1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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been enabled to reduce the price as follows: 1 lb., by 

 mail, postpaid, 30 c; 1 peck, by freight or express, 

 fl.tH); 1 bushel, $3.00. 



STRAWBEKIIY-PLANTS. 



We have never before had such nice weather for 

 g-rowing- strawberry-plants that I know of, and we 

 have been doing- quite a lively business in sending 

 them by mail during the whole month of September. 

 With the reduced rates of i)ostage, "lOO strong plants 

 can be sent by mail so as to arrive in excellent or- 

 der for only 50 cts. Beautiful plants of our three 

 favorite varieties, Sharpless, Jersey Queen, and 

 Jessie, at 10 cts. for 10; ;."> cts. per 100, or ^5.00 per 

 1000. By mail, add '.i cts. postage on 10, or 1.5 cts. 

 postage on 100. 



"GRAND RAPIDS" LETTUCE. 



At present we have some of the finest lettuce for 

 market 1 ever saw grown anywhere, either under 

 glass or out of doors. It is the Grand Kapids, and, 

 of course, does not form solid heads, but the stalks 

 average H lb. each. 'I'hey are so handsome that a 

 glimpse of even the bed is enough to bring forth 

 exclamations of surprise. I wanted to put a bed in 

 our front lawn, but my wife objects. She admits it 

 would be handsomer than colons, or almost any 

 thing else, but she thinks everybody would laugh at 

 a lettuce-bed in the front yard. Now is the time to 

 sow the seed to get a crop for the holidays. Price 

 5 cts. per packet; ^4, oz., 10 cts.; ounce, ;i5 cts.; ^4, lb., 

 $1.25; 1 lb., $4.50. Postpaid by mail at above prices, 

 except pounds and quarter-pounds. For these, add 

 3 cts. for li lb., or 9 cts. for a whole pound, for post- 

 age. 



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LOCATING AN APIARY NEAR CUCUMBER FARMS. 



On page 762 we have finally a report from an 

 apiary in the vicinity of cucumber farms. As I ex- 

 pected, they gave quite a good yield of honey, and 

 the honey is of good quality— looks like basswood. 

 Now, this is a very important matter, and I would 

 advise our readers to look out for localities where 

 cucumbers are raised by the acre. My impression 

 is, that about five colonies of bees could be profita- 

 bly located, say within one mile of every acre of 

 ground devoted to cucumber-raising. In the above 

 case, 40 or .50 stands of bees filled their brood-cham- 

 bei'S, and produced about 1000 lbs. of comb honey 

 from the cucumber bloom. We shall be glad to 

 have friend Reevs tell us about how many acres of 

 cucumbers there were, say within one mile of the 40 

 or 50 stands of bees. 



THE BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE. 



We have lately received a shipment of 100 copies 

 of the last edition (fifteenth thousand) of the Bee- 

 Keepers' Guide, by Prof. A. J. Cook. Comparing 

 this with the former edition, we observe that it has 

 been very largely re-written, and the new matter 

 has been so nicely woven in that it is impossible to 

 discover traces of patch-marks, so complete and 



whole is the work. The latest edition contains 461 

 pages— over 100 i)ages more than the preceding one, 

 the largest additions being made In the scientific 

 portions. The plates have been entirely recast, 

 and many new engravings have been added. It is 

 printed on better paper, and its typographical ap- 

 pearance is creditable. Whatever may be said of 

 other authors, we feel sure that our Prof. Cook has 

 been very careful to give due credit whenever he 

 has drawn from outside sources. In consequence 

 of the large amount of labor which Prof. Cook has 

 expended on this edition, and the addition of new 

 matter, he thought he could hardly afford to sell it 

 any more at the old price of $1 25 by mail. The 

 price of the new volume is now changed to $1.50. 

 If the old edition was worth $1.35, this certainly is 

 worth $1.50. Copies will be mailed from this office 

 at the price named, or 15 cts. less when sent by 

 freight or express with other goods. 



SLANDEROUS REPORTS IN REGARD TO THE ADUL- 

 TERATION OF HONEY. 



Our good friend H. L. Hubbard, of Walpole, 

 N. H., in trying to call to order the Mirror and 

 Farmer, of Manchester, N. H., for their misleading 

 statements, submitted to them our thousand-dollar 

 offer. And now the Mirror and Farmer accuses me 

 of offering a premium on deception— that is, I make 

 it a greater object than it has been heretofore, for 

 somebody to counterfeit comb honey. I would re- 

 mind them and others that I have never offered a 

 thousand dollars for a small piece of manufactured 

 comb honey. I do, however, offer a thousand dol- 

 lars for a pi-oof of the statement so often made by 

 newspapers and individuals, that comb honey is 

 manufactured by machinery. I think it would look 

 much better and be more profitable for the editors 

 to own up frankly that they have made a big blun- 

 der, instead of trying to evade the necessity of an 

 apology. They also suggest that some bee-keeper 

 could feed his bees glucose, and thus secure the 

 thousand dollars. They are mistaken in this in two 

 ways. Such a course would not secure artificial 

 comb honey; neither would it secure even a bogus 

 article that could be sold at the price of the gen- 

 uine. It has not been done, and can not be done. 



NO PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT NATIONAL BEE- 

 KEEPERS' CONVENTION AT COLUMBUS. 



Feeling a little concerned because of the non- 

 appearance of the programme for our next nation- 

 al convention, we wrote to the secretary, W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, and he replies as follows: 



Friend Root:— Yours imiuiring about the programme of 

 tlie N. A. B. K. S. is hire. I fear yon will have to get along 

 without a prograniiiic, and iiossibly your secretary too. 

 Three weeks ago 1 wa^ taken with inHammatory rheumatism, 

 also some fever, a SI >rt "1 rliciunatii' fever. Xotwithstanding 

 this I wrote, or had Mi s. U. writr, to several, and tried to get 

 up a luogramme. Soim iLavc not r>}died ; others begged to be 

 excused. Everybody siciiicd to want aconveiition, but few 

 were willing to take lioid and help ; Ihey were " going to learn 

 instead of to tiMeh otbirs," etc. Tlie apparent apathy id' oth- 

 ers, and the severe pains 1 was sutt'ering, diseoviraged me. and 

 1 gave uji trying to get up a programme, thinking the folks 

 )nust get along without one as best they eould. 



Flint, Jlieh., Sept. 24, 1888. W, Z. Hi'tchinso.v. 



We are sorry that a regular set programme is 

 not to be carried into effect; but some of the best 

 talks we have at conventions are given off-hand, 

 without thought or preparation. The convention 

 may be relieved of the tedium of listening to some 

 long essay which a set programme might have call- 

 ed for. We feel sure that the convention will be a 

 success an> how, with such men as Dr. Mason, Dr. 

 Miller, Prof. Cook, and other prominent bee-keep- 

 ers to enliven the proceedings. We expect to be 

 present from the 3d till the 5th. Dr. Miller is here. 



