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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 23, 1903. 



lent; and when I saw an advertisement of his second edition, Icnow- 

 ing that he had the advantages of the movable combs, Ilooked for- 

 ward with confidence, and expected to see some questions fully dis- 

 cussed by him which I considered of vital fmportance; and when I 

 obtained the book and fouqd that it had almost stood still, and those 

 questions not even mentioned, I was disappointed in the work, and 

 this determined my course to some extent. 



" For the purpose of fitting myself to appear before the reading 

 world, I attended writing school, so as to accomplish myself iu at 

 least writing a legible hand. This was in the winter of 1865-66. As 

 you say, you are somewhat familiar with my writings, I leave you to 

 judge of my success. My disadvantages at my time of life I fully 

 appreciated; but being a man who has the fortitude not to look back 

 when the hill has once begun to be climbed, my ambition and energy 

 kept me ever on the onward path. I commenced first to write for the 

 American Bee Journal, and to-day my private correspondence would 

 fill a goodly-sized volume, of which I am proud — with Innumerable 

 testimonials from diflerent parts of the United States and Canada, 

 and from those who were entire strangers, which enhances their value, 

 being assured it is not flattery. " 



In a letter written to us, dated July 20, 1893, which we published 

 Aug. 10, 190y, Dr. Gallup said this: 



" I have but very little time at command now to reply to your 

 request, but I send you a photo which I had taken about three months 

 ago. All my friends say it looks older than I really do. Every one 

 says that I hold my age ri'Mnrkabhj. I know that many a young man 

 does not show the activity that I do. 



" Of course, I am not in the bee-business now, but I still take a 

 great interest in the business, and when I see a couple of boys man- 

 aging an apiary and taking out 20 tons of honey this season, and 

 others in proportion, it makes me sort of hanker after the bees as of 

 old. 



" My second wife died last March, and left me with three little 

 ones — the oldest six years, and the youngest two years — and I am 

 caring for them without the assistance of a woman. I will be 73 years 

 old the 22d of next month, and I am still strong and hearty, and, to 

 all appearance, good for some time yet. 



" I left Iowa completely broken down, both mentally and physi- 

 cally, and I have regained both in this grand and glorious climate. I 

 was fully determined to go into the bee-business here, and did make a 

 start, but the demand for my services as a hygienic and common-sense 

 doctor has been such that I cowW ;to( get out of the business, and to 

 carry on the two was impossible. 



■' I feel now that I mii.st live to care for my little boys and girl. 

 They are the comfort of my old age. Db. E. Gallup." 



The children left by Dr. Gallup will have the sympathy of all bee- 

 keepers in their lonesomeness and bereavement. They can have the 

 encouraging feeling that their father was an important factor in the 

 development of progressive and practical bee-culture in its infancy, 

 when Langstroth, and Quinby, and Grimm, were also laboring to place 

 the industry of bee-keeping on a sure foundation. 



Curing Foul Brood in Early Spring. — M. A. Gill has a 

 profitable cure for each foul-broody colony just so long as hives hold 

 out in which healthy colonies have died the preceding winter. Here 

 is the bill of particulars as given in the Bee-Keepers' Review: 



Early in the spring, before the colony has expended much energy 

 in rearing brood to die, I drive the bees from the foul-broody colonies 

 into an empty hive or super, and set them away in some convenient 

 place for 28 to 36 hours. Then, after warming up one of my hives of 

 combs and honey I sprinkle the bees, which, by this time, may be a 

 little sluggish, and after they have fed each other and become lively, I 

 run them into the hive above mentioned. 



Of course, there is nothing new. nor remarkable about this cure, 

 only that you have cured your diseased colony ; and have done it at a 

 time when they can build up rapidly, as all their brood will hatch 

 instead of perhaps only 40 percent. You have also used your empty 

 combs to the best advantage, and shut off the chances of a diseased 

 colony being robbed out during the dearth of spring, by perhaps two 

 oi' more of your healthy ones. 



Uniting Weak Colonies in Spring. — A beginner, who has 

 a number of weak colonies in the spring, is likely to thinly he will 

 help matters by uniting them. Those of more experience know that a 

 number of very weak colonics united in the spring will disappear in 

 just the same time as if left separate, but that there is some gain by 

 uniting one or more such weaklings or dwindlers with a fairly strong 

 colony. They have learned this from experience, but perhaps no one 

 has heretofore given the reason why. The following from Arthur C. 

 Miller in Gleanings in Bee-Culture is refreshing; 



A colony weak in the spring is composed very largely or entirely 

 of old bees. They must keep warm, gather food, and rear brood. 

