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GLEAXIXGS IX BEE CULTOlE. 



Xov. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



EDITOB. AND FUBLISHEB,, 



MEDINA. OHIO. 



tek:tis: si.oo per year, post-paid. 



IvfllEIDIlSr-A-, l>TO^^_ 1, ISTS. 



For he shall eive hi? ang'el? eharg-e over thee, to 

 keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up 

 in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot ag-ainst a 

 stone.— Ps., 91; 11. ^ 



Tx petting stamps to send us for fractional parts 

 of a dolliir. please procure '2 cent stamps. If you can. 

 as we use them for sending' sample copies. 



Our present system of patent laws is already tot- 

 tering-, and seems about to fall. I glean this "from- 

 the vehement protests being made by those interest- 

 ed in the business of procuring patents. 



A DEDrcTiox of "i p?r cent, will be made on all 

 Hives. Section Roxes. Honey Extractors, Comb 

 Foundation Machines, or other e-oods that can n -it be 

 used until another seas >n. if ordered before Janua- 

 rv 1st. 



I WILT, pav 7.5 cts for the first 6 Xo's of Gr.E A?a>r,s 

 for ISTS, and will sell them, if wanted, for f 1.00. So. 

 friends, you see you have the read'ng of them for 

 nothing and make 2.5 cts. besides. It is possible the 

 X(i'« you are subscribing for now will be in equal 

 demand in a few months. 



Tx a visit to our neishbor Shane, a few days ago. I 

 saw a feeder at the entrance of his hives, "that is. 

 substantially, the "Boss" feeder recently patented 

 bv our friend Shuck. As Mr. Shane had been using 

 it over a year. I think we shall have to conclude 

 that anvone is at liberty to add the attachment to 

 the Simplicity feeder, if they wish. 



We have sent queens, in the bottle eaees. all thro' 

 the month of Oct., with less losses, I really believe, 

 thin in anv other month when I have shipped bees. 

 We put in bees enoueh to make a good cluster, and 

 they stand fristv nierhts without trouble. The dol- 

 lar queens are all g^n^, but we can supply tested 

 queens, I think during thi« whole month of Nov. If 

 they freeze, it will be mv loss. 



AsD now it is friend Muth vrh"> has got a patent on 

 the slanting basket for an extractor. In 1867. 1 made 

 an extractor -^ith slanting sides to the comb basket, 

 but did not like it. beca\ise it threw the honey out at 

 the top of the combs and did not at the bottom. If 

 I turned fast en'^ugh to throw it out at the bottom. 

 it was likely to throw brood out. at the top. The 

 machine is now in possession of a neighbor. A little 

 later. Adair, in one of his pamphlets, illustrated 

 with diagrams the same principsil. and. if I am cor- 

 rect, he too had a patent on the idea. 



Whex I described the plan of putting wires in the 

 frame's, in Sept. So., I was not aware that anyone 

 else had done the same or a similar thine. A friend 

 has pointed me to the fact that, in the Julv A. B. J., 

 Mr. D. S. Given, of Hoopeston. 111., gives the same 

 plan, only his wires ran horizontally. It is possible 

 that I got the hint there, but afterward forgot it. for 

 I certainly had no intention of claiming the inven- 

 tion of another as my own. He suggests No. 26 

 wire*: I would certainly not use anvthing heavier 

 than No. .36. 



The plan mentioned last month of making wire- 

 cloth to be dipped in melted wax is a success, but. 

 at present, the fabric is too expensive. 



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We have just received the cheering news, that 50 

 imported queens are on their way from Italy. They 

 will probablv be here ere this reaches you. As we 

 shall have little opportunitv for testing their pro- 

 geny this fall, the price will" be f4.00 for the dark 

 ones, and $5.00 for the yellowest. We shall get them 

 to laying at once, if possible, by feeding grape-sug- 



ar: when the workers appear, those which produce 

 the largest and yellowest workers and are vellow 

 themselves will be $t>.00. The SI.OO queeris fr"- 

 quently nr'^duce as tine bees as any. A careful 

 watch will be kept, to see if any so out for fertiliza- 

 tion before la'-ing: if any such" be discovered, they 

 will be sold for half price. 



