46 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. stages. On another page we are told of two the position of the priest and elders to whom Jesus I want to be a Christian, and with the Savior stand; Though many blessings are around and many more I would gladly give them up, or lay their pleasures To take the Christian's cross and wear the Christian's crown; above, To live in heavenly harmony-be filled with holy love. Praying that the good work you have started to do may go on to perfection in Christ, I am yours, ISAAC B. RUMFORD. Well, now while such is the case, is it not HOW FRIEND M. BROUGHT THE "SUN- B EFORE going on with my story, I shall have to go back a little, to show just why it was that even the sight of friend You doubtless ing to both father and son. M.'s good-natured face brought a better feelremember about the swarm that ran away you not, how the horse got frightened and last summer. Well, you remember, too, do broke his buggy, and he came tumbling into the dust? Come to think of it, I believe I will give you the picture again, so you will recall the whole scene to mind. SWARMING TIME. Well, friend M. picks himself up, not much worse for his sudden stop. Old "Dobbin," as the distance widens between the general commotion and his nag-ship, is not so badly scared as he thought, and is easily caught by But the bees-oh where are they? sailing neighbor hurriyng to the scene of action. away, a mere speck in the blue sky. a Mr. M.'s neighbor was completely discouraged, and as he turned away, says, disconsolately, "There! that's just the way with bees; there goes all honey and profit too, for this year." Not so with friend Merrybanks, however. His tumble in the dust had in no way abated his zeal, and upon the spur of the moment he burst forth with, "They ain't gone either; we'll follow 'em and bring 'em back. If you don't want to go after them, I'll give you $2.624c for them up there on the wing, and get them myself." I confess it was a little singular that friend M. should offer just the above-named sum, to the splitting of a cent; but as our story proceeds, we shall perhaps find out why he named just that exact amount. As for the bees, no time was to be lost; and as the offer was immediately accepted, he started in pursuit, while his neighbor resumed his occupation of nailing up the hog-pen. Somehow that hog-pen seemed to need a great amount of fixing to make it so the pigs wouldn't get out and make a general raid on the neighborhood every now and then. Off goes friend M.'s coat and vest; and, with his eye on the bees and his feet anywhere but on solid ground, he starts off, down the hill back of the church. was occasioned by the sight of the whole swarm of bees settling upon a leafy limb of one of the highest trees in the woods. John had caught a portion of the bee fever from our friend M., and the fit was on, after his exercise of the brisk run. On the impulse of the moment, he climbed a small tree that stood near where the bees were swinging from the end of a limb, and, with a 10-cent jack-knife that friend M. had made him a present of, he cut the limb, slipped carefully down the tree with his prize, and, by the time Merrybanks had found out where the boys and bees were, he was standing on the ground, the center of an admiring audience (of two), while he held up his prize. Our artist has tried to depict the expression of pride and joy that shone in John's eyes (and mouth(?)) as he held the limb containing that whopping runaway swarm up to view. MR. MERRYBANKS AFTER THE BEES. Now, since friend M. has become a beekeeper he has improved in health by outdoor exercise, until you would hardly recognize in him the same individual that he was when we first met him. In fact, so robust has he become, that, when his foot hit on a round stone which turned over, he tumbled flat, and rolled clear to the bottom of the hill. "HURRAH FOR THE BEES!" As he picked himself up at the bottom of the hill, and rubbed the sore places, looking first one way and then the other, to collect his ideas and get the points of the compass, the first words he heard were, "Hurrah for the bees!" These words came from John, his neighbor's boy. As he heard his father selling the bees to friend M., he set down his hive on the top of the swill-pail, and watched earnestly to see what M. was going to do with them after they were bought. As he doffed his coat, John viewed the proceedings very intently, and was not slow in following after the decamping swarm. With his light summer clothing, he very soon outran the owner of the bees, and the shout that friend M. heard JOHN WITH THE BEES, AFTER CLIMBING THE TREE. Now you know why John and friend M. were fast friends, and why just the sight of friend M.'s rosy face and round figure brought relief to John that wintry morning. Next month we will try to tell what happened to that bee-hive John left sitting on the swill-pail, when he started after the bees. MRS. COTTON. those