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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Oct. 



for our little pets to survive the terrible drought 

 that has lasted nearly five months. Here it is Nov., 

 and my bees for the past four days have been 

 busy gathering a timely flow of nectar from the 

 despised chamomile. Thank God for this bitter 

 weed; it will help my bees through the coldest part 

 of winter, without feed. The queens have been lay- 

 ing nicely ever since the first of Oct., and by doubl- 

 ing up my 25 three-frame nuclei with my 100 col- 

 onies, I now have an even 100 very fair colonies of 

 bees, 80 of which are Cyprians. My average per 

 colony for the past four years has been 96 lbs., with 

 the small sum of 11 lbs. per colony this year. Many 

 black colonies of the neighb(jring bee-keepers have 

 gone up, and many enthusiastic beginners have 

 been discouraged, and propose to quit the business. 

 No frost yet. Thermometer to-day, 86° in the shade. 

 Dresden, Tex., Nov. 6, 1883. B. F. Carroll. 



THE BEE. KEEPERS' EXCHANGE. 



AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS DEBITS AND 

 C. (EDITS ? 



IX^jRIEND ROOT: — I am both surprised and 

 jipl' wounded at reading the published letter of 

 "^^ J. F. Fletcher, under the heading of "Are 

 They Swindles?" in November Gleanings; sur- 

 prised that you would publish it without first con- 

 sulting those whom you knew must know the facts, 

 and could explain ; wounded because my name is 

 used as having answered a card that I never saw. 

 It does seem to me that the Christian grace of charity, 

 as developed in you, might have constrained you to 

 wait till 1 had been consulted privately, before add- 

 ing my name to that letter. I think I can truthfully 

 say of myself, 1 would not have done it were I in 

 your place. There are some texts in the 13th chap, 

 of I. Cor. which I would recommend to you. 



1 could give the history of the Exchange from the 

 beginning, but it would make too long a story ; suf- 

 fice it for me to say, I have had nothing to do with 

 the publication of it since the January No. of 1883 

 was issued. I was engaged to edit it, and did so till 

 it passed into the hands of Messrs. King & Aspin- 

 wflll, I residing in Brooklyn, N. Y., since the first of 

 Feb. last, and the Exchange published in Cana joharie, 

 over 200 miles away. Now a word for Mr. Houck, 

 who is gone, and can not speak for himself: Find- 

 ing that his disease was getting the best of him, and 

 that he could not attend to hi^ business, and with 

 the hope of regaining his health, he went to Color- 

 ado. Before going, however, he arranged with Mr. 

 Nellis, of Canajuharie, to publish the Exchange. 

 Soon after he went, Messrs. Colgrove & TJlery made 

 overtures to purchase the Exchange, and continue 

 it, agreeing to carry out all contracts for advertis- 

 ing, etc. The transfer was made; I continued to be 

 the editor in every thing pertaining to bees. The 

 Culgrove & Ulery administi-ation was short, they 

 had a disagreement, dissolved, sold the Exchange to 

 Mr. King, and left for parts unknown. Now, if any 

 swindling has been done, these latter gents are the 

 ones that did it. Mr. King deserves the thanks of 

 the subscribers, rather than insinuations, such as 

 Mr. Fletcher throws at him. Mr. Houck is dead. 

 His executor, at Canajoharie, N. Y., will pay all just 

 claims against the estate. I am at 27 Park Row, N. 

 T. City, where I can be found for further informa- 

 tion. If wanted. Thbo. O. Peet. 



Brooklya, N. Y., Nov., 1883. 



Friend Peet, I do not see that you ought 

 to be either surprised or wounded. When- 

 ever any business with which I have any 

 thing to do is left in an unsettled state, 

 and nobody can tell who is responsible for 

 it, I want to be called upon at once to tell 

 what I know of it. If this is not the way in 

 which 1 presented it, I beg pardon. Our ac- 

 count against Theodore Houck was sent to 

 his admiuistrator, and that matter is at an 

 end, so far as I know. If the admiuistrator 

 thought the property insufficient to pay the 

 debts, all right. The men we are after are 

 Messrs. Colgrove & Ulery. I have been 

 told, in answer to several inquiries, that no- 

 body could find them. Letters from them 

 have been submitted to me, otTering certain 

 things at such unusually low rates, I could 

 not but think that the matter needed venti- 

 lation. The explanation you have given is 

 quite satisfactory, and we are well satisfied 

 with what friends King & Aspinwall have 

 told us. And now we should be very glad 

 to hear from Messrs. Colgrove & Ulery, and 

 it seems to rne very much better to have the 

 whole facts of the matter brought out in 

 this way, rather than to have it rest where it 

 did before I said any thing. It seems to me 

 right to ask for explanations ; and I assure 

 you I shall never feel hurt when you call 

 upon me for explanations in regard to any 

 business I do, or have any connection with. 



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THE BEE-KEEPEU'S SUNDAY. 



OTpjHE discussion of Sunday observance in 

 JS|| iNGS is of much interest to me, and I 



Glban- 

 wish to 



^^ give my opinion of hiving swarms on the Sab- 

 bath, and staying from church to watch the bees. 

 Friend Ralston, on page 531, September number, I 

 tbink, is just about right in this matter, but I wish 

 to add another link to the chain of Sunday observ- 

 ance. It seems, that when our Savior was here on 

 earth he was very careful to perform only such 

 things on the Sabbath as would relieve sufferinir, or 

 do good ; and as his life is laid down as our pattern 

 and guide, we should do no more than he did. It 

 looks to me, that, to stay at home on the Sabbath- 

 day on purpose to watch the bees and hive swarms, 

 is partial, if not whole proof of a greater desire to 

 lay up treasure on earth than to prepare one's self 

 for the great change that awaits us all. A swarm of 

 bees is worth from $3.00 to $10.00, according to 8i2e 

 and kind; and to stay at home on purpose to keep 

 them from absconding seems akin to lusting after 

 riches; and from my own experience I do not know 

 but it is lusting after riches in reality. It looks like 

 a very trivial matter to watch bees on Sunday, and 

 it forms a very good excuse to stay at home; but if 

 a swarm Issues, can it be said that they are in dis 

 tress, and suffering for help? Are they in like cir-. 

 cumstances with the ox or ass that may have fallen 

 into the pit? 



As far back as I have the history of bees, it has 

 been their nature to swarm when they get readyi 

 without regard to days or time; and, as a rule, clus- 

 ter for a longer or shorter time, then hie off to some 

 hollow tree or other cavity, there to build up a colo- 

 ny to do the same thing over again. God bae glveii 

 us six days out of every seven to perform our duties; 

 and in his Infinite reasonableness asks ua for only 

 one day out of the seven, and I think it la our just 



