1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



798 



and vei-y good honey-flow it is too small, corres- 

 ponding- to the one storj- and a half ol' the Simplicity 

 only. Again, it can't be enlarged, and thereby is 

 not practicable for comb honey in sections. 



In his management we find many things quite 

 different from ours. In conformity to the honey- 

 tlow and the usage of the heath bee-keepers, Gra- 

 venhbrst increases his colonies in the spring, and 

 unites again in the fall. He teaches, and has for 

 many years, that swarms should be liived on start- 

 ers only— an idea which finds advocates now among 

 our best American bee-masters. For this purpose 

 his artificial swarms are quite similar to the natural 

 swarms; and one of his methods of forming artifi- 

 cial swarms is quite similar to Doolittle's method of 

 forming nuclei. This chapter of his book is very 

 interesting. Of importance is the chapter on mov- 

 ing bees from one pasturage to another. This is 

 entirely new for the United States, and we could 

 find no better teacher than Gravenhorst, who for 

 many years has driven his 300 to 600 hives twice ev- 

 ery year to another location, and with the best suc- 

 cess too. In short, Gravenhorst is original in every 

 respect. His aim is to advance bee-keeping to a 

 pursuit giving a living to the manager, and to sys- 

 tematize the labor. In this respect he has done 

 more than any other bee-keeper in Germany; and 

 we can truly say that Gravenhorst Is now the great- 

 est master in practical bee-keeping in Germany. 

 His crops of honey are counted by tons — a rai-e case 

 in Germany. 



One point I wish especially to mention, because 

 it gives a glimpse of the character of the man. 

 Many inventors of hives think that their invention 

 only is good, and that all other hives are Impractic- 

 able. Not so with Gravenhorst. He fully perceives 

 the advantages of other hives, and especially of our 

 Langstroth hive, and his judgment was always im- 

 partial. In this respect lie is far ahead of a few 

 frivolous en^'ic^s who criticised his hive and man- 

 agement a short time ago. In his book lie gives 

 descriptions and engravings of different German 

 hives; but we find the Langstroth, Cowan, and the 

 new Heddon hive too. No other German beebook 

 mentions these or similar hives. The operations 

 and management are described, but he always giv^es 

 remarks as to how the bee-keeper should proceed 

 with hives of other styles. 



The writer of this sketch is not only acquainted 

 with Gravenhorst's hive and management, but he 

 has enjoyed his friendship too for many years, and 

 is glad that the editor of Gleanings called on Inm 

 to sketch the life and acts of this great German 

 bee-master. L. Stachelhausen. 



Selma, Texas. 



My good friend S., the editor of Glean- 

 ings is glad too, to think tliat lie has found 

 one of the old-countrymen in our own Unit- 

 ed States who is conversant with bee-mat- 

 ters in both countries, and able to write so 

 intelligently as you have done on this and 

 many other subjects. Some of the kindest 

 and most friendly letters Gleanings has 

 ever received were from friend Gravenhorst. 

 I have been acquainted with the hive de- 

 scribed, for quite a good many years. When 

 friend Gravenhorst's first little pamphlet 

 came out, I employed a German teacher to 

 read portions of it to me, translating to me 

 as she read. As she was not very convers- 

 ant with bees, some funny mistakes occur- 



red in rendering things from German into 

 English, with which she was but little ac- 

 quainted herself. I did not know until just 

 now, or, at least, it did not occur to me, that 

 Gravenhorst's hive is specially arranged for 

 rapid and safe transportation ; and since we 

 know he moves his hives about so much, we 

 can understand better this odd arrangement 

 of a hive that must be rolled over bottom up 

 befcre the combs can be handled. In clos- 

 ing, I wish to mention the engravings of 

 such wonderfid minuteness, accuracy, and 

 beauty as are found in Gravenhorst's book. 

 It is profusely illustrated, and the cuts are 

 certainly a credit to any wood-engraving 

 that has ever appeared, either in this coun- 

 try or any other. It may l»e well to mention 

 that the engraving of our friend which we 

 give herewith, we had reproduced by photo- 

 engraving. It first appeared in Graven- 

 horst's journal for Sept., 18S4. 



NOTES ON DANDRUFF. 



A LITTLE COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED. 



TN Gleanings for July let you published an in- 

 iM^ teresting article on the skin, from the pen of 

 ^t Prof. Cook. In connection with it you tell us 

 "*■ how you are afflicted with dandruff, and you 

 appeal to him for a remedy— if there is any. 

 It was with more than usual interest that I looked 

 for his reply (which appeared Aug. 1st), and I im- 

 agine you must have felt somewhat disappointed 

 when you read it. He gave you little if any com- 

 fort, and certainly did not tell you of any remedy, 

 or give you any hope of finding one. I trust Prof. 

 C. will pardon me for saying it, but it really seemed 

 to me that his reply bore quite a striking resem- 

 blance to the comfort Job received from some of 

 his friends. 



I am well aware that Prof. C. is far wiser than ], 

 but it has been said (and I am rather inclined to 

 believe it) that " experience is the best school- 

 master, but the tuition fees are heavy." From 

 what the professor has said, I presume he never 

 attended the dandruff school, and therefore he was 

 deprived of his best teacher — experience. And 

 right there is where I have the advantage of him, 

 tor I took a thorough course, though I do not think 

 he has any reason to regret that that branch of his 

 education was neglected. 



A number of years ago I was so troubled with 

 dandruff that I considered it a very great affiiction. 

 I had very lu.xuriant hair, for it was unusually 

 long, fine, and thick, so much so that it was impos- 

 sible forme to comb it with a fine-toothed comb; 

 and when my mother undertook to use that instru- 

 ment of torture, it not only felt as though she was 

 trying to pull my hair out by the roots, but it made 

 her arm ache worse than to do the family washing. 

 I do not know what caused the dandruff, but I do 

 know that the growth and beaut.\- of my hair whs 

 not diminished, and I have never worn a " Derl)y or 

 stovepipe," ncn- a stiff hat of any description; so 

 it could not have been caused by any thing of that 

 kind. When I combed my hair, there would be 

 such a shower of dandruff' that I always had to put 

 something around my shoulders to i)rotect my 

 dress; and if I did not spread a paper on the floor, 

 and comb my hair over it, the broom and dust-pan 

 had to be called into service, for I was sure to leave 



