1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



365 



Many thanks, friend P. A great many 

 are now claiming they had invented Faris' 

 plan before he did. and I think it very likely 

 they did so ; but, if anybody else ever made 

 a foil L. sheet by their plan's, they certainly 

 never sent me one. lie sent me a whole 

 half dozen or more of beautiful sheets. A 

 great many samples and models were sent 

 me, and I repeatedly reminded those who 

 sent them that the $ 100.00 offer was for a 

 machine to make whole sheets. If anybody 

 did this, they never took the trouble to send 

 me one. A great number of you had cd&LOsi 

 got it, I know, but such is generally the case 

 with nearly all great inventions. Friend P., 

 your plan of using a brush instead of dip- 

 pint; - the whole machine in melted wax, is a 

 novelty indeed, and yet, strange to tell, the 

 use of a brush for spreading tvax on the 

 plaster plates was given years ago on these 

 very pages. I should be a little fearful that 

 we would not get as even sheets made with 

 a brush, as those made by dipping, still I 

 may be mistaken. The invention is coming, 

 but I think it destined to come through so 

 many hands and brains, that it will be hard 

 to tell who deserves most of the credit. You 

 have very kindly given us many hints, friend 

 P., and I am very sure we all thank you. I 

 would like to see some full sized sheets, 

 ready for the hives, made on your plan with 

 a brush. 



The Faris machine is the "Boss;" I have made 

 one. L. W. Van Kirk. 



Washington, Pa., July 12, 1880. 



\fa "pctikry." 



This department is to be kept for the benefit of those who are 

 dissatisfied; and when anything is amiss, I hope you will "talk 

 right out." As a rule, wewifl omit names and addresses, to 

 avoid being too personal. 



fHAVE been looking- for my May and June 

 Gleanings for a long- time, and have not re- 

 " ceived them yet. I don't like to be " played 

 off" in that wa}', after I have paid the money. I 

 thought that I would send you 50 cts. in July for the 

 last of the year, if they come in time. If they don't, 

 I won't send it. T. Round. 



Kei, Ripley Co., Ind., June 27, 1880. 



Gently, friend 11. Did it never occur to 

 you that we have no possible use for a num- 

 ber of Gleanings after it is printed but to 

 send it to you, and that the great probability 

 is that the trouble is not only entirely unin- 

 tentional, but not our fault at all ? In spite 

 of all we can do, there are, every month, a 

 dozen or two out of the 4500 who do not get 

 their numbers. We always send them as 

 " quick as wink,'* as soon as informed, eyen 

 if one of you should lose it out of your pock- 

 et in going home from the postofflce ; but too 

 often we get unkind words for all our trouble 

 and pains. As nearly as we can get at it, in 

 your case, friend R., the trouble comes from 

 your spelling your name so hastily we could 

 not make it out. ( )ur very bread and butter 

 depends upon our getting the journal into 

 your hands just as promptly as we can, and 

 in just as good shape as we can, each month, 

 and we should be stark mad if we worked so 



hard to get it up and then keep it back pur- 

 posely. I know patience is required many 

 times, and I get impatient myself many 

 times, and blame people who are doing the 

 very best they can, I suppose ; but shall we 

 not all join hands and try to do a little bet- 

 ter 1 _ 



BATING GOODS DID NOT COME. 



Please send me that pound of worker fdn. I 

 thought you would send it about the same time the 

 bees came, but ~ weeks have nearly passed, and it 

 has not come yet. I am in need of it now and must 

 have it. Fredrick Holtke. 



Carlstadt, N. J., June 30, 1880. 



In haste, I went to the clerks with the 

 letter; they declared the fdn. was sent with 

 the bees, but I told them that our friend 

 could hardly be mistaken in such a matter. 

 One insisted that he tied the box to the nu- 

 cleus hives, and as a proof ran over to the 

 express office, and got a duplicate bill call- 

 ing for bees and box attached. I declared 

 then that somebody must have stolen it, 

 and, in pity for our poor friend who had 

 been suffering all this time, I had another 

 box got out, and despatched to him at once, 

 by express, besides directing the express Co. 

 to go to the expense and trouble of sending 

 a tracer for the "stolen" i V) box. Now read 

 this: 



To-day I came across that board which you bad 

 put under those boxes of bees you sent me, and 

 thought I'd take a look, and see what kind of soft 

 material was in it; for I thought it was a cushion 

 which you had put under those boxes purposely for 

 saving too great a shaking by the journey. As I 

 was going to use those thin boards I pried them off; 

 and, to my surprise, I found that fdn. that I was 

 waiting for daily. I would never have found it, but, 

 it is a very convenient way of shipping. Please ex- 

 cuse my blunder, and my sending you another pos- 

 tal reminding you to send that wax. I will know 

 better next time. Fredrick Hoi/tke. 



Carlstadt, N. J., July 5, L880. 



Did you ever? The poor clerks whom I 

 had scolded had made the box so nicely, that 

 our friend thought it was a "cushion !"' He 

 had ordered just that amount of fdn., and 

 wanted it badly, but he never thought to 

 look in that box. () dear, O dear ! what 

 shall I do V what shall I dor I might have 

 some labels printed to paste on every box 

 saying "This is a box of fdn.," or "This is a 

 'scissors 1 ,'' and so on ; but labels for all the 

 different goods we sell would fill a ware- 

 house, and the clerks might then paste the 

 wrong label on the wrong box, and — I want 

 to go off in the woods and rest, and I do not 

 want any new factory ; at least, I do not be- 

 lieve I want one this afternoon. 



THE FOIiSCKOOK PATENT. 



It appears that friend Forncrook had been "al- 

 lowed" a patent, but no patent had been "granted" 

 to him; therefore he stated no untruth in his adver- 

 tisement, even if his statement did mislead the un- 

 initiated like myself. It certainly will not be worth 

 while to take time or space In discuss the differen- 

 ces of two of our bee men. Tf they will shake hands 

 over the matter and let it all drop where it is, I am 

 sure our readers will all give them both credit for 

 being gentlemanly and honest. 



