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GLEANINGS IN BEE CUJ/rUUE. 



Junk 



(loM of tho (Ironn was Hitnotlines aKamln, It rriUHt 

 not. nncoHsiirlly bo ho In nil ciisoh. This ne.rh'jtHdi. 

 ri»i.lcclu)i \h, at I nniUM-stand 11, lh(3 " Dzlorzon Tho- 

 ory" of tho hooks, IhiU. Iimh loud Ttiiiny apliirlaiis to 

 H\i|)|>(iHo Ihiit tho aniiio laws do not hohl I mo In 

 bi'i'cdliiK liccH that hold with other HiiiiiiaN. 



( 'linniliers' lOnoyclDpodlii, HpcaUs of AkahM'/, hh on(( 

 of llin iiiiisl dlMtliiKiilMhcddf iiiodrrn nat iirallHtM, and 

 he Is nicritloiK'd In VVclislor'H ItioKraphioal Dlollon- 

 nry. IJciili' In inont loncij an a physloloHlst atid inloro- 

 HcoplMt In tho Atnorloaii y\ddllloM to (.'hainhors' I'lii- 

 oyclopcdla; Ijiil ono lookH In vain In thcHc^ works for 

 tli() iniiniwof llorli'p^oh and D/Acv/Am. Which woiilil 

 bo niiiHt llkfly to load thoir followors astray^ 



l''allH('lty, Nob.. May, IKHiJ. JionOMio Wii/rsn. 



Wliy, Iriciid \V.,yi)ii .siictk to it vvitiHc Ui;ui 

 ;i, \V()iii;iii, iiiid I |)i(^Himi() I hud hclUir hn;^ 

 pardon and stop siif^ff^cstiiit; tliaX tli(! Ixm'S 

 wci'd not: ^fiiiiiibi tiii('(i-lta.!idcd Italians. I 

 Hlidiild liko to ask about. t.iiaL (piccir lcat,iir(^ 

 of l.li(!if l»(Miiif lioiiry-l)('(^s and still caliii;^ 

 liiood ; hiiL as it; is, I tiiiidc I will Ihaiik yoii 

 iiisLcad I'oiyoiif vufy vivid dcisciiptioii of Mkj 

 way ill wlii(;li tlu; heos si'iid out scouts aCUu' 

 swaiiiiiii^; and if I <w(U' have, tlu! pleasure, 

 of iiicctiii^f Mr. ('apiis, I will bike. olT my hat. 

 anil },fivo iiiiii a t,'ood " stiak(i " while! I thaiik 

 liini for the V(My valuable I'atds he has liir- 

 iiished lis. I idesiime you have remarked, 

 lri(!ii(l W., liovv v(!ry aeciirately this eorrob- 

 oiates what Irieiid "Pettiis says in his letter 

 in the A !'>(!. I am vei-y well awan\ that 

 tho cyclopedias a.iid dictionaries (piote Ag- 

 assi'/ and men of like* ilk, and ignore D/iin-- 

 zon and I5(!rlepscli ; but when 1 remember 

 the roolishm^ss Agassi/, nttisred in ref^ard to 

 the way bfses Imild their ctills, (^tc., I I'cel in- 

 clined io say as the inventor of the Icxuymo- 

 tive said when the objection was raised, that 

 it would never be tolcMated niniiiiin- aitross 

 the eoniit.ry, becausi! it would "■ kill tlie cat- 

 tle." (Said' he, '•'Then, my lord, it will be 

 bad for the cattle." Now, it was (certainly 

 bad for A^'iissi/, wluiu he came before our 

 A H (', class and tried to ttiach bees; and I 

 fear it will hit ba,(l for the dictionaries and 

 e^'cloiiepias, if tlu^y persist in (luotiiijjf scien- 

 tists lather than mciii like r>orlep.sch and 

 Dzierzon, when they treat on bee cuUure. 



i'i>iTi:s'rici» (ti'iciONs. 



