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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



ventioiis tliaii a government patent would luive 

 brought. 



THE TIIICK-TOP-BAK BOOM. 



This gets an encouraging pat on the baclv 

 from the Apiculturtst: and C. B. J. Heddon 

 doesn't say any thing about it lately— lying low 

 till he sees the collapse of the whole thing, 

 when he may repeat his Chicago statement: 

 " Wlien you throw up a brick, and it stays up 

 witliout ever coming down, then you may ex- 

 pect to dispense with slatted honey-boards." 



THE INTERNATIONAL BEE-ASSOCIATION. 



NOTES BY EKXKST, CONTINIH-;!) FKOM PAGE 809. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, on account of ill health, 

 was not able to be present: but Dr. Miller read, 

 in clear and distinct tones, his paper, entitled 



APICUI/rUKAL .JOURNALISM. 



Mr. Hutchinson touched upon the growing 

 tendency of the times toward KpecUtlism. With 

 tlie n(M'd of sp(K'ialty in production, came the 

 need of s[)ecialty in iieriDclicals: and why not in 

 Ijee-joui'iials? He did not Ix'lieve it paid to 

 "mix in " other s]jecialties. He would give at- 

 tention to quality, and would keep out the tri- 

 fling experiences of beginners. Th(» author's 

 name he would have at the head of the article, 

 so as not to be obliged to tui'n over the leaf to 

 see who the writer Js. He opposed the idea that 

 all should write briefly so that all may be heard 

 from. A long ai'ticle he would welcome just as 

 much as a short one. provided the former con- 

 tained valuable matter in proportion to its 

 length. Advei'tising matter in bee-papers he 

 thought should pertain to bees. He would not 

 have his advertisements from bee-men over- 

 shadowed by buggies, patent medicines, trusses, 

 etc. He would have the journal stopped at the 

 time paid for. 



At the conclusion of the paper quite a discus- 

 sion arose. Dr. Miller wanted thQ buggies and 

 other use/(ti things, because it helped to make 

 a better paper. Mr. Newman argued that the 

 advertisements of useful articles, whether per- 

 taining to l)('i'sornot,were tlielifcof a [x'riodical. 

 A bee-pa|»er could not be su))ported without 

 them. The opinion seemed to be abstracted 

 from the pa]jer, that Bi'o. Hutchinson would 

 cast all bee-journals from the same mold. It 

 was insisted that each journal should retain its 

 individuality, and that, for any one of them to 

 follow exactly the policy Bro. Hutchinson out- 

 lined, would be detrimental to their best success. 

 Dr. INIason read an essay on the apiarian ex- 

 hibit at the Columbian World's Fair in 1893. He 

 gave some corresjjondence between himself and 

 the Exposition ISIanagement. He would have 

 all the exhibits fi'om the whole world grouped 

 togetluM'; tlu n the exhibit from each nation 

 and State by itself, with a superintendent to 

 assign location and space, with a general over- 

 sight over all. It would add much interest to 

 the display to have the name of every article 

 placed upon it, so that an unsuspect- 

 ing public would not call beeswax maple sugar, 

 extracted honey maple syrup, extractors churns, 

 etc. If possible, there should be an apiary on 

 the grounds, and with a large disphiy of grow- 

 ing and l)loss()ming honey-plants. He recom- 

 mended tluit the bee-keepers of the several 

 States should apply for an appropriation. After 

 reading the; paper, a committee was appointed, 

 composed of Dr. Mason, R. McKnight, and T. 

 G. Newman, to confer with the authorities of 

 the World's Fair in regard to space, etc.. for the 

 necessary exhibits of honey and apicnltural 

 ppliances. 

 R. McKnight gave us some good suggestions 



at this ])()int. He had had long experience in 

 this line. A gn^at deal of money is needed for 

 exhibits, and tliis ought to be furnished by the 

 different States and provinces. He thought the 

 bee-keepers of each State shoulil ask for appro- 

 priations from their legislatures. 



Dr. Mason said that, at tlu^ International Ex- 

 position at New Orleans, the State of Ohio gave 

 S50() to a be(>-keeper to take chai'ge of the State 

 exhibit, and he pi'oposed to ask the State of 

 Ohio to give sir)()0 for Ohio's bee-exhibit at the 

 Columbian Fair. 



Dr. Mason was recommended by the society 

 as a suitable superintendent of the exhilMt for 

 the United States. Certainly there can be no 

 one better (jiuilitied for that i)lace, within our 

 own bordej-s, than he. H<' is interested as no 

 one else is, in apicultural exhibits, and he is the 

 man to have charge of the matter. 



THE INTERNATIONAL BEE-ASSOCIATION— ITS 

 PAST AND FUTURE. 



This was the subject of a verv interesting 

 paper by \V. V. Clarke. He referred to Mr. T. 

 G. Newman as being the historian of this soci- 

 ety, and the splendid work he had done for it. 

 Prof. Cook was the father of it, and he thought 

 we owed as manv thanks to him as to its liis- 

 toi'ian, for he was not ony the author of its 

 being, but he had helped to make its history. 

 One of its tirst works was to elevate father 

 Langstroth to the pedestal of honorable distinc- 

 tion. At the outset of the organization an at- 

 tempt was made to start a rival association; 

 but by judicious management the two were 

 amalgamated, and father Langstroth was made 

 president of the combination. The presidency 

 next fell to the late Moses Quinby. Of him he 

 said, "If there ever was a just man on eai'th^ 

 Moses Quinby was one. His services to bee- 

 keepers are second only to those of Rev. L. L. 

 Langstroth." He would emphasize the influ- 

 ence tlie association had in keeping reputable 

 bee-keepers at the front. He would urge that 

 the association be more representative in char- 

 acter. The only defect in it was, that there 

 were too few "wise men of the East" present; 

 and but for the kindness of the Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association he himself would not have 

 been present. They had sent him as a delegate, 

 and paid his expenses, and they pi-aposed to 

 continue; to do so. He lield it up as an example 

 for State associations. 



At the clos(; of the paper Mr. Newman em- 

 phasized Mr. Clarke's point, that the association 

 should be rcpvcuciitatlve. and that State and 

 Territ(n'ial associations should .send delegates, 

 and pay their cxpoisex. Bee-men- generally 

 can not att'oi'd the outlay for themselves. This 

 matter was touched uiion elsew here in our last 

 issue, and I hope our associations will take the 

 matter seriously into consideration. Let there 

 be a delegate from each State to oiu* national 

 associations, and, by all means, pay his expenses. 

 It seems to me that a State society that can not 

 do it is not in a very flourishing condition ttnan- 

 cially. I believe some one in the meeting sug- 

 gested (perhaps it was Mr. Newman) that, if 

 the money could not be procured through the 

 society, the individual members themselves chip 

 in and send their delegate. 



amp:ni)ments to the constitution. 

 In some of our earlier sessions there was con- 

 siderable discussion in regard to the constitu- 

 tion, and its need of revising on some points. 

 Mr. Newman, upon consultation with a few of 

 the officers, introduced several amendments, 

 one of the most important being the change of 

 the name of the association. It had been, here- 

 tofore. International American Bee-association; 

 but it was objected, that "International " was 

 too big. Heretofore the territory of Canada 



