“ KO vice's" GLEAKINUS IK BEE CULTDHE. 
NOVICE’S 
^Ic»ninj[js in $cc C^itltitrc. 
A. I. ROOT & CO., 
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. 
Published Monthly, at Medina, Ohio, 
Terms: 75o. per Annum. 
Ani/one sendinovs 5 Subscribers can retain*oc. for 
their trouble , and in the same proportion 
for a larger number* 
[PRINTED AT MEDINA COUNTY GAZETTE OFFICE.) 
Medina, Dec. 1, 1873. 
Imagine Novice’s consternation at find- 
ing the types in the .4. R. J. careless- 
ly allowed to make him say he had "more 
friends than he desired,'' when it should 
have read deserved ! 
After the "cider” colony had dwindled 
down to less than a pint of bees and wero 
evidently' near their demise, they were 
handed over to the tender mercies of P. 
G., at her earnest solicitation, and they 
are now humming merrily under the com- 
bined effects of clean dry comb, candy, 
sugar syrup, and a warm room. We pro- 
pose to follow their adventures, should , 
they survive long enough to meet with 
any. " 
Should we offer cbromo3 and the like 
as premiums, some might be induced to 
take our little Journal on that account, 
and not for its own intrinsic, merits. 
This we would not have, much as w r e 
would like to see its circulation increas- 
ed, and when it can not still continue to 
make its way simply on account of its I 
value to beo keepers, wc will "bow and 
retire,” still having full confidence in tho 
discriminative appreciation of our Amer- 
ican people. 
lx our notice of the Bee Jsce2>crs' 
Journal in our Jan. No., wc mentioned 
that it was to be hoped the “patent hive 
teaturo" might be removed, and wc arc 
now happy to state that such is the case. 
See advertisement. Chromo's aro cer- 
tainly less objectionable, when 'tis optional 
with tho subscriber whether they have 
them or net, and as the National Agri- 
culturist and Bee Journal is oQ'ered for 
11.00, witbou any premium we consider 
it quite low, for so pretty a family paper. 
Our index to Vol. I, of “Gleanings," 
will he given in our Circular and Price 
List for 1874, which will be issued this 
month. It will be mailed to all subscri- 
bers as soon ns out, and will be sent to 
any one else on application. 
Nov. 21. — "P. G." insists that the bees 
should have been housed before this 
severe wintery weather, but Novice says 
there has been no suitable weather for 
moving them, and that just a9 soon as the 
hives are dry again he will fix them all 
nicely. 
Notwithstanding the fact that “Glean- 
ings" will be considerably enlarged, be- 
sides being printed with new type, new 
press, and on new paper, for 1874, we 
shall furnish it for only fifty cents, in 
clubs of ten or over. Any one sending 
u3 ten names at 75 cents each can, of 
course, retain $2.50 for their trouble, and 
all over 50c. each, for any additional num- 
ber' Additions to clubs may be made at 
any time, and when the number reaches 
ten, we will credit the amount that has 
been sent us over 50c. each. 
Should any be so unfortunate as to 
have bees destitute of adequate food for 
winter when this roaches them, we should 
advise using plain candy. Mr. Wilken, of 
Cadiz, O., has just paid us a visit, and 
among many valuable items given us, he 
mentioned that he had frequently saved 
colonies even in midwinter under circum* 
stances like the following: An old Qua- 
ker had two colonies in December that 
had stores insufficient to last them a 
month, and had left them to their fate, as 
he couldn’t "fuss to feed them." As Mr. 
TV. was pressed lor time, he proposed to 
savo both, for one of them asfpaymont in 
the spring, which proposition was readily 
accepted. We think a dollar’s worth was 
purchased, the hives were inverted, and 
the sticks pushed between the combs, the 
two colonies being placed in a cellar, of 
course. Our friend saw no more of them 
until the following summer, when ho found 
both had swarmed and all wero doing 
well. Tho owner gladly paid him for can- 
dy and trouble, and went his way rejoi- 
cing. Mr. W. was unable to add that (so 
far as he had observed) candy storos wore 
a preventive of the bee disease, although 
his experiments have been only with such 
as had partially enough honey to winter. 
