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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Feb. 



HAD Ta BE FED IN JUNE, AND GAVE " ONLY " 330 

 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Pa had to fed his swarms of bees in June — some- 

 thing never heard of here before. They gave him 

 only two new swarms; 8 swarms gave us 320 lbs. of 

 comb honey. Pa puts his bee-hives for wiuter in 

 boxes with four inches of chaff all around them; he 

 never lost a swarm in wintei-ing. 



Ghacie M. Hobton, age 10. 



Smithboro, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dee. 11, 1882. 



FROM 3 TO 6, AND 120 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Pa has 3 stands of bees. In the spring he in- 

 creased to 6, and got 120 lbs. of honey. He has them 

 on their summer stands, under a shed. They are all 

 right yet. I have a little brother, four years old. 

 He watches the liees in swarming time. Pa gives 

 him five cents t><f e\iry swarm that comes out. 

 This is my lir.-Jt letter, and if I deserve a book, 

 please send me Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. 



Case Vanderbelt, age 11. 



Riegelsvillc, N. J., Jan 22, 1883. 



FROM 11 TO '20, AND S'i BARRELS OF HONEY, AWAY 

 DOWN IN FliOKIUA. 



We had 11 swarms iu the spring, and increased to 

 20. Wc got over y/i barrels of honey. Our bees are 

 Italians and hybrids and blacks. We get lots of 

 oysters and fish. My sister Eva is going to write a 

 letter too. If my letter is worth a book, please send 

 me Pilgrim's Progress. George V. Glawson. 



New Smyrna, Volusia Co., Fla., Jau. 26. 1883. 



To be sure, it is, George, lint wouldn't I 

 like to come and see you, and look at the 

 bees, and get some tish and oysters ! 



My pa has about 13 stands, and they seem to be 

 wintering well up to this date. He packed them in 

 sawdust for the winter. He did not get very much 

 surplus honey, on account of poor season and divid- 

 ing up for increase. My pa bought an extractor and 

 honey-knife, and some very nice foundation from 

 you, and thanks for your promptness in sending the 

 same. On ihe27ih day of this month the thermome- 

 ipr went from 10° above zero to 46° below, iu 10 

 hours, which is very uncommon for this country. 

 Florence E. Coombs. 



Memphis. Clark Co . Ind , Jan. 30, 1883. 



From several letters in this number it will 

 be seen that from Jan. I'U to yo the weather 

 was the coldest recorded. This will go far 

 to test the relative merits of cellar and out- 

 door wintering. 



WHAT .7 AMES Din WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. 



My pap I has 3J stands of bees. When I was t^wo 

 years old I went to my papa's bte-stand and pulled 

 oS a board in front of it, and the bees tlew iuto my 

 lace, and about 75 stung me. My mamma pulled the 

 stings out, while my papa ran to the drug-store to 

 get ammonia and the doctor. My papa thought I 

 would not live; but 1 got over it, and am now 10 

 years old. My papa made about 3 or 4 hundred 

 weight of honey last year. He has Italian and hy- 

 brid bees, and black ones too. He made no white 

 honey at all; none was made in the whole country 

 about here. My papa got all his bees in Langstroth 

 hives. James Peterson. 



Salem, N. C, Feb. 8, 1883. 



STRAWBERRIES, CHICKENS, EGGS. ETC. 



My name is Anna. My parents are dead. I have 

 three brothers and four sisters. I live at my uncle's. 

 He raises fruit and vegetables; and our neighbor, 

 Mr, Klarr, has lots of bees and lots of honey. I 



don't like honey, but I like strawberries and cream 

 with a big lump of sugar in them. I am going to 

 school. We raise rye; have chickens and lots of 

 fresh eggs; we live two miles from town. 



Anna Moore, age 9. 

 Pana, Christian Co.. III., Feb., 1883. 



THE SWARM THAT WAS UNDER THE HIVE. 



My father has been a bee-keeper about 8 years, 

 and has 39 swarms. Last summer he bought an 

 Italian queen, and we were going to divide a swarm, 

 and I happened to look under the bottom-board, and 

 saw a swarm that had begun to make comb under 

 there. Father put those that were under the stand in 

 a hive, and gave thetiueen to the old swarm, and they 

 did well. Father says I may have a swarm of my 

 own next summer, and then 1 will commence busi- 

 ness of my own. C. M. Inman. 



Romeo, Mich., Dec. 7, 1882. 



THE WELTY CHILDREN. 



Pa has 39 stands of bees, lie bought some of his 

 hives of Scovell & Anderson, and some he made 

 himself. We got about 1.500 lbs. of extracted, and 

 1500 of comb honey. Pauses the one and two pound 

 section boxes, and the Novice extractor. I am 9 

 years old. I have never gone to school much, and 

 never wrote at school. Charley Welty. 



Last summer I made section boxes for pa, and 

 fastened comb in them. Pa is building a new house. 

 I am 12 years old. This is my first letter. If I see 

 this in print, perhaps 1 will write and let you know 

 how pa gets along moving his bees. We are going 

 to move about 6 miles from where we are now liv- 

 ing. Mary Welty. 



Medoc, Mo., Feb. I, 188!. 



Tell us how he got along, by all means, 

 Mary. We want to know all about moving 

 bees. 



A little letter FROM MINNESOTA. 



My pa has kept bees three or four years. We 

 have 20 stands in our cellar now. I go to Surday- 

 scbool and diy school. 1 am in the Fourth Reader. 

 1 have three sisters and two brothers. I like bees, 

 but they don't like mc. Ma has to hive them some- 

 times when pa is not at home. Carrie Link. 



FROM 9 to 20, and 300 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My pa had 12 swarms of bees last spring. Three 

 got robbed, so we had nine yet, and increased to 23 

 and sold 2, and have 20 in the cellar now, all in Lang- 

 stroth hives. We got 300 lbs. of honey, all in 6-ineh 

 square boxes. We have a cellar just on purpose for 

 bees. We keep it at 38°. Minnesota is not a very 

 good country for bees to make honey. We weighed 

 all of our hives before we carried them into the cel- 

 lar, and they averaged about 90 lbs. apiece, so they 

 have enough to live through winter. Jf I deserve a 

 book, please send me Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. 

 Joseph Link, age 14. 



Preston, Fillmore Co., Minn., Feb. 2, 1883. 



A WARNING ABOUT WALKING CAREFULLY ON THE ICE. 



My pa has 32 colonies of bees, all snugly packed in 

 chaff. Last week a little boy ten years old in our 

 school fell on the ice and killed himself. Little boys 

 and girls should stay off the ice. I will send a card 

 to Blue Eyes. I have blue eyes too. My pa's name 

 is S. S. Pontious. Alwilda Pontious. 



Akron, Pulton Co., Ind., Jan. 22, 1883. 



The card is a very pretty one, Alwilda. 

 Your warning is a good one for us all. I 

 fell down flat the other day, because I 



