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JtJVEKILE GLEAKIKGS. 



Nov. 



WILLIAM'S LITTLE LETTER, " VERBATIM." 



Mr root: My gfraopa has 10 hives of beedi We 

 haves 4 hives of Italians. I am 1 years old. 

 Rorning, Mo. William E. Neff. 



Pa had four stands of tees before they swarmed; 

 and after they swarmed he had 7. We didn't get 

 very much honey this year. Emma Dotterrer. 



Roes Run, Pa., Oct. 31, 1883. 



FROM 47 TO 90, AND 6000 LBS. OP HONEY. 



My father has 90 swarms of bees. He keeps them 

 In the Simplicity hives. In the spring he had 47 

 swarms. He took off 2000 lbs. of comb honey, and 

 about 4000 lbs. extracted. Hattie A. Hay, age 9. 



Sandwich, 111. 



I am a boy 7 years old, but am not much of a bee- 

 man. It Is about a quarter of a mile from here to 

 grandpa's. What will a telephone cost, so that I can 

 talk with Aunt Ola? David I. Sheneman. 



Pharisburg, O. 



Our 75-cent telephone would answer your 

 purpose very well, friend David. 



BAD NEWS, AND GOOD NEWS. 



My pa used to keep bees. Five or six years ago he 

 lost over 100 that died with foul brood, and he has 

 not had any since till last year. 



from 1 TO 3, AND 180 LBS. OF HONEY. 



He bought one in June, and increased to three, 

 and got 180 lbs. of honey. 

 Rockwood, Mich. Geo. F. Spedding, age 13. 



A hint for maple-sugar makers. 



We have been making maple molasses. Our camp 

 is atout a mile from our house. Our bees went out 

 there, and some of them got drowned In the sugar 

 water. Pa fed them bran and flour, and opened 

 some trees near the house for them to work on, and 

 they didn't go back any more. Nota Alubrson. 



Gosport, Ind. 



EDDIE'S report. 



I am a boy 12 years old. This Is my first letter to 

 you. My papa has got 17 colonies of black bees. He 

 lost 3 colonies last winter. Uncle Johnson has 30 

 colonies of blacks. We got 30 lbs. of honey this 

 summer. Papa says that may be he will give me a 

 swarm next spring. Eddie French. 



Austin, Minn. 



HOW SAMMIE got STUNG. 



Last summer when pa was swarming some bees I 

 stuck my head under the cap, and a bee stung me 

 on the nose. Our hired man was so afraid of them 

 that he would go clear around the house. He used 

 to say the .bees would sting him.lf he got anywhere 

 near them. Sammie H. Stronge. 



Friendsvllle, Pa. _________^ 



4000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



My pa keeps bees, but I have to do the "heft" of 

 the work, on account of his health. We have got 80 

 swarms; from them we have taken about 4000 lbs. of 

 honey— a little over half comb honey, and it Is not 

 all oflf yet. There is one hive I call mine ; from 

 them I have taken about $8.00 worth of honey, and 

 have sold it for 10 and 15 cts. Geo. W. Andress. 



Climax, Michigan, Sept. 10, 188-2. 



Please allow me to write you again. Pa has 60 

 colonies of bees, and ma has 4. Pa says he will give 

 me a swarm In the spring. We got only about 1000 

 lbs. of box honey this season. We have had a pho- 

 tograph taken of our apiary. I have two pets — a 



bird and a cat. I like my bird the best. Its name is 

 Beauty. It is a bright yellow. 



Lydia Bradford. 

 New Milford, Pa., Oct. 23, 1883. 



Last fall a swarm of bees came out when I was 

 at home alone. I ran up to the poorhouse, where 

 pa was at work, and told him, and he went home and 

 hived them, and gave them to me. They swarmed 

 twice this summer, and I have sold one swarm for 

 $8.00. Freddie A. Pease, age 10. 



Kingsville, O., Oct. 22, 1883. 



little MOTHERLESS EFFIE, AND WHAT SHE CAN DO. 



My pa has four colonies of bees. One swarm went 

 to the woods. As all the little girls tell what they 

 can do, I will tell what I can do. Churn, wash 

 dishes, make beds, wash, iron, sweep. I have two 

 sisters and one brother. My ma died four years ago. 

 I am 12 years old. I would like Silver Keys. 



Effie M. Stephenson. 



Consville, Mo., Oct. 24, 1883. 



My pa had 17 stands of bees the first of May, and 

 has now increased to 31. There was a man who 

 came here and wanted pa to come and see what was 

 the matter with one of his stands. Pa went, and 

 found that the comb was broken down, and the man 

 told pa that if he would take the honey out that he 

 might have the bees, so pa did so, and brought the 

 bees home, and they are now doing very well. This 

 was about a month ago. J. A. Sheneman, age 10. 



Pharisburg, Union Co., O. 



FROM 38 TO 80, and 500 LBS. OF HONEY. 



Pa had 38 colonies of bees In the spring ; they have 

 increased to 80. We had one swarm come out and 

 leave without clustering. Pa found the tree that 

 they went to, and we are going to cut it down and 

 get them. We have taken about 500 lbs. of honey 

 from them, and we will take more, I think. We 

 have a small colony of bees, with glass on each side 

 of the gum, so that we can see them do all of their 

 work. Jesse Veach, age 13. 



Springport, Ind., Oct. 31, 1883. 



My pa has one swarm of bees; he got them last 

 fall from my uncle, John McGonnel. I am visiting 

 at my uncle's. He takes Gleanings, and I read 

 it at his house. I like to read letters the children 

 write. I go to Sunday-school in the summer time. 

 My pa is a wagon-maker. Adda Mattson, age 11. 



Mill Village, Pa. 



We know your uncle John, Adda, and we 

 are very glad to hear from anybody who is 

 his relation. We are glad to know you go to 

 Sunday-school. 



how ROBBIE got HIS SWARM OF BEES. 



Last spring pa bought one stand of bees, and It 

 swarmed twice; now we have 3, and when they 

 swarmed the last time pa was down in town at work 

 In the novelty shop. It is about a mile, and so I had 

 to run after him to come and hive them, and so he 

 gave it to bi'Other Willie and me. I go to school. 

 My little brother went, but he played on the road so 

 long one day he froze his big toe, and will have to 

 stay at home till it gets well. 



Creston, Iowa. Robbie Heisler, age 11. 



My papa has 47 colonies of bees; some of them are 

 black ones and some Italians. Pa winters them in 

 a long narrow shed made on purpose, and packs them 

 In chaff, and they usually do well. I go to Sunday- 



