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GLEANIXGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



Taking it all in all. and considering that, in the 

 oldca times, the one who looked after the bees 

 generally received half of the swarms and half of 

 the surplus, we think our price of 75 cents will not 

 be considei'ed too high, by the majority of our 

 readers. 



In regard to the other question, " What rent 

 should be paid for an out apiary?" we are again the 

 ones who paj' the largest amount. We wish to 

 state that, in this bargain, are included both the 

 house-room for extracting, for spare supers, boxes, 

 crates, etc., and the board of men and team while 

 at work. We say team, because we take it for 

 granted that the apiarist uses horses to transport 

 himself from one apiary to another, and to haul 

 his hives, boxes, honey, etc. When we put bees on 

 a farmer's place, we expect him to take an inter- 

 est in them, es'en if he does not work with them, 

 and we want to give him a. share of the profits, so 

 that he will make the most out of them when we 

 do. Then our interests are similar, and a bad sea- 

 son for us means a bad one for him. Then he sees 

 his interest in cultivating plants that are beneficial 

 to bees; and we have had one of our farmers to 

 ask at the feed-store for alsike in place of red 

 clover, just because he was expecting to increase 

 his profit as well as ours thereb5-. In the same way 

 be will think of sowing buckwheat, which he will 

 plow under at the first frost, not only because it 

 will act as a fertilizer, but because it will also give 

 our bees a crop in which he has a share. One of 

 our farmers, a careful one, was in the habit of run- 

 ning his mower over a lot of Spanish needles, just 

 before they bloomed, in alow marshy place on his 

 farm. Since we have bees on his place, and he has 

 a share of the surplus, the Spanish needles have 

 grown unmolested, wherever they did not injure 

 his crops. Is it necessary to give more examples 

 of the benefits derived from an association of the 

 farmer with the bee-keeper"? Were it not for the 

 space which 1 should take, I could give 30 of 

 them. C. P. Dadant. 



Hamilton, Hancock Co., 111. 



Well, old friend, I guess your head is lev- 

 el on this matter, after all, even if some of 

 us did not understand you. It never oc- 

 curred to me that this rent of ground for 

 the apiary was going to cover board and 

 lodging and horse-feed, and all that; but 1 

 am sure that it is the better way. You 

 thus make the owner of the land a small 

 partner, as it were, and have him interested 

 with yourself ; and it is true that we often 

 defeat ourselves by wasting too much time 

 on small penny matters. Pay the folks 

 handsomely, and the chances are they will 

 take care of your property handsomely ; 

 and a hearty good will is, a great many 

 times, worth several dollars. 



FAKEWELL ARTICLE TO GLEANINGS. 



Fill END HUTCHINSON'S NEW DEPARTURE. 



ip BOUT ten years ago I received a card that 

 Rj, read something as follows: 

 P Frietid H}itchUi)<i>n:—\Ve usually have more 

 K matter on hand than we c;in make room for 

 in Gleanings; yet we think we can use the 

 articles you have sent, and have credited you 

 $3.00 for the same. A. I. Root. 



How well I remember the thrill that went to the 

 very center of my being as I read these words! 

 It was the first money I had ever earned with my 



pen. Since then I have been a regular correspond- 

 ent for Gle.\nings, writing, perhaps, in all, 150 

 articles; and although I have been free in my 

 criticisms, I have always had, and still have, a warm 

 feeling of friendship for Gleanings, its editor, and 

 its readers; and that this feeling is returned, I feel 

 certain from the many kind and encouraging let- 

 ters I have received, and from the manner in which, 

 at conventions and fairs, men have come up and 

 grasped my hand, saying, " I know this must be Mr. 

 Hutchinson, from the picture I have seen in Glean- 

 ings. I have read your articles in Gleanings, and 

 have wanted to see you for a long time." 



I have "grown up "with Gleanings, so to speak; 

 but by reference to its advertising columns, you will 

 see that I am about to start a journal of my own; 

 and although it is done with feelings akin to sad- 

 ness, I must say "farewell" in Gleanings, hoping 

 that I may bid you all " welcome" in my own new 

 paper. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Flint, Mich., Dec. 20, 1887. 



Perliaps I should explain to our readers, 

 that the articles for which I credited friend 

 II. the three dollars were not only nicely 

 and carefully written, but well punctuated, 

 and the shet-ts were arranged in the most 

 convenient manner for the compositor ; but 

 they contained real, sound, honest, and 

 practical ideas, evidently written with the 

 view of helping the brotherhood. We, too, 

 feel sad to think of losing friend 11. from 

 our pages ; but we are always ready to re- 

 joice over any thing that will benefit the 

 people at large, and no doubt he is right. I 

 believe the first work that our friend ever 

 did for print was through Gleanings; but 

 during the years that have intervened, we 

 have l)een pleased to see him a prominent 

 contributor to the Country Gentleman, Amer- 

 ican Agriculturist, and. if I rememlier cor- 

 rectly, several other agricultural papers. 



TUMBLERS VERSUS BOTTLES EOR 

 HONEY. 



SOMETHING FROM A DEALER. 



T WANT to say a word about tumblers to hold 

 ,^ one pound of honey. I am a retailer of gilt- 

 ^r edge extracted honey, and think I know 

 •*■ whereof I write. The one-pound bottles do 

 not fill the bill. People would rather pa.y for a 

 tumbler than for a bottle; and then, the bottles are 

 too high. When we take into consideration the 

 expense of corks, tin-foil caps, and expensive la- 

 bels, it is plain to see that the tumbler has all the 

 advantages. When you, Mr, Root, or some other 

 friend, gets up a tumbler 2i.j inches across at the 

 bottom, and three inches at the top, and just deep 

 enough to hold one pound of honey, with straight 

 sides, something will be accomplished that should 

 have been accomplished long ago. They should be 

 made to hold 16 ounces of honey when level full. 

 Those who have handled tumblers will recognize 

 this as a solid article. I have no ax to grind. Just- 

 ice to all. If the words, " One pound pure honey" 

 were blown in the glasses it would be a help to 



the trade. 



Covington, Ky. 



See Dr. Miller's article in this number, 



friend , showing the difficulties in the 



way of the improvement you suggest. 



