proof of the adulterations. They will com- 

 plete their report in a short time, when it 

 will be forwarded to Secretary Sherman." 



Now, Mr. Editor, I don't think that 

 one out of a hundred of the consumers 

 of honey, sugar, syrups or candies, 

 knows anything about glucose, or that 

 there is such an article manufactured. 

 I had one of the petitions for signers, 

 and the first question invariably was, 

 " What is glucose V 



Well, I trust the ball will be kept roll- 

 ing until Congress shall pass such laws 

 as will make all adulteraters of sweets 

 amenable to the same. 



I neglected to state in proper place, 

 that I can fully endorse H. H. Flick's 

 method of wintering bees. I have 

 practiced same since 1870. (See vol. 8, 

 page 178, also vol. 9, page 36, American 

 Bee Journal.) 



Byron, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1878. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Business a Pleasure. 



BY T. F. BINGHAM. 



At Columbus I met with the Central 

 Ohio Bee-Keepers' Association, com- 

 posed of the principal bee-keepers of 

 three counties, who meet once every 

 month and compare ideas. 



Their President, J. O. B. Renick, an 

 active bee-keeper, living in the city, 

 conducted the meeting with great credit 

 to himself, and to the advantage of all 

 present. 



Mr. Reigel, the Secretary, read a 

 lengthy and able report of the previous 

 meeting, and an address showing the 

 money side of bee-keeping. He re- 

 garded movable-comb hives, honey 

 extractors, comb foundation. Bingham 

 & Hetherington honey knives, and 

 Bingham smokers, as modern, material 

 and permanent inventions, marking the 

 growth and development of a great en- 

 terprise. With these implements and 

 such books and periodicals as are now 

 so easily obtained, and the many zeal- 

 ous workers detailing their experiments 

 and methods among an intelligent 

 people, no careful observer could fail to 

 realize that the honey interest was des- 

 tined at no distant day to rank among 

 the larger enterprises peculiar to a 

 sugar-loving civilization. 



From Columbus I went to Medina, the 

 home of Novice, whose sirname is 

 Root. The place has a thrifty look, 

 having, like Chicago, been rebuilt since 

 the great fire which occurred a few years 

 before the Chicago fire, and destroyed 

 the town. Mr. Root is one of the act- 

 ive business men of the place, and takes 

 an active interest in many of the benev- 



olent enterprises pertaining to temper- 

 ance and religion. He is small of 

 stature, and restless in his w r ays ; he 

 speaks promptly, and apparently with- 

 out previous study. This feature is the 

 peculiarity which has given Gleanings 

 its peculiar influence. His " house 

 apiary" and grape vines evince his 

 method and system, w T hile his new fac- 

 tory leads one to the belief that the 

 honey interest is still in its infancy. 



From Medina I went to Eastern New 

 York. Saw L. C. Root, who is an en- 

 thusiastic talker, and conversant with 

 the private history of his wife's father, 

 the lamented M. Quinby, of whom he 

 detailed many interesting incidents. 



Mrs. M. Quinby constitutes a part of 

 the family of Mr. Root. She is an 

 elderly lady, in the enjoyment of fine 

 activity and health, and is social and 

 winning in her ways. 



From Mr. Root's I went to Canajoha- 

 rie, and saw J. H. Nellisand the pater- 

 nal Nellises, The house and house- 

 apiary stands upon a hill (no very un- 

 common feature in that part of New 

 York) overlooking the Mohawk river, 

 along whose banks run the New York 

 and Erie Canal, and the great, restless, 

 four-track New York Central Railroad. 

 The view is one of great beauty and 

 grandeur. The river, in its deep, pre- 

 cipitous banks, winds among the hills 

 and is lost to view in a tiny ravine ten 

 miles away. J. H. Nellis, in one par- 

 ticular, resembles Novice. He, too, has 

 built a new brick factory, where bee- 

 keepers' material is to be made, and 

 where the new bee paper is to be 

 printed. He, too, has a large steam en- 

 gine to furnish power. He is a medium- 

 sized young man, full of energy and 

 health. 



I next visited Sprout Brook and the 

 Van Deusens. C. C. Van Deusen, the 

 inventor of the Atmospheric Feeder 

 and flat-bottom comb foundation, is a 

 young man, with vigorous and interest- 

 ing parents. The paternal Van Deusen 

 is an ingenious and experenced watch- 

 maker. The new foundation will be 

 under his control, and it is not too much 

 to say that it is in the best of hands, 

 with water and steam power to aid in 

 its manufacture. C. C. Van Deusen 

 holds a valid patent on all the " tea- 

 kettle" and other atmospheric feeders 

 in use. I mention this that bee-keepers 

 may know who should have the credit 

 and the rew r ard of this valuable inven- 

 tion. Now that he has produced the 

 only absolutely perfect method of mak- 

 ing foundation, rivaling in thinness 

 and beauty the wonderful bees them- 

 selves, it will be readily seen that 

 invention plays an important part in 



