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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



June 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



I received the g'oods on the 20th that yoii shipped 

 to me on the Vith, all in first-class order. 

 Adamstown, Md., May 21, ISil. J. C. Michael. 



The smoker came to hand yesterday in good order, 

 and is '* all my fancy painted." Many thanks. 



M. C. Swan. 

 Mason, Mason Co., Texas, April 11, 1881. 



I think you are doing a good work. Yonr counter 

 goods are a marvel for cheapness. I could not buy 

 the same articles in this country for at least }i more 

 than I pay you, postageincluded. AVaruen FoOTE. 



Glendale, Kane Co., Utah, Apr. 15, 1881. 



I received the bees all right — not half a dozen 

 dead ones in the lot. Thanks for promptness in 

 sending, and good way of putting them up. I hope 

 we may have better success in wintering in future 

 than we had this winter. John Myeks. 



Stratford, Can., May 17, 1881. 



You will be glad to know the tested qvieen and 

 pound of bees came all right. I let them go upon 4 

 frames (and division-board) in a Lansrstroth hive. 

 Each frame had good comb and honey two inches 

 deep at top. Next day 1 looked and found the queen 

 "at home." It. G. Warner. 



Columbus, Ohio, May 3, 1881. 



The A B Cls a larger book then I expected. It's a 

 nice clean print, and easy to understand. I have 

 received a good deal of good already, and have not 

 read it all, yet I would not part with it for double 

 what it cost If I could not get another. 



Saukville, Ozaukee Co., Wis., Apr. 13, 1881. 



OUR 244-LB. scales FOR ONLY Sl.oO. 



The goods and scales were all received in good or- 

 der; the scales, we think, are very nice for the mon- 

 ey. The rest of the articles are a wonder for the 

 mone.v. Highly pleased with the smoker. A neigh- 

 bor wints a scale of the same capacity, 214 lbs. 



JsA.\c Ely. 



New German town. Perry Co., Pa., Apill 13, 1881. 



The ABC book ia well arranged, and pleasant to 

 read, and free from affectation. Novice and Blue 

 Eyes look to be of the salt of the earth, and as such 

 will be welcome in Carmel Valley, if ever they hap- 

 pen this wa.v. Edw. Berwick. 



Monterey, Cal., April 4, 1881. 



[Many thanks, friend B., for kind words and invi- 

 tation; but if you lived next-door neighbor to Nov- 

 ice and Blue Eyes, you might think them both quite 

 commonplace people.] 



Please accept thanks from two m >re of vour many 

 customers for your prompt manner of shipping 

 goods. Our box of supplies for the apiary arrived 

 In good condition, and gave entire satisfaction, both 

 for (juality and price; freight charges were also 

 reasonable. Perhaps we shall be able to send you a 

 much larger order next time. 



^ V. H. & L. D. Ormsby. 



Pierpont, Ohio, May 23, 1881. 



It pa.ys to take Gleanings. I bought a swarm of 

 bees of E. A. Gastman, Decatur. HI., and nuclei of 

 S. D. McLean & Son, Culleoka, Tenn. They are both 

 men to the mark. They were all that they were ad- 

 vertised to be. This i,^ our first year for Glean- 

 ings, and we could not do well without it. I'm 

 sorry I'm not a smoker, that I might reform and get 

 a smoker by your liberal offer. Success to Glean- 

 ings. B. F. Snyder. 



Liberty, Ind., May 33, 1881. 



"THINKETH NO EA'IL." 



[One of the kindest words I ever had, and if I felt 

 sure I deserved it, I would consider one of the great- 

 est compliments I ever received, is the following. 

 It was at the close of a letter explaining why a 

 promise had been neglected.] 



As I know you are governed by that spirit of char- 

 ity which "thinketh no evil," 1 am sure you will ac- 

 cept this explanation. Isabella Harhison. 



Walnut Creek, Cal., March 15, 1881. 



[May God help me to make these words true, my 

 good friend I] 



gleanings as an advertising medium. 



