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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15. 



THE VALUE OF VENEER STRIPS BETWEEN 

 SECTIONS IN A SHIPPING-CASE. 



In the Canadian Bee Journal for Novem- 

 ber, Mr. E. Kretchnier makes a point which I 

 am sure is well taken. Hesiys: 



Separators in shipping-cases are. I think, not yet 

 very much used ; but I find that, if separators are 

 used, a comb broken from a section, if confined to the 

 space within that section, can not t>reak or deface the 

 next adjoining section ; whereas, if the separators are 

 not added, the entire row is frequently broken down. 

 Wood separators are cheap, costing less than 2 cents 

 for a case, while their benefit is more than tenfold. I 

 therefore think that no shipping-case is complete 

 without the separators. 



Quite a number of the York Staters use thin 

 veneering stuff between their sections and 

 shipping-cases. In the case of the no-bee- 

 way sections it will be not only a necessity 

 bttt an advantage to use such veneering; with 

 .such sections, if the combs should break 

 down they would have less distance to ttimble 

 against the separator, and the consequent 

 damage to the comb would be less. 



"GO WEST, VOUNG MAN;" JOE'S PARTNER- 

 SHIP. 



Some fifteen years ago a j-oung man applied 

 for a position as stenographer at our office. 

 His letter was neatly written ; and after some 

 little correspondence the applicant came on. 

 This was none other than Joseph Nysewander. 



creasing until last year, when, to my certain 

 knowledge, he disposed of something like 13 

 carloads of goods. 



The name of Joseph Nysewander and Root's 

 have come to be almost inseparably 



JOSEPH NYSEWANDER. 



He filled the position in our office very credit- 

 ably for two years, and then, taking Horace 

 Greeley's advice of his own accord, left us to 

 strike out for himself in the great West. He 

 landed in Des Moines, la. ; and after a little 

 time his name appeared in the advertising de- 

 partments of the bee-journals as supply dealer 

 and manufacturer. His bu.siness kept on in- 



linked together. His place of business on 

 Grand Avenue is showii in the annexed half- 

 tone. On the left will be seen a wagonload of 

 hive stuff just as it came from the car, direct 

 from the Home of the Honev-bees. 



Mr. Nysewander, besides djing a large bu.si- 

 ness in the way of handling supplies, also sells 

 considerable honey. 



Now the romantic part of my story comes 

 in. It seems Mr. Nysewander also had an ap- 

 plication for a position as stenographer. I do 

 not need to go into details ; but it is enough 

 to relate that Joe was a bashful bachelor, hon- 

 est and good, and the stenographer was profi- 

 cient and pretty. A life partnership was 

 formed, of course, and the business boomed as 

 it had never done before. No wonder he sells 

 supplies. 



COMB HONEV IN NO-BEE-WAY SECTIONS, VER- 

 SUS COMB HONEY IN OED-STVLE SEC- 

 TIONS WITH THE BEE-WAY. 



On page 71o I refer to the fact that no-bee- 

 way sections with filled combs seemed to look 

 plumper and nicer than the same comb honey 

 in the old-style sections. To give our readers 

 somewhat the actual difference in appearance 

 I asked one of our men to select eight regu- 

 lation A% sections from our lot of comb hon- 

 ey. At that time we did not have very nice 

 honey on hand; but he was able to select 8 sec- 

 tions that would average with No. 1 comb 



