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G^LEAFING'S IN BEE: CTJmUEE. 



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PwMisli'ed MoMtlily, 



EDITOR AKD PBOPRIETOR 



EDINA, OHIO. 



• [Irtcludinn Fostage.1 



For Club Bates mc Lad Page. 



And afl he thnft spake for him&elf, Festns said with a 

 Jourl voice, Fan'., thou art beside thysell'; much lea.vn- 

 itig <Ioth iTiake thei mad. But be saibd. I am not mad, 

 most noble F'estus; but speak Corth the ',vorf|& of 

 I'Tuth and soberness.— Acts, "G ; 21, 25. 



STA3IFS of any dfiiiomfnation, and in any amount, 

 are always just as good fo us as money. 



DooliTTlfi Itiiiks a f^ood colony will commence rearing 

 Itroodi by Christmai?, but HlII puts it at Pelnnary. "We 

 rtro inclined to agree Willi the laUer. altTiough winters 

 like last, they may rear brood nearly all winter, 



0^'i; or two of our friends seem perplexed t)ecause 

 Gleaniitos has been advertised by agents at 75 cents. 

 'Phey 01' anyone else certainly have a right to do this if 

 they wish, for we send it fof 60 cents to anyone who sends 

 10 names. One friend feared Gleanings was sold ont: 

 never fear, money can not buy Gleanings, so long as we 

 are spared to administer to the wants of our little flock. 



Mastek Eusest w;m to have 2r'S. each for s,awing ont 

 the sci'oU work on the front of the Lawfi Hive. By tack- 

 ing three boards together, he sawed the whole lot— >idoz' 

 —in about an houj* and a h'^lf. Pretty fair wages for a 

 boy of 14— Si .00 per hour. Like prices can be made in 

 making very much of the ornamental work used in build- 

 ing, on those pretty scroll savvs for boys. The one be 

 uses, is the Velocipede Scroll Saw, price §15.00. We can 

 furnish them all ready for work at that, price. Circidar 

 with ciiis, on ap)>licatim. 



A queen maij lay 3i)00 egg.s in a day, liut we think they 

 .seldom do. Again, we believe less than half the eggs the 

 <iueen does lay, ever produce bees, in llis height of the 

 season Wiieu everything is all rifJ'ht, most of the egg.s are 

 allowed u> mature, but close observers, decide we think, 

 that such is the c jse during a very small p.irt of the year. 

 We think Doolittle correct, in theory, when he estimates 

 ■.JTO.OOO bees raised in 3 months, but alas for the actual 

 count when reduced to practice. Would it lake off about 

 one ? 



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To attempt to use a buzz sav/ that is in poor order, es- 

 pecially on lumbei' that is not well seasoned is one of the 

 most aggravating tilings Vve kuuw of, but with a saw in 

 nice order, and nice seasoned lumber, we know of no 

 pleasanter work in the world. When you can saw strips 

 2 inches wide, .'i8 inches long and only )i inch thick, so 

 accurately that you can discover no spot where the j)iece 

 ia of greater or less thickness, you can think you are get- 

 ting aions pretty well. As help in getting your saw in 

 just the j, riper trim, we i\iio\v of nothing e(|ual to the 

 little pamphlet we advertise in our book list for 10 cents. 

 It is from Disston, the great saw maker, and hits tlio 

 important points ni using saws in such a quaint good 

 inimorud way, that it is pleasant to read, even if one is 

 not in the business. We can furnish these superior saws 

 at factory prices, :!nd will send all less than a foot in di- 

 ameter, 1-cry ch>T>.nly by mail. See price list. 



