1887 



GLEANINGS IN HEE CULTURE. 



53 



though I do not think it so fine in tiavor. The bees 

 are all native stocli. and very vicious, I hear. 



"The honey is taken in the ffood old way, killing- 

 two-thirds uf the bees hy .smoking: the 'sum,' and 

 so stupefying- the others that they hardly recover. 

 1 think nearly ail to wliom I have described our way 

 of handling? bees and honey have looked upon it as 

 a bin cram. I mentioned to somc^ of ray teachers 

 last night the amount of honey .^■oll had taken, and 

 descrilied the operation of the extractor; but they 

 seemed III! lo think it Jnst an .Vmeriean yarn. If I 

 had tdid theiji you had met a ;ksluist in some of your 

 wanderings the\ would have believed it. I rather 

 think we sliall have sometliing- to talk alioiit wlien 

 we meet." 



It will reinforce this lady's reputation for veraci- 

 ty, and may possibly introduce your wares to a new 

 and needy region, if you will send a copy of your 

 catalogue, and a specimen number of Gt^KA.v- 

 INGS. to Miss 'I'. M. Campbell, Rockland Seminary, 

 Cradock. Cape Colony. British South Afiiea. I send 

 you stamps enougli to pay the postage, if the parcel 

 does not exceed four ounces. Daviiv Stkano. 



Lincoln, Tenn.. Dee. .'W, IHK»>. 



My good friend 8.. when you want us to 

 send price lists or sample eopies of (Clean- 

 ings anywhere on the face of th(^ earth, do 

 not, we heg of you. take the tronl)le to send 

 tis stamps. We are just watching for 

 chances to get (TLEANiN<is away off into the 

 remotest corners of the earth, and it does 

 not make any difference how many stamps 

 it takes to get it there. We are very much 

 pleased to get the good news fiohi your 

 friend, and we take the liberty of sending 

 her Gleanings for a year ; for, be it known 

 to yon and all other friends of the mission- 

 arv work, that it has for years been our es- 

 tablished custom to send Gleanixgs free 

 of charge to any or all missionaries on the 

 face of the earth, so long as they care to 

 read it : so, give us the names of those 

 among your friends who are laboring in 

 missionary tields. We want modern bee 

 culture taught wherever civilization extends. 

 — In regard to the queen-cell protector, some 

 time ago friend Doolittle mailed us a sam- 

 ple, and told us we were at liberty to make 

 and sell as many as we jileased. The price 

 will be :> cents each ; \o cents for 10. or SI. 00 

 Iter KW. If wanted by mail, add :-! cents for 

 10, or 20 Cents per lOO" for postage. .Vnd in 

 order to start on the right basis, 1 think we 

 will place S-l.OO to friend Doolittle's credit 

 for what he has done toward giving them to 

 the public. 



BEE LEGISLATION, AGAIN. 



MUS. H.\RRISON S VIKWS. 



K. EDITOR:—! am very sorry to see such a 

 covetous and selfish spirit numifested 

 amoiiir Itee-keepers as to favor legislation 

 that would deprive any one, so disposed, 

 of the pleasure of keeping bees. They 

 must be looking at the question from their own 

 standpoint, and not from the other side. I Avell 

 remember the time when I aspired to be a t)ee- 

 keeper. There were two persons engaged in the 

 business quite extensively, within the city limits, 

 at that time. Both of them kindly assisted me in 



every way. One came and divided my two colonies 

 the first season, charging nothing for his services; 

 he lent ine books, and gave me sound advloe. 

 Honey at that time sold here for 30 and 35 cents 

 per pound. Bj the time I was firmly established 

 in the business, they wore out of it. One of them 

 was a doctor, and he couldn't buy the pi-i\ilege of 

 doctoring the city, and many frisky pi-actltioners 

 came here and boldly hung out their signs, so he 

 folded his tent like an Arab, and stole away. His 

 bees were scattered around tiie city, and soon they 

 had emigrated west. The other man had a large 

 lumber business, which increased to such an ex- 

 tent that his bees were neglected, and soon died 

 out. At the present time there is no one person 

 who has as many bees here as we have. 



.-V very pleasant old (iernuin, whose beaming face 

 I'eminds me of friend Muth, comes here occasional- 

 ly TO talk- about bees. I asked him lately if he liked 

 bees. His countenance lighted up as he replied, 

 "Oh, yesl I like 'em." This man is too feeble to 

 do heavy farm work; has abundant means, and 

 keeps a few bees for the love of it. 



.\n old lady of this city, past her threescore and 

 ten, has a little ap'ary of six or eight colonies, and. 

 takes a great deal of pleasure in caring fer them. 

 .\n old man past fourscore has 2.5 or iWi colonies. 

 Now, I can claim priority of location over these old 

 people, but I don't want to take the cup of pleasure 

 from their trembling- hands. Brother Root, you 

 would like to purchase the privilege of keeping all 

 the bees in a certain district, and also wouldn't 

 you like to sell all the bee-keepers' supplies in the 

 United States'/ Thomas H. Newman could have 

 done a big business in Chicago, in selling supplies, 

 if it hadn't been for your mill in Ohio, and tlie 

 cheap labor obtained there. Was there anybody 

 raising peas, lettuce, beets, and cabbages, in Medi- 

 na, before you '/or selling kites or jack-knives'/ Would 

 not your business be better if you could do all the 

 selling in Medina or the I'nited States';" 



I attended a bee-convention at Monmouth, 111., 

 where one of the members complained bitterly be- 

 cause some others, living four or five miles from 

 town, brought their honey there, and injured his 

 market. He said, "They might take it somewhere 

 else." This same man brought honey to Peoria, 

 and injured munuirhet. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria, 111. 



Mrs. H., 1 fear you are a little uncharita- 

 ble in your opening remarks, although I do 

 feel a good deal as you do about the matter 

 as you put it. I think, however, that all of 

 us who know Dr. C. C. Miller know he is 

 not looking at the matter from any selfish 

 standpoint, but, on the contrary, is con- 

 stantly considering the greatest good to the 

 greatest number. Yon are mistaken, my 

 friend— I do not w ant the privilege of sell- 

 ing all the bee-supplles in the United 

 States. A great part of our business is 

 htting out supply-dealers with machinery' 

 and apjtliances, and we always invite them 

 to look over 01 u- works, take "dimensions of 

 every thing, and we are glad to have them 

 copy our plans. The saving of freight 

 alone in making liives and ejection boxes is a 

 very great argument in favor of having sup- 

 ply-dealers located at central points all over 

 oiir country. We may be thoughtless in 

 some of oiir remarks and_ suggestions, my 