who had sent Mrs. Cotton money, from which no returns of any kind had been received, it seems there were, after sifting it all down, very few such. If her fault has been one of sending goods that did not give satisfaction, rather than not sending goods at all, it is quite likely we have been too severe on her. It is true she did not send me goods for the money I sent her, but she claims now the money. was returned to me. Although I never got it, it is quite possible it was sent, and if she has settled satisfactorily with all others, I will cheerfully drop my complaint. Now, friends, is the time to speak out, if you have aught to say against Mrs. Cotton; if not, forever hold your peace. AT the request in our last No., for facts from Honey Column. Under this head will be inserted, free of charge, the names of all those having honey to sell, as well as those wanting to buy. Please mention how much, what kind, and prices, as far as possible. As a general thing. I would not advise you to send your honey away to be sold on commission. If near home, where you can look after it, it is often a very good way. By all means, develop your home market. For 25 cents we can furnish little boards to hang up in your dooryard, with the words, ** Honey for Sale," neatly painted. If wanted by mail, 10 cents extra for postage. Boards saying **Bees and Queens for Sale,'' at same price. I have for sale 500 lbs. honey from heartsease, which I will deliver on board cars here for 9c per lb. No charge for packages. JAMES A. GREEN. Dayton, La Salle Co., Ill., Dec. 13, 1889. In answer to many questions from those who are thinking of going into the supply business, I would say we can give no discounts better than those mentioned in the price list, unless you wish to purchase in larger quantities than are mentioned there. In this case, an estimate will be given if you will mention what you want, and how many. The prices are alike to all. If you want goods at wholesale, you must buy by the tens or hundreds. THE Sunday-School Times has no club prices except the journals of the club be all sent to one ad dress. This course obliges every one who gets up a club to do it around his own postoffice, and gives him good pay for thoroughly canvassing the field, Wanted, one barrel pure extracted honey, from resulting in extending the circulation of the paper, near this place. Correspondence solicited. J. B. DINES. CHICAGO.-Honey.-There is plenty of honey in this market to supply the demand, and prices remain the same on comb honey-20@22c for choice light lots in small boxes, and 12@14c for dark. Extracted honey, 8@10c. Beeswax.-20@23c for light, and 15@17c for dark. ALFRED H. NEWMAN. 972 West Madison St., Chicago, Ill., Dec. 22,80. ST. LOUIS.-Honey.-Dark comb, 14@16c; fancy do 17@19c; strained and extracted, 9@10 in bbls., and 11@13c in small packages. Beeswax.-Prime yellow salable at 21, dark at 20c. No. 117 North Main St., St. Louis, Mo. NEW YORK.-Honey. - Best white Comb, small neat packages, 12@18c; fair, 14@16c; dark, 12@13c. White Extracted, 9@10c; dark, 7@8c. Southern strained, per gal., 80@85c. Beeswax.-23@24c. The can of honey you sent us is on the writer's desk and will be on his table with buckwheat cakes by to-morrow morning, after which I can better say as to its merits. Thanking you for the honey, and with a merry Christmas for all connected with GLEANINGS. I remain Very truly yours, New York, Dec. 24, 1880. A. Y. THURBER. which is the sole object of giving a commission to those who get up clubs. Why is not this a good way to do? A WEEKLY BEE JOURNAL. FOR the first time since the world began, we are to have a weekly bee journal, and I presume it is in the hands of many of you by the time this reaches you. The first No. makes a very creditable appearance, and as it will be quite a task for friend Newman to get up such a one every week, shall we not turn in and give him a lift, in the way of subscriptions? If I am correct, a sample copy will be mailed on application. THE PARLOR CALENDAR CLOCKS. WE can furnish the calendar clocks, made by Seth Thomas, eight-day, making calculations for leap year, all by simply winding the clocks once a week, for $7.50 each, if 100 of our friends want one. These clocks are just such as we sold a few years ago for $15 each. Perhaps I can get them for that price, if not as many are wanted. It will be best to have them shipped direct from the factory, in Connecticut. You can simply give your names on a postal, until we see how many will take one. They will cost me $5.65 each, spot cash, at the factory. MR. GRAY has greatly improved his machine for making the all-in-one-piece section, and after it is painted and striped up it looks so handsome we have decided to have it pictured, together with all the machinery for making sections, such as cutterhead, gang of saws, planer, etc., in our next No. As GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. these machines are adjustable, so that they can be A. I. ROOT, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POŠT-PAID. OF READING MATTER. MEDINA, JAN. 1, 1881. