Doolittle Answers Questions.69 .89 .77 .64 Ups and Downs of a Scholar.84 Wint'ng with Ch. and Cellar 83 Wisconsin, Cold Weather.. Wholesale Price of Fdn. DUNHAM 85 .87. W Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Mich. To send a postal card for our Illustrated Catalogue of APIARIAN SUPPLIES Before purchasing elsewhere. It contains illustra- AT THE LOWEST PRICES. FINE MIXED CARDS, with name, 10 cents, 12tfd THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE. Bound in paper, mailed for $1.00. At wholesale, same price as GLEANINGS, with which it may be clubbed. One copy, $1.00; 2 copies, $1.90; three copies, $2.75; five copies, $4.00; ten copies, $7.50. The same, neatly bound in cloth, with the covers neatly embellished in embossing and gold, one copy, $1.25; 2 copies, $2.40; three copies, $3.50; five copies, $5.25; ten copies, $10.00. If ordered by freight or express, the postage may be deducted, which will be 12c on the book in paper, and 15c each, on the book in cloth. Cook's Manual in paper or cloth at the same price as above. A. I. ROOT, Medina, O. YPRIANS and Italian Queens or Nuclei. Des ANTED. A good steady young man who is CHEAP SECTIONS! All One-Piece Sections. Pound and Prize size at $4.50 per 1,000. thoroughly posted in Bee-culture, to take charge of an apiary; must produce good reference as to his qualification as an apiarist. Address 2d W. G. CRAIG, Claremont, Nodaway Co., Missouri. 2 No. 132, Price 60c. JOHN MCGREGOR, Freeland, Saginaw Co., Mich. MAHER & GROSH, 34 N. Monroe St., Toledo, Ohio, show here a new knife, No. 182, metal ends, strong blades; price, postpaid, 60c. Our goods are hand-forged from razor steel, ev ery blade warranted, and exchanged free if soft or flawy. F. H. Day, Wilmington, Del., writes, Jan. 12:-"After receiving the knife I honed it down to a fine, keen edge, and tried it on hard, dry white-oak; the edge neither turned nor broke, which is more than I can say of any other knife I ever owned." We expect to build up our trade by selling GOOD GOODS; will you help us? Our extra-heavy 2-blade, made for farmers and mechanics, is the best knife in the market; price, postpaid, 75c. Boy's knife, 25c; ladies, 1-blade, 25c; 2-blade, 50c; Gent's 3-blade, $1.00. Extra strong Pruner, every blade tested, $1.00. Our hand-forged butcher-knife, 6-inch blade, postpaid, 50c. Illustrated list of knives, razors, and scissors, sent free to any address. September and August, 11 francs in Gold. 10 9 66 66 SIMPLICITY AND LANGSTROTH HIVES NEW ALL-IN-ONE-PIECE SECTIONS! Having purchased from A. I. Root a machine for making the sections, I am ready to supply them in any quantity. Comb Foundation, made of pure yellow wax, and worked on shares, etc. Honey and Wax-Extractors; Knives, Bee-Smokers, etc., etc. Queens which die in transit will be replaced only ITALIAN QUEENS AND BEES! if sent back in a letter. 2-7d CHARLES BIANCONCINI & CO., All bred from imported mothers of my own importation. Dollar queens, ready April 1st, $1.10 until June 1st; after, $1.00. Tested queens, from March 1st to November 1st. Safe arrival guaranteed, and all queens sent by mail. I send no queens that I would not have for myself. Full Colonies of Italian Bees from $5.00 to $8.50, according to quantity, etc. Early 4-frame nucleus, with Tested Queens, $5.00-No black bees in the neighborhood. Send for my Illustrated Catalogue of prices, etc. Address In quantities of 5 or more gross, $3,20 per Gross. In Pint Bottles, per doz... $3 00 6 00 2d 12 00 66 66 In Quart PAUL. L. VIALLON, Bayou Goula, Iberville Par., La. FOR SALE! CARSON CITY APIARY THE and Supply Factory, consisting of 150 colonies of pure Italian Bees, one 10-horse boiler and engine, new and complete, with all machinery necessary for manufacturing hives, crates, sections, etc. Dunham fdn. machine and other implements too numerous to mention. Business been running 5 years. Local trade, $2500 per year. A bargain. 2d Address HIRAM ROOP, Carson City, Montcalm Co., Mich. Also, a Beautiful Farm of 75 acres, with No. 1 buildings included, if desired. Will not exchange for other property. Cause,-I have lost the use of my right arm. DOD QUEENS, only 80c. Send for circular. G23d E. A. THOMAS, Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. RASPBERRIES FOR SALE. Doolittle, Langstroth Hives. Clarke's Red, Supplies for the Apiary. Comb Foundation a specialty. Being able to procure lumber cheap, I can furnish Hives and Sections very cheap. Send for a circular. A. D. BENHAM, 2tfd Olivet, Eaton Co., Mich. Mammoth Cluster, 40c per 1000 $8.00 Ohio is one of the best; will yield a third more than any berry I know; is very firm and large; one of the best for drying; begins to ripen about the time of the Doolittle, and lasts till after the M. Cluster. Will pick as much as any of the varieties at a picking. It is equal to the Gregg, if not better. If by mail, add J. IRVIN JOHNSON, Box 405, Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y. D. S. GIVEN, FOUNDATION PRESS. All Presses warranted to give satisfaction. The only invention to make fdn. in wired frames. Our thin and common fdn. for '81 is not surpassed. Send for Catalogue and samples. 