1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Illations in the flowers can not be laid to the bees. 

 After genns have in some way entered flowers, and 

 multiplied there, bees and other insects going from 

 flower to flower would spiead the disease, and the 

 number of cultures in flowers would rapidly increase, 

 so that late-blooming varieties should lie diseased im- 

 nieasurabl3' wor;^ than the early blooming varieties. 

 So far as I can now recall late and early blooming va- 

 rieties, and their tendency to twig blight, the late 

 bloomers are not more diseased than the early-bloom- 

 ing varieties. 



Much significant data might be collected in a single 

 year, but I am inclined to think it will take a lon^jer 

 time to establish very clearly either the guilt or inno- 

 cence of the honey-bee in spreading blight. I do not 

 mean to question the results obtained by Prof. Waite, 

 but wish to say that it seems to me it will be a consid- 

 erable time bef'^re we can draw a very correct conclu- 

 sion as to the extent to which the honey-bee is ac- 

 countable for the spread of the dsease known as 

 blight. C. P. Gillette. 



July 2.5. 



I would state that I asked of the two last- 

 named whether they would be iti position to 

 render us any assistance in the matter of con- 

 firming or disproving the statement that bees 

 do carry the virus of pear-bHght from tree to 

 tree. 



Respecting the attitude of the Central Cali- 

 fornia Bee-keepers' Association, we have re- 

 ceived a letter from Stc. F. E. Brown, who 

 writes under date of Aug. 14 : 



We met as a bod3' in session July 1, and passed resolu- 

 tions advising the bee-keepers to move their bees out 

 from the pear-orchards during pear-blooming season, 

 as a matter of test only, at the same time asking the 

 fruit-men to co-operate with us in helping to furnish 

 us suitable places to locate the Ixes during that period; 

 handed a copy of the resolutinus to the committee of 

 fruit-men that had the bees and pear-blight in charge. 

 As to the result of this, I am unable at this writing 

 to say, as I have not had the opportunity to find out 

 since returning home. F. R. Brown. 



Hanford, Cal., Aug. 14. 



From this it appears that the bee-keepers 

 expect to carry out their part of the program 

 in good faith ; and from various newspaper 

 clippings I judge that the pear-men are very 

 much gratified at the attitude of the bee-keep- 

 ers ; and that, so far fiom being strife, there 

 will be an honest effort on both sides to get at 

 the truth, let it cut where it may. This is as 

 it should be. There is no need of talking 

 about poisoning bees or resorting to the courts. 

 This whole question can, and should be. set- 

 tled amicably betwteu men of sense and fair- 

 ness. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



AU arrangements for the next convention of the 

 National Bee keepers' Association have been com- 

 pleted so far as possible, and the convention will be 

 held in the audience room of the Buffalo Society of 

 Natural Sciences, Sept. 10th, 11th and 12th; com- 

 mencing on the evening of tl e 10th. The place of 

 meeting is in the Buffalo Library building, corner of 

 Washington and Clinton Streeis, near the business 

 center of the city. The president of the INat\iral Sci- 

 ences Society, Mr. Smnh, has also kindly f ffered our 

 Association the use of their library and other com- 

 mittee rooms during the time of our c uveutiou, and 

 to do all in the power of the society to help make our 

 meeting a success. 



Railroad rates will vary in the different passenger 

 association territory, from one cent per mile each 

 way to one and one-third fare for the round trip. 

 Each person can readily learn the rate on inquiry at 

 his railroad station 



The Buffalo bee-keepers will try to provide enter- 

 tainment at reasonable rates for all attending the 

 convention, who will notify Mr. Sidney S Sleeper, 

 of Holland. N. Y., by Sept. 2d, of their wish for en- 

 tertainment. 



In a letter just received from Mr. Sleeper he says, 

 " We want all to come who can, for we wish to make 

 the Buffalo meeting the most pleasant and instructive 

 one that was ever held in America. We will have the 

 co-operation of all the sciences as well as the school 

 board," and names some professional men who are 

 interested in our specialty and will be at the conven- 

 tion to help. 



In a long letter from Mr. Ilershiser, ju.st received, 

 he closes by saying, " Call upon me for whatever fur- 

 ther assistance I am able to render ; " and Mr. Penton, 

 an ex-pre>idcnt of the Erie County Bee keepers' Soci- 

 ety, and others, have offered to do all they can to pro- 

 vide for the comfort of the delegates. 



As stated in my previous convention notice in 

 Gleanings, there will be no fixed program and no 

 papers, and the time will be occupied in answering 

 and discussing questions, except that on Thursday 

 evening there will be a joint session of our association 

 with the American Pomological Society, to discuss 

 " the mutual relations of bee-keeping and fruit-grow- 

 ing ; " and Prof. Beach, of the N. Y. Agricultuial Ex- 

 periment Station, and Prof. Fletcher, of the Central 

 Experimental Farm of the Dominion of Canada, will 

 help talk for the bees at that session, and it is hoped 

 that much good will result to fruit-growers and bee- 

 keepers from this joint session. 



If any bee-keeper who can not be at the convention 

 has any questions, knotty or otherwise, he would like 

 to have answered at the convention, will send them 

 to me I will see that they are presented. 



A. B. Mason, Sec, Sta. B, Toledo, O. 



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BY A.I. BOOT. 



The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gen- 

 tle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; in meekness 

 instructing those that oppose themselves. — 11. Timo- 

 thy 2: 24, 2.5. 



The test of a soldier is to see how he behaves 

 under fire. If, when the trial of bis courage 

 comes, his behavior does not correspond with 

 what he has formerly taught, especially with 

 what he has at times boasted of — in other 

 words, if he does not practice what he preach- 

 es, his preaching comes to naught. And so it 

 is with the Christian. If he can not stand the 

 fire of sarcasm, ridicule, and unjust accusa- 

 tion, his previous talk amounts to nothing. I 

 am many times pained and astonished to see 

 how few there are who can follow the admo- 

 nition of our text, especially when they are se- 

 verely tried. Of course, Satan trits to trip us 

 up ; and a great many really good Christian 

 people seem to think it incumbent on them to 

 defend themselves, and even strike back, 

 when they are persecuted. Of course, I allude 

 chit fly to a war of words. Someb.-vdy is abus- 

 ive, overbearing; may be he has been drinking; 

 or if n'lt, perhaps Satan has got into his heart. 

 In such cases, how quick — yes, I think I may 

 say all of us, even the best of us, forget the 

 injunciion, "Love ye your enemies, do good 

 to those that hate you"! 



Yes, this is the old, old story that I have 

 talked about so much, some of you may say ; 

 but, notwithstanding, I do feel that it needs 

 to be talked about, and, more thun all, needs 

 practicing. Once in a great while we find a 

 mau who will be meek and pati-nt, and even 

 pleasant, when he i« roughly or rudely assail- 

 ed. I have said several times that this matter 

 of returning good for evil, and gt-ntleness for 

 rudeness, is an almost unexplored region, and 



