1888 



GLEANIKGS IN iiEE CULTURE. 



819 



We immediately proceeded to thetinshop, 

 where we talked, speculated, theorized, and 

 experimented upon tlie feasibility and pos- 

 sibilities of the extractor. Very soon we 

 were joined by A. I. R. and J. T. C.,who 

 had heard that friend M. had arrived. 



Everybody in our establishment seemed 

 to know the doctor, and there was a gener- 

 al desire expressed on all sides to hear him 

 sing at the noon service. This he did in 

 his characteristic way. We requested him 

 to sing some of his old songs, which he had 

 rendered to us on former occasions—" The 

 Rock that is Higher than I," " The Land o' 

 the Leel " (The Land of the Blessed), " My 

 Bright Happy Home,'' and " I'm Wearin' 

 awa', Jean." The hist song especially was 

 enjoyed and appreciated. If you ever have 

 an opportimity of hearing the doctor sing, 

 ask him to rehearse before you those songs. 

 After you have heard them once you will 

 want to hear them again and again. The 

 words and the melody are such that, the 

 more you hear them, the more you want to 

 hear them. Of course, the doctor and I 

 talked about " lots o' things" — extractors, 

 feeders, supers, and, it seems to me, almost 

 every thing connected vitally with our pur- 

 suit. Although he has been in the business 

 for many years, his enthiisiasm has not 

 waned one whit. 



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When tliou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; 

 and througli the rivers, tliey shall not overflow thee. — Isaiah 

 43:2. 



The uow Constitution of the N. A. B. K. A. was 

 adopted at its last meeting in Columbus. 



STATISTICS. 



We had intended to insert another batch of 

 statistics in this issue; but for some reason, onlj' a 

 trifle over half of our correspondents so far have 

 responded to the statistical blanks sent out. We 

 presume hardly time enouf!h has elapsed for all of 

 the reports to reach us; but if there are any among- 

 our corps of statistical reporters who have not yet 

 reported we shall be obliged to them if they will 

 take heed to this reminder, and hustle along their 

 reports. 



THOMAS B. BLOW. 



Mr. Thomas B. Blow, of Welwyn, Herts, Eng- 

 land, a bee-keeper and supply-dealer, started Sept. 

 19th on the steamer City of Rome, for a visit of eight 

 weeks in America among American bee-keepers. 

 Mr. Blow has traveled quite extensively through 

 Europe, and visited noted bee-keepers. He now 

 proposes to increase his bee-keeping acquaintance 

 with his American cousins. He writes us that 



among others he will pay us a visit, and we now 

 expect him almost daily. We shall be glad to wel- 

 come him here at the Home of the Honey-Bees. 



BUCKWHEAT AN A HONEY-PLANT. 



The editor of he Canadian Honey Producer, in his 

 issue for October, reports 10 lbs. of honey in a sin- 

 gle day by one colony, from buckwheat. The day 

 was showery, so the bees were enabled to work on 

 it from morning till night. Now, friends, where is 

 there a plant in our whole list of plants, that are 

 raised for honey alone, that has given a yield like 

 this? I venture to say, that no one has ever yet 

 given us any thing like it. We should like to have 

 friend Holterman tell us more about it Was the 

 buckwheat the nevv Japanese, the silverhull, or the 

 old-fashioned kind? 



THE CONDITION OF THE BEES IN SCOTLAND AND 

 ENGLAND; THE OUTLOOK. 



We learn from the Bee-Keepers' Record of Oct. 1, 

 edited by W. B. Carr and Wm. Raitt, that the pros- 

 pects are any thing- but encouraging. In a leading 

 editorial, W. B. C, from Cheshire, Eng., says: 



In all our exiiei irncc we can not recall a time when bees 

 were in so iiej)Iorable a condition as now. . . Notwithstand- 

 ing- the fact that skilled bee-keepers are now so numerous 

 and sugar so cheap, we may safely assert that more colonies 

 of bees will ijcrish this winter in the United Kingdom, unless 

 assistance be given, than has ever happened before in the his- 

 tory of the craft. 



Wm. Raitt writes concerning the season in Scot- 

 land: "So far as we have yet learned from private 

 sources, the early honey season has been a com- 

 parative failure." 



BEE-KEEPERS' CONVENTION SONGS. 



The second of the songs which were rendered by 

 Dr. C. C. Miller at the convention in Columbus is 

 inserted elsewhere. Both of them were well re- 

 ceived, and it was evident to all present that both 

 the words and music were possessed of no ordinary 

 merit. The doctor sent copies of both songs to 

 George P. Root, whose name is almost a household 

 word in every family where music is appreciated. 

 It will be remembered that Mr. R. is the author of 

 Root's "Curriculum." In a letter which Mr. Root 

 wrote to Dr. Miller, dated Sept. 37, he says: 



I am glad to hear from you, and to get your songs. 

 They are characteristic and good. 



Yours truly, very, Geo. F. Root. 



Such a statement from this source will be appre- 

 ciated. Remember that not only the words, but the 

 music is original. 



spectacles versus ILLUMINATING OIL. 



I HAVE .in St made a discovery. No doubt some of 

 the older friends will smile at it, especially when I 

 tell you that, although I have sold spectacles for 

 years, I have never discovered, until I was obliged 

 to use them myself, that with them you can read 

 comfortably with an amount of light that would 

 not enable us to read at all without them. T have 

 never used spectacles at all until within the past 

 few weeks, and I have put off using them for some 

 time because I knew it would be a great trouble for 

 me to keep track of tliem— they would always be 

 somewhere else when wanted. My first trouble was 

 at our teachers' meeting. As we sat around the 

 coal Are, with the light from the chandelier over- 

 head giving ample light for all the rest to read witli- 

 out difficulty, I had to gi\e up, for I could not read 

 even my allotted verse until a kind brother handed 

 me his specs; and I was quite surprised to find that 

 there was plenty of light with their aid, although 

 I could not read at all without them. I have been 



