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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



Iy entire, and without any crevice or open- 

 ing; vet as we went on, before you knew 

 how it came about, a canyon opened, where, 

 a few minutes before, was the clear smooth 

 mountain-side. 



Givntinm ii Jan. to. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Published Semi- Monthly. 



-&.. I. HOOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



IwIEnDiaT-A., OHIO. 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



For Glutting Bates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 



Is/SIEIOIlSr^, T-^IfcT- 1, 1889. 



Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou 

 hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting 

 to ever lasting, thou art God Psalm 90: •>. 



Renewals are coming in rapidly and promptly, 

 for which we tender thauks. We have 8442 names. 



Many kind expressions come in in regard to the 

 biographical sketches. See Kind Words elsewhere. 



MY VISIT TO CALIFORNIA. 



These notes of travel will occupy considerable 

 space in several issues yet— probably until March 1. 



A WEDDING-CARD. 



The following announcement, gotten up in the 

 latest style of the art, comes to hand: 



Married, Thursday, December twenty-seventh, 1XX8, Husted, 

 N. Y., Julia ('. Collin. Geo. H. Knickerbocker. 



We extend our hearty congratulations. 



LOSS BY FIRE. 



We are advised that the first installment of the 

 Langstroth Revised was destroyed by fire while in 

 the book-bindery. As a consequence, the work 

 will not appear as soon as it was anticipated. The 

 loss was covered by insurance, and the delay will 

 be of comparatively short duration. 



DEVICES FOR CARRYING HIVES. 



We have received a host of letters on the sub- 

 ject as above— more than we expected. We extend 

 our thanks to one and all. The most of the de- 

 vices for the purpose are quite similar in principle. 

 We hope to illustrate one or two of the best soon; 

 but for the present it will hardly be worth your 

 while to send in more suggestions. 



AT HOME AGAIN. 



1 am once more (Dec. 20) at home again. The 

 past few weeks seem so much like a dream that 

 every little while I have to shake myself and look 

 around tc make sure that I am in wintry Medina 

 instead of away off in California, the land of per- 

 petual flowers and sunshine. I am glad T am here, 

 though, after all. 



THE IONOTUM TOMATO. 



Ever so many have been asking whether the 

 seed of this tomato is all gone yet. To be sure, it is 

 not. We had about 510) packages prepared to give 

 away to our readers, and I do not think we have 

 given away 1000 so far. Every subscriber of Glean- 

 ings who raises tomatoes may have a sample 



package, simply by asking for it when they re- 

 new, or telling us on a postal card at any other 

 time. 



GARDEN-SEEDS FOR 1889. 



Not only in Florida, but in California and other 

 points in the West and Southwest, we are having 

 quite a little call for garden-seeds, and we accord- 

 ingly submit a list with prices in this issue. I am 

 experimenting with and testing pretty much all of 

 the novelties, but I have not found any of them 

 sufficiently satisfactory to warrant me in giving 

 them a place in our list, exceept those already men- 

 tioned. I would say, however, that some of the 

 new things will be recommended if they behave 

 as well another season as they have during the 

 past. 



ACCEPTABLE MATTER FOR GLEANINGS. 



There is a big pile of copy on our desk, awaiting 

 insertion. It can't all find a place, and, according to 

 the rule of the survival of the fittest, nome of it we 

 fear will have to go unprinted. At times we have 

 so much copy that even good and valuable matter 

 shares a similar fate. Remember, our space for 

 articles, especially long ones, is limited; but we 

 will make room for short pithy items. Questions 

 are always acceptable when briefly stated, and 

 when written upon a separate slip of paper. Don't 

 expect an answer— at least, not immediately, if 

 you mix your questions up with other matter. 



PROFESSIONAL MEN IN OUR RANKS. 



Concerning the biographical sketches and the 

 portraits in the ABC form in last issue, one of our 

 correspondents, G. C. Hughes, Pipestem, W. Va., 

 well says: " After a glance at the intelligent faces, 

 one would suppose that the members of the bee- 

 fraternity are second to none — not even those of 

 the legal profession." Very true, and yet it is not 

 surprising; for there are lawyers, doctors (lots of 

 'em), professors, ministers, and, and— even editors 

 (beg pardon) in our ranks. Of the non-professional 

 men with us, we need not be ashamed. We have 

 great reason to be proud of our representative bee- 

 keepers. They would and do adorn and honor al- 

 most any calling. 



ERRATUM. 



On page 961, Deo. 15, just below the diagram, in- 

 stead of the expression, " Now, the mountains in 

 the table lands," it should read, " Now, the moun- 

 tains composing our great mountain ranges," etc. 

 The idea is, where we find mountains composed of 

 regular level strata, it indicates that the surround- 

 ing land and rocks have been washed or worn 

 away; whereas the real mountains proper have 

 their strata tipped obliquely, and sometimes clear 

 up to the perpendicular, indicating that they have 

 been thrown up by earthquakes or volcanic action. 

 In Arizona and New Mexico the mouniains like the 

 diagram are quite common; but in California, 

 along the Rooky Mountains, and through Utah and 

 Colorado, they are of the other sort— see p. 27. Of 

 course, the action of the wind and water is con- 

 stantly wearing down and modifying both kinds. 



POTATOES— DOES THE VARIETY HAVE ANY INFLU- 

 ENCE ON THEIR ROTTING ? 



I have always been a little skeptical in regard to 

 this matter until the past season. On our creek- 

 bottom ground we raised tremendous crops of 

 Early Ohio, Early Pearl, Lee's Favorite, and Em- 

 pire State, with scarcely a rotten potato in several 



