1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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cheese-cloth. I have had as perfect success, since 

 using- this plan, as I could dc^sire, and I have mailed 

 theui quite far. I aui indebted to Mr. G. D. Ulacli, 

 nrandon, Iowa, for the idea. ('. Weckesser. 



Marshallville, <)., Aug-. 8, 1887. 



I feel ([iiite certain, Iriend W., that the 

 trouble is somewhere with your candy. If 

 yoii liave noticed what we have said iii ref- 

 erence to the matter, you will see that we 

 insist on using only powdered sugar, or 

 granidated s'.igar powdered up with a ham- 

 mer, oi', l)etter still, a pestle-mortar, to a 

 smooth powder. Tiiis will hold honey so 

 the hees can get it, and they will eat it. hon- 

 ey and sugar both, and it can not possioly 

 daub them when placed in Feet cages. Wie 

 have tried almost aJl methods in the way of 

 sponges, water, etc.. but our success with 

 the Peet cage and the Good candy is so 

 much better than with any other arrange- 

 ment we think we shall stick to it, and we 

 use these cages by the thousand, as yovi may 

 know. 



OUR P. BENSON LETTER. 



G. 1-. S. ,S; G. K. B. S. M. CO. 



■ AN. 17.— In yoony un thare is stj-cng-th. VVhare- 

 fore 1 hev combined myself with four (4) uth- 

 thers tor the pirpuss of maniafacturin bee- 

 supplies of oil descripshens. At a meetin of 

 the stock-holders to-day the followin offasirs 

 was elected: 

 P. Benson, A. B. S., President. 

 J. F. Wilsen, \' ice-President. 

 W. T. Hutch, Seckitary. 

 C. Mills, Tresharer. 



The Board of Directers is me and Jack Wilsen 

 and Will Hutch and Charlie Mills and Gordus Stull. 

 The ti^htel of the corporashen is the Grand Unit- 

 ed States and Grate Britten Bee-Supply Maniafac- 

 turin Co. Thay was a fool meetin of the Board to- 

 day. 



MEETIN OF FOOL BOARD. .}AS. 17. 



Jan. 29.— Bizniss of the G. U. S. & G. B. B. S. M. 

 Co. is jist a boomin. Met Will Hutch the seekitarj-, 

 to-day and he toald me a order hed cum for a bee- 

 vale with 50 cents in postag-e stamjjs; and what 

 shood he do with the stamps. I took them and poot 

 them in my pawket. A bird & a hand is worth 2 & 

 a bush. 



Feb. 1.— A stormy seshun of the board to-day. 

 Charlie Mills, refurrin to the postig-e stamps, iiUim- 

 midated that T hed enibezzelled the funs of the 

 cumpany, by takin them stamps in a syruptishus 

 manner. I kindly but firmly informed him that his 

 reesignaslien wood be excepted. He retorturod 

 that me and the cumpenny cood g'o to thunder; 



and with that he wockt oflf, and that was the last of 

 him. Charlie alwazc was rather rufr, but then he 

 never hed ennj' bringin up. The ballence of the 

 seshen was harmoanus. 



March 7.— To-day we got a order for a swarm of 

 bees. The board met to consult whare to git the 

 bees. Ole Miss Hoover, she that used to was Feby 

 Roadman, hed :t swarms and was handy by, but she 

 wanted the i)ay rite down, so we cood do better to 

 by of Scotch Marget, who was a mile and a Vi out. 

 Me and Will Hutch was deputized to go after the 

 bees, and we was to go ne.xt day at nite. Next 

 niornin Jack Wilson cum over to git me to help 

 bild a tirky-coop for Mary. Her tirkys kep a stray- 

 in off to Perry Davuses. I told him I wood if heed 

 take my place to go after the bees. So in the even- 

 in him & Will Hutch went for the bees. Jack stood 

 otf at a respectable distauts (he's ruther moddest) 

 and gave instruxyens whare to i)kig up the bees. 

 When all was sckewered thay started. The verry 

 1st step. Jack sez, sez ho, "Thare's a loose bee, 

 Will," and with that he dropt the hive and lit out, 

 a pawin the wind with both hands. The minnit he 

 dropt the hive, the bees begins to pour out onto 

 Will, and with that Will gits mad and ups and kicks 

 that thair hive into 10 thousand peaces. Will al- 

 waze was a leetel hi in the temper. Naterrally thay 

 was both mad, Will blamin Jack for droppin the 

 hive, & Jack a blamin Will for not shuttin them up 

 titer; and when I woodent take sides with both of 

 them thay rezined. 



MEETIN OF FOOL BOAKP, MARfH 8. 



March 8.— Today Gordus Stull told me I hed ot 

 to of gone myself for the bees, bein president; &1 

 wurd brot on another, & I woodent stand it & dis- 

 charged him on the spot. Its all the better. Thair 

 will be less chants for dessenshun in the board. 



VENTILATING BEE-CELLARS. 



Are We Sure They Need It? 



DO WE WANT BEES IN A CELLAR AT ALL IN OHIO 

 .\ND OTHER SIMILAR LATITUDES? 



0N page .567 friend Hutchinson saj's: "Where 

 is the man who A'noics that sub-earth venti- 

 lation, or any ventilation for a bee-cellar, is 

 needed V " It is not very safe for me to be 

 very positive about any thing that I think I 

 know about bees, as there are so many chances 

 to be mistaken; but I feel about as sure of 

 the need of ventilation as I do of almost any 

 of the points of bee culture with regard to 

 which Bro. H would not call my knowledge in 

 question. I do not suppose that, in the strictest 

 sense of the word. W. Z., or. indeed, any one, doubts 



