supply-dealers get out their price lists ready 

 for next season's trade. We have already printed 

 a .54:-page price list for J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, 

 Ala. We are glad to know that friend Jenkins' 

 trade is increasing, and that another large install- 

 ment of price lists will be necessary. For C. M. 

 Goodspeed, Thorn Hill, N. Y.. we have printed a 

 20-page— large size— club list of the leading papers 

 and magazines. Friend Goodspeed also advertises 

 Italian bees and queens. His list of periodicals is 

 very complete. Friend G. gives very low clubbing 

 rates. We have also printed a ]6-page list of 

 Italian bees for R. H. Campbell, Madison, Ga. 

 Price lists can be obtained of the parties above 

 given. 



THE NOTES AND QUERIES DEPARTMENT. 



Some of the most valuable portions of any jour- 

 nal or magazine are the departments of short items, 

 short questions, and short answers. These, as a 

 general thing, contain agood deal of meat and very 

 little shuck; they are read quickly, and easily di- 

 gested. .Answers to questions are often delayed 

 because the questions are long drawn out, intro- 

 duced with a long story, directly or indirectly bear- 

 ing on the point, and concluded with an apology for 

 intruding on valuable time, etc. To cap the whole 

 it is hitched to business matters, which, of course, 

 must receive attention first. We are glad to an- 

 swer questions, but the querist will not only 

 favor us but also himself if he will put his 

 question on a separate slip of paper, contain- 

 ing his name and address, if accompanied with 

 business matter. Don't make a short story long, 

 but a long story sliort. We therefore solicit short 

 items and questions, boiled down, and written in a 

 plain hand. Fifty words ought to be enough to 

 state the large majority of the (juestione- 



