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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



clover didn't do its best, although blooming 

 abundantly; and if the yellow is an unfailing 

 yieldei" the same as white sweet clover (and 

 I suppose it is), then the yellow would come 

 in very handy. 



In the eyes of the general public, sweet 

 clover is a very noxious weed whose first en- 

 croachment must be carefully watched, lest 

 it get a foothold and spread persistently and 

 promiscuously. The great objection in the 

 eyes of the bee-keeper is that it is so hard to 

 get a stand of it. I have tried several times 

 to get a solid field of it, but have not yet suc- 

 ceeded. This cow-pasture comes the nearest 

 to a success of any thing I've had, and I did 

 not try to get a stand there. 



I'd like to have a solid field of it so I could 

 have some hay that was nothing but sweet 



clover. My stock care more for it dried than 

 green, and I suppose that is the general ex- 

 perience. The horses care more for it than 

 the cow, but other cows may care more for 

 it than ours. 



DEMONSTRATION OF LIVE BEES AT 

 FAIRS. 



How to Get Twice the Market Price by 



Advertising; the Advantage of 



Permanent Customers, 



BY G. BRUNDAGE 



MISS EMILY TOMPKINS, WHO, WITHOUT VEIL OR 

 HANDLED BEES IN A CAGE AT THE COUNTY 



At the last Orange Co. fair I had an exhib- 

 it of honey and live bees. The first day, as 

 we were fixing up the exhibit the general 

 superintendent said, "Why, are 

 you going to have live bees here 

 in this flower-tent ? I think you 

 will have trouble — don't think it 

 will woi'k — every one will gi-t 

 stung to death." But I told hiui 

 that, although showing live bees 

 in a tent was new work for me, 

 yet I had handled a few bees, and 

 I would assure him that there 

 would be no trouble, and no one 

 stung, and, further, that I would 

 promise him if any one were 

 stung I would remove the bees 

 at once. Not one person was 

 stung in the whole four days. 

 Well, it did not take me long to 

 get some nice comb honey over 

 to the general superintendent's 

 tent, and also some to the super- 

 intendent of the flower-tent where 

 I had my exhibit. After that we 

 were shown every courtesy. 



I had a one-frame observatory 

 hive, an eight-frame hive, a Pearl 

 Agnes hive, and a twin mating- 

 box all with bees and queens. 

 These were all in the wire-cloth 

 tent. Many people were around 

 all the time, and we were nearly 

 flooded with questions. Some- 

 times a dozen would be talking 

 all at once — in fact, we were 

 nearly talked to death. It is no 

 small job to manage such an ex- 

 hibit and explain all the details 

 pertaining to bees, honey, and 

 queen-rearing. I was very fortu- 

 nate in securing the services of a 

 talented young lady. Miss Emily 

 Tompkins, whose photo is shown 

 herewith, as she appeared at the 

 fair. She would go out among the 

 crowds of eight or ten thousand 

 people, then go into the bee-tent 

 and handle the bees, with bare 

 head and arms. Ladies outside 

 would say they would not go in 

 there for thousands of dollars; 

 but this young lady had the will 

 power, and a very level head, 

 ovFs ^ ^^ ^*^* mind it at all. Every 

 ^A tI old bachelor would stop and say, 



