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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apk. 15. 



would not take thorn out and put them hack, 

 even if it did no good. And, hy tlio way, I still 

 think that, for localities like oiirs, I would not 

 have any cellar or any out or in ahout it. 

 When Ernest brings his bees out of his cellar, 

 however, I may have more faith, for the past 

 winter has be(Mi a trying one.] 



FROM DIFFERENT F*ELDS, 



MASTER LELAND IVES ROOT. 



cake of gkandfather amos ives root, 



Medina, Medina Co., O. 



My dear Leland hies: — Unless you have an 

 imagination beyond the ordinary, you can not 

 imagine my delight at hearing from you. I am 

 especially gratified that you have chosen for 

 your stopping-place the home of my very dear 

 friends, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Root. As you be- 

 come better acquainted with them I am sure 

 you will like them. Demure as Mr. E. R. no 

 doubt appears to you now. when he becomes 

 better acquainted that little stiffness of manner 

 toward you will disappear, and I think you and 

 he will be very fa?t friends. Being so very 

 nearly the same age. it is not strange that a 

 warm" intimacy should exist between him and 

 me, and our mutual friendship for you will bind 

 us still closer together. 



Please give my love and best wishes to your 

 host and hostess, also to your grandmother and 

 grandfather, also to the circle of uncles and 

 aunts. Yours as of old, 



C. C. Miller. 



I'. S. — Do be careful of your health, my dear 

 fellow, and take particular care to wrap up well 

 when you go out. Don't go in the mud without 

 your rubbers. Have you seen A. I.'s windmill ? 



a bill, before the MICHIGAN LEGISLATITRE 



TO MAKE THE SPRAYING OF FRUIT WHILE 



IN BLOOM A MISDEMEANOR. 



Mr. Root: — Please announce as early as ])os- 

 sible in yotu' i)aper. that there is a bill before 

 the Michigan Legislature, which, if enacted, 

 makes spraying fruit while in blossom a misde- 

 meanor. There is some oppijsition on the ground 

 of justice to fruit-men. Yet our State Horti- 

 cultui'al Society and a second large association, 

 the '■ (irand River Valley Association," have 

 luianimously resolved urging the passage of the 

 bill. Please urge all fruit-men to petition their 

 senator, and the State legislatures generally, to 

 vote for and pass the bill. The petitions should 

 come from fruit-men. They are interested in 

 preserving the bees, as well as are the bee-men. 

 All well-informed fruit-men believe this fully. 



A. J. Cook. 



Agricultural College, Mich., March 37. 



[We are exceedingly glad to see you moving 

 along in this matter, especially as the State of 

 Illinois has already got the matter well in hand. 

 See page 33().] 



HOW TO TELL ADULTERATED AVAX. 



What is the best way to tell adulterated bees- 

 wax, and in what way does grease or paraffins 

 injure wax? J. H. A. 



Andes, N. Y., Feb. 10. 



[Friend A., we detect adulteration by the 

 smell, and by ch(nving the wax. Beeswax and 

 tallow will make very fair chewing-gum. But 

 wax alone will crumble all to bits, and can not 



be chewed — at least very long. The addition of 

 paraffin*' has somewluit the same effect: and 

 even a very little parafline makes the wax melt 

 at a much lower teniperatuiv. so that it is en- 

 tirely unfit for foinidation. If the sami)le in 

 question should, with very mild heat, become 

 soft and mushy, you may suspect paraffine. 

 Beeswax. how(W(>r, is tough and leathery, and 

 easily rolled at a temperature where paralffne 

 would have no toughness at all.] 



ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPEKS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 A\as organized on the 2(M\ day of February, ISitl, 

 at Springfield. It officers elected were: 



President. P. J. England. Fancy Prairie. 



Vice-presidents, Mrs. L. Harrison, Peoria; 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton: W. T. F. Pettv. Pitts- 

 field: Hon. J. M. llambaugh. Spring; Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, Marengo. 



Seci'etary, Jas. A. Stone. Bradfordtou. 



Treasurer, A. N. Draper. U])per Alton. 



A constitution was adopted, fixing Sjtringfield 

 as its principal place of business. Thos. G. 

 Newman, of the American Bee Jowrnaf, was 

 made its first honorary memlier. 



Its executive committee are the president, 

 secretary, and treasurer. The meeting at which 

 the organization was formed was one of enthu- 

 siasm, and all seemed to feel that a day had 

 been ])rofitably spent. Adjourned at a late 

 hour, to me(>t at the call of the executive com- 

 mittee. Jas. a. Stone. 



Bradfordtou. 111.. March 39. 



WHICH IS THE CHEAPER— GRANULATED OR 

 COFFEE A SUGAR? 



I had occasion to buy a barrel of sugar for 

 feeding bees yesterday^ and intended to buy A 

 'sugar. The wholesaler asked for what purpose 

 I wanted it, and. aftei' saying for feeding bees, 

 he said I wanted granulated, as there was more 

 sugar for the money. Theii' sales of sugar, as 

 he showed me by their books, run .5 barrels of 

 granulated to 1 of all other kinds. Granulated 

 is () per cent water. A 19 per cent. They had 

 yesterday morning 27 carloads of sugar. I write 

 this as I was intending to try A sugar as you 

 sometimes use it. It is an (>asy matter to figure 

 out the cost of sweet by using the percenta'ge 

 given. F. A. Salisbury. 



Syracuse, N. Y.. April 2. 



BEES ALL RIGHT IN THE CELLAR. 



Bees are quiet yet, and seem to be all right in 

 the cellar. Clover seems to be in good condi- 

 tion yet. Prospects are good for this season. I 

 am not discouraged yet. I am building a shop 

 1(5x24, two stories, in hopes of a good crop this 

 year. N. Staininger. 



Tipton, Iowa, March 26. 



CATCHING FISH THAT WEIGH OVER 100 LBS.. 

 WITH A HOOK AND LINE. 



Inclosed find a tarpon scale, taken from a 

 tarpon caught by John D. Wattles, of Phila- 

 delphia, publisher of the Sunday- School Times. 

 This fish was taken with a rod and reel, mea- 

 sured 6 ft. (5 inches, and weighed 130 lbs. An- 

 other was caught to-day by Leslie Pell Clark, 

 weighing 110 lbs. The silver t)U scale is all 

 that shows on the fish, giving it the name (by 

 some) of Silver King. Bees are booming. 



Sarasota, Fla., March 21. S. C. Corwin. 



DRAINING THE CARP-POND. 



Tell Huber he should have been here in No- 

 vember when we drained our carp-pond, to help 

 to take out the thousands of carp, from two 

 inches in length to 20 inches. We now have 

 them in one supply-tank, 10x10 ft., by 10 ft. high; 



