1885 



GLKAXtXriS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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are drawing- out the foundation in the sections; 

 while in my ease it is used in filling- the sections 

 with beautiful combs, as they have no need for it 

 below. From the above it will be seen that the rea- 

 son friend H. and myself did not agree regarding- 

 empty combs was, that wo did not manage alike, 

 and I suspect that the different modes of manag-e- 

 ment is what causes the " bee-doctors " to so often 

 disagree. 



Brethren, let us use more charity one for the oth- 

 er, for the different mode of manag-ement will al- 

 most always explain all differences of opinion. 



Borodino, N. Y. G. M. Doulittle. 



Friend 13., I want to add emphasis to your 

 concluding sentence. Your above paper 

 makes it very clear why bee-l^eepers may 

 obtain such opposite results when only a 

 little variation is made in the metliod of 

 management. You run very close in one 

 place to this new subject of reversible 

 frames; and if I am correct you have not 

 given an opinion in tlie matter as yet, and, 

 if I am not mistakpn. it will be just like you 

 to say you don't want any reversible frames 

 around, for the reason, perhaps, that you 

 accomplish about the same results without 

 them tiiat others would obtain with them. — 

 I want to take out one of your sentences, 

 and call attention to it : '' Any plan which 

 allows of one or more inches of sealed lioney 

 between the brood and sections is ccrtaiidy 

 defective." That is the senliriifut exactly. 

 1 should want the best way to oljviate such 

 a result. 



INTERNATIONAL BEE-KEEPEHS' CON- 

 VENTION 



At the Exposition in New Orleans, Feb. 24, 

 25, and 26, 1885. 



)MK SlIOOESTIONS TO THE BEE-KEEl'KliS I.\ HE- 

 G.\KD TO GETTING THEHK. 



N my letter to you of Deccmbei- 25, I tried to 

 make every thing- plain; but thci-e seems to be 

 a misunderstanding regarding- the sleeping-- 

 car and passage-tickets. For the benefit of 

 your readers I would say, it requires a ticket 

 for passage, independent of the sleeping-car ar- 

 rangements, and the sleeping-car rates quoted you 

 were for one way only, and it would cost you just 

 double the amount for the round trip Ihat it would 

 for one way. The Sleeping-car Co. is separate from 

 the railroad company, but they are each necessary 

 to the other. The railroad fare, Cincinnati to New 

 Orleans and return, g-ood for 15 days, is S18.00; from 

 Cleveland to New Orleans and return, good for 20 

 days, is $25.25, and the same fi-om Medina; and the 

 rates from all parts of the United States and Cana- 

 da are in the same proportion, and it will save them 

 all money to purchase their tickets to New Orleans 

 and return of their nearest coupon-ticket agent. To 

 ))revent any mistakes regarding the route, say to the 

 ticket agent you want to go via the Louisville & 

 Nashville Railroad from Cincinnati or Louisville, 

 according to the section of country they ai-e start- 

 ing from; and a good plan for each one is to read 

 his ticket carefully, and see that one coupon reads 

 Louisville & Nashville Railroad, from Cincinnati or 

 from Louisville, to New Orleans. As Thursday, 

 February 19, is a good time to leave Cincinnati, I 

 would suggest that you set that day for all those 



desiring to accompany you to New Orleans to leave 

 their homes so as to reach Cincinnati Thursday, the 

 19th, and leave there at 8:55 p.m., and arrive in 

 New Orleans Saturday morning; then you have 

 plentj' of time to get located, and be ready for the 

 convention on the following Tuesday. For those 

 going on the above date, and desii-ing sleeping-car 

 accommodations, it will be necessary for them to 

 send you their names not later than February 12th, 

 so the necessary arrangements can be made with 

 the Pullman Sleeping-ear Co. Herman Hoemes, 

 Traveling Passenger Agent. 

 Medina, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1885. 



MEETING OF BEE-KEEPERS AT THE EXPOSITION IN 

 NEW ORLEANS. 



Your idea in regard to wearing badges, I think a 

 capital one. You may count me one on your list of 

 those who expect to attend the exposition in Feb. 

 Hope to meet you and other bee-friends. This is the 

 first friendly letter I have ever written you, but ex- 

 pect to let you liear from me oftener in the future. 

 J have about 1.50 stands of bees. My crop of honey 

 was short last season. 



Of course, if the plan of wearing badges is adopted 

 I shall wear one. Good old Gleanings is a wel- 

 come visitor. J. M. Forrest. 



Midway, Texas, Jan. 10, 1885. 



A badge for BEE-KEEPERS. 



I for one object to a badge. Could you not design 

 a small (say life size) gold or rolled gold bee or 

 queen, which could be attached to the cravat or 

 coat-collar? I think this would not be too conspicu- 

 ous, and no bee-keeper would object to wearing one. 

 I will take one or two at once; and if you have any 

 made, mail me one. WMiat do you say? 



Bayou Goula, La., Jan. 10, 1885. P. L. Viallon. 



The subject was agitated some time ago. 

 friend Y. A golden queen - bee would 

 co.st quite a little money, but perhaps good 

 plated ones might be attorded at a tol(i;ibly 

 fair price. The oidy objection that 1 know 

 of is on the ground' of expense, and a good 

 many of the brethren are already indulging 

 in more extravagances than they can well 

 alford. I do not (piite like the idea of wear- 

 ing a badge in ])ublic, but yet there are so 

 many reasons why l)ee-keepers should know 

 and recognize each other at a glance that I 

 have a kind of feeling that it is the thing to 

 do. Friend Newman, of the A. B. J., has 

 for sale some very pretty badges ; but per- 

 haps it would be a good idea to have one es- 

 pecially for the exposition at New Orleans. 

 Perhaps before this journal goes to press 

 we may make arrangements in regard to it. 



THE CONVENTION AT NEW ORLE,\NS. 



I notice in Gle.4nings of Jan. 1, your suggestions 

 in relation to attending the convention in New Or- 

 leans. 1 shall be very happy to be one of the num- 

 ber of bee-keepers to attend, as suggested by you. 

 Will you be kind enough to inform me what ar- 

 rangements, if any, have been made in relation to 

 the matter? Does the gl30 named by Mr. Holmes, 

 as the sum for which a car can be chartered from 

 Cincinnati to New Orleans, mean for the round 

 trip? S. P. Weaver. 



Leipsie, Ohio, Jan. 14, 1885. 



Mr. Holmes, in the paper at the liead of 

 this, answers yoiu- question, friend W. 



