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GLEANIXGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



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very much indeed. It is because you neg- 

 lect to do so many things I ask of you. vSome- 

 times I have been uncharitable enougli to 

 think you purposely disobeyed, or did not 

 care. It seemed to me that it was almost 

 impossible that you should forget so many 

 times ; or if you really did forget, it was be- 

 cause your duties were unpleasant and irk- 

 some. Xow, if such is the case, will it not 

 be better for you to give up vour place and 

 let some one else try it V There are, you 

 know, a great many begging for places." 



Tears c*ome into the boy's eyes, and he con- 

 fesses, in part, his sin of forgetfulness, and 

 in part he tells me something that I did not 

 know, or even dream of, as a reason why he 

 did not like to do the one thing that had an- 

 noyed me so much. In fact, it so happens 

 that liis greatest fault here was in erring in 

 judging between two evils, and not any de- 

 liberate wrong. While I tell him kindly 

 that he must learn to overcome forgetful- 

 ness, or some one will Jutve to take his place, 

 though much to niy sorrow and regret, he 

 feels that I am a friend to liim all the same ; 

 and, although there are tears on his cheeks 

 as we part, they are not teai's of anger. 



And now, my friends, do you suppose I am 

 afraid to conie before those young folks, 

 Bible in hand, or that I am afraid "to have 

 them hear my voice in prayer V Why. bless 

 you ; I go up the stairs three steps at a bound, 

 and run for my Bible with as joyous a step 

 as ever urchin' bounded out of school at the 

 close of a summer day, 2so matter if I am a 

 little late, and if the girls have commenced 

 singing, my eye lights on this little verse, — 



Whosoever Cometh to me, and heareth my sasings, 

 and doeth them, 1 will shew you to whom he is lilie. 

 He is like a man which built a house, and digged 

 deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when 

 the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon 

 that house, and could not shake it; for it was found- 

 ed upgn a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, 

 is like aman that without a foundation built a house 

 upon the earth; against which the stream did beat 

 vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruins 

 of that house was great. ^Luke 6:47—49. 



Do you wonder that, when the time comes 

 for the closing prayer, my eyes, before clos- 

 ing, rest fearlessly ,"and, thank God, lovingly, 

 upon the boy whom I have just repriman — 

 why, come to think of it, it does not seem 

 to me that he has been reprimanded, nor do I 

 believe it rests on his mind so either. I am 

 going to help him, and he is going to help 

 me. O Lord, I thank thee, I tliank thee. I 

 thank thee that there is really a rest for the 

 weary, and " glad tidings of great joy " for 

 every poor sinful creature ; yes, for even you, 

 dear reader, if you will only surrender, and 

 accept the guidance of ilim who has said, 

 " my j-oke it is easy, and my burden it is 

 light."' 



The Mr. Woodward, spoken of Inst month in Hum- 

 bugs and Swindles, is found, and is among pefiple 

 who will do all in their power to lead him to fix up 

 all past irregularities. Let us give him a helping hand 

 if he is truly penitent, and meanwhile, please do not 

 utter one word more of censure. 



The great call for Simpson honey-plant seed has 

 exhausted our seed already, and we have been oblig- 

 ed to buy more at more than our advertised price. 

 Therefore the price is changed to $2.00 per ib., or 20c. 

 per oz. ; 18c. per lb. extra for bag and postage, where 

 wanted by mail. 



tglmhd %cm, 



Or Letters from Those AVho baTe Made 

 Bee Culture a Failure. 



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LECTURES ON THE EXTINCT AN- 

 IMALS AND INSECTS OF 

 AMERICA. 



To -wit, The Megatherium, 

 The Mound-builders, and The 

 Honey Bee, especiallv the lat- 

 ter, to which the undersigned 

 ha-s devoted untiring energy in 

 re.search. Correspondence so- 

 licited. Address with stamp. 

 Apis Xon Est. 



REPORT FOR 1880, '81. 



Tj? HAVE enough hives and supplies to run the 

 Jfjl bee business of Union county for one year from 

 date. Don't enlarge factory on our account. 

 Will you let us have bees per pound, at former 

 prices, this next season? if not, the lectures must 

 go on ; the bee, dead or alive, must get me out. 



As, far as I can find, there is hardly a single 

 swarm of bees alive in this locality. Chas. Swetzer, 

 ot Plain City, one of the best apiarists to my knowl- 

 edge, told me last week, that he had lost more col- 

 onies this season than he had altogether since he be- 

 gan the business; did not know how he would come 

 out. All others with whom I have talked have lost 

 all. Don't put us in Blasted Hopes. I have one 

 hive packed in a box of chaff, and all alive yet, and 

 no dead b ees about the entrance. My others were 

 not so protected. " Experience is a fool's school and 

 a wise man's best friend." Robt. McCrory. 



Jerome, Union Co., Ohio, Feb. 8, 1881. 



Xow, friend M., deliver your lecture about 

 the Megatherium, and the Mound-Builder, 

 but please wait just a year before you give 

 that about the honey-bee, for you do not 

 know what ]\Ir. Merry banks is going to work 

 out yet, besides what some of the rest of us 

 may do. W^e are going to try to sell bees at 

 old prices. 



Bees are nearly all frozen around here. I fear you 

 will not be crowded with orders next season. 



L. H. COBLEXTZ. 



New Madison, Darke Co., O., Jan. 19, 1881. 



Bees in tils section did nothing last season; made 

 no surplus honey; 99 out of 100 of our bee-men use 

 the old box and linn hive. They lost, last season, at 

 least nine-tenths of their bees. 



Howell Whitsitt. 



Wahalak, Miss., Jan. 20, 1881. 



Seventy-flve per cent of the bees in this county are 

 dead already, with the prospect of more dying. 



Reynolds Bros. 

 Williamsburg, Wayne Co., Ind., Feb. 1, 1881. 



