1886 



GLEANINGS IN 13EE CULTURE. 



423 



FALSE STATEMENTS IN REGARD TO THE HON- 

 EY BUSINESS OF OUR COUNTRY. 



As a protection to our beo-keeping population, we propose in 

 this department to publisli tlie names of newspapers that per- 

 sist in publishing false statements in regard to the purity of 

 honey which we as bee-keepers put on the market. 



§OME weeks ago our good friend Chaloii 

 Fowls, of Oberlin, O., wrote us that he 

 had been talking with one of the larg- 

 est wholesale lirms, dealers in fruits 

 and vegetables, in Cleveland, in regard 

 to bogus comb honey, but tliat he couUl do 

 nothing with tlu-m at all. They just laughed 

 at him when he attempted to convince them 

 that there was no sucli thing as manufac- 

 tured comb honey in the markets. In des- 

 pair he wrote to me, ;'.sking me to write to 

 them, as they were peisonal friends of mine. 

 I did so, and here is their reply: 



Wc received your bee-journals, aurl read all the 

 articles you marked on the subject; and until the 

 other side bring- forward some proof to substan- 

 tiate their claims, wc shall not admit that there is 

 such a thing as manufactured comb honey. 



C. Chandler's Sons. 



Cleveland, Ohio, April 19, 18Sfi. 



You see, friends, the victory is ours. 

 Through the inlluence of the bee-journals, 

 and tlie friends of the luney-bces, these 

 fraudulent statements have been met and 

 refuted; and almost every live intelligent 

 paper has given notice to its readeis that 

 the wdiole thing was a mistake. It i.s en- 

 couraging to find that we are not helpless in 

 such matters ; that earnest, persistent, faith- 

 ful elTort will always carry the day. espe- 

 cially in defense of the truth. Another 

 thing encouraging in regard to the matter 

 is, that we have proved that the press at 

 larj^e is not unwilling to refute error when 

 it is rightly mauaced, with ffood men's 

 names to back it. The N. Y. Weekly Wit- 

 jic.ssheld out hard and strong to the adulter- 

 ation stories; but when I sent them a letter, 

 explaining fully the points they had misap- 

 prehended, it was published at once. 



\m]i^ W^ QaERiE^. 



HUriRAn FOK THE ALLEY DKONE-TRAp! 



fOU will remember I jjrot a lot of dronc-lraps of 

 yon, and I thoug-ht it might be of interest to 

 you to know how they work, so here goes. I 

 liud the Alley drone-trap a perfect blessing-, 

 as you will never have a swarm to abscond, 

 and you need not clip your queens either; and for 

 second swarms, where there are more (jueens than 

 one you can trap them and pick the nicest ont^; or 

 if you need a virgin queen for a quecnless colony, 

 use the extra ones, or do as you please with them. 

 I say, "Hurrah for Alley's dronc-lrap!" I would 

 not be without mine lor twice what they cost. 

 Gonzales, Tex., May S, lh'86. M. Buoeus. 



35 CHICKENS HATCHED OUT OF 26 EOfiS. 



You had such ij'xxl luck raising- chickens this 

 spring-, r thought T would tell you of mine. I f et 

 ^G eg-gs, and had 25 chickens. They are all alive, 

 find doing well. MtfS. T. 11. Miles. 



JVew lUchmond, I'u. 



ANOTHER USE OF THE CLARK SMOKER. 



I got one of j-our smokers— not for bees, but for 

 bugs. I liave tried it with tobacco-stems, on rose- 

 bushes, etc., and it performs beautifully. I have 

 not seen it spoken of as a " terror to evil-doers " in 

 that way, and I thought you might be interested in 

 hearing of its success. W. B. Marshall. 



Indiana, Pa., May 5, 18?C. 



A U!)()U REPORT FOR AN IMPORTED QUEEN. 



You wish to know evei-y one's experience with 

 in)poi-ted Italian queens. Mine has been good. 

 The imported queen that I got from you a year ago 

 last July is far ahead of any other I have ever had, 

 in every way. Her bees arc quieter in winter, and 

 will not swarm till every crevice in their iiive is 

 filled up. I have sold off most of my other stocks, 

 and will keep only these raised from my imported 

 (juccn. Thomas Christian. 



Lorraine, Ont., Can. 



now to use the heduon slatted iionev-doard 



f)N THE SIMPLICITY HIVE. 



White clover is unusually plentiful this spring. I 

 should like to ask liow you use the Heddon slatted 

 honey-board on the ordinary Simplicity liive. By 

 answering the above you may oblige others as well 

 as myself. I would not think of keeping bees with- 

 out the ABC and Gleanings. 



Frank A. Durand. 



Esdaile, Wis., April 20, lt<8t). 



[We have never used the Heddon slatted honey- 

 board on any hive, but we have made a good many 

 of them to order, made so as to lie jierfectly tlat on 

 top of the Simplicity frames. The upper stories 

 are then raised enough to make sulHcient space for 

 the honey-board, by lacking strips on the upper 

 hive ] 



advantac.es of extracting. 



Two months ago I shipped to Portland some of the 

 whitest extracted honey T ever saw. It was taken 

 from goldcnrod and blue aster, and such. good clear 

 honey, free of that sti-ong taste, I never had before. 

 The more I sec of extracting, the better I like it, 

 for we can keep colonies so much stronger that we 

 shall get honey, even in a jioor season. I am satis- 

 fied that we can keep down the swarming fever 

 better by extracting before much hor.eyis sealed 

 over, because it keeps the bees working to fill those 

 emptj- combs. 1 have no fear about evaporation; 

 warm weather does that all right; and besides, new 

 honey works much easier. Considerable is said 

 about half-pound boxes. Now, why not just cut 

 thel'a bo.x in two, so as to bo only half as large 

 aroundV Then two will take the place of one, and 

 there will be no confusion, you see. I shall try it 

 if nothing pi-c\-ents. It is quite inconvenient to 

 have a number of different sizes; but with this 

 there would be no troubk'. E. P. Churchill. 



Lewiston, Maine. 



THE SPRING DELIGHTFUL. 



We are having a delightful spiing. The fruit- 

 trees in this part of the countiy are loaded with 

 blossoms; the bees are busily engagetl in securing 

 supplies from the open Howers, and building up 

 rapidly for the coming season. Our bees, 20 stands, 

 came through all right, bi-ight and clean, the past 

 winter. 1 am of the oiiinion that good honoj' to 

 winter on has more to do with successful wintci'- 

 ing than any thing else. We have the Italian bees 



