1883 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



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that those that weighed the heaviest had so much 

 more honey that I fed the lig-htest. 



A week ago I was leeling very mucli discouraged 

 about Toy hands, when I saw ia the Juvenile," Woe 

 unto him that strivolh with his Maker." Then I 

 thought, the Lord mide my hand?; and if he thinks 

 I can work better for him with maimed bands, I am 

 content. "He doeth all things well." 



A Bee-Woman. 



Deanesville, Dxne Co., Wis., April 23, 18S3. 



In regard to bees behaviusr well when 

 handled by samebody else, I will say, my 

 friend, that I think the difference is in the 

 bees and not in the operator. I remember 

 once when we had snch a time with a col- 

 ony of hybrids that we coi^ld hardly go into 

 the garden where their hive stood ; and only 

 the next day I went out and opened the hive 

 and took a frame of comb, bees, queen, and 

 all. and carried it into the house and showed 

 it to my wife triumphantly, and told her 

 that they were the same bees that we tried 

 to handle the day before. She exclaimed in 

 astonishment, — 



" Do you mean to say that these are the 

 same bees that were so vicious yesterday V " 



"• I do mftan to say that these are the same 

 bees, exactly. Come and see them." 



We went ar.d took the frames out of the 

 hive and handled them in every way, and 

 put them back without a sting"; whereas, 

 the day before, all the smoking we could 

 give them did not seem to have any effect. 

 I presume the reason was, that lioney had 

 begun to come in plentifully, all of a sudden. 



I am very glad you liked the little text I 

 quoted. I have sometimes wondered wheth- 

 er these texts that I pick up from month to 

 month every do anybody else as much good 

 as they do myself when I tind them. I am 

 rejoiced to see that you get the spirit exact- 

 ly, of the one I quoted. 



I will let you know how Oregon is to-day; but just 

 bear in mind that you were mis'aken when you sup- 

 posed me a juvenile. 



AYILLOW HONEY. 



Father's bees began working on willow bloom the 

 9th of January, and they are at it yet. For three 

 weeks past we have had very warm weather; the 

 cherries, peaches, and plums are beginning to bloom 

 now, so the little pets have all they can do. Father 

 looked through them this morning, and they have 

 lots of honey already. The honey from the willow 

 has a slightly bitter twang, just enough to give it 

 tone. It is more like horehound candy than any 

 thing else. We have the "evergreen" blackberry, 

 and it is a famous honey-plant : begins to bloom In 

 the latter part of April, and the bees work on it till 

 the last berry is gone, which is late in August. 



I suppose you are terribly bothered with such long 

 letters. I am a passionate lover of pets, but I am 

 not a juvenile. 



OREGON ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. 



I must tell you, the only saloon in our little village 

 is closed. The keeper said he would have to do 

 something else, because he couldn't make a living at 

 that. There is a strong Good Templars' lodge, a 

 Band of Hope, and a Sunday-school here, and we all 

 fight alcohol. A. M. Hall. 



B'-averton, Oregon, March 17, 1883. 



Well, my good friend "A- M.," if you 



aren't a juvenile, I think you must belong in 

 this department; I will try it, any way. 

 May God's blessing rest on the community 

 that obliged the saloon-keeper to try some- 

 thing else for a living. 



I*ei'taiiiliig: to Bee Culture. 



We respectfully solicit the aid of our friends in conducting 

 this department, and would consider it a favor to have them 

 send us all circulars that have a deceptive appearance. The 

 greatest care will be at all times maintained to prevent injustice 

 being done any one. 



igp INCLOSE you ten cents more, for which please 

 ;% send me that number of Gleanings that con- 

 ~' tains Mitchell's "patent claims." It was pub- 

 lished several years ago, if I am not mistaken. 

 Mitchell has an agent here who claims to have a 

 patent on some kind of a division-board. 



Chas. F. Uphaus. 

 Batesville, Ripley Co., Ind., April 23, 1883. 



Mitchell and his division-board has been 

 for years our old standby in this department. 

 People are getting so generally posted, how- 

 ever, that he of late has found few localities 

 where his patent swindle would work. We 

 published his claim in July number for 

 1878, which we send you. "Tell the agent 

 you mention that he will get himself a very 

 bad reputation by having any thing to do 

 with Mitchell or his division-board. The 

 matter has been fully ventilated at least a 

 dozen times in the past eight or ten years. 



Or Letters from Tlioise Who bavc Made 

 Bee Culture a Failure. 



^AJDiry first year's subscription to Gleanings has 

 M/M, expired, and now the question is before me: 

 ' Must I give up Gleanings, with all Its 

 friendly associations? Must I no longer read of D. 

 A. Jones, Doolittle, Hutchinson, and many others 

 whose names have become dear to me through the 

 reliable pages of this noble journal, all for the sake 

 of one dollar? And then there is the Juvenile, so 

 sweet and childlike. Why is it that Gleanings has 

 done so much, and Juvenile promises so fair? 

 Friend Root, your own self has done the work. Go 

 on with your good work; keep up your tobacco de- 

 partment, as it concerns me deeply. I have been 

 smoking for 20 years; have 4 little children who see 

 my example. Well, I must be going; put me down 

 in the Blasted Hopes as a bee-keeper, and I will 

 smoke on " for this time." A. P. Stair. 



Whitney, Ala., April, 1883. 



Well, I declare, friend S., your kind letter 

 wound up a little unexpectedly. In some 

 way it seems to remind me of our recent 

 Sunday-school lesson. Are you sure you are 

 not " kicking against the pricks " just a lit- 

 tle? Your conscience is accusing you, I 

 should think, from your own admission. 

 Kise up, old friend, and come along with 

 the juveniles. Surely you don't mean to go 

 on setting a bad example before their littlq 

 eyes, do you V 



