1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



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school during the summer months, and I like to go. 

 My papa is the superintendent of our Sabbath- 

 echool. We have no library at the present time, 

 but have Everybody's Paper and the Children's Ban- 

 ner, and I like very much to read them. My papa's 

 name is John W. Wood. 

 Jackson, Mich. Hattie M. Wood. 



A CAUTION ABOUT HAVING APIARIES NEAR TO 

 BODIES OF WATER. 



I live With uncle. He takes Gleanings; he has 43 

 swarms of bees. He said he would give me a swarm 

 of bees next summefWf I would take care of them, 

 but I am afraid of them. This summer when the 

 bees were getting honey fast, many of them, in try- 

 ing to fly across our mill-pond, were so loaded down, 

 or tired out, that they fell into the water, and I sup- 

 pose were drowned. The bee-yard is about 5 rods 

 from the pond. Herbert Strait, age 11. 



Otsdawa, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1883. 



GEORGE AND HIS PET HEN, THE BUSHEL OF HICKORY- 

 NUTS, AND 3000 LBS. OF HONEY. 



I thought you would like to hear from a boy from 

 Greenfield, Ohio. I go to school, and I read in the 

 Fourth Reader. Papa takes Gleanings. He has 78 

 stands of bees all ready for winter. We got over 

 3000 pounds of honey. I have two brothers and one 

 sister. I went nut - hunting the other day, and 

 brought home a bushel of hickory-nuts. I have a 

 pet hen. She is older than I am. She is ten years 

 old. George H. Pommert, age 9. 



Greenfield, O., Oct. 26, 1883. 



Pa calls you brother, and I address you as uncle. 

 Pa takes Gleanings, and says it is worth a dollar 

 each number; I like to read the Juvenile, and 

 thank you for being so kind as to send it to us. Pa 

 keeps bees. He had black bees, 15 stands, but they 

 all died two years ago. He sent last spring to Mr. 

 Harrison, Lebanon, Mo., and got a stand of Italians. 

 He paid ten dollars for them, and has got 8 stands 

 now. He doubled one, and one got away from us. 

 I go to school, and learn fast. I help ma wash the 

 dishes. My brother-in-law has a stand of bees. I 

 have a brother and sister at home. They go to 

 school too. My sister has got blue eyes too. 



Rock Spring, Mo. Katie Gouoh, age 12. 



lillie's report. 



Papa had twelve colonies last fall; but by careless- 

 ness he has let them all die but four. They have 

 plenty of honey, but it is In such a fix they can not 

 get at it. We have to feed them; we made the feed 

 after Mrs. Cotton's recipe. We think it is very good. 

 We live a little way from town, but it is a nice place 

 to keep bees. Papa took the honey out of the hives 

 where the bees all died, and it is real nice. We had 

 about 30 lbs. I have one brother and two sisters. 

 One of my sisters is only three months old. She has 

 blue eyes and brown hair. We call her Maud. She 

 can laugh and crow, and she knows mamma as soon 

 as she sees her. I go to Sunday-school every Sun- 

 day. It is not a very large school, but it is a good 

 one. Papa takes Gleanings, and would not know 

 how to do without it. You must not put papa in 

 Blasted Hopes, for he is going to try to build up his 

 colonies again. Lillie Thompson. 



Creston, la. 



FROM 5 TO 16, AND 15 GALLONS OF EXTRACTED 

 HONEY, AND 40 LBS. COMB HONEY. 



My father and mother are dead, and I live with J. 

 E. Davis. He takes Gleanings. I read the letters 



in the Juvenile, and I thought I would write you 

 one and get a book. We keep bees. We started 

 with 5 in the spring; Increased to 16, and got about 

 15 gallons of extracted honey, and 40 lbs. comb hon- 

 ey. I am fond of honey, and like to help with the 

 bees. They have not made any more than enough 

 to keep them since basswood. 



Wm. T. Taylor, age 14. 

 Mill Creek, Wis., Oct. 5, 1883. 



CHARLEY AND HIS BROTHER, AND THEIR BEE- 

 KEEPING. 



Pa has 6 stands of bees. My brother and I own 

 one stand in partnership, making 7 stands in all. 

 Once we had our bees in real old-fashioned hives, 

 which we made ourselves. A man who thought he 

 understood bees very well came along, and pa let 

 him put them in new-fashioned hives. He trans- 

 ferred them for pa, and they all died. Pa after- 

 ward sent to you for 5 lbs. of bees, which were 

 shipped to tis and our 7 stands are an increase from 

 the five pounds. My brother and I attend to the 

 bees. Pa don't generally go about them. I like 

 bees, and like their honey too, but they don't like 

 me. After I am about them for a time they seem 

 to get used to me, and do not sting so badly. In 

 fall we get goods boxes and put the stands In these, 

 filling around with chaff. Chas. Haines, age 14. 



Moons, Ohio. 



FROM TWO OF OUR UTAH JUVENILES. 



You have sent my father a great many things. He 

 says that you are a very honest man to deal with. 

 He keeps bees, and has 2 queens, daughters of one 

 you sent him. They are very nice. They have 

 brood in their combs. I am my father's only son. 



Fairview, Utah. Neils Larsen. 



bertha's report of their ups and downs in 

 bee-keeping. 



Father bought a colony in 1881 and Increased them 

 to 3 colonies. He lost one in wintering, and the 2 he 

 had left were so poor that he had to help them. He 

 bought 3 more in the spring, and paid $40 for them. 

 He increased them to 15; with the 2 old ones it made 

 17. We extracted 75 lbs. of honey from them, and 

 sold 4 colonies— 3 for $10 each, and 1 for $5 in the 

 fall. We wintered 13 good colonies in chaff. We 

 looked at them to-day, and they all have brood in 

 their hive. We got a queen from you last summer. 

 She was nice looking, but would lay 2 or 3 eggs in a 

 cell. We had to take her out. But we have raised 2 

 good queens from her. We got an extractor from 

 you. It is the nicest one I have seen. 



Fairview, Utah. Bertha Larsen. 



THE YOUNG SHEPHERD, THE INDIANS, AND THE 

 INDIAN WAR-DANCE. 



I am a Virginia boy, away out in Arkansas. I 

 have been here eleven months. I like it out here 

 tolerably well. I have five brothers and two sisters. 

 My two eldest brothers keep bees; they have 12 

 stands of Italians, and have an imported queen 

 from you. My pa keeps sheep. We have 650, and 

 herding sheep on this big prairie is my work from 

 morning till night. One of my big bi'Others helps 

 me. We herd on two good ponies, and I like it. I 

 see lots of Indians here. I saw an Osage Indian war- 

 dance last week. Two of them sat down and beat 

 a drum, and the others all held up their tomahawks, 

 and jumped and danced around them. We live only 

 three miles from the Indian Nation. 



Claude E. Laws, age 10. 



Ft. Smith, Ark., Oct. 20, 1883. 



