1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



755 



be obliged to take wing. But this would be no 

 great drawback if the grass were always kept 

 kept down.— Ed.] 



A cement made of four parts of rosin, one of 

 beeswax, and one of brickdust, melted together, 

 will fasten the handles of knives, forks, and 

 similar tools which may have become loosened. 



Cleveland, O. R. V. Murray. 



As the copy for "Straws" in this issue arrived 

 during my absence at Lincoln, the usual foot- 

 notes do not appear. 



The Lincoln convention, considering the 

 times, was a success in every way. As we had 

 reason to expect, the Nebr'Bska bee-keepers 

 have set a " terrific pace " in the way of large- 

 hearted hospitality. Great credit for the suc- 

 cess of the convention is due to Messrs. Stilson, 

 Whitcomb, and Heath — the latter of the Ne- 

 braska Farmer. A. I. R. having arrived home 

 sooner than I, by two days, has prepared a gen- 

 eral report of the whole convention, and the 

 same appears on page 763. Some features of it 

 will be taken up by myself more specifically in 

 our next issue. 



MAKING SYKUP FOR FEEDING. 



You will remember last season we made all 

 our syrup for feeding, by the cold process a la 

 Salisbury; viz., by pouring 3 parts of sugar and 

 one part of water into an extractor-can, and 

 turning the reel vigorously for some two or 

 three minutes. After it stands for half an hour 

 it is ready to draw off— a perfectly limpid syr- 

 up. Well, such syrup last year wintered our 

 200 colonies as nicely as any syrup made by the 

 use of heat. It is needless to say that we are 

 using the same method this fall. The syrup is 

 made right out in the apiary, where we are to 

 use it. It is drawn off into feeder-cans, and 

 poured into feeders. As to feeders, the Board - 

 man is the one that we are using this year. It 

 feeds slowly, and one can tell at a glance how 

 fast the syrup is taken up. 



EMPTY COMBS IN GLUCOSE. 



Some time ago I referred to the fact that we 

 had an inquiry for drawn-out empty comb. 

 The nature of this request, and line of business 

 (syrups, honey-drips, wax, etc.), made it evident 

 that the comb was desired to put up in jelly- 

 tumb'ers of glucose— the comb to give it an ap- 

 pearance of honesty. Within a few days we 

 have received another such request. This is 

 the way it reads: 



Oentlemen:— Flea.se send us samples and quota- 

 Mons of imitation honey-comb. We waat some- 



thing- that will do to put in glass packages of 

 strained honey, so that it will look like a small piece 

 of honey in the comb was in the package." 



Italics mine. I am at present looking up this 

 firm. While the letter is not strictly grammat- 

 ical, it seems very evident that glucose and 

 dried comb was what they intended to palm 

 off as pure honey. 



The way the honey-sharks are operating, and 

 the glucose-mixers are palming off their goods 

 as honey, shows that the Bee-keepers' Union 

 ought to be taking hold of these chaps instead 

 of frittering away its time on the defense mat- 

 ter, now a dead issue. Chicago, its home office, 

 is the place to begin work. 



THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW. 



In our last issue I had something to say re- 

 garding the firm of Geo. T. Wheadon & Co., 198 

 South Water St., Chicago. You will remember 

 that this is the commission house which repre- 

 sented that they were the largest honey-buyers 

 in the West, and talked glibly about their 

 "bank references" and '"commercial rating." 

 Some rather startling information appears in 

 the Chicago Tribune of September 26. It would 

 appear from the subjoined that the " master 

 mind" of Geo. T. Wheadon & Co. and other 

 firms is this same A. S. Terrill. It will speak 

 for itself: 



ON A. S. TERKILL'S TRAIL. 



EVIDENCE OF PECULIAR COMMISSION TRANSAC- 

 TIONS IN HAND. 



DETECTIVK EDDY SAYS HE IS PREPARED TO INSTI- 

 TUTE COURT EROCEEDINGS WHICH WILL RESULT 

 IN CONVICTION OF FRAUDULENT DEALINGS- 

 NAMES OF FIRMS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED CON- 

 SIGNMENTS AND THEN DISAPPEARED — LIST OF 

 VICTIMS SAID TO BE LARGE. 



Detective E. B. Eddy says he has in hand sufficient 

 evidence to convict A. S. Terrill, who has a record 

 in South Water Street commission circles, of fraud- 

 ulent dealings. 



The United States E.xpress Company recently took 

 up the case of Terrill, whose career has been re- 

 ferred to frequently in the Trilnine, and put Detec- 

 tive Eddy at work to unravel the complicated situ- 

 ation of affairs which is said to have cost farmers 

 of the West thousands of dollars in the last few 

 years. Mr. Eddj" says he will institute proceedings 

 in court at once. 



A. S. Terrill has been known as the head of half a 

 dozen concerns which were held in bad odor by 

 South Water Street merchants. The different firms 

 which he organized, it is said, sent agents through- 

 out the country to solicit shipments of produce. As 

 an inducement, prices were offered a few cents 

 above the market, and all kinds of favorable condi- 

 tions were pictured. When the shipments were 

 handled the consignee often failed to receive his 

 money, it is said; and when he came to Chicago to 

 see about it, he would have all kinds of trouble in 

 locating the responsible parties. 



These different concerns were broken up time 

 and asrain, but only to appear under new names, 

 and repeat the tricks of the former firm. 



The master mind behind the scenes was said to 

 have been Terrill. The headquarters were at No. 

 19H South Water Street, with an office for Terrill 

 himself in the Unity Building. At different times 

 the business was conducted under the firm names 

 of Terrill Bros.. Klinger, Helm & Co., Lawrence 

 Produce Co., E. V. MeConkey & Co., W. B. Paine, and 

 George T. Wheadon. 



The law offices of the city are full of complaints 

 and unpaid bills which A. S. and W. V. Terrill and 

 MeConkey are to be asked to account for. 