19 TlIK TIl.VI'KIO IN THKM nKTAIlDlNd IlICK ClII/rilltKi' 



'K yon f(!ol froo to kIvo both shhvsof tho matter, I 

 sbonld In: pleased to h<»o a copy of this article 

 In .IniK^ (hiiCANiNUS. 0. M. DooLiTTiiic. 



Ilorodiiio, N. v.. May, IK83. 



Jn accordance with the above request, we 

 publish Uie followiuK which friend D. has 

 sent us:— 



I have been much Interestfil in the dlsciiMsions In 

 tho boo .|o\irnal8 as to th(< policy of reaiinK and sell- 

 ln>r "Dollar (.Jiioonn;" and nolesHsoin tho \'ery can- 

 did arti(!lo from inv friend W. /. MntchlnHon, whi(;h 

 iippear(Ml in a late Itiodl. Mr. II. ikhhI hav(^ no fear 

 of prIvInK olVcn.'io. Ills very o\ldcnt candor. Iriith- 

 fulness, and bonesty, mnsi <'ver win admiration and 

 osto<Mn, and would Utavo no shadow of an e.veuse for 

 any hard feidliiKon tho partof an opponent. It Is 

 not arRnmcMit and candor that hurt ; it Is lii\eetlve 

 and crimination. I am «liid to know that Mr. II. is 

 ajfoatloman, and so has ikj u.so for tho3o latter wea- 

 pons. 



As to iho oCfoots of tho " dollar-ciin^nn bnsinoH," I 

 think that Mr. II. docs not nndorstand my position. 



I bollovo h(! has only to nndorstand mo to ajfroo with 

 me. I Unvc no doubt, nay, I am snrcsthat ho makes 

 tho bmincss pay. I am further cijrialn that ho does 

 .lust as III- says he will do ■ that he roars his diiliar 

 (|uc^ons wit h us much oaro as ho does any; that he 

 broe<lsonly froin his bi^st <|ueons, and that in all r(!- 

 spects his dollar iiueens are Just as «oo(| as tho test- 

 ed ones, (ml iiiK l heir chancr! for impure mat ing' 

 which, with the ca,r(^ Klv(!n to the muitf-r by Mr. II., 

 issllKht. Nor a,m I at all certain t.Iiat his tested aro 

 siipeilor at all to the untested ones. In fact, I think. 

 If i understand Mr. Ilutehinson, I a.Kr(!(! with him in 

 nearly (^v((ry point ho makes. Viit, I iieiievo that 

 the " d()|la,r-(pieen tralllo" has done more than any 

 oiKitliliiK to relard lh<! pro(<-t<iSH of American api- 

 (Milliire. I believ(^ it stands direetiv In tho way of 

 the Ix^st acliievemcnts, and ac(u)rdlnKly anything' 

 that, tends to throl tl(! its c.vlstenco is a blt^KHliiK- 



The brecdin)^ of biu's. like th(! rearlliK-of anv other 

 stock, Is a malt(Ttliat must not bo hurried if wo 

 would HeennMho best r(^H\ills. f/onn' wal chilly:, (he 

 most earid'ni study, and the most rljforous woodinjf- 

 oiit are .)ust. as r(w|ulsit(i hern as In broediHK tho 

 best sli'>rt-li(irns. Docs Mr. II. think that our sliort- 

 horn c;it I le would pinscsH their present excollenen, 

 had IIkmm^ been MO K''eat(^r inducement to hard and 

 persistent elfort than that held out to the b(?o-brC!ed- 

 or of to-diiy? It seems patiwit, that the " dollar- 

 <|U(M'n trallic" lias Ho eh(Nipen(Ml (|uecns that no 

 person ciin possibly alford to laki^ Ihi^ pulns that we 

 oiiRhl to have taken, unbtss, forsooth, hi i brttad and 

 biiltei' U secured by some otlKir means. I wish wo 

 bad br(!cders that eoiilil study their lasos as did 

 Hammond his sheep, and as hiindrcwis of Hammonds 

 are siudyiii),' lh(dr sheep. caltlt% and horses, all over 

 the cuuntry to-day, and (jould select, mate, and 

 brewed, not with riiiKS solely In view, but with a far 

 higher id<!al, in which meri) coloration should form 

 bulasilK-ht olemetit; thou wo mlxht look for real 

 projcress. I eati not, tliid time, with my numorons 

 duties, to do this as 1 think It oiiKht to be done. 

