1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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a prophet. You may select anv three equidistant 

 dates in January, and forecast high wind, snow, and 

 cold for New York city, and stand a fair chance of 

 having the fraudulent forecast verified in two out of 

 three cases, provided that you claim a storm coming 

 the day before or after one of your dates to be the 

 storm which you expected. 



I believe it is impossible for any one to-day to make 

 a forecast, based fairly upon any principles of physics 

 or upon any empiric rule in meteorology, for a great- 

 er period than one or two days in winter or more than 

 two or three days in summer; and there are times in 

 winter when the movements of air conditions are so 

 rapid that it is extremely difficult to forecast even for 

 the space of one day. The Weather Bureau takes the 

 public into its confidence in this matter, and does not 

 claim to be able to do more than it is possible to ac- 

 complish. 



METHOD IN MADNESS; A BEE-KEEPER IN .A 

 LUNATIC ASYLUM. 



Gleanings not only goes to all sorts of 

 people, but it has frequently made its visits 

 to, and been highly prized at, evidently, one 

 or more lunatic asylums. From a pathetic 

 letter from one of these unfortunate brothers 

 I have taken the liberty of copying the fol- 

 lowing : 



Mr. Root: — I have no honey- bees here. You never 

 sent me any of your journals to the hospital here since 

 I was at this house. I had one when I was down at 

 the other house, but some scamp stole it. They do 

 not like bees here. I use no tobacco at all. I do not 

 even smoke. I have not since my name was used for 

 President. 



Harrisburg, Pa., July 10. G. B. 



We will gladly send our poor brother copies 

 of Gleanings as long as he is able to read 

 them ; and if some other unfortunate steals 

 them, all the better. We do not believe in 

 stealing, as a rule ; but when somebody steals 

 your copy of Gleanings, just write a postal 

 to your friend A. I. R., and he will replace it 

 free of charge. The above is pathetic in 

 many of its sentences. Our poor friend, it 

 seems, remembers the Tobacco Column, and 

 even through his poor benighted mind he 

 seems to recognize that the President of the 

 United States certainly ought to be a clean 

 man in every sense of the word, and therefore 

 he has given up his tobacco. Would it not be 

 well for some who stand high in office to fol- 

 low the example, in at least one respect, of 

 the poor bee-keeper who has by misfortune 

 landed in an asylum ? 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



The Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, has sent out a new bulletin in regard to 

 this clover, from which I make an extract as 

 follows: 



The use of crimson clover ( Trifolium incarnatum) 

 has increased to such an extent that it is now a 

 standard crop in many parts of the Southern and 

 Middle States. It is distinguished by its long head of 

 brilliant scarlet blossoms and by the great depth to 

 which its roots make their way. Wherever the win- 

 ters are not too severe it thrives and is a valuable 

 plant for soiling or for hay. It is a winter annual, 

 the seed being sown any time from the middle of July 

 to late fall in the Southern States. It grows through- 

 out the milder weather in winter, and quickly makes 

 a dense cover to the ground in the spring. This can 

 be pastured, cut for hay, or turned under for green 

 manure, or all three, depending upon conditions. 



The seed of crimson clover is larger than that of red 

 or mammoth clover, and is almost perfectly oval in 

 shape. The fresh seed is of a bright reddish-yellow 

 color, and has a high polish. As the seed becomes 

 older the color changes to a reddish brown, and 



eventually the polish is lost, and the seed has a dull, 

 dark reddish-brown color. Such seed should never be 

 purchased, as it is too old to grow well. 



In general the seed of crimson clover is less liable 

 to contain many weed seeds than the seed of other 

 clovers. It is harvested before most of the weeds have 

 matured their seed, and being planted in late summer 

 or fall it tends to choke out what weeds may come up 

 with the young plants. 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail, postpaid on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable 

 to disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the book-seller could 

 read all the hooks he offers, as he has them for sale, it 

 were hardly to be expected he would be the one to 

 mention all the faults, as well as good things about 

 a book. We very much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be disappointed and 

 therefore we are going to try to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the faults, so far as we can, that the purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following list, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a * ; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; those that are not up 

 to times, f ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the 

 lines, \ ; foreign, g. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the .size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on "each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



8 Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 50 



20 Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of 425 pages, and 175 illustra- 

 tions, and would usually be called a $2.00 book. A 

 splendid book to present to children. Sold in gilt edge 

 foi 25 cents more. 



6 | First Steps for Little Feet 50 



By the author of the Story of the Bible. A better 

 book for young children can not be found in the 

 whole round of literature, and at the same time there 

 can hardly be found a more attractive book. Beauti- 

 fully bound and fully illustrated. 



3 | John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 



C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 | Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, 



words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



2 Same, board covers 20 



5 Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 45 



10 Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



5 New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



5 Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



15 Story of the Bible** 1 00 



A large book of 700 pages, and 274 illustrations. Will 

 be read by almost every child. 



I "The" Life of Trust," by Geo. Muller** 1 25 



5 I Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left 



around where the boys get hold of it, and any boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 



Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson ... 



Amateur Bee-keeper, byj. W. Rouse 



Bees and Bee-keeping, by Fiank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. I., \ 2 



Same, Vol. II., \ 2 



Same, Vols. I. and II., postpaid 5 



Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 



Cook's New Manual, cloth 1 



Doolittle on Queen-rearing 



Dzierzon Theory 



Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 



Honey as Food and Medicine 



Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 



Quinby's New Bee-keeping 1 



Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H Alley 



Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 



The Honev-bee. bv Thr>R. "William Cowan 



British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England ? 



