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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



vent so many that swarming would be manag- 

 ed easily. True, in reading over the plan it 

 looks as if it were considerable work to carry it 

 out; but it is not so much as if the bees were 

 left alone to^warm, and the work can be done 

 at one's leisure, when not in a hurry in the heat 

 of the day, with half a dozen swarms all need- 

 ing to be cared for at once. 



If a person has but a few colonies, and wishes 

 to make the most of them, I think it will pay, 

 or some similar plan, so that we can keep enor- 

 mous colonies together, as they do so much bet- 

 ter work in sections, and do not have to be con- 

 stantly watched; and if a person has a great 

 many colonies, and help is scarce, that, or a 

 similar plan or plans, will pay to care for a part 

 of the colonies, that the colonies that are not 

 thus treated may be more easily cared for. and 

 thus make swarming more easy for the apiarist. 

 But with all the plans that are followed, we 

 must or ought to have one of the B. Taylor, or 

 a similar device, to catch the swarms if they 

 come faster than we can easily care for them. I 

 feel quite in favor, also, of taking out a comb 

 of brood from the center of a few colonies every 

 few days from the colonies that are the most 

 difficult to watch, and the most likely to lose 

 swarms from. I don't think it necessary to put 

 an empty comb in each time. If the lower half 

 is empty after the second time of changing, I 

 think it would answer. Such care of colonies 

 can be taken in the cool of the evening or morn- 

 ing, and at one's leisure. 



IN BEE CULTURE. 

 Let him who wishes to XL, 



Or wlio aspires to B most Y's, 

 Remember this: A Y's man O's 



Much of his wisdom to his I's. 



And he must not liis ears XQ's; 



But ears must hear and I's must C, 

 And lie must all his senses U's 



Who hopes a Y's man e'er to B. 



Mrs. L. C. Axtell. 

 Roseville, 111., Nov. 1, 1893. 



[The Conser plan of non-swarming, if we un- 

 derstand it correctly, is simply a scheme for the 

 getting of populous colonies in small hives; and 

 the presence of but little brood in the hives at a 

 time, we suppose, takes away the desire for 

 swarming. ''Ve question, however, whether the 

 plan will'worK even generally; and even if it 

 does do so, the laDor and machinery involved 

 would be more than the caring for the swarms 

 in the ordinary way. Just think of hitching 

 the hives nearer together every few days to get 

 them in a triangle, equally distant, and. after 

 that, shifting brood-combs every ten or sixteen 

 days into the hatching-box I Besides all this 

 there is the expense of the connecting-tubes, 

 and holes in the sides of the hives. Even if the 

 plan should secure more honey, the cost per 

 pound would be much more than by the old 

 way. If our surmises are incorrect, we should 

 be glad to be set right.l 



FUN. 



SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS FROM MISS ANNA B. 

 QUILLIN. 



"Oh! I just kn;e to do things to shock peopl<> 

 — it is such fun! and if I don't do something to 

 wake up this town before I leave it, I miss my 

 guess." 



So said a gay young girl of seventeen, bright, 

 attractive, and full of life; a petted, only 

 daugliter, and an heiress in her own right, she 

 held what would be considered by many an en- 

 viable position 'n the world. 



" Why, Marta Belgravel you don't mean ta 

 say you are going to engage in any new mis- 

 chief?" said one young girl of the group, with 

 very evident surprise, both in tone and manner. 



"And why not?" was the reply of Marta, 

 accompanied by a saucy toss of her head. "I 

 do think this is the most 'dead and alive' old 

 place — one never can have any fun here. Well, 

 I am not going to ' give myself away.' but in a 

 week ontwo I am going to have two of the 

 jolliest girls you ever saw. to pay me a visit; 

 and then, look out I if we don't shake up this 

 old town, I'll be surprised." 



"Weill I should think you had had enough 

 of that sort of thing, Marta," was the reply. 



" Oh, I am going to have some fun, and I don't 

 care what people think of it. I am going away, 

 and will be gone all winter, so it will not make 

 any difference to me what they say about me, 

 for I'll not be here to know it." 



A number of girls out shopping had met: and 

 as they paused for a few moments near tlie door 

 of a store, this fi-agment of their conversation 

 was overheard; and I wondered how many of 

 our girls think as did Maria. Dear girls, do 

 any of you think that it doesn't make any dif- 

 ference what people think or say of you? 

 Marta has gaini^d the unenviable reputation of 

 being "rather wild," and "quite fast." Have 

 you ever thought it didn't make any difference 

 if people considered you in that light, and ap- 

 plied those terms to you ? Do you think it 

 doesn't make any difference if you engage in 

 questionable " fun,"— flirt or correspond with 

 strangers; play practical jokes: and do various 

 mischievous things that may injure or annoy 

 others? My dear girls, one little thoughtless 

 act. which you may designate as "only fun," 

 may so smirch your character that years of 

 right living will not efface the stain. It may 

 seem fun at the time; but, oh the bitter, bitter 

 fruit it may yield to be eaten in the years that 

 follow! 



There is much to enjoy in life — many innocent 

 pleasures, and it is right to enjoy them and 

 have "good times;" but when there is any 

 questionable fun on hand, count well the cost, 

 and be not persuaded to enter into it. else the 

 time may come — yes, it is almost certain to come 

 — when regret will be your guest. As a certain 

 poet has expressed it, 



— " the heart bleeds. 

 And pale reg'ret comes weltering- in tears." 



Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. 

 Dear girls, do not run the risk of losing your 

 good name for what is falsely termed /)/w. Do 

 not be too familiar with boys or men. nor allow 

 them to be so with you. Shun any one who 

 would tempt you to do any thing your parents 

 would not approve. And when friends give 

 advice, and warn you of the pitfalls that may 

 beset your pathway, take it kindly. Perhaps 

 they may not express themselves in the kindest 

 and best manner, but you should understand 

 that they speak because they have your best 

 interest at heart, and you sliould take it in the 

 spirit in which it is intended. Do not think 

 they are trying to cheat you out of any whole- 

 some pleasures when they are only trying to 

 save you from sorrow and suffering. 



Have respect for the opinions of good people; 

 and to gain their respect, and to deserve it. is 

 no light matter — not a matter to be treated with 

 indifference, but as something to be prized. 

 Take this thought with you. and remember it 

 always: A good name, a pure character, is the 

 most precious earthly possession any one can 

 have. Therefore, dear girls, guard yours well. 

 Anna B. Quillin. 



Ipava, 111., October, 1892. 



