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GLEANINGS JN JJJOI-: CUJ/rUUK. 



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boos, thon truly tho boo of Iho futuro, whloh Hhoul'l 

 anrj will l)c 118 KTOiit an mlvaiicoon thu hcHt hooH ol' 

 to-diiy ai an; our Itnprnvcd call I-, hoifM, <!lc-., upon 

 thoHn ol'th'! laHt KoncratlDM, will ii't, find Hh advent, 

 111 this (jrc'iKjratloii. TJk; mily ohaiiuo to ('Hoaix; this 

 conclUHlnn Is I'or wornu t)i!(;-kof'i)f;r lo ni-l to work 

 as 1 would do could I k'vc tlini; to It, ami had 1 capi- 

 tal to warratit Iho utidr-ttiklriK - and work to ail- 

 vunco hl« t)f;(;rt. w|fh riolhoilK'ht of ifrcHcrit protit, to 

 Hparc no tirnf?, no |)ilni, no Htiidy, no rnon<;y, lo HC- 

 curo the Ideal \)m;, and thon cri.Mito his own market 

 liy dlHlrlhutlriK his heoH to the enterprlsintf l>ee- 

 keopers of the ctjunlry, asking them lo trjHt them, 

 and then p ly aecordlri^' to \U<: worth of tin; IjeeH. In 

 this way he could hope In lime lo k"' l>''*y f'"" his 

 time and lahor, and wuul I hiive the HatlMfaetlori of 

 holnjjr classed with Mates and th(! Ho'dhs. Ifavo wc; 

 any [). A.Jones who can iilford lo uridr;rtake this 

 wovk'f—l'nif. A. J. (;i>i)li in Hiind Nciv )'(iiliei\ Mnu, 

 188}. 



While I can he.irlily ufjree with all that 

 friend (!ook says in reganl to irn|)rf)vernf!nt 

 in our Htraiiis of hee.s, I can not hut i'eel 

 cleei)ly paiiiod whenever I hear him utter 

 sucli words as " I biilieve tliat tiie dollar- 

 queen trallif; has doin; more than any one 

 tliii)(( to retard the progress of Aineicaii api- 

 culture." Such expressions have Hcennid to 

 me HO iinn;a3oiiabie and unkind, he^(?in(< 

 friend book's |)ardoii. tliat I have refrained, 

 as friend Doolittle puts it. from giviii;^ "hoth 

 sides" of the (juestion. If the rapid (lissem- 

 ination of the Italiati hlr)f)d, freshly imported 

 ri^ht from Italy, has ht-en a hofni io our 

 land, then selliii}^ daughters of importerl 

 mothers at a dollar has surely hficn a great 

 national hlessing. 'J'lie " blind point" of all 

 these objectors is, it seems to me, in insisting 

 that every queen we don't want to breed 

 from shall be killed, in rearing these thoi- 

 oiighbred horses, flo they kill all they don't 

 want for breeders? The great bulk of the 

 dollar queens are sold for tlw; prf)fluction of 

 lioney, just as the horses are sold for work- 

 ing horses, that are not found desirable as 

 breeders. Are not horses and cattle, not de- 

 sirable as ijreeders, sold at reasonable prices 

 for other purposesV Now, inHsmuch as the 

 greatest yields of honey evei' reported from 

 single hives have been almost invariably 

 from dollar (jueens. it does not seeni to rne 

 they have been so great a detriment. What 

 is to hinder doing all th;>t friernl Cook ad- 

 vises, and why does not some one do it? I 

 confess I don't see why we shoiihl stoj) fur- 

 nishing the markets with tons of lioney 

 meanwhile, nor do I s ;e how the rapid dis- 

 semination of the Italian blood by queens at 

 a low price, in any way stands in the way of 

 it. I need hardly mention the evils of gam- 

 bling in fancy stock, for there are few of us 

 who have not friends who liave been wrecked 

 by the fictitious values placed on horses, cat- 

 tle, sheep, or, in a less degree, on poultry. 



