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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1 



Washington grading-rules. Gleanings is 

 supposed to give the same, but does not say 

 so. Why this difference? and which set of 

 rules is the producer to follow in order to 

 be certain that his grading will not be re- 

 jected by the buyer? 



Please, Messrs. Editors, put your heads 

 together and come to an agreement on this 

 point, so that the producer may pick up any 

 bee-paper which comes handiest, and look at 

 the rules without puzzling his brain about 

 whether they are right or wrong. Grading 

 is often a difficult job, and should not be 

 made more difficult by conflicting rules. 



Wm. Muth-Rasmussen. 



Independence, Cal., Aug. 31. 



[Several years ago it was suggested that 

 a slight change in the Washington grading 

 would improve it. We made the change, 

 ; nd supposed it was also made by the other 

 bee-papers. What the reasons were for 

 Tnaking the change I can not now recall, 

 'i'hose who were responsible for it will please 

 Ijt us hear from them. — Ed.] 



now TO MOVE BEES A SHORT DISTANCE 

 AND HAVE THEM STAY. 



I have a colony to move about four blocks. 

 How would you move them without losing 

 some of them? Floyd Smith. 



Aurora, Neb. 



[To move bees a short distance in the warm 

 time of the year, shut them up in the hive, 

 take them down cellar or to any cool place, 

 and keep them for four or five days; but in 

 doing so make very sure they do not smoth- 

 er. The entrance should be covered with 

 wire cloth, and possibly the top of the hive, 

 the amount of wire cloth to be used all de- 

 pending upon the strength of the colony. 

 At the end of the period of confinement, put 

 the bees upon permanent location. A very 

 few of them may go back ; such as do may 

 be collected on a frame of brood and carried 

 to the new location, when they will probably 

 stay for good. — Ed.] 



FRIEND SALISBURY SENDS A FURTHER RE- 

 PORT IN REGARD TO HIS OLDSMOBILE. 



My auto still goes, but it is a little more 

 expensive than it was, for I have had to 

 have one extra tire costing $17.00 with inner 

 tube. It runs much stiller than when you 

 were here last winter. Our folks can not 

 tell when I go out or when I come in. 



I just received a letter from Mr. Doolittle 

 inquiring about gasoline. I can get it de- 

 livered at my door for 12>4 cents. He had 

 about 30 gallons that we purchased for him, 

 together with 5 gallons he got separately. 

 He still has 15 gallons, so he does not ride 

 very much. I have used in the same time 

 about 50 gallons. The set of dry batteries 

 that came with the machine lasted till July 

 1, this year, and carried me all told about 

 £000 miles. I think they did extremely 

 well. I have placed in a new set costing me 

 11 cts. each, or 88 cts. for the 8 cells. I have 

 figured up the cost of running, and so far 



it has cost me IJ cts. per mile, not counting 

 the depreciation. 



I have had no trouble to amount to any 

 thing, with the exception of tire troubles. 

 The tires are a nuisance. They puncture 

 too easily. If they could only get up some 

 kind of wooden tire that would stand the 

 hard knocks I should be one of the first to 

 use them. I don't like to repair tires that 

 have been running in the mud, manure, etc. 

 I can stand grease better than this, though 

 I don't like that any too well. 



Syracuse, N. Y. F. A. Salisbury. 



POISONED (?) HONEY FROM COTTON, AGAIN. 



I note an inquiry in Gleanings, page 811, 

 August 15, regarding poisoned cotton killing 

 bees or poisoning honey. I keep a few bees 

 and raise cotton, and poison it almost every 

 year, but I don't find any dead bees or poi- 

 soned honey. Cotton blooms in the morn- 

 ing. The bloom is white. In the evening 

 the bloom closes, and drops off next day. 

 Cotton poisoned after 4 P.M. can't possibly 

 hurt bees. Any cotton-planter v/ill tell you 

 that. " Sam. A yard. 



Hawthorn, La., Aug. 20. 



stings a cure for rheumatism. 



I see in Gleanings, Aug. 1, W. W. Rich 

 speaks of stings for rheumatism as a hoax. 

 My wife suffered for several years with 

 rheumatism in arms, hands, and shoulders. 

 Last year she worked with me in my bee- 

 yard, and of course got stung; also this sum- 

 mer, and now she is almost entirely cured. 

 I feel sure it was the poison of the stings 

 that cured her; and I can further say that I 

 am not acquainted with any bee-man or wo- 

 man who has rheumatism. 



Southwold, Ont. F. W. Edmonds. 



[We shall be glad to get reports from oth- 

 ers regarding the bee-sting cure. —Ed.] 



Dear to our hearts is the busy bee 



(Of course, for she brings us the honey) ; 



Fleet to our sight is her airy flight 

 (But her sting isn't quite so funny). 



Busy indeed from morn till eve. 



Never a moment stopping; 

 I wonder if, like the daughters of eve. 



She has an idea she is shopping. 



Over the apple-tree bloom she flits, 

 And her hum of content— oh, hark it! 



But the best of it all is, the sweet she gets 

 We'll soon be sending to market. 



And now, busy workers, the eve has come; 



Rest from your toil and labor. 

 While I in content, with the cash you've brought. 



Can chat with my next-door neighbor. 



