1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Summer's rei,s;n is almost o'er ; 

 Birds have sought a southern shore ; 

 I^eafless trees and meadows bare 

 Show the work of auturiiu's air. 



In the daj'S of Viryil, and even later, it 

 was g-enerally believed that bees g-enerate 

 spontaneously in the carcasses of oxen — the 

 belief arising', probably, from the fact that 

 bees have been seen around svich objects. 

 But it remains for our day to prove that 

 bees sometimes come from a dead horse ; 

 and not only bees but honey too. The 

 Richmond Evcnitii^' Leader tells us all 

 about it as follows: 



The L,ee statue, both horse and rider, has found a 

 new and interesting opportunity for usefulness in 

 these latter days in becoming the home of an enor- 

 mous swarm of honey-bees. Or. to be more e.vact, 

 probably of a considerable number of swarms. It is 

 more than likely that the interior of the equestrian 

 statue is well filled with as good honey as ever was 

 found in a Hanover bee-tree. 



For some time bees have been noticed in consider- 

 able numbers about the small openings at the mouth 

 and nostrils of the horse and the mouth of the rider. 

 More than once considerable swarms have come out of 

 of these openings, which are believed to be the onU- 

 openings to the interior of the statue. When it is 

 remembered that the statue of both horse and rider 

 is merely a shell less than a half-inch thick it will be 

 at once seen what a commodious and comfortable 

 home and retreat for honej'-gatherers the interior of 

 the statue provides. 



It is not known whether the openings to the statue 

 are large enough to allow sparrows to enter. If so, 

 the statue is probably partially full of the trash which 

 they collect to make'their nests. As sparrows can get 

 through a wonderfully small opening this is quite po.s- 

 sible; but no sparrows or other small birds have been 

 noticed going in or out of the statue, as has been the 

 ca.se with the bees. The latter have certainly found a 

 safe place for gathering their winter's supplies, and 

 one in which they will not and can not be molested. 

 It will give an added interest to the statue to the many 

 who visit it, to know that it is probably well filled 

 with honey of the best make and reputation. 



THE MODERN P^ARMER. 

 I fear many do not know what a good 

 journal Mr. E. T. Abbott is sending out. In 

 the last number received he has an editori- 

 al on "Anarchy," which, it seems to me, 

 covers the whole ground and goes clear 

 down to the cause of this evil. It will be 

 seen that Mr. Abbott believes there are 

 many anarchists who do not train under a 

 red flag. He says: 



The natural home and congenial breeding-place of 

 this vile and perverted monster is the crowded quar- 

 ters of large cities. Anarchy is bred in saloons, in 

 brothels, in gambling-dens, in the wine-rooms, and 

 even in high society where vice is condoned and viola- 

 tions of law and order are winked at because the cul- 

 prit belongs to "our set." 



Whoever violates a known law. whoever winks at 

 such a violation of law, is sowing broadcast the seeds 

 of anarchy. The police board that wink.s'at the open 

 saloon door on the Sabbath da\' is helping to breed 

 anarchy. The policeman who is sworn to execute the 

 law, and then winks at these violations on the plea 

 that it is a "side door, " or a " back door," is breeding 

 anarchy many times in spite of his " side door " plea. 

 It was said of old that all roads lead to Rome. All 

 doors into a Sunday saloon lead to perdition, and it 

 matters but little to the man who finds himself in hell 



by what door he made the start. " Hut these are bad 

 laws," wc are tod. Ah! there's the rub. Any law 

 which men wish to violaie is a "bad law, " to hear 

 them tell it ; but the violation of any law creates a dis- 

 respect for law, and this is the beginning nay, is an- 

 archy, Rvery mail who disregai ds law, whether it be 

 in the name of capital, or in the name of labor, in the 

 name of an individual or in the name of a corporation, 

 has started on the road which leads to anarchy 



The only improvement on the above would 

 be to say that a Sunday saloon is just as 

 good as a Moiiday one. 

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 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The issue for October is a gem, and equal 

 to any that Mr. Hutchinson has ever print- 

 ed. The contributed articles are of a high 

 order, especially one from F. B. Simpson, 

 on selection in breeding. The presswork 

 on the Review is as good as that in our big- 

 rnagazines, and that is what enables the 

 editor to give such a fine half-tone engrav- 

 ing in each issue. Mr. Hutchinson does his 

 own photographing : and in that line of 

 work he well deserves the title of " artist." 

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As I was one of O. L. Hershiser's guests 

 while in BufTalo, I take pleasure in copying- 

 the following: 



:\Ir. O. ly. Hershiser showed me, at the Pan-Ameri- 

 can, a new style of glass jar th^t he had just gotten up 

 for putting honey on the market. It is of flint glass, 

 and square, like' the Mutli jar; but instead of being 

 closed with a cork it has a screw cap after the style of 

 the Mason fruit-jar. There is a cork lining inside the 

 top of the cap, which makes the whole thing self-seal- 

 ing. The cost is only a trifle more than for corks, tin- 

 foil caps, and waxing, and, considering the les,sening 

 in labor, is really about as cheap. Mr. Hershiser is 

 making arrangements to have this style of jar put up- 

 on the market. 



Mr. Hershiser takes a keen interest in 

 bee-keeping, and a relation of some of his 

 experiments went far toward keeping me 

 from feeling louesoine. 



NATURAL SWARMING AND AUTOMATIC HIVING. 



Can the Latter be Counted a Practical Success ? 



BY F. H. CYRENIUS. 



During the past fifteen years it has been 

 my study and determination to perfect a de- 

 vice to allow bees to swarm, and safely hive 

 thern without the necessary time in watch- 

 ing and risk in running away. Now that 

 I have succeeded to my entire satisfaction I 

 feel in dut_v boimd to offer the same to my 

 fellow bee-keepers, believing they will ap- 

 preciate my efforts. My bees are all in 

 outyards run for comib honey, and allowed 

 to swarm as they please. I have been un- 

 able to visit them oftener than once a week, 

 and during these visits it was a great plea- 

 sure to find those which had cared to swarm 

 securely hived by the use of the hiver. 



Some years ago, while working at crude 