 Each day their numbers dr.crease rapidly, and but few young bees are 

 hatched to take their placb. The old bees are enfeebled; they easily 

 succumb to the adverse weather conditions, and wear out quickly, the 

 effort to keep warm aud rear brood being too much for them to do 

 successfully. Unite several such colonies, and you have not materially 

 changed the conditions. It is just as hard tor them to feed brood ; 



nearly as much energy is required to keep the necessary heat, and 

 their death-rate is the xum of that of the individual colonies. But put 

 one or more such weaklings with a good colony, the old bees are at 

 once relieved of all nurse duty, and of playing furnace. They start 

 out from a warm hive, and can put every bit of their waning strength 

 into gathering nectar, the usual work of such bees under normal con- 

 ditions. While they last they are a real aid to the strong colony; 

 and when they are gone, young bees nourished by the nectar they 

 have gathered, are ready to take their places. 



Uniting in the fall is generally done under reversed conditions. 

 The bees are almost always young, or a large part of them are; brood- 

 rearing is decreasing, and field-labor is about over, consequently a 

 combination then of several small colonies into one good-sized one is 

 successful it done early enough. 



A Hive-Entrance Reducer, gotten up by Mr. L. M. Gilbert, 

 of Dupage Co., 111., is described as follows: 



The engraving herewith represents a piece of wood % ol an inch 

 square and I4I4 inches long, with a space cut out on one side s^ of an 

 inch by 11 inches (B in the illustration), and on one adjoining side '-'^ 

 of an inch by 2 inches (A in the illustration), and is designed as a 

 reducer for the deep entrance of the Danzen baker bottom-board, the 



combined bottom-board and hive-stand, or any entrance of J^ inch 

 or less in depth. 



This is to be placed on the bottom-board with cut-out down, and 

 pushed under the front of the hive-body even with the front. 



A small staple or nail driven on the inside of each side-piece of 

 the bottom-board, and on a line with the inside of the front of the 

 hive, will prevent it going under too far. 



It using the 'V-inch side of a reversible bottom-board, and wishing 

 to reduce the entrance, it can be placed flat side against the front of 

 the hive with the small opening down. With the deep entrance and 

 one of the spacing sticks you can have any one of three size openings. 

 The spaces may be varied to suit the individual. 



Without the use of a bee-veil, or disturbing the bees in any way, 

 you can walk up to the side of the hive and remove or place in posi- 

 tion one of the reducers at tenor more hives in the same time that 

 you could lift a hive from the bottom-board, reverse it, and set the 

 hive back in place. 



If the stick is not in use it can be lelt on the cover, and will be 

 always at hand when needed, The length, as given above, is for a 10- 

 frame hive, but it one inch is cut off of each end it will fit an S-frame 

 hive. 



One hundred of these sticks make a package only 9 inches square 

 and 14)4 inches long. L. M. Gilbert. 



Why Demand for Honey Sometimes Falls Off. — Here 



are some words of M. Moyer, in Gleanings in Bee-Culture, that some 

 bee-keepers ought to paste in their hats and read over semi-frequently : 



At present it seems to be the aim of bee-keepers to get their hone3' 

 off their hands at the highest prices, and care very little what be- 

 comes of it after that. They have not studied sufficiently the impor- 

 tance of creating a greater demand for their goods. A pail of good 

 honey, sold in good condition, will create a demand for another one; 

 but it it does not give satisfaction it spoils the sale of perhaps a dozen. 

 I know from personal experience that families averaged 10 pounds a 

 month as long as they got a good article, and that one pail of inferior 

 cut off that demand tor a whole year. They imagined they got tired 

 of honey, when the fact was the honey was not up to the mark. 



Honey as a l1eaIth=Food is the name of a 16- 

 page leaflet (3 'ix6 inches) wliich is desig-ned to help in- 

 crease the demand and sale of honey. The first part is 

 devoted to a consideration of " Honey as Food," written 

 by Dr. C. C. Miller. The last part contains "Honey-Cook- 

 ing Recipes" and "Remedies Using Honey." It should be 

 widely circulated by every one who has honey for sale. It 

 is almost certain to make good customers for honey. We 

 know, for we arc using it ourselves. 



Prices, prepaid — Sample for 2 cts.; 10 for 10 cts.; 25 

 for20cts.; 50 for 35 cts.; 100 for 65 cts.; 250 for $1.50; 500 

 for $2.75 ; 1000 for $5.00. If you wish your busine.<;s card 

 printed at the bottom.of the front page, add 25 cts. to your 

 order. 



Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush, by Prof. A. J. Cook : 

 44 pages ; price, postpaid, 30 cents. This is by the same 

 author as " The Bee-Keepers' Guide," and is most valuable 

 to all who are interested in the product of our sugar-maples. 

 No one who makes maple sugar or syrup should be without 

 it. Order from the office of the American Bee Journal. 



