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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1.^ 



matter over for some liino. we finally recom- 

 mended Mr. Larrabeo as above. We stated 

 that, if he conld be obtained, he would be just 

 the man. We heard nothing more about it 

 until a few weel<s later, when Mr. Lai'i'abee 

 himselr steppc^d into the ol'tic(! of the Home of 

 the Ilonej'-bees. We asked him whence he 

 came and whither he was going: and on being 

 informed that he was going to Lansing we 

 knew the sequel, and were pleased to know 

 that our recommendation was accepted. Mi'. 

 Larrabee has been a successful bce-keepei- in 

 Vei'mont. He is educated, young, and enthusi- 

 astic. He combines all the (jualities ol^^ an ex- 

 perimenter. So far Prof. Cook is gicatly pleas- 

 ed with him. 



DE.\TH OF MRS. I>. I,. VIAI.I.OX. 



Our space is so crowded that we are unable to 

 give obituary notices generally: but we have 

 just learned that P. L. Viallon. one of the rep- 

 resentative bee-keepers of the South, a supply- 

 dealer, an old subscriber and correspondent of 

 Gi.P^ANiNGS, has lost his wife. He writes: 



Friend Rnat :—0n tlie 3.1 iiist. I took my beloved 

 wife to her last re-tiiig-plae-e. Slie liad an affection 

 of tlie lieart for sevei'al years, aithoiifjli in toltrahle 

 health; but ahout three months since, she took the 

 prevailiiifi; influenza, the giippe, wliich bi'ought on a 

 complication, anrt involved tlie hnigs, and on the 2d 

 of March she bieatlied lier last, in her 49th year. 

 Out of eleven children slie leaves three sons and 

 tlireo daughters, and your unfortunate friend, to 

 mourn lier loss. Only on the 7th of August la.st, we 

 celebrated the 25th anniversary of our wedding', not 

 suspectinar the end so tiear for one of us 



Bayou Goula, La., March .5. P. L. Viallon. 



We extend to you oui' sincere sympathy. One 

 of our old employes, Mr. J. C. Olin. who was 

 also for a time in the employ of Mr. Viallon. 

 says Mi'S. V. was an earnest Christian and an 

 estimable woman. It is pleasant, fiiend V.. 

 when .such dear ones ai'e taken away from 

 earth, to feel that they have gone to a better 

 land. 



<)UT-.\pi.\Rii:s: advantagks of i)ivii)I\(; i'p 



TIIK ror^ONIES INTO ()rT-Y.\RI)S. INSTKAD 



OF CONf'ENTHATINO TIIKM INTO TWO OR 



MOP.E IA)CAI,1TIES: A HINT FUR 



NEXT .SEASON. 



RepoPvTs at conventions, and testimonies 

 through th.' bee-journals, have shown, ovei- 

 and over again, tliat. wiiile one b(>e-yard will 

 not give a pound of sur[)lns. another, not more 

 than three miles away, may yield a big crop. 

 This is something that we can sometimes ex- 

 plain. In one section, the farmers have a big 

 rage for peavine clover. I'erhaps a few miles 

 away some non-yielding-nectar crop has a sim- 

 ilar i-age. The nvsult is. that the tirst locality 

 will give a crop of honey while the second will 

 not. Itsometinn>s happens, too. that one yard 

 is located neai' a swamp: and this source will 

 usually give some honey, even during a dry 

 season, while the othei- will give none at all. 

 And, again, an apiary may be located on up- 

 land, among basswoorls. and the latter will give 

 a good deal more honey than the swamp yard. 

 This shows the advantage in having out-yards. 

 In some sections it n\ay be advantageous to 

 divide a yard having only T.'J colonies. Mr. J. 

 B. Hains, of liedford. O., ha'; something like 1.3 

 apiaries, and the number in each vard vari(>s 

 all the way from a dozen to lifty. His locality 

 is such that no one yard can have profitably 

 more than fifty coloni(>s: and it pays him. 

 therefore, to scatter his bees into small yards 

 around the adjoining country. It is a signifi- 

 cant fact, that occasional yards will not suij- 

 port much over a dozen colonies with profit. 

