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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



of thin sugar makes it really and truly honey 

 in every sense of the word, is something I 

 can not quite admit. Prof. Wiley's definition 

 of honey seems to me to be correct w hen he 

 says that it is nectar gathered from flowers, 

 and stored by the bees; and chemically, if I am 

 correct, it does not have all the qualities of 

 honey from flowers; yet I am quite willing to 

 admit that thin sugar syrup, if fed to the bees, 

 and stored, will taste very much like ordinary 

 honey; but I am opposed to calling it honey, 

 for it has not gone through the legitimate pro- 

 cess of being gathered from flowers. — Ed.] 



NOTES OF BICYCLE TRAVEL. 



By Ernest R. Root. 



At the depot at Flint I inquired where W. Z. 

 Hutchinson lived. 



" Do you mean the editor of the Review .^" 



" Yes, sir," I said. 



A small boy started me up the street, and ere 

 long I was before the home of the Review. It 

 was now dark; but after passing through the 

 gateway I saw that some girls were swinging 

 in the hammock under some broad-spreading 

 trees. These proved to be the Review twins. 

 One of them started for her father, and very 

 soon a tall, stalwart figure, as straight as an 

 arrow, dressed in work-clothes, appeared from 

 around the house; and before he could see me 

 distinctly he held out his hand with a cordial 

 " How do you do, P>nest?" 



He is one of those professional men who are 

 not afraid to put on overalls, and to get right 

 down to honest, hard day's work; neither is he 

 ashamed to appear in his work-clothes. 



We went into the house, and I was soon mak- 

 ing the acquaintance of baby Fern. No won- 

 der Bro. H. is proud of her. I had intended at 

 this time to present here a nice picture of her; 

 but I am sorry to say that the half-tone here 

 shown doesn't half do her justice. It is suffi- 

 cient to say that I took a " great shine " to her, 

 and she to " that man," as she called me. The 

 flutchinson home was happy before she came; 

 but it is doubly so now, I should judge. 



Mr. Hutchinson and I soon fell to talking 

 about photography— a hobby that we both 

 pursue at times, with a great deal of enjoyment. 

 The talk that followed for the next few min- 

 utes, regarding negatives, snap shots, and time 

 exposures, probably would not be particularly 

 interesting at a bee-convention, nor even here, 

 and so I'll not repeat it. But while we were 

 thus engaged, it seems that baby Fern did not 

 care to go to sleep, in spite of the efl'orts of her 

 mother. Finally papa was called upon to per- 

 form the task — something he did with entire 

 success. Mrs. Hutchinson explained that, inas- 

 much as her husband had hisoi'flce in the house, 

 he had taken a good deal of the care of Fern. 



tho lioney-sac, not for the purpose of present diges- 

 tion, but poHsihti/ to render it l^etter for preserva- 

 tion, in order that it may be digested wlien the bee 

 needs actual food iii the true stomach to supply 

 waste. 



and sometimes she seemed to think that her 

 papa was a little bit better than her mamma.* 

 The case is otherwise at our home. 



Next morning Bro. H. and I visited for awhile 

 in the i?euici« sanctum. He showed me some of 

 the photographs he had taken illustrating the 

 different phases of apiculture. In the produc- 

 tion of clear, wpll-deflned, sharp photos, illus- 

 trating bee-keeping, he certainly will carry off 

 the palm. 



As my stay was to be brief, we next repaired 

 to the Review apiary. This. I saw, was made- 

 up of Heddon-Langstroth and Heddon divisi- 

 ble-brood-chamber hives. 



As to the size of hives, Mr. H. did not express- 

 himself very positively; but seemed to think 

 that the eight-frame capacity was large 

 enough for his locality. As to dead brood, he- 



BAUY FERN. 



had seen nothing of the kind in his apiary, but 

 thought Mr. Taylor might be able to show me 

 some. After taking a look at some of the 

 Atchley five-banders, we turned our attention 

 to the Atchley plan of keeping the surplus 

 queens in small nuclei. In Mr. Hutchinson's 

 hands it certainly was a grand success. There 

 was no robbing and no killing of queens, and 

 all were just as fresh as when taken from the 

 hive in which they were reared; and if there is 

 any thing in the statement that it is bad to 



* Some time ago Mr. Hutchinson gave expression 

 tlirougli his paper to the idea th;it, however well we 

 Diiglit know our friends as bee-keepers, we like to 

 know sometliing of their home life, or how they 

 live. I hope, therefore, I m;iy l>e excused for giving 

 tliis little peep into that m;)st sacred of all places, a 

 home. I shall give other peeps, perhaps. 



