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GLEANiKGS IN BEE CULTUilE. 



Mar, 



GlEANmC S m BEE COtTORE. 



.A.- I. T^OOX, 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POST-PAID. 



FOR CLUBBING RATES, SEE FIRST PAGE 

 OF READING MATTER. 



nvTESXDXKT^aL, js^jhJFL. 1, xeei. 



Charity suffereth long, and is kinrJ, 

 not easily provoked, thiuketh uo evil. 



-I. Cor. 13:4, 5. 



We have to-day, Feb. 38th, 3,635 subscribers. 



God has delivered " D." out of jail, and he is now 

 at work among us. 



I wotTLD not advise ordering bees by the lb. be- 

 fore about April 1st; this March weather is rather 

 severe on small clusters. 



The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life will be 

 found on the 35c counter. Although it is advertis- 

 ed at 30c. in Canada, I am obliged to charge 35c. for 

 It, on account of the duty. 



The oatmcil mentioned by friend CI irk, in the 

 Lunch-Koom Department, can be purchased at the 

 'address given, for only §4.50 for a barrel of 3C0 lbs. 

 Is not that cheap enough? 



There is, of course, quite a demand for sheels of 

 fdn.. for making the plaster plates. As very perfect 

 sheets are needed for this purpose, and additional 

 packing is required, our prices will be, for the pres- 

 ent, one-half more, where wanted for this purpose. 

 If anybody else can furnish them cheaper, I shall be 

 glad to have them do it. 



Tou will observe, by the clock advertisement, that 

 I have at least once been guilty of selling goods be- 

 low what the manufacturers wished me to. I wrote 

 them at once that I had no desire to sell any goods 

 at a less figure than what the makers would approve 

 of, and I repeat it here. I do not want to crowd any- 

 body, nor have I any dealing that I have any reason 

 to wish to be kept secret. 



The man who makes the 15c. dictionaries said he 

 had sent us ICO before I advertised last month; but 

 after complaining that they did not come, he wrote 

 it was a mistake-they had not been sent, but would 

 be out in a couple of weeks. They are not here yet, 

 but as he now has our order for a thousand, i think 

 we shall have plenty some time. They are cei'tainly 

 a wonder for the money, but I begin to think, as 1 

 have often before, that I will never advertise a thing 

 again until it is right in our hands. 



O. JtJDD & Co. have just sent us a most beautiful 

 and useful book, entitled "Barn Plans and Out- 

 Buildings." It contains '^57 most beautiful engrav- 

 ings, and it seems to me the book would save its 

 price to almost any farmer in a single year. Those 

 who are going to build, even though it be nothing 

 more than a pig-pen (of course, I mean a better one 

 than Mr. Merrybanks' neighbor's), would surely save 

 the amount. It is full of hints and appliances that 

 may be made cheaply for the protection and comfort 

 of all the dumb animals about you. 1 wonder if our 

 friend Mr. Bergh has over seen a copy of it. 



THE LITTLE " BATTERY " SWINDLES. 



Although it is a little out of the bee-line, I feel it 

 a duty to caution our readers against the swindles 

 in the line of what is called miniature galvanic bat- 

 teries, Boyd's being perhaps the leading one. There 

 is no more electricity about it than there would be 

 about a brass b'Uton strung around the neck; and 

 the way in which intelligent people, who should 

 know better, have listened to such absurd nonsense, 

 is positively awful. No doubt they " felt better " af- 

 ter putting the things on. but so did those who " put 

 on " the German bee-sting cure a few years ago; but 

 who uses the stuff now? It is a disgrace to a nation 



of intelligent people to have such things advertised 

 in respectable papers. There are certainly men in 

 every community who know enough of batteries and 

 electricity to explain to you the utter absurdity of 

 a lump of metals giving out a "current." I have 

 taken up the matter, because one of our advertisers 

 was innocentls" led to advertise them in his circulars. 



BEES AND GRAPES. 



OcTR friend Peter Klasen has paid me a visit, and 

 after quite a little talk with him, I am pretty well 

 satisfied that the trouble between himself and Mr. 

