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(JLKAMNciS IN KKK ( ll/riKK. 



tistnl ti) bi> pi'omiiifiit ;ii cniiv iMitioiis. iiiid his 

 inuiu> aMpoarcd frciinciitly in hcc-joiirniils: hut 

 it tMiiailt'd siu'li ail iminciisc anuiiint of coiics- 

 pmuiciu'i', ami itroiiiiiil Sd iiiaiiy visitors to liis 

 plaoc. tliat lie foiiiHl lie w as ohliiicd to w itii- 

 (iraw liimsclf from the piihiii-. As he was 

 iicitliiM" an t'llitor nor siipijjy-ilcaicr. siicli an 

 amount of iHiirt'spomiiMUT. amisomany visitors, 

 not only bot'anm a irrcat hufdi'n, tmt could l)o of 

 no possible service to him: and ln> was too po- 

 lite not loanswcrhiseorrespondents.aiid toiu'oi- 

 dial not to entertain, ami so the only alternati\'e 

 was to out otT the oii<rinal source that broujrlit 

 it about. Now that W(> iiave so many excel- 

 lent liee-books and bee-papers. I sincerely hope 

 the liay is past when it was nocossary to go and 

 intfM'view and taUe the time of some of thes(^ 

 extensive bee-keeix'rs. at least uninvited, and 

 durinc the busv rush of the honev-season. 



1 had delightful chats with J. H. Nellis. of 

 the former Bic-kcejwrs' ExclKimje. and with 

 .lulius Hott'man. the man who invented the 

 ilotVman frame. I showed him our modified 

 HotVman frame foi- the L. hive, and explained 

 to him how it was we were obliged to use a 

 straight top-bar. After looking it all over he 

 readily acquiesced with our modification, and 

 said that it was better for the L. size. At 

 one of the intei'inissions Mr. Ilott'man favored 

 us with some music on th<» piano. It was easy 

 to see that it was a master's hand that touched 

 the keys, for indeed he is one ()f the most accom- 

 plished musicians in the country- I vvas sorry 

 afterward that I did not think in time to suggest 

 the propriety of his favoring the whole conven- 

 tion with rnusic. Perhaps he can at some fu- 

 ture time. 



Some of those large honey-producers of York 

 State — those who produce their honey by the 

 ton and carload, are a little sensitive about 

 liaving their crops made public. One reason is. 

 it creates a wrong impression, and leads out- 

 side liee-keepers to think that they are making 

 a mint of money, and quite frequently it is the 

 cause of others coming into their locality, and 

 crowding upon their fields. When these large 

 crops are published, small one-horse bee-keep- 

 ers are apt to forget the enormous expense and 

 labor required to harvest the crop: and wiien 

 they come in, with little or no knowledge of the 

 locali y. they are sure to make a failure for 

 themselves, and to seriously interfere with the 

 average per colony of those bee-keepers who 

 were lirst in the field. 



While sitting at the dinner-table at the hotel. 

 Mr. McKnight. of Owen Sound. Canada, gave 

 us a very interesting account of the. Colonial 

 Exhibition in i.oudon. and how the Canadian 

 hcjiiey was gatheri'd up. how i* was shijjjjed. 

 how it was displayed, and finally sold. The 

 information he gave us was very valuable, and 

 we hopi' he will some day give us the benefit of 

 the information througli an article or two. in 

 order that the bee-kee])ers of this country who 

 are about to prepare a mammoth exhibit of 

 honey for the World's Fair may profit l)y his 

 experience and suggestions. W(- will not at- 

 tempt to reproduce Mr. McK night's account 

 here, as we fear we might not get all the facts 

 straight. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON'S VISIT TO MEDINA. 



wiiA I hi; thinks of ihi; homk of iiik Ho.\- 

 i:v-i!Ki:s. 



We were going to '• wiite up"VV. Z.'s visit 

 here: but the following. tak<Mi from the Decem- 

 ber /?c)'/ei/'. is so much better than anything 



\\e could give, u e take pleasure ill repioducing 

 it instead. 



Tilts is written sitliiiK at Ernest's de.sk at tlie 

 "Home ol' llie Honey - liees" in Medina, Ohi(». 

 .\i-(nm(i me is tlie click of typc-selt Iiik and type- 

 wiilers, while fioiii below comes 1 lie wliiriiiitr sound 

 of iiiiicliiiiery ill mot ion. I'or :i loiij.;' tiiiu' I li;ivi' de- 

 sired to visil I liis esl;ililisliiiieiit. I lime often tried 

 to imagine how I should feel when walkiiijr over 

 from ;lie st;il ion ;iii(l loolviiiji- uji at tluil stone liee- 

 lii\-e o\-er the inseriiil ion. " In (iod we Trust." Yes- 

 tei(l;i\ iiioiiiintr I experienced lli;it sensation, and- 

 found it fully as pleasurable as I had expecte<i it 

 would l)e. 



