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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apk. 1. 



so iiuieli experiiiKnitingis. too much forecasting 

 of conclusions; and the expc^rinicnter himself 

 is quite inclined to make the thing come out 

 just as he wants it to. on the ijrinciple of '" I 

 thought so." or, " I told you so."' In other 

 words, he should be just as willing to have his 

 pet theories utterly annihilated as to have them 

 substantiated. The man who says. " I told you 

 so," or. '"I thought so,'' when a thing happens 

 to come out so and so, shows that he uuinted 

 the result to be so and so, no matter whether it 

 be good or evil. It is just this disposition in 

 human nature that makes the- world a great 

 deal of trouble; and, barring the one factor of 

 locality, it explains more differences of opinion 

 and more differences in conclusion than any 

 other thing in ap iculture. E. R. R. 



ALITMINRTM — THE NKW METAL. 



We have just received 100 beautiful three- 

 inch machinist's rules, made of pure alummi- 

 ■um. divided into 8tlis. lOths, and 32ds of an inch. 

 This metal is almost as hard as silver, and so 

 light that the rule will lloat on water if laid 

 very carefully on the surface. Tliis seems al- 

 most incredible. In fact, \\'hen one takes it in 

 his hand he is almost startled to find that, al- 

 though it looks like steel, it is almost as light 

 as wood. It is as i)roof against rust and tar- 

 nish as gold itself, and even at its present price 

 (about SI.OO pel' lb.) you f/t;f .so much it already 

 promises to be a formidable rival to brass; and 

 when we recognize that it is better than silver 

 to hold its luster, it seems to be destined at once 

 to take the place — at least to a great extent — of 

 both silver and coi)i)er. We can send you one 

 postpaid by mail for only :.':") cts. Steel rules, 

 inade as accurately as these are, usually cost .50 

 cts. or more. 



MOVING A CARLOAP OF BEES TO COLORADO 

 IN THE DEAD OF WINTER— A SUCCESS. 



The project of sending a carload of bees from 

 Eastern New York to Fort Collins, Colorado 

 (see p. 70), in the dead of winter, proved to be a 

 success. We have just received a card to-day, 

 March 26, which reads as follows: 



My carload of liees came through to this place 

 Saturday evening', and were iill unloiided tlie same 

 nigrht, and they liad ;i good fly yesterday. I had un- 

 expected success in getting thi-ni here in good con- 

 dition. I will rei)ort partictdars later. 



Fort Collins. Col., March 'iS. O. R. COE. 



This success is phenomenal, and our friend 

 Coe is to be congratulated. We were afraid he 

 might have trouble in the dead of winter. He 

 is not only now in a place where he is free 

 from losses in winter and spring dwindling, but 

 he has his bees where they commence gather- 

 ing alfalfa honey soon — quite a scheme. 



HOLDING A GKl'DGE. 



Our friend W. T. Chamberlain gives us a 

 bright thought in the Ohio Farmer, as follows: 



Then here is another man whose name is a " com- 

 mon noun. Smith." He thinks T don't like him be- 

 cause he once criticised an article of mine in the 

 New York Tribune (which I hart forgotten if I ever 

 knew it), and once asked some hard questions at an 

 institute (which also I had foigottcn). Bless his 

 dearlieart! if I had laid up a grudgt' against every 

 mm of that sort, my soul would need a thousand 

 pigeon-holes, all marked "grudge," and variously 

 classified. 



How many times this comes up through our 

 correspondence! Somebody will have it that I 

 am prejudiced, or that I have a grudge over 

 something that has happened in the way of 

 business. It reminds me of what Prof. Cook 

 once said when I told him I feared I had hurt 

 his feelings by something I had said carelessly. 

 He replied: " Why, bless your heart, Bro. Root, 

 this world is too full of important matters for 

 us to take time to feel hurt, especially when we 

 know each other as you and I do." 



AN INGENIOUS COMPLIMENT. 



