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rectly an illustration of a specimen of the Southern 

 live-oak seen last year, the leaves and some other 

 features bear a resemblance to them. The tree is 

 not evergreen here, but the leaves hang on till the 

 next year's growth pushes them off. 



PLANTS THAT SEEM TO PRODUCE A SOPORIFIC IN- 

 FLUENCE ON BEES. 



In the same package I also inclose you a specimen 

 of a plant which yields a good flow of honey during 

 the month of July, It grows in clumps which in- 

 crease yearly, the old stalk dying, and new ones tak- 

 ing their places each year, and more being added to 

 them. During the three or four years I have noticed 

 it. It does not seem to die entirely. I have never 

 tried raising it from the seed. Have noticed that a 

 bee will occasionally sit on a large clustering head 

 of them for as long as half an hour, never moving or 

 stirring, apparently in a deep study, or dreaming; 

 but, when touched, it would seem to wake to a real- 

 izing sense of the importance of time, and in great 

 haste secures its load and goes off toward home- 

 Indications are good for a large crop of fall honey 

 here. I. H. Stanley. 



Boyleston, 111., Aug. 29, 1883. 



Friend S., the drawing you refer to is found 

 on page 182 of our April No., 1882. It very 

 much resembles the sample you sent, and 

 the oak is probably something nearly related 

 to it. Since you mention it,l am inclined to 

 think that the honey found on the oaks at 

 friend Cork's, in Canada, was from these im- 

 mature buds, and dropped on the foliage be- 

 low. His description in a recent number 

 corroborates this idea, and it seems to be a 

 legitimate product of the tree, and not in 

 any way connected with the agency of in- 

 sects. — We were so unlucky as to lose the 

 plant you inclosed, but I think it was the 

 same as one we tried on our grounds, which 

 I discarded, because so many bees remain 

 dreaming on the heads. I am inclined to 

 think these dreamy fellows did not always 

 get home, for several dead bees were found 

 on the ground around the plant. 



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fjjO Mrs. M. S., of Wellsville, Ohio, 

 here seven years, and would i 



FLORIDA. 



I have lived 

 not exchange 

 our little home here for my native State, 

 Indiana, and be compelled to live there. My health 

 is better than ever before. We have had no frost 

 yet. No day but that the " busy bee" was at work 

 on the sweet-potato bloom, of which we have over 

 an acre on our place, and I don't know how much 

 more in the neigh boi'hood. The flower resembles a 

 morning -glory, but does not close entirely for sever- 

 al days. It secrets honey; but they get enough pol- 

 len from wild flowers to keep the lower story nearly 

 full of brood. I am getting very much interested in 

 the trees and honey-plants; would like to hear 

 from our Southern friends what will do well here. 

 We live on high pine land, very sandy, but salubrious. 

 We have a good neighborhood, representing nearly 

 every State. Have a good new scfioolhouae, in 

 which we have school, preaching, and Sabbath- 

 sohooL There is a $25,000 hotel in process of erec- 

 tion; bave ft good store and P. 0. We are five miles 



east of the Florida Peninsular R. R., and three miles 

 west of the Fla. Southern R. R.; several private 

 boarding-houses, where good board at reasonable 

 prices can be had. All are engaged in orange cul- 

 ture. Some are cultivating small fruits in connec- 

 tion with their groves, and are quite successful. 

 As to the question, "Cau one have a comfortable 

 living, and what at?" 1 can not answer, without 

 knowing something of your ability — mentally, 

 physically, and financially. I shall be pleased to 

 answer all questions through Gleanings as to our 

 " land of flowers," if you will ask them so lean, or 

 inclose stamp if you desire a reply personally. But 

 please do not expect too much of me, as I have the 

 care of my home, my bees, and my mischievous 

 eighteen-raonths old boy. May I come again? 



Mrs. Belle McMahan. 

 South Lake Weir, Marion Co., Fla., Nov. 19, 1883. 

 By all means, come again, Mrs. M. 



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The Lord saveth not with sword and spear.— I. Sam. 17:47. 



Providence permitting, I shall be present at the 

 convention in Flint, Mich., Dec. 5 and 6. 



Until further notice we will pay 30 cts. cash, or Si 

 cts. trade, for fair average beeswax. We will sell 

 the same for 35 cts. for the common run, or 40 cts. 

 for the best selected. 



Friend Viallon writes us, that, owing to sickness 

 in his family, he has been compelled to neglect cor- 

 respondence for almost two weeks, but will tend to 

 all inquiries, and other unsettled business, now very 

 soon. . 



We have on hand about 25 queens. Part are test, 

 ed, and part are dollar queens, received from our 

 Southern friends. If any of you are short of queens 

 at this late date, we shall be happy to supply you. 

 They will be shipped at our risk. 



There is or has been a strike on window glass; 

 but, luckily for bee-men, it happens at such a time 

 that they do not need to use much of It. For the 

 present, we shall have to withdraw all quotations on 

 window glass. When prices fall, we will let you 

 know. 



We can now furnish the well - known Gospel 

 Hymns, parts 1, 2, 3. 4, words and music, bound In 

 boards, for an even 75 cts. ; by mail, 10 cts. more. In 

 tens and hundreds, a still further deduction, as you 

 will see by our price list. The same, words only, 25 

 cts.; by mail, 80 cts. 



If the credit does belong to friends Benton and 

 Doolittle for having developed the business of mail- 

 ing queens across the ocean, I think we can fairly 

 claim some credit for having developed it for ship- 

 ping queens and bees any month in the year. A 



