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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
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MEDINA,' irCTISTB 1, 1874- 
“Blasted Hopes'’ is so large we couldn’t put it in 
at all. “Reports Encouraging.” tolerable, but “Hum- 
bugs and Swindles” have dwindled down to nothing 
worthy of publication, which is the best news of all. 
Fruit blossoms are furnishing an unpiecedented 
amount of honey, is the report from almost every side. 
Oh that we had bees to gather it. ‘Easy” says “buy 
’em,” but Prudence says, “No Sir 'ee. Learn how to 
keep ’em first.” 
We feel daily more strongly convinced that the two 
story hive is about to be laid aside, and the double 
width one9 used instead. We shall in future keep 
only the latter made up on hand, and only make the 
former to order . 
Mu. Moth this month advertises an extra flne qual- 
ity of flint glass Honey Jars. Just the thing where 
you wish something extra nice ; say, for a present for 
instance. Who would not be pleased with a nice flint 
glass jar of honey ? 
Again, we are obliged to omit many things we dls- | 
liked to, and have even been obliged to put diagram 
of Queen cage on the cover. We fear our friends 
will think as we do sometimes, that we have Inserted 
unimportant matters and omitted those of value. 
“I. ike enough,” for after all “we’ve all poor cre’tur’s.” 
Mu. Alley was one of the first, if not the first who 
attempted to raise good Queens at a Jow price. Some 
of our Medina Bee-keepers' think the best Queens 
they have had. have been from among those rec'd of 
Mr. A. See his advertisement in this number. 
Those who have already subscribed for Gleanings, 
can have Mm. Tapper's Journal or the A. B. J. by 
sending us $1.50; R. K. M. $l.ou. This gives our read- 
ers an opportunity of taking all the .Journals if they 
wish, at a low rate. We will try and make equally 
advantageous terms for the Bee World when they get 
it out on time, and with a little more care. All the 
rest come to us now, full up to time. 
We too have an imported Queen just from Italy. 
.She was brought by an old acquaintance, and we 
feel as much confidence In her, as if we had brought 
her personally. He started with 30 and brought 
home safely 27 : is not that pretty well ‘t As she cost 
us $15.00, we did not dare risk an introduction, and so 
placed her and accompanying bees, on three combs 
of hatching brood, carefully brushing off every bee as 
they were taken from the hives. This was the 22nd, 
and to-day— -25th, they are a fair little colony. 
We have just learned of the sudden death of one of 
our number. A letter from him appears in Heads of 
Grain, written apparently without a thought that he 
was so soon to leave all things earthly. We learn his 
bees will a great part of them be sold soon. Address 
as per advertisement in May No., M. Miller, Penin- 
sula, O. May peace bo his lot, and that of nil other 
good Bee-Keepers’, when they leave us, for that 
Great Unknown other World. 
In answer to many Inquiries, we would say that we 
would have no hesitation In feeding the honey, and 
using the combs of colonies that died In the win- 
ter, providing it bo fed in warm weather. Get it 
worked up into brood if possible. 
We have never heard of any trouble during the hot 
summer months. We would teed it In the combs by 
all means, and it may thus be made to save an equal 
amount of our finest honey if it is not first quality it- 
self. The combs are very valuable for building up 
stocks, and the honey stored or sealed up in them, we 
think In the best shape to feed it can possibly be. 
All about the Averill Chemical Paint, how to use 
it, how much it costs, how much is needed for a 
square yard of surface, etc., etc., can he gathered from 
the price list and sample card, that will be furnished 
on application to the Co., whose advertisement see in 
this No. We have remarked more than once before, 
that we would use nothing else for bee hives, ami we 
now add that we should never think of hiring a paint- 
er, even had we one hundred hives to paint yearly. 
Our paint pot was last used, and put away with the 
brush in It. Nov. 22nd, and remained uncovered and 
untouched until May 9th, a period of nearly ft months, 
when it was brought out and a couple of hives painted 
in good shape In less than 20 minutes; yet the paint 
is dry enough to handle without soiling, in a few 
hours afterward. And best of all, it runs smooth it- 
self, no matter how inexperienced is the hand that 
puts it on. 
We would he very glad indeed, to be shown that an 
efficient Extractor could be made for 81.00, but from 
an examination of one sent us by Mr. A. N. Draper, of 
Upper Alton, 111., we fear it cannot be suid to be a 
decided success as yet. 
The machine is a tin case something like a dripping 
pan, having a sheet of wire-cloth framed in tin, laid 
over the top; the comb is laid on this, and the whole 
apparatus is whirled about the head by means of four 
cords attached to the corners. 
The apparatus will certainly work, (but the wire- 
cloth will need to be better supported than in the 
sample sent us), and for a very few hives It might give 
fair satisfaction. 
As the case must be emptied for each full comb, tin- 
work must necessarily go on very slowly, and all 
things considered we fear few would be content with 
the implement; especially after the number of their 
colonies had Increased very much, as bees may ahvaj* 
be expected to do. / 
Although we have criticised the Bee World's ty- 
pography etc., severely, it was not done with the 
intent ion of injuring Mr. Moon, but on the contrary, 
with the hope that it might Induce him to be a little 
more careful in his proof reading. We believe 'tis 
well known that the most powerful corrective of bad 
spelling, punctuation etc., Is the ridicule that gener- 
ally attends “short comings” in that direction ; what- 
ever comes from the press un corrected, is sure to be 
pointed out sooner or later by some one. 
We are well aware that Gleanings contains errors 
I ' n spite of the best we can do, and value criticism 
; more than we do commendations; for how are we to 
I improve unless errors that we overlook are pointed 
j out to us, by those who notice them ? When the Bee 
I World comes to us with no more errors than are to be 
