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GLEANINGS IN 13EE CtlLttlili:. 



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late this space, or, rather, transfer it to the surplus 

 apartment nhtn-e the brood-nest. It is the experi- 

 ence of some bee-keepers, that by this method just 

 as much honey will be secured with less labor. 



W. Z. Hi'TCHixsox, 7(1— 72. 

 Uogersvillc, c^ Genesee Co.. Mich. 



Friend II.. I find about Ihe same thing in 

 feeding back that you mention, although, as 

 you say, some colonies w ill do better than 

 others. Another thing about the feeding- 

 back business is. that 1 have never seen any 

 feeder yet that would induce bees to take as 

 many pounds of honey day aftei- day as they 

 frequently gather tnmi the fields dui'ing 

 clover and basswoiid bloom. I do not know 

 what the reason is. but they will start in at 

 first and take perhaps ten or fifteen pounds 

 of honey in \1A hours. The next day they 

 will seem to be a little tired out, and won't 

 do so well, and every day succeeding they 

 will be a little " lazier" still. I have fed a 

 single colony as much as lOO lbs., perhaps, 

 to get it stored in sections, but it took a 

 much longer time to do it than where 100 lbs. 

 Avere gathered from the fields. Unless the 

 work is done Avhen no honey is coining in. 

 you may be the loser, for the colonies that 

 are fussing wUh feeders will neglect and 

 lose any thing that may be had from nat- 

 ural stores. 



REDUCTION IN FREIGHT ON BEE- 

 KEEPERS' SUPPLIES. 



FRIEND BOYLSTON TELLS I'S WHAT HE H.\S .AC- 

 COMPLISHED, AND HOW HE DID IT. 



R. EDITOR:— I went to Atlanta on Wednes- 

 day last, and appeared before the Rate Com- 

 mittee of the Southern Railway and Steam- 

 ship Association. Mr. Virgil Powers, Gen'l 

 Commissioner, was in the chair, and the 

 following- members of the committee wore present: 



Mr. Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager of Associated 

 Railways of the Carolinas and Virginia, Richmond, 

 Va. 



Mr. Jos. M.Brown, G. F. Agt. of the Western & 

 Atlantic R. R., Atlanta, Ga. 



Mr. E. R. Dorsey, G. F. Agt. of Ga. U. R., Augusta, 

 Ga. 



Mr. J. R. Ogden, G. F. Agt. of E. T., V. & Ga. R. 

 R., Kno.\ville, Tenn. 



Mr. Geo. R. Knox, G. F. Agt. Nashville \- Chatta- 

 nooga R. R., Nashville, Tenn. 



Mr. S. B. Pickens, G. F. Agt. So. Ca. R. R., 

 Charleston, S. C. 



Mr. G. A. Whitehead, G. F. Agt. Central R. K. of 

 Ga., Savannah, Ga. 



Mr. J. M. Culp, G. F. Agt. Louisville & Nashville 

 R. R., Louisville, Ky. 



Mr. C. A. Sindall, Secretary S. R. &, S. S. Ass'n, 

 Atlanta, Ga., and quite a number of gentlemen from 

 the different railways south of the Oliio, and from 

 New York, who had come to attend to various rail- 

 road matters. I was personally acquainted with 

 each and every one of them, and the room was 

 full. 



The first question taken up was proposed changes 

 in the classification, and this occupied about two 

 hours, .lust as they were about to close I prefer- 

 red my request— had my classification of bee-prod- 

 ucts and beekeepers' supplies all ready, and hand- 

 ed it in. The nature of it had hardly been an- 



nounced befoie it Avas echoed by a general chorus 

 of laughter, and a serious attemtit to ridicule it was 

 made. One member who doubted his ears wanted 

 to know if he really heard aright, and whether! 

 was really in earnest in making the request. I at 

 once frowned down all attempts at levity, and said I 

 api)eared before them by direction of the Congress 

 of Bee-keepers which had recently met at New Or- 

 leans, and, as one of them, demanded that our re- 

 quests should receive that same earnest and re- 

 spectful hearing as was accorded to a representa- 

 tive of any other :J0O,(KXt Americans who were doing 

 business in the land; and I then stated our wants, 

 the magnitude of the business, and the growing im- 

 portance of the industry. Finally on motion of Mr. 

 Haas, seconded by Col. Dorsey, my proposition was 

 carried as a whole, and I got all 1 asked for. Does 

 it suit youV "If not, let ine know, and I will do all 

 1 can to better it. 



Bees in hives— owner's risk. 1st class; carrier's 

 risk, twice 1st class. 

 Bee-hives, empty, set up, 1st class. 

 Bee-hives, knocked down, crated, class A. 

 Bee-hives, knocked down, car load, .')C less than 

 class A. 

 Bee-smokers, boxed, 1st class. 

 Honey in bbls. or kegs, owner's I'isk, Cth class; 

 carrier's risk, 5th class. 



Honey in glass or tin, packed, owner's risk, 3d 

 class; carrier's risk, 1st class. 



Honey in comb, boxed, owner's risk, Od class; 

 carrier's risk, 1st class. 

 Honey-extractors, crated, carrier's risk, 1st class. 

 Honey section boxes and frames, crated or boxed, 

 owner's risk, 4th class; carrier's risk, :!d class. 

 VVax-extractoi's, crated, 1st class. 

 Wax comb foundation, 2d class. 

 If you will notice by examination of the classifica- 

 tion I send, honey has been placed same as syrup; 

 bee-hives set up, same as empty boxes; bee-hives 

 knocked down, same as barrel-staves or box materi- 

 al in bundles; section boxes and frames, same as 

 wooden butter-plates, etc. 



The classification applies between all points 

 named in the rate-sheets 1 send you, and is the one 

 in general use for local shipments on nearly every 

 road south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, 

 and on all the coastwise steamers and on all the 

 river boats in Florida (I hope friend Hart is happy). 

 This is a good start; and if the bee-associations in 

 the North and West will only follow it up they will 

 succeed likewise. 1 will send you fifty of these ne>c 

 classifications as soon as printed, that you may put 

 them in the hands of bee-societies, to be used as an 

 example for your neighboring roads, provided al- 

 ways that you need them, and that you approve of 

 the action 1 have taken. 



If you think of any thing which has been omitted, 

 let me know and 1 will do all in my power to make 

 it more perfect. S. C. Bovlston, 



Gen'l F. A P. Ageytt, C. <!• -S. R. R. Co. 

 Charleston, S. C, June 4, 1885. 



Friend IJ.. you liave done your part excel- 

 lently, I should say ; and as I said in my 

 editorial last month, I tliink the bee-keeuers 

 of the laud owe yt)U a vote of thanks. Tlie 

 rates ou bees in hives are lower than 1 ex- 

 pected ; l>ut they are not often sent as 

 freight, so far as I know, although we once 

 sent one shipment of a considerable size by 

 freight, and it went all right. Tour rates 



