1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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(leniiig for the past seven years. lam, unfortunately, 

 deaf, so I liad to take up something outside of stores. 

 I formerly was a merchant; hut I have a good trade 

 worked up this sea.son. I have sold nearly iflOOO worth 

 off from five acres, and have a quantity on hand yet. 

 I had used cloth some before I got your tomato book, 

 but have increased the amount" greatly since reading 

 it. lam much interested in your garden of one fourth 

 acre. I am planning to build a green or hot house in 

 January, and use a large amount of cloth besides. I 

 sold over SlOO worth of plants la.st spring, and Siio 

 worth of Grand Rapids lettuce. I slaried the plants 

 in a hothouse ; made frames the same as you tell 

 about, then used the old hot-bed manure a year old, 

 about in of it or so. without any bottom heat. I h id 

 nice lettuce the 1st of June. I like the garden busi- 

 ness very much. Chas. B Wetheruy. 

 Fulton, N. Y., Dec. 13. 



THE ABC OF BEE CULTURE, AND HOW IT WAS AF- 

 PRECIATED IN A FAR-OFF LAND. 



Some time ago I came across in one of the book- 

 .stores in Valparaiso a copj' of your book, A B C of Bee 

 Culture. By going hurriedly through it- pages I .soon 

 came to the conclusion that it was a first class book, 

 not only by its completeness but also by the singular- 

 ly good idea of having its matters treated in alphabet- 

 ical order, which enables one to find readily what he 

 requires. 1 scarcely need say that it soon made me 

 an admirer of bees, and I can now add my name to 

 the " throng of eager, questioning brothers and sisters 

 in the art of bee culture in other countries," to whom 

 you have dedicated your work. 



'Asa Chilean I only regret that there is no Spanish 

 edition of so good a woi'k for my countrymen to read 

 and .study, for not all of them have the advantage of 

 understanding English. As a result of my perusal, a 

 furore for bee-keeping has posse.ssed me, and I now 

 have ")0 colonies, which I hope lo i un up to -100 or .')00. 

 I have arranged my apiary on the straight-row plan 

 given in j-our liook, page 21 Following the instruc- 

 tions given in "Hive-making," I have managed to 

 make a L,angstroth hive. 



In this country bee-keeping is not unknown; but, as 

 in all Spanish-descendant countries, no attempt what- 

 ever is made to improve on old systems unless it be 

 like going on .sandals instead of barefooted, which is 

 very poor work. What some people have shown to 

 me as frame hives have made me smile, knowing as I 

 now do whit von call a frame hive. 



Adolfo Eastman Cox. 



San Francisco de I<imache, Chile. Sept. 10. 



F. GREINER'S IDEAS IN REGARD TO THE GOVERN- 

 MENT ENCOURAGING THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY. 



Mr. Roo/ .-—That you may know what other people 

 think in regard to tobacco, allow me to say a few 

 words on this subject. I have thought a -number of 

 times before to disclose mjr .sentiments to you. but 

 liave, after all, not done so. Of course, Mr. Whit- 

 ney is a to "'acco slave, and perhaps of strong drink 

 too; for, sadly enough, very few men of high position 

 in our land are total abstainers. We as a people 

 should learn of the railroad managers, who have busi- 

 ness sense enough to select onU- total abstainers for 

 their employees. We are lacking this business quali- 

 fication; yes, we often furnish "our servants in Wash- 

 ington" with jirst that which they should not have in 

 order that they might give satisfaction to their em- 

 ployers, the people. 



But to return to tobacco. I myself have a great 

 many times bi en more than inconvenienced by this 

 persistency of men smoking anywhere and every- 

 where. As our lady secretary of our Ontario Co Bee- 

 keepers' As.sociation said to me a year ago, after our 

 convention : " Men, when they begin to smoke, at 

 once lose all regard for the comfort.s — yes, rights — of 

 others, and selfishness takes possession of their whole 

 being." And is this not so? 



I believe it is my own and every one's inheritance 

 from God to have pure air to breathe. We are entitled 

 to it, every one of u.s — man, woman, and child (yes, 

 the poor children); and whenevtr a man pollutes the 

 air anywhere, where others are obliged to be, he is 

 robbing these others; there can be no question about it. 



