1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



935 



there are here two great fences instead of one. I 

 think we must be in a great region for snow. 

 We are approaching the line between Iowa and 

 South Dakota. Now all the trees are white 

 with frost and snow, as well as the fields. 

 Beautiful wintcrl 



Within an hour the snow-belt was passed, 

 and now we have bare ground again. So it 

 seems that snows, like summer showers, may 

 be more or less local in their character. 



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In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.— PR. 11: 14. 



Don't fail to take in the North American at 

 Albany, Dec. 8 to 11, you bee-keepers of the 

 East. 



The York State Bee-keepers" Association 

 will meet in joint convention at Albany with 

 the North American. 



The junior editor expects, in the near future, 

 a visit from Dr. C. C. Miller, and W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, of the Rcvicir; that is. they will stop off 

 at Medina on their way to the Albany conven- 

 tion. 



Letters and reports at hand indicate that 

 the Northwestern at Chicago was a grand con- 

 vention. Many important and vital subjects 

 were discussed. See Dr. Miller's letter, and 

 Notes of Travel, elsewhere, on this point. 



The family temper usually takes its tone 

 from the parents: and if the father be harsh, 

 grumbling, unappreciative. and the mother 

 peevish, lault-tinding, or discontented, how can 

 the children be expected to regard home as the 

 dearest spot on earth '? — Rural Xeir-Vorker. 



If there is any one of the new things in bee- 

 keeping that is surely working its way into fa- 

 vor it is the bee-escape. We can not remember 

 to have had an adverse report in regai'd to 

 them. To be able to take off comb and extract- 

 ed honey without shaking or brushing a bee is 

 a great thing. 



Bro. Newman, of the Aniericdii Bee Journal. 

 in commenting on the concessions granted to 

 bee-keepers by Mr. J. T. Ripley, of the Western 

 Classitication Committee, says: 



Beekeepers cat! generally g-et what they unite In 

 asking- for lii the line of rulings of postoffice and 

 railroad ofBcials. etc., because the.v act like bees, 

 and make sucli a '"buzzing' " about their ears that 

 they are glad to accede to the demands. 



We regret to notice that Bro. Newman, of the 

 American Bee Journ(il,\s " enjoying "' rather 

 poor health. We know it's no joking matter, 

 and hope for hisspeedy recovery to good health. 

 It is a tremendous task to get out a weekly bee- 

 journal year after year, and on time. One of 

 the best tonics for a sick man is to let him 

 know that his efforts to please his patrons are 

 appreciated. If that's the case, tell him so 

 when you renew. 



A coRREspoxDEXT in one of the bee-journals 

 is very much disgusted with the practice cur- 

 rent among apicultural writers of addressing 

 each other " IJrother '' or ••friend.'' and urges 

 that we are profaning the sacred use of the 

 terms. Well, it may be the terms arc used too 



indiscriminately, but we ask. Where will you 

 find a more •• brotherly " or "• friendly '' lot of 

 people than among bee-keepers"? Our bee- 

 jouinals generally are conspicuous for the 

 brotherly feeling, even toward rivals, tliat per- 

 vades them; and the times when sti"ife used to 

 be rife among them has gone by. "Brother" 

 and •" friend." when used bv bee-keepers, me/ms 

 something. 



The following has been received from Secre- 

 tary Dadant: 



Friend Ernest : — The Northwestern convention 

 urg-es upon the North American convention tlie 

 f olhjwiiig discussions : 



Besidvcd, That, if tlie corn, beet, and raaple-sug-ar 

 grrowers are rig-htly entitled to a bounty of 2ceuts^ 

 per pound, the bee-keepers are entitled to the same, 

 as ail grades of sugar are in direct competition witli 

 honey. 



A1.SO the resolutions passed by the Northwestern 

 on grading lioney, and sizes of packag-es. 



The topics given in the program are not the 

 only ones that will be discussed; but there is 

 much to be done that is not down on the pro- 

 gram. 



Dr. Miller asks, in Straws, whv we speak 

 any more of the competition of California hon- 

 ey than we do of the New York or Illinois prod- 

 uct. The honey of the Eastern States— that is. 

 east of the Mississippi — of the same grade does 

 not differ very much in price: but Califoi-nia 

 honey is cheaper. While it is equal in bodv 

 and color, and by some is said to be superior, it 

 sells for a little less money, and hence it must 

 necessarily compete with Eastern honey: and 

 the effect, probably, is to reduce a small trifle 

 the market price of it. Corn is produced more 

 cheaply on the immense prairies than the same 

 can be raised on smaller farms in the East: 

 hence western corn competes with the eastern 

 product — that is. it crowds the latter down to a 

 lower price. 



One of the things we ought to discuss at the 

 North American at Albany is the securing of 

 an appropriation from the national government 

 so that our national organization may be a lit- 

 tle better able to grant substantial benefits to 

 its members, and to further the interests of 

 apiculture in general throughout the United 

 Slates. The Ontario Bee-keepers' Association, 

 of Canada, as well as the Illinois State Bee- 

 keepers' Association, has an appropriation. If 

 any organization needs it. it is tlie North Amer- 

 ican. We throw the hint out now. so that we 

 may be thinking it over and be ready to discuss 

 the matter at Albany. Our treasury is not 

 empty by any means; but its resources are so 

 liimied that the association can not do the good 

 it might do with larger funds to back it from 

 the pockets of Uncle Sam. We are to have the 

 presence of Hon. J. M. Hambaugh. the one who 

 secured an appropriation of §.500 for the Illinois 

 State Bee-keepers' Association. Doubtless he 

 can outline the course for us to pursue. 



The products of the hive are commonly con- 

 sidered to be wax and honey: but the bee-sting 

 poison is beginning to be another product. For 

 one large establishment in pharmacy we filled 

 an order for ten thousand bee-stings — yes, ten 

 thoui^and bce-stiuyf! pulled out one bv one. 

 Tliese were then thrown into a bottle contain- 

 ing sugar of milk. ""Cruel:" you say. But it 

 was for the cause of humanity; and. besides, 

 the bees were immediately crushed out of exist- 

 ence after the removal of the sting, with a 

 pair of forceps. We have also, on former occa- 

 sions, filled several orders for the same concern, 

 for 10 lljs. of live bees to be immersed in alco- 

 hol. We were instructed to pour the bees into a 

 large bottle, shake them up. so as to arouse 



