188') 



(n.EAN'iX(;S IX ntJE OULTUHE. 



dovetailed iiU around, at the same price as the oue- 

 piece section, we forg-ot about odd sizes; and at 

 present it looks as if it could not be done. That is, 

 •vfe can not make four-pifcc sections, odd size, near- 

 ly as easily as we can make one-piece sections odd 

 size. 



■WHO riHS 



TAItriOD IT, AND WH(JSE IXVKNTIOX 



Since our talk about moral patents, this thinf? 

 seems to be coming- up a great manj- times; and in 

 the Apioilturint for February our friend P. C. El- 

 wood takes the A. Ti. J. to task for cojiying the plan 

 of the (Question Department, claiming this to be 

 original with the AijiciiUurixt. We would remind 

 friend Elwood, that this idea of .a-etting- prominent 

 men to give their opinions collectively on certain 

 important subjects was a special feature of the 

 Dce-kespern' Instmctar in ]8S;J. We were so much 

 ])leased with this idea at the time it came out that 

 we commented on it, and copied a page or two. 

 Sec (Ji-KAMNns for .Tuly, isy:.', page .'KO. 



DECLINE IN PISICE OK TIN. 



The price of tin, per box of 1 12 sheets, suitable for 

 separators and honey-cans, will bo, until further no- 

 tice, ^.5.50 instead of f COO. Tagger's tin, a good deal 

 thinner than the above, which we now use express- 

 ly for separators, unless otherwise ordered, .V).00 per 

 box. This is considered preferable to ordinary tin, 

 because it conducts away the heat of the hive much 

 less, on account of its thinness. Tt must be handled 

 much more carefully than ordinary tin, and i^ not 

 suitable for honey-cans, unless they aie very small 

 ones. He.st charcoal IX tin, §7.5(1 instead of t^.O'i. 

 All the above i.s 14 x 20 iu size, and 112 sheets in a 

 box. These prices arc for tin on board cars in Phil- 

 adeljihia. 



WATEIllllTHV WATCUES KOK ISS.'i. 



A STiLi/ further impi'ovement is (jut, and we have 

 ,)ust received a gross of thciii, and the manufactur- 

 ers have given us an arrangement whereby we arc 

 enabled to send (li,EANiNns one year to every cus- 

 tomer who purchases a watch at the full retail price 

 of #3.")0, but we are not permitted to sell a watch any 

 cheaper where Ceeanincs is not wadted. We can, 

 liowever, do this: Vou can have two watches lor 

 ifPi.OO; or anybody who has already purchased one 

 Waterbury watch can have another for an even 

 $;].09. With every watch, we now send a pretty 

 nickel-plated steel chain. On the chain is a hunter's 

 whistle. This prettly little chain will be only 5 cts. 

 where it is wanted without the watch. 



rili; HEDDUN IIIVE AN!) SVSTIOM. 



At the picsent writing wo have received orders 

 for just fi'"() lleddon hives. I am a little surprised 

 at this; btit I presume the reason is, that so many 

 of us are loth to bring a new hive or llxture, that 

 does not correspond with our other hives, into the 

 apiary. Besides, evei'y advantage that friend H. 

 claims, can be secured with the Simplicity and 

 chaff hives, unless it be the Sframe feature. When 

 these now things come up, I think it is very much 

 better to test them with the hi>es we h.-we already 

 in use, rather than to start new hives and new 

 frames. I am very sorry indeed that friend H. in- 

 sisted on a frame n\l instead of 17';; long. Great 

 confusion is going to result here in si)ite of us. We 

 do not renunr.ber that we have received an order 

 for a Langstroth frame 17-3 long. excei)t twice, and 



we shall make our hives and frames for the usual 

 17';3, unless our customers specially state that they 

 must have them Vl~\^ 



j BEE-KEEPERS' COXGUESS AT NEW OKEEANS. 



! In view of the fact that friend Newman has pre- 

 i pared a very full and elaborate report of all the 

 j proceedings there, including even the names of 

 those who were present, I do not think it would be 

 best for us to attempt to repeat the same in G i,e.\n- 

 INGS. If you are not a subscriber to the .1. B. J. (it 

 seems to me every progressive bee-man ought to 

 be), friend Newman will doubtless send you the 

 two numbers containing the report, on receipt of 

 ten cents. Where there is so much matter for our 

 journals, and so much (jimd matter that we can not 

 find room for, it does not seem to me advisable to 

 have one journal a repetition of another. I know 

 there is something to be said on both sides of this, 

 but I believe the majority of our readers will agree 

 ' with the above;. 



HEVEItSIXO DEVICES. 



; These still come in considerable numbers daily. 

 C. H. Deane, Versailles, Ky., and .Tohn Consor, Glen, 

 Kansas, both claim that we infringed on their in- 

 ventions in my wire reversing device, as given in 

 the last number. I confess 1 have IhiK far: They 

 sent such an arrangement made of sheet iron, and 

 mine is made entirely of wire. I do not like the 

 sheet iron, and would not use it, but I like the wire. 

 I Well, if mine is an infringement, the (juestion 

 I arises, "Which of the two is entitled to precedence'/" 

 \ On investigation I find the postal cards which each 

 one wrote when he sent his device, are dated ex- 

 1 actly the same— I'eb. 11. Friend Deane claims, how- 

 I ever, that he is still ahead, for he invented and we 

 I illustrated something (juite similar, for another 

 , purpose I see illustration in Gi.eaxincs for March, 

 l^if'S, page ]:«)). I admit the similarity, and yet the 

 ; device alluded to was inade when no such thing as 

 ' reversible frameswasthoughtof; nor was it intend- 

 I ed, nor is it adapted, for the purpose. I'erhaps we 

 had better await further developments a little. 



WHEN O.'tUEItlXO THE A II V BOOK, SAV WHICH VOf 

 WANT— CI-OTH OK PAI'EU. 



Almost daily we h?.\e one or more orders for the; 

 ] A 15 r book, without saying which they want— cloth 

 j or paper edition. It is true, we can sometimes 

 make a guess by the amount of money inclosed; 

 1 but since we have offered the cloth-bound book 

 postpaid for a dollar to those who have already 

 bought one, the price sent does not help us much. 

 We began sending the paper covered one to those 

 who sent a ''ollar; but, oh my I what a breeze it 

 j made because Me did not remember they Avoro en- 

 i titled to dealers' rates, the writer often saying that 

 j he would not take a paper-covered book as a gil^, 

 j and back it comes at our expense. Then 1 told the 

 clerks to send cloth-bound in every case, unless the 

 ; writer said plainly, ])a))er covers. This seems to 

 I be the lesser of two evils; but for all that, a great 

 i nuiny say we might have known by the amount of 

 I money sent what was wanted, and they accordingly 

 I refuse to pay the 2.5 cents balance, or suggest re- 

 turning the book at our expense. Now, friends, 

 what can we do, unless you say in your order, cloth- 

 bound or paper-covered, and also state whether 

 j you are entitled to dealers' rates or not":' We are 

 I very anxious to i)lease, but we do not like to l)e 

 I scolded when we are doing as well as auybody could 

 do without fuller instructions. 



