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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I like GLEANiNtiS more and more, and do not think 

 I could get along without it now. 

 Plain City, Utah, Dec. 13. Ai.ONZo Knight. 



The tomato and cabbage seed I had from you last 

 year, beat the country. Mr.s. J.as. O. Burns. 



Ge.s.ser, I^a.. Dec. 20 



The .seeds I procured from vou last year were excel- 

 lent. The Breadstone turnip' is the best table turnip I 

 have ever tasted; so .sav others who have tried them 

 here. Arthur A. Evans. 



King.sey, Que., Canada, Jan. '22. 



The imported queen which vou sent me la.st month 

 arrived .safelv (not a dead bee), and was as safely in- 

 troduced. Please accept this belated acknowledg- 

 ment. Your business methods are near perfectiou. 



Phoenix. Arizona, Nov. 11). C. A. Broomell. 



I certainlv do appreciate Gleanings enough to con- 

 tinue mv subscription with it. without premiums as an 

 extra inducement to do so. The journal itself is well 

 worth more than it costs each vear. Stray Straws, 

 Sea.sonable Questions, Notes of Travel, and Home 

 Talks are each worth more 1 1 me, in one year's time, 

 than Gleanings coists, besides the many other good 

 articles it contains. Almond Weaver. 



Nicklow, W. Va., Dec. IC. 



ORDERING GOOUS IN SEASON. 



I have ju.st received the 100 lbs of foundation ship- 

 ped from vour house Oct. 19th— over one month on the 

 road. How would it have been if I had waited until 

 next June ? My advice to all is, order in season so as 

 to be sure to have your goods in time. I am in favor 

 of the narrow strips and the p -per. Goods from your 

 house are always all right, so far as I have dealt with 

 you. E. G. Cox. 



Monkton Ridge, Vt., Nov. 2-]. 



Friend A. I. Root, Marengo follows the example of 

 Medina. l,ast Sunday a new Methodist cliurch was 

 dedicated— cost $12..')()0. But Marengo went one better 

 than Medina: didn't wait till evening, but closed the 

 other churches in the morning and went to Methodist 

 church: helped give the money too. Served the new 

 Bapti.st church the same way not a year ago. 



Marengo, 111. " " C.C.Miller. 



It seems wonderful to me how you manage to travel 

 ■SO much on your wheel, and to keep going so well the 

 other numerous branches of industry that I feel as- 

 sured must at least engross your mind at times, and, 

 not only that, but to write such pleasing and instruc- 

 tive descriptions of what your observant eyes have 

 noticed on your journey. I have gained more real 

 knowledge of American geography through Glean- 

 ings than from any other source. J. F. Mundav. 



Maitland, N. S. Wales, Nov. 12. 



For the eighteenth year I hand yon one dollar for 

 GLEANiNCiS, my old-time friend. It has journeyed 

 with me tliroiigh the years. These years have 

 brought to me many clouds of sorrow and also many 

 of joy. The .same bee-hives stand where we, wife and 

 I, placed them in those far-gone years. .She long since 

 entered into rest, and my bark still rides the billows 

 of life. But no7c\ not as //wii, I hold a steady and well- 

 known course. My compass is set. Through all these 

 years Gleanings came with a smile of good cheer, 

 never a frown God speed all good. J. E. lyAY. 



Hallettsville, Texas, Dec. 31. 



THE LEAN-MEAT DIET; TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF OUR 



OLD FRIENDS 'WHO IS A PHYSICIAN AS WELL AS A 



BEE-KEEPER. 



I wish to say that I have used the meat food accord- 

 ing to the manner and form recommended by you in 

 a Kjrmer issue of Gleanings, with the most gratify- 

 ing results. There can be no question in the minds of 

 any who have tried the diet as to its merits. It will 

 save thousands of lives, and a world of misery to hu- 

 man kind. J. W. Porter, M. D. 



Ponca. Neb., Dec, !). 



Bv all means give us more of Mr. Doolittle's .stories. 

 I should like to shake hands with him. How plainly 

 he teaches ! The cheapest is not the best. His les.sons 

 are all good, clear through. No. indeed: I don't want 

 that big • D " after mv name. The dollar may be a 

 little late, but is sure" to come at last. Gleanings 

 first, last, and all the time. A merry Chri.stmas and 

 happy New Year to all. Jeptha Hammond. 