 ■"While there are those that will suppoi't 1(K). 



they are rath(n' rare east of the Mississijjpi. 

 The thing for ns is to determine just how many 

 a locality is good for; and then, when the colo- 

 nies increase, beyond the average right number, 

 put tliem in another location. 



SIEVEi:-PL.\TIXG OUTFITS. ETC.: LOOK OUT FOR 

 THEM. 



So many inquiries are coming in regard to 

 outfits for siU'cr-ijlating for a. few dollars, that- 

 are advertised ( 1 am sorry to say) in a good 

 many good papers, I feel called upon to make a 

 prot<ist. Good, durable silver-plating can no 

 more be done outside of a plating-factory than 

 one can manufacttire knives, forks, and spoons 

 at a profit outside of a factory. The very plan 

 of advertising should at once suggest to every 

 thinking mind that it is a swindle, reading e.x- 

 actly as if the editor took pains to tell of or to 

 encourage somc^thing commendable: whereas 

 the whole thing is a pa'tO (iilrertlxeinent. No 

 girl, no widow-woman, nor anybody else, ever 

 did any thing of the sort: and the i)eriodical 

 that lends its influence and good name toward 

 fostering and encouraging any thing of the sort 

 will surely repent it. The man who sells his 

 good name and infiuenci- in community for a 

 few cents or a few dollars, will, in a very short 

 time, find he has neither good name nor influ- 

 ence. 



Here is a cotiple of theiiL taken from a county 

 paper. The heading, you notice, is pretty sure 

 to attract everybody's attention by its p(>cnl- 

 iarity: 



A ni!{L WOltTH H.WING. 



After readl'ig Mr. Gray's e.xiiei'ience in Iheplating- 

 business. I .sent S'3 to tlie Lake h'.lectrio V.tt.. Ein/le- 

 wiiifii, [IL, and cleared $~l in a week. Isn't this pi'et- 

 ty good for a girl";' '1 here is tableware and jewelry 

 to plate at every hoirse; then why should any person 

 be poor or out or employment with such an ()pi)or- 

 tunity at hand > " A Sithscribek. 



Yini will ]n)tice that the above is signed, "A 

 Subscrilier." giving p;'Ople to understand that a 

 subscriber to th(> above paper sends in this re- 

 port, which is an absolute falsehood from be- 

 ginning to end : and the editor who accepts 

 such an advertisement and puts it in his read- 

 ing-columns is a !)arty to arfraud. In another 

 place in the same paper is another, which reads 

 as follows: 



MONKV FOIl EVEKYBOUy. 



Mrs. Wells asks, '• Is it ii fact that a person can 

 make $») to S4i) a week in the business y" Yes, I 

 make f I'om $.i to $7 a day, plating- and selling plated 

 ware. The Lake Electric Co., Eng-lewood, III., will 

 give you full instructions. In this business there 

 is money for everybody. A Reader. 



Just for the fun o it we turned to Dun and 

 Bradstreet, but there is no such concern at En- 

 glewood. 111., at all. Very likely there is some- 

 body there to take the money out of the jiost- 

 ofhce, and possibly they send some sort of appa- 

 ratus. Perhaps some of our readers can tell ns 

 more about it. 



THE world's COLUMBIAN FAIR. 



The following is an editorial which we clip 

 from the A)nericn)i Bee Journal. As it con- 

 tains just the information that many State bee- 

 keepers' associations want, we are glad to give 

 it entire: 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association decid- 

 ed to ask the Legislature lo apjiropi'late $.5(1(10 ftir 

 the collection and maiiUainaiice of a suitable ex- 

 hibit of bees, honey, wax. and apiaiian aptdiances 

 at the World's Columbian Fair. The committee to 

 form the liill iind i)i'esent its claims are: 



Thomas G. Newman, Chicag-o. 



Col. Charles F. Mills. Siniiigfleld. 



Hon. J. M. Handiangli. Spring:. 



Hon. John S. Lvnian, Farndngdale. 



C. P. Dadant, Haniilttin. 



