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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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necticut that we can depend upon it but little as a 

 honey-plant. 



Bees wintered well in this State, and those who 

 pretended to care for them at all had no losses. 

 We keep but few here at t)ie Agricultural School. 

 We wintered 8 in chaff hives. There was not a 

 month during the winter that they did not have at 

 least one good flight, and they came out this spring 

 in splendid condition. B. F. Koons. 



Storrs, Conn., July 15. 



Friend K., we are very glai to have you 

 take this matter up and stop it as far as 

 possible before these blunders get the run 

 of the papers. By the way, it does seem 

 strange that our newspapers grab for a 

 bhmder or falsehood, and give it no end of 

 prominence, while true statements in great 

 numbers are passed by. I have observed 

 bees gathering pollen from the heads of 

 timothy, several times, but never, if I re- 

 member, on any of the grains. For some 

 time past there seems to have been a sort of 

 gulf between scientists, or at least a certain 

 class of scientists, and practical industrial 

 people. We trust, however, that this state 

 of things is passing by. Our experiment 

 stations are doing very much indeed to 

 bring these two classes of workers together, 

 and to throw out theory promulgated by 

 so-called scientists without any practical 

 knowledge. What you say about the sea- 

 urchins reminds me of the time when Agas- 

 slz and Tyndall undertook to teach about 

 bees when neither of them had ever looked 

 into a hive, apparently. 



H. D. CUTTING 



AS HONBV - EXHIBITOR AND EXPERT JUDGE AT 

 FAIRS AND HONEY- SHOWS. 



Mr. Editor:— I am requested to give a brief ac- 

 count of Mr. H. D. Cutting's work in connection 

 with apiculture in Michigan. Although I am very 

 much occupied at present, my friendship for Mr. 

 Cutting, my appreciation of his valuable services, 

 my knowledge of his enthusiastic work, and my 

 desire that earnest, faithful, telling effort may be 

 recogniz?d, all make me more than willing to un- 

 dertake the pleasant duty, even though, in the hur- 

 ry of the season, I may fail to do justice to Mr. 

 Cutting and his valuable services. 



A word regarding Mr. Cutting as a man is neces- 

 sary to understand his exceptional success. He is 

 always a gentleman, and so wins the regard and 

 confldence of those he may wish to influence. His 

 pleasing' address adds further to his power of per- 

 suasion. Most of all, he believes in his cause, and 

 so acts with an energy and enth usiasm that attracts, 

 then interests, and at last persuades. Lastly, he 

 thoroughly studies any enterprise in which he en- 

 gages, and so becomes a master, a leader as well. 

 So in his work he never says "go," but, rather, 

 "Come on, boys." 



In two capacities Mr. Cutting has shown signal 

 ability in connection with Michigan apiculture; 

 has wielded exceptional influence, and has achieved 

 brilliant results. I refer to his position as secreta- 

 ry of the State Society, which I think he has held 

 since 1881, and his valuable service in connection 

 with the State Fair, where, owing mainly to his ef- 

 forts, the premium list has advanced from $5.00 to 



over $300, which, if T am not mistaken, is the largest 

 and most generous offered in the United States. 

 Our State Society stood high when Secretary Cut- 

 ting assumed the duties of secretary. We had pre- 

 viously had the benettt of such wide awake, capable 

 officers as Bingham, Heddon, Benton, etc., and so 

 it was no easy task to keep the interest and work 

 up to the high-tide mark, especially during the dis- 

 couraging seasons that have marked about a third 

 of Mr. Cutting's term of office. Yet Mr. Cutting 

 has more than achieved that distinction. Wbi!e I 

 would not say that the interest and profit at some 

 of the old first meetings, with Moon and Kood, 

 Postman, etc., on deck, were ever sirpassed— those 

 old meetings were delightful -I will say that, for 

 the whole period together, the past nine j ears 

 have stood at the front. The programmes, general 

 spirit of the meetings, and valuable results achiev- 

 ed, have been most admirable, as many can attest; 

 and for all this, secretary H. D. Cutting should 

 have chitf praise. 



H. D. CUTTING. 



Nor has Mr. Cutting's recoid been any less bright 

 in relation to our honey-exhibit at the State Fair. 

 In the old time, honey was sandwiched in between 

 butter and vinegar, with somewhere about $5.00 

 offered for premiunrs. Mr. Cutting appealed, on 

 behalf of the bee-keepers, to the authorities. His 

 petition was listened to and granted, and now Mich- 

 igan has a special building devoted to the apiary, 

 and offers premiums to the amount of $300. For 

 nearly all of this we are indebted to Mr. Cutting. 

 Nor did he stop there. The revised list once adopt- 

 ed, Mr. Cutting went to work with all his energy 

 and zeal and secured an exhibit worthy a special 

 building and a generous premium list. Few exhi- 

 bitions compare with the honey-shows of Michigan 

 in quality of exhibits and neatness of display. For 

 all this Mr. Cutting should have chiefest praise, 

 with Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson as a near second. 



