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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



H. W. SCOTT. 



PRESIDENT OF THE VERMONT STATE BEE- 

 KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



By A. E. Ma num. 



Mr. Editor:— I dislike to do any thing on the 

 "sly;" but sometimes if one can surprise a 

 friend in a pleasing way it becomes gratifying 

 to the performer to do si^o. Therefore it is with 

 the greatest pleasure that I present the readers 

 of Gleanings with a picture of the worthy 

 president of the Vermont Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion, Mr. Horatio William Scott, who was born 

 at Barre, Washington Co., Vt., Aug. 10, 1870. In 

 the spring of 1884 he removed with his parents 

 on a farm in the town of Williamstown, Vt., 

 where, in the fall of that year, he became the 

 owner of two colonies of bees, although in the 

 spring of 1885 he found himself the owner of 

 only one colony, having lost 50 per cent in win- 

 tering. He soon procured Root's ABC and a 

 Clark smoker. Armed with these two very use- 

 ful and essential implements he studied and 



H. AV. SCOTT. 



worked, and watched and waited, with the re- 

 sult that he secured 75 lbs. of honey, which 

 netted him a profit of ^15.00. With this success 

 the " bee-fever " got full possession of him ; and 

 before winter set in he purchased five more col- 

 onies, making six in all, which were successful- 

 ly wintered. 



The seasons of ]88() and 1887 proved to be poor 

 ones for surplus honey; but a good increase of 

 colonies was secured. At this point Mr. Scott 

 concluded that it would be to his advantage to 

 work with some experienced bee-keeper. He 

 therefore secured a situation with the writer, 

 with whom he served during the seasons of 1888 

 and '89. Mr. Scott, being a very apt and diligent 

 student, soon mastered the "mysteries of bee- 

 keeping " so far as they were revealed to his 

 tutor. 



I must say light here, in justice to the sub- 



ject of this article, that, although I have had a 

 great many students in the apiary, I never had 

 one more diligent and trustworthy than was 

 Mr. Scon. I always found him reliable and re- 

 spectful in every respect and place. 



In the season of 1890 Mr. Scott took charge 

 of and managed the apiary of Mr. J. W. Smith, 

 of Slowe, Vt., with perfect satisfaction to the 

 owner. In the fall of 1890 he entered Goddard 

 Seminary, from which he graduated in June, 

 1893, having completed a course of 117 weeks in 

 105 weeks. 



On the 27th of January, 1892. he was elected 

 secretary and treasurer of the Vermont Bee- 

 keepers' Association, which office he held with 

 honor and credit to himself and the association 

 until he was elected. Jan. 18, 1895, its president, 

 which office he still holds. He acted on the 

 committee appointed by the association which 

 secured recognition by the Vermont Experi- 

 ment Station, and in the establishing of the de- 

 partment of apiculture, he having had an over- 

 sight of this deparment for two or three years. 

 Mr. Scott having been a close student of bees 

 and their habits, and an extensive reader of 

 apicultural works, was thus fitted for this posi- 

 tion, and for a place in the front ranks of 

 apiculture. 



At present Mr. Scott resides at Barre, Vt., 

 where, two years ago, he entered the law office 

 of Burney & Howe, where he began the study 

 of law; and, if I mistake not, has since been ad- 

 mitted to the bar. 



He is, or has been, justice of the peace for 

 Washington Co.; a member of the I. O. O. F. ; 

 is also a part owner, and clerk and treasurer, of 

 the Acme Granite Co., of Barre. 



Although Mr. Scott is engaged in other busi- 

 ness, both public and private, he is still inter- 

 ested in bees, and has an apiary of his own 

 which he manages very successfully, keeping 

 well up with the march of progress. Mr. Scott 

 is well worthy of the confidence of all bee- 

 keepers, at home and abroad. 



Bristol. Vt., Nov. 25. 



HOW LONG DO EGGS KEEP 1 



HOW MANY EGGS DOES A QUEEN AVERAGE PER 

 DAY DURING THE YEAR? 



By Ph. J. Balde7i»pc)yer. 



How long eggs will keep is another many- 

 sided question ; for, while in a very cold or cool 

 climate they may be spoiled in a few days if left 

 exposed to cold nights, so will they dry up if 

 left out in very hot weather; while some eggs — 

 I suppose the most vigorous ones — will keep ten 

 days or more in fairly good weather. Out of 

 the number, if you try a comb full of eggs some 

 seem to dry up a few hours afterward, while 

 others stand several days, and a very few stand 

 ten or more days. Sealed brood will resist 

 longer. Even the chilly drones will live as long 



