1895 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. (33 



•of Mr. Doolittle's choice yellow stock. They aside a certain sum of money each year, as a re- 

 were p(Mfectly gentle; and although it is pos- membrance. or, perhaps we might say. a New 

 -sible that other blood might have crept in, in Year's gift to our veteran benefactor. How 

 view of Mr. Doolittle's statement to the con- many of us have kept sacredly this promise? I 

 trary, and the care characteristic of him. it is know of one man, and liis initials are^. I. Root, 

 improbable. But I do insist that some five- who waited till the 10th of January before send- 

 banders are vicious, and poor workers; and the ingin his offering when he ought to have sent 

 conclusion forces itself upon me that there are it the 1st. Perhaps it may be something of an 

 some careless breeders, and perhaps not as encouragement to others to say that we have 

 •conscientious as they might be in keeping out been paying Mr. Langstroth $50.00 each year, 

 the Eastern blood, for it is so easy to breed for a long time past, and we have felt happy in 

 yellow from this race. The yellow stocks at doing this much. I have made these remarks 

 present in our yard came from a number of thinking there may be others who would really 

 breeders, and the progeny of the queens vary enjoy giving our old friend a pleasant reminder 

 greatly. that his services are gratefully remembered by 



bee-keepers. The Ainericayi Bee Journal has 



wintering; why the INDOOK plan gives , . ■ t.u- -.iuf ^1 I* 



been keeping this matter before the people for 



THE BEST RESULTS IN ONE LOCALITY AND .. . „,.,, ^, . , v, j 



THE OUTDOOR IN ANOTHER. ^«"°« *'™^ P^^^" ^ill the Other bce-papers do 

 „ r , • .,. J . what they feel would be right and proper in re- 

 in the ^merica?i Bee ./OHrnaL in the depart- . ,. ,, . , * .U J u. .1 

 , ^ . J -r. ,. ., . . minding their readers of the debt we owe ? 

 ment of Queries and Replies, the question is A i T? 



asked, " Do you prefer the single-walled or 



the double-walled hives?"' The majority of re- the bee-keepers' union. 

 spondents vote for the first, but not one of them The Tenth Annual Report of the Bee-keep- 

 seems to mention the part that locality plays in ers' Union is before us. The General Manager, 

 the matter. In fact, they all live either far in commenting on the past work of the Union, 

 south or far north. Of course, those in the says: 



southland would prefer the single-walled. Those I am g-lad to state that the Union has everywhere 



who live where the winters are pretty cold, as exerted such a soothing influence that now the ene- 



a general rule prefer the indoor plan, because mies of the pursuit are very cautious in commenc- 



the double hives hardly give protection enough, ing- a suit against bee-keepers. Lawyers have read 



But where the winters are moderate, and in ia their Law Journals reports of trials which have 



«ome others where great quantities of snow resulted disasatrously to tlie complainants, leaving 



* 11 xi_ J 1.1 !_• T • ^1 i_ ^ them to pay the costs, and they generally discour- 



lall, the double hive. I am sure, gives the best „„„ ,„, ,...„ . , ., , n «n j 



', ^ , , , , ^^^ such litigants unless they have well-fllled 



results. In our locality the outdoor plan surely pocket-books, and they discover a chance to make 



does best. We sometimes have a couple of liberal fees. Even then, many of tliem will not un- 



weeks of weather when the thermometer regis- dertake a case which gives no promise of success. 



ters 10 degrees below zero; but more often it is Quite often they advise their would-be clients to 



open, with several weeks of fairly warm send to the Bee-keepers' Union for documents; and 



weather sprinkled in. It is then that the cellar- '^'i®" ^ucli are received and read, the arguments of 



€dbees get uneasy, fly'out on the floor, and die Judge Williams and the decision of the Supreme 



by thousands: and it is then that outdoor bees C°"^*^ of Arkansas are so convincing that they 



, , c • 1 «• u^ TUTU ^1. • ^ quite Willingly nurse their wrath, and permit their 



get beneficial flights. Where the winters are ,, , . . ,, . . ^i • • w j 



. , . r ,. , , . bee-keeping neighbors to en.ioy their rights and 



continuously cold for the most part, the cellar privileges. 



plan gives the best results, because it (the eel- ^ ^ i, j ^ , • , 



T , V, 1 i ^ X \ ' One or two cases are on hand, and advice has 



lar) can be kept at an even temperature, or , ■■ j . ^i i^ •n ,. . 



, ™. • 1^ 1^ i. J. been rendered, and the result will be given in 



nearly so. This means a light consumption of ,, , , , ..u i- t ^ ^^ x- xi_ 



. J ^^ 1 <• I J . .1 the future. In the line of adulteration, the 



stores and comparatively few bees dying on the ,. ^ r ^i. xt .. u j i^ .• • 



fl ,,,. ... .1 , . • 1, .^ history of the Hunt honey-adulteration case is 



floor. Since writing the foregoing a well-writ- . ....... j . ■, c <■ . ^ 



. .. , , . ,, , 1. IT given, with the details of which our readers are 



ten article on bees in cellars has come which I , , , .,. m. c • i . . 



. J .„ already familiar. The financial statement is as 



indorse— see p. o9. . ,, 



— follows: 



L. L. I/ANGSTROTH. FINANCIATj st.\tement. 



I have before alluded to the fact that our Balance, as per last Keport .172171 



aged friend and benefactor is in ratherdesti- Fees from 311 members for 1894 311 00 



tute circumstances, especially since the death $l,o.'?2 71 



of his son-in-law; and although there have been Expenses for the year 251 20 



many calls on our bee-keepers for contributions Balance. Dec. 16, 189t $77S ."il 



— in fact, so many that I almost dread to speak Donation. L. M. B .5 00 



of any more— I do think it behooves us each and t, * 1 1 , ^ i ^^Z7i 



,, , r , ^ Total balance on hand $.83 51 



all to remember father Langstroth. Perhaps 



the younger members of our fraternity of bee- The American Bee Journfil for Jan. 3 con- 

 keepers do not know about these things as well tains an article from G. W. Demaree: 

 as we older ones do. By the way, some years i want to suggest that the proper thing to do is to 

 ■ago quite a number of the veterans agreed to set elect a new set of officers for the National Bee-keep- 