 Krock is only one of a series of troubles, originating 

 long before the matter of the bees and grapes was 

 ever thought of. The point, therefore, at issue is a 

 personal dilHculty between the two neighbors, and 

 does not concern bee-keepers and grape-growers at 

 all. If the two men get over their other troubles, 

 this one will right itself. Friend Klasen offers to 

 leave the matter to arbitration, and I feel quite sure 

 friend Krock will eventually consent to the same, if 

 he has not already. If I am correct, neither party 

 is lacking in the right spirit usually. Once upon a 

 time, a neighbor's wife got stung, and her husband 

 came over and complained. Friend Klasen good- 

 naturedly remarked that honey is a sure cure for a 

 bee-sting, and he would take some over and show 

 her how bee-men always used it when they got stung. 

 Instead of taking over a spoonful, however, he car- 

 ried over two boxes; it not only stopped the pain, but 

 cured all ill feeling, and both husband and wife de- 

 clared they would be more careful in the future how 

 they became impatient about so trifling a matter 

 again. You see, this is the spirit we need. Friend 

 Klasen is going to move his bees out of town, and 

 now we look for Mr. Krock to be magnanimous, and 

 at least submit the whole matter, as it now stands, 

 to the arbitration of mutual friends. The law we 

 published last month has, we learn, been repealed. 



CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS RE- 

 CEIVED. 



Alfred H.Newman, 972 West Madison St., Chicago, 

 III., sends us a finely printed 33-page catalogue, co- 

 piously illustrated, of bee-keepers' supplies. 



Edward B. Beebee, Oneida, N. Y., has issued a 13- 

 page circular of apiarian supplies, making a speci- 

 alty of queen-breeding. The printing reflects great 

 credit on Messrs. Jackson & Potter, of Oneida. 



Kiegel & Drum, Adelpha, 0.,areout with an 8-page 

 price list of bee-keepers' supplies, this being their 

 third annual edition. 



J. E. Moore, Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y., issues a 4- 

 page sheet, being his 4th annual circular of apiarian 

 supplies. 



M. Kichar.lson, Port C ilborne, Ont , Can., has sent 

 us an 8-page price list of general supplies for the 

 apiary. 



J. d. Facy, of New Hamburgh, Oat., Can., sends a 

 3-page circular of queens and supplies. 



H. Nicholas, Etters. York Co., Pa., sends us a 1- 

 page circular of queens. 



Our friend Given has crirenus a most valuable cir- 

 cular of fdn. of all makes. It contains 18 pages, and 

 should be read by every bee-man and bee-woman. 



Friend Muth sends us a very pretty little book of 

 33 pp. entitled "Hints to Bee-Keepers." Itisrather 

 a book (and a book of no small value) than a price 

 list, for his price list, it seems, is a separate affair. 

 Price 10 c. 



Bright Bros., Mazeppa, Minn., publish an 18-page 

 circular of apiarian supplies. 



J. T. Wilson, Morfonsville, Ky., dealer in Italian 

 queens, issues a 1-page circular. 



W. S. Ponder, Groesbeck, Hamilton Co., O., has 

 sent us a beautiful 1-page circular of Italian queens 

 and bees. 



Chas. S. Lake, Baltimore, Md., has sent us a •28- 

 page circular and price list, gotten up in first-class 

 city style. Mr. L. deals in the usual run of apiarian 

 supplies. 



Friend Flanaean, Belleville. 111., sends a postal- 

 card circular of bee-keepers' supplies. 



Friend Hayhurst, Kansas City, Mo., sends us a pos- 

 tal circular relating to his speciality — Italians and 

 Cyprians. 



J. A. Osborne, Rantoul, Champaign Co., Ill , dealer 

 in apiarian supplies, publishes a 4-page circular of 

 implements. 



F. W. Holmes, Cooperville, Ottawa Co., Mich., s?nd3 

 us a very pretty 4-page price list of useful imple- 

 ments for the apiary. 



