1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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ers far and wide will have vastly more effect than 

 letters from two or three editors of bee-papers 

 alone. We hope our subscribers will remember the 

 hint, and deluge the next offending paper. 



The next annual meeting of the Ontario Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in the City Hall in , the city of Belleville. 

 Out., on the 8th and 9th of January, 1890. 



Streetsville, (int. W. CousE.Sec. O. B. K. A. 



CRAZY EDITORS. 



It is the editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture I 

 have in mind, and not that of any other periodical. 

 This crazy editor, after publishing a pretty fair 

 journal for almost 17 years, toward the close of the 

 17th year it seems has got into a fashion of attach- 

 ing an answer intended for one correspondent to 

 an article written by another one. The first ap- 

 peared in our issue of Nov. 15, at the end of friend 

 Manum's article. The boss printer said he wanted 

 about so many inches of matter to fill up a given 

 space. I understood him— or at least I got it into 

 my head— that the space was alter friend Board- 

 man's article entitled " A Model Bee-yard," there- 

 fore I gave the printers the required amount of 

 copy for the matter in view. Turn to page 886, 

 and read the last half of my reply to friend Manum, 

 and you will understand it. In the same issue, on 

 page 893, is a short item, headed " Rat-tailed Mag- 

 gots." I dictated a reply to this, which, for some 

 reason or other, did not show up on the printed 

 page. It, however, does show up, greatly to our 

 consternation, at the end of Prof. Cook's excellent 

 article on cuckoo-bees, page 947. It is not such a 

 terrible matter, it is true, but it gives one who 

 turns the pages of Gleani ngs an impression that its 

 editor has his head filled with reservoirs, windmills, 

 or something else, besides the business in ques- 

 tion. We hope that at least 16 years more may 

 pass before we ever have occasion to make such a 

 lengthy apology again, at least in this line. 



The foot-note to the article on cuckoo-bees should 

 have read as follows; 



Friend Cook, you say these strange intruders are 

 only males and females. Now, a host of perplex- 

 ing questions come in here. Is every female a 

 queen? If so, who shall fix the limit of their in- 

 crease if they fill up hives with brood, and the bees 

 take care of them? Do the males and females 

 meet in the open air, as do honey-bees? and if thev 

 winter over in the hive, why do they not continual- 

 ly occupy all of the available cells with eggs? 

 Very likely, where every worker-bee is a queen 

 they are not all as prolific as a honey-bee queen — at 

 least we hope not. It seems to me, however, that it 

 must be that our honey-bees recognize them suffi- 

 ciently to be able to make, at least to a certain ex- 

 tent, some resistance against their encroachments; 

 for if they do not, what is to hinder the colony from 

 being ruined at once? 

 Friend Cook writes as follows: 

 Don't worry about the mistake in Gleanings. 

 We enjoy seeing that you occasionally make mis- 

 takes. It makes us feel more akin. A. J. Cook. 

 Agricultural College, Mich. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The next annual meeting of the Vermont Bee-keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Burlington, Vt., Jan. 21, 22, 1890. Excel 

 lent hall accommodations have been obtained at the Van Ness 

 House. The Vermont Central Railroad has granted round- 

 trip tickets from the following: places: Rutland, White River 

 Junction, Ca m bridge Junction, Richford via St. Albans. Ticon- 

 deroga.and intermediate points, to Burlington and return, for 

 fare one way. A good meeting is expected, and all are invit- 

 ed. For further iuiorination'and programmes, apply to 



J. H. Larrabee, Sec'y. 



Larrabee's Point, Addison Co., Vermont. 



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CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP DSIN6 TOBACCO. 



First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



I am endeavoring, in a quiet way, to arouse the 

 parents of school children to the dangerous and 

 deadly effects of the tobacco habit, in order to have 

 them demand of the school boards that they enact 

 and enforce such rules and regulations as will 

 effectually prohibit the handling and use of tobacco 

 upon the school grounds, and the refusal to hire or 

 employ, as teachers, persons addicted to the use of 

 tobacco. "Children are ibeseed corn of the State," 

 and every good citizen should feel called upon to 

 guard and protect them during the tender years of 

 indiscretion and thoughtlessness against tobacco 

 and strong drink. Your name has been furnished 

 me as an unselfish patriot, a lover of humanity, 

 and one pledged to the reformation ol evil and vi- 

 cious habits. I sincerely trust you will lay your ax 

 at the root of the crying sin of this country, and 

 enlist the educators and philanthropists of Ohio in 

 extirpating the tobacco habit from the public 

 schools of Ohio. J. B. Pkice. 



Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 3, 1889. 



The Erie Co.. X. Y.. Bee-keepers' Association will hold its 

 next meeting in Concert Hall, Holland, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Dec. 

 18. 1889 An interesting programme is provided. 



South Wales, N. Y. Mrs. Chas. Faville, Sec. 



GOING SECURITY. 



Please send one of your smokers to Mr. S. A. 

 Miller, Cantril, Iowa; and if he breaks the rules, 1 

 will agree to pay for the smoker. 



Cantril. la., Aug. 6. 1889. Annie K. Miller. 



The 21st annual meeting of the New York State Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at the Court-house, Rochester, N. Y., 



Feb 5,6,7,1890. Reduced rates al h Is, and on all principal 



railroads. Eaeh countj association is requested to send two 

 or more delegates. Programme and lull particulars will ap- 

 pear in due tune. G. H. Knickerbocker. See. 



The 24th annual meeting of the Michigan state Bee-keepers' 

 Association will be held at Lansing, in the capitol building, 



I 26 and 27, 1889. Reduced hotel rates al the Hudson House. 



Half fare on nearly all railroads. A lew charge one and a 

 third fare for the round trip. All arc cordially invited. 



Clinton, Mich. H. D. Cutting, Sec. 



One of my neighbors has quit using tobacco after 

 using it 35 years. If you send him a smoker, I will 

 pay for it if he.uses it again. John McCarthy. 



Madelia, Minn., May 18, 1889. 



I have stopped the use of tobacco in all ways and 

 I advise others to stop it. I don't want a smoker, 

 for I have one. Q. W. Jefferson. 



Acme, Mich. 



1 have been a great slave to tobacco for the last 

 ten years; but by the help of God and a sample 

 copy of Gleanings I quit the use of it nearly one 

 year ago; and if you will send me a smoker for my 

 pledge I will pay you for it if ever I use tobacco in 

 any way again. A. J- Huskev. 



Ingleton, Ala., June 6, 1889. 



