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GLZAXIXGS IN BEE CULTURB. 



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GLEANINGS m BEE CULTURE. 



obbsred as aU to werk nisbt and day. go civ 

 jpoursals vkb omr «s«b> prjwspiness-. 



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Publislied :nontIilr, 



EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR 



MEDINA, OHIO, 



Terms r SI .OO Ferr Ajanxtm, 



For Ctub Bates see Loot Page. 



A5T> ther come ro Jesus, and see Mm that wa« posses-i- 

 ■rith the deTU, and bad tbe Irsion. sktras. asd rkithf d. 

 awl in i^ right taind ; and tbej were afraid.— Mari. 5:1.'. 

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Ot:e anrmal price Est of implensenr?. irii] mit >'f> '•fr: 

 out tiis season nntil spricsr. 



We spe elad to be able to »tate that fii:s.±siy<i stA 

 the A. B. J., JTiQ aftw this date be' sent, tor 1*77. fcr t.nlv 



Ail sealed honer fotmd in the section bases that 

 are to be kept for nest seasos. shonld be tmcapj>e'i 

 and extracted if -we xri?h new and bright looking hon- 

 ey next yeai. so says DooiKsle. who certainly ought to 

 know. _ 



Rexeseee sendine wax by express, is erpeiwfve Ttus- 

 mess, "We hare received several small lots on trhirh the 

 express charges were as mnch as J the value of the wtls. 

 We have now so much invested in wax. that we dare not 

 offer more foan f5c, SBd yon can aD probably do ijett'T 

 than that at borne. 



FBnrvTi Eoop reports on poae 311. a riear profit of 

 ?1 521.1ft, from 159 — see pase 115— rn tbe spring, besides 

 haviraftj* now. Had he occiipied a couple of paae?, m- 

 stead of about a dozen lines;, he could not have srven n« 

 an arstnnent b«Tf as convincing, in favor o-f Ita&ir?? and 

 moTHbfe frames. 



yoTBTSG can be mnch nicer for a bee-keeper's mrlor 

 table, thin a stereoscope, and a collection of views. We 

 can famish pxd stereoscopes for -SLW or 51.25 if sent by 

 maiL Perhaps the best war to get views. wiU be Sor each 

 one to get a dozen or two of his own apiary, and Then 

 excfaan^se. We wiD send one of outs, in excharere for thai 

 at any erf our readers. Tiews of some of our Califomi:i 

 apiaries, would be very desirable, espeeiaHT tbo^e am'/ns- 

 the moontain zorge<. 



OrK friend Washburn has been unusually fanvyNfor 



«ome time past, and no^ presentsi a rerr pretty mru-hine 



tot Tnakinir fdn. for surplus boxes only. The roller* admit 



of making sheets 5 inches in width, and a« long as yon 



jAeaae, and his first trial produced s.heets so thin ihat 



peAaps S sq. feet would be required to weish 1 lb. We 



can fornix these smaQ macaines complete for $33.40. and 



it gives m gieat pleasure to be enabled to pnt tbe price 



so low. 



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We really beg pardon for oar seemrn? disregnni of the 



convention at the Centennial, but for ns to leave on the 



^th of October, was next to an impossibility. JIad xrc 



made arrangements to have our Xoremher Xo. ont Iwfore 



that time it might have been done, but the thonaht that 



it was possible for us to go. scarcely occurred to us until 



Xov. 1st. As most of our hands went in Oct.. it \5-3s an 



unusuaDy bu'y month, and an accident about the iJth 



l7 seems t&Bs that everj- one ol o»r reat^rs. whether 

 farmer or scasething else, micst find tbe A,»eruTan Ain-i- 

 miturist a ecod jovestaaeat. A sjceie Jiuraber i» ulteit 

 worth tbe price ior a year. FuU of the oost wholesome 

 teachings, illiissrared ^rtt^ abundaace^ ol eugsavijjffs of 

 "how to do tiinei,"' jiwl CM-efsUy weeded of ali iMirtful 

 bkinders that s& detract frwD the vaiue c< naost oi our :i::- 

 ricukBral papers, we cao iK)t biit wish it God !>pee«l. 

