1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



555 



ful honey-raisers of the present age ; and, 

 what is of far more value than bees or any 

 of this world's industries, his faith was firm 

 and unchanging in the love, and care of the 

 kind Father to whom he has gone. 



Juvei\ile Gleai\ii\gs. 



OOT- 15, 1883- 



The T,ord Is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.— 



SIT.M IS- 9 



P.SALM 18 



We can still use postage-stamps; but as you can 

 get the new postal notes almost as cheaply, we pre- 

 fer you should send them rather than the stamps, 

 unless it be one-cent st^amps. Tliey are always just 

 as good as the money to us. 



We have just received our third shipme .t of 50 

 queens, direct from Italy. All came through alive 

 but two, and we lost only one in introducing. We 

 have between 50 and 100 queens to select from now. 

 If you want to try your luck wintering an imported 

 queen. 



ANOTHER OVERSIGHT. 



J. P. MoORE, of Morgan, Ky., says the insertion of 

 his adv't in our last issue was a mistake on our part, 

 and he wants it countermanded, and thus stop 

 orders from coming in which he can't fill. Two 

 "morals" are obvious here: First, mistakes will 

 happen; second. Gleanings is the place to ad- 

 vertise. Friend Moore says he can fill no more 

 orders for queens now. 



BACK NUMBERS OF GLEANINGS. 



We have on hand several tons of old numbers, in- 

 cluding 1880, and still older, which we can mail to 

 anybody who wants them at 3 c^nts per copy; i.e., 

 providing you taKe such as we have. There a^e a 

 few numbers which we are out of, which we could 

 not furnish for less than 15 cents per copy. These 

 old numbers are fuUj' illustrated, and contain very 

 valuable communications from our most successful 

 bee-men. 



OMITTING THE NAME OF YOUR COUNTY. 



Quite a number of our friends still persist in omit- 

 ting the county in giving their address; and some. 

 Instead of their county, tell what railroad they are 

 located on. Now, friends, the express and freight 

 companies will not receive goods unless the county 

 is clearly given ; and therefore we must again de- 

 cline to be responsible for errors unless you give 

 your county, as well as town and State. No one in 

 the world can tell what county you live in as well as 

 you can yourself; for with all the railroad and postal 

 guides printed, there is a liability of getting them 

 wrong. The name of your railroad does not answer 

 at all, in place of the name of your county. 



ALSIKE-CLOVER SEED. 



SeveraIj are now asking us what we can pay for 

 alsike-clover seed. I suppose you remember, 

 friends, what a time we had last spring, and how it 

 ran up to $15.00 per bushel. As it takes a great deal 

 of money to lay in much of a stock of it, it would be 

 a little dangerous to buy until we know something 

 of what the crop will be. I have not as yet offered 

 more than S8 00 per bushel; but if it doesn't come at 

 that price, of course we shall have to pay more. If 

 you will send me a sample of what you have, and 

 tell me what you will take for it, we can soon decide 



upon some definite price; and it is quite desirable 

 for all parties that some uniform price be establish- 

 ed for a nice article. 



THE ONE-PIECE-SECXION SUIT. 



Many are inquiring in regard to the progress of 

 the suit on one-piece sections. I have this to say: I 

 have employed on the case, as additional counsel. 

 Gen. Leggett, whose name is almost a household 

 word on every thing concerning patents, and who 

 has been for many years Commissioner of Patents 

 at Washingtom After having looked the case all 

 over carefully, he decides there is no possible chance 

 for making our one-piece section an infringement. 

 My aivice to those who are thinking of putting in 

 machinery to make one-piece sections is, to go 

 ahead, although, of course, each one must do it on 

 his own responsibility. We are ready for the case, 

 and are anxious to have it come to issue; but I un- 

 derstand it has been postponed. I hope this post- 

 ponement is not a plan to discourage others from 

 going into the manufacture of these sections. 



LABELS FOR 10-LB. HONEY-PAILS. 



I PRESUME our friends are aware the Jones labels 

 are not made large enough for any thing above 5 or 

 6 lb. pails, while a good deal of honey is sold in 10-lb. 

 pails. There are several forms of the 10-lb. pails; 

 10 lbs. comes so near a gallon that our gallon cans 

 and pails will be about right for it ; for, as you know, 

 there is about 11 lbs. of good honey to the gallon. 

 Our printers have gotten up a very pretty label for 

 these gallon pails, which we can furnish for 50 cents 

 per hundred, or $4.00 per thousand; and by a little 

 trimming they will answer for the milk-cans, and 

 the improved Dadant pail, shown in this number. 

 Postage will be 12 cents per hundred. They are 

 printed on different-colored glazed paper, and pre- 

 sent a very pretty appearance. Where we sell a 

 customer 10 lbs. of honey, or a gallon, we can afford 

 to make the price a little less than for smaller lots. 

 These labels are exactly right for our 10-cent 4-quart 

 honey-pails. This, you will observe, reduces the cost 

 of the package to only one cent per pound, and the 

 customer has a nice handy pail after the honey is 

 used out. While we get 14 cents per pound for ex- 

 tracted honey, pail and all, for the smaller packages, 

 we sell this one at 13 cents per pound. To make it 

 even change, we sell a 4-quart pail of honey (10 

 lbs.) for $1.25. 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



HAVE about 25 colonies of hybrid bees that I in- 

 tend to kill, if I can't sell them. I have more 

 than I want. Are you buying now? If so, what 

 will you give per pound for them, delivered on cars 

 here? Could they be shipped in large boxes, say six 

 or eight swarms in a box? I want the combs and 

 honey; have only about half a crop of honey this 

 year; think it will bring a good price, as I bear the 

 same report from all quarters. Please answei by 

 return mail, as I wish to do something with them 

 soon. If you do not want the bees, what will you 

 give for the queens, you to furnish cages, as I have 

 none? They are hybrids?' J. B. Brogan. 



Oak Hill, Pa., Oct. 1, 1883. 

 Friend B., we have all the bees we need ; 

 but perhaps some of the friends who see 

 this may take them off your hands. I would 

 not think of trying to ship more than one 