It has been said, at some of the c ^nveTitii->ns. that 

 no good comes of publishing the reports of those 

 who have made great resnl's with .-i few col(->nies: 

 that it rather does harm. I admit thit it would do 

 harm, were onlv one side of the o'lestion ffiven. 

 To get a fair view of the work. Blasted Hones 

 should have a place, ns well as F-'c-nxraar'na' Re- 

 ports. It may be objected that noithfr will do any 

 particuliir "ood. Well then, surpose we all keen 

 still, and "don't say nothin'." Fnfortu'iatoly, we 

 are n social set of animated beings, and if we could 

 not talk and visit, we mi-'ht get the blues and all 

 commit suicid'^. Perh:^os cur friends who make 

 such lonir speeches would sav that w^uHn't matter 

 either. In that case, I guess I should give up, and 

 let them have the floor. 



The greater part of us are now domiciled in the 

 new building. The new nrin*in'jr press is printing 

 the verr l^tt^rs vru are looking at. the .^''> horse pow- 

 er ene-ino is dri\-in£r a Ions line of shiiftinff. and a 

 "heap" of mach-nery: the lumber yard adjrinins is 

 stocked with piles of «eas'>ned lumber of evc'-v de- 

 scription for hives and section boxes, etc.: the ma- 

 sons are at work uo stairs, plasterinff a multitude of 

 rooms, for each ser of hands are to have a room all 

 bv themselves. There is one for the compositors, 

 one for the shinning clerks, one for the bookkeepers 

 and correspondinG- clerks, one for th"^ painters, one 

 for folding, sewin.g. and addressing the jou'Tials and 

 price lists, one for seeds of bee plints. one for sam- 

 ples of all the goods we make and keep for sale, a 



tin shop, wnx room, lathe room, and and mv 



money is all cone, and the hands have not been paid 

 for two weeks. Notwi'thnaridinc. thov have faith in 

 me. and I trust we :J1 have faith in God to take c:ire 

 of us. 



DEPOSITORY OF 



Or lietter* fron^i Those Who ¥fave IVfade 

 Bee Culture a. Failure. 



QUEENS FLYrjiQ AWAY IJT INTRODCCnfG. 



Jipr report Is not very encouni'ring. so I guess I 

 rS will not send it. but will give a little of my 

 >-* experience ( which is a d°ar teach-^r though 

 fools will learn in no otherK I had a stock which I 

 supposed was iiueenless. as I could find neither eggs 

 nor queen. So when the nueen vou sent me ar- 

 rived. I proceeded to int-oduce her majesty as di- 

 rected. In 15 minutes. I found he- in .1 ball on the 

 bottom of the hive, caged her. and searched and 

 found a nueen with one wing. I placed the cage on 

 top of the frames, and next day found the bees 

 walking over the ca?e, and all seemed quiet: I 

 opened the cage when the bees rushed in, and the 

 queen rushed out and flew away, but did not come 

 back. Not very good property up among the clouds. 

 My hopes are not blasted vet: shall trv again. 



M. L. Hudson. 

 Charles City, Iowa, Oct. 21st, 187S. 



I have tried hard to find just one letter for 

 this department, but the above is the best I 

 could do amonsr the ABC class. Perhaps 

 some of the veterans mi?ht have given us a 

 more fitting one. if they only would. This 

 flying away of queens is rather bad business; 

 I "do not know but we shall have to clip all 

 the wings before we send them out. after all. 

 Daubing their wings don't always do, for 

 they often have to be caged ag-iin. and then 

 the'honey drying on their bodies is liable to 

 kill them, by stopping their breathing pores. 

 If put among the bees, where they can be 

 licked off. it does them no harm. 



