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GLEANINGS IN BEE CQLTURE. 



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Mr. Terry himself, and after leaving here he 

 was expecting to make him a short call. 



He had wheeled it, prior to coming here, all 

 the way from Lansing, Mich., to Columbus, O.; 

 and how much farther south I do not know. 

 But he had already covered several hundred 

 miles during raw, wet, rainy weather. Indeed, 

 one of his runs was made during a heavy rain; 

 and, as he expressed it, he was just as wet as if 

 he had been dipped into a cistern. He caught 

 cold, having no dry clothes to put on after the 

 end of the run, but was recovering from it at 

 the time of his visit at Medina. 



He was in a hurry, and could stay with us 

 only over night and a little while during the 

 next forenoon. Before he staried off again I 

 could not resist the temptation to catch him 

 with the camera, and the result you see above. 



when I told him that the general reading pub- 

 lie had a claim on him through his father, he 

 at last consented. 



BEKT COOK, 



As the morning was a little raw, A. 1. R. had 

 his overcoat on, with the collar turned up 

 around his neck. Mrs. A. I. R. did not iniend 

 to be caught in the picture; but she had come 

 out on the porch to say good-by to Bert, and of 

 course just in time to '"get shot." She ex- 

 pressed a wish after the picture was taken that 

 her own tigure should be erased. The position 

 of A. I. R. as he stands there is one that is very 

 characteristic and natural when he is outdoors 

 giving directions to his men. His own wheel, 

 you see, leans against the house, in Hi, usual 

 position; for where the wheel is you may be 

 sure A. I. R. is not far off, because he will not 

 nowadays walk even from the house to the 

 factory, a distance of less than .500 feet, as it is 

 so much cheaper and easier to ride. Yes, In 

 going 'cross-lots over the gardens he just 

 simply hops on to the wheel and makes it trans- 

 port him to every part of the plantation, and 

 he " gets there" too. 



N. B.— I obtained Bert's consent to use this 

 picture for print. At first he objected; but 



THE LANGSTROTH -SYMPOSIUM. 



FoK our symposium on Langstroth, notice of 

 which has been before given, we have already 

 received communications, one from Edward 

 Bertrand, editor of Revue Internationale, of 

 Nyon, Switzerland; one from C. J. H. (iraven- 

 horst, editor of Illustrierte Bieyienzeitung, 

 Wilsnack, Germany; and one from W. F. Clarke, 

 former editor of the American Dee Journal; 

 Prof. Cook, of Pomona College, Cal., all testify- 

 ing, without regard to country, their high ap- 

 preciation of Mr. Langstroth. and his services 

 to bee-keepers over the whole world. These 

 and more will appear in the last number of the 

 year. 



Since writing the foregoing, I find a very ex- 

 tended and well-written sketch of Mr. Langs- 

 troth and his work in the British Bee Journal 

 for Oct. 31. Among other things the editor, Mr. 

 Cowan, says: "All readers of Langstroth on 

 the Honey-bee have been charmed by its lofti- 

 ness of style and the purity of its diction." 



" Pkofitable Bee-keeping" is the title of a 

 series of lessons for beginners now running in 

 Southland Queen, published by the Jennie 

 Atchley Co.. Beeville, Texas. So far as I have 

 examined them they seem to be practical, cor- 

 rect in teaching, and especially adapted to 

 bee-keeping of the South. Indeed, the Queen 

 is growing better as it grows older. 



By the way, Mrs. Jennie Atchley seems to 

 think I am trying to "sit down on the five- 

 banders, and can't," because I admit that a 

 neighbor finds them to be good workers, and 

 that we have had a couple of good colonies our- 

 selves. As I have said before, I have only 

 given both sides— the good as well as the adverse 

 reports. If the former considerably overbal- 

 ance the latter. I am sure it is not my fault. If 

 it had been the other way I should have been 

 sounding their praises as loud as any one. 



Since writing the item in another column re- 

 garding sick bee-editors, I am happy to state 

 that Mr. Holtermaun is here, and is looking 

 quite well. He says he has gained 11 lbs. As 

 he has a good deal of institute work, necessitat- 

 ing much travel, it will be impossible for him 

 to take diet in the winter; but he is going to 

 take, not tea, but beef with me to day, cooked 

 a la Salisbury. 



We regret to announce the death of Mr. John 

 Huckle, " Secretary of the British Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, and for many years connected 

 with the business department of the British Bee 

 Journal, who passed away at his home at 

 Kings Langley, Herts, on the afternoon of Fri- 

 day, Oct. 35." 



