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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



see Mr. Hasty, who lives only a few miles 

 away." 



The doctor's postoffice duties prevented his 

 taking the outing; but a way was provided by 

 Miss Slason becoming the driver. Besides her 

 various other accomplishments, Miss M. is an 

 expert horse-driver, and we were soon getting 

 over the road at a lively gait behind the Mason 

 horse in the Mason carriage, and beside the 

 Mason girl. The half-dozen miles were covered 

 in what seemed a very short time. " 

 |t }Mr. Hasty was at home and in his apiary, and 

 1 found him picking strawberries. His apiary 

 differed somewhat from other apiaries I had 

 visited. The hives were shaded with clumps 

 of asparagus. It makes an excellent shade, but 

 requires much trimming, and gives the apiary 

 a dressy appearance. The ground is kept free 

 from weeds, and the hives seemed, from exter- 



Our photo shows about half of the apiary with 

 Bro. Hasty arranging a ladder (Hasty's, not 

 Jacob's), from which the Rambler tried to get 

 a photo. Our photo gives you an idea, however, 

 of the beauties of the place. Around the apia- 

 ry and the house are many noble sliade-trees, 

 and, taking it all together, it is a desirable 

 place in which to live. Mr. H. lives in single 

 blessedness with an aged mother and his breth- 

 ren. He conducts his apiary, not for the dol- 

 lars supremely, but as a means of serving God, 

 believing, with Paul, that all things should be 

 done with that end in view. Mr. H. has been 

 an active Christian worker, maintaining a Sun- 

 day-school and other services in his neighbor- 

 hood for a long time; but, his health failing, 

 the services are at present not held. I felt 

 that a longer conversation would have been 

 both pleasant and proti table: but the waning 



AI'IAKV OF K. E. HASTY, KICIIAKDS, OHIO. 



nal appearances, to be of various patterns, but 

 I believe they all take the L. frame. At one 

 side I noticed several holes with covers. In 

 these Mr. H. suspends swarms that have issued 

 and clustered. If another s^arm issues and is 

 about to cluster upon No. 1, No. 1 is promptly 

 cut down and put into the hole in the ground, 

 the cover put down, and it remains in darkness 

 until the apiarist finds time to attend to it. 

 Several of these holes are provided, showing 

 that much natural swarming is indulged in in 

 the Hasty apiary. The apiary shows that ex- 

 periments are often tried, and I have no doubt 

 that bee-keepers would be much instructed if 

 Mr. H. would give the results to the public. 

 The camera was brought to bear upon the 

 apiary from various points, but a good photo of 

 the whole hundred hives did not materialize. 



hours demanded haste, and we were soon again 

 in Toledo. 



After leaving all of these good friends, reflec- 

 tions reminded me that in Dr. Mason we have a 

 man who has done much for the bee-keeping 

 fraternity, not only in Ohio, but in the whole 

 country. His greatest field of usefulness is, 

 perhaps, now before him as our leader at the 

 World's P'air; and that there is so much una- 

 nimity over his selection, again rejoices the 

 heart of the Rambler. 



[Not all of our readers have seen Dr. Mason, 

 and consequently can not know how natural 

 the picture of him is, even if "behind the bars." 

 Rambler and our artist seem to have a knack 

 of getting things and persons pretty nearly as 

 they are. The picture of Mr. Hasty's apiary is 



