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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



BIG BERRIES. 



I've been getting supplies from you for 16 or 18 

 years — among other things, strawberries. This year 

 I had Jessies and Bubachs that measured 5^ in., and 

 thought I was a hustler on berries; but when I read of 

 that 10 ! 2 inches it just knocked all the conceit out of 

 me; but it takes a man with a good mouth for berries 

 to eat more than one of mine at a time. 



Howesville, W. Va., June 22. J. I,. McKenzie. 



Your chaff hive, the last one, is the thing. I had 

 them out with no protection, not a fence or tree, and 

 the north wind howling around them with mercury at 

 42° below, and that wide entrance all open. I did not 

 expect them to come through. It seemed that enough 

 arctic cold would come in at the entrance to freeze 

 brass bees; but these came out strong in spring. 



Marion, S. D., June 6. S. J. Harmeling. 



The goods ordered have arrived, and are very fine, 

 giving entire satisfaction, as is invariably the rule 

 when ordering from you. Allow me to thank you for 

 your promptness, which I appreciate more this time 

 than usual, as I needed the good 1 - very much. I can 

 get goods from your factory in about the same time 

 that it takes to receive a reply from some parties at no 

 greater distance. W. A. Klock. 



Herkimer, N. Y., June 5 



The three queens arrived safely and in good shape, 

 and have been installed in their new homes. They 

 are fine specimens, and I assure you I am much pleas- 

 ed with them. One has already begun laying, and 

 no doubt the other two will by to-rnorrow or next day. 

 The first tested queen purchased of you is, beyond 

 doubt, the most prolific layer I have ever seen, and 

 her bees are simply magnificent. I can almost pet 

 them, they are so gentle. It is quite a pleasure to 

 deal with people of 3 our kind; and I trust, as we 

 grow older, we shall know more of each other. I am 

 in the bee business to stay; and while I have much to 

 learn. I am no novice by any means. 



Jacksonville, Fla., June 7. W. G. Peebles. 



™ Is there a supply house in all this broad land that 

 will do better by the bee-men? If there is, we should 

 like to know it. The sequel to all this is, the officers 

 of this company are what we term "white men," no 

 matter what color their faces may be. 

 1 Corona, Cal., July 22. H M. Jameson. 



The queens all reached me in good crder, and are 

 satisfaitory, as are all goods purchased of your firm. 

 Thanks for promptness and kind treatment. 



Scio, O., July 19. T. H. Cook, M. D. 



The Ideal deep hives have arrived in good shape. 

 As soon as we had one set up complete, Mrs. Welch 

 exclaimed, "That is the hive for honey." I for one 

 am glad you are making such a hive, though results 

 the first season would be in favor of the shallower 

 frame. D. H. Welch. 



Hopedale, O., June 26. 



My three queens I got of you are all doing finely. I 

 would not take a five-dollar bill for my lame queen. 



E. S. Coffin. 

 Nat. Military Home, Grant Co., Ind., June 7. 



The bee-fixtures that I ordered of you came to hand 

 in good order, and are the finest work I ever saw. 

 Every thing went together like the leaves of a book. 

 The supers fit my Quinby hives perfectly, and are sure 

 to give better satisfaction, although costing a little 

 more than what I could have got them for from your 

 agent in Portland, Oregon. Thanks for your prompt- 

 ness in filling my order for odd sizes. 



Fidalgo, Wash., May 30. H. A. March. 



Inclosed find $2.50, for which send me one of your 

 16-inch-cut lawn-mowers. I may send for more soon, 

 as the dealers here want $4.00 for that size; but they 

 don't know your make, and think it may not be reli- 

 able. I tell them all you put out is reliable. I have 

 proved it for years; but they think they will see a 

 sample when mine comes. O. A. A. Gardner. 



Belleville, Kas., June 10. 



Please thank Mr. A. I. Root for his suggestion of 

 putting a white onion under a hen for a nest-egg. 

 Kingsey. Can., May 1. Arthur A. Evans. 