If there is any one who is a little skeptical about 

 Gleanings being a good advertising medium, let 

 him insert a small advertisement in some out-of-the- 

 way corner of it, and note the result. I was very 

 agreeably surprised, myself, for no sooner had I 

 commenced advertising in Gleanings than orders 

 for colonies, nuclei, and queens, began pouring in, 

 and they continue to come thicker and faster. May 

 will be a busy month at Orchard Apiary if orders 

 continue to come with such a rush as they have. 



E. A. Thomas. 



Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass., April, 1881. 



[The above was crowded out of the May No.] 



Seeing that you are trying to Induce your fellow- 

 men to quit their bad habits, I would like to do 

 something to help stop the use of profane language. 

 Looking through an old work recently, 1 fovind the 

 following, which may be of some use to ynu:— 



"Two gentlemen having called at a coffee-house, 

 and drank a bottle together, both insisted on paying 

 for it. One put a piece of money on the table, and 

 swore dreadfully that his friend should be at no ex- 

 pense; the other said, 'That piece is a bad one,' on 

 which the other swore still faster. 



" The master ' of the house, hearing what passed, 

 said, if they would let him examine the money he 

 would tell them whether or not it was good. Re- 

 turning soon, he, in the most polite manner, laid it 

 before them on a card, printed as follows: — 



U L'hills my blood to hear the blest Supreme 

 Rudely appealed to on each trilling theme. 

 Maintain your rank; vulgarity despise; 

 To sw ear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. 

 You would not swear upon a bed of death : 

 Retleit; your Maker now could stop your breath. 



"The gentleman read it, owned he was justly re- 

 proved, and would in future be more guarded in his 

 language." 



What will you charge for printing some cards 

 with the above-quoted verse? Who knows, t)ut the 

 giving of a card to a friend when he is swearing, and 

 at the same time ask God to bless the means wc use, 

 will stop some one from using profane language, 

 and perhaps to lead a better life? A. T. M. 



Abbeville. S. C, April 19, 1881. 



[Many thanks, friend M. I will at once print a 

 quantitj' of the cards, and thej^ will be furnished 

 tree to anybody who will make use of them. Please 

 say how many you want, and see that none are lost 

 or wasted.] 



I clipped a queen's wing5 for the first time a few 

 days ago. I cut about half of each wing, and it took 

 about an hour to do i^ 1 think it was about the 

 hardest hour's work I ever did. Chas. O. Meloon. 



Portsmouth, N. H., May 16, 1881. 



[There is an excellent moral to your little story, 

 friend M. I have often wished I could explain to 

 the brothers and sisters why it is I am often appar- 

 ently unaccommodating. One of you wrote a few 

 days ago, and wanted us to make him a tent for 

 handling bees, only about a foot longer than our reg- 

 ular size. To furnish it would cost him double the 

 usual price, for we have them all made up in quan- 

 tities, tied up, ready toship. Several different hands 

 have a part In the making of the pieces, and to get 

 out a single one, with even a trifling difference in 

 the size, would cost about as it cost you to clip your 

 queen's wing. Our boys and girls will go right 

 along rapidly at their regular work; but start them 

 on some thing they are not used to, and don't under- 

 stand, and, ten chances to one, they will be stopped 

 an hour. Those who have plenty of leisure don't 

 mind this; but with me, every minute and every 

 hour has to be aggregated into a lump of cash out, 

 every Saturda.y night. To ask a clerk to explain it 

 would be an expense over again, and. to save my- 

 self, I am obliged to say, briefly, " Our regular tents 

 are $1.00; one a foot longer will cost you $2.00." The 

 difference Is still more marked in other goods. A 

 regular L. frame, filled with sections and starters, 

 we can sell for 30c. ; but Mr. Gray could hardly make 

 a single one, of an odd size, for less than three times 

 the amount; and to do this would necessitate chang- 

 ing the adjustment of our tools in a wa.v that would 

 cost us perhaps-a still larger amount. This is why I 

 have so strongly urged the importance of uniform 

 hives, implements, etc. Now is an excellent time to 

 get your hives uniform, when your bees are all out 

 of them.] 



