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JUVENILE GLEx\.NlNGS. 



Mah. 



FnOM 5 TO 10, AND 300 LBS. OP HONEY. 



I started one yeai' ago with 5 colonies; increased 

 to 10. During the summer I took off 300 lbs. of sec- 

 tion honey, for which I received 15 els. per lb. My 

 bees are in fine condition up to this date. I expect 

 to have a grand time with them next summer. I 

 love the little fellows. J. P. AiiSnousE. 



Es'ansport, O., March 8, 1883. 



And well you might, friend A. 



FREDDIE AND LULU. 



My pa keeps bees, I have a stand in nice condi- 

 tion. Pa says I must learn to manage the bees. I 

 go to Sunday-school. I have a little brother; he 

 says he is a honey boy, bvit not a bee boy. 



Freddie Griffin, age 0. 



We live on f ho i : vor. vr>i-y near the railroad. It is 

 a good place for bees. There are lots of willow and 

 maple tree.«. My papa has a few stands of bees. I 

 do not know much about them, but expect to learn 

 this summer, and tell how I got along with them. 

 Julia A. Griffin, age 12. 



Shadwcll, Va., Fob. 6, 1883. 



FROM 3 TO 8, AND 300 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Pa had 3 swarms of bees in the spring. They 

 were in the old box hives. His were natural swarms 

 and they increased up to eight, and he took 300 lbs. 

 of honey. He got 16c. per lb. for it. It is so cold 

 here that the bees can not get a liight. He lost four 

 swarms this winter with the dysentery. 



Wm. J. Ogden, age 12. 



Arkona, Ont., Can., Fob. 25, 1883. 



WHEN BEES ARE CROSS. 



My uncle keeps bees. They are hybrids; they had 

 no honey when he first got tliem, and we could han- 

 dle them any way until they got their frames full of 

 honey; then they were awful cross. Thoy were all 

 right a few weeks ago. Dan Light. 



Port Burwell, Ont., Can., Feb. 11, 1883. 



I think, Dan, you haven't got it quite as 

 you intended to. The bees ai"e generally 

 very peaceable when they are getting honey 

 every day ; but as soon as it begins to be 

 hard to find, then they get cross. 



METHODIST BEES, AND "BABY-QUEENS." 



Pa says his bees are Methodist bees, because they 

 do not swarm on Sunday. Pa had some little hives, 

 and he said he was raising baby-queens in them. Is 

 that the way you raise baby-queens? I hope you 

 will not be offended at me for writing to you. I am 

 not very good at writing letters yet, but I am study- 

 ing very hard. Ma is waiting to take me to bed. I 

 read a few verses out of my Bible before I retire. 

 Ada Sturgeon, age 11. 



Kincardine, Ont., Can., Feb. 23, 1883. 



BEES between THE FLOOR AND CEILING. 



My pa has 15 colonies of bees. He likes to work 

 with them. The first we had pa found in our house 

 between the garret floor and the ceiling. When he 

 took it out it had quite a lot of honey. He did not 

 know how to manage bees then, and they died; but 

 since then ho has studied the ABC book, and reads 

 Gleanings. John O. Basehore. 



Mechanicsburg, Pa., Feb. 23, 1883. 



J5ees must be badly off in your neighbor- 

 hood, it seems to me, John, to take up such 

 quarters for a hive. I hope you and your pa 

 will give them better accommodations, now 

 you have the A Ji C book. 



FROM 1 TO 4, AND 125 LBS. OF HONEY. 



This is my first letter. My pa got a stand of bees 

 from B. F. Little, June 2(1, and we have four stands 

 now, and expect to get 125 lbs. of comb honey. I 

 hope they will come out all right. They are in good 

 condition now. A. W. Howard, age 8. 



Randalia, Fayette Co., Iowa, March, 1883. 



A 6-YEAR-o'lD "CONTRIBUTOR." 



I am a little boy six years of are. My father 

 keeps bees, and I'J partridge-cochin chickens. Pa 

 and ma want to buy a farm and go to the country 

 and get some sheep and cows and horses. I never 

 went to school one day, but I can read in the First 

 Header. My pa and ma taught meat home. This is 

 my first letter. George M. Pogue. 



St. Clairsvillo, O , Fob. 23, 1883. 



JOHNNIE'S BEES THAT WERK FOUND IN A CORNFIELD. 



Pa has 41 hives of bees. He has two Holj-Land 

 queens, which are very nice. I love to watch the 

 bees work, but I am afraid of them ; they don't like 

 me very well. Pa extracted 2000 lbs. of honey last 

 summer. I have one hive of bees. Pa found it in 

 the cornfield, and gave it to me. It had settled on 

 the ground. They were black bees. He took the 

 black queen away from them and gave them a frame 

 of brood, and let them raise an Italian queen. Bees 

 here make honey mostly of horsemint. 



Johnnie a. Kemp, age 10. 



Maysfleld, Milam Co., Tex., Feb. 18, 1883. 



STRAWBERRIES AND HONEY. 



My pa has 11 swarms of bef>s. He uses the L. hive. 

 He bought 4 Italian queen". He has one swarm of 

 hybrids, and one of black Ik ch. I think it is fun to 

 give them honey on a plate, and watch them with a 

 magnifying -glass. We have 11 acres of strawberries 

 to pick. Pa says I have got to take care of them; 

 but I don't think I can. I sometimes tend the smo- 

 ker for him. Lottie M. Harris, age 12. 



Well, Lottie, I don't quite think I could 

 take care of eleven acres of strawberries, but 

 I might take care of a small basket full, if I 

 should happen along in berry time. 



My brother found a swarm of bees in an oak-tree, 

 and that started pa to keepmg bees. 



Fra.ddie J. H.4RRIS, age 10. 



Toledo, O., Jan. 21, 1883. 



A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CITY ORPHANS. 



I am an orphan boy. I came from New York city 

 with a carload of children lo find homes in the 

 country. I have a good h<^me. One of the girls, 

 Hannah Williams, keeps bees. She takes Glean- 

 ings, and sends lor things. Last fall, when they 

 put the bees in the cellar they found the bees in one 

 hive all on the ground under the hive, dead. The 

 inside of the hive seemed all right, and there was a 

 plenty of honey; but we didn't know what made 

 them die. I like honey, and have all I want to eat. 

 I like to be around when they extract. Wo have 

 twelve stands of bees. I came here three years ago, 

 and did not know all the letters; now I read in the 

 Fourth Reader, and study pnrt third of geography, 

 and am ciphering in factoring. 



George Rodner, age 11. 



Springville, la., Feb. 20, 1883. 



George, you may thank God for being res- 

 cued from the life .you might have led, and 

 for the good Christian home you have found. 

 I think you have (ione pretty well for only 

 three years. 



