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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 



say that I did not see how five dollars a week could 

 transform poor help into good. Mr. Hutchinson, 

 not having very clearly In mind the "advice" to 

 which I was alluding, did not perceive the force of 

 my reference to "five dollars a week." He must 

 have understood me to imply that we paid that 

 amount; and the mistaken notion, afterward, as- 

 sumed in his memory the form in which it appears 

 in Gleanings. Cvula Linswik. 



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THE DAILY YIELD. 



jraRJlHE following is a specimen of the yield of honey 

 11 this summer: July 3d, 6 lbs. 11 oz.; 4th, 10 

 — ' lbs. 7 oz.; 5th, 15 lbs. 7 oz., 6th, 9 lbs. 7 oz. 

 The above was brought in by an ordinary colony of 

 bees in a two-story Simplicity hive. 

 Moore's Hill, Ind., July 8, 1883. F. W. Stevens. 



Bees are booming; 150 lbs. of white clover per col- 

 ony so far, and at least some more to follow. 

 Morgan, Ky., July 4, 18S3. Geo. E. Boggs. 



We have 21 colonies, and all "busy as a bee." It 

 is delightful to see them at work, and to hear their 

 music. Mrs. Carrie L. Stallard. 



Kussellvillo, Ind. 



Bees are climbing right over me on white clover, 

 and for the first time in my life I've been ohliged to 

 tier up to give them room. Walter B. House. 



Saugatuck, Mich., June 33, 1883. 



Honey is coming in as I never saw it so early in 

 the season. I extracted 70 lbs. from one hive, and 

 did not take any from the lower story. 



Bellows Falls, Vt., June 18, 1883. Guy Clark. 



The qiaeen of the 26th ult. is fine. We named her 

 " Sue." The bees are rolling in basswood honey. 

 Although we live in "Linden Vale," this is the only 

 year out of 6, that we have got any basswood honey. 

 Let "3—513" rest as quietly as you can for a little 

 while, till we can " let up " to sell something. " Save 

 every drop of honey " was your " orders " for July. 

 It takes work, " and don't you forget it." • 



Smithfleld, O., July 15, 1883. D. H. Tweedy. 



The bees are doing nicely in this whole section of 

 country. I have taken off a good deal of nice comb 

 honey in section boxes. The combs are about as 

 white as paper. The honey is as nice clover honey 

 as 1 ever saw. I have had one swarm come off, and 

 I thought that I had them all fixed so I would not 

 ha ve a swarm this year ; " the best-laid plans of men 

 and mice aft gang a'glee." D. C. McLeod. 



Pana, 111., July 4, 1883. 



Bees have done well this season — far better than 

 I anticipated, and have fully made up for last year's 

 losses. My best colony gave me over 200 lbs. ex- 

 tracted, and a swarm. I shall get from 7 colonies in 

 the spring, after selling two, about half a ton of 

 honey, and increase to 15 colonies, which 1 think is 

 doing well. I think well of the zinc queen-excluder 

 when working for extracted honey, but not for 

 comb; but in future I shall run for extracted whol- 

 ly. My extractor works first rate; and if I had but 

 two colonies I should want one, and it would pay well 

 too. J. E. roND, Jr. 



Foxboro, Mass., July 14, 1883. 



I have got work enough for two men, and only 

 one to do it. We have not got a saloon or grog-shop 

 in our village, but have 3 churches, 7 stores, grist- 

 mill and sawmill, tavern, 2 planers, 2 cooper-shops, 2 

 blacksmith shops, one agricultural-implement shop, 

 etc. John Crowfoot. 



Bloomingdale, Mich., July 11. 



Perhaps this is not the right place for your 

 report, friend C; but we should like to pub- 

 lish a similar one from every town and city 

 in the United States. 



A GOOD REPORT FROM COMMON BEES. 



In the fall of 1881 1 bought 30 swarms in box hives, 

 and took on shares 70, all blacks, in all kinds of com- 

 mon boxes. In the winter, 30 swarms died from be- 

 ing queenless. In the spring of 1883 I transferred to 

 frame hives, 80; in the fall of 1882 I increased to 170; 

 honey extracted, 8000 lbs.; sold at 8'/4 cts. per lb.; 

 wax, 300 lbs., sold at 20 cts. per lb. I wish I had got 

 one of your mills. I worked up my wax, as I have 

 not used any foundation. 



I must have some of your Italian bees when I get 

 out of this partnership business. Jas. Beaton. 



Lompoc, Cal., May 8, 1883. 



A " REPORT ENCOURAGING " IN EVERY SENSE OP 

 THE WORD. 



As I am a beginner in the bee business, I suppose 

 you would like to hear how I am getting along. I 

 commenced this spring with 31 colonies. I have in- 

 creased to 46, and took 43 gallons of extracted honey, 

 and 430 lbs. of comb in 1-lb. boxes. This is just the 

 amount of honey I have taken. I took out the boxes 

 that were full. I have several hundred that are 

 partly filled. The prospect is, that we will reach 

 20U0 lbs. before the season is out. 



Now, friend Root, I should like to hear your opin- 

 ion about how that does for a beginner. I am well 

 aware that I have not made as big a crop as some 

 with that amount of bees, nor did I expect to learn 

 all about how to manage bees the first year; but one 

 thing I have learned, and that is, I knew scarcely 

 any thing when I commenced last spring, about 

 how to manage the bees, and of course I see where I 

 have missed it in a good many points. 



The fdn. mill and extractor give good satisfaction; 

 in fact, all the goods I ordered from you came in 

 good shape, and I am well pleased with them all. 

 People in this part of the country are getting very 

 much excited over the success I have had with bees. 

 They think that a barrel of honey is an awful 

 thing; they never heard of the like before. 



TOBACCO. 



The prospect is now, that if I have good luck win- 

 tering, you will get to ship a good many goods to 

 this county next spring. Now a little about my 

 health, and tobacco. I wrote to you some time ago, 

 telling you that I, too, had thrown the old pipe aside, 

 and that I, with a good many others of the readers 

 of Gleanings, never expect'to have the filthy stuff 

 in my mouth again. My health has been better 

 since I laid the old pipe away than it has been for a 

 good many years. I have had very poor health, as a 

 general thing, ever since the war, but I feel very much 

 encouraged since I quit using tobacco and got to 

 working among the bees. My health is so much bet- 

 ter, and I have gained so much in flesh this summer, 

 that the boys say if I Avork another summer at the 

 bee business I will have to run for " 'Squire," but I 

 guess it will take a little better scholar to fill that 



