1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUBE. 



825 



pie-plate. Ovet' them u six-ineh cake-cover, or glass 

 shade, was placed, and we had 40 plates of nice 

 honey, with a glags shade over each. Well, the 

 plates of honey looked so neat and attractive, as wc 

 had them strung along- on the counters, that a great 

 part of them were sold before night, at the same 

 price we ordinarily get for the honey in the sections' 

 so we were out of pocket only the weight of the 

 section-frame, and the honey that ran out, which 

 was only liqiiid honey, and had to be sold at 10 cts. 

 per lb. 



AKE EXPRKSS COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE WHEN 

 THEY SMASH UP COMB HONEY? 



As this honey was to be delivered to us in good 

 order, our customer chose to send it to us by ex- 

 press rather than freight, even though the express 

 company did charge S3. '5 for carrying it, when 

 first class freight would not have been over $1.50. 

 By freight, the I'ailroad companies would not take 

 any responsibility; but by express, we expect for 

 the additional price we pay them for handling 

 things they are to be careful. This honey was 

 plainly visible through the glass on the case, and it 

 was so handsome that it seems as though any ex- 

 press a.'reut in handling it would uso some sort of 

 care. The cases were also plainly marked, " Han- 

 dle with care;" but the cases, every one of them, 

 had been thrown violently with great force; for al- 

 though the honey was securely built into the sec- 

 tions, and the sections were full 2 inches wide, the 

 result was as I have told you. Our friend A. C. 

 Kendel, of the Cleveland seedstore, told us some 

 little time ago, as you may remember, that he had 

 had honey come in better condition by freight than 

 by express. He gave as a reason, that the express 

 companies were in such a hurrj' they did not have 

 time to handle these goods carefully. Now, if this 

 is so, bee-keepers would like to know it. That hon- 

 ey in cases, with glass on the sides, and the glass 

 unprotected, can be shipped safely by freight, has 

 been abundantly proven, for I saw quite a ship- 

 ment from George Grimm, of Jefferson, Wis., sent 

 to friend Kendel, without the glass being broken in 

 any of the cases; and, if I mistake not, not a comb 

 was broken down. The shipment sent us had 

 only 20 sections in a case. They fit the cases so 

 closely that no movement was possible, and yet 40 

 out of the 80 were broken, as 1 have stated. The 

 loss to us by leakage and extra labor was about 

 S2..50. Will the express company make this up, 

 when the matter is fully presented to them, provid- 

 ing our agent certifies to the facts I have given? 

 Well, we will ask them and see, and I will let you 

 know in the next issue. 



"GII.T-EDOE" CREDIT. 



We have heard of gilt-edge butter, and lately I 

 there has been some talk about gilt-edge honey, and l 

 I do not know but that some of the friends have ; 

 been inclined to laugh a little about this matter of ^ 

 gilt edge; but if we are to understand by the term | 

 something that is of the \ery best in every respect, ' 

 of the class to which it belongs, I do not know but it | 

 is a pretty good thing to aspire to gilt-edge pro- , 

 ducts, after all; and when it comes to be applied to i 

 man's reputation for promptness, accurcy, and relia- ' 

 bility, it seems to me the idea is a grand one. We 

 copy the following from The American Storckcrpcr: \ 



DO IT NOW. j 



Young man, now is the best time for that which 

 you have to do. To ac(iuire the habit of prompt- | 

 ness, should be the wish of every clerk. With tlie | 



majority of young men it can not be gained with- 

 out the most persistent self-drilling; for the dis- 

 cipline enforced by most employers is not of the 

 sort calculated to change the habits of a naturally 

 shiftless clerk. Learn to be prompt as a clerk, and 

 the habit will he the best part of your i-eputation 

 through life. 



It is that quality which will stamp you as "gilt- 

 edge" in the matter of credit, win the confidence of 

 your patrons, and give you the respect and hearty 

 co-operation of your employes when you have ad- 

 vanced to the position of proprietor. That old say- 

 ing iil)out " parting otf for to-morrow " shinild read 

 for use in tlic nineteenth century, " Never put off 

 till nine o'clock wluit should be done before eight." 



Be on hand early, and put things to rights. If 

 there are but five pounds of sugar in the bin, don't 

 wait till you are called upon for ten pounds before 

 opening a fresh barrel, and thus keep the customer 

 waiting. Fill in the spare minutes "trimming ship." 

 Drive the work instead of letting it drive you. If a 

 rainy morning, don't loaf about, thinking you have 

 the whole day before you in which to arrange stock 

 and do other necessary work; the sun may come 

 out before noon, and bring a host of customers, to 

 find you unprepareo to meet them. Make it a rule 

 to leave none of to-day's work undone. To-morrow 

 has a right to your whole time for the duties com- 

 ing with it, and you can not know how many or how 

 few they may be. Don't become indebted to the 

 future. There is always something to do in the 

 store, and nuw is the best time to do it. 



The above applies to keeping a store, it is true; 

 but it seems to mo it will fit keeping bees or keep- 

 ing any thing else. I tell you, my friends, the posi- 

 tion I occupy gives me an opportunity of seeing 

 how veiTf much we need just this quality of gilt 

 edge in men. Do you say you can not make a slave 

 of yourself to that extent? Very well; then don't 

 gi-umble if you are offered only a dollar a day when 

 others right by your side are offered three or four 

 dollars a day, and oftentimes can not be engaged 

 at that price. This one thing of keeping your credit 

 gilt-edge will count wonderfully through all your 

 life, and I am sure it will count on the right side in 

 the life to come. Put up with poor clothing, if need 

 be; put up with plain simple diet, even though a 

 little hungry sometimes, so you only succeed in 

 keeping your fair name and your credit GILT 

 EDGE. 



PHENOL AS A CURE FOR FOUL BROOD. 



Some of the friends have asked why it is that 

 nothing has appeared in Gleanings in regard to 

 this remarkable discovery. It is because we have 

 had so many new things that, after a short time, 

 have proved to be a failure, I have been a little 

 backward in giving place to new things. Further- 

 more, I am, as a rule, opposed to feeding bees drugs. 

 In our last issue. D. A. Jones has given us a plain 

 simple way of managing foul brood without medi- 

 cine, and in the last issue of the British Dee Journal, 

 at least two reports are given where phenol, al- 

 though tried most faithfully, as it would seem, has 

 not pro\ed a remedj-. There seems to be a sort of 

 weakness in the human heart for drugs and medi- 

 cines; but I hope the day is fast approaching when 

 we can shake ofi' a good deal of the superstition 

 connected with the properties of drugs and chemi- 

 cals. Thousands of dollars ai'e annually paid out for 

 Paris green for killing potato bugs; but during the 

 past summer, when our gardener called for so much 

 Paris green I was afraid our crop of potatoes would 

 not pay for it, I began questioning whether it would 

 not be cheaper to pitch right in and pick tlie bugs 

 off. Just a few days ago I was much gratified to 

 find that the great potato-grower of Ohio, T. B. Ter- 

 ry, says he would not use Paris green, if it were 

 given him for nothing. Do you want to know how 



