1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



75 



to plan for your employer, is, without ques- 

 tion, iniquity. 



It has been suggested, that the reason 

 why I have so many trials from inetticient 

 help, is, that people are constantly coming 

 to me for employment who have been turn- 

 ed off everywhere else. Very likely this is 

 true, and they very soon get turned off from 

 our place. Nobody wants them anywhere, 

 because they propose in their hearts to la- 

 bor solely for self, no matter what the agree- 

 ment may be. There is no end to the trou- 

 bles that continually come up and accumu- 

 late on the head of him who loves iniquity. It 

 follows him through this life ; and the Bible 

 assures us that it goes on in the world to 

 come, and we do not know where the end is, 

 nor the limit. On the other hand, there 

 are promises to those who love righteous- 

 ness, that are beyond what the imagination 

 can conceive, or the tongue can tell. To 

 those who are heart and soul devoted to the 

 Kingdom of God and his righteousness, the 

 promise is that all things shall be added 

 unto him. And finally, when death shall 

 come, as it must come to us all, what is 

 there in all this wide universe that can so 

 cheer a dying-bed as to hear it said by 

 friends and neighbors, that the departing 

 one loved righteousness and hated iniquity? 

 And when we are about to pass down 

 through the dark waters, who can measure 

 the joy that comes with the ushering-in of 

 the new life, when the dear Savior bids us 

 welcome, with the words spoken to him by 

 the Father— Thou hast loved righteousness 

 and hated iniquity — " enter thou into the 

 joy of thy Lord"? 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Published Senii-JHonthly. 



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I the Lord liave (/ailed thee in righteousness, and will hold 

 thy hand, and will keep thee.— ISA. 42: 6. 



This issue is eight pages larger than usual. 



HONEY-PLANT SEEDS WANTED. 



We are out of flgwort seed, horsemint. and moth- 

 erwort. If any of the friends have fresh seed, or 

 seed that will germinate freely, we should be glad 

 to hear from them. 



The Cortland Union Bee-keepers' Association will 

 hold their annual meeting at the W. C. T. U. rooms 

 in Cortland, N. Y., Tuesday, January 38, 1890, at 10 

 o'clock A. M., sharp. M. H. Fairbanks, Sec. 



programme and particulars, and announcements 

 in regard to railroad rates, will be given later. 



SILO AND silage; A NEW EDITION BY PROF. COOK. 



Three thousand copies of the first edition of this 

 little book were sold in about eight months, and 

 friend Cook has now gotten out a new and enlarg- 

 ed edition, fully illustrated with excellent engrav- 

 ings. The pictures are worth alone to me a good 

 deal more thau the 25 cts. The whole matter is 

 treated in friend Cook's happy way of making 

 things plain. We can send the book postpaid by 

 the first mail. Price 35 cts. 



The Ohio State Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in joint convention with the Northeastern 

 Ohio, Northern Pennsylvania, and Northwestern 

 New York Bee-keepers' Association in Cleveland, 

 OQ Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. lit and 30. A fuU 



REPORT OP THE MICHIGAN CONVENTION. 



A MUCH more complete report than the offhand 

 one I have given will be found in the American Bcc 

 Journal for Jan. 11. The Journal comes promptly 

 once a week, and at the low price of $1.00 per year; 

 and as it is the old veteran among all the bee-jour- 

 nals, it seems to us that almost every bee-keeper, 

 big or little, ought to be able to afford it. Ernest 

 remarks, that it always comes here every Thursday 

 —no postponement on account of the weather, and 

 that is more than can be said of any other bee- 

 journal, for promptness, not excepting Gleanings. 



WIDTH OF TOP-BARS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE 



DISTANCE FROM CENTER TO CENTER OF THE 



FRAMES IN THE BROOD-NEST. 



In the article on brace-combs in last issue, some 

 of the friends recommend a top-bar Vg inches wide. 

 Now, it is quite evident that those who give the 

 preference to this extra width expect to space 

 their combs lYz inches from center to center; for 

 should they bring them so close as 1?^, as other 

 writers in the same article recommend, there would 

 hardly be room enough to handle the top-bars. In 

 discussing the width of top-bars we should always 

 consider how far apart the combs are to be spaced. 



WISCONSIN BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION. 



We are informed by the programme which is just 

 now being printed, that this will take place Feb. 5, 

 in the Capitol building, Madison. I have hereto- 

 fore felt a little backward about mentioning here 

 that I expected to be present at certain State con- 

 ventions. As I find, however, that a good many feel 

 somewhat disappointed to know they have missed 

 the opportunity of meeting me, I have thought 

 best to tell you a little beforehand that I expect to 

 be present. Dr. C. C. Miller has promised to go 

 with me, so it is pretty certain that we shall have 

 an enjoyable time. I shall be vei-y glad indeed to 

 meet and renew the many pleasant acquaintances 

 made while there in July. 



CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. 



A GRKAT number of letters have been received in 

 regard to the above, and I am very glad to say that 

 all have been written in a very kind and Christian- 

 like spirit. Did space permit I should be glad to 

 give place to many of them. Dear friends, the 

 principal thing I find to object to in Christian Sci- 

 ence is, that it sooner or later attacks our establish- 

 ed ministers of the gospel and our established 

 churches. The plea, that Christ Jesus himself se- 

 verely denounced in his day the priesthood, I can 

 not accept as an excuse for finding fault with the 

 Christian ministers of our land. I do not think for 

 a moment that they can be classed with the Jewish 

 priesthood, that had only the outward form, and 

 not a submissive spirit at all. 



