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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
of the animal heat of the hive, although the 
actual cost did not exceed two dollars. Either 
of these had to be lifted out of the hive to make 
an examination, and to insert or take out cells 
or queens, some of the little doors had to be 
opened ; mischievous young bees had to be got 
out or in etc. ; but with the 54 cage nursery 
we had no bees in the way at all, and a simple 
rolling back of the cloth opened every cell or 
queen to view at once. Now it would almost 
seem that this latter arrangement should sat- 
isfy every one, but in all these nurseries we are 
at the mercy and caprice of the weather and 
the outside cells would many times fail to 
hatch. Artificial heat we found a perfect rem- 
edy, and large yellow queens such as are ordi- 
narily never seen only during our warmest 
summer weather became the rule, and poorly 
sized or colored ones the exception. 
Are we not right in considering the latter 
plan in connection with our discovery that 
queens just hatched could be “let loose” any 
where, far in advance of any of the nurseries? 
Now Miss, or Mrs. Anna, instead of telling 
you how soon we can rear queens in Ohio, we 
would most earnestly urge that you should 
lend a hand. With the great advantages 
of your southern clime you should be able to 
rear a thousand queens in a season , which we 
should consider. a very fair income for a lady 
to secure, especially as it may be done all at 
her own home. We think we can send you 
customers without charge lor all you can pro- 
duce. Somebody in the southern states must 
rear queens, we don’t see how we can get 
along otherwise. 
We presume it will not be safe to calculate 
on queens in our locality much before June 1st, 
although we are going to try hard to “steal a 
march” on the weather. In answer to a great 
number of inquiries as to how soon we can 
furnish from one to a dozen, we shall have to 
say we can only promise to let you know when 
they are ready. We book orders with or with- 
out the money but the former always have the 
preference, and none will be shipped until 
paid for. 
I shall still continue to raise dollar queens, so you 
may put me down in your list, 1 want to raise fiOO at 
least and will more if I can. I E Daniels, Lodi, Ohio. 
I will undertake to rear queens for Si. 00, under the 
conditions you name. Dr. J. P. II. Brown. 
Augusta. Ga. 
Glad to add your names to our list. Several 
have asked if we could sell 50 or 100 at one 
time, any cheaper. We should say no, not even 
1000. We will give a list of the “Volunteers” 
in the “cause” when the season opens. 
lx o Mm w c ox,, pmh; 
yrf HAVE 1000 lbs. of extracted honey that I would 
I like to sell at ‘20c. 
=y R. Wilkin, Cadi/., O. 
We clip the following from an article from 
“E. A.” in the Cincinnati Commercial. 
A little time ago my friends the Quintuses bought 
some honey. The grocer had two kinds of honey— 
strained ho’nev sealed up in a bottle, and honey In the 
comb, in a little square wooden frame, just as the bees 
made it. [The bees never saw the other.] With vis- 
ions of the delicious strained honey of his grandmoth- 
er's time before his eyes, Quintus bought a bottle of 
the stuff (Milled strained honey, and carried it home 
rejoicing. The grocer warranted it to be pure strain- | 
ed honey. The Quintuses proceeded to unbottle ik 
and pour it over the morning buckwheat cakes— so 
delightful, you know, buckwheat cakes and honey, 
nothing's like 'em. Alas for the lioneyed hopes of 
humanity ! Quintus’ strained honey was sweetened 
water. Quintus had paid forty ceiits per pound for 
water. Maybe water’ll be worth that much before 
the new Water-works are built, but it’s nothing like 
so high as that now. Quintus tried It again. He 
wouldn’t give it up. The second time he bought the 
comb honey, in the little wooden frame. This sort of 
honey, comb and all, was worth llftv cents per pound. 
Quintus was surprised at that. The grocer had as- 
sured him that the strained honey was the simon-pure 
article. Now, if that was pure honey, how on earth 
could the bee-keeper afford the labor of crushing the 
comb, straining it out, buying the cork and bottle, 
putting the honey into the bottle, ami sealing it up, 
and then sell it ten cents per pound cheaper than he 
sold it before he took it out of the comb. Quintus has- 
been studying the problem ever since, and he can’t, 
get it through his head yet. He hereby submits the 
question to all grocers and bee-keepers for their con- 
sideration. Quintus bought the little frame of honey, 
though. The grocer weighed it to see how much 
honey there was. He put a large piece of heavy 
brown paper upon the scales Ill's t ; then he wrapped 
the frame of honey up iu a quantity of other paper; 
then he weighed the whole together— paper, nine 
frame and honey. It weighed a pound and a half, it 
I am not mistaken. The grocer said there was a 
pound and a half of honey- Thus he sold brown pa- 
per and nine wood at the rate of llftv cents per pound. 
Quintus nas noticed since, and he finds that his gro- 
cer sells all his brown paper in much the same way, 
Quintus thinks of setting up in the grocery line arid 
selling brown paper at fifty cents a pound. 
Cannot some one set “ E. A.” on her feet 
with her face turned in the right direction? 
She evidently “means well.” If she will give 
us her address we'll send her ajar of “ strained” 
honey, equal to “ grandmother’s.” 
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