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GLEANINGS IN BEE C'TTLTURE. 



Mar. 1. 



many different organizations; he had been the 

 executive for two years of the N. A. \i. K. A.. 

 but no one tiling had honored him niore nor as 

 much as tliis toi\en of appreciation from the 

 convention. He would I'ciceive the cane; and 

 remenibei'it with thanks. 



Those who att(^nd<'d the convention will re- 

 niembei- this as one of the jn'ettiest things that 

 ever happened at any convention, and I regret 

 exceedingly that no printed page can tell it as 

 it really was. 



Th(( convention then adjourned to meet at 

 Cincinnati. Charles F. Miith was elected presi- 

 dent, and Mr. S. R. Morris, of Bloomingburg, 

 O., secretaiy and treasurer. 



FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS 



THE AHTTP^rriAL-irONEY SAVINDI.E CKOPPING 

 OITT AGAIN. 



r inclose an advertisement cliiiped fi-om Tlte 

 Aiiicricdii A(iciit. Dec. 18SH). as 1 know your in- 

 terest in protecting the welfare of our bee- 

 keejxM-s and honey-producers, and your activity 

 in showing up such frauds as it tri(>s to perpe- 

 trate upon the public. I should be glad to see 

 your answer in Gleaninijs. W. Hingham. 



Chapel Hill, N. C, Jan. 19. 



Thank you. friend li. Here is the advertise- 

 ment referred to: 



I liave a reciije for making- honey ecjual to bee 

 honey. I will send the I'ecipe for one dollar by reg- 

 istered letter oi' money order. Bis' profits. 



F. P. Hakding, Kniglitstown, Henry Co., Ind. 



We hardly need tell the readers of Glean- 

 ings that the above is a swindle and a false- 

 hood. Nobody ever yet succeeded in making 

 an artificial honey equal to that made by bees, 

 or any thing like it. 



IMPOKTANGE OF GRADING HONEY. AND WHEN 

 TO DO IT. 



Friend Root: — Always grade comb honey 

 when you are cleaning up the sections for mar- 

 ket, and never, under any consideration, put a 

 section of second-grade in your case of gilt- 

 edge. If you do, you will find, if you ship to the 

 large cities and your salesman linds that one 

 section, five limes out of six your honey will be 

 sold as second-grade, causing you a loss of 

 about 3 cents ])er lb. I have seen large ship- 

 ments of nice honey spoiled in tliis way by the 

 l)acker saying to himself, "One or two bad sec- 

 tions in a case won't make any difference." 

 lint it often makes a difference on the wrong 

 side of th(^ ledger. As I said before, grade the 

 gilt-edge all by itself and the second-grade the 

 same, and third-grade all by itself, and then 

 you can sell each grade by the case and get your 

 price according to grade every time. I am 

 pleased to see fViend JialTs kind offer to friend 

 lioot in regard to the shipment of iioney. Let 

 us all say with friend Ball, '" I sliall b{> moi-e 

 careful about assorting and packing my honey 

 after this.'" P. R. Cypheht. ' 



New Deny, Pa., .Jan. o. 



[That is just it, exactly. On the principle 

 that a little leaven leaveiieth the whole lump, a. 

 litth^ second-grade comb honey in aca.se (only 

 one or two sections) oftentimes makes the 

 whole case, go for second-grade. It isn't fair, 

 right, nor honest to mark a case '• gilt-edg(^" or 

 first-grade, and then sli|) in one or two 

 .second-grade combs. If tlic dealer discovers 



the second-gi'ad(^ sections in a first-grade case, 

 he can hardly with fairness sell the whole case 

 to his trade as lirst-grade. so he marks it sec- 

 ond-grade, as he hasn't time to re-sort the 

 honey.] 



CO.MI! HONEY ONLY IN SECTIONS; ALLEGED 

 (iU'COSE HONEY. 



I have been r<'ading Mrs. L. C. Axtell's letter 

 in .Ian. 1 GLEANiNCis. page 14. Toward the 

 close she speaks of selling broken comb honey. 

 Don't you think it a better i)lan to sell only 

 honey in sections, or extracted? A lady fiiend 

 was here visiting from Chicago. She said to 

 me. " Don't let me forget to take back some of 

 your comb Iioney." I said. " Can't you get it 

 cheaper there?" She said, " Yes, but it was 

 made stuff." The storekeeper she dealt with 

 had it in pails, and she had bought it. and it 

 would lie a small piece of comb floating in syr- 

 up. sometiiiK^s of a different color than was in 

 the comb, and she was sure it was adulterated. 



liraceville. 111., .Jan. 5. Mrs. Btki!. 



[Circuiristances are such that a lot of broken 

 comb honey is left in the hands of the b(!e- 

 keeper. He and his family can't eat it all. and 

 it's too good to feed to the bees. The grocery- 

 man can sell it for a little below the price of 

 comb honey in sections. What's the harm of 

 selling it in that way? T doubt whether the 

 honey to which your friend refers was glucosed. 

 It was probably pure honey. Did she have any 

 other proof than that she guessed so?] 



PAINTED MrSLIN IN PLACE OF TIN: OVTSIDE 

 WINTER CASES, ETC. 



As I stated in Gleanings last fall, I used a 

 good stout manilla-paper cover well painted, 

 and they so far have kept out all the rain, and, 

 besides, are much warmer for the bees. So far 

 my bees are packed with old newspapers and 

 drop cover over hives. Tliey are in fine condi- 

 tion — scarcely a dead bee. In fact, I thinlc the 

 packing superior to chaff: and it is cheap, 

 whicli is an item to most of us l)ee-keepers, es- 

 pecially after so many poor seasons. 



I see" that PI T. Flanagan likes the Hoffman 

 frame, only the cost is too great. This winter 

 I have l)eeii making a closed-end frame which 

 answers all purposes, and is remarkably cheap. 

 I got good No. 1 pine lath, V}(i wide, and cut it 

 into lengths in a miter-box for ends, using wire 

 nails for the rabbet-rest. The frames are not 

 so smooth and nice as you make, but they are 

 good solid frames. One bundle of lath will 

 make ends for :.'.')() frames, or six bunches will 

 make 1000 frames complete. 



We have had continued cold weather since 

 Dec. 1. and 48 days of sleighing — a real old- 

 fashioned winter. T. G. Ashmead. 



Williamson, N. Y., Jan. 18. 



[P'riend A., we are well aware that paper, 

 cloth, and a good many othei' substances, when 

 painted, will answer very well: lint when it 

 comes to handling hiv(>s. drawing them on 

 wagons, etc., tlujy are so apt to be torn and in- 

 jured that I think most will agree that it is 

 better to pay a few cents more, and use tin. I 

 told TCrnest'. when he mentioned it, that the 

 idea was once considei'ably used, and afterward 

 abandoned, years ago.] 



kind words FliO.M A COLORED 15EE-KEEPEI!. 



Mr. Root: — I never see or hear of any colored 

 f(jlks who have a little home aiul keej) bees. 

 I have 17 stands in the »Simplicity hive. I like 

 to hear my gal read your bee-paper. I don't 

 subscribe for it. A bee-keeper that has a big 

 apiary loans his paper, and tells me how to get 

 the riiost honey; hives four-story: no swarm. 



