1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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disposition and color. Do the Cyprians look 

 much like Italians?" Yes. Bro. Pratt. Cj^prians 

 do look a good deal like the bees from Italy: 

 and we have found, usually, that it is only those 

 who ai'e expert in such matters that ai'e able to 

 tell the difference. We have no difficulty here 

 at the Home of the Honey-bees, nor has any 

 one who has closely observed the matter. But 

 the average customer does not. Now. while 

 you are about it. can't you make the abdomens 

 of your Carniolans all yellow — that is. without 

 any yellow bands? 



AVHO MADE THAT PHOTOURAPII OF TIIK 



SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BEE-KEEPEKS' 



ASSOCIATION? 



The beautiful photograph which we rei)i-o- 

 ducetl on page 886. last year, and ^\•hich has 

 been admired so much, and has since been 

 copied in two other papers, did not bear the 

 name of the i)hotogra|)her. otherwise we should 

 have been glad to give the name in the tirst 

 place. The photograph was an unusually tine 

 one. and for a group almost remai'kablc We 

 have since learned it was executed by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Geo. H. Perry. Platteville. Wis. They 

 will doubtless be glad to furnish other copies. 



DISCARDING THINGS PIJEMATUKEEY. 



We often hear it urged, as an objection 

 against a device, that it was invented, used, 

 and discarded, long ago. In spite of this fact, 

 in some instances the discarded invention seems 

 bound to assert its merits, and up it bobs, as 

 serenely as it did at tirst. The second time, 

 we begin to see the point: and bee-keepers 

 west, east, north, and south, become enthusias- 

 tic in its praise. An example of this is fixed 

 distances in frames. VVe can not conclude, 

 therefore, that, because a thing was once used 

 and discarded, it is therefore valueless after all. 

 The lesson that comes to us here is. we should 

 be careful about discarding things prematurely. 

 It is almost as bad to do this as it is never to 

 accept or recognize a new thing of merit. 



ADDING INSUT.T TO IN.JUHY. 



Of late, quite a few have been reported who 

 purchased honey, and then made an excuse for 

 not paying for it by claiming that it was adulter- 

 ated. We have one or two such customers our- 

 selves, and thiee or four more have been report- 

 ed. It is bad enough to raise honey and not get 

 any pay for it: but when it comes to accusing 

 the honest bee-keeper of being a swindler 

 besides, it seems to us that forbearance ceases 

 to be a virtue; and we hereby give warning 

 that we shall give name and full address of 

 every such person who introducesthissort of ex- 

 cuse, or tries to come this game upon us. It is 

 true, there may be adulterated honey found in 

 our land: but you don't buy it of bec-kecpers and 

 houey-ralsers. Before any man's name is thus 

 put in print, this slip will be sent him: and if he 

 nas any defense to make, we will give him 

 ample time to do so. 



NEW ADYEP.TISING KATES. 



Wp: have prepared a new schedule of adver- 

 tising rates. Whil(> in some cases it is stiffer 

 and in some a little more liberal than the old 

 rates, its application is much simpler, and al- 

 most anybody can tell with very little figuring 

 what his advertisement will cost. See rates on 

 tirst page, inside of cover. This, of course, in 

 no way alters existing contracts for advertising 

 for the current year: but all new contracts and 

 new estimates will be made from the new 

 schedule. We also give, for the convenience of 

 the few. what are called "• space rates:'" that 

 is, yoti can buy so many lines and use them up 



in large or small advertisements, just as you 

 choose, in every number, in every other nura- 

 bei'. or in every three or four numbers. Send 

 for our "'Hints to Advertiseis." mailed free on 

 application. It tells when and how to adver- 

 tise apiarian supplies, nuclei, bees, queens, etc.. 

 how to write an advertisement, and also how 

 to make a little money go as far as possible. 



PROSPECTS FOR NEXT SEASON. 



If the number of bee-keepers' catalogues of 

 bee-supplies which we are printing (to say 

 nothing of those done at other houses, noticed 

 elsewhei-e). and if the large amount of hive and 

 section making nuichineiy we are sending out 

 means any thing, it means there is going to be 

 an extra good season next year. We have never 

 before had such a I'un for machinery. Our ma- 

 chine-shop is having a big rush: and it is some- 

 what behind in consequence. This does not 

 necessarily signify that competition is going to 

 be any stronger on account of new supply-deal- 

 ers or the increased facilities of old oiies. but 

 that the bee-keeping industry is growing and 

 spi-eading. the world over. We wish all every 

 measure of success. We have a hirj counti-y, or. 

 if you please, a big world, and there is i>icnt}j 

 of room for all. even for the bee-journal.s. 

 though the rule of the survival of the fittest 

 will rather crowd some of them before the year 

 is up. we fear. Competition! so much the mer- 

 rier. We shall get better supplies and better 

 journals: in fact, they begin to sparkle already 

 in their new dresses and innovations. 



WINTER WEATHER IN ENGLAND AND SPAIN. 



We notice by the British Bee Journal that 

 they are having unusually severe weather. 

 They have had it as low as 27 degrees below 

 the freezing-point, oi', as we would term it in 

 this counti-y. five above zero. In the south and 

 southeast of England they have had sixty days 

 of frost, and during the whole of that time in 

 many part^ of the kingdom the bees have never 

 seen the outside of their hives. This is not an 

 unusual thing for the United States— at least 

 the northern part of it: but when bee-keepers 

 are pi-epared for a warmer climate, it makes 

 the pi-ospects for successful wintering rather 

 dubious in England. But if such weather has 

 prevailed in the latitude of London (51J., de- 

 grees), which is considerably north of the Unit- 

 ed States, the unusual severity of the last 

 month is realized when we read" in friend An- 

 dreu's Spanish bee-journal of the unusual prev- 

 alence of snowstorms, cyclones, and zero weath- 

 er in the south of "vSpain, sunny Spain."' The 

 orange-trees and kindred semi-tropical fruits 

 are all killed. Wolves have roamed the villages, 

 and even destroyed human life, as we learn 

 from other sources. Friend Andreu asks, phil- 

 osophically, "Is it possible for us to struggle 

 against the north pole?"" 



TRADE-MARKS FOI! HONEV-PRODICERS. 



There is considerable discussion going on in 

 the bee-journals in refei-ence to a trade-mark: 

 and it has been suggested that the National 

 Bee-keepers' Union take hold of the matter. 

 The idea struck us as being a pretty good one. 

 But here is a note taken from a private letter, 

 which Bro. Newman very properly gives to the 

 bee-keeping world, although he lias withheld, 

 of course, the name of the writer: 



In the matter of trade-marks, Bro. Heddon is en- 

 tliusiastlc— yea. ek)quent— in his idea of " whippuig- 



the d 1 around the stump," as they saj-; but he 



does not quite hit tlie nail on the head". A" '• mark " 

 of some kind may be taken (a hibel if you please) to 

 prove membership in tlif Union; but will the Union 

 wan-ant that every member sells nothing- but pure 

 honey? Would not one sale of poor honey spoil the 



