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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1. 



half-past six in the morning till seven at night, 

 every day in the week except Sunday, and some 

 times it is open and running night and day. 



Our list of sulisci'ibers now nuTuhers 10.054. 



SEW YOKK STATE BEE-KEEPEKS ASSOCIATION. 



E. R. HAS just returned from a meeting of 

 the said association, in Albany. We will tiy to 

 give a report of it in our next issue. Although 

 an off year, there was a good attendance, and 

 tiie discussions were pi'actical and to the point. 



BEE-KEEPIXG IX DIXIE. 



We have just printed a 60-page catalogue, 

 with tinted cover, for Jenkins «fc Parker (for- 

 merly J. M. Jenkins), Wetumpka, Ala. This is 

 not only a catalogue of implements, but it is 

 quite a little text-book besides. Over Jialf of it 

 is descriptive, and is especially designed for the 

 instruction of the Southern bee-keeper. Apply 

 to the address as above. 



THE OHIO STATE BEE-KEEPEIJS' ASSOCIATION. 



Remember the time and place of the meeting 

 of the association above — Feb. 10, 11, Toledo, at 

 the Merchants' Hotel. It is expected that quite 

 a number of Michigan bee-keepers will be pres- 

 ent, and, altogether, we sluill probably have 

 one of the most ])rolitabl(' mertings ever held in 

 the history of the association. The program is 

 given elsewhere. ^Dr. A. B. Mason will be the 

 presiding officer, and that bespeaks a good time, 

 and lots of fun ^nd profit for all who attend. 



ADVERTISEMENTS THAT SAVOR OF LOTTERY 

 SCHEMES. 



We can not accept any advertisement that 

 gives one purchaser any advantage over anoth- 

 er by any scheme of luck or chance. Of course, 

 this would not include special prices to those 

 who made their orders early before the rush of 

 business. But we must refuse to accept any 

 thing that even indirectly encourages a taste 

 for getting money by chance or luck. This sort 

 of craze gets hold of people fast enough with- 

 out any encouragement on the part of respecta- 

 ble journals and periodicals. 



temperature for cellars. 

 The temperature for our bee-cellar this win- 

 ter has been in the neighborhood of 40. Last 

 year it was from 4.5 to .50. The bees are in very 

 much better condition than they were a year 

 ago. Prof. Cook said, at the late Detroit con- 

 vention, that he now pi'efers from 38 to 40. E. 

 R. believes he is right. The old standard has 

 has been all along about 45. Is it not possible 

 that we have been mistaken? Last winter I 

 noticed that, when the cellar went down to 40, 

 the bees were quieter. Because the books said 

 45, 1 made efforts to raise it to that point, and 

 keep it so, as nearly as I could. Last year at 

 this time there was about an inch of dead bees 

 on the floor; but now there are not more than 

 200 or 300. After all, are bees doing well in the 

 cellar when there is an inch or so dead ones on 

 the floor? 



give your postoffice. 

 When you are renewing, be sure to sign your 

 name and give your postoffice address. Every 

 year, about this "time, we receive a lot of renew- 

 als, with the mere signature, and nothing else. 

 Most of tliem, with a great deal of trouble, we 

 can hunt out on our books, and the rest have to 

 lie until the subscriber "growls." Sometimes 

 a subscriber will write from a postoffice other 

 than the one to which his journal is sent. 

 Another big hunt has to be started to find out 



where his journal goes. If our friends would 

 be a little more careful it would save us a great 

 deal of work. We have scolded about this so 

 much that it sounds like a mere repetition: but 

 it is one of the things that publishers ai'e oblig- 

 ed to harp about more or less all the time. Re- 

 member, our subscription list is indexed accord- 

 ing to postofflces, and not according to names. 



REDUCED R.YTES TO TUK OHIO STATE BEE- 

 KEEPERS' CONVEXTION. 



The following, from Dr. A. B. Mason, will be 

 of interest to Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan bee- 

 keepers: 



Friend Boot:— Please say in next Gleanings tliat 

 a IH rate of fare has been secured for the rcjiin^ trip 

 on railroads in Ohio and Indiana, to attend tlie Oliio 

 State Bee-keeiiers' convention, to be held in Toledo, 

 at the Mercliants' Hotel, on the Ititli and 11th of Feb. 

 Kates at good hotels vary from one dt)llar up. In 

 order to secure reduced rates of fare, let all buy cer- 

 tificates of their railroad ag'ent, to attend the Ohio 

 Republican League convention and banquet, and I 

 will fix them so they will be good for one-third return 

 fare. Tickets can be bouglit on the Kitli, 11th, and 

 12th, and will be good for return up tii and imluding 

 the 14th. For parties coming from Michigan, the 

 rate is two cents a mile each way, when parties of 

 ten or more come and return together on one ticket, 

 wliich must be bought as above for the Republican 

 League convention and banquet. Write me for any 

 further information that may be desired. 



Auburndale, O., Jan. 33. A. B. Mason. 



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life-membership in the n. a. b. k. a. 

 Since our last mention of the number of 

 names that were already enrolled as life-mem- 

 bers only one has been added. What's the mat- 

 ter? To make the association a power for good 

 we need many more substantial life-members. 

 One of our correspondents writes, that, if we 

 "will merge the Bee-keepers' Union into the 

 N. A. B. K. A., here is $10.00 for life-member- 

 ship." We have scarcely given this matter a 

 thought as yet, and consequently are unable to 

 express any opinion as to the wisdom of such a 

 course. We rather prefer to see what the Gen- 

 eral Manager thinks. If he and the other offi- 

 cers approve, it might be advisable to consider it 

 in convention at the next session of the N. A. 

 B. K. A. in Albany, but Manager Newman 

 should still be at the head of the present Union. 

 The following is the list of life-members: 



D. A. Jones, Beeton, Ont. 

 Thomas G. Newman. Chicago, 111. 

 A. 1. Root, Medina, O. 



E. R. Root, Medina. O. 

 J. T. Calvert, Medina. O. 

 Charles Dadant, Hamilton, 111. 

 C. P. Dadant, Hamilton, III. 

 Eugene Secor, Foi'est City, la. 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, III. 

 O. R. Coe, Windham, N. Y. 



C. F. Muth, Cinciimati, Ohio. 



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