1881 



GLEANINGS DT BEE CULTURE. 



577 



The 15-oent dictionary came tn hand all riffht, and 

 I declare it is quite a prize for the money. I showed 

 it to my teacher, and asked him what he thought it 

 ought to be worth. He replied that he thought such 

 a book would cost 40 or 50 cents. Isat?ei.l,.v Wier. 



South River, Anne Arundel Co., Md., Nov. 18, 1881. 



I write to acknowledge the receipt of your bee 

 book, with which I nm highly pleased. I gave the 

 letter containing the order to the clerk to mail on 

 Monday morning, eight o'clock, and Wednesday 

 evening before my little l>oy went to bed, I was 

 showing him the picture of Novice and little Blue 

 Eyes. I think that an instance of promptness rare- 

 ly equaled. W. H. Wright. 



Edmore, Mich., Oct. 21, 1881. 



I have one of the Waterbury watches, and think 

 it keeps good time. It keeps within a minute or 

 two, and sometimes within a half-minute a week. 

 The honey season has been extra poor around here; 

 rain, rain, all the time. I increased from three to 

 seven, and have been feeding them up for winter. I 

 shall try a snow-bank this year. 



Chas. O. Mkloon. 



Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 26, 1881. 



The Clark smoker works very satisfactorily: in- 

 deed, more so than the Bingham I had been using 

 all along, and for which i had to pay one dollar. I 

 should think as soon as bee-keepers of this country 

 (and Europe too) will have become apprised of the 

 facr, that for 50 cents they can buy the most ser- 

 vicable smoker, they will not use any other. 



Louis Knoru, M. D. 



Savannah, Ga., Aug. 8, 1881. 



The queen came last evening in splendid condi- 

 tion — only one bee dead in the cage. I have .iust 

 introduced her this forenoon, and hope she will be 

 graciously received. I like to see such promptness 

 in business matters; it is satisfactory to deal with 

 men of your stamp. T. Bole.s. 



Ridgeway, Ont., Can., Nov. 3, 1881, 



I have the ABC book, which has been a errcat 

 help to me. I paid you $1 25 for it, and if I couM not 

 get another I would not take live times that amount 

 for it. I have learned more about handling bees 

 since I have had it than I ever knew ubn\it bees be- 

 fore in my life. .Tames K. Guegoky. 



Crooked Lake, Wyoming Co., Pa., Oct. 28, 1881. 



That "testfd queen and 1 lb. of bees" sent mo 

 last April did well. I let them go on 3 L. frames 

 containing comb and some honey; added other 

 frames as needed, and soon had to put on the upper 

 story. Her 'highness" was crowded ont below, 

 and .iust walked into the upper parlor and filled it 

 nearly full. I took solid comfort with them. The 

 bees are hu'ge, vellow. beautiful, and kind. 



Columbus, O.,' Oct. 28, 1881. R. G. Warxek. 



The Waterbury watch and the ABC were re- 

 ceived the 28th. They were very nicelv packed, and 

 came safely. Husband was quite disappointed in 

 the watch — it being much better than he expected. 

 I think we shall order one or two dozen in the course 

 of a few weeks. The A B C is worth $10, at l^ast to 

 me, as I have just bought a larse colony of Italians, 

 and knew nothing whatever of bees or bee-keeping. 

 IMOGE.VE Donnelly. 



Omer, Bay Co., Mich., Nov. 1, 1881. 



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