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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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them alight low; and when papa came home he hiv- 

 ed them for me, and said I could have them, for I 

 had watched them, and not let them run away. I 

 like to work among- bees. 



Annie E. Mitchell, age 13. 

 Glen Myer, Ont., Can., Dec. 29. ISSIi. 



FROM 12 to 26, AND 3500 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My pa has 20 colonies of bees, and took out 2500 lbs. 

 of extracted honey, and about 1000 one-pound sec- 

 tion boxes this summer. We ROt an extractor and a 

 honey-knife from you, and like them very well. I 

 help ray pa when he works with the bees. We have 

 them all in chaff hives. We had 12 colonies this 

 spring which increased to 20. Harky Boos. 



Somonauk, III., Jan. 1, 1883. 



Why, Harry, you have given us one of the 

 "stunning " reports. Your father's 12 colo- 

 nies have been worth more than somefarms. 

 How much did the honey sell for ? 



Papa has IS stands of bees. I love honej-, and I 

 like to see them swarm. Papa beats the big bass 

 drum; that brings them back when they start to go 

 away. I have a little sister three years old. She 

 likes the bees because they make good " yassey." 

 I like to read Gleanings. I goto school, and am 

 eight years old. Harry Kus.sell. 



Lincoln, III., Nov. 24, 1882. 



It is pretty well agreed among beekeepers 

 now, Harry, that beating on pans, drums, 

 etc., does no good in making swarms stay 

 or return. Much has been written on this 

 subject, which will be profitable for you to 

 read. What is " yassey," I'd like to know V 



THE niVE THAT DIDNT SWARM FOR 11 YEARS. 



We have 12 swarms. I help tend thcra. The way 

 we got our first swarm, it went through our yard and 

 we lollowed it to the woods. 1 n the evening pa fixed 

 up a small store-box and hived them in that. That 

 was two years ago last spring, and we left them in 

 their hive till last spring, when we had them trans- 

 ferred to one of your L. hives. We got another 

 swarm then from my aunt (pa's sister). She had a 

 hive that bad not swarmed for 11 years. We got 3 

 swarms from that one the first year. Now, Mr. 

 Root, if you think I deserve a book. Ten Nights in a 

 Bar-Room will be my choice. 



Mintha Harsh, age U. 



Marshal Iville, O., Dec. 30, 1882. 



something more from THE ROLAND CHILDREN. 



We have 80 stands of bees. My sisters, Helen and 

 Anabel, have been to Ohio. I have 4 sisters and a 

 brother — Anabel, Bertha, Helen, Adah Ethel, Roy. 

 This is my first letter. We have three cows and one 

 calf, and fifty chickens and three pigs. We have an 

 engine and mill, corn-shcUer, and sawing-machine. 

 John Roland, age 9. 



Grandview, la., Dec. 31, 1882. 



AVe are very glad indeed to know you are 

 getting on so well, friend Jolin, for I have 

 often thought <jf you since the sad letter 

 came from your sister, which we printed 

 last September. While your sisters were 

 clear out here in Ohio, I should have been 

 very glad to have seen them. With all the 

 machinery you speak of, if you keep it all 

 running at once, I can imagine you have 

 almost as much care as I do at times. 

 Good-by, John, and give my respects to 

 Anabel and the rest. 



I will tell you about our bees. They are all right 

 now. We have lots of honey. We have 34 hives of 

 bees. I go to Sunday-school. We are going to have 

 an organ in our schoohouse. Lizzie Johnston. 



Danforth, III., Nov. 19, 1882. 



"•Bees are all right, and lots of honey.''' 

 Well, that is right to the point, and covers 

 the whole ground, for all I can see. Well 

 done, Lizzie. 



Pa has 30 colonies of bees; he thinks a great deal 

 of them, especially his Italians. They have not 

 been much profit to him this year, as there has been 

 the greatest bee-famine since the middle of June 

 that there has been for years. Pa takes Gleanings. 

 I love to read it. We little folks think it quite a 

 treat for you to send us the Juvenile. 



Dora B. Tharp. 



Engle Mills, N. C, Nov. 26; 1882. 



HONEY IN THE BIBLE. 



I have been trying to find an answer to the Bible 

 question which Cora M. Thayer gave us juveniles to 

 find out. I can not answer the question she asked, 

 but I think I have found out yours. Is it not I. Sam- 

 uel 14:27 and Judges 14:9? May 1 ask one? "My 

 son, eat thou honey, because it is good." 



May E. HiGGiNS. 



South River, Md., Jan. 3, 1883. 



Correct, friend May. Your question is 

 asked in another letter, and you will find in 

 this same letter an answer to the question 

 that was "too much " for you. I hope all 

 the little friends will read the history of 

 Jonathan, the loving man, and Samson, the 

 strong man. 



ANOTHER LETTER FROM " HANNAH.' ' 



Father's bees and Uncle James Facey's have a 

 slight touch of the dysentery. I see In Hugh Miller's 

 "Testimony of the Rocks," that the first bee makes 

 its appearance in the amber of the Eocene, locked 

 up hermetically in its gem-like tomb, an embalmed 

 corpse in a crystal colHn, along with fragments of 

 flower-bearing herbs and trees. In answer to Cora 

 M. Thayer, Proverbs 25 : 27. In answer to your ques- 

 tion, Jonathan and Samson. Where in the Bible 

 does it say ye shall not offer honey in sacrifice made 

 by fire? Rosey says we are not all honey and syrup; 

 we have quite a few vinegar-barrels. 



Hannah M. Smith. 



New Hamburg, Ont., Can., Jan. 1, 1883. 



Eight, Hannah ; and now for a hunt for 

 an answer to your question. 



100 LBS. a week, away DOWN IN MAINE. 



My uncle Cecil has kept kept bees since a year ago 

 last fall, and they swarmed twice. They made hon- 

 ey enough themselves, and there were two or three 

 weeks when they made about 100 lbs. a week. He 

 has put them in the cellar for the winter. He has 

 no chaff hives, but is going to have some next win- 

 ter. His bees get honey from buckwheat. " It is 

 not good to eat much honey," is found in Proverbs 

 25:27. Where in the Bible does it say, " My son, eat 

 thou honej', because it is good " ? 



Geo. F. Greely, age 10. 



Clinton, Kennebec Co., Maine, Dec. 30, 1882. 



If your uncle has only four or five hives, 

 friend George, 100 lbs. a week would do pret- 

 ty well ; but if he has 40 or 50 hives it would 

 not be much to brag of. Do you see V Y ou 

 did not tell us how many he had, at all. 



