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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I makelraouey by taking Gi.i;anings. 



M us. W. W. Wilson. 

 San Bernardiao, Cal., Feb. ^5, 1881. 



Your cheap counters are wonderful. 



AuA Jenkins. 

 Dermott Station, Ark., Marcli 9, 1881. 



^The Simplicity cold-blast smoker pleases me much. 

 Jonathan Midgut v. 

 Wales, Sanpete Co., Utah, Jaa. 15, 1881. 



I thinli the books are a marvel of goodness and 

 cheapness. Abkam Melliqeh. 



Soudersburg, Lane. Co., Pa., Jan. 'ZG, 188i. 



The smoker and Journals came in qrood time. 

 Never was so much pleased with anything coming 

 by mail. The smoker suits me exactly. 



w. L. Stiles. 



Austin, Travis Co., Texas, Feb. 26, 1881. 



THE BARNES SAWS, ETC. 



As we have received goods several times from you, 

 and always found them satisfjictory, wc do not hesi- 

 tate to take the watch on your representation. The 

 Barnes saw we received through you still gives en- 

 tire satisfaction; we UhC it every day, 



Cha«. p. Gulp. 



Hilliards, Franklin Co., Ohio., Feb. 18, 1881. 



God bless you in your cndeavors^to do good for the 

 Master and to your IVUow-men. 



I think more of your Home Papers than ail the 

 rest of your journal. If more men would take God 

 into business with them as apartner, there would be 

 less failiu-es than at present. H. M. Smith. 



Frasikfort, Mich., Feb. 10, 1881. 



I received the Waterbury watch all right. Please 

 accept thanks. To say that I am pleased with it, 

 does not fully express my feelings in regard to it. 

 It gives me more pleasure than any watch I ever 

 carried, and I can heartily recommend it to those 

 who wish to get a good watch for a small sura of 

 raoney. I do not see how it can be soW for such an 

 iDsignificiant price. Chas. F. Doud. 



Nile, Ont., Canada, Feb. 15, 1881, 



I little expected, when I wrote to you last spring 

 for a copy of your bee books, that I should be disap- 

 pointed; but I must say that I have Veen, but it is 

 not a disagi-eeable one, by any m'isns, on the ABC 

 that you sent. It seems to me as if I were listening 

 to the talk of a man who understands what he is 

 about. I have kept bees more or less for the past 

 30 years, and must say that I have known but lirtle, 

 and that little I'm ashamed of. I have learned more 

 since I've been taking Gleanings than I knew or 

 learned ever since I handled bees. I like Gleanings 

 well, and say that it is well worth $3.00 instead of 

 SI.W. The A B C, as a book of reference, is worth 

 100 times what it cost. I would not take that amount 

 in hard cashanddo withoutit. Gleanings gives me 

 first-rate satisfaction. You might make it more so 

 if you would add to it "What to Do this Month;" 

 or, "The Work to be Done this Month." It 

 would give us green ones (I must say it, if it does go 

 against the grain) a chauce with you experienced 

 ones. I for one am willing to learn. It would help, 

 and a little help goes a long way sometimes, if appli- 

 ed in the right place. W. C. Buktch. 



South Jordan, Ont., Can., Nov. 22, 1880. 



KIND WORDS TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 

 Please, friends, do not be so backward in asking 

 me to take your word. When I doubt you. I will tell 

 you so. Can you not keep this in mind? One friend 

 took the pains to go seven miles to the post-office to 

 mail back a cage of dead bees and queen whore a 

 postal card saj'lng they were all dead would have 

 answered every purpose. Write to me as you would 

 to a brother, telling me the state of affairs, and I will 

 believe you, I assure you. Please do not send any 

 thing back until you have first written. If there is 

 any one thing that is lacking in business matters, to 

 mike things goon harmoniously, I should say that 

 one thiagischarity, and faith and trust in each other. 



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