i. J 1896 



GLEANINGS IM BEE CULTURE. 



897 



producers should not fail lo impress this fact 

 upon their fruit-growing neighbors. The use 

 of the shotgun or ride at the proper season of 

 the year will destroy as well as scare away the 

 real culprits, the bird<. 



In\iy ediioriai on page 8i55, in criticising Mr. 

 Newman, especially for his non-action regard- 

 ing dishonest commission men and adulterators 

 of honey, I did not overlook the splendid work 

 he had done in the past in the line of defense of 

 the rights of bee-keepers; and although I did 

 not refer to it in that particular editorial I have 

 done so on other occasions, so that I am sure 

 our friends may know how I feel about it. The 

 defense issue was good in its day, but there are 

 other issues tenfold more important. 



We have had some call of late for a honey- 

 leaflet. As Gleanings has never had one, I re- 

 quested Dr. Miller to get up something of the 

 kind. It will not only contain information in 

 regard to honey for the general public, its 

 dietetic value, how to liquefy the candied ar- 

 ticle, etc., but will give recipes for cooking that 

 have been thoroughly tested. 



This leaflet will be sold at a trifle above the 

 cost of printing, so that honey-producers may 

 have them for free distribution to their trade 

 and customers. 



1\A very interesting illustrated article,'written 

 for the general public, on the subject of bee- 

 keeping in the city, appears in the Illustrated 

 Buffalo Express, from the pen of Rev. E. R. 

 Hardy. The pictures are half-tone reproduc- 

 tions from real life, and al^cursory reading 5of 

 the article itself seems to show that Mr. Hardy 

 is well up on the subject.DSo many of these 

 articles, written for the public press, come from 

 men who have gained their knowledge almost 

 entirely from books, that it is most refreshing to 

 read occasionally such an article as this that 

 has been prepared by a real live practical bee- 

 keeper. 



qThe firm of George T. Wheadon & Co., of 

 Chicago, is no more. After fleecing bee-keepers 

 of their honest hard earnings {see Am. Bee Jour- 

 nal), it appears that the chief man of the con- 

 cern has fled to Canada. Bee-keepers need to 

 be warned that there are other concerns who are 

 likely to fleece them in the same way. Better 

 get a little less price, and deal with a reliable 

 firm whom you know, than to trade with some 

 concern you don't know that floods the country 

 with " highfalutin " circulars, offering extraor- 

 dinary inducements. You can set it down as a 

 general rule, that the old reliable houses can do 

 just as well as, and generally a little better 

 than, the new ones, granting that the last- 

 named are strictly honest. The old houses 

 know the trade, and understand well the art of 

 getting the best prices obtainable. 



NOMINEES FOR THE NEW UNIOX. 



It is high time that we had a change of front 

 and a change in the administration of the Un- 

 ion. It seems that a correspondent of the 

 American Bee Journal, ■signing himself "Un- 

 ion." is of the same mind. Here is what, he 

 says: 



The tone as well as the matter of Mr. Newraan's 

 " criticism " indicates to me that he proposes to stop 

 all further proceedings toward amalgamation, and 

 considers himself of much more importance than 

 those who favor the measure, and while, only a ser- 

 vant, and handling our money, usurps authority; 

 and 1 believe that just the moment any official puts 

 himself In sucli a position, the sooner he Is made to 

 "step down and out" the better; and witli that end 

 in view I take the liberty of nominating Dr. C. C. 

 Miller for General Manager for the coming year, 

 and, for that matter, just as long as he proves him- 

 self efficient, and behaves liimself ; and, while I am 

 at it, I want to renominate that faithful and safe 

 counselor, Hon. R. L. Taylor, for President. 1 would 

 like to nominate him for General Manager, but we 

 can't spare him from the position he now occupies. 

 Then let's keep G. M. Doolittle, Prof, Cook, A. I. 

 Boot, and Hon. Eugene Secor In the harness: and If 

 the rest see as I do, we will put C. P. Dadant in the 

 grand team; then if the new constitution should be 

 submitted and adopted, In splte'of Mr. Newman's op- 

 position, we shall have a Board of Directors that has 

 had years of experience, excepting Hon. Eugene 

 Secor and Mr. Dadant, and they don't know so 

 much but what they can learn from the other mem- 

 bers of the Board ! 



Perhaps I have done mischief enough, but I feel 

 like saying that. If the new constitution is not sub- 

 mitted to a vote by the Advisory Board, according 

 to the request of the United States Beekeepers' Un- 

 ion; or it the members of the Board attempt to de- 

 feat its adoption, T have paid my last dollar into the 

 treasury of the National Bee-keepers' Union, but 

 shall pay in the future into the treasury of the 

 United States Bee-keepers' Union, and I know of 

 several who feel the same wav. 



Of course, Gleanings is not seeking to put 

 any of its own stafif forward, but it does indorse 

 most heartily the list of officers above proposed, 

 'with the exception of the name of our senior 

 editor, who, I known, feeling that he has some- 

 what dropped his hold on bee-keeping, would 

 prefer some other name put in his stead. 

 With this exception the list is most excellent, 

 and, in the language of the editor of the Am,er- 

 icayi Bee Journal, referring to-the same list, I 

 say, " Hurrah for the nominations made by the 

 Union ! " Let us not haggle over little details, 

 nor waste time in explaining things further, 

 •gin regard to this, Mr. Hutchinson, in a very 

 able article in the American Bee Journal, has 

 this to say: 



If we wait until a constitution is formulated In 

 which no flaws can be found, amalgamation will 

 never take place. It will be only by actual experi- 

 ence that we shall learn exactly what kind of consti- 

 tution is needed. Without experience it Is doubtful 

 whether we get a up better one than the North 

 American lias now adopted— at least, not enough 

 better to recompense for the delay. We need to get 

 to work. 



The duty of the present time is to see that 

 the U. S. B. K. U. is perfected. When that 

 time arrives I shall begin to feel that something 

 will be done to forestall the dishonest practices 

 on the part of unscrupulous commission men, 

 and that something also will be done to prevent 

 adulteration. 



