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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
W. M. Kellogg, Oneida, Knox Co., Ills. P. 
141, Vol.2. 
I). N. Kern, Shimersville, Lehigli Co., Pa. P. 
57, 60, 70, 72, and 84, Vol. 2 ; 1), anti 26, Yol. 3. 
Friend ly seems to be the original inventor, 
and for that matter the sole advocate at pres- 
ent, of cloth curtains for keeping the bees from 
the sun, and keeping oil' cold winds. The fa- 
cility and quietness with which curtains can 
be moved, it seems to us places them before 
glass and shutters, that is if we really need to 
give the bees sunshine between the months of 
Nov. and March, a point on which we confess 
to be undecided. 
E. Kketchmeb, Coburg, Montgomery Co., la. 
As a matter of historical record, I may state, that I 
have owned Italian bees longer than any person In 
America. Being raised only 5 miles l'rom the residence 
of llzierzon, ol' Carlsmarkt, Silesia, 1 had the pleas- 
ure ol' seeing the lirst Italian bees ever brought to 
Germany In 1858. In the same year my lather obtained 
a Queen from llzierzon, and on the 14th of March, 
ISM. 1 received a swarm of pure Italian bees as a birth 
(fay present. For my lirst Queen in America I paid 
8150.00 gold, and in A'ugnst 1801, [then in the U. S. Ar- 
my] I sold my first colony of Italian bees for 8150.00; 
quite a difference from present piices. 
We have decided to give the above a place, 
yet it seems to us unaccountable that Italians 
should have been sold at such figures the same 
year that the A. B. J. was .started. We find 
them advertised at that time on its pages at 
prices not so very much in advance of the pres- 
ent ones for full colonies. Was it not Confed- 
erate money friend K. ? 
Mb. & Mns. D. P. Lane, Koshkonong, Rock 
Co., Wis. P. !), 51, 94, and 143, Yol. 2 ; 34, Vol. 3. 
C. T. Lane, Koshkonong, Rock Co., Wis. 
P. Lattneb, Lattners, Dubuque Co., Iowa, 
writes : 
In I lie spring of '7t I started with -’4 colonies mostly 
weak, had plenty of empty combs [lost 110 colonies in 
the spring of 1878 with the dysentery] and took witli 
extractor 8B40 lbs. of honey. Sold all but about 
150 lbs. at ‘20 to 25c. per lb. Increased to 40 and put 48 
in winter quarters, lor the first time, in a dry cellar. 
Examined them March 8rd, all right, except one Queen- 
less, brood in nearly all stages. My bees hail not one 
ineli of comb to build. Increased artificially, alter 
the honey season was over. Enclosed find l’hoto for 
your Medley, if you think It won’t "bust” it. 
If the Medley won't stand tt report from such 
a bee-keeper as you, friend L., it ought to be — 
Ahem. vVc fear our veterans arc not equal to 
the task of 150 lbs. to the colony besides doub- 
ling the stock, even if they do have combs 
unlimited. Who cun do better with 24 colo- 
nies ? 
E. Liston, Virgil City, Cedar Co., Mo. 
P. Livingston, New Salem, Alb. Co., N. Y. 
J. F. Love, Cornersville, Tenn. 
W. S. Lunt, Fostoria, Hancock Co., O. Page 
22, Vol. 3. 
T. G. McGaw, Monmouth, Warren Co., Ills. 
Pages 99, and 120, Vol. 2. 
I now have GO stocks, and 0 nuclei. 1 expect to 
winter and spring every one of these. I won’t tell 
you now how much honey I expect to take from them. 
A. McMains, Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa. P. 60, 
and 96, Vol. 2. From the cheerful tone of 
friend M’s letters we would not think of his 
being deaf, yet the Intense questioning look so 
common in such cases is clearly seen in the 
Photo. He writes: 
I liavo not heard a word since I was about 15 years 
old ami 1 am now near 84, but 1 can talk well. It will 
bo a great pleasure to look upon the faces of the many 
whose Interesting articles we have been reading so 
long. 
