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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



queen to a colony containing fertile or laying 

 workers. One of the best ways of getting rid of 

 such workers is to introduce a cheap fertile 

 queen. If she is accepted, the trouble is over- 

 come. 



The A B C of Bee Culture has this to say: 

 "If the fertile workers are discovered when 

 they first make their appearance before you see 

 any of the drone larvae scattered about, they 

 will often accept a queen-cell or fertile queen 

 without difficulty." There is nothing implied 

 in this that a fertile queen can not be introduc- 

 ed to such colonies. — Ed.] 



The department of " Personal Mention," in 

 the American Bee Journal, is an interesting 

 feature of that periodical. 



T. G. Newman and family are now in San 

 Diego, Cal., as I learn from the American Bee 

 Journal. Mr. Newman was sick on the way 

 there, but is better now. 



The prospects for a honey crop, and a big one 

 too, all over the country, were never better 

 than this year. Even Dr. Miller (see the Amer- 

 ican Bee Jou?'naZ) savs, " Without stretching 

 the truth a bit, the past eight or nine months 

 have been the most promising for bee-keeping 

 in this part of the country in my 3.") years of 

 experience." Clovers are sticking their heads 

 out everywhere, and our bees are getting a 

 little honey every day, although it is hardly 

 time yet to expect the regular flow. 



One of our subscribers desires to know how to 

 make a filter for clarifying sorghum molasses. 

 Some years ago somebody t{»ld how to make 

 such a filter, for clearing up dark honey. If I 

 remember correctly he used a keg or barrel 

 containing a few inches of bone charcoal. The 

 honey was ran through this into another recep- 

 tacle. At the time, I believe our subscriber re- 

 ported the honey was made considerably light- 

 er in color. If any of our readers can give us 

 information on this matter of clarifying syrups 

 and honey by means of such a filter, we should 

 like to hear from them. Send alongdrawings or 

 a photo, so that we may have the apparatus il- 

 lustrated. 



THE NORTH AMEKTCAN AT LINCOT>N. 



The following note, just received from the 

 secretary. Dr. Mason, will explain itself: 



Upon conferring with each other, and with the 

 Nebraska bee-keepers, the executive committee of 

 the N. A. B. K. A. has decided that the next meet- 

 ing of the Association shall be held at Lincoln, Neb. 

 The time will be fixed as soon as it is definitely 

 known about railroad rates. A. B. Mason, Sec. 



Toledo O., May 25. 



We are at present testing furniture-nails as 

 frame-spacers, in lieu of widened ends a la 

 Hoffman. They work very nicely, and by some 

 may have the preference. But, all things con- 

 sidered, I should prefer the Hoffman. I do not, 

 however, find the same objection to the furni- 

 ture-nails that Dr. Miller does; viz., the crowd- 

 ing in of propolis around the rounding of the 

 heads. The propolis does accumulate there, it 

 is true; but I can't see that it does any harm — 

 that is, in any way interferes with the free 

 working of the frames. 



PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ANSWER LETTERS WHEN 



YOU HAVE HANDED OVER THE HARD 



CASH TO GET THEM OUT OF 



TROUBLE. 



Quite a few have written us, saying, " By all 

 means publish the names and addresses of all 

 persons who refuse to refund when the shipper 

 advances cash to the express or railroad com- 

 pany to get their goods through and thus save 

 them loss and delay." All such persons will 

 have fair warning before their names are held 

 up to public view. Dr. Miller, in his Straws, 

 in this issue, mentions a case that is peculiarly 

 provoking. Look here, old friend, A. I. R. does 

 not want 120 per cent, nor any per cent at all; 

 but he hereby gives notice that, if said person 

 does not write you and apologize, we will hold 

 him up to public gaze. If he does not read 

 Gleanings you can call his attention to this 

 paragraph. A. I. R. 



the SUGAR-HONEY QUESTION. 



When this subject came up in the Bee-keep- 

 ers^ Review, it will be remembered Gleanings 

 entered a strong protest. While we did not for 

 a moment doubt the honesty of purpose on the 

 part of Mr. Hutchinson and of Mr. Hasty, we 

 held that advocating the feeding of sugar syr- 

 up to produce sugar honey, even though for the 

 avowed purpose of selling it for what it was, 

 was ill-advised and unwise, because every one 

 would not be conscientious in disposing of the 

 product under its real name. Mr. Hutchinson, 

 in deference to the opinions of other bee-jour- 

 nals, and that of the majority of his own read- 

 ers, dropped the subject. I have been a little 

 sorry at times to see different ones bear down 

 on him, now that the question has been drop- 

 ped in the columns of the Review and the other 

 bee-journals. In reference to one of these, Mr. 

 Hutchinson, replying to Bro. Holtermann, of 

 the Canadian Bee Journal, says: 



When the great majority of bee-keepers protested 

 against the discussion of the subject, I deferred to 

 their opinion, and promised that the advocacy of 

 sugar-honey production should end in the Review, 

 at least until there slioulrt be a change of public 

 opinion on the subject. I have lived up to that 

 promise. Even Bro. Holtermann has publicly 

 commended me in his journal for the faithfulness 

 with which I have kept my promise; and now to 

 publicly condemn me for what nuty be my private 

 opinion on the matter strikes me as unfair. 



Discussion of tliis subject may have been foolish; 

 and, if so, then those who joined in it must suffer 

 for their folly; but don't get so far back into the 

 Dark Ages as "to expect us to recant, and say we 

 don't believe what we do. 



