GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



to the younger men. However, we have 

 direct proof that such is not the ease, in a 

 good many instances at least, for we are 

 personally acquainted with a good many 

 young men who are going to be the exten- 

 sive producers a few years hence — young 

 men who are following in their fathers' 

 footsteps. 



The glare and glamour of the city draw 

 many of the boys, and some of the best boys 

 too, from the farms, fruit-ranches, poultry- 

 farms, apiaries, etc.; but the introduction 

 of modern improvements and labor-saving 

 devices is going to correct in a short time 

 this abnormal condition. Beekeepers as a 

 class are just as progressive as farmers or 

 fruit-growers, if not more so; and, if we 

 are not mistaken, we believe the proportion 

 of young men who ai-e choosing beekeeping 

 as an occupation or profession is larger 

 than it ever was before. 



" DOT MAKES NO NEFPER MIND ;" THE HARD- 

 LUCK BEEKEEPERS AND FARMERS. 



The world is full of careless, happy-go- 

 lucky people. There are some, it has been 

 well said, who worry themselves into their 

 gi'aves over little things, and others who go 

 to the poorhouse because they never worry 

 about any thing. As illustrative of the lat- 

 ter class of people, Inspector Morris tells 

 a good story ; for at one time in his life he 

 worked in a big shop where there were 

 laborers, mechanics, pattern-makers, and 

 artisans of all kinds. It seems there was 

 an odd " character " in that shop by the 

 name of Hans Drescher. Well, Hans went 

 one day to Bill Huggins, the pattern-maker. 

 " Say, Bill, vill you lent me your trawing- 

 knife? I vant to do a leetle vork mit 'im." 



It was contrary to Bill's practice to lend 

 his tools ; but seeing it was Hans he turned 

 the tool over to him with the remark, " Be 

 careful, Hans, and do not spoil that nice 

 tool." 



"All ride. Bill. I takes goot care mit 

 'im." 



A few hours afterward, Hans came back. 



" Bill, I made a nick out of dot knife ; 

 but dot makes no neffer mind." 



The world is full of " dot makes no neffer 

 mind " people. They borrow your tools for 

 which you have paid good money. Likely as 

 not they don't bring them back; or if they 

 do, they return them practically worthless. 

 But the tool-borrowers are not the only 

 offenders. There is a class of " dot makes 

 no neffer mind " who never get anywhere, 

 and wonder why. They are their own worst 

 enemies. Among them are some beekeep- 



but " dot makes no neffer mind," because 

 " The other bees get the honey." There are 

 some who leave their old combs exposed out 

 in the open, making it possible to scatter 

 bee disease if they come from an infected 

 hive; but that "makes no neffer mind." 

 They know nothing about bee disease, and 

 care less. Others leave their nice sections 

 on the hive too long. They become daubed 

 with bee-glue, but " dot makes no neffer 

 mind," because the honey is all there, for- 

 getting that they have lost several cents a 

 pound on what perhaps would have been 

 otherwise fancy honey. There are others 

 who never go down into their brood-nest in 

 the spring to replace a failing queen or to 

 strengthen a weak colony, but " dot makes 

 no neffer mind," because the other colonies 

 will get all the honey just the same. There 

 are still others who do not look into the 

 hive in the fall to see if they are in proper 

 condition and have sufficient stores to go 

 into winter quarters; but "dot makes no 

 neffer mind." 



Foul-brood inspectors often come across 

 farmer beekeepers of the " neffer mind " 

 class. Their colonies are in all kinds of 

 hives from a nail-keg to a modern dovetail- 

 ed liive; but in the latter, more than likely, 

 the frames have never been removed, and 

 the combs are built crosswise. Their farm 

 wagons are left out in the open; barn 

 doors are off their hinges; barnyard is 

 reeking with liquid manure; cows stand up 

 to their knees in it. Their fences are tum- 

 bled down, and the chickens roost all over 

 the place. They don't seem to see that 

 every day they are losing dollars and dol- 

 lars. No wonder they have hard luck. 



ers. 



They allow their bees to get to robbing, 



SOME NEW BULLETINS ON BEES. 



During the last few months there have 

 been some new bulletins on bees. Bulletin 

 No. 49, from the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Albany, N. Y., is one of the best and 

 most elaborate that has ever been printed. 

 In addition it is beautifully illustrated with 

 numerous fine engravings. It is written by 

 no less an authority than W. D. Wright, 

 one of the foul-brood inspectors of New 

 York, and one of the best beekeepers in that 

 State. The instructions are safe and ortho- 

 dox so far as we have been able to see from 

 a cursory examination. Particular atten- 

 tion is paid to the subject of bee diseases. 

 This is followed by copies of the laws relat- 

 ing to bee disease and the spraying of fruit- 

 trees. A large number of beautiful half- 

 tone engravings appear', winding up with 

 splendid illustrations of pickled brood and 

 European foul brood. These are followed 

 bv a list of valuable articles that have been . 



