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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



May 



Juvei\ile Gleai\ii\gs. 



HAIA.-^ 15, 1883. 



Contents of this Number. 



Apis, The 281 ' 



Bee-eatei' 283 I 



Bee-boy, The Little 283 



Bible Questions 288 



Drones, To Kill 28H 



Fastening Bees in Cellar. ...289 



Fire. Danger of 280 



Gloves, etc 288 



Hives, Observing 281 



Honey, To Whiten 287 



Hunting Bees in "Woods 288 



Kind Words 290 



Married.. 284 



Minneapolis Mills 287 



Mrs. Harrison's Letter 284 



My Neighbors 277 



My Visit 280 



Outdoor Feeding 289 



Pollen from Cottonwood . . .286 



Railroad Officials 291 



Short-hand 282 



Sunflower Honey 28(i 



Virgil 270 



White's Blasted Hopes 282 



Gleanings for Jan,, 18S3, is out of print. "We will 

 pay 10 cents each for them. Please put your name 

 on the wrapper, and drop us a postal. 



WAX. 



We have now a fine lot of wax on hand, perhaps a 

 couple of tons or more, and it is coming in so freely 

 that the prospect is, that the price will soon drop. 

 However, we will, until further notice, pay 35 cents 

 cash, or 37 cents trade for fair wax. 



The Clark smoker seems destined to go beyond 

 any thing heard of before in the line of implements 

 for the apiary. "We purchased, in one single lot, one 

 ton of wire for making the springs. Ernest esti- 

 mates that this quantit3', at the rate they are going, 

 will hardly suffice for this present season. Just 

 think of it, friends; a ton of springs I 



"We have just got hold of the little book called 

 "John Plowman ;" and by taking a quantity, we are 

 enabled to sell them at 10 cts. each; by mail, 3 cts. 

 extra. The book contains 40 pictures and 123 pages, 

 and .was written by the great English minister, 

 Chas. H. Spurgeon. The book is so full of whole- 

 some instruction that I feel happy every time I 

 sell one. 



ROTTEN WOOD FOB SMOKER FUEL. 



By advertising in our county paper, we have re- 

 ceived some very nice rotten wood for smokers. It 

 Is broken up into pieces just right to put into the 

 smoker, and it is dry, rotten elm that ignites readily 

 with a match, and can scarcely be put out without 

 wetting it. "We have it put up in sacks holding two 

 bushels each, and we offer it for 50 cts. a bushel, 

 sacks and all. Probably most of you can get it out 

 of any of your forests, cheaper than you can buy it 

 of us; but if you can't, when you are ordering goods 

 have a sack sent along for a sample. As it is pretty 

 light, it could be shipped by express without very 

 much expense. 



THE RUSH FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE APIARV. 



We are now In the midst of the greatest demand 

 for supplies for the apiary, probably, ever known 

 before. We have, pei'haps, in our works, and orders 

 on hand, f 5CC0 to $10,000 worth of goods. The ques- 

 tion comes up now, about delays on orders. The 

 number of hands we have employed, and the way 

 the orders are necessarily scattered about all over 

 our establishment, it is quite difficult indeed for us 

 to tell how soon orders can be filled. It may be two 

 or three weeks, or it may be convenient for your or- 

 der to be filled to-morrow. Another thing: It bin' 



ders the clerks greatly, as well as the workmen in 

 the rooms, to go to work and hunt up an order. 

 Very often, time enough is consumed in trying to 

 trace an order, to have boxed it up and sent it off. 

 It has been suggested that we should refuse to re- 

 ceive any more orders. My friends, this would hard- 

 ly be practicable, because we should not know what 

 orders to refuse. In reviewing the bills of to-day, I 

 find an order filled that was received yesterday; 

 and on inquiring how it obtained preference over 

 so many others, I was told the man wanted only two 

 chaff hives complete, and these happened to be in 

 stock ready to be shipped, and so they were simply 

 marked and sent off. Now, this is the case with a 

 great quantity of our goods; in fact, with nearly all 

 of the goods from the counter store. It is also the 

 case, to a certain extent, with hives, etc. One day 

 we may have a great quantity ahead; the next, the 

 orders may take the whole of them. All I can prom- 

 ise to do is this ; that we will send your goods just as 

 fast as we possibly can; and any time when you get 

 tired of waiting, wo will promptly return your mon- 

 ey. With the piles of orders before our office clerks, 

 however, it may take a day or two before we can 

 find your order and get your money back. Another 

 point: Several have written to us complaining of the 

 delays from other factories, and stating that they 

 have withdrawn their orders from them and sent 

 them to us so as to get their ^oods at once. I 

 wouldn't do this, friends. 



One plain remedy stands out sharp and clear, and 

 that is, to order your goods before the middle of 

 May, and just on the eve of the swarmirg season. 

 Past experience indicates that orders begin to drop 

 off somewhat by the first of June. Therefore it is 

 quite likely, with our present force of workers (about 

 110 in all) we shall have pretty much all of our orders 

 filled in three or four weeks. I mention this, that 

 you may know how to decide intelligently about or- 

 dering your money returned. 



Before blaming us very much for this state of af- 

 fairs, bear in mind that we are building a new facto- 

 ry, on purpose to be able to meet such emergencies, 

 and we are doing all we possibly can to be able to 

 avoid these very annoying delays. Our freight has 

 increased to such an extent that we now have two 

 large cars run up on our branch track, that are filled 

 with goods, and sent off daily. If you could see the 

 great stack of boxes and bales that are daily loaded 

 up, you might think that at least some credit was due 

 us. Orders by mail and express still go off as fast as 

 received. 



Do you want to know how you can help us greatly 

 in f aci litating the filling of your orders ? You can do 

 it this way: Call things Just as they are calledin the 

 price list, and ya'c priccti. Use plenty of paper, and 

 write plainly; but don't put anything on the same 

 sheet with your order, except business ahsvlutcJy nec- 

 essary for the filling of such order. Bear in mind, 

 that what you write with your orders must be read 

 by several clerks, and sometimes by those who are 

 comparatively new in the business. 



Later.— Just before going to press, we have de- 

 cided, in view of the great number of orders on 

 hand, to send at once such a part of your order as 

 we can, and the remainder at another shipment, as 

 we think this will better please you, as a general 

 thing, than to hold goods that are ready, for other 

 things that are not ready. Please don't complain 

 when you find that we have done this. 