 Neilhi^rMr. II. nor any oth(^r breeder (!an alford to 

 doll. Thoy would starve, far short of success; as, 

 how(^\'(T w(;ll they miicht ilo, they (^mld hope for no 

 ade(|nat(^ rfMiuiiUTation, so powerfully has the bito 

 (|ueon business tond(Hi to wiMikon th<^ spirit of Im- 

 pr )vomenl. Our pr(^sont systmn calls for economy 

 of time, money, and thontrht. Ibit tho maximum, 

 not lh(( minimum, of care is what wIIIkIvcus superi- 

 or bees. 



Tli(( point I make is Just this: Tho onorfiry and 

 push put into tho (pioen business of lato— which on- 

 erjry was at)Soini<dy reipiisito to aucx'oss, and then 

 only th<< shrewdest business mon could, if honosi, 

 make a iiviiiK' by roarlnjc those cheap queens - havo 

 so choaponoil the price of (iniutns that thero is no 

 jrcnoral demand for any other. IJiit decided Im- 

 provement nan come only by th(< utmost pains In 

 soirietliiK broedln(jr stock, bo'h dronos and (pioons, 

 wlilcih in (laso of drones Is very dlllicult, and r(!ipilr(!s 

 the greatest lacd, patloncie, and jx-rslstoneo. Now, 

 this very dilUouliy iimkes It necessary to havo every 

 lnduc(?mont thrown in the way to incite any bec- 

 kcKjpor to nndertako It. Tho prospect of a dollar or 

 a littl(i more for (lueens thus bred, would not only 

 oH'(M'no su(!h Indut^emont, but would be tho best pos- 

 sible o.vtinKuishfu- of ail enthusiasm. More than 

 this, to breed tho ideal <iueen will ro(piire such a 

 riK'oroiis w(UMt|n(jr-oiit that oniv a small proportion 

 of tho (pioens roared will be sulferod to live. To sup- 

 port a family, tho l)riM>d(!r of cheap (pioons must soil 

 every one, anil will thon have ^niiit reason to re- 

 Joieo If his ledK-er ac(!ount shows a crc(llt l)alance. In 

 testing-, Mr. II. only waits to see If tho roipiislto 

 numborof bands Is present. I would havo him wait 

 to si^e If Uu) r(!(|uisit(! number of okm'S, l)ees, and 

 pouiiilsof honey were fortius .minir. and th(!n, when 

 such assuraiKU! was trained, I would pay him iflO.CK) 

 for tho (pieen, and make money, wblUt I would lose. 

 In tho ma.loiity of cases, to pay $I.IK) for the ])i-osont 

 (pieens. In biiylnuf scn'cral to lost the matter, not, 

 however, of Mr. II., I havis won a blank at each ven- 

 ture. 



Why did Avery & Murphy produce such a masrnlfl- 

 oent herd of cattleV Only bcfninsn thoy took the 

 Kr(^at()st j)ains to secure the best material to breed 

 from, and then used tho best. Judirment and most 

 (jonsunimato skill in crossing:. Why did ^if) cattle 

 brlii)^ $.")0,000 at IIk^ recent sale at (ihica.K'o'i' l"'or tho 

 same reason. Why tho exerclso of tho skill and 

 (^aution'i' Only because of tho prospectivo thou- 

 sanrls at future sales. 



Unless thoro Is some money Influence to Induce to 

 more time, caution, and palnstaklnR In breeding: 



