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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 
1875. 
AV. S. Ward, Fuller's Station. N. Y. 
Geo. T. AViieeler & AVife, Mexico, N. Y. P. 
2!), 140, Yol. 2. 
R. AA r n,KiN <& AVife, Oscaloosa, Iowa. Friend 
AV. too, has seen the “ups and downs,” espec- 
ially the latter, but wc hope to hear he is 
improving of late. P. 24. 33, 82, 93, 90, 103, 100. 
.1. AV infiei.d, Hubbard, O. 
AV. I). AVriqut, Knowersville, Alb. Co., N. "i . 
P. 50, Vol. 2. 
The following names were omitted by mis- 
take, or were seut in after the above were in 
type. 
Miss Annie C. Mann, Yarmouth Centre, Out., 
Canada. 
I began with 2 swarms ami have in four seasons 
worked up to 28. 1 am strictly a “novice” as the busi- 
ness, ami the worst is, the more experience I have the 
less I seem to understand it. “That bee disease” has 
not been in my Apiarv. I winter out ol doors on their 
Hands. I use the Thomas hives, double and single. 
Prefer the single for wintering, i bought an extract- 
or lately, and am going to try to use It next summer. 
1 wish 1 could see some one else use it tirst. I am 60 
pleased that "1*. G.” is a lady, I do not know of one 
lady iu Canada who keeps bees, tho’ there may be. 
A. A. Rice, Seville, Medina Co., O. 
Mr. R. has been in the business but few years, 
but if our veterans could make every thing 
succeed as lie does, they ought to be happy. 
His Alsike Clover gives him barrels of honey 
and bushels of nice seed, his Long Idea hives, 
work to a charm, he winters without loss, and 
we really begin to suspect that that pleasant 
wife of his. (Mrs. A. A. Rice,) has something 
to do with it all. 
George Stray, Girard, Branch Co., Mich. 
Mrs. D. N. ICern. Her husband sends the 
following : 
My wife said she thought it was not quite fair, that 
she thought she did take as much interest in tin* •‘cur- 
tain arrangement Apiarv” as I. and so I send both. 
Quite right friend' K., we certainly wish to 
give the ladies every possible encouragement. 
Another “Blue Eyes,” daughter of AV. II. 
Sedgwick, Granville, O. lie writes : 
I think I never opened a hire last summer that she 
was not right at my side, in the way. 
“Ouch!” is taken from a Chrorao published by 
J. F. Ryder, 239 Superior St., Cleveland, O. It 
tells its own story. 
Iu conclusion dear friends, allow us to say 
that we are aware of having picked up these 
brief sketches, in a very hap-hazard way. The 
thought only recently occurred to us, and 
amid a crowd of business we have picked up 
wiiatever happened to lay conveniently. If we 
have omitted now and then to say a word iu 
regard to some of our best friends, excuse it on 
the ground that nothing lay convenient to hand. 
Besides a lot that we wanted to say, and had 
vrritten, was clipped oil’ for want of room. 
lAI!I,i: OFPHEMHJMH, 
Our reasons for deciding to offer Presents arc as 
follows: Many names are sent us out of pure pood 
will, saying they think it a pleasure to assist, and don’t 
want recompense. Now it is some trouble to write a 
letter, pay postage, get a money order etc., and we 
prefer to pay every one for such service : yet you 
know we cannot send you 5 or 10c. by mall ‘a* pay. 
Hut we can send something to your little girl or boy 
that will cost but little, and yet may please them more 
than a “whole dollar.” We have been for years in the 
Jewelry business and hope our taste and ability to 
select, "useful, pleasing and instructive presents may 
prove happily directed. You can count all subscrip- 
tions sent during the year, and back volumes, tho same 
.-. - the present one; as lor instance, if two of you send 
lor Vols. i, 2 and J each, it will make a club of 0, and 
will entitle you to any of the $1.00 articles, providing 
you pay 75c. for each Vol. Where no premium is 
wanted we send all three Vol’s for $ 2.00 including 
Lithograph. Designate by number what premium Ik. 
wanted; if you leave it to us, we may send you some- 
thing you have already. Only those who have made 
out ten names, are entitled to send them at 50c. each. 
Otherwise, wc shall only send it for 8 months. 
TABLE of Premium** and Term**. 
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No l^xceptiouM-No Competition*^ $ 
Open to nil. 
No. 
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3 
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Names of Premium Articles. 
Any of them sent free on rec't of price. 
Lithograph of Apiary, Implements etc, 30 
"That Present.' 1 ' f Explains itself. 30 
Small Jlorseshoe Magnet , a scientific toy 30 
A Finger Ring of Coin Silver , our 
own make 30 
Emerson's Binder for Gleanings, 
will hold 4 Volumes 50 
“ ** better quality GO 
Pocket Magnifying Glass GO 
A ny Volume of Gleanings 75 
Best Quality Emerson's Binder for 
Gleanings 75 
Pair of Gold plated Sleeve buttons , 
small size but durably plated 75 
Coin Silver Watch Chain, plain and 
very light $1.00 
Double Lens Magnifier , on 3 brass feet 1.00 
Photo Medley of America lice- Keepers 1.00 
Pen and case, Morton's Make, pen gold, 
case plated 1.00 
Gold tooth pick, in plated case 1 .00 
Plain Gold Ring, our own make, light 
but. full 18 K fine 1.50 
Any two back Volumes of Gleanings 1.50 
■Case of Drawing Instruments 1.75 
A real Compound Microscope, beauti- 
fully finished, and packed with Imple- 
ina Mahogany box 3.50 
An Achromatic Telescope, finished like 
above 3.50 
.1 coin silver U’atch Chain, two strand, 
with Slide and tips, our own make... 3.50 
Number 
of Sub- 
scribers 
required 
at 
at 
50c, 75c. 
10 
10 
10 
100 ! 10 
100 I 10 
Index to Vol. ^ GLEANING8. 
Apiarv, IIow to Conduct 3, 15, 27, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85, 
97, 109*. 121, 133. 
Apiarv. Our Own 11, 23, 30, 35, 40, 42, 52, 63, 77, 
80. 98, 111. 123, 136. 
Apiary, Capital needed to start on ion 
•* ’ Shall we allow Poultry in 63 
“ Report from 93 
“ A scene in the .88 
“ Locating an — 81 
“ Photo's of ‘ 21 
Abbreviations in Bee correspondence 4<> 
Aster 142 
Adam Grimm, Report from 127 
Artificial Fertilization 20, 144 
“ Swarming 68 
“ Pasturage 28 
“ lleat. for building up a colony in winter — ■> 
Alsike Clover 28 
Rees, What i9 a hive of worth 4 
“ Rve and Oats for 42 
“ Giving them a “fly” in winter 15 
“ Candy for 1 H 
“ Wings etc 19 
“ Raising in a hot-bed 27, 52. 53 
“ Do not make honey HJ 
“ And cider 114, 135 
“ Can be kept in a city 34 
“ In Texas 69 
“ Killing their Queens, remedy lor o* 
“ IIow far will they go home s 
44 Moving In working season 
“ starch for 69, 107 
41 Shipping South to winter JV; 
44 Water for 74, 78, l‘-0 
“ And things away over the water 
44 * Flying in confinement 125, 126, 14* 
44 Hot-bed for 
“ Flying under glass 126, 139, 136, ljjj 
“ Moving for fall pils til rage -• 
Bee Stings etc 
“ Feed, cheap a 
44 Correspondence, Abbreviations 
44 Houses *"* 
“ •* Rustic ‘ 
