1892 



GLEANINCiS IN HEE CULTURE. 



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of bloom, and it socins as if a part of llu' load 

 wore inadf up of in>otar: ami. liiially, wlitMi \\ t> 

 almost b(>Kan to lU'spair of any liom-y How at 

 all. fvcii. //lis ycaf. the gati'S. as it would soi»m. 

 ha\ • Iti'cii oix'iicd. ami we liavc had a (low of 

 lioiicv thai many think cxcfcds any thiiisi dui- 

 inj; till' past ten ycais. .lust as we ijo to pi'i'ss. 

 reports begin to i'om(> in from cvt-fv diiiTtion. 

 about the hoiu-y-tlow: and my enthusiasm in 

 jLrrowintr basswoods for honey as well as for 

 timber has ajiain awaUened. TlKM'e is not a 

 Itaiidsomer shade-treein the world, in my opin- 

 ion: and I am tpiite certain tliat thi'ie is no 

 other iilani that bears honey, that /xv/i/is- to 

 furnish any lliinjr like the (luanlity. If I could 

 only make the pesky little seeds germinate and 

 firow as we do cabbage-i)lants, I should just 

 deliirht in fuinishing the whole wide world 

 with millions of l)ass\\ood- trees at an (exceed- 

 ingly low ligiir(>. Weil, we shall see. Who 

 knows but tliat a plant-garden so fully equip- 

 ped, wliich I have pictured to you on another 

 page, may not. after all. be just the thing for 

 turning out basswood seedlings without limit. 

 as well as tomato-plants, cabbage-plants, etc.? 

 A. I. H. 



LUTHEK W. GKAY. 



On page 695, Sept. 1, 1S91, is an article with 

 tlie above heading. At the same time we also 

 published a letter from his father, telling why 

 we should not publish his son as a swindler, 

 even if he did receive money for queens for 

 which he made no returns. At the conclusion 

 of the above editorial I stated, "There, I have 

 tried to treat this whole matter in a Christian- 

 like way. and in a fair way to all parties con- 

 cerned." In the same editorial I asked all 

 those who had lost money by friend Gray to tell 

 us how much. etc. Since that time I have set- 

 tled all claims, or, at least, settled with all who 

 would allow me to pay them for the money they 

 lost by intrusting it to friend Gray. And now 

 comes" the best part of it. To-day we received 

 the following letter: 



3//-. -4. I. R«f./;~Inclosed tind draft for $9t).00. l)al- 

 aiu'O due on l)ee cliiims; also M cts. for Glkam.ngs. 

 Yours truly, Luthek W. Gray. 



Zanesville, O., July 8. 



Friend Gray had previously sent us $10.00; 

 and although the claims against him amounted 

 to >oinething more than ^^UX), I had agreed to 

 give him a receipt in full upon payment of that 

 sum. And I hereby request all those who sent 

 money to friend (Jray, in response to his advi'r 

 tisement in (ii.EANiNGS, who liav*; not already 

 received pay in full, to let us know at once. 

 Some of you may know that I was censured 

 quite severely because I was so easy with one 

 who received money and did not send the 

 queens nor return the money either. I tried to 

 do what I thought was right. And now I am 

 very glad indeed that I was slow to condemn. 

 May the Lord be praised for th*; outcome! It 

 only illustrates the point I tried to make in our 

 little text to-day: "Five of you shall chase a 

 liundred." etc. I hardly need say. that. >ince 

 friend Gray has nuide the ameiide lionnnililf 

 to all partio concerned, he is entitled to the 

 full contidence and nespect of the bee-k(!eping 

 fraternity. A. I. K. 



THOSE NAUGHTY FUNICS. 



Ouii PuiHcs are doing no better in honey- 

 indeed, we doubt whether they are doing as 

 ^ypll_as the average colony of Italians of equal 

 strengtii: and. with the exception of the Cyp- 

 rians, they are the ineduext bees we ever 

 brought into the apiary. July 4th we wanted 

 to show A. I. R. the new race. He at once sug- 

 gested that we open the hive witliout smoke, 

 which we did. perhaps a little unceremoniously. 



