1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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into the hands of a large number of other 

 good people besides myself (I am afraid I 

 have blundered into considering myself one 

 of the go^d people <>f the earth. ' Well, if 

 having a love for (iod's gifts, even in the 

 matter of tomatoes, makes one good, I think 

 I have a small claim . Who else can report 

 in regard to the strange friend that has in 

 such a strange waj' come to us from away 

 off in foreigu lands V 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Association will convene 

 at Lincoln. Jan. 9, 10. and 11, 18S9. .1. N. Heater, Sec. 



The Pan-Handle Bee-Keepei-s' Association will hold its next 

 meeting' in the K. of P. Hall, on Main St.. between 11th and 

 12th Sts., Wheeling. W. Va.,\ov. 21 and K. 1888 All bee-keep- 

 ei-s ai-e cordially invited. W. L. Klnsey. 



Blaine, o. ' 



The next refrular meeting ot the Stark Co. Bee-Keepers' So- 

 ciety mil be held In Grange Hall, Canton, O., Saturday, No- 

 vember 3d, at 10 o'clock A. M. Matters of importance to bee 

 culture will be discussed. Eveiy bee-keeper is requested to be 

 present. Hark Thomson. Sec. 



The Alabama State Bee-Kie]iers' Association will meet at 10 

 o'clock a.m.. Wednesday. Nov. U. at the office of the Secretai-y 

 of the State Fair (in Fair buildiiigi. Montgomer.y, Ala. Mem- 

 bers are urged to attend, and all pei-snns interested in bees 

 and honey are cordiallv inviti-l. 



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Thk Report of the Proceedings of the last Inter- 

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A NEW HINT IN REGARD TO AUULTEKATINO 

 HONEY. 



According to the American Bee Jinirnal there 

 are now reports started in the papers, that in 

 Holland honey is adulterated with ole'omargnrinc. 

 This last is ahead of all other previous false state- 

 ments. We have heard about glucose, old rags, 

 boots, shoes, etc., being used as material for mak- 

 ing spurious honey; but oleomargarine; is ahead of 

 them all. I wonder if the compositor or editor 

 hadn't lost his dictionary, and intended to use some 

 other word. 



HONEY-.7UMIU.ES AT THK COLUMBUS CENTENNIAL 



One of our men sold in a few days seven barrels 

 of these hoiioy-cakes, and could have sold a good 

 many more had he been able to get Ihem from the 

 factory before the exposition closed. At one time 

 he sold two barrels in about twelve hours. Now, 

 the particular point about this lot of jumbles that 



made them sell, is, that they were a year old, and 

 yet they were just as nice to eat as the day they 

 were baked, and not one of the great crowd took a 

 single exception to them. This is the great point in 

 using honey for making jumbles. You can keep 

 them just as long as you choose, and they do not 

 get dry and hard, like cakes made of sugar or mo- 

 lasses. Poss-ihly under some circumstances they 

 may dry up; but by placing the barrel in the cellar, 

 or anywhere else where it is a little damp, they will 

 very soon become soft and delicious, and yet there 

 is no danger of mold or any thing of the sort. 



DECIDING YOUR COLONIES ARE gL>EM,KSS I .V 

 OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. 



The veterans need not read this; bull want to 

 say to the ABC class they must not w.xpect to Hnd 

 brood or eggs in their hives at this season of the 

 year. If you do, it will be the exception; therefore 

 do not get excited, and send to us for queens, sim- 

 ply because you can not find them, nor eggs nor 

 brood when you overhaul your hives now. We 

 should be glad lo sell you the queens, if they were 

 really needed; but you do not need a queen now in 

 northern localities, even if your hive is queenless. 

 If there are plenty of bees, including the young 

 ones that have been hatched, say in September, 

 the colony will winter just as well without a queen 

 as with one; but they ought to have a queen just as 

 soon as March or April. In the South, where bees 

 gather honey and pollen all winter, of course this 

 rule does not apply. 



APIS DORSATA, ETC. 



Our good friend A. Bunker, of Toungoo, Burmah, 

 has just paid us a short visit, and we have had quite 

 a talk in regard to the big honej'-bee of India. He 

 also brought us a bottle of the honey. The honey 

 would rank with our poorest dark fall honey; but 

 no doubt this big bee could gather nice honey if it 

 had a chance. One tjueer thing about them is their 

 habit of migrating from the jungles to the hills, as 

 the season changes from dry to rainy. On this ac- 

 count they will perhaps be more liable to abscond 

 than our native bees. Friend Bunker is very desir- 

 ous of taking some Italians with him, to compare 

 them with the Ajna dursata and Apis Indica. The 

 natives have taken up bee culture with enthusiasm, 

 with the aid of modern hives and implements, even 

 including a foundation-mill. The latter does not 

 work tip-top, however, because the cells are t«o 

 large for Apis Indica, and too small for Apis dvrsata. 

 It may some time be worth while to make founda- 

 tion to fit the size of these bees on the other side of 

 the world ; and it may be, also, that Apis dorsnta 

 will gather more honey here than even our Italians. 

 It would be quite likely, however, to start its combs 

 amid the tops of our tallest trees, instead of in hives 

 prepared, and that peculiarity might create "on- 

 pieasantness." 



"LET every thing BE DONE DECENTLY AND IN 

 ORDER." 



At our last convention. Prof. Cook entreated us 

 as bee-keepers to forbear the use of inelegant 

 words or terms that encourage prejudice against 

 us as bee-keepers, or against our productions, and 

 cited, as an illustration, this matter of calling hon- 

 ey dew " bug-juice." Of course, we had to have a 

 big laugh, even though we heartily concurred with 

 his suggestion. Think of it, friends. What would 

 be the impression on outsiders, to hear us using 

 such terms as the one just mentioned? A good 



