1873.] 



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for granted that the bees had cloth quilts instead 

 of honey boards, and said accordingly give them 

 the same ventilation they enjoyed on their summer 

 stand. 



Nothing more, 



From Novice. 



Cullings from Novice's "Gleanings." 



Our valued friend and contributor, "Novice," 

 desirous of even more than that unrestrained lib- 

 erty which he enjoys in these columns, has started 

 an unpretentious little quarterly at twenty-five 

 cents a year, which he entitles, "Novice's Glean- 

 ings in Bee Culture, or How to Realize the Most 

 Money with the Smallest Expenditure of Capital 

 and Labor in the Care of Bees, Rationally Consid- 

 ered." We offered to husband his "Gleanings" 

 for him in the Journal, but he prefers to keep 

 them in his own hand. He says: The "Glean- 

 ings" are a " hobby " of ours that you will excuse, 

 when we tell you that we have decided to keep it 

 entirely in our own name, and we think that per- 

 haps the A. B. J. will be better off without the 

 peculiar mode of managing bees that we propose 

 in "Gleanings," viz: "Extractors and not box 

 honey," &c, &c. We fail to see how the A. B. J. 

 or any body else will be "better off without the 

 peculiar mode of managing bees " Novice advocates, 

 if, as of course he believes, that is the best mode. 

 And as of old, so still there is the largest freedom 

 within the bounds of courtesy, for all who have 

 any "peculiar mode of managing bees" to set 

 them forth in these columns. And, provided 

 always that Novice does not stint his communica- 

 tions to the Journal, we can have no objection to 

 his commencing the "Gleanings," or any other 

 periodical, and we wish him the fullest success. 



The first number of " Gleanings " is out ; a neat 

 little sheet, eight pages octavo, full of good things, 

 from which we select the following: 



TAKING MONEY WRONGFULLY. 



One of the most lamentable wrongs in bee cul- 

 ture is the custom of taking money for a " right to 

 make and use" a hive, knowing that, the buyer 

 could " make and use" a hive so nearly like it as 

 to answer every purpose, without using a single 



ONE OF THE PATENTED FEATURES. It will be OUr 



especial aim to fully inform the public of all such 

 transactions coming under our observation. 



FR015LEMS FOR THE GENIUS OF Oil! YANKEE BEE 

 KEEPERS. 



1st. Some plan by which coflee sugar can be 

 made into solid candy as cheaply as we can make 

 it into syrup, so that we can have it in cakes or 

 bars to be laid on top of the frames under the 

 quilt. The most careless bee keeper could then 

 supply destitute colonies with a more wholesome 

 food than honey, and see when they were out by 

 simply raising the quilt. Perhaps our Southern 

 friends could make us some such sugar. If damp- 

 ened up with water and dried, the 'little chaps 

 lug it off' out of the hive when it crumbles down 

 one grain at a time. 



2d. Is brown sugar any cheaper than No. 1 

 A. coffee sugar, i. e. in a dollars worth of each, 

 could a chemist find more pure sugar in the cheaper 



article? If so, about how much? Can our 

 Southern friends help us ? 



3d. By dispensing with the shaft in the 

 extractor and making the frame larger, we can 

 reverse combs inside of frame. Can they not be 

 reversed without making frame larger ? If we use 

 folded tin strips instead of wire cloth, they need 

 not come nearer the edge of comb than within one 

 inch of each of its sides. Think of it. 



4th. In tall hives in spring the brood 

 cluster has generally to be enlarged downward ; 

 in long hives with small frames they are obliged 

 to go over to other combs; while in long hives 

 with long, shallow frames they are only obliged to 

 move along horizontally on the same comb, and the 



| latter has uniformly been most successful with us. 

 We should like the opinion of all bee keepers who 

 have no ''rights for sale,'" on the above points. 



{ We shall publish the result in a table. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



We think most of our readers will agree that the 

 ! Am. Bee Journal, published at Washington, now 

 I removed to Chicago, richly deserves to stand at 

 I the head of the list. It is now in its eighth vol- 

 | ume, and having steadily kept the good of the 



people in view, it could hardly be other than of 

 i the greatest value to the Apiarian. We would 

 • most strongly urge beginners to get the complete 

 ■ back numbers and have them bound for reference. 

 J There is scarcely a disputed point in the whole 

 ' science that has not been considered at length, 

 j and pros and cons given from practical experience 



of the leading bee keepers of the world. Terms, 

 j $2.00 per year. 



BEE STINGS. 



We really must decline to publish any of the 

 j thousand and one remedies for bee stings sent to 

 | us until we have more conclusive evidence that 



anything is of any avail. In the majority of 

 I instances the pain ceases in a few minutes whether 

 ! any application be made or not, and when a remedy 

 j is applied it generally receives the credit if relief 

 j follows, if not, something used in a former case 

 i receives the preference. We say, extract the sting 

 I in such a manner (with the point of a pen knife 

 j for instance,) as to avoid pressing the contents of 

 t the poison bag into the wound, and then let it 



alone. Any irritation, such as rubbing the affected 

 i part, produces pain and swelling, so we repeat, 

 i ' let it alone,' and get your mind on something else 

 ' as speedily as possible, and all will be well. 



HONBY COLUMN. 



The sole end and aim of bee keeping is honey, 



1 or rather it should be, if not directly, indirectly. 



i We may sell bees, queens or hives, but only that 



j their possessor may secure honej 7 thereby. It has 



been said that only 10c. has been offered for honey 



in the West, and yet in a brisk little railroad town 



in Ohio they retail extract honey at 45 cts. and 



! comb honey 50 cts. Now can't those bee keepers 



! West have a little more, and the good people of 



! Xenia be supplied at a little less figure? We are 



j going to try and get the two opposite factions 



! acquainted and help them both if we can. We 



have done but little yet. but here is the result: 



Messrs. Barber & Stout, No. 16 Main street, 



; Cincinnati, will pay 13j cts. cash, for 20,000 lbs., 



