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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Spet. 15. 



the railroads and the people. The Commissioner of 

 Kailroads, Lansing, Mich., at the close of the session, 

 among other things said of Mr. Hilton that it had 

 not been his lot to be associated witli a man who 

 had acted so impartially. 



Among the numerous bills that Mr. H. was inter- 

 ested in, perhaps none received more attention 

 than the one providinjf for a normal school in 

 Northern Michigan; but in this matter we will let 

 others speak : 



The speech of Mt. Hilton, who pleaded earnestly 

 for the farmers, pioneers, and home-makers in this 

 comparatively new country, was most effective, and 

 every representaiive listened and was touched. 

 This section being new, and very remote from all 

 the educational institutions of the State, the home- 

 makers were unable to give their children the ad- 

 vantages so necessary to prosperity and happiness, 

 because they are unwilling to be separated so long 

 and so far, and because their means are limited, 

 and must be wholly used in preparing the home. 

 The impression made by Mr. Hilton was complete.— 

 Northwestern Tribune, Mr. Pleasant, Mich. 



Ed. Indicatur :^licing present when the Central 

 Michigan Norm il-scliool bill passed the House, I 

 heard the speeches made for and against it; and in 

 justice to your Representative, Hon. Geo. E. Hilton, 

 1 want to say to your readers, tlirough your piiper, 

 that, of all the speeches made (and there were sev- 

 en), that of Mr. Hiltou's was pronounced by all who 

 heard them, to be the ablest in argument, best in de- 

 liverj', and most convincing in result. Mr. Hilton 

 plead earnestly for schools and education generally, 

 and especially for Central and Northern Michigan 

 —these newer counties where the young do not 

 have the opportunities offered that the older coun- 

 ties are provided with. It was a warm fight, and a 

 grand victory for the partially settled counties 

 north of the capital, and Mr. Hilton threw himself 

 into the cause and made a fine speech. It was in 

 support of Senator Shaw's bill; and thus Newaygo 

 County has the honor of furnishing two champions 

 for the noblest work of all -the education of the 

 young. Listener, in Fremont Indicator. 



Mt. Pleasant, Mich., June 6. 



During the last session of the Michigan Legisla- 

 ture there was a bill introduced by a member who 

 had had a terrible experience as the result of bees 

 being kept too near the highway. He and his 

 friends were badly stung, and a span of horses he 

 said he would not have taken J330 for were stuag to 

 death. There seemed to be other members who had 

 been stung, or knew of others who had been stung. 

 When Mr. Hilton saw that the bill was going to 

 pass, thus preventing the keeping of bees within 90 

 feet of the highway, he told the members that it 

 would lead to endless litigation and family quar- 

 rels, and debar any one, owning a lot not to exceed 

 four rods square, from keeping bees. He intro- 

 duced an amendment so that it should read " from 

 the center of the highwaj-." The amendment was, 

 however, defeated, and the original bill passed, and 

 is now a law. 



There was another bill introduced, making it a 

 misdemeanor not to spray fruit-trees for the pur- 

 pose of killing the enemies of fruit. This came 

 from a horticulturist, and was a good bill for the 

 orchardist. Mr. Hilton explained that it was worse 

 than useless to spray while trees were in bloom, and 

 succeeded iu amending the bill, making the same 

 penalty apply if trees were sprayed ivhUr they were 

 in full bloom. The orchardist, knowing the bee to 

 be his best friend, is pleased with the bill, which was 

 passed as appended, and is now a law. 



Last winter at Detroit he was elected a delegate 

 from his district to attend i he National Convention 

 of Renubliean League Clubs, held at Cleveland 

 June 19, 20, and 31. 



[When T asked for a good photo of Mr. Hilton, 

 the latter, in sending his own, sent along a 

 couple of others that 

 were, I thotight. too 

 good to be confined 

 to the narrow con- 

 fines of my own al • 

 bum, and I there- 

 fore asked friend H. 

 If I might use them 

 for the pages of 

 Gleanings. To this 

 he kindly consented. 

 While our Michigan 

 friend may or may 

 not have a pardona 

 ble pride in his ca- 

 reer as a bee-keeper 

 and legislator, he 

 ca7Vt help feeling a 

 fatherly pride in 

 those children. 



There is one more 

 thing I must say; 

 and that is, in refer- 

 ence to railroads. 

 We are too apt to 

 feel that they (or, 

 rather, their man- 

 agement) are only 

 selfish and grasping. 

 Mr. Hilton, who has 

 had abundant oppor- 

 tunity for observa- 

 tion, says that he 

 has not found them 

 wholly soulless; that, 

 if they are approach- 

 ed in the proper man- 

 ner, they will, if it is just and right, oftentimes 

 grant important concessions. — Ed. J 



DUMMIES OR DIVISION-BOARDS. 



BALLED QUEP:NS; QUEENS CRAMP; ALFALFA 

 A SUCCE.SS NEAR DR. MILLER'S. 



By Emma Wilson. 



Mr. Editor: — I don't quite understand your 

 footnote on page (523. You say, " I very often 

 pry over the entire set of frames clear to one 

 side. This gives ample room for the removal 

 of the division-board." Our frames are always 

 pressed up tight against oue side of the hive, 

 leaving all the room possible for the dummy, to 

 begin with. We could not possibly pry them 

 any closer, no matter how much we might try, 

 and I don't see how we could make any more 

 room for the dummy than we have when the 

 hive is first opened. Please tell us how your 

 frames are arranged. 



You also say that you call the dummy the di- 

 vision-board. Why? We have used both dum- 

 mies and division-boards; and, while they are 

 very similar, they are not exactly alike, and are 

 not used for the same purpose. A division- 

 board is used to divide the hive into separate 

 parts, while a dummy is used to fill up space. 

 Our dummies are smaller than our division- 

 boards. If it is not incorrect to call the board 

 in question a dummy, it is certainly better be- 

 cause shorter. If you don't call it a dummy, 

 what do you call a dummy ? 



