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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
July. 
Gleanings in Bee Culture, 
Published monthly, 
-A_ I. ROOT Sc CO., 
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS 
MEDINA To HI oT~ 
Terms: 75e. Per Annum. 
For Club Rates see Last Page. 
MEDINA, JULYl,1874r 
Roll of Honor, is so large, ’twas crowded out en- 
tirely. 
Miss Anna Saundeks, and W. J. Standcfer, have 
more orders for Queens than they can fill. 
The yield of honey is reported good in some? places, 
poor in others, and extra good in a few localities. 
Mr. L. B. Hogue sends us a sample of a new honey 
jar. It is of flint glass, very neat, and the price is 
very low. 
We are happy to state that Mr. E. Kretchmer whose 
advertisement appears in this number, has abandoned 
the “right” business. His prices for implements are 
quite reasonable. 
By a series of fortuitous events we find to-day, 2Gth, 
three more of our hives well populated, one of these 
densely, and we are now 27. Will tell how we hive 
natural swarms next month. 
E. C. Blakeslee who advertises in this number, 
rears from au imported Queen that came with our 
own, and is in every respect her equal. We cheerful- 
ly recommend Mr. B. as being prompt and reliable. 
Tiie Standard Hive works excellently, and we are 
inclined to think comb building goes on with better 
economy than where the entrance allows a passage of 
air directly between all the combs. It Is possible the 
same may be said of brood rearing also. ’Tls true the 
L. frame may be worked in a long hive the same way, 
but their length makes them much more Inconvenient 
to handle. 
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We arc so unfortunate as to have no colonies that 
have as yet required any subduing to speak of, but 
yet we have given the wormwood spoken of in our 
last number, a trial. It will without doubt, at once 
quell a colony, that might threaten to disregard the 
smoke of rotten wood alone, and It is very easily used, 
for we have only to sprinkle the leaves of the dried 
herb on the coals in our sauce pan smoker. 
The Bee World , for June made its appearance 
promptly a little after the first of the month, and we 
are happy to add with an appearance indicative of 
much care in its general “ get up ”. We hope it may 
receive a liberal support so long as it is kept equal to 
the number in question. 
Terms, $2.00 per year. We can furnish it with 
Gleanings, for $2.25 or to our present subscribers for 
$1.50. 
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We will send eggs and larva* by mall, from our 
queen just Imported from Italy, for 25c. Those situa- 
ted so near by, that they can get them the same day 
they are mailed, will probably rear queens from them . 
When they arc to go a greater distance, we can al- 
most guarantee them to be useless. A great number 
of experiments were made last season, but they were 
entire failures, except when they were only sent to 
adjoining, or neighboring counties. We will send 
the eggs promptly, but can be responsible no farther 
for the success of the experiment. 
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We are pained to learn that Hr. Hamlin of Edge- 
field Junction, Tenn., died on the 24th of May. The 
Dr., has been one of our veterans in Bee Culture, has 
been especially active in rearing and disseminating 
the Italians, and has for many years controlled a 
large Apiary. m \ m 
We hold ourselves at all times, responsible for the 
prompt appearance of Gleanings at the beginning of 
each month, but not for any of the Journals with 
which we club. We guarnatee that their respective 
publishers receive themoi ey t and correct address, and 
after that all responsibility on our part ceases. 
In mentioning last month, the comb baskets offered 
by Kruschke Bro’s, Berlin, Wis., we omitted to give 
residence. A sample of the Rape seed, they advertise, 
sent us, proves it to be quite unlike our own. Their 
little book on Rape Culture etc., is now mailed on re- 
ceipt of a stamp. 
The Basswood Orchard has recovered from the ef- 
fects of the “Grasshopper siege” of last summer, and 
the trees are now waving their thousands of bright 
green leaves, in a way that seems to say “we’re good 
lor barrels of honey if you’ll only wait patiently a few 
years.” ^ 
Oun June No. was badly printed, some Nos. very, 
and we will with pleasure send a better one on being 
notified. The Bee World discovered our vulnerable 
point, and very properly remarked that bad print was 
as bad, as bad grammar. That’s right, if Novices can’t 
keep the “rolls” in order it’s their business to get 
some one that can teach them how. 
We omitted to mention that the glass jar for giv- 
ing bees water, should be supported by three bits of 
glass placed under its mouth, when inverted, or the 
water will not present surface enough to give a large 
number of bees a chance. 
Also, under the head of quilts, we should have sta- 
ted that the space above the frames in the Simplicity 
two story hives, was necessarily made shallow, to 
avoid having too great a space between the upper ami 
lower combs, when the hive was used two story. With 
the Standard hive, nothing prevents having all the 
depth required for tucking down the quilt with facili- 
ty. We therefore make the rabbet 1# by % which, af- 
ter putting in the metal rabbet, leaves a space between 
t he top of the frames and the upper edge of the hive 
of about %, of an inch, which is about light to hold a 
? ;ood thick warm quilt, or a straw mat if preferred, 
or wintering^ ^ ^ ^ 
We find upon actual trial, that Quinby’s Now Smo- 
ker has many qualities that we have not given it cred- 
it for heretofore. It is very light and very neat, ami 
perhaps the most ingenious part of it is, that if stood 
on end, it will burn for an hour, or more if need be, 
but will go out at once when laid on its side. It will also 
drive bees any where we wish, with an ease ami 
speed, and wit h an extremely small amount of smoke 
that w as an agreeable surprise on first using it. We 
should be very glad to stop here, and not mention 
that it all came to pieces before we bad used it an 
hour, In consequence of its having been put together 
with soft solder, but such is the fact. We wrote to 
Mr. Q. at once, and he will doubtless sec that they are 
properly made hereafter. When ours got cold we 
managed to fasten it without the solder, and It is non 
certainly a most convenient implement In the A plan* 
The bellows part of It is exceedingly well made a jm 
very light and neat, and as the combination is entire- 
ly Mr.Q’s invention we hereby protest against Its 
ing copied by others without his consent. With t 
smoker, the dilllculties of opening the Quinby h‘ u 
would be very much lessened. 
