GLEANINGS 



E CULTURE. 



to Bees and Honey, and Home Interests. 



Vol. X. 



MARCH 1, 1882. 



No. a. 



A. Z. ROOT, j 



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NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. 



NO. 28. 



OUR BUSINESS- 



SHALL WE COMMENCE " LITTLE OR 

 BIG"? 



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If^RIEND HEDDON, I was much pleased in read- 

 ing your article in January Gleanings. I 

 agree, with you, that, after a man has learned 

 bee-keeping, and intends to make it a business for 

 life, it is foolish for him to fritter away his time 

 with a few colonies; hut in regard to the manner in 

 which he shall gain a knowledge of bee-keeping, I 

 don't agree with you, and yet I do. The serving as 

 an apprentice may be all right in some cases; in 

 others, it may not, as a method of management that 

 is successful in one locality may boa failure in an- 

 other. An apprentice who came from a distance to 

 learn of friend Rtddon, might be disappointed upon 

 putting into practice, at his own home, a method 

 that was successful in Southern Michigan. But 

 even if this were the best way of learning bee cul- 

 ture, ,iust think how few persons can leave home 

 convenient Ij', and become apprentices; while bj' 

 the aid of books, bee-papers that contain the ex- 

 periences of the best apiarists, and a few colonies of 

 bees, the theory, principles, and practice of bee- 

 keeping can be easily learned at one's own home. 



THE "SQUARE LIST." 



I can subscribe to the declaration with which the 

 "square" listisheaded; yet there is somcttiing repug- 

 nant tome about thp whole business— this advertis- 

 ing, in this manner, one's honesty and good name. 

 Public opinion says, that the physician must not 

 advertise his wonderful skill; it says, "Let his 



works speak for themselves;" and J say, let a man's 

 works, or dealings, speak for themselves. Di^aler 

 after dealer has advertised to " guarantee satisfac- 

 tion;" but, judging from the manner in which some 

 of them deal, it must have been unto themselves, 

 and not unto their customers, that they guaranteed 

 satisfaction. A bee-keeper once said to me, " When 

 a man advertises, or boasts of his honesty, I think 

 it advisable not to trust him too far." Please don't 

 think that I am casting reflections uponthose whose 

 names have already appeared in the square list — 

 far from it: T consider them the squarest of square 

 dealers. Perhaps, though, if I had lost a good round 

 sum through the dishonesty or negligence of some 

 " scaly" dealer, 1 might feel differently about this 

 matter. 



BEES WINTERING SPLENDIDLY. 



For the first time since November, my bees had a 

 " fly" yesterday. I carried all, except two colonies, 

 out of the cellar; allowed them to fly, and then re- 

 turned them to the cellar. I did not give two colo- 

 nics a "fly," as I wish to see if they will stand it 

 without a "fly " until next May. There were scarcely 

 any dead bees under the hives, and all my bees are 

 wintering splendidly. I say "all;" but about those 

 10 colonies that are buried in clamps — well, I will 

 tell you more about them next spring, after I dig 

 them out. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Kogersville, Genesee Co., Mich. 



I think you mistake a little, friend H., in 

 tlie matter of square men. Those who enter 

 the list simply promise to make good any 

 dilierences before commencing another sea- 

 son's business. Well, tliere are quite a num- 

 ber of our advertisers whom we would be 



