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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 1. 



Contents of this Number. 



Adulteration of Honey 8(1.") 



Alsike and Peavine Clover 809 



Apiarists, Qualities of "»9 



Bees Killing Each Other. . MS 



California for Honey 801 



Cardinal Flower 800 



Castles in the Air 818 



Corncobs as Absorbents. . .802 



Counti-y Gentleman SOO 



Farming Doesn't Pay Sl-' 



Feeiiing. Stacked-up-tiive.. .SOT 



Hanlon's Island. Queens on. 806 



River. Sprague's .799 



Hoffmtn Frame Criticised. 798 



Honey to E.xpositions 797 



Langstroth's History 796 



Mirages 814 



Funics Condemned 817 



Robbing. When Allowable 806 



Rambler at Clark's 803 



Sections. Narrower 808 



Toba<co Column 816 



$50.00 ^ 



t * Prize 



We are getting up a club for the 



Ladies' Home Journal 



of Philadelphia, and offer the above prize to the person send- 

 ing me the nn'st subscriptions to that pajier before Jan. 1st. 

 It is a large dollar pai)ir. but if voti will get up a club of 2 or 

 more we will niaki- the price 70 cts. per year. After you have 

 sent us 5 subscriptions the price will be 65 cts. After you have 

 sent 10. 60 cts., and after von have sent us 25 subscriptions we 

 «-ill send it full year for 55 cts Reduced rat«s on 200(1 other 

 papers. Catalogue free. Rclrrence A. 1. Root. Address 



C. M. GOODSPEED, P. M., 



Shamrock, N. Y. 



Cjrin responding to this advertisement mention Olkanings. 



Kind Words From Our Customers. 



I can procure no such seeds here as you send out. 

 Melbourne, Australia. L. T. Chambers. 



I received my queen on the 4tli. She commenced 

 laying at 12 o'clock to day. and filled a comb on 

 lioth sides with eg'gs while I walked lialf a mile, ate 

 dinner and walked back. H. D. Hekkington. 



Plank, Texas, Oct. 10. 



Old reliable Gieanings, Sept. l.'i. is here, brimful 

 of good things as usual. If I li ad Rambler by the 

 hair I would try and pull )i:ird enoug-li to make him 

 stop his rambles. Why, one may laugii himself to 

 death, and still he keeps (m. 



Floyd, Texas. Jennie Atchley. 



AS PLAIN .\S DAYLIGHT. 



I read in your bee-journal that you could not un- 

 derstand why you loved the outdoor world so much, 

 oi' rejoiced so much to watch vegetation grow. I do 

 not think it strange, for are you not a Rootf and do 

 not your initials spell A. I. R.. air? 



East Killlngly, Ct. Mrs. C. F. Brainard. 



Mr. Root:— You have kindly sent me Gleanings 

 for many years. 1 have enjoyed the i-eading of it 

 greatly, especially your religious experience, your 

 homilies on scripture texts, your manfully contend- 

 ing for the truth, your opposition to rum, tobacco, 

 and all evil. May the Lord encourage you, and 

 greatly bless your efforts in his cause and for man. 



I am the first missionary that came from America 

 to.Tapan. I have been here now 33 years, and liave 

 hvvn ))('iiiiitted to see great success in evangelizing 

 tiic .lapantse. J. C. HEPBURN, M. D. 



Yokoliania, Japan, Sept. 27. 



Eastern Supply Hovise. 



We furnish everything used in the apiary, and 

 at bottom prices. Illustrated circular free. 



I. J. STRINGHAM. 92 Barclay St., N. Y. 



21-20db Please mention this i)apev. 



OTfUMWA BEE-HIVE FACTORY. 



Bee-keepers, look to your interests. Every tiling 

 n the line of bee-supplies constantly on hand. 

 Price list free. GREGORY BROS. & SON, 

 l-23d Ottumwa, la. South side. 



Please mention this paper 



SECTIONS^ 



$a.50 to $3.50 per .11. Bee-Hives and Fix 

 ture8 cheap. NOVELTY CO., 



6tfdb Rock Falls, Illinois 



FOOTE BROS., MEDINA, O.. offer S. C. W. Leg- 

 horns, D. Brahmas. and S. P. Hamburg cockerels 

 at low prices. 19-30-21d 



SAVE MONEY.— Send to J. P. H. Brown, Augus- 

 ta, Georgia, for his price list of supplies. Hives 

 and foundation at wholesale rates. 4tfdb 



BEE-HIVE STUFF FROM MEDINA. 



The Dovetailed chaff hives came through all O. K.. 

 every thing in good shape. We set one up, and every 

 thing went together in flrst-class order. The party 

 is well pleased with them, and says he will order 

 more this fall. All the hives and other goods I 

 have ordered from you have been satisfactory in 

 every respect, and I will continue to sell your goods. 



The honey crop in this section was poor, averaging 

 about 2.5 lbs. per colony, comb honey. Bees are in 

 good shape for winter. J. E. Schheckengost. 



Kittanning, Pa., Oct. 20. 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



WANTED.- To exchange Scotch Collie pups for 

 any thing useful on farm or in l)ee-yard. 

 15tfdb N. A. Knapp, Rochester, Lorain Co., O. 



WANTED.— To exchange fox - hound pups for 

 pointer bird-dog, breech-loadiny or Wincliester 

 repeating shot-gun or rifle, or any thing useful in 

 apiary. J. E. Pkvoh, Middle River. Iowa. 20-21d 



W 



ANTED.— To exchange bees, typewriter, jewel- 

 ry, for poultry or offers. Dr. Corya, 

 Nebraska, Jennings Co., Ind. 



WANTED.— To exchange a hea\T power saw-man- 

 drel for small foundation mill. Also saw-table 

 for light power, for Barnes saw. W. C. Simons, 

 21d Arlington, Wayne Co., Pa. 



Mr. Boof:— Until recently I thought I might meet 

 you and Ernest and Mr. Calvert in this world. I 

 now have given up all hopes, but trust we may meet 

 in the next. I am 25 years old, and for the last 7 

 years have seen nothing but trouble and sickness. 

 One blessing I have is good parents. Life is sweet, 

 and, generally, hard to give up by one of my age; 

 but for God's rich promises I am ready to try the 

 realities of another world. If it is not asking too 

 much, please send me a word of consolation. Re- 

 member me in your prayers. Oh how I wLsh j'ou 

 all were here! A. I. Root, continue your good re- 

 ligious talks in Gleanings. I hope you may all 

 live long and do as much good in the future as you 

 have in the past. Ira J. Whit.more. 



Longley. O. 



Before I proceed to business I must stop "by the 

 way" a moment. I can't thank you enough for 

 some recent articles in your publication. Now, 

 some people call me a queer sort of preacher; and, 

 no doubt, judging from the standpoint of 50 years 

 ago, I am. I liave a sort of theory that, for one to 

 be a well-balanced man, he must develop his body 

 as well as his head. There are few indeed who use 

 themselves up by overstudy. It is rather by too 

 little exercise. Well, I have a bicycle; and for 

 times when I can't run that, I have a miniature 

 macliine-shoii. with a fine foot-power machinist's 

 lathe, to which I have made various attachments. 

 I want to say further concerning tiie cycle, etc.. 

 that I am 41 j'ears of age; began my ministry quite 

 early in life, and, in consequence of my schemes for 

 exercise, I do not remember that I ever lost a Sab- 

 bath in consequence of sickness. Medicine is an 

 entire stianger to my system. A. M. Pipes. 



Sioux Oit.v, Iowa, Oct. 8. 