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.-I. TIM. 6:17. IN our prayer-meetings and Sunday-schools, we as a general thing think it better to hear briefly from a great number, than to have a few occupy all the time. Now, will not the same rule apply in our reports here? In my drawer are a great many long letters in fact, heaps of them; but the brief reports, right to the point, are scarce. used for making all manner of light wooden boxes, they will be a profitable investment in any locality where basswood or other nice white woods are plenty. Our smallest steam-engine will run the whole set nicely. In answer to several inquiring friends, I would reply that I have received the circulars sent out in regard to the stingless bees of South America, but am not favorably impressed with the scheme. Even though Mr. Hawley be a conscientious man, I can not but think it will be a mistaken kindness to send him money in the way he proposes. We have a subscriber in South America, to whom I have sent the circular in regard to stingless bees, and we will report as soon as we hear from him. If any one feels disposed to go after new bees on his own hook, as did our friend D. A. Jones, let him go, and we will buy his queens after he gets them here alive. If he has not the means for making such a trip and standing the loss, if it prove such, he is not a suitable person to undertake it. IN-AND-IN BREEDING. SOME of our friends are fearful that their bees will suffer from the above cause, if they do not take pains to change their stock often. While I am glad to send you queens when you need them, I do not think any one need trouble himself much on this point, when we take into consideration the great distance that drones and queens fly, to meet each other. This is proven beyond question, by finding Italian blood miles away, very soon after they are introduced into a section. At the same time, I do not doubt but that the many good reports from hybrid stocks are the result of a fresh strain of blood given to both races. IN friend Dadant's article of last month, the word "ring," applied to yellow bands of the Italians, was twice printed "wing." I read it over, and knew what word was intended, but, by some fatality, failed to see the "w" where an "r" should have appeared. Friend D. should have a little charity when he reflects (if he ever does reflect in regard to the matter), that, like the illustrious Horace Greeley, his handwriting is not the easiest in the world to “unravel." The point, that the Italians look darker in the fall when they are filled with dark honey, is a new idea, and I think one we should take into consideration. You see, if you want your Italians to look their very prettiest, just feed them some very white, transparent honey while you are exhibiting them. Granulated sugar syrup will be just the thing; then put them on the window, and you will have "transparent bees." Thanks, friend D., for starting us right. SINCE m editorials in regard o Dr. Chase's receipt-book, I have had the opportunity of hearing from another side of the matter. Mr. R. A. Beal has acknowledged the mistake of his clerk, and sent me a copy of the book with the patent-medicine advertisements lett ut, to recompense me for the money I was "out" in the transaction. Chase and Beal, it seems, have had serious business differences, and the result is, that there are two different "Dr. Chase's" books. Taking a standpoint from either side, it would seem that either party has been greatly wronged by the other, as is often the case with similar troubles. Perhaps none but God knows just where justice lies. As both seem to be fair, honorable, and conscientious men, I would recommend to them to choose mercy, rather than think so much about justice, and certainly go so far as to decline ever more speaking unkindly of each other to any one, no matter what the circumstances may be. As for myself, if friend Beal will forgive me, I will try once more to have more charity for my fellow-men, before I criticise again. P. S.-I am "awful" glad the medicine advertisements are left out, but I ain't going to ay anything about it. SELLING RECIPES, OR WAYS OF DOING THINGS. KNOWLEDGE is comparatively free nowadays. A comprehensive treatise on almost any of the trades or industries is sold for a dollar, or a little more, and the time has passed by when people consider it right or honest to ask a dollar for some secret, written or printed on a single leaf, with a promise not to communicate the great secret to any of the neighbors. Nearly all our shops and manufactories are open to the public, and if you wish to go in and see how a thing is done, you can do so at pleasure. If this is not entirely the case, it is getting to be more and more so every day. The time of paying five or ten dollars for a recipe for