A C'AICn FICOTI PItOF. <OOK. 



THE .NATIONAt^ HEK-KEEPER8* ASSOCIATION. 



SBKG leave to call tho attention of the vlce-pre8- 

 IdentH of the National Ilee-keeperH' Assocla- 

 tirm, and the bec-k<;eperH of America, through 

 the several bee papf.-rs of tho country, to the next 

 meeting of our asHoelation, to be held in the city of 

 Cincinnati, some time in October next. 



All diginterefited friends of apicuiturai progreBs 

 will recognize tho valuable work of the association, 



and tho greater good tliat may oomo, ycH, and will 

 come, when all our assoolatioMH are harni<<nloUHly 

 workbiR loKe.tlK'r to build up our art. TlioHe pres- 

 enl III till! lasl ine<'tlng at Lexington will leeiill the 

 pr;i Ir-cl, liiirinony imd the perre<M spirit ol' ac<!ord 

 that prevailed at tho entire nie(;tlng, and tho l'e<'llng 

 of real satlsf action that was manifested by those 

 pr<;sent from every section. fiOt us commence 

 early to secure even greater fruits at tho nexl con- 

 vention. 



with this <!nd In view, I wish to olfer some sug- 

 gestJoriH: — 



1. Let any one who wishes Iho eharacler of tlio 

 rn.~:etlngs changed in any particular, writo to mi; at 

 once, and his wishes shall r(;celve (jiirnest attention. 



'i. IjCI tho deleji^ates from each Htato come pre- 

 pared toglvf! accural*! data as to the honey crop for 

 the season of 188:i, that we may be able to glv<! tho 

 best advice as to marketing the crop. 



:i. Let It bo rern<;mlH.'red, that committees were 

 appointed to experiment In several lines, particu- 

 larly in controlling fertlli/.atlon, and let us hope 

 that lull and able reports will bo rendered. Let f>th- 

 ers come prepared lo add to tho reports, and tr* dis- 

 cuss them. 



In acjordiince with the general opinion, few and 

 short essays will b(! rejfl, that tho discussions may 

 be more full. With this In view, let every person 

 come pr(;pared tr) give quick and accurate accounto 

 of what he has learned, that will be helpful to tho 

 bee-keepers of tho country. 



List us hope for a large attendance of the enthu- 

 siastic bee-keepers of the country, ttn<l that all may 

 come full of the spirit of pr'jgress, good feeling, and 

 harm iiiy, that the meeting may b<; great In the good 

 that shall be accomplished, and entirely free from 

 all harsh, unc-harltable words, which In no cf)nven- 

 tlon tend to edification. A. J. (;ook, 



I'res. Nat. Bee-keepers' Ass'n. 



Lin-lng, Mich , May il,188:J. 



itIJICICN NI.KGICIfV. 



A SUCCESSfUfc OPBHATIO.-U. 



WPfl'> the wide-awake bee-keeper who delights In 

 jl|l the business In which he Is (ingaged, now les- 

 "^ "^ sous are being continually taught. Those les- 

 sons may have been learned by others long ago. 

 What I learn rnay have been discovered by others 

 before me. In fact, this is generally the case. Men 

 like Huber, Quinby, Langstroth, and others, who 

 have- devoted their lives to the study of this, the 

 most wonderful of all Insects, have given us a deep 

 insight Into tho character and nature of the honey- 

 bee. 



I can not claim the discovery of any thing that 

 will throw a great deal of light on any particular 

 branch of this Industry; yet I, and so raay others, in 

 relating our experiences In successes anl reverses, 

 contribute S'tmething, If wr; will but make It known, 

 to the general stock of Information which will be of 

 value U) others. 



I had a little experience that was new to me, last 

 year. 'Ihe books speak nothing atKjiit It, as far as I 

 have been able to re-ad theni. In the latter part of 

 May, and first of June, I raised a fine lot of young 

 (■jueens for my customers. I was very successful In 

 getting them fertilixed. All began to lay about tho 

 same time, except one of the nicest. Hhe flew out 



