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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Apr. 



so much interested in your father's work as 

 to know all that he is doing, and Row he 

 does it. I can't tell why your honey does 

 not candy, unless it is because it is collected 

 from some plant that produces honey that 

 won't candy. If you knew what the plant 

 was, it might be worth while to place it 

 among our honey-plants for cultivation. I 

 agree with you about gloves and veils. 

 When I am working with the bees I never 

 want any such things bothering me. 



Every girl or boy. under 15 years ol 

 apre. who writes a letter for this depart- 

 ment. CONTAINING SOME VALUABLE FACT. 

 NOT GKNERALLY KNOWN, ON BEES O • OTHER 



HATTERS, will receive one of David Cook's 

 excellent five-cent Sunday-school books. 

 . Many of these books contain the same 

 matter that von find in Sunday-school 

 hooks costing from $1.00 to l$:.50. If you 

 have had one or more l)oolcs, give us the 

 n.ames that we may not send the same 

 twice. We have now in stock, six different 

 hooks, as follows: Silver Keys, Sheer Oft, 

 The Giant Killer. The Robv Family, Res- 

 cued from Egypt, and Ten I^ights in a Bar- 

 Room. 



" A ehiel's amanjj ye takin' notes, 

 An faith, I'll prent it." ' 



MERE I am, little friends, before your 

 great pile of letters again. There are 

 ■ so many of them that I have been 

 obliged to decide to use for print only the 

 best. Therefore, much as I should like to 

 let you see your letters in print, I presume a 

 great part of them will have to be passed by. 

 If you feel disappointed at this, the only 

 remedy I see is to hunt up some valuable 

 fact, so that I can not very well pass yours. 

 Remember that your letters are all carefully 

 read, even if they are not put in print, and 

 "Be not weary in well doing." Who can 

 tell me where I can find that in the Bible, 

 and also what is the rest of it? There, I 

 shall now give the rest of the room to you. 



I don't like bees very well, for one stung- me on 

 the eye last Sunday. Maria B. Moon, age 7. 



Youngsto'wn, N. Y., March 32, 1883. 



My uncle gave me ten cents a hundred for nailing 

 section boxes. I like to help him work with the 

 bees. Harry Morrison. 



St. Clair, Mich. 



I will write you a letter and tell you what I can do. 

 I carry in the wood, cobs, and gather the eggs. I 

 can pump water and carry it into the house. I shall 

 be six years old the 9th of next July. 



Creston, Iowa, March 24, 1883. W. A. Sadler. 



138 LBS. COMB HONEY FROM ONE COLONY, ETC. 



We had a good deal of honey last year. The high- 

 est amount from one hive .vas 138 lbs. of comb honey. 

 Pa has a Novice extractor, but the honey was so 



granulated that It would not extract. He is fixing 

 to raise some queens. Our bees are mostly Ital 

 ians. Nettie Bryan, age 12. 



Rome, Floyd Co., Ga., March 33, 1883. 



My pa has his bees in a building, packed with dry 

 leaves, and they are doing finely. He set them out 

 the other day for a fly. Ohl^but they had a gay time 

 just as we children do when school is out. 



Stella Shoup, age 9. 



Coloma, Berrien Co., Mich., March 26, 1883. 



HOW FANNIE S FATHER WATERS THE BEES. 



Pa keeps part of his bees in the cellar, and gives 

 them water by dipping a rag in water and laying it 

 at the mouth of the hive. The bees seem anxious 

 for it. Fannie Borton. 



Flint, Gen. Co., Michigan, March, 1883. 



100 LBS. from a one-hive apiary. 



I am a little girl. I live with my uncle and aunt, 

 I have over two miles to go to school, but it is closed 

 now. We have one stand of bees; they made 100 lbs. 

 of honey last summer. May Pollard. 



Moscow, Liv. Co., N. Y., March 4, 1883. 



FROM 23 to 63, AND 35C0 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My brother got 3500 lbs. *of honey this summer, 

 from 23 swarms in the spring; he increased to 63. 

 I stayed home from school about a month and a half 

 this summer to watch his bees, and be gave me 

 $5.00. E.MMA Wagner. 



Calamus, Clinton Co., Iowa. 



Papa has about 30 swarms of bees. He gives me 

 25 cents for every swarm I see first in swarming- 

 time. I live on a farm, but I am spending the win- 

 ter in the city. I think the best honey is made from 

 white clover. I am a Canadian girl. 



Emily K. Westover, age 10. 



Frelighsburg, Quebec, Can., March 24, 1883. 



bees without " END." 



Last spring my pa had V swarms of bees, and by 

 fall they increased to 43; sold two swarms to my 

 grandpa, and it is fun to see him work with them. 

 One day 1 was at his house when ho was working 

 with them, and they came out so last that grandma 

 said there was "no end to them;" but grandpa 

 "allowed" they had an "end," when they com- 

 menced to sting him. Frank Craig, age 11. 



left-handed MAUD. 



My brother Frank is writing to you, and I wanted 

 to write, so ma said she would help me spell the 

 words. My pa makes his own frames, and I help 

 him tack them. He says I am "awful good at it," 

 even if I am left-handed. Maud Craig, age 9. 



Tiffin, Iowa, March 26, 1883. 



Glad to hear it, " left-handed Maud." 



"butchering" bees. 



Pa and my brother have 80 swarms of bees. We 

 get our foundation of you. A neighbor came to vis- 

 it us one day, and he said he ^vas going to " butcher " 

 3 swarms that evening for their honey. Pa asked 

 him whether he might have the bees if he would 

 take them off the comb. He said he could, and they 

 are now in our hives, with plenty of honey for win- 

 ter. Edward S. Roe, age 11. 



Jordan, Jay Co., Ind. 



I am very glad, Edward, that your pa was 

 humane enough to take the part of the bees, 

 and I hope he will do well with them. 