bee-feed, or to make artificial honey, has passed by; and one reason for it is, that every recipe of that kind that has come before us has proved a fraud and a swindle. I have, as you know, paid money for these recipes several times, and afterward printed them here; but so far every one of them has proved to be well known, and in fact the greater part, if not all, that have ever been offered for sale, are given in Dr. Chase's "Receipt Book." Now, my friends, if I stop here will you not, you who have offered to sell secrets for a dollar, etc., think better of it, and withdraw your circulars and advertisements? I do not like to be harsh, severe, and personal; but in behalf of our A B C class, who in their honest enthusiasm are ever ready to send their hard-earned dollars, I shall have to speak out, if it is not stopped. Every important discovery will soon be public property, without the necessity of each one sending a dollar for it. WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR BEES THAT HAVE DYSENTERY, OR ARE STARVING? As so many bees are dying from what seems to be the effects of poor stores, we will try to help the sufferers furnish candy in 1-lb. bricks, made of pure granulated sugar, for 13c per lb. The same, with 1⁄2 lb. of flour to 4 lbs. of sugar, 12c per lb.; or with 1 lb. of A grape sugar, 3 lbs. granulated, and 1⁄2 lb. flour, 10c per lb. Any of the above I consider safe for feeding bees in winter. If you wish the bees to raise brood, you must have that containing flour, unless you have a surplus of pollen in the hives; in this case, I should prefer it without the flour. I do not know which of the two latter is the better oneyou will have to test the matter by experiment. After the bees are flying, say in March or April, you can use one-half, three-fourths, or all grape sugar, if you choose. Now, before you order it by mail or express, please figure out the cost, that you may not be disappointed. Unless you order 25 lbs. or more, and have it sent by freight, it will, as a general thing, cost you more than to buy your sugar at your groceries and have the candy made at home. These candy bricks, laid right over the cluster, and then well covered up with chaff (some coarse bagging or burlap first, of course) is the only remedy I can suggest to cure the dysentery. Of course, the whole hive is to be packed, if the bees are not already in chaff hives. Do not attempt to save them by carrying in-doors, unless you can put them in a dry, dark cellar, where it never freezes. If you can not do this, give them the candy outdoors, and let them alone. If the cluster has got weak in bees, double them up until there is bees enough to warm up the candy. If very badly affected, I would take away all their honey, and put them on empty combs, with the candy over them. It is better to put the candy over them, during a moderately warm day; but if they are in danger of starving, the hive can be opened during almost any weather, without harming them seriously. If the colony is very weak, and you have no more to put with them, it may be better to give them only a small part of a brick, say an ounce or so at a time, and then more as they use it faster. Will you please report how this candy works, as I am very anxious to save the bees, and to save you from loss as well? OUR California honey travels so slowly that it has not yet reached us, though shipped as long ago as the 8th of last November. THE North-Eastern Bee-Keepers' Association of New York, meet in annual session at Utica, Feb. 2, 3, and 4, 1881. WE start the year with 2612 subscribers. Please accept thanks for so many, my friends, after so poor a honey season. Last year at this time we had 3444. NO MORE premiums for subscribing early; but you can secure any of the counter goods as pre miums by noting the rates to clubs, on first page of reading matter. THE Italian bees are at length introduced into New Zealand! Fresh water was supplied them daily, and they came through as fresh as just caged; so we learn from the New Zealand Standard of Sept. 11th. AS THE honey season soon opens in the South, no more discounts will be made from our price list; but we shall watch every opportunity of lessening the price of any article in it, as soon as it is possible to do so. THE WATERBURY WATCHES. OVER two gross of these watches have now been sold, and the number that have been returned are very few indeed, compared with what would have been the case with any other watch of a moderate price that I have ever handled. I Do not know whether sections will be $5.00 per thousand or more, after this month. It will depend on what those who make them decide in regard to the matter. As our own make can be either nailed or glued, so as to make a most rigid box, for those who want such, we think them rather superior to those made with the V-shaped groove. OUR friend Forncrook offers sections for $5.00 per thousand, during this month, and our friend Lewis, of the firm