2 D. S. GIVEN, Hoopeston, Illinois. 2-4d WANTED. By a young man, a place to work 2d 28th GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 57 th Year---65 First-Premium read and re-read it until I have it all, or nearly all, Medals and Diplomas. Send postal card with name and address for my new illustrated Circular and Price List containing valuable information to all bee-keepers. Sent free. CHAS. H. LAKE, I bought your ABC a few months ago. I have 2-4d Successor to the late Richard Colvin, SUCCESS IN BUSINESS! THE SECRET OF A LIBERAL USE OF PRINT- BUSINESS CARDS, Border Bristol, assorted tints, 100, 65c; 250, $1.25. White Bristol, 100, 60c; 250, $1. NOTE HEADS, good stock, 100, 65c; 250, $1.25. ENVELOPES, good heavy stock, white or colored, 100, 60c; 250, $1.00,-all postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Samples free. Address S. P. YODER & CO., Vistula, Elkhart Co., Ind. RAISING TURKEYS AND CHICKENS. Send 15 cents to NATIONAL FARMER CO., Cincinnati, and get by mail "What 20 Persons (noted for their Great Success in Raising Turkeys and Chickens) Have to say." Reading what these experienced persons have to say will give one more information how to be successful than the reading of any Dollar Poultry Book. 2-4 HEADQUARTERS FOR PURE ALBINO AND ITALIAN QUEENS AND COLONIES Box 19, Smithsburg, Washington Co., Md. a pastor at our church, and you have no idea how You beat the world sending things nice. I wish Please send us another 15-cent thermometer. My A. P. HARTWELL. GLEANINGS and goods came to hand much sooner than we expected, and were more than satisfactory. How they can be gotten up so cheaply, and sent 1200 miles by rail and 100 by stage in five days, is yet a mystery. Mason, Mason Co., Tex., Jan. 6, 1881. M. C. SWAN. Since I wrote you, I have been visited by a scientific friend, who has used one of your Waterbury watches for more than a year, and likes it first rate. That principle of winding up without the bother of a key is nothing less than splendid. Fall River, Mass., Jan. 7, 1881. SELAHAMMAH. I presented to my little cousin the watch you sent, and he thinks with myself that it is quite a treasure for so little money; he and his father compare their timepieces every morning and night, and his is always just right. His father's may be a little too fast or too slow, but his Waterbury, as he calls it, is just right. Cooper's, Chilton Co., Ala., Jan. 17, 1881. AUSTIN M. MAGEE. Please find inclosed one dollar for GLEANINGS for 1881. The house has got so accustomed to the ring of your voice, we couldn't well do without it now. The children all talk of Mr. Root as if they knew him. The good wife joins me in wishing yourself and fam Head E. A. THOMAS, Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass. ily the compliments of the season. 1881 ITALIAN QUEENS! FDN.! NEW 1881 MOLDED FDN.! Best in the market. Only try it. Samples free. New machines, $5.00. 2d OLIVER FOSTER, Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa. COMB Foundation Machines from $1.00 to $5.00. Comb Fdn., less than 5 lbs., 40c; over 5 lbs., 35c; over 50 lbs., 34c; over 100 lbs., 33%c. Price list free. Italian queens from Imp. mothers, $1, ready in April. 2tfd JOHN FARIS, Chilhowie, Smyth Co., Va. Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., Cal, Dec. 11, '80. A. B. HARRISON. H., and yourself too, for your very kind words, [May God bless the good wife and children, friend which I can not but feel are certainly not more than half deserved.] The "knifes" arrived in good condition, and one "childer" has been made happy with one of them. I once bought a pair of "specs" for 25 cents, which I thought was "'mazing" cheap; and, not believing you obtained yours on the ready-made, "stolenbroom principle, I can hardly conceive how or where you find them to sell for a single dime. Topsy, of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," when she declared that she never was born, on being inquired of to know where she came from, said that she "spect she growed;" and perhaps you grow "specs' banks of the pleasant Ohio. out there on the SELAHAMMAH. Fall River, Mass. I have been carefully examining the contents of your A B C book, and find that in it is comprehended the whole alphabet of bee culture. During half a century I have had a practical knowledge of bee KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. keeping, and I have studied about all of the bee My nippers came all right. They look to me cheap I was fairly delighted when I opened the box. Oh Morristown, Shelby Co., Ind. The watch is at hand, and a very nice little watch it is. It is a real nice, neat, and clean little timepiece. Thanks for promptness. The watch pleases and suits the boy exactly. Lancaster, Texas, Dec. 28, 1880. E. J. ATCHLEY. books by American authors, from that of J. M. Weeks, C. J. ROBINSON. 