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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Al'K. 1. 



with the watpr treatnient their united action 

 will prove most effectual. The flaxset^d leaves 

 the whole system lubricated, so that the work 

 of digestion goc^s on more pei'tectly — at least. 

 this has been the result in ray case. My bowels 

 now move full and fi'eely; and although I am 

 55 years of age. my general health is much im- 

 proved. The headaches have almost entii-ely 

 disappeared. As my ailmtMit was of long stand- 

 ing, it is probable I shall have to keep up the 

 use of tiaxsei'd or the combined treatment for 

 some time, oi-, perhaps, more or less thi'ough 

 life. But if I shall I'ecelve as much benefit 

 from them in the future as I have In the past, I 

 can hardly say enough in their praise. L. 



I have been using it for the past six weeks 

 foi' what tlie doctoi' calls neuralgia of the blad- 

 der and bowels, and ulceration of the bowels. 

 He gave me medicine to take internally, but I 

 did not take it. as I wanted to test the hot wa- 

 tei-. I find I am perfectly free from pain, and 

 am able to do my usual work. I used about 

 three (luarts every morning and night for the 

 pastmontb; since that the same quantity once 

 a day. There are large numbers of people who 

 have i)aid $4.00 for the cui'e, and they speak 

 very highly of it; but they are bound not to di- 

 vulge the secret, if It is a secret; but the public 

 will owe you a debt that money can not pay. 



Alvinston, Can., Mar. 14. jAAtEs Okchaud. 



We notice in the C(tn<t<U(U) Bee Journul oi 

 March 15, that the Montrenl Wltne>^x has [)ub- 

 lished tlie water-cure treatment exactly as 

 given by Dr. Hall. 



llHDIE^' DRP^RTMEN^^. 



BEE-KEEPING FOR WOMEN. 



I.KillTER AITLIANCES FOK Ol'H LADV FRIENDS. 



After I'eading the letter signed Emma Wilson, 

 on page 8.i. I thought, why can we not have a 

 corner to discuss gloves, aprons, etc.? There are 

 lots of questions we wonnni bee-keepers could 

 ask of one anotiuM', while the ukmi an^ discuss- 

 ing thick top-bars, closed ends, and dovetailed 

 hives, with which they till the paper, and I am 

 not the least bit inten^sted iii, because the thing 

 on my mind is section-cases for next season: 

 what shall I get? One that will hold :H sec- 

 tions, will with propolis and all compli>te. weigh 

 30 lbs.; this is too heavy for a woman to lift, es- 

 pecially when there are many and she Is in a 

 hurry. I have 33 hives, and have to do every 

 thing around the bees myself: as they are so 

 cross, none of the family will touch them. But 

 if they are cross they are good workers. Last 

 season they averaged 30 lbs. to the hive, while 

 many others got nothing. Those "Blessed 

 Bees" have been a success with me, for in the 

 very poorest years I always get a little. 



I have used the wide frames.to hold sections, 

 six of them holding :i\ sections on the 8-frame 

 Langsti'oth hive, but they are too heavy; so I 

 took three of them and nailed on grooved stiips 

 and put in glass, or sometimes pieces of shingle 

 or wood separators, and tied them together 

 with cord. They are some ti'ouble to fix, but 

 when they are done they are very handy, as 

 they are easy to lift and jnit on the hives, and 

 they can be piled up two or three stories high, 

 or turned around. I have thought if A. f Root 

 could see them he would say: "'Oh dear! how 

 very shiftless and untidy I " but I did it because 

 it was easy to lift them. Mhs. W. Giu^hb. 



Deausville, Ueane Co., Wis., Mar. :.'. 



[Years ago W(^ had what we called a Ladies' 

 Depai'tment, but for some reason or other it 

 was dropped. There is no reason why it could 

 not be resiimcKi // the sisters will be sure to 

 write for it. Miss Wilson has already made a 

 good start; and if the ladies will discuss some 

 things all by themselves, we men will not stand 

 in the way. 



In regard to a suitable surplus arrangement, 

 why wouldn't a dovetailed section-holder sur- 

 plus case answer the purpose? Twenty-foui' 

 pounds is too heavy to lift all at one time, you 

 say. But. bless you. with the super as modified 

 with a follower, you need not lift juore than 

 four sections at a time. Say, now, what is the 

 use ofolifting 34 lbs. so much, any way? If you 

 don't want to bother with four sections at a 

 time, just have a light, handy wheelbarrow 

 close to the hive, and then sort o" tilt the case 

 up on the barrow. Yon know you can handle 

 a good many heavy things by simply getting 

 the advantage of them in the right way, and 

 still not be obliged to do any heavy lifting or 

 straining. You remember years ago, Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Culp used to produce some big crops of 

 honey, and she used one of A. I. Root's handy 

 wheelbarrows as her '* best man " in the apiary. 

 She made him (i. e.. the wheelbai'row) do all 

 the carrying, and managed the yai'd with 

 profit and pleasure. " There, there, now." some 

 of you will say, "just like all supply-dealers. 

 They like to get in an advertisement of some of 

 their implements in a foot-note." For con- 

 science" sake! Can't we mention a good thing, 

 even if we do sell it?] E. R. R. 



GLOVES FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



liUKHEi; (iLOVES. COTTON <;LOVES, ETC. 



Miss Emma Wilson wishes the experience of 

 some of her bee-keeping sisters with regaixl 

 to gloves in the bee-yard. In th(> beginning of 

 our bee-keeping we tried rubber gloves, and 

 promptly condemned them for reasons similar 

 to those' given by Mrs. Harrison. 



Were it not that Miss Wilson expects to 

 handle Italians instead of hybi'ids next sum- 

 mer. I slumld not think it worth while to hiing 

 to her notice the gloves we us(% for they are by 

 no means sting-proof. But with Italians the 

 liands are in little dangei', except such as pro- . 

 ceeds from one^sown carelessness. We use white 

 cotton gloves, two or three buttoned, so that the 

 wrists ai'e prot<'cted. loose fitting, and with each 

 Hngei' cut otf — and the edges stayed— just above 

 the first fingi^r- joint. To tell the truth. I find 

 the unembarrassed use of my fingers soindlspen- 

 sible in handling frames and sections, that 1 dis- 

 like even this slight incumbrance, to which, 

 nevertheless. 1 submit for the sake of some pro- 

 tection from pi'opolis and a shade or two less of 

 tan. The gloves are very cheap— fifteen or 

 twenty cents per pair; and as they need fre(|uent 

 washing, half a doz(^n pair should be ])rovided 

 for a season. I wish Miss Wilson would try 

 these with her gentle Italians next sunimei'. I 

 can assun^ her that they \\\\\ prov<' moi'c com- 

 fortable than buckskin, and, moi-eover, she will 

 be able to place herself socomi)letely c» rapjxjvt 

 with her bees that she need fear no stings except 

 those that she may deserve. A pinched bee has 

 a right to sting. 



DO DEES DISTINGUISH COLORS IX A HEE-KEEI'- 

 EIl's CLOTIIIN(i? 



1 was Interested in Miss Wilson's remark, that 

 bees seldom if <wer sting white. That bees have 

 an eye for color, I learned in an interesting way 

 a few summers since. On one side of the broad- 

 brimmed hat I wore in the bee-yard, was a knot 



