1892 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Those Hoffniaii f niinos I bouKht of you this sjiring' 

 are Tho talkof tho iieljrhhorhood, and pleasod me 

 all to hits. John Wkir. 



("arboiidalo, Kan., May 13. 



1 rt'oeivod tho fotiiidation all rl>rht wiiidi you soiit 

 me. It was all rifrlit and well put up. and "in g-ood 

 shape. I am well pleased with it. 



Defiance. O.. May 6. Wesley Kendio. 



tCrnost's notes on paint and iijiintinj,'. April 1.5. are 

 worth a year's subscriiition to most readefs who 

 paint hives or houses. W. \V. Somekforu. 



Navasota, Tex., Apr. 27. 



The two select untested queens sent me came 

 throug-h last nigrht all rig-lit, as chipper as bees well 

 could be. Stephen Uhese. 



Sutton. Que., June 17. 



My 3-line ad't In Gleanings of May 1st brought 

 me a tlood of letters from Texas to New York; no 

 trouble to get help in the bee-yard if we advertise 

 in Gleanings. A. A. Knott. 



Berthoud, Col.. May 16. 



Orders for queens are coming in by the dozen. 

 Our .Vbanded red-clover bees just fill the bill. We 

 consider Gleanings indeed a good bee-journal to 

 advertise in. Leininger Bros. 



Fort Jennings. O.. May 31. 



Tlie " best imported queen " reached me in good 

 order yesterday at 6 p. m. The candy was a little 

 soft — one or two bees stuck it; queen all right. She 

 is very handsome. Many thanks. 



Versailles, Ky.. May 12. J. W. Crenshaw. 



Just a week ago today I sent you a small order, 

 and I take pleasure in saying that every thing has 

 come to hand O. K. I emphasize every, because I 

 know, for I kei)t a copy of the order. You were 

 very prompt. Mark W. Moe. 



Denver, Col., May 7. 



Please send me another knife. Excelsior No. 46. I 

 want it immediately. I sold my other one for .50 

 cts., and I want another just like it. They are 

 grand for the price, and sell here in the stores for 

 70 cts. Arthur J. Bucher. 



Decherd, Tenn., June 23. 



The 10 Dovetailed hives in flat you sent me are 

 received, and more than satisfactory. How so much 

 for so little money can be furnished by you is really 

 a wonder. It shows what machinery, under intelli- 

 gent guidance, is capable of doing. 



Princeton, Ind., May 4. C. A. Buskirk. 



a kind word for dr. miller. 



I think Stray Straws a great improvement to your 

 paper, especialij' sis the straw has never been 

 thrashed— the golden grains are all left on. May 

 Dr. Miller live long to gather such straws. 



Taylorsville, Utali, July 2. Homer Brown. 



My goods were received in fine order, and I am 

 well pleased with everything. It is a satisfaction 

 and a pleasure to look at and use such sections as 

 you sent me. The Daisy foundation-fastener is also 

 a •' daisy." M. Nevins. 



Silver Cliff, Col.. May .5. 



good measure. 



The stands and buckwheat I ordered came in good 

 condition. There seems to me to be fully a bushel 

 of buckwheat, though I ordered onlj- three pecks; 

 but I have no way to determine exactly. I am well 

 pleased with the stands. They are all w«> expected. 



Gastonia, N. C. May 11. W. C. C Foster. 



how our dovetailed hives please. 



The last lot of KX) hives are of good lumber, and 

 dovetails are better made than any we liave yet 

 had. If we can depend on getting such goods al- 

 ways, we can hold our trade, and can favor you 

 with quite a number of carloads of the Dovetailed 

 hives this coming winter. Jno. Nebel & Son. 



High Hill, Mo.. June 7. 



A GOOD WORD FOR THE ONION-PLANTS BY MAIL. 



