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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 



pressions, it would require 9,160,000 revolutions of 

 the cylinder to do that much presswork. In addi- 

 tion to thi8 we may add all the work on our price 

 list since then, which would be about as much more, 

 and on the ABC book about half as much more, 

 besides miscellaneous work of which we can take 

 no account. And we deem it no small tribute to 

 -Our workmen to say that the press is still good for 

 many years yet, with the same kind of treatment. 

 It seems like parting with an old faithful friend to 

 have it go. But the demands of business are im- 

 perative, and we were compelled to 



" Ring out the old, ring in the new." 

 From Jan. 1, 1879, to Jan. 1, 1890, Gleanings con- 

 tained 9004 pages, or 39 >^ pages for each number, ojii 

 an average. The whole pile would weigh 329,0 00 jbs., 

 and if placed end to end they would reach 390 miles. 



CANDIED honey; CUTTING DOWN PRICES, ETC/j 



DOn account of my absence in Wisconsin, I did not 

 append my usual foot-note to the initial arti cle in 



this number. We have, during the past winter, had 

 difficulty in convincing some new customers in a 

 tract a little south of us, that, because the honey 

 became solid in cold weather, it was not necessarily 

 spurious. Complaint came from dealer after 



.dealer. During warm weather they had a satis- 

 factory trade; but when the honey candied on 

 their hands, no explanation would pacify them. 

 There has been such a large amount of discussion 

 in regard to some method for keeping honey from 

 candying that I feel a little backward about taking 

 it up again. Where once a community or town gets 

 to understand it, there is little trouble afterward. 

 But it is a slow, laborious process, many times, 

 teaching the people the facts in the matter. Visit- 

 ing small bee-keepers, and engaging to take their 

 honey off their hands before they can have a 

 chance to offer it at half its market value, is the 

 plan I have vehemently recommended for years 

 past. I wish to commend most earnestly friend 

 Buchanan's closing thought. Describing your 

 methods of succeeding in business, attending con- 

 ventions, helping those in the same line of business 

 as yourself, etc., will never impoverish a man. The 

 Bible says, " Give, and it shall be given unto you;" 

 and every day, experience convinces us that the 

 successful man is the one who helps his neighbors 

 by timely hints, and not the one who wants five 



. dollars for communicating some " valuable secret." 



CAN BEES BE MADE TO SWARM AND HIVE THEM- 

 SELVES ? 



This old question is taken up by friend Doolittle 

 in this issue. Something like 3.5 years ago. H. A. 

 King patented the American hive. The particular 

 feature of the patent was a wheel on one side, for 

 automatic swarming. A new hive was^to be placed 

 against the old one, having the wheels turned so as 

 to open communication. A book was put out, ex- 

 plaining how to make the bees swarm themselves- 

 A great many of us bought rights, and tried the 

 swarming arrangement. Nobody ever followed it 

 many seasons, however, so far as 1 know. Per- 

 forated zinc was then, of course, unknown. In 

 King's hive the opening was only 1!^ or 3 inches in 

 diameter. Doolittle discusses a three-inch hole, or 

 larger, covered with perforated zinc. I feel quite 

 sure it can be made to work. If the opening is 

 made at the proper time, enough bees will go 

 through to care for the brood and to raise a queen. 

 As the old hive becomes populous, more will prob- 



ably come through. It will, however, without ques- 

 tion, interfere more or less with the amount of 

 comb honey stored by the parent colony— perhaps 

 not more, however, than if bees were loafing con- 

 tinuously on the outside of the hive. A comb of 

 brood should be put in, I think, at once, to draw 

 the bees through; but I would not put in the queen- 

 cell, nor give them a queen until three or four days 

 later; and at a certain stage of proceedings I would 

 close the communication between the two hives. 

 Perhaps some one has done this already, or pretty 

 nearly the same thing; if so, we should be glad to 

 hear from him. 



THE OHIO STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



This association will meet in joint session with 

 the Northeastern Ohio, Northwestern Pennsyl- 

 vania, and Western New York Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Cleve- 

 land, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 19 and 20. The 

 following is the programme: 



Wednesday, 9 A.M.— Convention called to order by the presi- 

 dent. Reading the minutes of the last meeting. Receiving 

 new members and paying annual dues, 50 cents. 



10 A.M.— H. D. Cutting. 10: 50, recess. 11 : 00, appointment of 

 committees. 11 : 30. Conventions. A. I. Root. 1 : 30 p.m.. Address 

 by President H. R. Boardman. 2: 10. Reversing, Chalon Fowls. 

 2:50, recess. 3 : 00, Extracting. Which are more expeditious- 

 reversing or non-reversing machines? Dr. A. B. Mason. 3:00, 

 Question-box. 7: 00. Marketing Extracted Honey, Moore Bros. 

 7:55, recess. 8:06. The Production and Marketing of Comb 

 Honey, M. E. Mason. 



Thursday . 9 a.m.— Bee Forage, S. F. Newman. 9: 40, Out-apia- 

 ries, J. B. Hains. Recess. 10:20, Reports of committees and 

 election of oftirers. 11:19. Cellar wintering, F. A. Eaton, fol- 

 lowed by E. R. Root on Outdoor wintering. 1:30, Thick top- 

 bars and honey-boards, E R. Root. 2:10, Perforated zinc for 

 queen-rearing, "Dr. G. L. Tinker. Recess. 3:00, Rearing and 

 shipping queens, Miss Dema Bennett. Unfinished business. 



All railroad lines running into Cleveland will sell 

 tickets from any point in Ohio on the Central Traf- 

 fic Association's plan. Tickets will be good for 

 three days before and after the convention. Be 

 sure that you buy a full-fare ticket to Cleveland, 

 and get a certificate from the agent. The new 

 Johnson House, 1:3-3 Superior Street, has reduced 

 rates of $1.3.5 each single, or iSl.OO per day double, 

 for those attending the convention. We urge all 

 bee-keepers to bring along their wives. The rep- 

 resentatives of the Home of the Honey-bees will 

 probably be accompanied by their better halves. 

 Dr. Miller has also been invited, and will doubtless 

 be present. 



ADDITIONAL NAMES. 



Since the article in regard to the Brantford meet- 

 ing was in type we have received the following ad- 

 ditional names from Mr. R. McKnight, of Owen 

 Sound, Ontario: 



36. Andrew .Johnston. :}7. A. R. Fierheller. 



43. William Hill, Sr. 45. Enos Rosburgh. 



.57. William Spedding. 96. M. B. Smith. 



97. William Knowles. 



Ill .speaking of the picture, which we have repro- 

 duced elsewhere in these columns, Mr. McKnight 

 says: "I congratulate you on your enterprise in 

 getting so excellent a copy as the one which you 

 have reproduced and numbered." 



PANSY SEEDS FOR OUR READERS. 



We have quite a lot of packets of mixed pansy 

 seeds, which are ordinarily sold at 35 cents a paper. 

 We will present one of these to every one who 

 sends a dollar for Gleanings after this date, and 

 mentions pansy seeds as premium; or those who 

 have already subscribed may have a packet for 10 

 cents. This seed is put up by friend F. B. Mills, 

 Thorn Hill, N. Y., whose seed garden we pictured 

 in our last issue. 



