1881 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



441 



and found them as wet as if a bucket of water had 

 been poured on them; the quilts being covered with 

 propolis, no moisture could pass otf at the top, but 

 seemed to condense and drop down on the bees). 

 Next, the hive facing south, and being single-walled, 

 the bees received the full benefli of the sun, and 

 would often be seen flying at noon, when those in 

 packed hives were still. Next, the dead-air spaces 

 at the ends of the hive, 1 believe, are as warm as if 

 packed, and a great deal dryer. This cc l)ny never 

 showed any signs of dysentery that I could notice, 

 either in the hive or out, while aV. the rest had it 

 badl3'. 



The present season has been any thing but favora- 

 ble. Bees had the full benefit of fruit-bloom, which 

 helped them greatly. The white clover, what little 

 we ha\e left (after severe droughts each summer), 

 yielded well; but our usual drought cut it short 

 again; and ui less it rains soon I fear our fall har- 

 vest will amount to nothing, and very likely the 

 bees will have to be fed for winter. 



Jos. M. Brooke. 



Columbus, Ind., Aug. 9, 1881. 



I am inclined to think, if you had fixed all 

 j'our bees as you did that one, friend B., they 

 would not have wintered as it did. 



|/j^ '%mMmi' 



This department is to be kept for the benefit of those who are 

 dlssatisfled ; and when anythins is amiss. 1 hope you will • • talk 

 right out. " As a rule, we will omit names and addresses, to 

 avoid being too personal. 



MOSEY LOST IN THE MAILS. 



XSENT you some money for some articles that 

 you have advertised In your price list of imple- 

 — ' ments in bee culture. It has been nearly a 

 month since I sent it. 1 would like to hear from 

 you, whether you have received itor not, or whether 

 there was any mistake about it. If there was, please 

 send what articles it will pay for, and oblige— 



H. L. Phlegar. 

 Pembrook. Giles Co., Va., June 26, 1881. 



You Avill notice, from the above, that our 

 friend gives plain directions what to do in 

 case there uy/.s some mistake in the order, 

 but none in case the order was never reccired, 

 which would seem to imply, a very little, 

 that he is pretty sure we got it. We wrote 

 him we were very sorry to say his letter had 

 never reached us, and asked particulars as 

 to how he sent it, etc. Here is his reply:— 



I inclosed the money in an envelop, just as I have 

 been sending to other firms, and received goods 

 promptly. H. L. Phlegar. 



Pembrook, Glle? Co., Va., June 22, 1881. 



Friend P.. your reply is certainly unkind, 

 and it seems to me, just a little uncivil. Sup- 

 pose vou have sent to other firms, and re- 

 ceived your goods promptly, does it follow, 

 necessarily, that we have received your 

 monev and won't send the goods? I admit 

 that bur mail facilities are excellent, and 

 that perhaps not one letter in a thousand is 

 lost; vet, where a hou.':e gets 100 or more 

 letters a day, as we do, there would be one 

 lost every week or ten days. There has got 

 to be a first time with everybody ; and be- 

 cause you never have had a letter lost or 

 stolen, have you a right to say you do not 

 think this one was lost? To put the matter 



where you can see it squarely on both sides, 

 I wish you to answer this on "your honor, as a 

 man : If you were in my place, would you 

 send out goods you were selling at a very 

 close })roht, without ever having received a 

 copper for them of anybody V 1 know how 

 it vexes one to have his money lost ; but, 

 my friends, after reading what I have put 

 in our price lists about sending money, do 

 you not take the risk upoit yourselves, when 

 you voluntarily decide to send without reg- 

 istering or postal order? T gave this much 

 space, because this seems to be one of the 

 most trying things in business to adjust. I 

 would willingly and gladly bear half of such 

 losses, but I am in danger of doing harm, 

 even in this, as you see in our price list. 



You have been sending you journal, Gleanixgs 

 IN Bee Culture, to Chester Kobbins. To-day he 

 was here and refused to take one out of the office. 

 He says they are not worth the paper that they are 

 wrote on. Do not send any more, as we don't want 

 it around the office. He is very much displeased 

 with you for sending them. H. Savers, P. M. 



Sherwood, Branch Co., Mich., June tj, 1881. 



Well, now, I declare, friend S..it is too bad 

 that anybody has been annoyed by sending 

 them some thing they did not want. ]\Ir. 

 Bobbins certainly subscribed and paid for 

 Gleanings in January, unless we have 

 made a great mistake somewhere. Had he 

 written us himself, we would have stopped 

 it most cheerfully, and returned the balance 

 of the money that was due him too. " Not 

 worth the paper they are • wrote 'on!"' Why, 

 that's a regular -'stunner'' on our humble 

 efforts. Now, friends. I just tell you what ; 

 you who have scolded because we stopped 

 Gleanings wdien the time expired, please 

 consider that we don't know but you think 

 just like friend Kobbins ; and it would be 

 the height of ill manners to keep sending it 

 in that case. "No: worth the paper— I" 

 whew! I guess, friend B., we shall have to 

 wake up and make it better, if that's so. 



The girls in our office have the autdgmph fever at 

 present, in its most "striking" form; btit, unlike 

 most phases of the disease, they have vetoed "quo- 

 tations " all together, and strictly insist on original- 

 ity. Some of the productions are very good in- 

 deed, and I have taken the liberty of borrowing a 

 couple, without their knowledge. 



The first is Lu's, which, though hastly written, is 

 pretty 'cute, and contains names familiar to many 

 of you: — 



Ah. well: some "jolly "" hours we've known 



Amid the hum of business and of bees, 

 For bets and b\i^ii\ess here are one, 



Thi>' himev iMinies by slow degrees. 

 Tho' we've nn drones to drive away. 



We have a " Kood queen, Bess, ' ' 

 And many a roAal prank we play: 



lint some — we won't confess. 

 Even Ellen M.. and 'Wally, too. 



And Carrie the demure. 

 Join in the fun, while ' ' Boss ' ' looks on 



( I>oes he wish that we were fewer.' i 

 Then .Vddie and Ida. Stella and 1. 



Geo. Washington, Man', and Cherry. 

 And Ten, who's growing towaixl the sky,— 



How can we be aught but meri-y ! 



The next one is Carrie's. 



May vou ti-ace in the book of life, my frieirl. 



Deeds noble and good ajul trae; 

 Be every page to the vei-y end 



Spotle'ss, and fair to view; 

 And when the mighty volume is closed. 



And vou stand bv the great white throne. 

 May you hear the voice of the King of kings, 



Saying, "Faithful sciTantl— well done!" ' 



