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GLEANINGS IN HEE CULTUKE. 



Oct. 15. 



pose of purchasing and carrying on the business 

 of Messrs. -v. it H. Timberlal<e, honey and wax 

 merchants." After the failure of former at- 

 tempts to establish successful companies on the 

 above lines, even when guided by practical men, 

 this last attempt shows an amount of hopeful- 

 ness on the part of the promoters in which we 

 can notshai'e, especially as, with the exception 

 of Mr. Timberlake (as the manager), none of 

 the directors, so far as we know, have had any 

 knowledge of bees or their products. We there- 

 fore recommend that our correspondents make 

 full inquiry before investing. 



We have not been favored by the promoters 

 with a copy of the prospectus, and it is only by 

 favor of certain of our readers that any infor- 

 mation regarding the pi'oposed comjjany reaches 

 us. It is also noticeable that, although the 

 prospectus contains a statement that a contract 

 has been entered into between certain parties, 

 no names are given, nor does the date of the 

 contract referred to appear. — British Bee Jour- 

 nal, Sept. 15. 



MOKE OF THAT " WHAT LOOKS I.IKE FOUJ. 

 15HOOU."' 



I see in Gleanings that you have that dis- 

 ease that looks much like foul brood. 1 have 

 had the same experience with it. Last year I 

 had several cases of it: and as I was looking 

 among bees that belonged to the neighbors I 

 found the same thing, but not so bad. I had 

 one case that was very bad last year in the fore 

 part of the season, and in about two months it 

 disappeared, and I haven't seen it in that colo- 

 ny since. This year I had one case of it. but it 

 is all gone now. and the colony is strong. I am 

 sure it is not foul brood, for I am acquainted 

 with that. I never could tell what the cause of 

 this disease is. I never tried to cure it. and it 

 always went away of itself. While it lasts it 

 weakens the colony very fast; but when it dis- 

 appears the colony soon "builds up again. From 

 what experience i have had with this disease 

 I don't think it will spi'ead among other colo- 

 nies, or that it is very bad, except at the time 

 they havr it. E. H. Trumi'er. 



Bankers, Mich., Sept. 20. 



THE MINNESOTA STATPJ FAIH HONEY EXHIBIT. 



We have just returned fi'om the State Fair, 

 and I want to tell you we had a grand exhibit — 

 one that would be hard to beat in any of the 

 States. Everybody who saw it said they never 

 saw any thing so nice in the Eastern States or 

 Canada. To get up such an exhibit right in 

 the face of one of the poorest seasons that the 

 State ever had, means energetic labor on the 

 part of the managers. Our superinteudent, J. 

 P. West, labored with the bee-keepers of the 

 State in season and out of season to persuade 

 them to make an exhibit; and the beekeepers 

 of the State want a little space in Gi>eamxgs 

 to thank him for the good work he did, as he 

 did not get any other compensation. We had 

 some photos taken of the exhibit. I will send 

 you one. W.m. H. Bright. 



Mazeppa, Minn., Sept. 34. 



DR. miller's roses; HOW TO RAISE THEM. ETC. 



I have been interested in Dr. Miller's roses, 

 and 1 should like to know how he grafts th(»m. 

 I wish he would please write a piece about it, 

 and illustrate his manner, so that I could do so. 

 I have succeeded in grafting apples, plums, and 

 cherries; but as rose-twigs are small, does he 

 practice limb grafting or budding? 



My husband and family are much interested 

 in Gleanings. I feel as if the sermons were 

 worth the price of the book. They are so plain 

 that we can understand and apply them every 



day of the week, and that is the kind of leligion 

 that does good in this sinful world. 



I have lived on this farm over thirty years. 

 We live one mile from, and in sight of. beauti- 

 ful Canandaigua Lake; also in sight of the vil- 

 lage of that name, which is famed in Indian 

 legend as " Sleeping Heauiy;"' and. indeed, it is 

 a beautiful village. 



We were pleased with Ernest's writings about 

 our Slate last vear. We wish he might have 

 stopped at our house. We could not have 

 shown him h large apiary, but we could have 

 refreshed him with food and water, and given 

 him GodspiM^d on his journey. J. R. Fisher. 



Rushville. N. Y. 



[Thanks. We should have been very glad to 

 call upon yon had we known we were so near 

 you. With" regard to the i-oses. Dr. Miller is 

 respectfully called upon to answer.] 



NO reason TO COMPLAIN. 



I am happy to report, that, after all our 

 s|)ring losses and summer disappointments, bee- 

 keepers in this section of country have no rea- 

 son tc- complain, and long faces should be done 

 away with, for the month of August tilled many 

 barrels with nice extracted honey. Many bee- 

 keepers, who had invested largely in supplies, 

 and seeing June and July pass by with bees in 

 a starving condition, had almost been sinking 

 in despair. The writer has secured, up to date, 

 about :.'50O lbs. of No. 1 extracted honey from t)8 

 colonies, spring count, and nearly all colonies 

 are supplied with sufficient stores for winter: 

 and if Jack Frost does not visit us during Sep- 

 tember, quite a lot of nectar sweets will be re- 

 alized, for bees are working finely on goldenrod 

 and tall flowers; but those who worked their 

 bees for comb honey missed it, for bees could 

 not be induced to work in the sections. 



Stephen Roese. 



Maiden Rock, Wis.. Sept. 3. 



AVINE AS A BEVERAGE ON THE ISL.A.NDS OF 

 LAKE ERIE. 



In reading over your Home talks in the last 

 number as to boys anil their search for beer, it 

 reminds me of an investigation which I entered 

 into on my recent and first and only visit to 

 Put-in-Bay. I found wine, wine everywhere — 

 every few feet— right out on the street and 

 lawns, and indoors, and only one temperance 

 place, and that a couple of tents, run under the 

 care of the W. C. T. U. I went to those tents 

 with a friend and called for lemonade, and was 

 told that they had none. Inquirv showetl that 

 they were not allowed to sell any drink but 

 coffee, tea, and water. Why? because, to sell 

 such would interfere with the wine-trade I The 

 W. C. T. IT. could not rent a piece of ground if 

 they should sell lemonade. Comment is unneces- 

 sary. On this, my first and only visit to Put- 

 in-Bay, I could not help but arrive at the con- 

 clusion that it was a good place to stdj/ tiiray 

 from, and to recommend otliers to do the same. 

 I am told that the other islands have the same 

 rule. Here is another fact: I here is more wine 

 .eold on the different islands there as " native 

 wine" than could possibly be raised on a third 

 more area than they all combined contain. As 

 nearlv as I can make out. these are the facts. 



Cleveland, O.. Sept. 20. R. V. Murray. 



[Well done, old fiiend. It is refreshing indeed 

 to lind that the man who makes the pictures 

 for (iLEANiNGS is oue among the little crowd 

 who are hungering and thirsting after right- 

 eousness. It seems to me. friend Murray, that 

 the W. C. T. U. needs a little lifting by some of 

 the men -folks. As Gleanings goes almost 

 everywhere nowadays, perhaps it may be the 