 tbreugh the boaoes of ©ur iandt Seot wkh GiiASis<T!t 

 Ib»?i25i _ _ __ 



In isi»; chaff for o«t-tKx>r wintering, ft b we* to- fcjiTc- 



a vacant spore ab€>Te tbe csaff untJer tbe moi % ami the 



ro»f or e*>ver Tsust not be too dose fittiig, or yo*» wil6 



have frost and dampness co3ectinsr co its under skte. that 



Biay mn dowa aad wet the chaff parkaia. IS yoa wJi 



take a look at tbe uoder side of tbe cover alter a Jreez«'. 



you wili get tbe idea. To carry off tLis dacBpuess. tfee :iir 



mu»t be allowed to circulate t» some eitent above th^r 



eba£C ; raising tbe cover a little, or having holes covoi-etl 



with wire cloth jast under the eive*. wdJ answer. Kr^ 



sore y C'U keep tiie chafi dry. aad that iMine ol your '?>vcr* 



a'jre ieakv. 



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We harvelsad very pleasant visi:3 with oor yours- liee- 



keeper Lloyd Z. Jones who called on has retam from tlv^ 



CentenKJaL and our friend Aitell, of EoseviHe. IMS' Oii- 



readers wil remeraber tbe pkasam letters Jrotr* 



3Irs. AsteH- Well, they use the Q. hive, and pack thenk 



ni chaS for winter, and then carry the wbde. outer c:ise 



and all. into the ceflar to winter. If any »e jncbiievl to 



smSe at such pains, let them bear in njind tbat friend .\_ 



has r:ever lost a colony, while all the rest of us have been 



)osa« by tbe gviess we won't say bow nMny. Wlieii 



asked if they had tried learaig a part oi them out wliei* 



thus prepared, he 5aid they had nnta sstisfied that l>ees: 



and bo'.sey enough were saved to pay weD for tbe trottl)le . 



Tw»raen would carry in 69 in a half day, with case. 



3tK. DooLmxE brought as a cake of yeilow wax to b.- 

 made into Sdn,— 5 cdls to the inch for brood eotabs — 

 tbal for beauty amd purity, gjes consiiJerably ahead of 

 any furnished us heretofore When questioned lie 

 said it was purified with \Tnes^r, as given in QuinbyV 

 book, ijn tnming to the page we find : 



"By addiag an acid to tbe water in wb»?h the was i>* 

 meheti, it may be separated mnch mere readily. .\. 

 (>nart of vinegar to s gallon ol W3t«-, or a stnait spoonful 

 of nitric acid is sufficient.'' 



Sucb wax makes beautiful yellow fdo., and i: will 

 without doubt pay to treat it aD thus for comb honey ; 

 bat for the brood chamber, we believe the dark wax to lie 

 eqaally 20od. ^ 



3fK. D. took his knife and pushed it thToi:gh the 

 bottoEC of the cells of a piece of aatnral coin.j : oi' 

 course i; foand bnt little obstruction. H3 then tricl 

 it on the fdn,: the knife struck the bottom and stop- 

 pe<:. ''^c looked np some with thinner bases — somcv 

 in fact, that seemed to look at. as thin or verj- nearly 

 as the natural comb— but the bases stiU stopped the 

 knife b'.ade in a way that thenstural did not. ft linu!- 

 ly occurred to ns to teit the side walls in the siinn- 

 way, ao'l behold, the;/ were tongh and hard compared 

 with the natural comb, even when raised to fnl) depth 

 comb. The mystery was Ihtn solved: allhongh The 

 lieci can work white wax. it is so much harder that 

 thev do it slowlv ami lalx>riously. compared with the 



' vellow; atid as most of friend I)"s. experiments were 

 Vritli the white fdn., it is no wonder that hU beei witli 



■ the natural startere went ahead. He promises to jrive 



. the ve'-'-O'v a farther test next season. 



