1893 



(JLEAKIN<;>S IN BEE CULTURE. 



761 



•'The Stingkk," midor "Stray Slings." in 

 the Aniericrm Bee Journal, charges Gi,ean- 

 INGS with being somewhat of an imitator. He 

 says that the Bee Jon )7i((' started the picture 

 business in the biographical work, and that 

 Gleanings ought to have waited till our es- 

 teemed cotemporary had "exhausted the field." 

 Evidently, The Stinger is a new hand in the 

 field or else he is not acquainted with the back 

 numbers of Gleanings. Several years ago, 

 biographical work with engravings was a very 

 common feature of our journal. In fact, a 

 goodly number of pictures of bee-men which 

 have appeared in the Joitrvif// were printed on 

 plates from this office, all of which our esteem- 

 ed friend Editor York has generously acknowl- 

 edged. Say. Stinger, didn't you pretty nearly 

 copy after Stray Straws in your heading? The 

 style is much the same, the first part of the 

 name is the same — well, well — " we do not in- 

 tend to sting hard over this little matter : " and 

 if our friend vStinger is present at the big con- 

 vention in Chicago we hope we shall have the 

 pleasure of getting a good grip of his hand. 



Among all the interesting pictures we have 

 put in Gleanings, we do not think we ever 

 inserted one that is more so than the group 

 showing the Atchley family— the most exten- 

 sive queen-breeders in the world. In 1893 

 they raised (or will have done) .5000 queens; 

 in comparison with which no wonder Bro. 

 Hutchinson said in the Review that noone in the 

 North, has any business rearing queens. The 

 Southern breeders have every advantage in the 

 world over those of the North. We clip the 

 following from the Houston. Texas, Post, of 

 Sept. 18: 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley, the noted bee-breeder of the 

 South, has moved her outfll to ReevlUe, and will In 

 future make tliis her lieadijuarters. Tlieir apiary 

 In all consists of about fiOd stands, mostly of im- 

 l)roved stock. Slie was heard to remark yesterdaj', 

 wliile unloading, that she had some queens worth at 

 least $1(10. To one not up in " beeology'" this seems 

 ver.v extraordinary for a single bee, and we so re- 

 marked; but tlie lady replied tliat she had one 

 queen from which she luid realized $1000 this year. 

 Mrs. Atchley seems perfectly at home among- her 

 " pets," as she calls them, and realizes a handsome 

 income each year. Her family consists of ten, all 

 of whom are welcomed to Beeville's society. What 

 has been Greenville's loss by tlieir removal from 

 tliat city has been Beeville's gain. 



HINT TO EXTRACTED-HONEY MEN; QUIET ROB- 

 BING, AND HOW IT MAY BE OF SERVICE 

 IN CLEANING OUT COMBS JUST 

 EXTRACTED. 



Some nine years ago our neighbor Burt dis- 

 covered accidentally that quiet robbing, such as 

 we described in our issue for Sept. 1, was all 

 that we claimed for it in that number. Verily 

 there is nothing new under the sun. He dis- 

 covered it in this way: After one extracting 

 he had placed a lot of combs, just extracted, 

 tiered up in the honey-house. The top of the 

 tier was carefully covered, and, as he supposed, 

 every thing was secured from robbers. Very 

 shortly after, he noticed the bees were going 

 under the building. Suspecting that they 

 were at these combs, he pulled open the hives, 

 and. to his hoiTor, found them full of robber 

 bees. On examination he discovered that there 

 was a small knot-hole in the fioor, just under 

 the hive. Through this the bees had been 

 making their way, one or two at a time. On 

 the principle that it is best to let robbers clean 

 things out when they once get started, he 

 closed up the hives and let the bees have their 

 own sweet will. Quite to his astonishment 

 there was no tiproar in the apiary, and the 

 combs were cleaned out beautifully. The plan 



worked so well that he stored other combs, 

 just extracted, over the knot-hole, and these 

 were cleaned out in the same way. As this 

 was after the honey season, brood-rearing was 

 stimulated, extracting-combs were cleared, and 

 every thing was done quietly, decently, and in 

 order. It is almost needless to say that he lets 

 the bees clean all his extra combs, just extract- 

 ed, in that very way, up to the present day. 



We give this point as we think it will be 

 seasonable and valuable to many who have not 

 yet extracted their combs, because there will 

 be warm days in Indian summer when the 

 extracting can be done very easily. 



The American Bee Journal for Sept. 28 is 

 just at hand; and in relation to the big conven- 

 tion to be held in Chicago, we find that the 

 following are some of the subjects that will be 

 discussed: 



Production of comb honey; winter losses; the 

 Bee-keepers' Union: prevention of swarming; 

 grading honey; apiculture at experiment sta- 

 tions. 



Also that the following named persons have 

 signified their intention of being present, nearly 

 all of whom are bee-keepers of world-wide 

 reputation: 



Frank Benton and family; O, R. Coe; H. D. 

 Cutting; A. N. Draper; J. A. Green; J. M. 

 Hambaugh; R. F. Holtermann; W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson; W. G. Larrabee; Dr. A. B. Mason; Dr. 

 C. C. Miller: Thos. G. Newman: A. I. Root; 

 C. F. Muth; Barnett Taylor; Mrs. J. N. Heat- 

 er; L. C. Axtell; W. S. Ponder; O. L. Her- 

 shiser; F. W. Jones; R. B. Leahy; M. H. Man- 

 delbaum; Dr. P. J. Parker: J. A. Stone; C. C. 

 demons; G. E. Hilton; G. R. Pierce; C. H. 

 Thies; H. C. Mellon; C. Theilmann; T. Ober- 

 litner: F. A. Gemmill; G. B. Brown; S. T. 

 Petti t. 



n nRin A ^^o** sale, 7.5 hives of bees; inquire of 

 rUUniUn. Aug. Leyvba/, Francis, Fla. 19tf 



Wants or Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under this head at one half ovir usu- 

 al rates. All advertisements Intended for this department 

 must not exceed five lines, and yuu nuist say you want your 

 adv't in this department, or we will not be responsible for er- 

 rors. You can have the notice as many lines as you please, 

 but all over Ave lines will cost you according to our regular 

 rates. This department is intended only for bona-fide ex- 

 changes. Exchanges for cash or for price lists, or notices of- 

 fering articles for sale, can not be inserted under this head. 

 For such our regular rates of 20cts. a line will be charged, and 

 they will be put with the regular advertisements. We can not 

 be responsible for dissatisfaction arising from these "swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange 13 swarms of l)ees, 12 

 empty liives, 48 crates filled witli sections, 

 starters, and separators, 800 brood-frames, 60 wide- 

 frames in Simplicity hives, for poultry, pigeons, or 

 livestock. ' W. H. R. Umsteau, 



316 North Center St., Bethlehem, Pa. 



TO TRADE— For honey— ext'd or comb— 3 safety 

 bicycles, one 30-inch and 3 28inch wlicels, Ij^- 

 iiicl) cusliion tires— 3 brand new, one used some. 

 Address Jno. A. Thoknton, Lima, 111. 



WANTED.— To excliange pneumatic-tired safety 

 bicycle, for pure comb lioney, or sporting 

 goods, electric dynamos, etc. 



ROBT. B. Gedye, 668 Todd St., L;i Salle, 111. 



We received the sewing-machine, and it works all 

 right. This makes tlie second one we sent for, and 

 tliey both sewed as nice as any of tlie other ma- 

 ciiines. W. A. Floka. 



Eaton, O., Sept. 2. 