58 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. right here, that it is by asking and receiving a bless- CHARITY. Please send price list, and oblige one who learned to love you for your "broad charity." Sir, the leading theme in the Devil's programme is selfishness, while that of the pure in heart is "a broad charity J. H. RODERICK. to all," with love to God and man. Many thanks for kind, comforting words. Dodd's City, Fannin Co., Texas. [Many thanks for your good opinion, friend R., but you do me more than justice. As I kneel and ask to be shown my faults, it comes to me day by day that a lack of charity is perhaps my greatest and most grievous sin; and, if I am not mistaken, there are those whose eyes meet this page to-day who may be shut out of the kingdom of heaven by this same failing of mine, coupled with my professions.] Yes; we I am so glad to read of one walking in the same path as myself, in so many respects. ought to have the "bell rung" when we talk so ugly. I have sometimes wished to be struck dumb until could talk just as I ought. When calmness comes, I think, pray, and ask forgiveness, and heartily desire to be set free forever, and determine to strive harder, and ask for God's help. But another storm will come soon, and at a time when I am not ready, and here goes again. Is this our weakness that we can J. H. RODERICK. not strengthen? Shall it always be thus? Blessed God, help! Dodd's City, Fannin Co., Tex., Dec. 25, 1880. [May God bless and help you, friend R., for confessing your weakness. It helps me, and I am sure helps us all, to know that some other one is struggling for the right, and is sorry for his past weaknesses.] Inclosed find $1.00 for GLEANINGS another year. It "They that do is of more benefit to me spiritually than any thing I can find for the money invested. good here, are rich in good works, ready to distribute, and willing to communicate, lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come." (I. Tim. 6:18, 19.) Those who, out of compassion, do works of love and mercy to the poor and needy, though it be only to the least of the brethren of Jesus, shall receive in return a rich reward in eternity; for the Lord will reward them for these things, as though they had done them to himself; and should they give to drink but a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, they shall in no wise lose their reward. The exhortations, and words of kindness which appear in GLEANINGS may be the means of converting sinners, or at least one soul may be saved, and that is worth the whole world; for what profit shall we have if we gain the whole world and lose our soul? or what shall we give in exchange? CHAS. Z. DENNES. Nothing; lost-lost forever; lost. God help us to rescue the perishing. York, Pa., Dec. 20, 1880. Your postal of the 3d inst. at hand, crediting me My GLEANINGS subscription I look upon as a good business transactions, has been to have each one so I want to have a little talk. In the first place, I want to thank you for the Homes. Before I commenced to interest me in. any religious papers or books; but to read the Home Papers I could not find any thing since I have read the Home Papers I not only take a deep interest in them but also all religious news. It is pleasant to know a man who can put his trust enlearning. tirely in God. How I wish I could! I think I am In reading friend Heddon's letter on "bee poisoning." I was reminded of a circumstance which ocstings in and out. I remember I called our boy at curred while I was looking at my bees this fall. On the time to come and look; and on examining them removing the cover I noticed the bees putting their closely we could see drops of some clear liquid on their stings. Neither of us felt any noticeable effects from the poison which the bees were evidently spilling. I advise you to get a pair of nice slippers. They look nice; they are comfortable, they do not spoil the carpets, and you can move about the house with them, without making any noise. Although our dinE. GRAINGER. ing-room has nothing better than a rag carpet on the big boots in the kitchen, and put on our slippers in floor, mother is not pleased if we do not leave our the evening. Deer Park, Ont., Canada, Jan. 13, 1881. [Thanks for kind words, friend G. The phemomenon with the bees is nothing unusual, and 1 do not think the poison usually affects any one in perfect health. Your mother is right, and may God bless folks neat habits. I always wear light sboes or boots her for her kind care in teaching her boys and men in the factory, and if I go out on the grounds when it is muddy, I wear rubbers. Sometimes I forget, am not mistaken, my wife will thank you for your and wear my rubbers in the sitting-room; and, if our readers who feel the same way?] timely reproof. Are there any other wives among CIRCULARS AND PRICE LISTS RE- From A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vt., a 32-page price list of supplies for bee-keepers. Salisbury & Caldwell, Camargo, Douglas Co., Ill., send us a postal-card circular of bees, queens, fdn., etc. A. J. Davis, 'Anderson, Madison Co., Ind., sends a neat one page circular of bees, queens, honey, fdn., etc. E. A. Thomas, Colerain, Franklin Co., Mass., sends a very nicely printed 4-page circular, offering bees, queens, apicultural books, etc. A 12-page, map-fold