1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



191 



A good rucher is said to be one 

 of the most satisfactory things of 

 which an apiarist may become pos- 

 sessed. You don't know what it is? 

 Mr. Getaz tells all about it under the 

 Switzerland heading in this number. 



Dr. Miller, in Gleanings, asserts 

 a suspicion that the advantages of 

 having but few bees in fertilizing 

 nuclei are somewhat fanciful. 

 Modesty is one of the Doctor's dis- 

 tinguishing traits, and in this 

 instance the virtue stands in such 

 Wold relief as to almost defeat itself. 



There is something about the 

 duties of the Northern apiarist in 

 the Fall months, as he tucks away 

 his companions of the long and act- 

 ive Summer for their Winter's rest, 

 which borders on solemnity; yet 

 there is that grand awakening of 

 nature a few months hence to which 

 he may look forward, entirely un- 

 known to those of the South- 

 Spring. 



The chief occupation of the 

 Northern bee this month will be to 

 daub everything accessible with pro- 

 polis and soiled particles of wax, as 

 if to make the interior of its home 

 correspond with the gloomy appear- 

 ance of things without Occasional 

 walks to the entrance to survey the 

 sombre clouds are indulged in when 

 a relaxation of October's chilly 

 winds will permit; while the rest- 

 less movements and antennal gest- 

 ures seems to indicate a degree of 

 anxious suspense as to whether it is 

 to be subjected to a burial beneath 

 promised snow or consigned, with 

 the turnips and pumpkins, to the 

 cellar. Verily, its lot is one calcu- 

 lated to elicit the sympathy and 

 tender care of the worthy master. 



Mr. Harry S. Howe, in Gleanings, 

 reports the present price of honey 



in Cuba about 2 4-5th cents a 

 pound, while wax is worth about 

 27 cents. As a matter of course 

 the question of turning his honey 

 into wax becomes a source of men- 

 tal agitation. It will now be in 

 order for Mr. Hasty to publicly 

 attribute Mr. Howe's genius to im- 

 perfectly balanced "wheels," or a 

 visionary disposition, as was his 

 wont years ago when an effort was 

 being made by some to explain the 

 possible business opportunities 

 afforded in certain parts of Mexico 

 and Cuba by the same project. It 

 is to be hoped that Mr. Howe will 

 pursue the scheme until the extent 

 of its capabilities have been deter- 

 mined. It has every appearance of 

 being worthy of the effort. 



Mr. Harry S. Howe, under the 

 heading, "Something about the 

 Most Extensive Bee-keeper in the 

 World,"' in Gleanings, discusses the 

 movements of Mr. W. L. Coggshall 

 of New York State. In regard to 

 out-apiaries it is thei'e stated: "He 

 now has them in Wisconsin, New 

 Mexico and Cuba, besides seventeen 

 or twenty in New York. It is said 

 that he also has his eye on the 

 Phillipines, and is planning a sys- 

 tem to keep the boys extracting 

 the year around." For those who 

 regard bee-keeping as having 

 reached its limit and consequently 

 depreciate and discourage all efforts 

 towards increasing and improving 

 our- apicultural literature, there 

 may be some surprises in store. It 

 already begins to look as if Mr. 

 Coggshall had determined that the 

 sun must not set upon his extract- 

 ing crews. More Coggshalls is the 

 one thing of which the operative 

 branch stands most in need at this 

 time. Success to his enterprise! 



There has for some time been an 

 absorbing controversy betwieen the 



