1883 



JUVJE^ILE GLEANINGS. 



575 



MR. DOUGHERTY'S BEES AND HONEY, AND THE $37.00 

 PREMIUM. 



I thought 1 would write and tell you about Mr. 

 Dougherty's bees. He has a great many bee-hives. 

 I often stop and look at a bee, and see how busily 

 they work laying up their food for the winter. He 

 went in partnership with a man whose name Is Mc- 

 Kee; and when they took their honey out to the 

 fair this year they got the premium, which amounted 

 to fSV.OO. Eddie Allen. 



Indianapolis, Ijid. 



FRANK AND HIS MOTHER AND THE BEES. 



Pa had 6 swarms this spi-ing, and he has 19 now. 

 Mother and I extracted 06 lbs. of honey from six 

 stands. The two first swarms went off. The first 

 swarm went off without clustering. The next 

 swarm we hived, and the next day it went off. Can 

 you tell why the Brst swarm went off? We put in 

 one comb of brood from another hive, and they stay 

 now. I made a little hive with five racks in it, and I 

 want them to put bees In it. Frank Weaver. 



Llgonier, Ind. 



A SWARM GOING THROUGH A SWARM. 



Father takes (jleanings. I claim the Juvenile 

 as mine. As they were talking about bees going off 

 without clustei'ing, I thought I would tell you about 

 a swarm we had, as we never had one act so before. 

 One swarm came out and was just alighting when 

 another came out and went right over and through 

 the others, and went to the woods without alighting. 

 The boys followed them about a quarter of a mile, 

 and then lost them. When the season commenced 

 we had 40 swarms la working order, and 20 weak 

 ones. We think it is a good season for honey in our 

 location. Father makes bee-hives to sell. 1 nail the 

 sections and racks. Ethel Anderson, age 13. 



Cambridgboro, Pa. 



A POUND OF bees JUNE 16. SENDS OUT A SWARM 



JULY 3a. 



My uncle has 33 stands of bees; 8 of them are Ital- 

 ian. He takes the Juvenile. Hike to read it very 

 much. Two swarms of his Italians came out to-day; 

 one swarm went back. He sent to Illinois the 16th 

 of June and got 6 one-pound boxes of Italian bees; 

 each box co.'.tained one Italian queen. These two 

 swarms that came out to-day were from the ones he 

 bought. I am stopping at his house a few days. I 

 like to make section boxes. I have two sisters; one 

 is 6 years old and the other 3 years old. I never 

 wrote for the Juvenile before. I have a bird and 

 a kitten. My uncle calls his Italian bees his pets. 



Corinna, Me. Bertha M. Cormick. 



HOW THEY GOT THE BEES OUT OF THE HEMLOCK-TREE, 

 AND WHAT BECAME OF THEM. 



My pa has about 110 swarms of bees, and I have 10 

 swarms. In summer I watch the bees, and hive 

 them when pa is away. We winter our bees on sum- 

 mer stands. I like to work among them, putting on 

 and taking off boxes. Pa had a swarm go to the 

 woods. I followed it, and it went into a hemlock- 

 tree, and pa cut it down and took an upper story 

 and put the bees into it, and left them by the tree 

 one day; and when he went there the bees were 

 all gone. W. E. Coleman. 



Port Allegany, Pa.. Feb. 7, 1883. 



I think, my little friend, I would not have 

 risked them off there, even for one day. 

 Would they not cluster in the hive so you 

 could carry them home V 



THE LETTERS THAT WERE TIPPED OVER. 



As my sister is writing a letter, I thought I would 

 try to write one too. I am seven years old. I go to 

 school. I saw a letter in the Juvenile that was 

 written by a six-year-old girl who had part of her 

 letters laid down to rest. But I will try to keep 

 mine up. If this is not good enough to put in print, 

 put it in the waste-basket. Carrie A. Miser. 



Mantua, Ohio. 



\'ery good, Carrie. It is true, your letters 

 are not laid down quite as badly as iu the 

 letter you tell about ; but if you will excuse 

 me, I think there is some chance for some 

 of yours to be straightened up a little better. 



THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATORS. 



My papa says you are a great friend of children, 

 and want them to write you some letters. 1 will try 

 to give you an introduction to myself. I am a little 

 boy niue years old, and am a telegraph operator, 

 and so is my brother Frank. He is 16 years old. We 

 have a telegraph line from the depot to our house, 

 whei'e we do our practicing. We can read off the 

 mala line. My papa runs the steam-pump for the 

 railroad, and keeps bees. He has 54 swarms, all in 

 Langstroth hives, nearly all Italians. I have two 

 swarms. I must watch the bees during swarming 

 time. I go to Sunday-school, so does my brother 

 Frank, and my sisters Alice, Jessie, and Gertie. 

 Papa says you like children who go to Sunday- 

 school. Ours is held in the chapel of the North- 

 western College. L. Edmund Stover. 



Naperville, 111. 



HONEY, STRAWBERRIES, AND THE BABY. 



I promised in my last letter to let you know how 

 my mamma and I get along with our bees. We 

 started with 39 col<:)nies, and now we have 73. The 

 spring and summer were very wet, so they can't 

 work half the time. White clover is plentiful yet. 

 We took off 115 lbs. of honey last week in one and 

 two pound sections, and will take off more in a day 

 or two. We have two oDservatory-hives. We like 

 to see the bees through the glass. My sister Miua 

 says she wrote you some nice verses. She thinks it 

 was in May, and you did not publish them. She says 

 she thinks you forgot them, on account of tUat new 

 baby at your house. She wants to write and tell you 

 about the bees, but is afraid you would not publish 

 it. Can't you name your baby after me — Freddie? 

 If so, I will send him my picture, or treat him to 

 the strawberries, if you will bring him here next 

 year. We sold over 40IKI quarts this year, and I don't 

 know how many raspberries. We have been very 

 busy. I like to work with bees; they don't often 

 sting me, though I work with them bare-footed. 

 Miua says they won't sting homely boys. My father 

 died 4 years ago. He liked Gleanings very much. 

 We had 185 colonies when he died. He loved bees. 



Keithsburg, 111. Fred Wirt, age 14. 



That is a very good letter, Freddie. 1 

 should think you might afford to treat to 

 the strawberries, if you had 4(j00 quarts. I 

 think that is more than I ever saw in all my 

 life, and I think it would be a nice place to 

 go to, would it not, Freddie V I am very 

 sorry if I overlooked any of the little letters, 

 but I do not believe it was baby's fault. 

 When we have so many we are obliged to 

 select those we think are most valuable ; 

 that is, which give the most valuable in- 

 formation. 