Bk cavet'nl how youaendor order Jobe sent, article- 

 of little value by express, Tb-daty a j>ac!s.ag8 w;>j=- 

 handf"! u>^ witli svcf a dolla? charges o&it, that is not 

 Worth 25 ceatB. It wtvs SOP eaii: bars to fraraes tha:- 

 wero seat to r.- fmstoaier by mistake. We retiwne<i 

 him the prsjx.T ano^s by saall, at on ejyjens-e. of oaly it- 

 ceii.ts, 



Ix HvakJTijj .Siiwplicity hives, be very c^rsful ta bavi- 

 thcn> esactly alike ; it vt very easy t© talk abou:-, 

 and to make- ^c-ort Eesolotiona, but- like ous efibrte in 

 forming a jxirleeS chas.actcy, als^-, 1«41. of imperfwc-- 

 tion& after ail. Maba owe bt-.ve first, fvnd >f that is not 

 exactly as yon- want is, make owe raore, ant^ so on un- 

 til yov. are suited; then ?ry "-vvitb all yoiir KMgbt" tu 

 fo!k>v.' your pattern eriastVy. Re»ieinber we wis-h any 

 covey to fro on ov under jvny hive and St exactly: we 

 also want every hive in a thousand to exactly ftt o-ver 

 every other on ». During the swarming sjeaooti, rea- 

 sona will s^;cur for making it very cc'n7cn3ent Uv 

 change tbera alx>ut in ways innuraejable that vol; 

 have HO idea of. If yoi7 wjisb to make tbe bottom u 

 fixture, yoii can nail o? screw ft on vei-y readily, ar.i; 

 M'yo« want svjch an entrance as friend Hill advises, 

 lx>re a bolo in the front end. Tliere is sueb a grea!: 

 diversity of opinioK in these raatteys that we leavf- 

 thc pnrcha.^ver to fasten the bottoms boards, eti'., or 

 not, M be chooses. 



' .^FOUNDATION, 



Deati Novice : I srm glad to report favorably o? 

 the comb foundations. I am more strongly than evcv 

 of my }jrst opinion, tltat genjiine beeswax is the t)es; 

 material, and I never want any more paiTaftne. Tlu 

 last lot being of pure wax -was eminently satisfactor.-. 

 If nothing happens you may expect my order next 

 season for at least 100 lbs., and I shall want it thick and 

 yelloiv. Whoever linds his bees will not accept ar,i\ 

 use for storing os breeding- fdn. that bs thick, has bees 

 difl'erent from TOiiic. There is to-day somewhere in 

 one of my 100 hives a com I) made from a sheet of wax 

 one-fonrth of an inch thick, and it has been in nse :? 

 or 4 3-ear!-:.. Another thick sheet of wax kad one si d: 

 workfcd liy the beea and tlie other untouched, amt 

 these two cases lead rac to think that a sh( et an incb 

 thick might as readily be accepted by the bees. I hatl 

 some nice .surplus clover honey from yellow fVln. run 

 ning less than four feet to the pound, and the comb 

 was quite light colored. IJ. Lo.vdekkk. Dec. fl, '7('.. 



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STRAI«MT COirrBS, AS.ff. AKOIT'IT E$OW 



^fp§4 OES every "fool" that kecp.^ a few s\varm,s of be,-s 

 write you about what woaderfnl things he, shi . 

 they or it, .arc doing ? If so, and you Y-ead thevij 

 all, I pity you and will suggest that you secure a placi- 

 in some convenient lunatic asylum to retire to wbei? 

 it becomes necessary. 



Last season 1 wintered three stands of black ugly 

 bees out doors, they opened up finely in the sf>riifig 

 and increased to seven that i know of. 1 took alionr 

 one cwt. honey. I have no extractor and never saw 

 one. This winter I have put the bees into the hen- 

 house to winter. Now 1 wsnt you to lake the lime to 

 write me how I can manage to make my l>ee8 l.MiiM 

 straight on their frames ; Ihey insist ui)on builfliiif.": 

 any v/ay but straight. Now don't refer me to (Jr.KAN- 

 ings tor I h;'.ve carcfnily read all 1 have and nothing 

 tells me how to do this. I am willing to acknowledge 

 ray ignorance and want you to come out and tell me 

 just how to do it. G. M. Wing. 



Manistee, Midi., Doc. 14th, 1S7G. 