In respon.se to riMpiest on i>age .5^7. last (! lean- 

 ings. 1 will say tliat. the onloii-plaiils I got by mail 

 are wonderful. 1 never saw any thing equal to 

 them. Not a plant failed to grow. Onion-|)lants by 

 mail are a success; no more sets or sowing seed for 

 me. M. H. Hunt. 



Bell Branch, Mich., Aug. 3. 



I received the honey-frames yesterday, and they 

 iire all right — the best frame I ever saw. I told my 

 wife, that, when a man gets any thing from A. I. 

 Root, it is right, and always up to order in every 

 respect. Accept thanks for good goods and your 

 prompt work. H. D. Brubaker. 



Erwin, Ind., July 14. 



A. I. Root:~1 w;us much interested in your ser- 

 monizing in last Gleanings. If you have written 

 any thing in a similar strain in previous numbers I 

 should like to see it. Please send copies, as our ex- 

 changes are destroyed, and I will remit. 1 always 

 try to glance through Gleanings, but very seldom 

 read it, for lack of time and partly for lack of inter- 

 est in bee matters. J. G. Kingsbury, 



Editor ludimia Farmer. 



Indianapolis, Ind., June 17. 



that BINGHAM SMOKER. 



Accept thanks for Gleanings report. I am glad 

 the device is convenient, and more so by use. O. J. 

 Hetherington gives almost word for word the same 

 result— "Improves by use." He turns the smoker 

 to the right. I have several reports; all agree so 

 far. Prospect of immense basswood bloom. 



Abronia, Mich., July 4. T. F. Bingham. 



BRIGHT-YELLOW VERSUS THE YELLOW-COLORED 

 STOCK. 



Please find inclosed $2.00 for two untested Italian 

 queens. Please send as soon as you can. I have 

 tried queens from several different breeders, but no 

 queens have ever done as well as the one I got from 

 you. There is no place in my yard for the flashy 

 yellow bees, any more. Of all the queens I have 

 ever bought, except the one from you, none has 

 proved prolific, some never laying over four frames 

 of eggs at any time of the year. I want no more 

 queens from such stock. Wm. Housel. , 



Wertsville, N. J., June 27. 



With pleasure I announce the arrival of our bees, 

 which came to hand on the eve of the 7th iiist., in 

 good order, considering the distance they came and 

 the length of time they were on the road. One of 

 them was nearly out of feed, so I had to give them 

 one square meal, and then they were ready for the 

 field. From some cause or other the one had more 

 dead bees than both of the others together, but was 

 not reduced in numbers t(j hurt Ihem. They are all 

 doing finely, and are busy to-day gathering honey 

 and pollen. You sent a No. 1 (lueen. 



Berkstresser & Frederick. 



Elberton, Wash., June 11. 



gleanings and the WIDE CIRCULATION OF ITS 

 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



I am glad you get inquiry and calls for the West 

 queen-cell protector and cages, and I gladly send you 

 circulars. When you want more, let me know. The 

 cage and protector are giving good satisfaction all 

 over the world. I guess. I this day send a bo.v of 

 cages to New Zealand. They saw the advertisement 

 in Gleanings, April 1.5, l«'.il. So says the letter that 

 ordered the goods. Mr. Boot, where doesn't your 

 paper get to';* I have received orders from England, 

 France, Canada, and from every State and territory 

 in America, I tliink, that say, "I saw the adver- 

 tisement in Gleanings." N. D. West. 



Middleburgh, N. Y., July 15. 



kind WORD FROM A MISSIONARY. 



The tools have arrived, and give good satisfaction. 

 They are a treasure in tliis out-of-the-world place. 

 Gleanings makes its appearance along with many 

 periodicals; and although it is not much in my line, 

 I find a few moments to glance at nearly every 

 copj', and fail to do so without pleasure and satis- 

 faction. My oflice is a .sort of box bee-hive, but 

 honey does not accumulate. We are trying, how- 

 ever, to distribute to these people, as wild as the 

 birds, the sweets of heaven, and this is making 

 changes among them. Some 316 converts have put 



