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(CLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15. 



then the reporter trie d to moralize on t, and 

 adds, " Here is a lesson on what we ought to 

 do." Do what? Can any sane person tell us? 

 We might add that the probable foundation for 

 the story is pollen on the bees' legs. Friend 

 York, in the American Bee Journal, says that 

 a statement Is made in a religious journal, that 

 '■ two larv;t\ the drone and the worker-bee, 

 placed together in the queen-cell, will so blend 

 as to develope an impregnated queen-bee." 

 This is on a par with the stnpid nonsense given 

 out vi-ars ago as science by Professors Agassiz 

 and" Tyndail. wherein they tried to show how 

 the bees made honey-comb by scooping the 

 cells from chunks of wax. Such lies are harm- 

 less, but they disgust practical bee-keepers, 

 and we are heartily tired of trying to refute 

 them. 



A COUPLE of years ago, when we visited at 

 the home of the Dadants, during the Inter- 

 national convention, we met one of their faith- 

 ful employes— one who had been with them for 

 many years — a colored man by the name of 

 John Hammond. John's open and honest 

 countenance showed that he could be trusted 

 with important duties, and he was. When we 

 came to bid good- by to the Dadants, we shall 

 never forget the kindly hand-shake of John. A 

 few days ago we received a letter from the 

 elder Dadant, accompanied by a newspaper 

 clipping, to the effect that this same John had 

 recently got track of his mother, whom for 36 

 years he had not seen or heard of; and who, to 

 his great joy, was still living, and that he was 

 now to take a trip to the South to see her. The 

 article winds up with this touching paragraph: 



Try ot imagine, if you can, that you have found 

 your mother after thirty-six years of ceaseless 

 searcli, and then anticipate the joj^ tliat will come 

 to John and liis mother on Christmas day. 



Union must have a larger membership. There 

 are many who, expectimj to carry out the line 

 of these suggestions, will put it off'. Don't do it. 



bee-keepers' union, and the result of the 



VOTE. 



The General Manager has kindly furnished 

 us the following: 



OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 



Chicag-o, Ills., Feb. 3, 1893. 

 To the Memheis of the National Bee-heepers' Union: 



Iherel)y submit the following statement of votes 

 received ill' to the time of closing- the polls, on Feb. 

 1, 1893. There were :US votes cast. 



For Prrsiilnit.—Hou. K. L. Taylor. 141; James Hed- 

 don, 136; sciilteiiim-, 50; blanif, 21. 



For Vicc-Pnsiilodx.—C. C. Miller, 272; G. M. Doo- 

 little, 270; A. 1. Koot, 26.5; A. J. Cook, 242; G. W. 

 Demaree, 228; scattering, 248. 



For Oeneral Maiiagrr, Secretary, and Treasurer.— 

 Thos. G. Newman, 321; scattering, 3; l)hink,24. 



For Amended Constitution.— 2HQ; against, 28; blank, 

 31. 



For Salani of Manauer.—'M per ceiit.:U2: scatter- 

 ing, 6. Back salary voted, the years being added 

 together, amount to .%6. This, divided by the lunn- 

 ber of votes, lacks a little of l>eing twice— carrying 

 for one year, and leaving votes foi' 218 over. It will, 

 therefore, commence with Jan. 1, 1H02. 



Thomas G. Newman, 

 Oeneral Manarjer. 



All the members of the new Advisory Board 

 are a unit on the matter of suppressing glucose 

 adulterations of honey, and they will soon be 

 ready for business. But for the unfortunate 

 convention speech of Mr. Heddon. there might 

 have been a thousand members; and now that 

 the Utiion is reorganized with an efficient corps 

 of officers, there is no reason why any one 

 should hold back. Let the list swell up to a 

 thousand. Send in your name, with one dol- 

 lar, and you will be entitled to all the rights 

 and privileges of the organization, besides help- 

 ing to suppress honey adulteration. To deal 

 with this great question of adulteration, the 



HONEY -PRODUCING LOCALITIES OF THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



It has been evident for some time, that the 

 honey-producing localities of the United States 

 were narrowing down. The great pasture lands, 

 with tlieir abundance of white clover, either 

 have been ())■ are now being turned in to extensive 

 fields for the cultivation of agricultural crops. 

 Basswood is being cut away at such a fearful 

 rate, by furniture-dealers and others, that in a 

 few years there will be only a few localities 

 where much basswood honey may be obtained. 

 But. happily, there is another side to this. Al- 

 falfa is just beginning to develop in the West. 

 If its cultivation continues, as we have reason 

 to believe it will, it will more than make up for 

 the loss of honey from white clover, both in 

 quantity and quality. Besides this, there are 

 certain mountainous districts in California that 

 are absolutely unfitted for any form of agricul- 

 ture. These will probably always be wild; and 

 in these places the mountain sage and other 

 honey-producing flora will continue to flourish. 

 Again, there are many other places in the Unit- 

 ed States, east as well as west, that would make 

 valuable locations for bees, that are not yet 

 discovered. But the time will come when their 

 golden sweets will no longer go to waste. The 

 quantity of honey will increase, although the 

 area from which honey may be gathered may 

 be lessened. 



THE EVOLUTION OF THE LANGSTROTH SYSTEM. 



Elsewhere we present a picture showing a 

 rear view of some of the buildings that com- 

 prise a part of our manufacturing bee- plant. 

 In the foreground is a part of the apiary: and 

 conspicuously in front will be seen the figure of 

 an old gentleman. It is no other than our old 

 friend the Rev. L. L. Langstroth. He is stand- 

 ing in the apiary, and in front of the buildings 

 from which the Langstroth hive and system 

 have received such wide publicity and popular- 

 ity: and as the combination, one that we prob- 

 ably could never make up again, was not alto- 

 gether an inappropriate one, we concluded to 

 preserve it in permanent and tangible form, 

 and requested our old friend, one pleasant after- 

 noon, to sit near one of the hives, while we, 

 with a camera, took the view. He Icindly did 

 so: and it is with pleasure that we present the 

 result. If it was a gratification to him to wit- 

 ness the outgrowth of his invention, we trust it 

 will be equally so to his admirers. 



The first building shown in the view is the 

 machine-shop, which we erected in the sum- 

 mer of 1890. It is in this that the comb-foun- 

 dation machines, extractors, and, in fact, all 

 the metal work, all after Langstroth sizes, are 

 made. At the right is a partial view of the 

 wood-working building, wliere hives, frames, 

 etc., after the Langstroth dimensions, are 

 turned out by the carload. Back of the ma- 

 chine-shop, and shut off from view, is the pack- 

 ing and storage building; and at the extreme 

 left a partial view of the offlce, together with 

 the water-tower, wherein one of the Grinnell 

 tanks is stationed ready for fire purposes. In 

 this vicinity are four buildings, two story and 

 basement, each about 40 x 100, all with metal 

 roofs, and solid brick from the foundation up. 

 Of course, the tall chimney stands directly over 

 the boiler-house and engine-room. This does 

 not include all of our buildings, but it shows 

 fairly well the evolution of the Langstroth 

 system: and while our bee-plant, large as it is. 

 sends off hundreds of carloads every year, of 



