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Vol. XII July 28, 1892. No. 5. 



" The Man who could, if be would, but won't 



Bestow on his wife a dime, 

 Is the man who would, if he could, but can't 



Get married a second time." 



Pure Beeswax and clean, un- 

 salted butter make an excellent substi- 

 tute for " creams " and balms. 



For Chapped Hands or any 



sort of roughness, sage-tea, or oat-meal 

 gruel, sweetened with honey, is said to 

 be good. 



Honey-Day of the Colorado State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Longmont, Colo., on Sept. 28, 18%2. 

 There should be a good attendance of 

 the membership of the Association, as a 

 very enjoyable time is sure to be had by 

 all who can arrange to be there. 



All Bee-Keepers who read this 

 will help to make more complete the 

 interesting result of an excellent effort 

 now being made by Bro. A. I. Root, of 

 Medina, Ohio, if they will comply with 

 the following request made in the last 

 issue of Gleanings : 



We shall be very much obliged if bee- 

 keepers all over the country, just as 

 soon as they read this, will send us a 

 postal card, answering, by number, in 

 not more than four or five words, these 

 two questions : 



1. How has the honey season been 

 with you this year ? 



2. What is your average per colony 

 up to date ? 



We are well aware that this will be 

 too early for many localities, on account 

 of the lateness of the season ; but we 

 want just such information as you are 

 able to give at the time of signing the 

 postal card. What we desire to do is to 

 report the condition of the honey season, 

 so far as possible, throughout the coun- 

 try. 



We urge every subscriber of the 

 American Bee Journal to at once 

 write the postal card to Mr. Root, so 

 that the forthcoming report may show 

 as fully as possible the general honey 

 season this year, and the average 

 pounds of honey taken per colony. It 

 will be an exceedingly nice thing to 

 know, though it means a good deal of 

 work for Bro. Root, to get the thou- 

 sands of responses in shape for publica- 

 tion. 



Bro. \V. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, 

 Mich., says this, in the July number of 

 his Bee-Keepers'' Review, about the white 

 clover honey harvest in his locality : 



An old-fashioned white clover honey 

 harvest is what this locality is now being 

 blessed with for the first time in five 

 years. 



Good ! That is about what quite a 

 number are writing to this office now, 

 from -a number of different localities 

 throughout the country. Many are 

 growing enthusiastic over the prospect, 

 and expect to secure a bountiful yield 

 of honey this year. 



