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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1.5. 



air from anv kind of steam -mills, factories, etc. 

 I have felt 'uneasy that this vast quantity of 

 •heat should not be' utilized for warming build- 

 ings, or. in the spring and winter, for heating 

 the ground and raising plants. Well, the en- 

 gine that runs our i)rinting-press and carries 

 the dvnamo for the electric lights is only about 

 1.50 feet fi'om my new hot-bed. ^Yhen the bed 

 was made I laid a four-inch tile about a foot 

 under ground, through its whole length, right 

 in the center of the bed. Then with a two-inch 

 iron pipe the exhaust steam from the aforesaid 

 engine was sent into this four-inch drain-tile. 

 I soon found the steam was heating the whole 

 bed, with a huge surplus, so I have given it 

 another line of tile about ;.'(X) feet long. It has 

 not yet gone to the end of this latter line; but 

 during the last few weeks it has prod\iced the 

 most beautiful and luxuriant growth in rhu- 

 barb and strawberry-plants that I ever saw in 

 my life. 



Micliel's Early, put out perhaps three weeks 

 ago, have made such a growth that they are 

 almost readv to send up blossoms for frniting. 

 This hot-bed was planned particularly with the 

 end in view of getting our choice varieties of 

 strawberries to put out runners as early as pos- 

 sible, in order that we may have young plants 

 to send out. say in xMay or June. This will pre- 

 vent th(^ usual vacancy between plants grown 

 last year and the present: that is. \\v want to 

 be able to till orders for plants during the very 

 time when lh(> sti'awberries are fruiting. For 

 several vears we have had orders for plants 

 right during berry-picking. Of course, we can 

 cut oi¥ the fruit-stalks and take up the plants; 

 but this results in the lo.ss of fruit, and the 

 plant is not exactly what our customer ought to 

 liave. either. Wh shall see. 





A KIND NOTICE FKOM THE A. B. K. 



Hehe is a neat compliment from the .ilmej^i- 

 can Bee-heepcr. for which we extend thanks: 



Old rebable Gleanings keeps on in the even tenor 

 of its way, growing- better and better every montli. 

 Dr. Miller is the " briglit particular star " in its fli^ 

 mament of contriliutors at pi-esent. 



The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not :it 

 -what they stumble. But the path of tlie just is as the shining 

 ligiit, th.-it shineth more and more unto the perfect day.— 

 PROy. 4 : 19. 18. 



The Ameriam Bec-Kccpcr believes that the 

 winter case will lie in g(>nei-al use in the near 

 future. 



STERLING STHAWHEIiKY-I'LANTS AVANTED. 



If you have any for sale, say how many and 

 how much per thousand. 



THE Al'IflLTTKIST. 



Theke is something in the Aplculturlst that 

 sparkh^s. It has lots of short, pithy items. 



SHEET IRON VS. TIN. 



INI r. El WOOD says that sheet iron is cheaper 

 and better than tin for hive-covers; and. be- 

 sides, it holds the paint better. 



THE TRADE-MARK. 



So far, bee-keepers seem to be against the 

 trade-mark — at least, its establishm(>nt in the 

 Bee-keepers' Union, although friend Heddon 

 argues for it. 



OUR TYl'E-WRITERS. 



Five Remington type-writers are kept almost 

 constantly going in oiH' otfice, and still we are 

 behind iii our work. We are contemplating 

 putting in a new Hammond. 



EXTRA MATTER. 



In the last issue we stated that we were go- 

 ing to give 8 extra pages: but we found we 

 were obliged, at the last minute, to make it 12. 

 But we do not suppose that any will complain. 

 We give Ki pages extra this issue. 



indications 

 POINT to a rt>markably big year for honey 

 Supply-dealei's are spiinging up all over the 

 country. A year ago the indications were that 

 we should have a splendid season, but yet it was 

 one of the poorest on record. ^Ve wonder 

 whether it will be so again. 



PROTECTION FOR SIN(iI-E-WALI>ED HIVE.S. 



The above is the special topic for the Review 

 for March 10. While there is not entire agree- 

 ment, yet tlie general testimony seems to be in 

 favor of a single-walled hive with some sort of 

 removable winter- protecting case, instead of a 

 hive having l)oth walls permanently fixed. 



TINKER S PERFOBATED ZINC. 



Dr. a. L. Tinker has just had built for him 

 a new zinc-machine that turns out the zinc 

 much moi'e rapidly than his old one. and yet 

 fully equal to the old samples that he has been 

 sending out. He has just sent us some of his 

 new zinc. It is simply perfect. That man 

 Tinker is hard to beat on nice work. 



AVHY THE DOVETAILED HIVE IS SUPERIOR TO 

 ANY OTHER FOR LASTING PURPOSES. 



Said our painter, who had just finished up a 

 lot of Dovetailed hives, "Those joints will never 

 gap to the weather, like halving and mitering, 

 and hence they will outlast any other joint ever 

 brought out. Keep the weather out of a joint, 

 and it will nevei' rot." There is a good deal of 

 l)ith and point in this. 



ladies" DEPARTMENT. 



Miss E.mma Wilson's two articles have called 

 forth so many more fi'om the ladies, that we 

 are going to renew the departm(>nt in the next 

 issue, as above. There seems to be a strong 

 bond of sympathy among the sisters. May it 

 continue! We shall be very glad to have the 

 subject of bee-keeping for ladies brought up 

 and discussed a little more. 



DR. JIASON AND HIS CANE. 



We leai-n from Mr. Detwiler that the " dia- 

 mond in the rough," spoken of on page 171, last 

 issue, is fast progressing to a nicely finished 

 cane. He says that the stick is dressed and pol- 

 ished. The design will be in imitation of comb 

 foundation, electrotyped in copper, and gold- 

 plated. We hope Dr. Mason will bring the cane 

 to every convention he attends. 



FIXED frames in THE SOUTH. 



It would appear, from the article on page 334, 

 that there are some localities where the closed- 

 end or partly closed-end frame will not answer, 

 on account" of the large amount of propolis. 

 We should like to know about how many of 

 our friends in the South use them now. or have 

 discarded them because of the propolis. We 

 want the exact truth, let it come where it will. 



