1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



293 



ON THE WAR PATH, IN GKIEF AND TEARS. 



O Hasty, Hasty ! when I 

 first took you in charge I 

 thought you would turn 

 out a better boy; but you 

 have altogether disap- 

 pointed my expectations 

 and wrecked all my hopes. 

 ''/ £iy.l4 '' M I see by Review, page 57, 

 that you still talk about 

 the adulteration business in Los Angeles, Cal. 



First, it was "inside views and exact facts." 

 But now, taking your own account of friend 

 Dayton's explanation, he admits that " his lan- 

 guage was rather loose— the printer did not 

 punctuate right; his mind was rather dwelling 

 on bad years when there was no honey in the 

 mountains — flying rumors that he was willing 

 to indorse to the extent of publishing them." 

 This is as fair and complete a backdown as we 

 want. But friend Hasty is still not satisfied. 

 He must have adulteration in Los Angeles. 

 Glucose is only 2X cents per pound there, so it 

 is only 1}4 cents in Richards, Ohio. Does that 

 prove that friend Hasty, or anybody else, is 

 turning out thousands of cases of adulterated 

 honey in that place? 



APIS DORSATA. 



On page 84 of Progressive Bee-keeper is an 

 open letter from the Ontario County Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, to the fraternity in the United 

 States, the pith of which is as follows: 



Fellow Bee-kee}jcrs:—We have prepared for circula- 

 tion a petition asking- the Secretary of Agriculture 

 of the United States to take steps to secure and in- 

 troduce Apis dorsata, the giant bee of India, into 

 this country. It is a duty that the government 

 owes and is willing to render our industry. (See 

 Report of Secretary of Agriculture, 1893, page 25.) 



Owing to the rapid disappearance of the bumble- 

 bee, the introduction of these bees will soon be a 

 necessity in the successful growing of red clover 

 for seed, if for no other purpose. 



Now, Mr. Editor, I don't always kick; in fact, 

 I don't kick at all unless I am mad. I hale to 

 see people who are always picking flaws in the 

 conduct and the writings of others. We are all 

 poor weak mortals, and liable to commit mis- 

 takes — that is, the most of us— particularly you 

 fellows on the eastern side of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. But I don't kick now, because this move 

 pleases me. This very thing should have been 

 done years ago. The government has been 

 standing ready to help us while we have been 

 waiting and watching for Apis dorsaia to fly 

 over here of her own accord. It only needs that 

 the petitions be poured in by the hundreds to 

 get all the assistance we want. It is likely 

 that the bee-keepers will be consulted as to the 

 proper person to send on this important mission. 

 He should be a man of great scientific attain- 



ments, of unlimited knowledge, of splendid 

 administrative and executive abilities — quick 

 to see and prompt to act, with a perseverance 

 that never tires, and is satisfied only with com- 

 plete success. He should have also a munifi- 

 cent salary. This is the only way to get the 

 best and ablest talent. I could be ready to 

 start by the first of July next. 



We have here in California, at the present 

 writing, a first-class chance for a poor honey 

 season. That is the prospect now. It is not 

 yet too late for rain, but it is almost too late for 

 the downpour that we need to make a good 

 honey crop. Now, don't you fellows jump up 

 and clap your hands. It is not too late, and it 

 is not impossible, for several good rains to fall 

 which would amount to an awful big one. 

 Don't get out your banners and go on a torch- 

 light procession for six weeks yet. We have 

 the climate here— have it in such quantities 

 that we can retail it by the single yard or sell 

 it by the thousand pounds; and don't you sup- 

 pose we can have a little rain? 



The American Beekeeper, page 64, has this 



editorial: 



It is a noticeable fact that there have been no 

 new bee-papers started this year. This has not hap- 

 pened before in several years, and is an indication 

 of "hard times" among bee-keepers. 



Not so fast, Mr. Editor. How do you like the 

 following? 



Born, in the city of Los Angeles, Cal., January 1, 

 1896, the Pacific Bee Journal. The child is bright, 

 strong, healthy, wide-awake, and full of fun. He 

 can knock the stuflin' out of any thing of his size 

 and age in the United States. 



I see that Thos. G. Newman and wife are 

 coming to San Diego to reside, as I understand 

 it, permanently. Mr. Newman will be very 

 cordially received and heartily welcomed by 

 the bee-keepers of California. 



How is it that, as soon as any of you fellows 

 get smart, and become a blessing and a joy to 

 society, you at once emigrate and strike for the 

 Pacific shore? Here are Skylark, Prof. Cook, 

 Rambler, and Newman— four stars of the first 

 magnitude— visible only on the Pacific slope. 



HEAT AND HONEY. 



By Hon. R. L. Taylor. 



HONEY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES ; HONEY AND 



WAX together; effect of the recepta- 

 cle; INTERE.STING AND VALUABLE 

 EXPERIMENTS. 



Editor Oleanings: — The two samples of can- 

 died extracted honey, viz., one from alfalfa and 

 one from great willow-herb, were duly received. 

 Last week I made as careful a trial as I could 

 to determine the effect of heat upon them, 

 using also a sample of my own in connection 



