1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



149 



the combs, I don't believe it will be of any 

 advantage. Too much brood started very 

 early is sometimes a detriment. 



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But if the wicked will turn from nil his sins that 

 he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and 

 do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely 

 live, he shall not die.— Ezekiel 18:21. 



The drawing of friend Walker's case for comb 

 honey came too late for place in this number. 



The last time our bees flew we had lost about 25 

 out of 183. 



When you write in regard to something that has 

 previously appeared in Gleanings, please give page 

 and volume. ^__^ 



Although we are turning out two fdn. mills now 

 almost every day, we are still about 20 mills behind 

 on our orders. 



Friend J. H. Martin sends a bee's tongue register, 

 considerably improved and simplified, compart'd 

 with what it was a year ago. 



We have now on our 35-cent counter a very pretty 

 little oil-stone, set in a mahogany box. If wanted 

 by mail, 5 cents extra. Price of ten, $3.00; 100, $28.00. 



When we send you an estimate on goods, always 

 return this estimate when you order, or at least 

 mention that we gave you an estimate. If you neg- 

 lect to do this, I can not be responsible for the er- 

 rors that mwy accrue in consequence. 



We have received two numbers of the New-Eng- 

 land Apiarian, and it surely promises well. The 

 work is neatly done, and the articles seem to be well 

 chosen. It is published by W. W. Men ill, Mechanic 

 Falls, Maine. Success to you, brother Merrill. 



We want catnip seed, horsemint seed, spider-plant 

 seed, figwort seed, white Dutch and alsike clover, 

 and, with the present demand, we are likely to need 

 about every kind of bee-plant seed known. Have 

 you got any? and what do you want for it? Send 

 sample, and give price. 



We have just had a call from our friend M. D. 

 York, Millington, Mich. Amon g other things, friend 

 T. said he wanted to thank me for having, through 

 the influence of the Tobacco Column, got him to 

 give up tobacco. He doesn't look as if he had suf- 

 fered any harm by the break-off. 



All the time some of the friends are wanting to 

 buy the rolls only to our fdn. mills, saying they can 

 make the frame themselves, and thus save money. 

 You can't do It, friends; the rolls are the expensive 

 feature of the machines, and you could not begin to 

 make the frame at the price we do. 



We are just about out of real nice clover honey. 

 We have quite a quantity of beautiful clover honey, 

 light and thick, but it doesn't sell, because it is 

 tainted a little with goldenrod, or some other fall 

 flowers. If you want your honey to bring the best 

 price, don't let a particle of fall honey get mixed in 

 with it. 



After we had got a nice trade started on bell 

 jack-screws, the manufactory broke down, and we 

 had to send to another place and get a higher-priced 

 one. By buying a whole gross we were enabled to 

 get them so they are only 25 cts. more; but do you 

 not see, dear friends, how absolutely impossible it 

 is for us to entirely avoid changing prices? 



Much matter is crowded out, and to-day "Barney" 

 says there isn't " a spec of room " left forDoolittle's 

 article, and another from one of his neighbors. If 

 you don't stop giving us so many ads., and such a 

 subscription list, I don't know but that we shall have 

 to enlarge the Juvenile again, and give the old 

 folks a corner of it . 



We have bought all the wax that has been offered, 

 and have paid for a nice article as high as 35 

 cents cash, and now I know of no more for sale any- 

 where at any price. In view of this we shall advance 

 the price of fdn. 5 cehts per lb. On all orders that 

 reach us alter the 15th of March. I really hope there 

 is wax that will be thrown on the market at this 

 price, and that further advances will be unnecessary. 



In trying a new fdn. mill, have the rolls warm 

 enough so they do not feel cold to your hand. Have 

 the sheets of wax at such a temperature that they 

 will neither break nor be too soft. When they are 

 leathery is about right. Do not use a large piece of 

 wax at first trial; for if It sticks to the roll, you will 

 not have so bad a job to get it off. Do not let any 

 wax get into the rolls unless the rolls and wax too 

 are well lubricated with starch. When you get 

 every thing just right, the wax should almost run 

 out of itself. 



SOME MORE TINWARE. 



We thought we had got already every sort of 

 package one could possibly ask for; but I found the 

 makers of maple-sugar implements had such a neat 

 molasses can, I felt we must have it for honey. You 

 see, any sort of pail, unless the 

 lid is soldered down, or closed 

 with cement. Is unfit for ship- 

 ping honey, unless it is candied 

 very hard and solid indeed. With 

 this the package is safe from 

 leakage. But another point 

 comes in : Maple molasses, as 

 well as honey, is a little tempt- 

 ing to the boys who handle such 

 freight; and, to make matters 



Oim 15 -CENT GALLON „ , , , ,. , 



HONEY-PAIL. safe, we always solder a little 

 slip of tin across the cap, and then catch it on the 

 pail. If it is meddled with on the way, it is plainly 

 evident, when the consignee receives his goods. 



SELLING RECIPES, ETC. 



Selling information is, I believe, generally con- 

 ceded to be an honorable business, providing you 

 give, in return for the money you receive, " value 

 received," or, in other words, If you receive a 

 dollar, or five dollars, you are expected to give a 

 treatise, or book on the subject, such as usually 

 sells for about a dollar, or five dollars as the case 



