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“ NOVICE’S " GLEANINQS IN BEE CULTURE. 
gleanings in §|ult«rc. 
A. I. ROOT Si CO., 
EDITORS AND PBOPRIETORS. 
Published Monthly, at Medina, Ohio. 
Terms: 75c. per .A.zinaixn. 
Any one sending us 5 Subscribers con retain ' 75c. for 
their trouble % and in the Home proportion 
for a larger number. 
(PRINTED AT MEDINA JMUNTY GAZETTE OFFICE.] 
Medina, Oct, 1, 1873. 
Ox page 55 July No. it seems a line was 
omitted in Mr. Pratt's article. After the 
words “old hive," read “and allow "them 
to enter the new one,” which, etc. 
“My little girl sends love and a hiss to 
the ‘blue-eyed baby,’ ” writes a subscriber; 
and we return the compliment hoping the 
“baby” may live to know all her friends, 
through "Gleanings,” at least, if not in 
person . 
“Mrs. N.” and “P. G.” earnestly re- 
quest our friends nol to use magnifying 
glasses in viewing the photo, for the ar- 
tist assured them that no one could see 
their eyes even if the blazing western sun 
did almost put them out. It was neces- 
sary to have all objects illuminated by the 
sun direct, for a well defined picture. 
Wi: have quite a number of complaints 
that a few who advertise queens largely 
have received money for them and will 
not even answer letters of inquiry in re- 
gard to it. \Ve have written to these per- 
sons direct, and if they give us no explan- 
ation we shall give them the benefit of a 
free advertisement of their mode of doing 
business. We propose sifting out the 
unreliable names. 
Perhaps we should remark, in regard 
to our discovery in introducing queens 
just hatched, that Mr. Langstroth almost 
suggested the same thing at the Cincin- 
nati convention, and that ('. C. Miller, of 
Marengo, 111., also said, in the American 
Bee Journal, some time ago, that it could 
be done with a colony constructing queen 
cells; however, strange as it may seem, 
we have found, as yet, no colony hostile 
to a queen just hatched, although a few 
have been missing the next day, 
Last month we made the offer of wire 
cloth for extractors by mail for 25c., but 
further experiment showed that the light, 
close mesh was unsuitable for very thick 
honey’, and none could be found in the 
market just as it should be. As the coarse 
wire is heavier and costs more because 
made especially to order, we shall have to 
charge 15c. per square foot for it. The 
untinned, such as we have been using, we 
can furnish for 8c. per square foot. If 
sent by mail, postage will be fie. addition- 
al. We can furnish also very nice tinned 
wire cloth for queen cages, sixteen mesh- 
es to the inch, for 15c. per square foot ; 
postage, tc. per square foot. 
We hope our friends will accept our 
thanks for circulars sent us pertaining to 
bee Culture. While most of them seem 
to have been sent out with a wish of doing 
a fair and honest business, we find it is 
hard to get over the old idea of “selling 
rights." 
llusg Bee is sont fora three cent stamp, 
and, even if it does run a patent hive, 
contains considerable that is valuable and 
but few errors. We clip the following : 
ARTIFICIAL HONEY OR BEE FOOD. 
“During the winter of 1871-72 our bees 
wore lacking supplies, and being anxious 
to obtain a cheap and reliable food 1 
communicated my knowledge and obser- 
vations on artificial bee food to an emi- 
nent chemist of New York, and employed 
his services to aid in compounding a food 
answering the same purpose as honey. 
After conducting a number of expensive 
experiments we succeeded in discovering 
a correct method for compounding an 
artificial honey equal in every respects to 
the natural article, and at one-third to 
one-half the cost of honey’. To obtain 
this recipe has Cost me nearly $500. 00, 
besides my time and experiments, but it. 
is the sublime mode of making honey in 
every respect as good as that made by 
the bees, and if the simple directions are 
followed in mixing it will appear like 
amber, clear and fresh, free from wax and 
unfomenting. It will also keep in any 
climate. If bees are fed upon this Am- 
brosial Honey they can be wintered with- 
out any of the risks or other disadvanta- 
ges consequent upon depending on the 
natural method alone for the needful sup- 
ply. The Ambrosial Honey can be made 
by any one with ordinary kitchen utensils, 
and with very little labor.” 
"To enable bee keepers to satisfactorily’ 
compound this cheap and beautiful arti- 
cle of food we have the recipe printed 
with full directions to manufacture and 
use, so each one with very’ little outlay 
can have the benefit of our labor and es- 
j pensive experiments. The recipe to 
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