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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. l.'i. 



EDIT0^mL. 



Let ns run witli patience tlie race tliat is set l;e((>re ns. look- 

 ing unto Jesus llie author and finisher of ourfailli; "ho lor 

 tlie icy that was set liefore him enihired the cross, de-pisiu^;- 

 the shame, and is set down at the right hand of tlie throne of 

 God —Heb. 12:1,2. 



We see by the papers that Di-. A. B. Mason 

 has been appointed postmaster for Auburndale, 

 Ohio. 



A NEW DESIGN. 



OuK engravers have just finished a new de- 

 sign for the title page of our journal. Turn 

 over the leaves and see how it sets off Stray 

 Straws. 



IMPEEMENTS FOR BEE KEEPING. 



Pkacticae bee-keeping is resolving itself into 

 fewer and fewer implements. The price at 

 which honey sells will not wairant us in pur- 

 chasing a lot of paraphernalia not absolutely 

 necessary for honey-production. 



GEASSED SECTIONS. 



The above seem to have taken th(i first, place 

 in the markets of New York city. A few years 

 ago we supposed, in fact truly, that glassed 

 sections had gone out of market everywhere: 

 but now they are starting up again in the East. 



the amehican bee-kei;pe]!. 

 The seQond number comes out, like the first, 

 with the vigor of age. On page 30 there is an 

 illustrative article describing the Rhode Island 

 Nellis hive. This uses the Hoffman frame, 

 section-holders, etc. It appears to be a first- 

 class hive. 



STB AY STRAWS. 



It seems to please, as it is being copied in 

 other periodicals. By the way, we might as 

 well acknowledge the corn. We first saw the 

 scheme in the Apiculturist and in the Bee-Hive. 

 It is a good department, but you want a good 

 man to manage it^ 



five new bee-periodicaes. 

 The editor of the American Bee Journal 

 says, " Five new bee-periodicals have been 

 launched upon the sea of bee literature since 

 Jan. 1. It must have taken considerable en- 

 thusiasm in the publishers to do this, after the 

 failure of the honey crop the last season." 



four-piece and nailed sections in YORK 



state. 

 FotTR-piECE and nailed sections seem to be 

 used considerably among the bee-keepers of 

 New York and Vei-mont. The former are gen- 

 erally glued: and many of the bee-keepers whom 

 we visited had some sort of gluing-machine 

 whereby the putting-together and gluing could 

 be accomplished expeditiously and neatly. 



the bee-keepers' union. 



We learn from the American Bee Joitrnal. 

 by the returns up to Jan. 31, that the following 

 officers were elected: 



General Manager, T. G. Newman. 



President, James Heddon. 



Vice-presidents, Prof. A. J. Cook, G. M. Doo- 

 little, A. I. Root, Dr. C. C. Miller, G. W. Dem- 

 aree. 



We are glad that the officers were re-elected, 

 especially the (reneral Manager. 



imGEASSED SHIPPINCi-CASES. 



OccAsioNAEEY somebody will send us honey 

 in shipping-cases without glass. The fragile 

 nature of the contents can not be seen by the 

 freight-handlers, and the result is that it usu- 



ally does not arrive in good condition. Again, 

 it does not show off in the markets. If bee- 

 keepers could only see it, it is money in iheir 

 l)()ckets to glass their shipping-cases. " A lot of 

 unglassed cases we have been fixing over. We 

 boi'cd three ^^.f-inch holes directly in front of 

 each row of sections, and tacked a piece of glass 

 inside so as to cover the three holes. The honey 

 in being sorted over was put back in said cases, 

 and the appearance is decidedly improved. 



WHAT DOOEITTI.E THINKS OF GLEANINGS. 



The following is a kind word from G. M. 

 Doolittle: 



I am gliid to see tlie subscription list of Gleanings 

 grraduHlly increasing year by year; and it is nothing: 

 but whiit I expected, for you are maliing' Gleanings 

 so valuHble that no one can afford to do witliout it. 



Borodino, N. Y., Jan. 30. G. M. Doolittle. 



That our efforts are appreciated, is attested 

 by many letters like the above from some of the 

 best and most successful bee-keepers. Such 

 testimony is valued. 



^ENLARGEMENT OF THE EDITORIAL DEPART- 

 MENT. 



Some of our subscribers have doubtless notic- 

 ed that we have increased this department 

 from three to four times its former size, and we 

 find it is beginning to be appi'eciated already. 

 E. L. Pratt says: "1 hope you will continue your 

 gond editorial de])artment to the same extent as 

 in the Jan. l.'Jth issue." Thanks, friend P. It 

 is a great deal of work, but we will endeavor to 

 keep it up. While on the train, going to a bee- 

 conveiition, we said to Dr. Mason once, " What 

 department do you like best in a bee-journal?" 

 " I always go for the editorials," said he. By a 

 little inquiry we found that others do likewise. 

 We will endeavor to give the latest and best in- 

 formation from all sources. 



AVHO IS TO BLAME — THE COMMISSION MERCHANT 

 OR THE PRODUCER? 



A FEAv days ago we received a consignment 

 of several thousand pounds of comb honey. 

 The shipper called it first quality. When it ar- 

 rived we found that the combs had not been 

 sorted, and the sections had not been scraped; 

 in fact, the eggs and remnants of moth worm 

 were present on a nuinb(^r of the combs. The 

 honey had been stored without separators. It 

 was bulged in a good many instances beyond 

 the sides of the section. If bee-keepers send 

 out honey of this kind, and call it first quality, 

 and then complain to the commission men about 

 low returns, who is to blame? Not the commis- 

 sion man. 



STAPLES AND THE BLUEBERRY SWINDLE. 



From a private letter we extract the follow- 

 ing: 



L. I). Staples was convicted on the second and 

 third counts of indictment; viz., for tiewberi'j- and 

 blueberry sclieme, and the fr;iuduIent-advortislng- 

 scheme. Sentence yesterday, 14 montlis at Deti-oit 

 House of Correction. J. McQuewan, Clerk. 



Grantl Rapids, Mich., Jan. S8. 



Truly, the way of the transgressor is hard; 

 but we may rejoice to know that the laws of 

 our land do reach such as he. For years he has 

 been shown up through the agricultural papers 

 since we first exposed him in Gleanings; but 

 by some means he has managed to find new 

 fields for his work, and new victims for his 

 swindles. He is, however, now stopped, for 

 some little time at least. 



yellow carniolans. 

 In response to our editorial in our issue for 

 Jan. 1.5. E. L. Pratt writes: "You ask how to 

 tell yellow Carniolans from Italians. By their 



