GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Money may be sent us, and we will give a 

 printed receipt for it in Gleanings each month, 

 [f Mr. L's health permits, we shall also expect 

 I >rief communications from him for Gleanings. 

 Fellow Bee-Keepers can we not give our old 

 benefactor a few bees to enable him to start 

 ituew? Who will give a colony? Those in 

 bus hives would be safest to ship and our 

 friend would in all probability prefer to trans- 

 fer them to his own hives. Come now, let us 

 have a donation party, send in bees. Queens, 

 i mpty comb etc., etc. As he will need some 

 money to pay express charges on all those box 

 liivcs you are going to send him, we will start 

 the list with $25.00 for that purpose. You can 

 send money to him or to us as is convenient, 

 but drop us a card telling us what and how 

 much you have sent, that we may give proper 

 credit. A fair view may bo gathered of Mr. 

 L'g candor and good sense from his concluding 

 remarks on page 38, Vol. 2. 



M. Quinby, St. Johnsville, Montgomery Co., 

 "7. Y., although also, well on in years, is sti'l, 

 \\t are happy to say, strong and vigorous both 

 in mind and body. As something from the pen 

 of a person will many times give the readers 

 a more vivid idea of their peculiar character- 

 istics than many pages of description, w< 

 shall on account of want of .•-pace be obliged t 

 co itent ourselves with simply indicating whe 

 their writings may be found in Gleanim 

 Mr. Q's communications may be found on page. 

 i 12 and 104, Vol. 2, and 14, and -'7, Vol. 3. 



All who have read Quinby'sand Langstroth's 

 books, and we hope most of our readers have, 

 we think will agree with us, that these works 

 were evidently written with a true spirit of 

 benevolence toward their fellow beings, aside 

 from any reeling of pecuniary gain that might 

 result thereby. Our warmest thanks are due 

 them both for teaching us our A, B, C's in the 

 science. Although these two pioneers struck 

 out alone, and each without any knowledge of 

 the- other, we think it much to the credit of 

 both that they agreed so nearly. The works 

 that have since been compiled although de- 

 serving of merit for having condensed much of 

 the matter, are yet so evidently dependent on | 

 these two, that we cannot think the writers, 

 il serving of a place by their side. 



At present, we have three large honey pro- i 

 ducers in our Country who seem to deserve i 

 mention rather in advance of the rest. 



J. S. Harbison, of San Diego, California, the 

 man who has shown himself capable of mana- 

 ging something like 2000 colonies, and who 

 has produced from them in one season about 

 75 tons of honey, writes as follows in answer] 

 lo a request for his Photo. Although his reply 

 contains much sound sense and wisdom, we 

 musl think that we did not succeed in making 

 liim understand that our Medley is only a 

 friendly grouping of those Whose labors seem 

 io give them a peculiar sympathy for each 

 other. We are verj sorry, b.ut we suppose we 

 shall h&Ve to content ourselves with his letter 

 In lieu of the Photo. 



Yniir favor came duly to hand, forwarded to my 

 Mountain retreat. To give to the public at this early 

 , • riod, the results of my successful management in 

 l'.'c culture, would not be consistent either with my 

 >"'.t interest, ha\ ivg expended so much time aim moif- 

 • . in arriving al tin- results etc., nor justice to the 

 ■ vcral young men who are sen ing an apprentice hip 



uinler me, and who arc surely entitled to more con- 

 sideration than the public who contribute nothing to 

 develope the business. To train young men to my 

 method is the only sure way to perpetuate the busi- 

 in->s and rescue it from thedishonor and odium that 

 has been brought on it in years gone by, by specula- 

 tors, as well as by some who claim a place as Apiari- 

 ans. This country is different l'rom any other audi 

 tind myself vet much at a loss to understand the sea- 

 sons, as each varies from the preceding. One or two 

 years of my personal attention will do much to reduce 

 the business to shape and establish precedents for 

 future reference. I have no photograph suitable to 

 send you, besides my reputation as an Apiarian needs 

 more years to establish before being introduced to 

 extensive public notice. Accept my thanks lor your 

 consideration and suggestions as to Gleanings as a 

 medium to answer inquiries etc. I will avail myself 

 of your oiler at an early day. J. S. HARBISON. 



San Uiego, California, Feb. 11th, '75. 



Capt. J. E. Hetheeington, Cherry Valley, 

 N. Y., seems to come next. See his report on 

 page 7, Vol. 3. Now right here conies a point 

 that we cannot illustrate better than by ma- 

 king a little extract from a private letter. 

 Will our young readers especially bear in mind 

 that it is almost out of the question, no matter 

 how good natured they may feel, for such men 

 as Harbison, lletherington or Grimm, to an- 

 swer all they receive. We cannot do it, even 

 while we make it our especial business to an- 

 swer inquiries. Many times the labor of an- 

 swering an inquiry in full is as great as writing 

 an article in full for an agricultural paper; in 

 the former case, it is only used for one person, 

 in the hitter it may benefit thousands. 



To make a report of this kind is a simple matter. 

 while to take the consequences is quite serious. With 

 my present notoriety 1 receive more letters than 1 can 

 tind time to answer, to say nothing of making a Hotel 

 of ones house. When a man says "he has come 3<;(> 

 miles to learn just how to -manage lo get so much box 

 honey" one cannot do otherwise than treat him just 

 as well as he knows how. J. E. H. Dec. 31st, 187-1. 



Just exactly friend H., we must be neighbor- 

 ly, even if it involve making every subscriber 

 on our list wait for their paper, while wc are 



j giving our attention to a single on" of them. 

 Cannot we make our Journals a more perfect 



'• medium, for making, and answering inquiries V 

 Adam Grimm, Jefferson, Wis., is another il- 

 lustration that even advanced age need be no 

 serious impediment to successful bee culture; 



; see his reports on page SO, Vol. 1, and 127, Vol. 

 2. Friend Grimm has for years contributed, 



] much, both in his writings in A. B. ./., and by 

 importations of superior stock of Italians. 



As we have got through with the five prin- 

 cipal characters, shall we not now arrange 

 ourselves simply, in alphabetical order? 



Miss A.. ("P. G") positively declines entrust- 

 ing her biography to our voluble pen, in any 

 shape or manner, so that we shall have to con- 

 tent ourselves with the valuable piece of infor- 

 mation that Miss A., is P. G., and that P. G., 

 is Miss A. 



Mr. & Mrs. Axtell, of Boseville, Warren Co., 

 Ills. Page 21, 47, 82. 142, Vol. 2; 21, Vol. 3. 

 Martin H. Adams, Fort Ann, N. Y. 

 O. L. Ballard, Malone, Is. Y. 

 George Ball, Danbury, Conn., writes Feb. 

 11th, 1875: 



Last spring I had li hives, made an extractor and 

 sold over $100.00 worth ot honey. Increased artificially 

 and have now thirty-one. on summer stands. 

 Miss Sarah Barker, St. Johns, Mich. A friend 

 of hers writes : 



1 recentlv purchased a few colonies of Italian bees 

 for her with money she earned giving music lessons. 

 Jibe has started with a war's snl scription to Glean- 