circular and price list from turer of and dealer in the usual run of apiarian sup Frank L. Dougherty, Indianapolis, Ind., manufac plies. An 8-page circular and price list from the Olivet Apiary, Olivet, Mich., A. D. Benham, proprietor. James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich., sends quite a ers' supplies. complete 20-page circular and price list of bee-keep The programme of the 11th annual convention of of the N. E. Bee-keepers' Association, to be held in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 2, 3, 4, is a well-printed sheet. Around the programme proper appear eleven ads. of our prominent apiarists and honey-dealers. F. A. Salisbury, Geddes, Onondaga Co., N. Y., sends a 20-page price list of apiarian supplies. GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, DEVOTED TO BEES AND HONEY, AND HOME INTERESTS, NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. undisturbed for two days, and at the expiration of D No. 15. QUEEN-CAGES. URING the past season I have received queens from several different breeders. Some of the cages were provisioned with candy, some with candy and water, and some with honey in a sponge. All the queens arrived in good condition, but none of the cages conformed to the letter of the law. I agree with friend Heddon in saying, "I can not help being mistaken sometimes, but I can and will help being dishonest enough to try to cover it up." For instance, last spring I thought we must have water in our shipping cages, and I used the tin bottles furnished by friend Root, until I saw the report in September GLEANINGS, of friend Viallon's candy, to be used without water, when I commenced sending queens without water, making the candy very soft. I have just left my writing, and "counted up" the queens that I lost last season, and out of 245 with water in the cages, 17 died; while out of 130, sent without water, only 6 died; and I think some of these perished from exposure to the cold. I have an idea, in my "thinking machine," that I shall probably put in practice another season; it is possible that it has been tried and discarded, but I have never heard of it. Partly fill your cages with candy that is very soft, just about like molasses, and over this pour a coating of candy that is just hard enough to stay in its place and not "run." The bees can" drill through" this outer crust and "strike" water. Oh yes! one thing more: I have found that a light grade of yellow sugar is more moist in its nature, and seems to retain its moisture longer than does the coffee A sugar. As so many of you are talking about THE PEET CAGE, I feel as though I must have my say. In the cage that I received last season, the candy was broken loose, and also broken into several pieces; but, strange to say, not a bee was injured. You see the candy is poured against the wire cloth, and the least bending of the wire cloth is liable to loosen the candy; but I think this objection might, in some manner, be overcome. Last summer I introduced 14 queens with this cage. After confining the queen with the cage, I always left the colony that time I never failed to find the queen released and accepted. Somehow, without being able to say just why, I feel as though the cage, as an introducing cage, is all right,-perhaps a little ahead of other cages; but as a shipping cage, I do not think I shall like it. I wonder, did anybody ever have any BEES KILLED BY LIGHTNING? A. C. Mosher, of San Marcos, Texas, writes that, a day or two after a heavy thunder storm, in which the electric fluid visited a house near by, and one stroke of lightning sounded as though it struck their own house, one of their strongest colonies of bees was found dead, with the exception of a very few bees. If the lightning did not kill the bees, friend M. would like to know what did. W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Rogersville, Genesee Co., Mich. Friend H., the objection you make to the Peet cage has been remedied, or at least it was in those friend Peet has sent me, for the candy did not touch the wire cloth at all, but was kept from it by a thin piece of wood running under the candy. The many good reports from the cage, as well as yours, without question indicate that it has succeeded better, all things considered, than any cage ever before used as extensively as this has been. It is simpler to use, in the hands of a novice, and entirely cuts off the possibility of the queen taking wing when first let out, as has been the case with so many others, besides friend Merrybanks. THE EARLY-AMBER SUGAR-CANE. HE cane industry is taking a grand boom this winter. The past season has been a very successful one, although the yield has not been as great as some seasons. The quality has been fine, and the demand beyond our capacity to supply, and the prices for syrup have been such that the business has been very profitable. In Minnesota they have had the greatest success. They were supplied with ample machinery, and turned out a fine quality of sugar, and a refined syrup, which surpassed any thing in the sugar line I ever saw produced in the North. |