The frames are well made, and A No. 1, and a plea- 

 sure to look at. Fred Holtke. 

 Newark, N. J., May 15. 



Mr. Root : — I am not a member of Dr. Dowie's 

 church, and never expect to be; but your first refer- 

 ence to the case of Henry L,. Tmler I felt was unjust 

 toward Dr. Dowie. In last Gleanings you give the 

 unvarnished truth, and I see now you are the same 

 " Uncle Amos," as of old. God bless Uncle Amos ! 



Hebron, Neb , May 6. F. Kingsley. 



Thanks for your very kind words, friend K.; but I 

 deem it no more than fair to state that Dr. Dowie is 

 having a great deal of trouble of late, and troubles, 

 too, such as no man ought to have who is guided day 

 by day by the Holy Spirit. 



Additional Special Notices. 



gardening and farming in the middle of 

 september. 

 Now is the time to sow Grand Rapids lettuce seeds 

 for plants to be put into the greenhouse or frames 

 later on. It is also time to sow cabbage seed in order 

 to get plants suitable for wintering over in cold- 

 frames; and good cold-frame plants are certainly far 

 ahead of most of the plants that are grown in green- 

 houses or in the spring. Winter radishes may also be 

 put out when this reaches you, and give a crop of the 

 finest radishes in the world before the weather is 

 severe enough to injure them ; and folks who like to 

 see things green and growing just at the time when 

 every thing else seems to be dead and dying will put 

 out a piece of wheat or rye. Don't let your ground 

 stand over winter with nothing on it to make it green. 

 If you wish to grow rye for planting potatoes next 

 year, now is the time to sow it ; and I believe winter 

 rye is less likely to be affected by the fly than wheat. 

 If you are going to turn it under, the ranker and 

 stronger the growth it makes in the field the better; 

 and, so far as our experience goes, turning under rye 

 is about the only reliable plan for cleansing ground 

 that has been infested with the fungus that produces 

 the scab on potatoes. We have sown one piece of rye 

 already where we dug our first potatoes. 



THE NEW EDITION OF THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE 

 NOW READY. 



Before the next issue of Gleanings is out we hope 

 to have the new edition of the ABC book in the hands 

 of those who have had their orders with us so long. 

 The new book will be, in many respects, far ahead of 

 any of the previous editions, both in typographical 

 appearance and general subject-matter, for we are 

 now building upon the knowledge and experience of 

 these latter days, when such wonderful developments 

 have been made all along the line. 



Strange' as it may seem, as long as the ABC book 

 has been published, there never before has been in it 

 a subject of hives and one of honey. It is true, the 

 former has been discussed in a general way under 

 " Hive-making ;" but the new subject deals not with 

 how to make them, but principles of construction, and 

 then sets forth illustrations of the different ideas used 

 by some of the most successful bee-keepers in the 

 land, leaving the reader to select the hive best adapt- 

 ed to his locality and notions. Among those mention- 

 ed are various styles of L,angstroth; the Heddon, the 

 Danzenbaker, the Dadant, followed by a discussion of 

 the general principles that should go to make a dou- 

 ble-walled hive for northern localities. 



Honey itself, under that heading, occupies an im- 

 portantplace in the new book. Following this there 

 is a discussion of honey as food, honey for cooking, 

 and honey preferable as a dietary to the common 

 sweets that require greater effort on the part of the 

 digestive organs to assimilate. 



The new book contains the same number of pages 

 as the old one, and will be sold at the same price — 

 $1.20 postpaid; or clubbed with Gleanings in Bee 

 Culture for one year for $1.75. 



FOR SALE CHEAP. 



Two hundred emptv combs on Hoffman frames at 

 10 cents each. Also 200 shallow half-depth U. extract- 

 ing-combs at 7 cents. Free from any disease. Also 

 500 lbs. of extracted basswood and buckwheat honey 

 mixed, in 12-lb. cans, at 8 cents a lb., 10 cans in a box. 

 Speak quick. 



Thos. DeWitt, 5ang Run, Garrett Co., Md. 



