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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Mar. 



Well, Uncle Amos, 1 wish you bad been here the 

 15th and 16th to see kow many bees were la the air. 

 Our UO stands are all alive and strong; 13 weeks 

 since they had a Uy before. Mauv Uiggs. 



Fairbanks, Ind., Feb. 20, 1883. 



"BAD, VKIIY UAD LUCK." 



Papa has had very bad luck with his bees this win- 

 ter. He had 7 colonics, and they are all dead but 3. 

 Mary S. Haugiit. 

 Muuday, Wirt Co., W. Va., Fob. 13, 18S3. 



NOT QUITE FROZEN. 



My father has three colonies of bees, and mamma 

 helps him to attend to them. One of his colonies 

 pretty nearly froze to death. He brought them into 

 the house and gave them some syrup. 



LiNA Giles, age 13. 



Watcrford, Ont., Can., Feb. 17, 1883. 



A CRITICISM l-ROM A LITTLE GIHL. . 



Our little girl is very much interested in the Ju- 

 venile; nothing in it escapes her notice. She dis- 

 covered yesterday that Luke 10:10 doesn't rtad as 

 you make it on tii-st page. M. H. Hunt. 



Bell Branch, Mich., Jan. 20, 1883. 



Correct ; it should be j6: 10. 



MY "valentine" letter. 



My pa had l.'i colonies last spring; increased to 43; 

 9 left. I ran about a mile after a large swarm. 

 They got away from me at last. I have a nice little 

 sheep, and I have lots of fun with it. You can keep 

 this lor a valentine, if you choose. 



Lily O. Bundren'. 



San Autonlo, i-.exar Co., Texas, Feb. 14, 18S3. 



THE EFFELBOWER CHILDREN. 



Pa ffot nearly 500 lbs. of honey. I tell you, the 

 bees make me jump when they get in my hair. 



Bennie Heffelbower. 



My pa had three swarms last spring, and he has 17 

 now. One of them died. Pa's sting me when I go 

 out and disturb them. Eddie Heffelbower. 



Cass City, Tuscola Co., Mich., Feb., 1S83. 



THE way SUSAN HELPS HER FATHER. 



I help my pa carry the frames to the extractor, 

 and then I carry them back to the hive again. Please 

 send me a book. Susan Mishler, age 8. 



Ligonler, Noble Co., Ind., Feb. 23, 1883. 



Why, it seems to me, Susan, that any lit- 

 tle girl who helps her pa as much as that 

 should have a book, even iC her letter is 

 short. Don't you ? We send the book. 



THE " FIRST PREMIUMS." 



Papa has 18 stands of bees in the cellar, and they 

 ».re doing well. He took a hive of bees to the fair, 

 and got the first premium ; also first premium on 

 honey and bee-hives, and second on extractor. 1 

 took a basket of paper flowers to the fair, and got 

 first premium. Ella Edmtston, age 9. 



Adrian, Mich., Feb. 5, 1883. 



HONEY-DEW, ETC. 



I wrote you a letter last summer, and got such a 

 nice book, called "Madie Grant," that I thought I 

 would write you another. I have just been out and 

 counted 40 stands; pa thought we got about 2000 

 lbs. We had honey-dews here nearly all summer; 

 it was mostly on hickory-trees. Some say in your 

 journal that it does not make good honey; but pa 

 thiQks that it is very good. Nellie Tomlinson. 



Yillisca, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1883. 



ONE-HALF LOST IN WINTERING. 



My first experience with bees was when I was lit- 

 tle. I took a stick and poked into the entrance, and 

 they came out, and some of them stung me severely. 

 Last fall we had 35 swarms, and now they are half 

 dead. Pa thinks it was caused by bad honey. 



Chardon, O., Feb., 1883. Cakl C. Cowles. 



only 2 OUT OF 50 LOST IN WINTERING. 



Pa had 5.' swarms of bees whon winter began; but 

 two of them died. The rest of them are all right so 

 far; 33 are packed in sawdust, one in chaff hive, one 

 in double box hive, one in hive lined with straw. 

 The rest are In the cellar. Susie D. Bechtel. 



Caledonia, Mich., Feb. 26, 1883. 



LOTTIE'S STORY. 



My pa has 14 stands. They are all alive, and have 

 had a nice fly for several days. I like bees, but I 

 like their honey better. There is a poor man in jail 

 for forging notes. He sent for pa to come up and 

 see him. Pa went and talked with him a couple of 

 times. Lottie Shuss. 



Pawnee City, Neb., March 4, 1883. 

 You see, Lottie, how quickly wickedness 

 brings trouble. Truly, the wages of sin is 

 death. 



We have 9 hives of bees in Siqaplicity hives. They 

 are Italians. We got two queens of you, and one 

 imported one from Mr. McCormlc, of Fredericks- 

 burg, last summer. They are wintering all right. 

 We winter in the cellar; we had them out once, to 

 take a fly. We feed oatmeal ground fine, and plac- 

 ed on a board in the yard in the spring, when it is 

 warm enough. I have two Canada ring doves and 

 one canary bird. Ctuene H. Geitgy. 



Wooster, O., Feb. 28, 1883. 



HONEY THAT DIDN'T CANDY. 



I thank you for printing such a nice journal for 

 us children. Father has his bees in the cellar. I 

 should like to see Blue Eyes; my eyes are blue too. 

 Mother drained honey out of broken combs, and put 

 it in two half-gallon jugs and one-quart Mason jars. 

 We kept the jar in the kitchen cupboard. When we 

 wanted to use anj% we opened the jar. We used the 

 last of it last week, and it was just as nice and clear 

 as ever. Mother opened a jug the other day, and 

 found the honey just as clear as when put up. The 

 jar was white-clover honey; that in the jug was dark 

 honey, put up in September. 



Louisa L. Hunter, age 13. 



Kendallville, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1883. 



INA'S BEE VEIL. 



I like to help take care of the bees. I wore a piece 

 of mosquito bar tied over my sun-bonnet for a veil, 

 when I helped mother take out honey last summer. 

 I did not have any thing over my hands, and I did 

 not get stung once. I have a little blue-eyed broth- 

 er 18 months old. He was very sick week before 

 last, but is well now. His name is Christian. It 

 takes us all to keep him out of mischief. Oh dear! 

 I guess I'll ask mother to please copy my letter. I 

 had to ask her how to spell the long words, anyhow; 

 but I think it will be just the same; don't you, Mr. 

 Koot? INA Isabel Hunter. 



Kendallville. Iowa, Jan. 8, 1883. 



I should like to see you, Ina, with your 

 bee-veil on. To be sure, it is all the same if 

 you ask your mother how to spell the long 

 \Vords ; in fact, I think it is a great deal bet- 

 ter, for you learn to spell that way. 



