1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



891 



branch road which runs between Wetumpka and 

 Elmore, in preference to many older engineers 

 who had been longer in the service of the company. 

 This is considered the most desirable run that the 

 road now offers, and for nine years past Mr. Jen- 

 kins has enjoyed the advantages which this posi- 

 tion offers. 



In 1879 he was happily married to Miss A. E. An- 

 gell, of Tennessee, and the partnership proved to 

 be a rich blessing to him. Added to the charm of 

 quiet, pleasing manners, Miss Angell brought with 

 her into the home life the sweet grace of a pure 

 Christian heart, and it was through her influence 

 that our friend and brother was led to a realizing 

 sense of his obligation to the Father of all mercies 

 and blessings; and from a life of thoughtless indif- 

 ference to such matters he was won over into the 

 pure light of the gospel, and the household was es- 

 tablished with a prayer for divine guidance and 

 blessing, and the family altar is now a feature of 

 the home. Through the same loving influence he 

 was induced to give up the habit of smoking, and, 

 to use his own words, he now thanks God daily for 

 his goodness to him in sending him such a wife. 

 Their marriage has been blessed with four lovely 

 children— two boys and two girls, and the sunshine 

 of love and happiness sheds its radiance over the 

 family circle. 



About seven years ago Mr. Jenkins became inter- 

 ested in our favorite subject, the bees, and studied 

 it with an earnestness which bespoke a mastery of 

 the art. He afterward became desirous of engag- 

 ing in the supply-business, and made a proposition 

 to Uncle Amos to establish a branch of the " Home 

 of the Honey-Bees " in the South. Mr. Root did not 

 seem to favor the phin in just that form, on ac- 

 count of freights, etc., and, with characteristic 

 tenacity of purpose, Mr. Jenkins determined upon 

 starting out on his own responsibility. 



Purchasing an engine and suitable machinery he 

 started a factory, and in 1886 issued his first cata- 

 logue; and our friends all through the South have 

 been greeted each year since with as bright and 

 neat a publication of this character as may be 

 found. From a small beginning our brother has 

 advanced until now his business represents an in- 

 vestment of from two to four thousand dollars. 



His business standing is one of unquestionable 

 integrity, and is considered good for all obligations 

 which he incurs; and his constant aim is to so deal 

 with his fellow-men as to merit their highest re- 

 gard. 



In stature, Mr. Jenkins is tall. His physical pow- 

 er and endurance are in keeping with his well- 

 rounded character, and his features forcibly ex- 

 press the determination and grit which have mark- 

 ed his career thus far. He enjoys almost perfect 

 health, and I am sure that the brotherhood will 

 join with me in wishing him a continuance of that 

 blessing, and success in all his undertakings. 



J. Frank Parker. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 21,1889. 



Friend P., there is something you have 

 not touched upon, that I want to say about 

 our friend Jenkins. When he was working 

 for the railroad company he attended to his 

 duties so well that he had considerable 

 spare time from each day on his hands. 

 When he wrote us about going into the sup- 

 ply business I asked him what his employ- 

 ers would say in regard to it. I was afraid 



he intended to work this other industry in 

 on the sly— that is, receive pay for working 

 for them while he was really working a good 

 part of the time for himself. Of course, I 

 did not then know what kind of stuff he was 

 made of. He replied at once that he had 

 stated the whole matter to his employers, 

 and they not only acquiesced but had prom- 

 ised to help him by giving him unusually 

 low rates of freight to get his supplies. 

 Later, when I saw some letters from the 

 railroad men, proposing several times to 

 give him even more than he had ventured to 

 ask them, it taught me a good lesson ; viz., 

 that even great railroad companies have 

 souls; and that, when they^get hold of a 

 young man who is open, honest, and square, 

 without the least trace of a disposition in 

 his heart to do things on the sly, they de- 

 light in honoring such a one, and showing 

 him how much they trust him. All through 

 our business deal with him I have been sur- 

 prised and pleased to see that the railroad 

 companies everywhere seemed to feel a plea- 

 sure in assisting him. My friend, are you 

 sure that you have never been guilty of try- 

 ing to keep back, evade, or elude the keen 

 eyes of our railway corporations, say just a 

 little bit V I am afraid that I have at times 

 been guilty myself in just this line. Now, 

 let us take a lesson from the experience of 

 friend Jenkins. He is not a moneyed man, 

 and never was ; but he has another kind of 

 riches that the great wide world has discov- 

 ered, and that frank, manly, open face shows 

 it. He loves his Savior, and he loves to be 

 truthful. 



APICULTURAL NOMENCLATURE. 



CLAMPS OR CRATES ; HONEY-BOARDS OR RACKS. 



T NOTICE two errors in Oct. 15th Gleanings, 

 ilC page 808, directly under the picture. You 

 W make me say, " So that the clamps for shipping- 

 ■*■ crates just fit." It should read, "or shipping- 

 crates." Also 11th line below the picture, you 

 make me say "blankets," when it should read block- 

 ing. 



Now a word about crates and clamps, etc., notic- 

 ed in your foot-notes. T believe I am correct when 

 I call the section-holder a " clamp," for it is a clamp, 

 as the sections are clamped in it, in all "clamps" 

 —mine with a screw, others with wedges, and some 

 with springs; hence a clamp is what we use to hold 

 the sections in while on the hive, or, in other words, 

 a clamp is used for holding a certain number of 

 sections in and about the apiary, while a crate or 

 case is used only for marketing honey. They are 

 not used as a " clamp " about the apiary; so then 

 we have "clamps" for use in the apiary, and 

 " crates" for shipping and marketing honey only. 



Again, we have honey-boards for covering the 

 brood-chamber. We also have the Heddon break- 

 joint honey-rack, not honey-board, for it is not a 

 board; it is a rack, made of cleats— or slats. 



We also have the perforated zinc queen-exclud- 

 ers. They are not " boards," but perforated sheets 

 of zinc; hence they should be called zinc excluders. 

 We also have the wood-zinc excluders, which are 

 not boards, but wood-zinc excluders. 



I suppose, properly speaking, we do not now U6e 

 "honey-boards." I suppose formerly I a honey- 



