1872.] 



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favorable times they would fail. So we went to 

 work to set' if some method could not be devised 

 that would work under all circumstances. And 

 here is the result of our experiments. Remove 

 signing queen. We find her the most 

 easily about four o'clock P. M. Put your queen 

 you wish to introduce into a Gray & Winder 

 cage, and lay it upon the frames. Now leave 

 her there from one to four days. If honey is 

 coming in abundantly, one day is long enough ; 

 if not, longer, according to circumstances. 

 When ready to liberate her, put fifteen drops of 

 essence of anise into one half pint of water that 

 has been well sweetened. Sprinkle the combs 

 anil bees thoroughly, using a small brush broom, 

 which we prefer to the oaorator ; sprinkle the 

 cage, and then let the queen crawl down among 

 the bees on one of the central combs. We always 

 liberate queens now about the middle of the 

 afternoon, and have never yet lost a queen by 

 this method. In reply to Mr. Gastman's inquiry, 

 if bees are ever smaller because bred in old comb, 

 we should say, most emphatically, no. 



We, too, think that "sugar syrup should be 

 thoroughly boiled before giving it to the bees. 



We have no such trouble now, as " Dronings" 

 complains of, in getting straight combs. We 

 know that much depends upon the size and 

 shape of the frame. We never did have our 

 combs built true until we adopted the frame we 

 now use, which is ten inches deep, twelve inches 



; long, runs from side to side of the hive, and 

 are close-fitting at the ends. In over 150 cases, 



" we have not yet had a crooked comb. (No patent 

 in view, remember!) 



We find several errors in our own article, one 

 of which is, the frames, and not the bees get 

 waxed fast. Probably no one thought we meant 

 that the bees " would wax themselves fast." 



''« Before closing, we would like to ask a few 



; questions, and if Novice had not yet ascended 

 so high in the scale of human greatness as to 



f become utterly oblivious to the wants of "we 

 little folks, " we would inquire by what motive 



;fc he is actuated that impels him to stab Mr. H. A. 



: King at every convenient opportunity. Is it 



1 spite, malice, and revenge ? Ur has he become 

 surcharged with bee poison, and must sling in 



1 return ? At any rate it seems to be one of bis 



■ favorite modes of advancing (?) the cause of bee- 

 jjj culture. If we mistake not, he is quite sensi- 

 tive about having his own corns tread upon. 



,; Does he suppose that others have any feelings 

 y like himself? Now, friend Novice, why not try 

 tl - and cultivate friendly feelings instead of stirring 



■ up discord. 



We would like so write very much more, but 



nature asserts herself, and demands that we lay 



aside this rusty old pen and go to bed ; and as it 



- is now past twelve o'clock, we really think we 



t must obey. So, once more, good night all. 



Herbert A. Burch. 

 South Haven, Mich., October 14, 1872. 



»j During this month, those who winter their bees 

 on their summer stands should see to it, that the 

 hives are well secured against cold winds, and 



r protected from the rays of the noon-day sun. 



[For the American Bee Journal ] 



Patent Hives and Bee Journals. 



Mr. Editor : — Owing to tlio loss of my resi- 

 dence by fire in April last, as heretofore an- 

 nounced in your Journal, I have not found 

 sufficient time to read the Journal as closely as 

 I desired to, and have by no means had time 

 to reply to an article, written by Mr. Gallup, 

 on page 282, vol. 7. I will now endeavor to 

 do so, and at the same time, will express my 

 opinion in regard to Mr. Langst roth's hive, his 

 patent on the same, and my views in regard to 

 the bee journals of the country. 



I would first state, with regard to the language 

 used by Mr. Gallup, on the page above named, 

 concerning the hives on exhibition at the Indian- 

 apolis convention of beekeepers, that although 

 be may have given us a report in part, he never- 

 theless failed to qualify his language by telling 

 us the whole truth, which failure leaves him 

 still, as charged by mo according to the con- 

 struction that any one familiar with the Eng- 

 lish language must placo upon his (Gallup's) 

 phraseology. 



In regard to the shallow excuse, ho charges 

 me with having used, in order to get my T. R. 

 Allen hive in, 1 would remark that is indeed so 

 shallow that Mr. G. cannot conclude that I am, 

 or ever was in any way interested in it. I sim- 

 ply stated that it, the Allen hive, and the Lang- 

 stroth hive were both there, and that they both 

 were constructed on the two-story plan, a fea- 

 ture very desirable where the extractor is to, be 

 used, as the maturing bees were not interfered 

 with in extracting honey from the upper set of 

 frames. 



The above is the substance of what I said in 

 regard to the "Allen Hive," and is not in the 

 least calculated to induce anyone to believe that 

 I have any pecuniary interest at stake in the 

 one or the other of these hives. 



Now, Mr. G., please be honest enough to re- 

 ply to my article, and not to what you see in my 

 circulars and cards, as published in papers in no 

 way related to the American Bee Journal. 



1 will here state, that in some respects, I pre- 

 fer the Allen hive to any one I have ever seen ; 

 and in some other respects I give the Lang- 

 stroth the preference over all other hives in use. 

 I use about an equal number of each, using one 

 style for one purpose and the other for another. 

 1 own some Langstroth territory, and am acting 

 as general agent for the Allen Hive. Now, Mr. 

 G., which am 1 puffing most? 



I feel confident that the Langstroth patent is 

 perfectly legitimate, and that Mr. Langstroth 

 has not received neither the credit nor the 

 money due him for his invention. Bat on the 

 contrary, ho has been maltreated and slandered. 

 I do not pretend to say that Mr. G. is guilty of 

 such conduct, but I am now addressing such 

 parties as are not only guilty, but doubly so. 

 And I will say farther, that these guilty parties 

 should be, if possible, made to blush with shame, 

 and bo compelled to pay Mr. Langstroth what 

 they justly owe him. I feel perfectly safe in 

 hazarding the prediction that there was not a 



