1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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BBVEN-YEAB-OLD MART, AND HER OBSERVATIONS. 



Uncle Fred and aunt Emily keep bees, and I watch 

 them put section boxes on. A little boy who lives 

 with Uncle Fred threw dirt at some bees that wei'e 

 going after honey. He thought they were a swarm 

 of bees. I shall be seven years old in a month. Will 

 you please send me a little book? This is the first 

 letter I ever wrote. Mary Freeman. 



Milan, 111., July, 1883. 



So I suppose, Mary, your bees went out to 

 work with such a rush that your little f liencl 

 thought they must be swarming. Now, you 

 can tell him that he is not the first person 

 who has been fooled in just that way. When 

 our bees go off for basswood or buckwheat, 

 people passing by often come and tell us 

 that our bees are swarming. 



holy-land bees and mammoth rdssian sun- 

 flower. 



Our Holy-Land bees are determined to swarm, no 

 matter how much pa divides them. Last Saturday 

 three swarms came out, one after another. Two of 

 them alighted on our Russian sunflowers, and my 

 oldest brother, Eli, held the stalks for fear they 

 would break; and the day before, while pa was away 

 from home, Eli and Mary hived a swarm alone, and 

 Mary held the stalk, and bees ran up her sleeve, but 

 did not sting her, which shows they are not very 

 cross. Maggie Michener, age 9. 



Low Banks, Ont., Can., July 18, 1883. 



You have given us some very good facts, 

 Maggie. I do not quite believe that I would 

 like to have Holy-Land bees run up my 

 sleeve. But then, may be they would not 

 sting if they were used right. i)o your bees 

 get any honey from your mammoth Russian 

 sunflower V 



BRICK BEE-HIVES, ETC. 



My pa extracted about 74 lbs. of honey this week. 

 Have you got a brick bee-hive? My pa has 4, and 

 thinks they are nice. Will you please give a honey- 

 cake recipe in the next Juvenile, if there is room, 

 as I want to bake one? If I bake one I will write 

 and tell our friends what kind of luck I have. 

 Answer to Howard Fisher's question: What two 

 chapters in the Bible are alike? The 19th chapter 

 of II. Kings and chapter .3" of Isaiah are alike. 

 Where is the least verse in the New Testament, and 

 how many words does it contain? 



Jessie Gulley. 



North Salem, Ind., June 20, 1883. 



Well, .Jessie, I do not know any recipes to 

 make any honey-cake, but I dare say some 

 of our readers do. Who will give us some 

 recipes for our Juvenile V I am glad you 

 knew there are two chapters in the Bible 

 just alike. To tell the truth, I did not un- 

 til I saw it in your letter. 



saying goods are not there; a comment by 



ONE OF the juveniles. 



Papa found the goods at the north depot yesterday. 

 He had been there and at the other offices (there are 

 four freight depots in the city) several times; and 

 when he called yesterday they said there was noth- 

 ing for him; but he told them that a tracer reported 

 the goods as then uncalled for, and they hunted 

 them up. They had lain there since the 2d of June. 



The bees are doing well. We have taken 24 lbs. of 

 white-clover honey off from one hive. We had but 



one hive here in the spring, but they have Increased 

 to Ave. We have more in the country. 

 Fort Wayne, Ind. Bret Hopkins. 



Thank you, Bret. If we can not do any 

 thing else to stop this work, we will set the 

 children to writing up such men in the pa- 

 pers. Over and over again we have had, 

 this year, reports from bee-men who wanted 

 their goods ; and after the goods were traced 

 up, it transpired they were all the while 

 standing in the depot. AVhat shall we do 

 with such agents V Were their depots too 

 small or crowded V or are the men too small 

 who have them in charge V 



THE GUILER CHILDREN. 



My papa has 22 stands of bees. Last spring one 

 was robbed by the rest until it swarmed three times, 

 and went to a neighbor's house, and he caught it in 

 a box. Pa brought it home, and it is getting along 

 all right now. He was working with the bees yes- 

 terday, and got stung just below the eye, and it is 

 nearly swelled shut to-day. Pa's mentor set of 

 glassware that you sent him was all broken except 

 the butter-dish, and he forgot to tell you when he 

 sent for the extractor. He had 18 stands of bees 

 last fall, and wintered them all. Can you beat that? 

 Violet E. Guiler, age 10. 

 Friend Violet, I am sorry about that glass- 

 ware. Tell your pa to mention it when he 

 sends again, and we will send him another, 

 free of charge ; and I will give our packers 

 a good big talking-to, if they don't put more 

 straw around the dishes. 



MARY'S FIRST LETTER. 



The baby's name is Herbert Amos. Pa wanted 

 him called for you. I like honey; pa has taken 

 about 30 lbs. of it. He says he wants to get lots of it 

 when he gets the extractor. 



Mary A. Guiler, age 8. 



McCleary, Noble Co., O., June 25, 1883. 



And so you have got my namesake at your 

 house, have you, Mary ? Please give him a 

 kiss for me. 



HONEY FROM THE WATER-LILY. 



My pa has 27 hives of bees. They are working on 

 white clover, and a kind of plant that we call water- 

 lily. Pa lost two swarms of bees this year. I have 

 had but one sting this year. They sting my little 

 brot hers quite often. The bees are working prettily 

 now. I will send you a flower, and I should like to 

 have you tell me the name of it. I will send you a 

 bloom of the water-lily. If there is any other name 

 for it, let me know. They are great bee-plants. 

 The water-lily grows on the edges of the islands aud 

 in the land. I run to help pa to put rocks on the 

 hives, to keep the wind from blowing them over. Pa 

 is working grandpa's islands for him. Grandpa is 

 paralyzed. Mother named the baby Ives. My sister 

 and brother stay with grandmother. Pa has a soap- 

 stone-quarry, and he wants to sell it. 



Payne's Sta., Va. Cora F. Steger. 



Well, Cora, I am real glad to hear that 

 water-lilies furnish honey. It seems to me 

 it must be nice among the islands you speak 

 of. I should be glad to see the water-lily. 

 Since you tell of it, one of our boys who sets 

 type says he has a water-lily, and that there 

 are bees on it almost all the time. Wouldn't 

 it be funny to have a water-lily patch on the 

 honey-farm V 



