1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



311 



We have just received word from Mr. H. 

 Stevenson, of Innishannon, Ireland, to the ef- 

 fect that, after three years of waiting, he has 

 coaxed the Postmaster-General of Great Brit- 

 ain to permit the transit of queens to and 

 from the British Isles. To make assurance 

 doubly sure he wrote to New York, and re- 

 ceived reply to the effect that " notification 

 was in due course sent to the U. S. Postoffice 

 Department," and that "live bees could now 

 be forwarded to and from Great Britain by 

 post." For years we have been unable to 

 send any queen-bees to England, and we are 

 sure this new ruling will prove to be a great 

 boon to bee-keepers, not only in in England, 

 but the whole world, in fact. 



THE LANGSTROTH-MONUMENT FUND. 



We copy the following from the A men can 

 Bee Journal for March 31 : 



Mr. p. E. Shear, of Ulster Co., N. Y., sent .50 cents 

 on the L,angstroth-monument fund. We aie inclined 

 to think that, before bee-keepers will be .satisfied to 

 let this matter re.st, they will want to see at least 11000 

 put into a monument to mark the resting-place of 

 their beloved I^angstroth. Why wouldn't it be a good 

 plan for the large manufacturers of hives to contrib- 

 ute — oh! say about a couple hundred dollars each? 

 Their prosperous business is practically the result of 

 lyangstroth's invention; and as bee-keepers are help- 

 ing to support the manufacturers, indirectly it would 

 be the bee-keepers' tribute to the memory of l,ang- 

 stroth. __^ 



Personally it seems as though our good 

 friend York had got the figures a little high; 

 but, never mind; if the bee-keepers of the 

 world think we should invest $1000 in this 

 direction. The A. I. Root Co. will try to do its 

 part. We therefore raise our contributions 

 from $10.00 up to .$2.5.00. If the other supply- 

 dealers feel like contributing liberally also, we 

 will increase our subscription to $50.00. And, 

 by the way, is it not about time that some- 

 body should set to work to give us sugges- 

 tions for print as to what said monument 

 should be like ? Let us not only have the 

 form, shape, and size, but a suggestion in the 

 way of an inscription. — A. I. R. 



The A. I. Root Co. — I believe you have a credit for 

 me on your books. Will you extract one dollar from 

 the amount, and turn it over to the I.,angstroth-monu- 

 ment fund ? It .seems to me that a monument to the 

 value of a thousand dollars should be erected to the 

 memory of one who has done so much for the bee- 

 keeping interests of the world. Every bee-keeper 

 should be proud to have a hand in such a work. 



I<os Angeles, Cat. J. H. Martin. 



"STOP MY GLE.A.NINGS." 

 As a rule, when anybody complains of his 

 paper, and wants it stopped, we try to over- 

 come the difficulty and have our friend con- 

 tinue with us ; but I am afraid we shall have 

 to give it up this time. Read the letter below : 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I must write you a few lines in re- 

 gard to Gleanings. When my time expires, please 

 stop it. The editor has refu.sed to answer the question 

 about honey mead, how it was made, and I was will- 

 ing to pay the expense. But I was cut off like a 

 " bum;" but my money must get what I want. If it 



is not from one man it will be from another. I hope I 

 shall find another good bee-paper— at least, I shall try. 

 I started in the bee business in 1S!)0, with two colonies, 

 and I have to-day 200. I don't think I shall do without 

 any bee-paper, but I will surely do without Glkan- 

 INGS. M. Uentler. 



Taylor, Texas, March 26. 



You see, our friend wanted us to print a rec- 

 ipe for making mead or metheglin ( both of 

 which are intoxicating drinks) from honey. 

 Now, I think it must have been either John 

 or Ernest who told him we could not consci- 

 entiously publish any such recipe, nor tell otir 

 readers how to make intoxicating drinks with 

 the product of their hives. I do not think 

 that either of the boys consulted me about it, 

 but I am glad they took the stand they did. 

 There is one thing that gives us a grain of 

 comfort. The writer says, toward the close of 

 his letter, that he hopes he will find another 

 good bee-paper. He acknowledges here that 

 Gleanings is good, even if it does refuse to 

 give the recipe he wants; and I should not be 

 very much surprised if all of the other good 

 bee-papers would take the stand that Glean- 

 ings does. How is it, brother editors? — 

 A.I. R. 



supporting THE BROSIUS BILL; RELIEF FROM 



glucose-mixing promised. 

 The following note, received from Bro. 

 Abbott, of the Busy Bee, in reference to our 

 item on page 269, will explain itself : 



Friend Root.— I see by last Gleanings that you are 

 under the impression that there was no change made 

 in the Brosius bill as originally published. The Legis- 

 lative Committee, to whom the bill was referred, made 

 a great many changes in it, and among the changes 

 was the dropping out of every thing that referred to 

 patent medicines. There will be no lobby of these 

 people at Washington to oppose the bill. We also 

 dropped out the clause which required all manufactur- 

 ers to register with the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

 pay a fee of SIO.OO for the privilege of doing the same. 

 I think that, when the bill is published as it was 

 amended by the committee and adopted by the con- 

 gress, you will see there will be no trouble 'in having 

 all honest men unite in urging its passage. We 

 thought it would be better to get a general law cover- 

 ing ordinary food products and drugs, and then hope 

 for future amendments, than it would be to attempt 

 too much, and be forced to contend with the lobby 

 that might be sent there. I am pleased with your 

 editorial remarks, and think that, with the unanimity 

 of sentiment that now prevails with regard to the 

 matter, we may eventually be able to accomplish 

 something. Emerson T. Abbott. 



St. Joseph, Mo., April 9. 



I am glad to know that the Legislative 

 Committee have left off the patent-medicine 

 clause. I can not see any reason now why all 

 honest people should not unite in urging the 

 passage of this excellent bill. From my 

 standpoint, any one who would oppose it 

 must be in league with food-adulterators. We 

 well know that they will put up pots of money 

 to fight it. 



Why, it seems to me that, if this bill can 

 become a law, it will do more than any thing 

 else to reduce the evils resulting from glucose- 

 mixing. 



We are now on the track of a party who 

 formerly sold adulterated honey in this State ; 

 but since Food Commissioner Blackburn made 

 it almost impossible for adulterated honey to 

 be sold in Ohio, the same chap is now sending 

 his goods into a State where they have not 

 only no food commissioner but no law. Sup- 



