THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



297 



J»outIxevu ^otcs^ 



GLEANED BY 



W. J- Andrews, - Columbia, Tenn. 



Our Visiting Jaunt. 



We took advantage of the reduced rates, 

 made in consequence of the Saengerfest or 

 musical festival which took place at Louis- 

 iana, to visit some of our friends South. We 

 spent a day and night attending the festival. 

 At 4 p. M. on Ihe 11th, we found the cars of 

 the O. & M. R. R., and at 8 p. m. landed in 

 Cincinnati. The following morning we 

 called on friend 



CHAS. F. MUTH, 



spending the morning and driving with 

 him. After dinner, he had his horse and 

 buggy harnessed up and we soon found 

 ourselves on the road to Mt. Healthy to pay 

 a visit to our friend 



J. S. HILL, 



at whose residence we found ourselves In 

 due time, and were soon among his bees. It 

 is our opinion that Mr. Hill has one of the 

 best, if not the best, apiaries in the United 

 States. It is certainly far ahead of all 

 others we ever visited, and we have visited 

 quite a number. Everything is in apple-pie 

 order. He has a place for everything and 

 everything in its place. He uses the Langs- 

 troth hive, two-stories high, all were paint- 

 ed, and the tops covered with metal. He 

 goes mostly for box or section-frame honey, 

 but his crop this year, compared to that of 

 last, was a failure. We spent but a short 

 time at friend Hill's, but in that time we 

 learned a great deal. We do not wish to 

 crowd friend Hill with visitors, but would 

 advise all amateurs who wish to learn the 

 bee business thoroughly,if it be convenient, 

 to pay friend Hill's apiary a visit. We 

 know such will be made welcome. We 

 took tea with friend Hill, after which we 

 wended our way back to Cincinnati, under 

 the shade of night. 



We intended the next morning to go to 

 Oxford and pay the 



bev. l. l. langstroth 



a visit, but Mr. Muth thought our trip would 

 be in vain, as he did not think Mr. L. would 

 be able to receive us if we went. So we 

 gave the trip up. We wrote Mr. L. a note 

 before leaving, and a day or two after we 

 returned we received a postal card in reply 

 from his daughter, stating that her father 

 was too unwell to see me and expressing 

 regret, etc. 



FRIEND MUTH 



insisted on our staying over another day, 

 but seeing that he was very busy, and that 

 we were causing him to neglect his busi- 

 ness, but which he did without any reluc- 

 tance, and was so very kind and liberal- 

 hearted, that we could not get our mind's 

 consent to remain and impose on his good 

 nature any further. Our sincere hope is 

 that it may be in our power some day to re- 

 turn the courtesies shown us by him. 



A correction. 



We wish to correct a statement made in 

 the July number of the Journal by Mr. 

 Ch. Dadant. We did not offer Mr. Hardin 

 Haines $50 for a Cyprian queen, but we 

 wrote Mr. Dadant that we had written Mr. 

 Hardin Haines that we thought his price— 

 $15— was too low for Cyprian queens, and 

 that we had made an offer of $50 for a 

 genuine one. Mr. Haines replied to us that 

 " he did not know they were so high 

 priced." 



I had also intended to take a part in the 

 controversy in regard to "Dollar Queens," 

 but failed to do so for want of time. In the 

 main I agree with Mr. Ch. Dadant. I do 

 not think it pays, and it has not been for 

 the want of orders — on the contrary, up 

 until we were prevented from sending by 

 mail we received more orders than we could 

 fill. Yet we think their sale has resulted in 

 a great deal of good. Many have Italianized 

 their bees who would not have done so if 

 they had been compelled to pay more than 

 $1 for queens. w J. A. 



Weight of a Colony in June. 



St. Mary's Parish, La., July 7, 1877.— Be- 

 low please find an account of the gain and 

 loss of a medium colony of black bees for 

 the month of June, in this locality: 



June 1, % K) 



% >4 



3, M 

 4,0 



5, 1 



6, 

 7,0 

 8, % 



9, % Rain 19, 



10, % 20, 1 



11, 3^ ft 21,13^ 



13, K 23, >^R. 



13, 4 23, 1 



14, \y^ 24, I 



15, 13^ 25, 1 



16, \yi 26, 1 



17, 2 Rain 27, 21 



18, Rain 28, \]4 



29, 2 



30, 2 



O, means that they gathered what they 

 consumed daily. There was a loss only on 

 one day (23d, 14 lb). The last rain we had 

 previous to June 1st was on May 20th. 



Bees are now bringing in honey rapidly. 

 My scale hive showed a gain of 5 lbs. yes- 

 terday. I have now 85 colonies in frame 

 hives, and propose doubling them next 

 year. They pay well in this section. 



J. D. Bedell. 



