1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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still a student, believing that there are many un- 

 explored reg-ions, and much room for the deepest 

 thought, even on the practical part of this pursuit. 

 In the first few years of his apicultural study, 

 Elisha Gallup, then living in Iowa, gave him by 

 letter much practical instruction, which, together 

 with Gallup's iirlicles in the different papers of 

 that tinif, so grew into his life that he went by the 

 name of " Gallup" among bee-keepers about him 

 for several years; and to-day he is often heard to 

 say that there never has to his mind been a greater 

 man in the realm of bee-keeping than E. Gallup. 

 Gallup in his private letters laid great stress on 

 good (lueens, claiming that around the queien 

 centered ail there was in bee-keeping, which' has 

 caused the subject of this sketch to study along 



for Mr. D. has never done " any thing in a corner," 

 but, on the contrary, has given all of his successes 

 and reverses, together with the most of his plans 

 and methods, to the public as freely as he would 

 to his family, always realizing that it was largely 

 through the philanthropy of others that he has 

 attained the success which he has achieved. N. 



I will add to the above, that we have few 

 bee-keepers now in the world who are as 

 conversant with the contents of all of our 

 bee-books and bee-journals as friend Doo- 

 little is. A great many go into the bee- 

 business, and sooner or later drop it and 

 turn their attention to something else. 

 Even our energetic and enthusiastic friend 

 E. Gallup, mentioned above, is now doing 



Q. M. DOOLITTLK. BORODINO, N. Y. 



the line of Queen-rearing to a much larger extent 

 than any other part of this interesting pursuit, and 

 it is believed by him that much of his success as a 

 honej'-producer has come from this, and his ever- 

 anxious care to get the hive filled with brood at 

 such a time that there would be multitudes of 

 fleld-bees at the opening of the honey-harvest. 



In 1870 Mr. D. wrote his first article for publica- 

 tion, at the request of W. G. Church, editor of the 

 Ai)icnlturist and Home Circle, published at Mexico, 

 Missouri. Although a poor penman and scholar, 

 he received many encouraging words from Mr. 

 Church regarding his articles, which gave him con- 

 fidence, .so that to-day there are few who write 

 more largely about the '■ little busy bee " than he. 

 The rest of his beekeeping life is familiar to all 

 the readers of Gl.eaninq8 and other bee-papers, 



little or nothing with bees, if I am rightly 

 informed. This is, in some respects, unfortu- 

 nate, because there are so few perfectly 

 familiar with what has been already done. 

 As an illustration, our boys here in the 

 office, Eruest and John, are perhaps better 

 posted in regard to hives, etc., just now, 

 than I am; but they know little or nothing 

 about the experiments that were made, and 

 tliat our bee-journals were tilled with, some 

 15 or 20 years ago. Friend Doolittle has 

 stuck right to the bees unflinchingly in all 

 tliese years. If somebody commences to 

 make a great ado about his new invention 

 that is going to revolutionize, etc., friend 

 iJoolittle can say to him, " My friend, this 

 matter was discussed and talked over and 

 experimented with more than ten years 



