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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Oct. 



swarm in a box. It is sometimes done, but 

 they go much more safely where the quanti- 

 ty is not over four or Ave pounds in a pack- 

 age. I would not brimstone the poor little 

 fellows after they have labored for you all 

 the season. Do you think it seems just the 

 fair thing to do, friend B. V We have no de- 

 mand for hybrid queens. 



I have nine swarms of hybrid bees. 1 kill some of 

 them every year because I can not attend to them. 

 I will sell you as many as you want at 75 cts. per lb., 

 express prepaid. Ansley Hitz. 



Washington Heights, Cook Co., 111., Oct. 2, 1883. 



I have a friend who intends to kill about twenty 

 colonies of hybrid and black bees in a week or two. 

 Do you want them? What will you give me to keep 

 them through the winter? I can do it, every one of 

 them, on sugar syrup. To do it, I shall want a cash 

 remittance for a little more than enough to buy the 

 sugar; I can also Italianize them all yet this fall. If 

 you want them, an early answer is required. 



S. W. Morrison. 



Oxford, Pa., Oct. 1, 1883. 



We do not want the bees, friend M., but 

 perhaps some of our readers may want to 

 take them. Your letter suggests the possi- 

 bility of taking such bees and keeping them 

 through on sugar. I am glad to hear you 

 say you can do it. I am aware that others 

 can do it also, if they will take the necessary 

 pains. 



ATOMIZER, 

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BkaJ 



The little instrument shown above is very conve- 

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