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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
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they have had Vol. 1., also; and 11' 11 y. 7, 'precedes 
the 3, It means they have both the Photo., and Vol. 1., 
in order that we may know in answering any Inqui- 
ries a subscriber may make, what he has at hand to 
enable ns to make our answers fully understood, with- 
out going to too great length In writing him. 
’Tis no very difficult matter to make any of the 
hives you may have in use, over into the New Idea 
plan. All that is necessary is to remove one side 
from two of them and fasten them together side by 
side. The covers and bottom-boards can be united 
weather proof by the strips of tin mentioned on page 
.'111. Make the joints air-tight, and then make them 
look as well as you can with paint. Although, ’tis 
true, new hives just as we want them arc rather 
nicer, yet many feel as if they cannot afford to throw 
away their old ones, and we must avoid paying cash 
out, certainly. If we are going to make the ljfisincss 
self sustai ning. 
livKKV day brings reports from different localtles, 
of successful wintering ; those wintering in doors and 
out, on sugar syrup and natural stores, with old bees 
<>r young, upward ventilation and lower, and even 
■with stores entirely unsealed , both of honey and syrup, 
in fact under almost all circumstances, seem alike 
to have been successful. Can we not all joiu togeth- 
er in a feeling of gratitude and thankfulness, without 
sto pping to quarrel over who was right and who was 
wrong. One friends who feel inclined to lie so very 
sure they have fouud the bottom of the matter, should 
remember that where all have succeeded, nothing is 
proved. [Since the above was written a Jew losses 
have been reported.] 
“Wht, Mrs. Tapper 1 ” Is it possible your bees 
also object to using combs transferred In a different 
position from the one in which they were built? 
We have for years used the combs cut from tail box 
hives, turned down horizontally, and transferred at 
one time the combs from 30 American hives to the L. 
Ironies, turning a half of every comb. We have many 
times also for experiment turned deep store combs 
upside down, and they tilled them with honey right 
speedily. 
Again, our Revolvable and Reversible ft-iend Price, 
lias a hive Unit admits of being revolved every few 
days to make the bees labrn- more industriously.' 
We haven’t heard from him at all since ids contro- 
versy with Undent. Where are you ft-iend P. ? 
It s a funny way, some people havo of abusing 
another in print, and then apologizing by letter. It 
Certainly makes it all square, and perfectly satisfac- 
tory, besides being soothing to the feelings. 
It often reminds us of the woman of Irish birth, 
who after having sold a heavy silver watch case to a 
•Jeweler, aud got the money carefully knotted in a 
corner of her handkerchief, remarked excitingly. 
And it was my Jemmy as stole the watch from 
one of the ‘b’yee’ at school, he did.” 
Stole it did you say? ” replied the alarmed Jewel- 
er, extending the watch back toward her. 
All, taitli and bejabers and didn’t I larrup him 
wen for it ? It’s all right.” And off she marched 
riumpliantly, leaving the Jeweler to moralize on her 
" ay 01 easing ones conscience. 
" k shall really be obliged to state for the benefit of 
' ‘“'’Kbtless few, that our large supply of the differ- 
< n ho s ot \ ol. 1, cost us considerable money, and we 
cannot pfre them to those who did not subscribe for 
them. We value complimentary letters where we 
think them sincere, but when they wind up with a 
request for something of which they have omitted the 
necessary remuneration for the cOBt of getting up, 
we have a kind of feeling that we would regard the 
enclosure of the modest little sum of 75c. as the high 
est compliment that can possibly be paid Gleanings. 
We really shall have to make it something this way: 
Sample numbers, our choice, ftee; your choice 10c. 
each. 
Of course we shall always think it a pleasure to 
furnish our regular subscribers with missing No’s, or 
to replace any they may have loaned or soiled in pro- 
curing subscriptions, free of charge. 
Mn. Moon takes nearly a page to show that we pro- 
nounced the introduction of virgin Queens risky, but 
afterward discovered it to be much easier than the in- 
troduction of fertile Queens. Mr. M. also states that it 
was well known before, which we are very happy to 
hear, for he certainly has faith then In a matter we ex- 
pect to have stubbornly contested. For instance: In 
R. A . Af, for March, Mr. King replies to a correspond- 
ent who asks if t’wlll do to introduce Queens as soon as 
hatched, in the following prompt and ready manner : 
“No. Bees arc more Inclined to kill unfertile Queens” 
Now friend M. you will do us quite a favor If you 
will show Mr. K. his error. 
“Our Discovery.” Well ’twas substantially this : 
A Queen newly hatched will treat the first bees she 
meets as if they were of her own family, and they in 
turn either pay no attention to her, or treat her kindly ; 
but if she has been with the bees of any particular hive 
long enough to get acquainted (even for one hour) she 
will act as an intruder among any other bees, aud will 
be liable to be stung. Had Mr. M. been over our ex- 
periments detailed in Vol. 1, he might not have misun- 
derstood our remarks. We would like to add that the 
World is Improving, but wo find seventeen distinct er- 
rors in spelling, punctuation etc., in the editorial re- 
ferred to. Mr. M. may be an excellent practical Api- 
arist, nevertheless. 
soon itoiii ® 
Every good housewife, Is supposed to know 
how to serve up honey for food without any 
instruction, and all are familiar with its fit- 
ness for warm biscuit, or hot buckwheat cakes, 
but we beg leave to suggest a dish, in our opin- 
ion far superior to either, and certainly more 
wholesome. Get some clean nice wheat, the 
best you can find, have it ground so coarsely 
that the grains are just broken, in fact we call 
it “cracked wheat”; a common coffee mill set 
very coarsely will grind a sample for you to 
try, but in our family nothing short of that 
“ everlasting windmill ” could begin to .supply 
the demand. Boil it thoroughly with just 
enough water to allow it to turn out of a dish 
when cold, like jelly. To serve, cut it in slices 
and warm it in the oven until it will melt but- 
ter nicely, pour on plenty of clover honey and 
we leave the matter with you, we are done. 
Yet stay ! It only costs per lb, just one half 
the price of wheat flour, aud if you wish to 
“ hold out ’ till noon on a heavj’ day's work 
that must be done before that time, try it. 
I have 250 lbs comb honey, mostly basswood— want 
25c. lor it, here. J. F. Temple, Ridgeway, Mich. 
1 have about 1400 lbs ext’d honey, from golden rod* 
buckwheat and boneset; I am offered 13c. but want 15 - 
bob. 24 lli Ini. James Hkddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 