Rev. J. Meador, Dover, N. II. 
Dit. C. C. Milleb, Chicago, Ills. Pages 9, 50, 
57, and 140, Vol. 2, and 52, Vol. 3. 
N. C. Mitchell, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Co- 
lumbia, Tenn., and finally Defiance, O., when 
last heard from. Friend M. teaches school for 
the benefit of those benighted in the science of 
bee culture, and also for the purpose of getting 
$30.00 for one lesson occupying less than two 
hours. He also keeps very valuable receipts 
for sale telling things that can never be found 
in any Journal. You pay him the money (from 
5 to $50.00) and then learn that lie by mistake 
left the precious papers at home but that they 
will be sent first mail etc., etc. Our readers 
may be astonished to learn that he does gel 
large sums in this way, and even from neigh- 
borhoods where Gleanings circulates at that. 
See pages 80, Vol. 1 ; 20, 32, and 128 Vol. 2; 22, 
Vol. 3. We earnestly pray that Mr. M. may be 
led to see the error of his ways, and become a 
useful member of our branch of industry. He 
is smart and talented and could easily make a 
handsome income by raising honey and bees 
honestly, instead of prowling about the country 
as he does. 
G. C. Milleb, Mt. Hanley, Nova Scotia. Page 
106, and 143, Vol. S. 
J. P. Moobe, Binghampton, N. Y. P. 118, 130, 
and 143, Vol. 2. 
W. P. Moobe, M. D., Richland Station, Sum- 
ner Co., Tenn. Page 110. Vol. 2. 
J. E. Moobe, Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa. 
Tiieo. Moltz, West Fairview, Pa. Pages 80, 
103, Vol. 2. 
P. Moiileb, Oneida, Knox Co., Ills. 
CnAS. F. Mutii, Cincinnati, O. Pages 10, 22, 
33, 139, Vol. 2 ; 19, Vol. 3. 
Samuel Mumma, Ilighspire, Dauphin Co., Pa. 
Page 102, Vol. 2. 
A. J. Mubbay, Memphis, Tenn., is widely 
known as a writer on Apiculture. He says : 
From experience during the war, [I was a "Johnny 
lteb”) I found Ihe bee-keepers Ignorant. I was raised 
among bees in Europe, and loved them, and as soon 
ns 1 had ti home of my own, 1 began to study them 
again closely, and 1 have given my experience 
and advice for the past 5 years, through llie columns 
of Ihe Southern limner, ‘Southern Cultivator, Rural 
Alabamian, Our Home Journal, and Texas Runner, 
besides other papers that tmve lived and died some 
lime ago. By inis means I have awakened an interest 
in bee-keeping that was never known before, and the 
interest continues to increase. 
James Makkle, New Salem, Alb. Co., N. Y. 
J. II. Mabtin, (“Scientific”) Hartford, N. Y. 
P. 116, Vol. 2. Scientific is pretty well known 
as a faithful and disinterested writer, in A. B. 
J. particularly. 
S. D. McClean, Culleoka, Maury Co., Tenn. 
By your rule of judging it bee-keeper by the tons of 
honey he sells, you won’t know where to locate me, 
as I have never made a report of my success, blit will 
try and be content with the position assigned me. 
J. McElbatii, Asbury, N. J. 
Native Australian. 
We should like very much to be able to state 
positively that this individual is a bee-keeper 
but to confess the truth the picture was only 
sent us by our subscriber in Australia, (page 
124, Vol. 2), and he neither said lie was or was 
not a bee-keeper, but we give him the benefit of 
tlie former supposition. It strikes us that bee 
veils, with extensive “coat tails” to ’em might 
be in brisk demand in a country where such 
simplicity (?) of dress is in vogue. 
J. H. Nellis, Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., 
N. Y. Page 32, Vol. 3. 
