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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 



hound candy, and I call it tiptop for any one who 

 likes hoarhound. I presume that, without ques- 

 tion, it will be excellent for coug-hs and colds, just 

 the same as hoarhound candy is frood for coughs 

 and colds, and everybody knows that is a fact; but 

 your humble servant is inclined to inquire how they 

 know, and whether the matter has ever been settled 

 by careful tests made by our experimental colleges. 

 This last sentence is put in parenthetically. The 

 business before us now is to furnish the public with 

 hoarhound honey. If any of you want a sample, 

 we will put it up in Muth's dime jars for ten cents. 

 Isn't it funny that a dime jar costs exactly ten 

 cents? A whole pound, package included, will be 

 1.5 cts.; 10 lbs., package included, fl.30. It costs us 

 4 cts. per lb. to get it here from California, or the 

 price would not be so high; but you know, friends, 

 it possesses rare medical qualities. It is genuine 

 bee honey, made by the bees, and the honey is 

 g-athered "from hoarhound. If you want a case of 

 120 lbs., send directly to friend Drake himself. 



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 make peace.— James 3: 18. 



Our subscribers now number 8391, a gain, in spite 

 of the poor season and those who drop out, of 37. 



LOOK OUT FOR HIM. 



We have for some time past had complaint from 

 different parties in regard to Mr. F. J. Crowley, 

 dealer in apiarian supplies, Batavia, Genesee Co., 

 N. Y. We are now informed that he is in Batavia 

 only a part of the time, and is no way responsible. 



THE WHITE-PLUME LETTUCE. 



When I last wrote you, I thought my prize was 

 surely within my grasp. At the present date, how- 

 ever, the little plants that showed so clearly the 

 white strips when small have now all turned green, 

 and look like ordinary Boston Market lettuce, on- 

 ly they seem to have a remarkable disposition to 

 run up seed-stalks without making a head. Very 

 likely the white will show itself again later on, and 

 possibly I may find some plants that will make 

 nice heads without sending up a seed-stalk. Per- 

 haps trying to get good heads in mid-summer 

 would be dillicult under any circumstances. 



SOMETHING FURTHER CONCERNING THE INVENTOR 

 OF THE HONEY-EXTRACTOR. 



In our reply to Charles Dadant, we indirectly car- 

 ried the idea that little if any thing had been said 

 about Hruschka, the inventor of the honey-extract- 

 or, until the appearance of our illustrated article on 

 p. .5t)0. We had entirely overlooked the fact at that 

 time, that our brother-editor, T. G. Newman, of the 

 American Bee Jtmrnal, had given a very complete 

 and interesting account of Hruschka's life in his 

 journal, years ago, and subsequently incorporated 

 the same in the first edition of "Bees and Honey," 

 which now lies before us. We presume friend New- 



man realizes the fact as well as ourselves, that it is 

 hard to keep track of all that has been said and done 

 in apiculture. 



STATISTICS. 



In the Bee-Keepers' Review, page 118, brother 

 Hutchinson says: "If reports from only five cor- 

 respondents in e:ich State will furnish us with suf- 

 ficient data (and it certainly has that appearance 

 now), then a vast amount of labor and expense is 

 saved that would be incurred were there a corres- 

 pondent in each county." Just so. We have come 

 to about this conclusion too. In fact, we have 

 thought so ever since the first batch of statistics 

 was gotten out. The expense of having a corres- 

 pondent in each county, and the trouble of getting 

 that correspondent to reply every time blanks were 

 sent, would be considerable. 



" THE REVIEW A HOMEMADE PAPER." 



Under this caption there is an interesting edito- 

 i-ial in the last number of the Review. " We," as the 

 editor styles himself, " prepares the copy, sets the 

 type, and makes up the form. Mrs. We ad- 

 dresses the wrappers, and stitches the papers after 

 our little daughters have folded them. She also 

 wraps up for the mail all the papers that are left 

 after the little girls 'get tired.'" All this work is 

 done in the Hutchinson mansion, surrounded by a 

 grove of shade-trees. Gleanings started a good 

 deal in this way, and she is not a bit ashamed of 

 such a beginning, especially as it has since seemed 

 to foreshadow a fair measure of success. Success 

 to Mr. and Mrs. "We," and to the little girls who 

 sometimes "get tired." 



THE EXHIBIT FROM THE HOME OF THE HONEY- 

 BEES, AT THE CENTENNIAL, COLUMBUS. 



We have already shipped nearly a carload of ma- 

 chinery and apiarian supplies, etc., to be exhibited 

 in Columbus. This exhibit comprises samples of 

 nearly all the implements used in bee culture, the 

 uses of many of which will be illustrated on the 

 grounds. Our latest improved machinery for mak- 

 ing sections will be set in operation. While we do 

 not expect to achieve any thing very great in the 

 way of exhibits, we have made a greater effort than 

 we ever have before. Perhaps we should remark, 

 that there have been several inquiries as to what 

 day we will be on hand. A. 1. Root, Ernest, and 

 John, expect to be present at the National Conven- 

 rion, October 3, 4, and 5. One of the trio will proba- 

 bly be present occasionally at other times, to look 

 after the exhibit. 



THE ARKADBLPHIA CASE. 



On page 761, current issue, and 586 for the July 

 1.5th issue, allusion is made to the Arkadelphia nui- 

 sance case, which was to come to trial July 16. It 

 will be remembered that Mr. Clark, the defendant, 

 was remanded to jail in consequence of his refusal 

 to remove his bees from the city limits, on account 

 of the alleged nuisance of his bees. Mr. C. has been 

 quite severely persecuted by the mayor and the 

 city council. The National Bee-keepers' Union 

 pledged $^50 for the defense of the case in the cir- 

 cuit court. The decision has now been rendered. 

 The latter court held that the city ordinance de- 

 claring the bees of the defendant a nuisance was 

 void. Another victory has been scored for the 

 Bee-keepers' Union, and the might of right has 

 come to the front. The city of Arkadelphia has de- 

 cided to appeal the case, however, to the supreme 



