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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1917 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



one of those chaff division-boards together 

 and attach and stuff the cushion properly 

 I cannot imagine. 



It did not matter much if one were a little 

 slow in putting together frames and sections 

 and other parts when there were only a few 

 colonies to attend to; but as the number in- 

 creases the task does too, and there must 

 surely be some more expeditious way of 

 knocking frames, hives, etc., together than I 

 have yet found out. I have an excuse for 

 a jig for nailing frames, but it can be very 

 much improved; and I have a board for 

 wiring, the idea being taken from a book I 

 have read, but I still feel T am a long way 

 from having the best methods. The bee- 

 keepers I have met have not been able to 

 help me much, so apparently I am not the 

 only one seeking for better methods of nail- 

 ing up hives and their parts. Beginners 

 cannot afford to buy the jigs and other ap- 

 pliances which are listed by a few of the 

 manufacturei'S, and for their sakes some in- 

 struction along these lines should be avail- 

 able. 



Norman, Ont. E. L. Carter. 



[Most manufacturers send directions with 

 their supplies. Your copy might have be- 

 come lost in transit. A very good way for 

 a beginner to do is to order one hive nailed 

 up in order to make everytliing plain. — Ed.] 



Sumthin wot i no 



Mistur editur 

 deer sur 



i sea bi ther papar (p. 1106 desembur 

 wunst) wot yu got in yure glenins ez howt 

 ther glueuss trust iz bust, doant yu ges its 

 gude fer um en ther bekepers, cuz doant yu 

 no ez howt it workt fur ther standurt ile. 

 i red ez howt it made millyuns uv doUurs fur 

 um on ther stok, en ennyhow i no i yuster 

 fead mi ole orto on nyne sent gasurlene en 

 neow she wunt mufful atal les i giv hur 

 nyntene sent gasurlene en its pleggy pore 

 stuf tu, doant yu kinder rekun ther prise uv 

 glueuss ul riz sum en if it deuse doant yu 

 kinder ges mor pepul ul by hunny en not 

 yuse ther glueuss trach. ther glueuss thay 

 bin givin us hes ben mity pore stuf en wot 

 ul it be neow thayer bustid. semes i notis 

 ez howt ther fellers wot maikes up er tru.st 

 en doant git er hi prise ernuf fer thayer stuf 

 wurks sose tu hev ther guvermunt bust 

 thayer gaim en then by hek thay soke ther 

 pepul al ther mor en maike moi- munny en 

 thay ,di(^ in th^V fust plaige, next yu no if 



lekshuns doant chainge ther wisky foks ul 

 wantter be bustid sote thay kin rase ther 

 prise en maike mor munny. yu no es howt 

 ther guvermunt iz in cumperny withe ther 

 wisky croud sote thay bin gittin moast eny- 

 thin thay wantid en if thay suckseed ma 

 hevin help ther pore fules ez ges thay gotter 

 hev it. i notis ez howt mistur chadwick 

 (paige 1112 nere ther top) iz sorter jelus 

 cuz mistur crane hez got a orto. i thoart 

 ez howt mistur chadwick wuz er bekeper en 

 if he hante he must be wun uv them lowe 

 dowen no kounte box gum fellers wot hante 

 got morn gest er fu gums en doant kneade 

 no orto. i ges hese ben liftin um cuz he sez 

 ez howt thays hevy sote i ges hese got gude 

 sents tu no bease gotter hev sumthin tu ete 

 ur thay doant du wel. i doant bleve dolittuls 

 myles iz haf ez long in yorke staite ez thay 

 iz in mishigun en i spose tis lokalurty wot 

 dun it. i notis grase allin (paige 1110 

 secund colyum bout haf wa dowen) iz hevin 

 trubbul cuz wurms git inter hnr comes, i 

 rase some extrakt uv hunny en ile tel hur ez 

 howt i yuster fix mi comes en howt i du it 

 now. i yuster pile up ate, nyne en ten 

 fraims in er hife en stan um outter dores 

 en wen i tuk ther hifes dowen it yuster mak 

 me sik cuz ther wurms hed dun damidge. 

 neow fur 3 yeres ive pild ur hed um pild up 

 nise en lite with onnly sevun fraims inter 

 er ten fraim hife en sote bi no posurbul 

 chanct no tu comes cud cum terguther en i 

 doant get no mor wurms atal. i doant yuse 

 nothin atal but gude relierbul help wot 

 deuse its tolt ur i du it misulph. i doant 

 no heow menny hifes i hed last yere enny- 

 how twus morn er thowsund en didunt git 

 but wun hife witJl'Wurms en thet wus caws- 

 ed by er fule mous wot prubberbly got in 

 before hife wus pild. praps its sum mor 

 lokalurty. i notis wen er feller iz gittin 

 ther wust uv a argermunt he jest sez ther 

 nther feller lives in er diffurent lokalurty 

 sote i spose it kinder lets hissulph dowen 

 ezeer en he doant hafter sa ther uther feller 

 iz rite, tel thet Massey feller outer paige 

 1127 hese treddin on dangerrus grownde. 

 fust he nose breaddurs en them wot eels um 

 et ten dollurs itch ul be advurtisin queanes 

 ez ul go twenty myles fer hunny en i doant 

 kere tu hev no sich naburs bease prowlin 

 erround onto mi terrortorey. jist go kinder 

 kereful mistur massey them ere breaddurs 

 doant kneade no nu nints jist yit. doant yu 

 sea neow es howt sum uv um hev got stranes 

 ez ul kik fowl (not chalon) briade outtur 

 ther bak dore fastturner it kin cum in ther 

 frunt. byer gosh i like tu rede wot them 



