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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar.15. 



hat. The skunks have been scramblin' in front 

 of some; covers were awry, and the waads 

 choked the front and the raar of the rist of 

 them; and I am sorry, professor, to find three of 

 me hives where they are all poor motherless 

 children. There's no quaans,and the dear little 

 baas are as lonesome as— as — I am widout me 

 Biddy Malony." 



" Well, Matt, I am pleased to be able to make 

 glad the poor motherless children in two of those 

 hives. I have been introducing Italian queens 

 to some of my colonies, and here are two black 

 queens. I did not like to kill them, and thought 

 possibly you could use them, and surely you 

 can." 



Then Prof. Buell handed the cages to Matt, 

 who was much surprised and gratified over the 

 opportune gift; and with much gusto he said, 

 "Prof. Buell, it's mesilf that'd be after putting 

 yees name wid the saints. Nobody but yeersilf 

 would think of helping a poor fellow loike me; 

 but, professor, it seems yees are always think- 

 ing kindly of yees neighbors." 



"There, there. Malt; let me help you intro- 

 duce the queens," said Prof. Buell, by way of an 

 interrupiion to Matt's grateful expressions. 

 When the work had been accomplished they 

 sat down upon some empty bee-hives, and Prof. 

 Buell said: "Matt, I came up here to ask you 

 about this Dr. Hayden you spoke of yesterday. 

 Where does he live?" 



"Sure, I am not knowing where, professor. 

 He said he lived in the mountains; and as to its 

 bein' the Sary Nevada, the Coast Range, or to- 

 ward ould Shasta, it's a sacret he held fasht to." 



"Rather indefinite," said Prof. Buell, "but 

 did Fred go off with this doctor, not knowing 

 where he was going to?" 



" I think he did, sur, and its yeersilf that 

 wouldn't question the doctor, for he is that 

 kind, like yeersilf, professor. Its mesilf that'd 

 not be flathering yees, but I'm thinking there's 

 a family resimblance between yees." 



"Possibly," said Prof. Buell; •'I Knew a doc- 

 tor Hayden many years ago; in fact, I had a 

 cousin bearing that name, and I would go a 

 long journey to find this doctor. Peradventure 

 he might be the same." 



"An' sure it wasFrid and mesilf that mention- 

 ed yeer name furninst the doctor, and he said 

 neither aye or nay to it. He ounly said it would 

 sound better if the name was Bull— plain Bull." 



The color of the professor's face heightened, 

 and in a nervous way he arose suddenly from the 

 hive upon which he was sitting and said, "Well, 

 Matt, I hope you will have the best of success 

 with your bees. We will not have Fred Ander- 

 son to give us instructions, so we must compare 

 notes often, and instruct each other. Hello, 

 Gimp! we must pull for home." 



When the two disappeared over the river 

 bluff. Matt Hogan, with hands in his pockets 

 and eyes bent upon the ground, was evidently 



struggling with a perplexing problem. Finally, 

 in an undertone which increased in intensity, 

 he said, "To me own thinking, there's somethin' 

 mysterious about this whole business. If I says 

 Adrietta, up go their hands in amazement. If 

 I says Hayden, oft" goes Mrs. Buell in a swoon; 

 and to-day it's Bull that stirs the professor off 

 his seat, off home, and red in the face. Now, be 

 gorry, I believe I'll shout calf to meesilf, and 

 run to cover in the chapparal." 



"patent process foundation." 

 Mr. Hutchinson publishes an item that ap- 

 parently gives an unfavorable showing to the 

 new Weed foundation. In his introductory he 

 says: "They have been experimenting with dif- 

 ferent brands of foundation over at the experi- 

 ment station in Canada." Then he gives two 

 paragraphs from a report that goes to show 

 that the " patent-process " foundation gave the 

 poorest results of any of the samples tested. 

 The time this report was made (I think it was 

 in 1894) was before Mr. Weed conceived the idea 

 of making sheeted wax by his present plan. 

 The article designated as "Patent Process" 

 was not the same as is now made, and which 

 has received the universal indorsement, both of 

 experiment stations and private individuals. 

 The experiment in question was, according to 

 the experimenter, conducted late in the season, 

 and the results were not, therefore, satisfactory. 



FACTS AND FANCIES ABOUT THE NEW DEEP- 

 CELL-WALL, foundation. 

 Mr. Leahy, of the Progressive Beekeeper, 

 says that the putting of this article upon the 

 market, to " accumulate w%alth, and prostitute 

 the teachings of the Bible," is " adulterating 

 that which is spoken of as sweeter than honey;" 

 that " they say it contains no more wax than 

 the thinnest foundation." If Mr. Leahy will 

 show us where we have claimed it was as light I 

 shall be greatly obliged; but I have said we 

 hoped we might make it— that we had not yet. 

 Again, he says: " I have before me a sample of 

 this luscious foundation, the side walls of which 

 are J< inch from the base. I have also a piece 

 of thin and extra thin foundation.' Then he 

 goes on to show how by weight the foundation 

 weighs less than half the " artificial comb," as 

 he calls it. and then adds, "It is also claimed 

 that this will be no more expensive than comb 

 foundation. This looks fishy to me." I never 

 said this. I stated distinctly, when we put out 

 these samples (see p. 80), that they were heavi- 



