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JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



Dec. 



this morning ? Why, it is because I got a 

 very prettily written letter from a lady who 

 teaches Sunday-school away off down in 

 Missouria. I did not think a word about 

 1 ncle Ben when I was reading the letter, 

 but 1 just thought a great lot about him 

 when I got to the end of the letter. You 

 read it, and see if you can tell why. 



Dear Cousin Novice:— The only consolation I have 

 for not thanking you ere this for Gleanings is to re- 

 sort to the old saying, "Better late than never." 

 Gleanings has been a welcome visitor to me for 

 several months, for which 1 return many thanks to 

 you. We enjoy reading it, very much. I say it'e, 

 for "that husband of mine" is generally the first 

 to open and read it. I especially enjoy Our Homes, 

 but am not much interested in bees, although I 

 think they are very useful little pets. I see a great 

 many letters in Gleanings from Missouri, but none 

 from this place. I can say nothing on the bee sub- 

 ject in this place, only that I have not seen one bee 

 since I came here, and have lived here a year. 



I will give j'(m a little description of our town: It 

 is a mining town, of a population of 5000. Lead is 

 the pniduction. The works cover a number of 

 acres of ground, and it is said that the largest lead- 

 mill in the world is to be seen here. About 600 men 

 find employment in these works. Although it is a 

 mining town, it is quite a nice one. 



We have a good Subbath-school. The school is go- 

 ing to give a share of $10 for the benefit of a theo- 

 logicHl seminary in Nebraska. My class (young 

 married and single ladies) is troing to give a share of 

 $10 besides the school. I think you are doing a 

 great deal of good in this world, and will surely reap 

 a great harvest. 



One of " Uncle Ben's" daughters,— 

 May Hodson. 



Bonne Terre, Mo., Nov. 23, 1883. 



9 SWAHMS FHOM 3 HIVES. 



My brother keeps bees; he has got 13 swarms. He 

 had 3 swarms in the spring, and they swarmed 9 

 times. He bought 5 swarms this fall, and put 2 of 

 them together. Katie Briggs. 



Deposit, Del. Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1883. 



SOME BEES THAT ARE TO BE KILLED. 



Papa had 5.5 swarms of bees, but be will have to 

 kill some of them, for he is going out west, and can't 

 sell all of them. Lewis S. Schwab, age 7. 



Atkinson, Henry Co., 111., Nov. 10, 1883. 



Can not some one lake those bees and save 

 them from their impending doom? lam 

 sure, friend Lewis, your father would rather 

 give them away than to kill them, would he 

 not V 



EDWIN AND HIS BROTHERS AND THEIR BEES. 



In the spring we had 12 colonies of bees, and for 

 awhile last summer it seemed as if they would not 

 quit swarming, and now we have 35 swarms. I have 

 3 sisters and 4 brothers, and I am next to the young- 

 est. Last spring pa gave us three younger boys a 

 swarm apiece in Langstroth hives. But only one 

 gave any surplus honey (about 30 lbs). There is a 

 great deal of white clover around her. We take 

 Gleanings, and I like to read the Juvenile letters 

 very much. We do not do any thing with our bees 

 at all in the winter, but let them stand all the year 

 round without moving tht- m, until this year. 



Edwin J. Stickle, age 13. 



Macomb, III., May, 1888. 



KATIE and her LITTLE SISTER. 



My pa keeps bees. We have 7 swarms. Two went 

 to the woods. We moved from Efiingham Co., 111., 

 to Vigo Co., Ind., and lost two swarms. Ishould like 

 to see your little boy, but I live too far away. I have 

 a little sister; she can just stand alone. She Is eight 

 months old. Kate B. Webster, age 9. • 



New Goshen, Vigo Co., Ind. 



FROM 18 TO 41, AND 6 BARRELS AND 800 LBS. OP 

 HONEY. 



My pa has 41 hives of bees now; he had 18 last 

 spring, and did not lose any dtiring the last winter. 

 We have hid a great time for honey this summer, 

 and got 6 barrels of extracted honey, and about 800 

 lbs. of comb honey. Don't you think this is doing 

 very well ? Clara A. Lubker, age 13. 



Cold Spring, Camp, Co., Ky., Nov. 15, 1883. 



My pa keeps bees. He has 55 swarms. I have got 

 two big brothers; the elder one went to Wisconsin 

 this week. He wants me to write him lots of letters. 

 I wish you would send me some of those little en- 

 velopes on your five-cent counter. I think you had 

 better name your little blue eyes Jumbo. I will 

 send you five cents to pay for the envelopes. I hope 

 you will think this is worth printing. 



May Seaman. 



Harford Mills, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1883. 



MAGGIE'S REPORT. 



My father has 43 stands of bees. He worked most 

 of his bees for extracted honey, and he got 1800 lbs. 

 from 14 swarms, and about 200 lbs. of box honey. He 

 wants to winter some bees in the cellar. Pa takes 

 Gleanings, and I like to read the letters that are in 

 it. My brother has 2 swarms. Pa has not got any 

 black bees, but he has the Italians and hybrids. 



Maggie L. Steitz, age 11. 



Stottville, Col. Co., N. Y. 



HOW JOHN'S father ITALIANIZED ALL HIS HIVES. 



Pa has bees. I have a hive of Italians. Pa bought 

 an Italian queen; divided, and they made five queen- 

 cells, and one hatched; they cut one down, and we 

 moved the frame to one that had no queen, and 

 they hatched one. We took out a black queen from 

 a stand, and moved the fjame again, and they cut 

 one down before they missed their queen. They 

 hatched the other, so all four have Italian queens 

 from one. John M. Wittb. 



McGregor, Tex., Oct. 30, 1883. 



how to get early TOMATO - PLANTS — BY A JUVE- 

 NILE. 



As pa is writing, I will say a few words. I can 

 wash dishes, and milk; am learning to spin; lean 

 twist yarn, and do many chores for my mother. I 

 will tell the juveniles how to plant choice seeds. 

 Fill large egg-shells with rich soil and sand; plant 

 one seed in each; set them in a dish of sand; keep 

 moist. If this is worth a booK, please send Silver 

 Keys. Mary F. Pierson, age 9. 



Kellerville, 111., Nov. 22. 1883, 

 To be sure, your letter is worth a book, 

 Mary, for it not only tells what you can do, 

 but It also tells what other folks can do. But 

 the information you give is a little in ad- 

 vance of the season, I opine. Wait until 

 about February, and then start your tomato- 

 plants in egg-shells, and they will be of some 

 value. It will do no harm, however, for 

 some of the young ones to raise some plants 

 now, so that they can '' get the bang of it." 