Salyerville. Ky.. Dec. 17. 



Inclosed you will find money order for mv subscrip- 

 tion for Gleanings for five years, commencing Jan. 1, 

 1S!)K. 



Allow me to suggest that you draw the attention of 

 your foreign .subscribers to your lower rates for a five 

 vears' remittance, and to the fact that the money or- 

 der for the five years is the same as for one — at lea.st, 

 so far as New Zealand is concerned. I have only just 

 noticed your rates for a five-year subscription, although 

 a subscriber for many years. Wm. C. Brown. 



West Mosgiel, Otago,' N. Z., Dec. 7. 



Mr. Daiizenbake) :~Yovir "Facts about Bees" was 

 duly received, and is worth more than a dollar book 

 that I read on bees. Theo. S, Hurley. 



Garwin, la., Dec. 28. 



Mr. F. Danzenbaker: — I received your little book, 

 " Facts about Bees," s ime time ago, and am so pleased 

 with it. and convinced that your hive is all that you 

 claim for it, that I am going to order ten, early in the 

 spring. I have been a bee-keeper only ten months; 

 but in that time I have thought and 'studied more 

 about bees than any thing else. I have King's Bee- 

 keepers' Text-book ; Bees and Honey, by Newman ; 

 A B C of Bee Culture, by Root, and Doolittle's Scien- 

 tific Queen-rearing, andam a sub.scriber to the .-iiiirii- 

 can Bee Journal And Gleanings, but I like your little 

 book, for a two cent stamp, the best of all. becau.se I 

 believe what I have learned from it will bring me in 

 the most money. W. \\'. I.athroi". 



Bridgeport, ConiL, Jan. 1(>. 



The last half-dozen .slrawberty-plants came all 

 right, and are all g^owifg vigorously. Thev did not 

 lose a leaf in tran.sit. I am quite proud of them, as 

 they represent $18 00 spent for plants, and I feared I 

 should have nothing to show for it. I will not ask 

 you to send more this sea.son, but next ye^r I shall 

 want more. I am looking for 100 from F'lorida, to 

 come in care of a friend who is coming out, and I look 

 for them to come in good shape. 



I wish von could see what "gardening in December" 

 looks like here with irrigation, and our " King of the 

 Garden" limas that grow and bear perennially. It is 

 a great relief to know Jack Fro.st will not get our lux- 

 uriant limas and tomatoes. 



Bees are just beginning on logwood, and prospects 

 are fine for a good harvest from this .source. Bees 

 are .strsngwhen properly managed, many being in 

 supers already. The flow will la.st six weeks or two 

 months. i^i^ r:?M__ H. G. Burnett. 



I<instead, Jamaica, W. I., Dec. 27. 



Wedding- 'lells as well as sleigh-bells have been ring- 

 ing at '■ Rootville " this month, and at least two of the 

 Rootvillians are supremely happy. Miss Constance 

 M. Root, daughter of Mr. A. I. Root. was married, F'eb. 

 1, to Mr. A Iv. Boydoi, one of The A. I. Root Co.'s 

 most faithful and trusted employees. Our heartiest 

 congratulations are hereby extended to the happy 

 pair. 



We don't know whether there is any rule about it or 

 not down there among the Roots; but if we remember 

 rightly Mr. Calvert, the business manager, after being 

 in the employ of Mr. Root for a while, won the hand 

 and heart of his eldest daughter; then, F'rnest R. Root 

 did the same thing with one of their charming lady 

 employee.s — Miss Elizabeth Humphrey; and now Miss 

 Constance captures (or more likely was captured by) 

 Mr. Boyden. And so it goes. But so long as every- 

 body is happy and contented, and each has the "best 

 companion in the world," what more can be desired? 



Our congratulations to the Root-Calvert-Root-Hum- 

 phrey - Root - Boyden - and - A. -I. -Root combination of 

 Roots and Rootlets. — American Bee Journal. 



OUR TOMATO BOOK. 



I have one of your good books on tomato culture. 

 I have read it over and over until it seems as though I 

 am per.sonally ac(|uaint< d with you. I have been gar- 



