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fallen into the same fault in this letter, 

 that I criticise in Bro. Taylor, it is because 

 I think both he and you [the editor of 

 the Review] have wanted the plain truth. ' ' 

 So, after all, the doctor agrees with me 

 that the style I employ is well calculated 

 to convey the plain truth. The purpose 

 for which I write is to convey the plain 

 truth; and as my style is Ihe most effec- 

 tual the doctor can discover for that pur- 

 pose, why should I be asked to change 

 my style? I have no itching for the 

 drudgery of writing unless there is some 

 hope that it may benefit some one. I am 

 quite willing others should have a monop- 

 oly of writing simply to amuse Of course, 

 criticism, if well founded, is not usually 

 pleasing to the person critici.sed; espec- 

 ially if some of the seeds of original de- 

 pravity are still in his heart; but it may 

 nevertheless be profitable. For scripture 

 says: "All chastening seemeth for the 

 present to be not joyous but grievous: 

 yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit 

 unto them that have been exercised 

 thereby." 



CAREIvESSNESS OR MALICIOUSNESS. 



I sometimes get discouraged in the 

 work of a critic, and wish some one who 

 could do it more effectually would step 

 into my place. There is so much of care- 

 less statement, and careless editing, that 

 ought to be reformed ! A good example 

 of both sorts of carelessne-ss ( 1 call it 

 carelessness, though it is hard to see how 

 it can be other than maliciousness ) is found 

 in the American Bee Journal, 6iS, in the 

 anonymous department called Beedom 

 Boiled Down. The item containing it is 

 in part as follow\s: "Critic Taylor, speak- 

 ing of Doolittle's plan of preventing after- 

 swarms, said: 'Perhaps Doolittle is led to 

 practice his method from the fact that he 

 is largely using the Gallup hive and wishes 

 to engage others toward a favorable opin- 

 ion of that hive. " ' I don't know certain- 

 ly that Doolittle uses the Gallup hive, and 

 I am sure he doesn't wish to engage others 

 toward a favorable opinion of it, and of 

 course I could never have written such 

 absurd nonsense. I cannot vet believe 



it was ascribed to me through impotent 

 malice. Still, it is difficult otherwise to 

 account for it. I am inclined to believe 

 that the writer, becoming all exhausted 

 by too steady and too long continued 

 writing, merely jotted down the flitting 

 imaginings of his worn out brain when he 

 was no longer morally responsible. 



The editor, on the second page preced- 

 ing the item containing the above fiction, 

 proclaims himself responsible for the B. 

 B. D. department. Will he please to 

 make due apology and correction and also 

 have the writer of it explain how it hap- 

 pened ? 



Lapeer, Mich. Oct. 25, 1S98. 



EXTRACTED 



COMB FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS. 



Comb Honey Better Flavored than Extracted, 

 and Why. Worker Cappings .More Beau- 

 tiful than Drone. 



Mv son, eat thou honey because it is good; 

 ud'the honey comb, which is .sweet to thy taste. 



Last month I copied from Gleanings 

 the views of Mr. R. C. Aikin on this sub- 

 ject. It seems that the publication of 

 those views stirred up another practical 

 man to send his views to Gleanings. This 

 man is Mr. F. Creiner of Naples, N. Y. 

 Of course, the use of foundation in the 

 sections versus its non-use, is a practical 

 subject; at the same time I very much 

 doubt if its use in this place will ever be 

 abandoned. Here is what Mr. Greiner 

 has to say on the subject. 



It was with a great deal of satisfaction 

 that I read friend Aikin's article on the 

 use of comb foundation- -in particular 

 the part that touches upon foundation in 

 sections. It is just exactly for the reason 

 that honey built upon foundation is not 

 equal to the natural product for "tender- 

 ness and fine edible qualities" that I have 

 always been opposed to the use of foun- 

 dation in sections, except for starters. 