I have wondered that, in j'our war again.st the gov- 

 ernment officials, you have omitted to speak of the 

 tobacco-nuisance in the pcstoffices of our land. Take, 

 for iiLstance, our postmaster at Naples. He is receiv- 

 ing a Unge salary for the bu.siness he is doing — a sal-. 



ary which places him abf)ve all want, and he need not 

 conduct any other business cojnliined with his post- 

 office business; but he must have his tobacco and cigar 

 .stand. In consequence, a set of loafers are hanging 

 around, puffing, puffing away, making the otherwise 

 commodious room quite unfit for a decent man or 

 woman to enter. All prejudice put aside, should not 

 our government put a stop to such work? or must we 

 submit, and be constantly' imposed upon ? 



It is a pleasure to see tliat some railroads keep, or 

 try to keep, their depi ts free from this filthiness of 

 tobacco; but, again, can a man travel an}' distance, 

 lorg or short, without constantly coming in contact 

 with this sickening tobacco smoke? Why, Mr. Root, 

 every time I return from a tour, even a short one. I 

 am ready to swear off from ever leaving home again. 

 How sweet home .seems where one can protect him- 

 self and his children from this destroyer of comfort 

 and life, tobacco ! I hope you will continue your war 

 against the foe. I believe all the good people are 

 with you. F'riedemann Greiner. 



Naples, N. Y., Jan. 13. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



IV ANTED. —Extracted ho ley, incubator, shotgun, 

 ' ' watch, for .strawberry-plants and golden Italian 

 queens. J. F Michael, Greenvi'le, O. 



WANTED.— To exchange one A. I. Root's make of 

 one-piece section machine, in good condition, for 

 honey or offers. Wm. H. Bright. Mazeppa, Minn. 



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ANTED. — Work in apiary by experienced man, 23; 

 single, reference. " Box 101, England, Pa. 



WANTED.— A hand or power bone-mill, rifle, or 

 shotgun, in exchange for foundation-mill. 



W. S. Ammon, Reading, Pai. 



WANTED. — Situation in apiary by an experienced 

 young man. References. 



A. Boomhower, Gallupville, Scho. Co., N. Y. 



WANTED— To exchange 300-egg-size incubator, in 

 perfect running order, or strawberry-plants, for 

 Italian bees in Hoffman frames. 



I., M. Adams, Centre White Creek, N. Y. 



WANTED. — A man with some experience with bees 

 to work at bees and on farm. Give terms and 

 reference. Must be temperate. 



W. lyA Mar Cogc;shall. West Groton, N. Y. 



\V' ANTED. —An apiary to attend by a man of 25 

 '"^ vears' experience. Address 



J. S. COLYER, Perulack, Juniata Co., Pa. 



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ANTED.— Bees in exchange for 40-acre farm. 



R. S. Becktell, Bellaire, Mich. 



WANTED.— A desirable location with plenty of 

 white clover and bass wood to locate several bee- 

 yards, i to <i miles apart. If any reader c f Gle.\nings 

 should know of such a location, please write to me at 

 once. D. E. 1,'Hommedieu, Colo, Story Co., Iowa. 



WANTED.— A position by young man of 20, for the 

 coming summer Will work in apiary or upon 

 farm, well experienced in both. References and 

 photo can be furnished if wanted. 



F. W. Manley, Yale, Mich. 



ANTED.— To exchange large fruit-dryer for offers. 

 Ezra G. Smith, Manchester, N. Y. 



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ANTED.— To exchange supplies— Root's goods at 

 Root's prices — for honey or wax. 



O. H. Hyait, Sheiiandcah, Page Co., Iowa. 



WANTED.— Four colonies pure Italians ; 8-frame 

 Ivaugstroth, no super. Mu.st be cheap; corre- 

 spondence solicited. 



W. H. Kf;rr, Crawfordsville. Ind. 



FOR SALE.— One-half interest in five hundred col- 

 onies of bees. Good opportunity for a man with 

 .some money, p-inest location to be found in the al- 

 falfa district. John A. Harris, Hai ris. Col. 



