1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Ill 



Gleanihcs in Bee Culture, 



Published Seini-MontUly. 



Jk.. I. Z^OOT, 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



MEDINA, O. 



TERMS: SI.OO PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 



for Clnbtise Sates, See First Page of Beiding Uatter. 



If. when ,Vf do well, ami suffer for il. ye take it patiently. 

 thi.< is ueceptii ble with God— I. Pet. 2: 20. 



Thk (lepartnient of Circulars Received is crowded 

 out tliis issue by advertisements. 



The total number of new names received during 

 the past mouth, exclusive of renewals, was 528; 

 ordered out, 190. Total number up to date, 6424. 



PROF. COOK'S NEW BOOK ON THE MAPLE-SUGAR 

 INDUSTRY. 



The title of the above book is, "Maple Sugar and 

 the Sugar-bush." It will be a book of about 50 pages, 

 profusely illustrated, and we hope to have it ready 

 to mail by the 15th of this month. Price 40 cts. by 

 mail, postpaid. If ordered with other goods, by ex- 

 press or freight, 35 cts. 



THE BEE-KEEPERS' ADVANCE. 



The above is the name of a new journal, or rath- 

 er, perhaps, the name of the Maine Bee-Journal, 

 commencing with the new year. It is now in the 

 hands of our good friend .1. B. Mason; and as he 

 has been a good straight honest man heretofore, we 

 suppose he will be a better one since he has become 

 an editor. The January number is at hand, and 

 full of good things; but if I were in friend Mason's 

 place I don't believe I would have my price list of 

 supplies bound together with the journal. I know 

 there are other journals that do the same thing; 

 but as we have, as a class, been accused of running 

 our bee-journals solely to advertise our supply bus- 

 iness, will it not be better to shun even the appear- 

 ance of evily 



EXTENDING THE TERRITORY TO THOSE WHO ARE 

 SOLICITING SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR GLE.4NINGS. 



Several have asked us if they could not take 

 names at adjoining postoflices as well as at their 

 own, and we have decided that you may get sub- 

 scriptions anywhere you choose, provided you see 

 the parties personally, and do not. in any circular 

 or elsewhere, make any printed announcements 

 that you will i-eceive subscriptions for less than 

 il.OO each— our established price. The principal 

 Idea is, friends, to have Gleanings presented to 

 the class ol' individuals who would not know any 

 thing about it unless their attention was called to 

 the matter bj- some one in their neighborhood. 

 Our subscriptit>n-list is evidently going higher this 

 year than it has ever done before, and we think it 

 is principally owing to this matter of personal work 

 for it. If you do not get the subscription, be sure 

 to send in the name, in order that we may send 

 the party a price list^ 



THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 



ONE'reason why we value this standard agricultur- 

 al periodical is because of its numerous engravings 

 of household and farm conveniences that appear in 



every issue. As an illustration: A few days ago 

 we were talking about an arrangement of pulleys 

 whereby our teamster could lift the box Irom the 

 wagon himself, and put it on again, having the box 

 overhead in the tool-house, entirely out of the way. 

 In glancing over the Agriculturist for February, I 

 saw a picture of an arrangement not only very 

 much better than the pulleys, but cheaper, and I 

 presume that this one picture saved me much more 

 than the price of the journal for a year It saved a 

 good deal of thought and study, and gave me a bet- 

 ter machine than it is at all likely I should have got 

 hold of without its help. The regular price of the 

 journal is $1.50 per year, but we can furnish it to 

 our subscribers for $1.25. 



i\lR. THOMAS HORN. 



After considerable correspondence, Mr. Horn 

 has finally consented to have me collect all the 

 claims against him; and to end all controversy and 

 long letters, he proposes to give his note for all in- 

 debtedness. These notes are to be payable in two 

 years, but he is going to try to pay them up this 

 season. Ten per cent is to be added for the use of 

 the money. Now, then, write me just how much 

 Mr. Horn is owing you; and when the amounts are 

 ascertained to be correct, I will forward you his 

 note. Please do not write long letters about it, if 

 it can possibly be avoided. When we get every 

 thing settled, Mr. Horn is to advertise again, and 

 make the attempt to get back the reputation he has 

 temporarily lost. We presume most of his custom- 

 ers will consent to receive bees or queens this sea- 

 son, instead of asking for the cash back again; but 

 the note is to be held until the account is settled 

 satisfactorily. Let us make it as easy as we can foi- 

 him to geton his feet again, for you know there is 

 joy even in heaven over every sinner that repenteth. 



WHO SHALL BE GREATEST ? 



In the issue of the British Bee Journal for Jan. 6, 

 we notice some retlections on the American people 

 for having copied the inventions of our British 

 friends, without giving credit, and it is stated that 

 the one-piece section was made in England at least 

 one season before it was made in America. No 

 doubt this may be so, but I do not believe it will 

 benefit any of us to spend very much time in look- 

 ing it up. Let us by all means be careful to give 

 credit whenever we get an idea from any one. 

 With the multitudes on both sides of the water who 

 are now contributing to our inventions and bee-lit- 

 erature, it may be. however, sometimes quite Incon- 

 venient to acknowledge every suggestion by which 

 we have profited. Let us remember the Savior's 

 words to his followers when he found them disput- 

 ing among themselves as to who should be greatest. 

 Quite frequently I find my inventions used and de- 

 scribed, without any credit whatever to the source. 

 Sometimes articles are copied, or portions of them, 

 without credit. This species of plagiarism is not 

 confined to this side of the Atlantic, however; for 

 on page 385 of the Bulletin d' Apiculture de la Suisse 

 Romande, one of our ablest French exchanges, edit- 

 ed by Ed. Bertrand, at Nyon, Switzerland, we read: 

 We are pained at times by the custom that some 

 journals have of reproducing articles from ourBe- 

 'view, without giving credit, or simply giving the 

 name of the writer of the article, without paying 

 any attention to the law of literary propriety, which 

 demands that the name of the proprietor— that is to 

 say. the name of the jouinal, be indicated. This is 

 a convenient way of obtaining the work of our co- 



