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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Sept. 



FROM 3 TO 8, AKD 3G0 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My father has 8 stands of bees. He had 3 last sum- 

 mer, aud they made 300 pounds of honey and swarm- 

 ed .5 times. Father made them a house to live in. 

 This is my first letttr. Elmer Ottoway, age 11. 



Flushing, Mich. 



MOLASSES MADE OF WHITE SUGAR. 



I go to school. I like my teacher very well. My 

 pa has 6 hives of bees. He keeps them iu the cellar 

 in the winter. Our bees like molasses made of 

 white sugar. Pa takes Gleanings, and he likes it 

 very well. Do 1 deserve a little bock for this? 



At water, O. Allan Myers. 



THE baby that CREEPS BACKWARD. 



When 1 wrote to you before, my little sister was 7 

 weeks old, and now she is 7 months old. She creeps 

 backward (but her eyes are not black), and can al- 

 most stand by a chair alone, and push it along. 



MlNTA F. MlSER. 



Minta, I sliould really like to see a baby 

 that creeps backward. 



THE MOON children; 40 LBS. OF HONEY IN 3 WEEKS. 



1 have been watching the bees. One of the new 

 swarms made 40 lbs. in boxes in 3 weeks. We had 

 ]3 swarms of bees; we have got 27 now. 1 have two 

 swarms. Benjamin J. Moon. 



My brother Bennie has 3 swarms of bees. He had 

 3 swarms; but one died in the winter. We sell hon- 

 ey at 25 cents a pound. There wci e 3 swarms came 

 out yesterday. Ina Moon, age 11. 



Youugstowu, N. Y., July 20, 1883. 



a novel plan OF HIVING BEES; BY A fl-YEAR-OLD- 

 BEE-KEEPBR. 



I THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU HOW PAPA 

 HIVES HIS BEES. HE SETS THE NEW HIVE BE- 

 SIDE THE OLD HIVE, AND WHEN THE BEES 

 COMB BACK HE THROWS A BLANKET OV^EK 

 THE OLD HIVE. LEORA M. FAYLOR, AGj: 9. 



SUFFIELD, OHIO. 



Very well done indeed, Leora. You see, 

 we have given your letter just as you wrote 

 it, right out. The plan you mention may be 

 of value to a great many bee-keepers. 



A BOY'S COMPOSITION ON BEES. 



The beeis a very independent creature. It asks 

 no quarters, nor gives any. It sets up a kingdom of 

 its own by electing its own king and queen. They 

 then become rulers and governors of their own 

 kingdom, by making such laws as to unite them to- 

 gether in one band of unity. After being organized, 

 they put their sentries, or guards, out on duty to 

 watch in case of danger for the enemy's approach. 

 Being satisfied that peace reigns within and without, 

 the king aud queen consult together about the 

 manner of building their house. Having formed 

 their plans lor the same work, they call their family 

 together aud send them out by twos in search of 

 such material as will complete the structure of said 

 buildings. Fkrdie Langstafk. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Pretty good, Ferdie ; but I am afraid 

 there is more poetry than truth in some 

 parts of your composlLion. I should not 

 wonder if some day you would make a 

 Fourth-of-July orator, liut if you will ex- 

 cuse the liberty I take, 1 would suggest that 

 you studv up the subject a little more care- 

 fully. 



THE HONEY WAS NOT OLD ENOUGH. 



Our bees are getting lots of honey now. I have 

 one swarm. We have extracted some honey, but It 

 doesn't taste well. I guess it is not old enough yet. 



Linn, la. Willie Grant Wright, agft 14. 



F) lend Willie, I am inclined to think you 

 did not leave your honey in the hive long 

 enough, so it would ripen thoroughly. Bet- 

 ter have it mostly capped over before you 

 throw it out. 



23 STANDS OF BEES AND 600 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My grandpa has 23 stands of bees. He has taken 

 COO lbs. of honey this year. He has taken Glean- 

 ings five years. 1 like honey. 1 am a little crip- 

 pled boy, 12 years old. 1 walk on one crutch. Pa 

 has to take me to school. 1 can walk to Sabbath- 

 school every Sunday. It is a quarter of a mile. I 

 have only one brother, 7 years old. I live in the 

 country. This is my first letter to the Juvenile. 



El Dorado, O. Charles H. Cobleniz. 



THE aster as a HONEY-PLANT. 



Grandpa has two hives. Pa is a preacher, and sells 

 Bibles. A school miss has just been here and bought 

 22 five-cent Testaments for her scholars. Grandpa 

 did not get any honey this year. He had no extract- 

 or. We have a great deal of the aster weed, from 

 which bees make a great deal of honey. It blooms 

 in the fall. They make more honey from this weed 

 than from any other plant in this country. 



Zklla C. Metheny. 



Charleston, W. Va., Jan., 1883. 



FROM 19 TO 41, AND otiO LBS. OF HONEY. 



We started last spring with 19; they came through 

 the winter in good condition, and increased to 41, 

 aud took out 3tj0 lbs. of honey. In the fall we fed 

 one barrel of sugar, and united them down lo 36. 

 Tht^y have done very poorly this year. 1 saved up 

 all my money to get a hive, and got one a year ago 

 last spring, and now I have four; so you see 1 am a 

 bee-keeper myself. 1 have been going to Suuday- 

 school all along, but it has stopped for the winter, 

 as we have two miles to go. 



Aberdour, Can. Robert W. Murkar, age 13. 



THE DUCKS and THE PARTRIDGES, AND SOMETHING 

 ABOUT THAT RIDDLE. ' 



Mr. Root, I was not yarning about the ducks eat- 

 ing the little partridges. 1 saw one run under the 

 the door with one in its mouth, and the other two 

 wei'e gone, and I guess they got them too. My rid- 

 dle is composed of bees and honey; and you will find 

 it in the Bible. If you can't find it for the next Ju- 

 venile, I will then tell you. We have 40 stands of 

 bees. JosiE Davidson. 



Pisgah, Ala., Aug. 30, 1883. 



I guess. .Josie, the Uth chapter of Judges 

 will tell what your riddle is. 



A LETTER FROM GEORGIA. 



I have not seen any letters from Georgia, so I 

 thought I would write. My pa keeps bees. Last 

 spring he had 6 colonies. Now he has 16. He had 

 21; but 5 of them died on account of robbers. He 

 bought 3 colonies, and Mr. Wm. Oliver gave him one 

 ItallMU queen and 12 bees. He went to his other 

 bees, and took four or five pieces of comb full of 

 young bees. When they hatched out there was a 

 nice hive of them. They raised a young queen, and 

 the old one went off with the most of them, and the 

 others died. Jas. W. Caldwell, age 14. 



White Sulphur Springs, Ga. 