The air was immediately lilled with hundreds 

 of mad bees; and so persistent were they t,hat 

 iir glailly rail for a veil and smoker, altlioiigh 

 A. I. R.. true to liis aversion for be(>-veils. 

 crouched down under a sheltering grapevine, 

 with his hands up to his face. We t-lwii smoked 

 the bees, but they boiled all over, about as bad 

 as black bees; and, like lilack bees, they would 

 hold themselves suspended on th(! wing, per- 

 fectly motionless, apparently, with th(! excf^p- 

 tion of tile wings, right bcd'ore th<> eyes, in a 

 tantalizing way. Hy tin- way. we would pi-efer 

 to be stung, and done w ith it, than to be iield in 

 constant fear of it. The next day one of our 

 boys attemped to run a lawn-mower some few 

 rods away from the Punic colony; but he was 

 very glad to put on a veil, and (!V(m then the 

 little scamps pestered his hands. When Mr. 

 Langstroth was here, and shortly after, we 

 took every precaution to keep the bees quiet, 

 or, at least, not to arouse them unnecessarily, 

 for we did not wish to test the temper of a new 

 race of bees in the presence of one whom, at 

 his advanced age, stings might be nc^xt thing to 

 serious. The bees were also younger w hen he 

 was here, and, of course, gentler. Now that 

 they are two or three weeks older, they are 

 regular little d(!mons, unless handled carefullv. 

 We should state this, however, that they de- 

 light more in bluster and angry buzzing than in 

 actual stings. 



In our last issue we stated that they were the 

 worst bees for depositing propolis we ever saw. 

 For example, we have a crate of sections on 

 their hive; and even before there was an ounce 

 of honey put in them (there is not more 

 than a few ounces now in the whole crate) 

 these Funics besmeared the sections all around 

 the edges in six days in a way that is worse 

 than any hybrids ever thought of doing in six 

 months. If our Funics are a fair sample, we do 

 not see how any one can regard them as gentle: 

 and more and more they are beginning to show 

 the regular characteristics of the common 

 black bee. 



QUIGLEYS GOLDEN QUEENS. 



Are larg-e, beautiful, and inoUflc. Tlie bees are ui- 

 dustrious, gentle, and hardy. Warranted purely 

 mated, each, $1.00; 6 for $.5.00. Untested, each, 70c; 

 3 for $3.00. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Circular free. 

 14tfdl) E. F. Ql'IGLEY, UTiionville, Mo. 



QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL 



Punic queens after July 1.5. Untested, each. $1.00; 

 6 for $5.(10. None but Punic drones tiyiug. No oth- 

 er beis near. Sale arrival guaranteed. 



J. S. KLOCK. Urban. Nortli'd Co.. Pa. 



PA I I Eggs and Plants. Fowls. Poultry-books and 

 f "^^ Papers; finely ill. circular free. Address 

 ' GEEK BHOS.. St. Marvs. Mo.. 



14tfdb Or, H. I?. (iEEK. Nashville, Tenn. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



FOR SAI.S. 



At $4.0" per colony; 20 colonies of Italian bees in 

 U-story Dovetailed hives. H. Bennett. 



14-l.")d Union FurnHce, Hocking Co., O. 



FROM IMPORTED 

 MOTHER, in .luly, 

 August, and Sci)lember; untested, 75c each; $6 per 

 doz. Tested, f l.tiO each; ?I0 jier doz. 



PERCY COVINGTON. Appleton. Cecil Co.. Md. 



UNTESTED ITALIAN (pieens reared from 

 imported mothers, icady to mail at 60c; 6 or 

 more, .">(ic caeh. W. A. Ci>.\fi'TON. Lynnville, Tenn. 



5-BANDED ITALIANS 



In KootV Siiiiplicily Hives, 

 Wired FrameH, ?';i.50 E:acb. 

 W. HUSSEY, Nit. Pleasant, Ohio. 14-I.5d 