of Lewis & Parks, comes on with the same proposal. Now, not to be behind, we have determined to follow suit; viz., furnish any section smaller than 5x6, during the month of January, for the same price. Those of you who have paid us more for sections to be used next season, can have the money repaid by making application. This price is so extremely close that it cuts off all chance of wholesale. We have an immense pile of seasoned basswood, and with our new machines I think we can furnish you the neatest all-in-one-piece sections you ever saw. OUR lunch room seems to be a decided success. With hot steam at her command, one of our girls served 22 hungry people in less than two hours, and washed and put away the dishes. Our bee friends who come to see us, can now, after visiting all the different rooms, take a seat with us at the noon service, and help to sing out of the Gospel Hymns; then, if so disposed, adjourn to the lunch room, and refresh the "inner man," and all without going out of the building. Friend A. Froscher, of LaGrange, Florida, supplies us with the most luscious Florida oranges, which seem to be one of the chief attractions to visitors to the aforesaid lunch room. THE Counter store, as it is now arranged by the ingenuity of Mr. Gray, really reminds one of the collections of curiosities from all parts of the world that was to be witnessed at the Centennial, and dur ing these holiday times the crowds of visitors that filled the room from morning until night, has helped to keep up the illusion. More than once have I knelt in that room at night, after all were gone, and thanked God for having blessed this project too, until it has gone far beyond what I ever dared to hope it would. One great secret of the success of it is, the scrupulous neatness with which Eliza keeps every thing. The floor is mopped almost every morning, the counters thoroughly dusted with a pair of bellows-what do you think of that idea, housekeeping sisters?-and by the time customers begin to come, every one looks happy, because of the order, neatness, and cleanliness found everywhere. My friends, I had no idea that so many orders would be sent in for our little book of the Home Papers; and when I said we would try to have it out by Dec. 1st, I did it without thinking any one would be greatly disappointed if they did not get it quite so It seems I have been a little mistaken in two soon. things: All my books before have been printed from types; but either electrotypers work slowly, or ours has much work ahead. The plates of the book were promised yesterday. When they come, our big press will turn the books out in a hurry. My other mistake was in not thinking so many would want the little book by the tens and fifties, even before they had seen a copy. I am really afraid you will feel disappointed when you see it. M. will very soon commence setting the type for Part Second. May God bless the little book, and you in your separate homes, as it reaches you. MARRIED. FOSTER ROCKWELL. -At the residence of the bride's father, Thursday, October 28, 1880. Mr. Oliver Foster, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and Miss Maria Rockwell, of Caldwell county, Missouri.Mt. Vernon Hawkeye. May the Lord ever be with you and your fair partner in life, friend F.! Our Black List. This department differs from Humbugs and Swindles, in giving the names and addresses of persons who, although they do not advertise, obtain goods by making promises which they do not keep, and, not only that, but they do not answer postals or letters when written to. To avoid accidental injustice, no one's name will be given here before we have ourselves repeatedly tried to get a reply from him, and, at the same time, have ascertained from his P. M., that he is a resident of the place, and, in short, have done every thing in our power to prevent this list from growing larger. Besides all this, an additional warning will be given each delinquent by sending him a printed copy of this list, before his name comes out publicly. Those who willfully take another's property without equivalent, and who deagainst, and it is only such we mean to include here. liberately and purposely do wrong, we all wish to be warned D. Berry, Mansfield, Richland Co., O. J. W. Blanton, Paris, Henry Co., Tenn. J. F. Kramer, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., Penn. A. J. Clark, Chatham Village, Columbia Co., N. Y. Those persons named below claim to have sent us money, which we have never received. On the strength of their claim, we have sent the goods, asking for half price, and after writing them repeatedly, they fail to settle either by sending half price or returning goods at our expense. R. R. Higgins, Bentonville, Adams Co., O. WANTED A good, sturdy, sober, industri, us man, who is well posted in Bee Culture, to take charge of an apiary at Omaha, Nebraska. To such a man, good wages will be paid. 1-2 ISAAC EDWARDS, M. D., Omaha, Nebraska. |