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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



May 



A BOY'S BEE-KEEPING. 



I beg-an to keep bees in 1881, with one colony; in 

 1882 I increased to 4; Italianized; sold one for $10.00; 

 lost two this winter; have one left. My bees are in 

 Simplicity hives. Alonzo Rusks, age 11. 



Milwaukie, Ore., April 14, 1883. 



Ma thinks that you will have to put pa in Blasted 

 Hopes, for he has only two hives of bees. We get 

 the Juvenile. We have eight chickens, and a 

 rooster that can stand on the floor and eat easily 

 from the dining-table. Norman Girdwood, age 7. 



Allegheny City, Pa., April 32, 1883. 



Papa has two hives of bees. Last summer he 

 found a swarm in a hollow tree. He sawed off the 

 top and bottom of it. They increased to two swarms. 

 One of the swarms ran away. We got 12 lbs. of hon- 

 ey from one of the hives. Katie Turner. 



Rice, Navarro Co., Texas, March, 1883. 



joe's letter. 



We had a swarm of bees last Sunday, with a young 

 queen. Pa has 7 swarms. He just got a new queen 

 to-day. I went out into the country, and helped pa 

 carry a swarm a mile and a half. The sourwood will 

 bloom next month, then we shall have some fine 

 honey. Pa got a book from Mr. Alley. I like to 

 read Gleanings. Joe W. Harbin, age 10. 



Statesville, N. C, Apr., 1883. 



FROM 9 to 22, and but ONE STING IN 2 YEARS. 



My pa is a trapper, but he keeps bees. He had 9 

 hives in 1882, and increased to 22. I carry the combs 

 to the extractor, and extract the honey, and then 

 carry it back to the hive. I have had but one sting 

 in two years. I can push a boat across the James 

 River. Pa has some beautiful Italian bees. 



EviE L. Steger, age li. 



Payne's Island, Va., May 2, 1883. 



My papa has one swarm of bees, my sister one, and 

 my mother two. They are in box hives, and we 

 want to put them into Simplicity hives. I can har- 

 ness one horse to the buggy, and two to the double 

 wagon, and I could when I was only 9 years old, and 

 I am 10 now. Ettie Black. 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y., April, 1883. 



Why, Ettie, could you do all that when 9 

 years old, and you a girl too V I guess you 

 are a wide-awake people at your house. 



Mamma says I may write you a letter. She has 20 

 stands of bees, and no one to help her but me. I 

 tftink if I have a veil I shall not be afraid of the bees, 

 and I think little boys seven years old can help their 

 mammas lots if they try, don't you? She says that 

 I save her a great many steps. This is the second 

 letter I have ever written, and I hope you can read 

 it. Mallie Proper. 



Portland, Ind., May 2, 1883. 



To be sure, I think you can help, Mallie ; 

 and I am very glad to know you save your 

 mother many steps. 



HOW to get rid of DRONES. 



WhCQ my uncle wants to get rid of drones he 

 moves the frames into another hive, and takes all 

 the honey from the bees, then the bees will kill the 

 drones. This is only for the honey season. 



Emma M. Israel, age 8. 

 how to get the bees off— a novel way. 

 My brother used to keep my father's bees by the 

 shore of the bay, and when we wanted to take out 



honey we took out a section box, ran to the water, 

 and threw it in the bay to get the bees off from, it. 

 My uncle has come from the east. He said that was 

 a new way of taking honey. On account of having 

 no rain on the coast, we have moved the bees to the 

 mountain. J. P. Israel, Jr. 



San Diego, Cal., April 24, 1883. 



may's letter. 



PAPA HAS GOT ICO HIVES OF BEES. HE HAS 

 LOST 37. SOMETIMES I GET A PIECE OP ICE 

 AND WASH MY BROTHERS FACE. I HAVE A 

 BIG DOLL. IT HAS A NEW DRESS. 



Windham, N. Y., Apr. 20, 1883. MAY COE. 



WILLIAM'S LETTER. 



Pa has 11 hives of bees; he has one of the finest- 

 looking hives you ever saw. Pa sent for a smoker. 

 I have fun smoking the bees. Pa has got a thou- 

 sand of those little pound sections. 



William Guisinger, age 8. 



Stanley, O., May 5, 1883. 



I stay with my uncle. He has bees. He got 2 

 hives last spring, and now he has 7. They are get- 

 ting along well. I like to watch them gathering 

 honey out of flowers. 1 got stung in the summer, 

 up above my forehead, and it swelled my eyes shut. 



The rest of the text is. Let us not be weary in well 

 doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint 

 not.— Gal. 6:9. Bella Eraser, age 12. 



Campbellville, Ont., Can., April 18, 1883. 



sunflower honey, ETC. 



The bees did not make much honey last year, and 

 what they made was made of punflowers. Papa sent 

 to you for his beehives. P.. pa has only 7 hives, all 

 in good condition. 



POLLEN FROM COTTONWOOD. 



The bees are gathering pollen now from cotton- 

 wood blooms. I have had my hands right down 

 among the bees, and they never stung mo. 



Mary Hobson, age 12. 



Toof, Col., April 29, 1853. 



MAMIE'S EXPERIMENT, AND HOW IT TURNED OUT. 



My pa has kept bees for 7 years. He had 16 stands 

 two years ago, and the cold winter killed them all 

 but one. Now he has 9. I like to watch the bees at 

 work. Last summer I thought I would help them a 

 little, and caught one and carried it from the stand 

 to the flower, and it put its "hot" foot on me, and I 

 left them alone. Mamie M. Barrington. 



St. Mary's, O., April 25, 1883. 



Mamie, it is said that anybody can lead a 

 horse to water, but that all the world can't 

 make him drink, if he doesn't want to. I 

 guess you found it about so with the bee 

 you carried to the flowers, did you notV 



SHORT, but practical. 



I can tell how to make hens lay. Pound up raw 

 bones for them. Ma has tried it. 



Alice Cade, age 9. 



We have only one stand of bees. This is the third 

 one pa has bought, but the first two died before 

 summer came. Pa thinks they will live this time. 

 They are gathering pollen now. Ma and pa have 

 got the bee fever since thej^ have commenced tak- 

 ing Gleanings. I can water the horses, put on the 

 bridles, and hitch them to the wagon. 



Bertha H. Cade, age 10. 



Damascus, Pa., April 25, 1883. 



