1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



23 



acid that he is an expert in horsemanship, and is 

 just :il J ears old. If you are over .50 it will take 

 you longer, and you must not be discouraged if 

 you find a few bruises when you undress to go 

 to bed at night. 



Success and best wishes to that family of 

 eight, friend P.— A. I. h.J 



Mii. Alley says, " Give the bees a chance to 

 rest all winter. Do not disturb them at all." 

 This is good advice, providing you know they 

 have been fed and have sufficient stores. 



This seems to be a rather open winter all over 

 the country, and it behooves every bee-keeper 

 to see that his bees do not starve. While cold 

 winters are severe on outdoor unprotected col- 

 onies, the bees are not as liable to rear brood or 

 use up their stores. But during open seasons 

 like this the very opposite is true, and colonies 

 are lost, not by cold, but by starvation. Later.— 

 Since wriiing this, the weather has changed to 

 almost a blizzard this morning of the 27th. 



I EXTRACT the following from the Nebraska 

 ■Queen, a new bee-paper. It is a pretty good 

 sample of the rest of the editorial matter: 



I fear there are many swarms of bees In Nebraska 

 that will have to be fed or they will starve before 

 you can feed in the spring- 1 have heard many, of 

 late, say their bees may starve before they will 

 spend any more money on them. Ah, my friend! 

 how can you talli that way ? Show me what has 

 paid the past few years tliut has been left to its own 

 ways. Gentlemen, your stock would perish and die 

 this winter if you had not economized and saved all 

 your straw, hay, and cornstalks. Many are, to daj% 

 wondering how their stock will get tlirough the 

 winter. It will be througli your careful care for it. 



Merchants should bear in mind that "selhng' 

 goods below cost " is unprofitable in more ways 

 than one. Most people think you're lying, and 

 trade elsewhere; wliile those who believe yon, will 

 Stay away because tliey don't like to trade witli a 

 fool. 



A dentist could probably drive home the filling in 

 a tooth with a single blow from a large hammer; 

 but he does a better job, and the job lasts longer, 

 by using a small hammer and repenting the blows. 

 The same principle liolds good in advertising. 



THE CROSSES OF .5 BANDERS CROSS, BUT WELL 

 MARKED. 



There is one objection to the five-banded 

 Italians that I had not thought to mention be- 

 fore; namely, that a cross between a queen of 

 five banded stock and a black drone, or a five- 

 banded drone and a black queen, will, accord- 

 ing to our experience, result in all of the bees 

 showing at least three bands, and in some cases 

 four. Now, these bees, so far as marMngs are 

 concerned, would pass for pure Italians, be- 

 cause, forsooth, they show three yellow bands 

 and more; but they are, just the same, hybrids; 

 and this accounts for the way some of the bees 

 of five-banded stock are so " awful " cross. 

 They are not pure; the owner says, " They show 

 four bands, but sting like hornets." 



I do not wish to appear to discourage the 

 business of breeding iive-banders; for there are 

 some careful breeders who run for both color 

 and business; but the color craze has been car- 

 ried so far by many of the breeders, all other 

 qualities sink into insignificance when compar- 

 ed with the one thing — "lots of yellow." 

 Color will not make prolific queens, neither will 

 it add any thing to the honey crop. On the 

 contrary, it will detract from both. 



The following are a few brief pointers in re- 

 gard to advertising, that I take from Printers' 

 I)ik. This is getting to be the season for ad- 

 vertising, and I feel sure that our advertisers, 

 or those who expect to be with us, will profit by 

 the suggestions. Notice particularly the last 

 paragraph You will see how nicely it dove- 

 tails in the editorial on page 876. It is far better 

 to invest what money you have, in a number of 

 small advertisements, than to put it into one 

 big flaming one and let it stop there. 



Advertising is like a carriage— Its progress is im- 

 peded by getting into ruts. 



A great many persons will read a short story who 

 Tiave not time to read a long one. Same way with 

 an ad. 



Different persons read the same thing in a differ- 

 ent manner; lience the necessity of presenting the 

 same sul:)ject in different ways to convince different 

 minds. 



Nails driven taut half way do not fulfill an intent. 

 Half-hearted l^lows in advertising are as futile. 

 Concentrated applications alone create impressions. 



THE SHOW OF HANDS ON THE BEE -PARALYSIS 

 QUESTION. 



The following is the revised list of names of 

 queen-breeders up to date who have signified 

 their willingness to destroy the first case of bee- 

 paralysis as soon as it appears in their yards, 

 within 24 hours after its discovery. I am well 

 aware that some think such a procedure un- 

 necessary; but it will surely stamp the disease 

 out entirely, if all queen-breeders will take 

 pains to pursue this policy for a few years. 

 Foul brood, I feel quite certain, can not be 

 transmitted from the ovaries of the queen, 

 Cheshire to the contrary; and I think all practi- 

 cal apiarists, and those who do not depend upon 

 fine spun theories, agree with me. But bee- 

 paralysis, assuredly, can be so transmitted, and 

 should be treated accordingly. 



W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Ark. 

 J. P. Mooi-e, Morgan, Ky. 

 J. J. Hardy, Lavonia, Ga. 

 F. A. Loekhart. Lake Gecn-ge. N. Y. 



F. B Yockev, North Wiishnigt-on, Pa. 

 H. G. Qiiirin, IJel Icviic, Ohio. 

 Cleveland Bros.,SI;iiii|)er, Miss. 



G. W. Hufstedler. (laiksville, Tcnn. 

 Leiuinger Bros., Ki. .Icnnings, O. 

 Jennie Atchley, Ueevillc .Tex. 



By the way, I notice by the Aiyiculturist that 

 Mr. Alley thinks the course we are pursuing in 