The tiist man to discover and welcome mc wa,s 

 W. I'. Koot. the [iroof - reader and stenographer. 

 We had often correspoiuled in slioilhaiid. Intact, 

 I once wrote an ai'ticle on windmills in slioitiiaiul 

 for (ii.io.VNiNCiS. and W. I', put it in type dii'ectly 

 from the shorthand maiiiisciipt. He Mi"isped my 

 hand and s;iid: " You are the man I lia\e lonjr l)eeii 

 waiitiiifi' lo see." and led the way up to I lie otlice. 



I had heard thai nearl.v every visitor to the Hoot 

 estalilislimeiit had lieen sur))rised at its maffiiitude, 

 C()iise(|Uently 1 had niadt' up m.v mind that I was 

 not g'oiiig' to he suii)rised. but I was. I was not sur- 

 prised at th(> outsitte of the hiiildiiiK's— tlie illustra- 

 tions in GIjEanings have shown these quite fairly — 

 Imt it .seemed to me as thoiifi-li they were about 

 three times as larg'e inside as they were outside. 

 Medina is not a larg'e city— about 'MM inhaliitants — 

 and almost from necessity many trades must lie 

 represented at this one institution. Tliesendinji- 

 away for repairs, and delays from fretting- out of 

 many thiiiM's,- would be too expensive. Tlieie are 

 many thin.us that Puniest said he would tfladl.v driip, 

 and rid himself of so much worry, hut it seemed 

 well-nig:li impossible to do so. Ernest showed me 

 over the establishment, then b.\- a sort of tacit 

 agreement he went alxiut his work and allowed me 

 to roam about at my own sweet will. You see, we 

 were to go on togethei- to Albanj', and we both 

 knew that we would liave plenty of opportunity for 

 visiting wlille on the road. The beauty of m.v visit 

 was that everybod.v seemed to know me at once. 

 This ma.v be accounted for tiy tlu^ fact that eveiy 

 employe receives a copy of Gleanings. In live 

 minutes the* pi-e.ssman and I were deep in the dis- 

 cu.ssion of hard and soft " packing" for cylinder 

 presses, of the kind of jiaper needed for the various 

 kinds of work, the liest inks, etc. Then he fished 

 out his printers' magazines, and we kioked them 

 over. This is a fair sample of how I put in mj' 

 time. 



I don't remember ever going through so lai'ge an 

 establishment where every thing was quite so neat 

 and clean. Eiiiest remarked, in a joking way, in a re- 

 cent issue of Glkanings, that if folks would only 

 let them }nii>w when the.v were coming, they W(mld 

 have a " clarin' u]) " spell before their arrival. Of 

 course, my visit was known in advance; but some- 

 how 1 feel just as though there was no "clarin" up" 

 spell on that account. Most of the rooms were just 

 as clean as a dwelling-house; .ves. far more so than 

 some I have seen. Then ever.v thing was so liand.v 

 and convenient — so sjstematizedl Each had a i)ar- 

 ticular dut.v to jierform. and the manner in which 

 these duties were performed pleased me exceeding- 

 l.v. It was with a sort of pride in the work. 



Yes. I went out with Ernest and looked at the 

 bees. The apiar.v is very pleasantlj located. The 

 view lately given iuGLE.iNiNGS of the Shane ai>iary, 

 after it had been brought home, is tin- onlyone that 

 does justice to tlu> Ilea lit y of the .vard. This view, 

 however, does not show the whole yard. The evei^ 

 greens on the north and west sides stand in as neat 

 and symmetrical rows jts T ever saw. .\s an orna- 

 ment and windbreak t hey are a suc<-ess. Ernest is 

 exiierimenting quite a little now as to the use or 

 non-use of absorlients. It looks now as though ab- 

 sorbents might be an actual detriment. Eet the 

 bees seal tlie covers down tightly, so no moisture 

 will escape, then use ]jrotectioii of some kiiifl out- 

 side tlie hives, where the moisture can not reach it. 

 The management of the apial•.^• and of Gleanings 

 is left largel\' lo Ernest, while the liusiness manage- 

 menl is ill the hand-, of Mr. Calvert, tiardening is 

 Mr. A. I. Root's liolibj- now; the " lioys," as A. 1. 

 calls them, being allowed a wide latitude in their 

 departments. They are more gi\-eii to the " trying 

 of new things" than is the case with A. I., although 

 no momentous step is taken without his advice or 

 consent. 

 One of the new things that are about to lie 