Sometimes we get orders to stop Gleanings; 

 but here is a subscribe!' who says he does not 

 want it any lorujer. See: 



I do not want yon to send Gleanings any Iniicier; 

 l)Ut how I wish it were a little wider and a good deal 

 thicker'. Chester Olmstead. 



East Bloonifleld, N. Y., March 28. 



GOOD Np;WS AT t1(E HOME OF THE HONEY-BEES. 



Just at the last moment, as we go to jjress, 

 all things are brought to a standstill to an- 

 nounce the advent of a grandson to the founder 

 of the Home of the Honey-bees. Ernest is go- 

 ing around full of smiles, and is as proud as — 

 well, as proud as a young man ought to be when 

 he first feels the thrill of being father to a eight- 

 pound boy. He arrived Easter Sunday. March 

 39. A. I. R. 



SOMETHING NEAV. IN THE LINE OF SMOKERS. 



Our friend Hill, of the Bee-keepers' Q-uide (it 

 just now occurs to us that he has not been quite 

 as friendly as he might have been, but never 

 mind), has just gotten out something in the line 

 of smokers, that, so far as we can judge by en- 

 gravings, is, in many respects, ahead of any 

 thing heretofore offered. The idea is so novel 

 and unlipie that one feels ashamed of himself 

 because he did not invent it long ago. My im- 

 pression is, at the present writing, that he is 

 entirely original in the idea. It is a cold-blast 

 smokei', but it has a straight barrel, like the 

 Bingham. The blast-tube is straight, so it is 

 the easiest thing in the world to clean it, and 

 yet it opens and shuts to put in fuel, handier 

 and easier than any thing heretofore brought 

 out; and the whole thing, when held in the 

 hand, comes in just the most convenient shape 

 for use. Send us an electrotype, friend Hill, 

 and we will give your invention the notice it 

 deserves, free of charge. 



DAD ant's latest MASTERPIECE. 



As if not satisfied with the laurels which he 

 has just won in the English-speaking apicul- 

 tnral world in his revision of Langstroth's book, 

 y\Y. Dadant has just given to his own fellow- 

 counti'ymen of France the same work, adapted, 

 as nearly as can be, to that land. Side by side, 

 the two books look exactly alike at first glance. 

 The English book is a little thicker than the 

 French, although the latter contains 7.3 pages 

 more than the English woi'k. One of the hap- 

 piest things about this great undertaking is the 

 just prominence which Mr. Dadant gives to 

 those who helped him— particularly Mi". Charles 

 F. Muth, of Cincinnati. In this connection we 

 beg leave to translate a few lines. After speak- 

 ing of Mr. Langstroth's inability to revise his 

 own book, on account of his brain troubles, Mr. 

 Dadant says: 



Having had knowledge of his desire, and of his 

 futile attemi)ts to accomplish so heavy a tusk, we 

 thought (my son and I) that we would offer him our 

 assistance. By the aid of our friend Charles F. 

 Muth, who was enthusiastic over our project, the 

 plan was soon carried out. After our conferences 

 Mr. Langstroth was to pass in review all of our 

 work, pointing out our oversights, suggesting ideas, 

 etc. In consequence, the i-evision should have been 

 called "Langstroth and Dadant." Unfortunately 

 our friend's sickness rendered him incapable of do- 

 ing the work. We continued writing, nevertheless, 

 and, quite naturally, inserted Ins beautiful periods 

 without mai'king them, thinking always that his 

 name wonl(i appear in tlie title-page of the work. 

 Finally it hi'came necessary to do entirely without 

 his assistance, bvit the idea did not occur to us to in- 

 sert, in the English edition, published by us in 1889, 

 some mark to indicate what we bori'owed. Mr. 

 Bertrand, of Nyon, Switzei'land, having pointed out 

 this omission, we have made every effort todiscover 

 what we copied, and have insei'ted it in brackets in 

 tlie French edition, liai)pj' to render to our friend 

 the honoi' that belongs to him. 



