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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



Mk. Danzenbakek, who has been using his 

 new hive in Benzie Co., Northern- Michigan, 

 since the middle of July, informs us that, al- 

 though he was a month too late for the season, 

 he secured 1100 lbs. of No. 1 white comb honey 

 from 1.5 colonies. He exhibited the same with 

 his hives at the State Fair at Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., in what was considered the best exhibit 

 ever made by the society. He received three 

 first premiums — one for the best honey, consid- 

 ering quality and manner of putting up for 

 market; also a special diploma for the best bee- 

 hive. 



Geo. T. Wheadon & Co., a commission firm 

 of Chicago, boast of being "the largest honey- 

 dealers in the West;" but the editor of the 

 American Bee Journal says he " never before 

 this year heard of them as honey-dealers or 

 even as general commission men."' They are 

 certainly new to us; and while they may be all 

 right I don't like the way they take of getting 

 patronage. They are sending out circulars 

 broadcast, quoting honey and beeswax far too 

 much above the market. They boast of their 

 bank references and commercial rating; but 

 even these do not necessarily signify that they 

 will do as they would be done by. 



Later. — We discover that this same firm have 

 copied into their circular, woid for word, a 

 couple of paragraphs from our catalog on how 

 to pack honey. They probably failed to ob- 

 serve that the matter was copyrighted. This 

 appropriating printed matter without credit or 

 permission may be only a straw, but perhaps 

 It shows which way the wind blows. 



A NEW USE FOR BICYCLE PANTS-GUARDS. 



Did you ever try bicycle pants-guards to keep 

 the bees from crawling up your trowsers? I 

 have, and they work admirably. I usually go 

 to our out-yard, as you know, on the wheel; 

 and as I can not afford to take time to put on 

 short pants I slip on pants-guards and mount 

 the wheel. Arriving at the yard I leave the 

 guards on; and whenever it becomes necessary 

 to shake bees from the combs to get cells, or for 

 any other reason, 1 shake and nary a bee can 

 get up my pants-legs. 



The bicycle pants guards I refer to are what 

 are known as the Ostergrens. They are simply 

 steel bracelets, as it were, that just slip over 

 the pants, pressing the folded edge snugly 

 against the ankle. These guards can be pur- 

 chased at any cycle store for about 25 cents a 

 pair. I am not sure but they would be a legit- 

 imate article for the bee-supply dealer to handle. 



The last number of the Pacific Bee Journal 

 (quarterly) is a pleasant surprise. It contains 

 44 pages, including a tinted cover; is well 

 printed and handsomely illubtrated. On the 

 front cover page, in half tone, nicely worked 

 up, is a pretty group view of the editor, "his 

 queen and little queen." The subject-matter 

 shows enterprise as well as work on the part of 

 its editor. 



It is unfortunate that such a good start-out 

 should be marred by the publication of an open 

 letter from the editor directed to and attacking 

 one of California's leading bee-keepers, Mr. Geo. 

 W. Brodbeck, of Los Angeles— a man whom we 

 have found to be the very soul of honor. Among 

 California bee-keepers nonesiands higher. Else- 

 where in the same journal is a paragraph that 

 evidently refers to the same man in anything 

 but complimentary terms, accusing him of slan- 

 der to gain his ends. Personalities of this kind, 

 wherein the public can have no interest, ought 

 to be kept out of print. 



THE LINCOLN CONVENTION, OCT. 7, 8. 



Going to the Lincoln convention? Yes, both 



A. I. R. and myself expect to be present. Our 

 route as now mapped out is via the Lake Shore 

 to Chicago, and from that point to Lincoln via 

 the Rock Island. We pass through Toledo at 

 2 : 5 P.M., Monday ; arrive at the Lake Shore de- 

 pot, Chicago, at 9 p.m. At 10 p.m. the same day 

 (Monday) we take the Rock Island train No. 5; 

 pass through Des Moines at 8: 20 a.m. Tuesday; 

 through Council Bluffs at 1:5 p.m.; Omaha afc 

 1: 35, and arrive at Lincoln at 3: 35. We specify 

 the route and the time of reaching the different 

 places, hoping that our train may take on bee- 

 keeping friends who might like to join us. We 

 are in hopes Drs. Mason and Miller will be mem- 

 bers of the " crowd." 



The program is one of the best that has ever 

 been prepared; at all events I think I am safe 

 in saying that no secretary ever spent more 

 time than Dr. Mason in getting up a program 

 for the N. A. B. K. A. 



No other locality has ever offered the N. A. 



B. K. A. such inducements. Why, just think 

 of iti Pay your fare one way, add $2.00 to it, 

 and that is all the expense. The generous Ne- 

 braska bee-keepers are going to afford free en- 

 tertainment for all those who come from out- 

 side of that State. Such a '* a pace is terrific," 

 to use bicycle parlance, and it will be difficult 

 for other cities to keep up. If the association 

 ever comes to Cleveland, our nearest large city, 

 we will be ready to bear our share of expense. 



A. I. R. adds the following: 



Dear friends, I fear the attendance, especial- 

 ly of the veterans who have from year to year 

 been on hand, will be somewhat slim. I may 

 be disappointed, however. The stringency of 

 the times, and long distances, are both discour- 

 agements. But let me say that, inasmuch as 

 the old standbys are dropping off year by year, 



