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JUVENILE GLEAKIKGS. 



June 



HOW CORA'S FATHER GOT HIS HIVES NAILED UP 

 AND PAINTED. 



Father has 21 swarms of Italian bees; he also re- 

 ceived the 25 Simplicity hives. We had quite a time 

 getting them set up; but after we got one up we 

 were all right, and now father is transferring them 

 to our new hives. They look very pretty; we paint- 

 ed them Avhile. We are verj'proud of them, as there 

 arc no hives here like Ihfm, except those of our 

 neighbor, perhaps. Cora Bear. 



Beaver Creek, Col., May 15, 1883. 



A CAUTION TO COMB-FOUNDATION MAKERS. 



Wc have been making comb foundation for three 

 days, on the machine pa got of you last spring. We 

 had quite an accident while we were making it. Last 

 night a pail of wax was sitting on the stove melting. 

 The stove Avas very hot, and the wax boiled over; it 

 immediately caught fire, and blazed to the ceiling; 

 but we soon got the pail off the stove, and got the 

 fire put out. The bees are hard at work. 



Mary Windsor, age 12. 



Leamington, Ont., Can., May 30, 1883. 



how EDDIE MADE A SWARM CLU.STER. 



One day in July, as I was Standing in the stable- 

 coor, I heard the bees flying over; so I ran after 

 them, and threw sand and rocks at them till they 

 began to settle on a tree. As soon as they were all 

 settled we cut the bush down and got them hived in 

 a box, and took them home. This was the 29th of 

 Juli', the first year. That year I took no honey; 

 this year I took about 70 lbs. from the old one, and 

 it swarmed three times; from them I took no honey. 

 Eddie H. Sherman. 



Fillmore, Iowa, Feb. 11, 1883. 



I have been wanting to write to you a good while, 

 but I could not write very well, and mamma was 

 sick, and she told me to wait until she got well, and 

 she would show me how; but she never got well. 

 She died a Utile while ago, and we are left without 

 any ma to take care of u?, so 1 had to write this my- 

 self. I did love my dear mamma so much; but I 

 still have a good papa to take care of me. Papa's 

 bees are at work on the clover. 



LiLLiE Manuel, age 10. 



Alma, Ark., May 10, 1S83. 



May God bless and comfort you, my little 

 motherless friend Lillie. 



A SAFE KIND OF PARTNERSHIP. 



Pa and I are partners in bee culture. We have 

 got 15 hives — 18 in Langstrolh, and 3 in old box 

 hives. We are going to transfer the two as soon as 

 we can. The bees are so bad about robbing this 

 spring, that it is almost impossible to handle those 

 that have much honey. Our bees have been doing 

 badly until about a week ago. Our bees did well 

 last year. We got about 800 lbs. from 8 hives, all 

 comb honey. I help pa work with the bees. I am 

 not afraid of them. Ours are all blacJis. I will tell 

 you some time how pa and I came to be partners in 

 our bees. Wiby Dellis, age 13. 



Hubbard City, Texas. 



LEROY'S OPINION ABOUT THE ITALIANS, ETC. 



Pa has six swarms of bees — four black ones, and 

 two Italians. I think the Italian bee is the best 

 when they can steal their food. The black bee 

 Works earlier and later in this country. The Italian 

 bee can not stand the cold as well as the black bee. 

 The queeh is always guarded by other bees. Pa 

 says I must watch the bees this summer, and he will 



give me ten cents for every swarm I see first. I 

 think they are going to swarm in about one week. 

 Leroy Bobbins, age 11. 



Watsontown, Pa., May 22, 1883. 



HOWARD'S letter. 



My pa has 8 stands of bees. I have one black one. 

 I want to raise a yellow queen, and pa's bees are ail 

 Italians but 2. AV'e had a swarm; we put it in a Sim- 

 plicity hive, and it stayed only 4 days, and then came 

 out and went off. I have heard that a bad begin- 

 ning makes a good ending. I hope that will be the 

 way with us. The bees are real cross; but we have 

 a smoker, and we will tame them. 



Answer to Annie Cameron's question. How often 

 is yes used in the Testament ? I can find it but once. 

 It is in Matthew 17:25. What two chapters in the 

 Bible arc alike? Howard Fisher, age 13. 



Franklin Mills, Pa., Juno 4, 1883. 



how to make the bees take honey that 13 



candied in the combs. 



My pa keeps bees; he has 27 stands. He winters 

 them in the cellar; 2 died; he made a hand-barrow, 

 and I helped him carry them out. He has them in 

 the Simplicity hive and L. frames. He makes Ihcm 

 himself. He has one stand of pure Italians. The 

 rest arc blacks; ho paid $3 00 for the queen last fall. 

 He bought her of Mr. Williams, of the Railroad Api- 

 ary, Berkshire, N. Y. Pa puts brown paper on top 

 of the frames, instead of cloth. I will tell you how 

 to make the bees work over candied honey; that is, 

 in old combs. Uncap it, and sprinkle water on it, 

 and the bees will take it all out clean. 



Albert D. Smith, age 9. 



Caroline Depot, N. Y., May 31, 1883. 



THE rocky - mountain REB-PLANT IN IT? NATIVE 

 HOME, ETC. 



My falher has 18 stands of bees. They are all Ital- 

 ian. He got the hives, and I helped him set up 

 brood and honey frames; I set up 200 sections in 3 

 hours. 1 have a brother-in-law who, when he sees a 

 bee, will run, for he is afraid of them. I am not 

 afraid of bees. I can go among them without my 

 bonnet on, and not get stung. My father is trans- 

 ferring his bees into the new hives. One day not 

 long ago he went to go across the river, and found 

 a large swarm of bees in a free. They had 30 lbs. of 

 honey. I see in your ABC the Rocky-Mountain 

 bee-plant. This same plant grows abundantly here, 

 and in all the valleys of the Rockies. The bees work 

 on it. Jessie Toof. 



Beaver Creek, Col., May 14, 1883. 



SUB-VENTILATION, ETC. 



Papa sub-ventilated his bee-cellar this past winter. 

 When the thermometer stood 10" below zero out- 

 doors it was 43° above zero at the mouth of the pipe 

 in the bee-cellar; therefore it gained 59° while pass- 

 ing through the pipes under the ground. Papa pnt 

 163 stands of bees in the cellar last fall, and found 

 but one dead when he took them out. Mamma calls 

 our place "Honey Grove," because papa has kept 

 bees here for 22 years. Don't you think that is a 

 nice name? I like to work among the bees with 

 papa and mamma. Last year I assisted iu putting 

 fdn. in supers; I also extracted honey, and expect 

 to help this season. When the Juvenile comeSj 

 papa hands it to me and tays, " Here, Viola, is some 

 mail for you," and I like to read it. 



Viola E. Oren. 



Mt. Auburn, Benton Co., Towa, April 2, 1883. 



