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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



Publisbed Montlily, 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



Terms: Sl-OC) Per A.nxium. 



ITncluding Postage.] 

 For Club Rates see Last Page. 



Is^EIDIIsr.A., FEB. 1, ISTS. 



Follow thou me.— John, 21: 2.3. 



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Jan. 29th — We have to-day, 1,'241 subscribers, and 

 are in a vcrj' thankful frame of mind. How do you 

 like our new Headings to Difl'erent Departments ? 



Although very good dies can be made with type, we 

 get better and cheaper ones of solid metal, by using 

 proper punches, properly guided. When the machine 

 is flnislied we will give you a full description. 



We had intended to make mention of our adver- 

 tisers individually, but really there arc so many, and 

 they are all so deserving of patronage, we fear we 

 rthall liavc to wait until each one's specialty comes 



up. 



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P. S — One of my neighbors wants to know whether 



you can not make a macliine to turn out egg-shells. 



It would save the hens as much trouble perhaps, as 



5 he comb machine saves the bees. He says he would 



take a few dozens ready-made. 



Jacob J. Kiskb, Adelphi, Iowa. 



To make the closed end Q. frame an exact lit for onr 

 luiversal Hive we have made it \ incli shorter, and 

 for tlie same reason have changed dimensions of our 

 section frames to the lollowing : Tops and bottoms, 

 H by I by l\ ; sides, .5 by 1 21-32 by 3-16. Nail sides into 

 the top pieces. 



fore you forget it ; we need it Mdly, and' you' don't 

 know what awful things vuay happen to us if you 

 donH send it. You will pay us jug t ih^'ssmall c^mjpM- 

 ment, will you not ? ^-) O^^ '\ '■ •, 



Dear friends, we were intending to make a nice 

 little set speech wlicn this Feb. No. was all done, but 

 really there is no room for it. We have worked hard 

 to give you a nice large bee-journal, larger tlian we 

 promised when you subscribed— without making any 

 mention of Ouu Homes, for we have decided for 

 special reasons to make no charge for that dej)art- 

 ment -and now we do want 25 cents more from all of 

 you that have paid only 75; that is, if you feel satisfied 

 the journal as wc now give it is worth so much. If 

 you conclude to do it, please send the money now be- 



After we were out of all patience— that is as far as 

 is consistent with our recent teachings— in waiting for 

 that candy book, we bethought ourselves -lor awon- 

 der— of looking over the O. Judd & Co.'s book list, 

 and sure enough, there we found "How to Make Can- 

 dy," only 50 cents. We sent the money and in three 

 days had a book— a real nice one too, with nice big 

 sticks of red candy on the cover— that told us all we 

 wanted to know. It is genuine fun to make candy, by 

 the very plain directions therein given. We felt so 

 well pleased with it that we have gone and offered 

 their entire list of books for sale, and we will send 

 you the candy book or any other on almost any subject 

 on which you may want the fullest instructions on re- 

 ceipt of the price. When you very much want to 

 know all about anything, don't you know that one of 

 these hand-books is just like talking to some one who 

 has the subject all at their tongues' end? Good, 

 truthtful books well read, are better than money in 

 the bank. 



And now our candy business is all . It was lots 



of fun and we have used np nearly two barrels of su- 

 gar, but we one day gave the bees some lumps of loaf 

 sugar, and as surely as you live, they ate it all up just 

 as they do the candy. We tried it again to make sure 

 there was no waste, and put the bees up close to one 

 of the glass division boards in the house apiary. It's 

 of no use to feel badly about it, they really do use ev- 

 ery particle of it, and there's not a bit wasted. The 

 reason we did not find this out before, was that we 

 tried lumps of coffee sugar, and they crumbled it down 

 on the bottom of the hive, but to our surprise the loaf 

 sugar works quite differently. Again, loaf sugar is 

 considerably purer than the coffee sugar, as you can 

 tell by tasting. Besides it is always used in sickness 

 and for infants. In fact, we are told that in cases of 

 extreme feebleness, the loaf can be used where coffee 

 or any other kind of sugar would prove dangerous. 

 You can get it of your grocers for 13 cents at retail, in 

 the form of lump sugar, and tliis is 2c. cheaper than 

 the candy, besides being purer; it can be purchased 

 in N. Y. for about 11 cents. 



Jan. ISth— still warm. The bees had a fine fly yes- 

 terday, and we tried to get them to work on meal, but 

 they wouldn't. Krood in all stages. Some of our 

 friends write that young bees have hatched in such 

 numbers that the hives are more populous than in the 

 fall. "Did you ever ?" 



^ igi -^ "Tj^ Advertisements will be received at the rate o 



I USE pure beeswax. It is sun bleached; requiring r ?*''^''®P^'' ^"^^' ^P'^P^i'^^il space, each insertion, 

 thirty days to bleach a table of wax. It commands a 

 ready sale at 55c. per lb. I Iiave sent out some founda- 

 tions less bleached than others. The only apology I 

 can offer for this is that I was rushed and could not 

 wait for tlie wax to bleach fully, or ratlier tlie parties 

 who wanted to test the founda.ions could not wait. 



N. Y., Sept. 2, '75. John Long. 



-A-3=>"VEI^TISE3Nw(rE3SrTS. 



of ten 



in advance; and we require that every Advertiser 

 satisfies us of his responsibilitv and intention to do 

 all that he agrees, and that his'goods are really woi-th 

 the price asked for them. 



MISS S. E. FULLER, DESIGNINO AND 

 ENGRAVING ON WOOD, 25 Bond Street, 

 Koom 3. N. Y. Awarded Medal of Merit at Vienna 

 Kxposition, lt73. Orders by mail promptly executed, 

 at reasonable rates, from sketches or photographs. 

 Electrotypes supplied. 



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 well, W., London, England. Animal Subscription, Haif- 

 a-Guinea. 



Wc will send it with Gleanings and i)iiy all postage 

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