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(ILEAXINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1. 



through with active woik in the snii I wash, 

 and change to warmer clotliing. to keep from 

 chilling. 



I always have an vnnbrclla at hand, attached 

 to a statf, such as artists use. so 1 can stick it in 

 the ground, to shade me when at work. When 

 I hear, " Bees are swarming !" the first thing 1 

 get is the umbrella, to raise and shelter me 

 while I am watching to see where they are go- 

 ing to cluster. With the staff I'esting upon the 

 ground, it makes it easier to hold. 



Heat may not affect all heads as it does mine: 

 yet comfort and In^alth shonld be considered 

 before looks. If I worked at out-apiaries I 

 should have to wear much warmer clothing, 

 going and returning, than I could endure while 

 at woi'k. 



It refreshes me very much, when I am hot. 

 to eat a pint bowl of ice with a tablespoon, or a 

 lemon cut up with the ice. and sugar. If I 

 should drink a glass of ice-cold water it would 

 make me sick: but the ice never does, melting 

 slowly. INIks. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, 111.. Mar. ;.'l. 



[Now. dear friend, we are quite willing to 

 submit, or. perhaps, to stay in some other de- 

 partment, when you are talking about clothing 

 for women in the apiary: but when you wind 

 up by talking about a i)lnt bowl of ice. with 

 lemons and sugar, to eat with a spoon, we 

 want to be around with the sisters. Why. my 

 good friend, you hit right squarely on my fa- 

 vorite beverage and luxury in the summer time. 

 We have a great big icu^-house of our own, 

 chock full of ice from the carp-))ond. Then we 

 got a little machine, for ai)()ut four or five dol- 

 lars, that turns with a crank. Put in a piece of 

 ice and set your pint bowl under the hopper: 

 turn the crank and the ice is broken up in 

 pieces about the size of peas. With a lemon- 

 squeezer, put in lemon-juice and sugar to taste, 

 then sit down in some quiet place to eat it with 

 a spoon, just as you would mush and milk. I 

 got the idea years ago from some of the health 

 journals, that one could eat pound<'d ice where 

 he could not stand a glass of ice water, and it 

 has been worth ever so much to me. But to 

 enjoy it. and have it do me nnil good. I want to 

 take it slowly. And now here is a suggestion 

 for poor unfortunates who at some tiiue In their 

 lives have been intemperate. I used to enjoy 

 greatly (at least I thought I did) a glass of beer 

 from a pitcher with a lump of ice in it: and a 

 great many times old memories will come back 

 and tantalize me: but after I have had my 

 bowl of " lemon ice,"' as I call it. I would not 

 give a fig for all the b(>er in tln^ world. Now. if 

 there are any among our read(n's who have 

 found it hard work to give up the be(>r. let them 

 try our plan. ]\Irs. H. and I do not propose to 

 monopolize the idea, by any means. A good 

 many times lemons and sugar are cheaper than 

 high-priced fruit: and my opinion is. that they 

 answer the purpose just about as well.] 



RUBBER GLOVES. 



SUITKD FOR BKE-WORK: MISS WILSOX DIS- 

 CUSSES CONVE.VIEXrES FOR EADIES. 



■J. No matter how dry one's hands may l)e or- 

 dinarily, the perspiration will condense inside 

 them, and the hands will be all the time wet. 



3. They will almost always turn inside out in 

 taking them off'. In case they fail to tui'n, you 

 must turn thiMu to allow them to dry. and then 

 they must be tui'ued back again to weai'. 



4. They are tolerably expensive, and do not 

 last long unless perfectly cared for. 



5. (and biggest). The combined smell of rub- 

 ber and i)ci-spiration. after the gloves have been 

 used awliile. will leave one of tTie most horrible 

 combinations in the shape of an odor clinging 

 to one's hands that he ever experienced. 



Foi' two yeais Mr. Thomas has used a glove 

 called sealskin. They are smooth and shiny 

 on the outside, like kid. but somewhat heavier, 

 whit«^ and pliable. He has never been stung 

 through them. After some little ditticulty I 

 have succeeded in getting a pair, and mean to 

 try them this summei-. 



Mr. Coldwell. of Nebraska, has used dogskin, 

 which he likes very much. Mr. R. McKnight. 

 after exijerimentiug a good deal, has decided to 

 use kid. He also says that a cotton duck grain- 

 bag, costing about 2n cents, makes a very good 

 apron; and although a man, like a very sensi- 

 ble one lie weai'S such an apron himself. 



Mrs. Slireve. of Ohio, has used calfskin 

 gloves, and likes them. 



Although there is such a strong feeling 

 against using gloves, it seems a good many can 

 not get along without them. 



As often said, it is the little things that make 

 our work hard or easy. Having every thing 

 convenient for our work is half the battle. 

 Tools convenient, a good supply of smoker fuel 

 in a handy place, etc.. all make a big difference 

 in our day's woi-k. Every step saved is a help. 

 I don't know of any one thing that is as great a 

 comfort in the apiary as a good seat, light and 

 strong— one that is easy to catch up when you 

 are in a hurry. Use it whenever it's possible. 

 That is my trouble— so many times I think I 

 am in too big a hurry to stop to sit down, when 

 I have no doubt I could save time by doing so. 

 But I might as well confess I would not do it if 

 Dr. Miller did not insist: and I am ashamed to 

 say I .sometimes feel fretted because he does in- 

 sist, when I ought to know at tlie time that it 

 is best. Although you may gain a few minutes 

 at the time, not to stop to sit down, you become 

 sotinnl that you will not accomplish as much 

 in the course of the day. 



Whenever we have any special work that will 

 take some time to do. Dr. Miller will spend con- 

 siderable time in planning how to make that 

 work easier. For instance, if we are making 

 shipping-cases he has a form to hold the pieces 

 securely in place while we nail them: another 

 form for making supers, etc. In glassing ship- 

 ping-cases, unless you are very careful you will 

 crack the glass. You want to drive the nail in 

 just as deep as possible without breaking the 

 glass: and it is a difficult matter to tell when 

 that point is reached. Dr. Miller obviated the 

 difficultv for me in a very simple nutnner. He 

 took a piece of section, a little thicker than the 

 glass, cut it the width of the glass, with a little 

 notch where I wanted to drive the nail, some- 

 thing like this: 



I have had so many good letters, and so much 

 valuable information, in regard to gloves since 

 my article on that subject, that I feel as if I 

 should like to give at least a part of it to the 

 readers of Gleanings. One and all agree that 

 they want nothing to do with rubber gloves. 



By pressing this against the gla 

 drive my nail without fear, knowing 

 xney wani noining lo uo wiin luooer gioves. hammer would Strike the wood befor 

 Mr. Thomas, of Nebraska, gives five such good of the nail could reach the glass. 

 reasons for not using them that I will copy know how much faster I could work 

 them. of this simi)le arrangement. Emma 



1. They are not handy about getting on. Marengo. III.. Mar. 7. 



>s I could 

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You don't 

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Wilson. 



