When I ordered the two first volumes I thought I could do without Gleanings 3rd Vol.—But it won’t DO. Don’t forget the Jan. number. ’Twont do! No, if “blue eyes” falls down over the boards you must stop and help her up. In our haste, don’t let us make a God of our Bees.
Have 35 stands in box to be transferred, have adopted the Standard. Shall want an extractor etc.
C. M. Joslin, M. D. St. Charles, Mich.
I examined several of my colonies the 20th of Jan. and found brood in all stages, from the egg to the hatching bee. One stock with brood on four combs. Lost none to date, though one hive has soiled its combs considerably.
H. Peden, Mitchellville, Tenn.
From several similar items, we see it is nothing very unusual to find brood even in Jan., in the Southern and Middle states, whether this is desirable or not, we are unprepared to say.
Many thanks friend “Novice” for the binder you sent me, I never expected such a nice premium. We have every number of “Gleanings” in its proper place in the binder, and let me tell every bee-keeper, to get Emerson’s Binder for “Gleanings,” then they can preserve them for their children’s children if they like. But “Novice” I never said “confound it” if I could not just find the desired number of Gleanings. No indeed! we always kept them in a drawer by themselves so that we always knew just where to find them. (Teach us order and precision and then ask such a question as per advertisement.)