;; NOVICE'S " GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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hi:. Chase's Second Receipt Book h a 

 considerable pari of it devoted to bee 

 keeping, and the author has been wise in 

 securing!: arjrieles from only those who 

 have been siicc^ssfnl in the pursuit. We 

 would suggest that Sirs. Tupper's prize 

 essaf, before being eopied further, bo 

 thoroughly revised, by herself, up to the 

 times, as it was wi it t <■ n many years ago. 

 Cot lion's article is for the mo-t part 

 quite safe and reliable, but bis statement 

 tliat "A swarm of bees pin in a clean 

 hive, will build their own comb and do 

 much bettor, than a .-warm put into a liivo 

 with the combs already built," is rather a 

 irrave error and one calculated to do 

 much mischief. A Hew swarm will fre- 

 quently gather ten poinds or more of 

 honey the day after being hired, if they 

 have combs in which they can store it. and 

 ihe queen will also nearly fill a comb with 

 eggs in the same time, giving them a 

 great start in advance of those having no 

 comb. We cannot see how a single ex- 

 periment ever made, with two swarma 

 coming out on. the same day, could have 

 given a result unfavorable to the hive 

 furnished combs. A« the Colonel used 

 movable comb hives, we can't account for 

 his want of experience in the matter. As 

 Miss Katie Grimm's experience with the 

 extractor is given in another place there 

 is a chance for the Dr's. readers to give 

 modem bee keeping something like its 

 just dues after all. We really believe the 

 book contain- nearly all the iruly valua- 

 ble receipt." afloat. Trice. ■ . Ad- 

 dress Dr. A. W. Chaser Ann Arbor, Mich. 



In the liurdl Neio VbrJtcr, of Sept, 

 -7th, Prof. C. V. Riley attempts to justi- 

 fy his course iu advising retaliation a> a 



remedy against bee keepers, whose bees 

 arc supposed to have injured neighbors 

 fruits. He advises to plant the milkweed, 

 that the bece may be ensnared thereby 

 and the hive- thus decimated to such an 

 extent that they "give out." etc., etc. To 

 say nothing of the folly of such a pro- 

 ceeding, which would almost parallel that 

 of "removing the meetinghouse" because 

 an offensive, deceased snake lay behind 

 it, is it not. strange that a man with Pro/. 

 written before his name, should imagine 

 that, neighborhood troubles of that kind, 

 would be peacefully adjusted by such 

 measures as poisoning each others bees 

 by "fly poison." (cobalt and arsenic), and 



that retaliation would not follow retalia- 

 tion, until a case resulted that could Only 

 Med by the law, and. as often hap- 

 pens, the States prison walls might close 

 about one. or both of the parties We 

 fee] confident that the very persons Prof. 

 Riley cites, would be reasonable, and fair 

 could they be brought to talk over the 

 matter in a friendly manner. We bee. 

 keepers. I'rof. J!., are fur the most part 

 certainly an independent and reasonable 

 people, and whenever our bees are annoy- 

 ing our neighbors we will make good tho 

 damages and take prompt measures to 

 abate the trouble. Bees in our locality 

 do. not injure fruit, although many seem 

 to think they do. The matter has already 

 been discussed ee much that wo have no 



room for more of it here. 



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HUMBUGS AXn SWINDLES PER. 

 TAIMXG TO BEi: (II.TIRE. 



Wo respectfully solicit the aid of our 

 friends in conducting this department, and 

 would consider it a favor to have them send 

 us all circulars that haye a deceptive appear- 

 ance. The greatest care will beat all time? 

 maintained to prevent injustice being done 

 any one.] 



r ] If. BOUGT< >N, IUiopolis, TIL. ami 

 L^f Q Willi!. King, Franklin, Ey., are 

 complained of r^ having received money 

 for queen- and refusing to answer letters 

 of inquiry relating thereto. In answer to 

 our letters of inquiry. Mr. Boughton 

 makes no reply, and as tho Bee Keeper* 

 Magaztm has given him the position he 

 has earned for himself, we drop him. 

 Will R. King answers at length and we 

 ■j ; * e ihe. following extracts from his letter : 

 "In reply 1 would Say that I sold a large 

 r .i queens in tic spring and sum- 

 mer of I S 7J : very many of my orders I. 

 filled the fourth and fifth time, complaints 

 coming that the queens died in the cage 

 before being released, fob., Ac. Some 

 said that they arrived dead, others that 

 they were so near dead that they died be- 

 being introduced, &c. Ac. Several 

 sent what purported to he statements' of 

 Post Masters and Express Agents, certify- 

 ing that they were dead, or dying, or 

 going to die, or did die, or might, could, or 

 should have died, Ac, Ac. All such com- 

 plaints were listened to attentively, and 

 more and more queens were sent. I bo- 

 came suspicious that I was being played 

 off on: and it .turned out that some 'of 

 these so-railed certificates of 1'. Ms. and 

 express agents, purporting to be signed 

 by the same parties, were in fact written 

 in different hands, Ac. I feel fully satisfied 

 that I was swindled out. of at least 2§fl 

 nice, pure queens." 



Mr. K. goo« on with much more in the 

 same style, says he never received any 



