1891 



GLEANINGS IN IJEE CULTURE. 



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that leads to ruin is downward. People go al- 

 most themselves, just as a ball goes down hill. 

 The narrow path that leads to eternal life and 

 glory is notouly straight and narrow, but it is 

 coll.•^tantly iipfilU. Even giown nn-n and wo- 

 men are in danger uf fainting uy the way. Is 

 it to be wondered at. then, that young people 

 without any very Hxed ideas in regaril to morals 

 or godline*s g(a weary, and perhaps reckless? 

 Think for a moment of exhorting them on the 

 ddirn irard way. Well, an exhortation to a poor- 

 er or more feeble observance of Sunday is cer- 

 tniidy on tlie downward course. 1 think tluit 

 none can deny it. no matter what may be their 

 belief, providing, of course, they recognize God 

 as the Creator. Some may ask. "Brother Root, 

 do you not think there is such a thing as too 

 much strictness and too literal an observance 

 of God"s commands or supposed commands?" 

 A few times in life I have met with cases of 

 that kind. As I write, however, just now I do 

 not know that I recall one. When Jesus was 

 on earth, a class whose religion consisted almost 

 entirely of outward forms were going so far as 

 to let their strict ideas prevent them from re- 

 lieving sutTering or want on that day. and Jesus 

 reproved them. The ijresent age is not much 

 given to such folly. Where somebody is suffer- 

 ing, you will scarcely tind a man. woman, or 

 child who will hesitate a minute to spring to 

 the relief of such a one because it is Sunday; 

 and I think we as a people honor God for tak- 

 ing it for granted that ne wishes us to use good 

 common sense in solving all such difficulties. 



When shall we have excursions? Why, on 

 week days, of cour.se, just as our forefathers 

 did. I am surt^ there are very few industrial 

 establishments whose proprietors would not 

 much rather give their employes a holiday at 

 some season of the year when business is com- 

 paratively dull, rather than to see them go on 

 Sunday. In fact. Christian peoph' are so mixed 

 in and sprinkled through all classes of humani- 

 ty, that it would be next to impossible to induce 

 all the members of any factory to go on Sunday. 

 Their best help would not bf seen in such a 

 crowd. Sometime-; I have felt almost helpless 

 when I see how Sunday excur.-ions have been 

 increasing. May the Lord be praised, some 

 otlier things areincreasing also. The Endeavor 

 society I have frequently written about has now 

 here in our United States more than a »i»(/ioN 

 inembcrx. The recent national convention at 

 Minneapolis gave us a glimpse of tlnMr numbers 

 and power: and they have already with success 

 taken hold of this matter of .Sunday amu>e- 

 ments. Base-ball playing, and Sunday theaters, 

 even in large cities, have been oliligid to give 

 way before them. They are live and wide 

 awake, and are keen and fearless: and they are 

 on hand everini^lierc. just as xi>i and Sittun are, 

 on hand everywhere. May God's spirit continue 

 to be with them, and bless the efforts they ai'e 

 just now making to Induce all the world to— 

 reiminher the suhhith duy. to keep it iKdy. 



Queen was re^'eived in g-ood shape yestei'da.v 

 morning on nf-ut-dais' order — quite ditttTent from 

 a queen-raiser in Mississippi! ordered fiom hi.st fall. 

 It took four laeks to g-et one, and tlien took the sec- 

 ond letter to hurry him up. I. B. Olmste.\d. 



Charleston, III., June 2v». 



GLEANINGS, AND THE GOOD THINGS IN IT. 



Having- been in the printing: l)u.siness nearly 

 twenty years, during- wliicli time I liave read or re- 

 viewed a great number of vai-ious pnblications, I 

 am free to say, that, after thirrnughly digesting the 

 last tlu-ee vt)lumes of Gleanings in Bee Culture, 

 I have found less ehatf and more good things than 

 in any other publication devoted to trades profes- 

 .sions or otherwise. L. G. English. 



MarvsvlUe, O., June 22. 



AH the law is lulfiUed in one word, even in this: Thou shalt 

 ove thy ne:gi.bor as ilijM-lt'. Gal. b: 14. 



Mn. E. France, of Platteville. Wi.s.. writes. 

 "We have s( cured 3O.(X)0 lbs. of honey, some 

 good and some pool'."" 



The West queen-c(dl protectors are a big suc- 

 cess in our apiary. Nearly all the cells given to 

 our colonies now are protected by them. 



Although we have been trying hard, for 

 some reason or other we can not make the bees 

 accept the Doolittlecell-cups— at least not more 

 than two or thi'ee out of a dozen. This is some- 

 what humiliating, as others are reporting suc- 

 cess. , 



The nameless bee-disease seems to have 

 broken loose again. From the reports that are 

 coming in, it .seems to be starting up with un- 

 usual virulence in a great many localities, and 

 some write that removing the queen does not 

 bring about a cure. How is this, friends? 



Ix response to the call for criticisms and sug- 

 gestions as to the various departments in 

 Gleanings, the majority write in effect to 

 " keep Gleanings as it is — it is all good."' 

 There has been no dissenting vote on any par- 

 ticular department. While all this is veiy en- 

 couraging, we shall endeavor to make Improve- 

 ments fi'om time to time. 



Thomas G. Newman & Son, of the American 

 Bee Journal, have removed fi'om their former 

 location to larger and more commodious quar- 

 ters at 199. 201. r>u3 East Randolph St., Chicago. 

 This doubles their floor space, of which they 

 now have ovei- lO.OlK) square feet. They will 

 now be found upon the third instead of the 

 fifth floor. We congratulate oar friends on the 

 change. 



Don't iiang on to your hrst honey with the 

 expectation ot getting higliei' prices. The soon- 

 er you can move off' the Hrst of your crop, pro- 

 viding then^ is no other in the market, the more 

 you will be apt to get. Sell it in yourown home 

 market, or, at least, do not rush it off to the 

 city. When the buyers around home are sup- 

 plied, then look elsewhere. Indications point 

 to 'a large honey crop this year — at least, In 

 most localities. • 



The Western Classification Committee, of 

 which J. T. Ripley is chairman, calls founda- 

 tion " bee-comb stuff',"" and then qualiiies the 

 words by calling it. in parenthesis, " artilicial 

 honey-comb."" VV'e have entered a protest, and 

 hope'all supply-ilealers will do the same. We 

 want our product named correctly. It is true, 

 we need a term besides the word " foundation,'" 

 for the general public: therefore on our freight- 

 bills we call it " wax in sheets."" That is just 

 exactly what it is. 



We are greatly annoyed by many of our cus- 

 tomers calling for imported queens of a bright 

 yellow. We do not pretcuid to rear bright yel- 

 low bees or queens. We .say in our price list, 

 and have repeated through the journal many 

 times, that the progeny of imported queens, as 

 well as the queens themselves, are, as a rule, 

 leather-colored. If you want bright yellow 

 queens. don"t order imported. Our select tested 



