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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Feb. 



FROM A TENNESSEE JUVENILE. 



My pa has 34 hives of bees. Some of them have 

 young bees just hatching out. Yesterday all the 

 bees in one hive, that had some sealed honey in it, 

 swarmed out. Pa caught the queen an<l put them 

 back. He is making some Langstroth hives. I help 

 make the frames. Burtdn "Worley, age 9. 



Isom's Store, Maury Co., Tenn., Jan. 38, 1883. 



LAURA'S LETTER. 



I thought I would write you a letter. Pa got ma 

 a stand of bees, and I am a going to watch and help 

 her hive them when they swarm. Ma is going to let 

 me have a swarm and a ben, and some turkey eggs. 

 This is my first letter. Please send me a book. 



Laura Mote, age 9. 



Six Mile, Jennings Co., Tnd., Jan. 2?, 1883. 



My pa is a farmer, and keeps a few bees. He has 

 40 colonies. Last spring, No. 11 swarmed; 8 days 

 after, pa looked at them to see if they were going to 

 swarm again, and found them busy as bees, killing 

 drones; and so he went to the timber. But they 

 swarmed and in a short time I hived them. 



Zone C. Sperry, age 13. 



Nokomis, 111., Jan. 39, 1883. 



I have 3 swarms of bees. I took 33 dollars from 

 them, so you see old Pa. is not behind yet. Ma has 

 31 good ones; took lots of honey. Pa is making 

 board rules, and taking care of his little trout. We 

 have 16,000 fish in our ponds. This is my first letter. 

 I have never beeu to school. 



GusTA Ellenberoer, age 7. 



Laddsburg, Pa., Jan. 33, 1883. 



SOME OP THE REASONS WHY FARMERS SHOULD KEEP 

 BEES, IN PREFERENCE TO OTHER STOCK. 



Papa keeps some bees in the summer, and some 

 steers in the winter. I believe I would rather keep 

 bees than steers, because bees can only sting, and 

 steers can both horn and kick. 



William D. Bosserman. 



Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 29, 1883. 



from 3 TO 7, AND 160 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My pa keeps bees. He had three colonies of bees 

 to begin with in the spring. He had one natural 

 swarm, and increased to seven by dividing. We got 

 160 lbs. of surplus honey. If this is worth a book, 

 please send me Ten Nights in a Bar-Eoom. 



William J. Green, age 9. 



Detroit, Mich., Jan. 23, 1883. 



I guess it is worth a book, William, for it 

 is a very good report from a small apiary. 



THE BOY THAT IS GOING TO BE A BEE-KEEPER, STORE- 

 KEEPER, AND SCHOOL-TEACHER. 



Ma says that I may write to you. I have no broth- 

 er to play with, so I read to my ma. I have only one 

 sister, and her husband is a bee-keeper. He has 

 nearly 300 colonies. Perhaps I shall begin to take 

 care of bees some time. I go to Sunday-school, and 

 to day school when there is any. There has been 

 vacation for two weeks. School begins to-morrow. 

 I am studying to be a school-teacher. I think I 

 should like to be a store-keeper. 



Clarence W. Squier. 



Coopersville, Mich., Jan. 7, 1883. 



Hadn't you better come and live with me, 

 Clarence V I am bee - keeper and store- 

 keeper now, and I used to be a school-teach- 

 er once. 



HUGH AND HIS PUP. 



My grandpa would like to have me and my brother 

 take a hive of bees on shares. Probably I will If 

 they live till spring. My grandpa has bees, and I go 

 to see them sometimes. I have a young pup, and 

 have lots of fun with him. Sometimes I go hunting, 

 though game is scarce in this section. 



Hugh A. Alvis. 



Montrose, Lee Co., Iowa, Feb., 1883. 



We want your paper, and should have sent for it 

 the first of the year ; but we expected to see you at 

 the State Bee-Keepers' Association at Indianapolis, 

 but failed. Pa and I went there, and had a good 

 time. We shall want more hivef and fdn. in the 

 spring, if the hard winter doesn't kill our bees. 



C. P. HOCKETT. 



Jonesboro, Grant Co., Ind., Jan. 24, 1883. 



Well, I declare! I should have felt sorry 

 had I known any of the juveniles were there 

 looking for me. 



A COUPLE OF FLORIDA JUVENILES. 



My papa keeps 50 swarms of bees. We would have 

 more honey; but in February and March, people 

 burn the woods off and burn all the other flowers up. 

 Our bees have not swarmed this year. 



Elbert A. Froscher, age 9. 



La Grange, Fla., Jan. 37, 1883. 



Elbert wrote to you, and mamma said I can too. 

 I have two little rabbits. I love to see mamma and 

 papa extract honey. They extracted 80 gallons in 

 one day. Ma holds my hand and lets me write. El- 

 bert wants a book. I want Silver Keys, if you think 

 I ought to have one. I am 5 years old. 



Cakuie Bell Froscher. 



Titusville, Fla., Jan. 17, 1883. 



Very good indeed, Carrie Bell, for a five- 

 year-old bee-girl. Who would have thought 

 friend Eroscher had a boy and girl, who 

 could write letters V 



FROM a little girl WHO HAS NEVEB BEEN TO 

 SCHOOL. 



Mr. Rackwood has 30 stands of bees. We live with 

 him, and he sends to you for a good many things. I 

 have one sister, and her eyes are as black as char- 

 coal; and I have three brothers too. I have not 

 been to school a day in my life. 



Eva Glawson, ago 10. 



New Smyrna, Fla., Jan. 35, 1883. 



Papa put away 94 stands of bees in the bee cellar. 

 I go to school most of the time. I missed only 3 

 days on account of deep snow and bad weather. I 

 help mamma; I can wash dishes, sweep floors, and 

 do lots of other things. My papa has gone to Eu- 

 reka Springs, Arkansas, for hij health. This is the 

 fourth day that the thermometer has stayed below 

 zero all day. This morning It was 30° below zero. 

 Oll.\ E. Bargar, age 9 years. 



Border Plains, Webster Co., Iowa, Jan. 22, 1883. 



A SWARM OF BEES FOR WRITING A LETTER — WHEW ! 



I have been reading the children's letters in the 

 Juvenile. I have decided to write one. I am II 

 years old, but this is my first letter. My pa keeps 

 bees. He has 93 colonies in Langstroth hives. He 

 has promised to give me one for writing this letter. 

 He Is going to start out next week to sell some 

 bees. He is going to sell some ABC books if he 

 can. I am going to school now to my ma. There is 

 no Sunday-school near us this winter. 



Pinson, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1883. Shbppy Simmons. 



