1898 



GLEANINGvS IN BEE CULTURE. 



399 



The subject matter of our " Honey-Leaflet " 

 is gotten out in more elaborate form b\- R. K. 

 & J. C. Frisbee, Denver, Colorado, for their 

 special trade. It is neatly bound in a cover, 

 decorated colors. Besides the special matter 

 of our leaflet, it contains other items relating 

 to honey, of special interest to the consumer. 

 That's right; keep the ball a rolling — that is, 

 the truth about honey constantl}' circulating. 



Up till within a few days there has been no 

 late work in German on the subject of bees, 

 especially adapted to American bee-keeping. 

 Mr. J. F. Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb , an 

 intelligent and progressive bee-keeper, has 

 just published a small work that will "fill a 

 long-felt want," entitled " Bienenzucht und 

 Honiggewinnung." Of course, nearly all 

 progressive Germans of this country read 

 English to a greater or less extent ; but I've 

 noticed aU the same that all "Dutchmen" 

 like to talk and read in their own mother- 

 tongue when they can do it just as well. Well, 

 this new book contains 51 pages, and is thor- 

 oughly up to date in every particular. The 

 manuscript, before publication, was reviewed 

 by Friedemann Greiner, a bee-keeper who is 

 exceptionally w'ell posted regarding all devel- 

 opments, both in America and in his " Father- 

 land." He pronounced the subject-matter 

 orthodox and up to date. As the demand will 

 be limited, of course, to German readers, the 

 price will necessarily have to be higher than a 

 similar work of this kind in English. It will 

 be sent from this office for 50 cents, postpaid, 

 or from the publisher, as above. 



CONTINUOUS PASSAGEWAYS IN THE FENCE. 



Along when we first introduced the fence, 

 quite a number of inquiries came in, asking 

 why the cleats were dropped down a little 

 from the top edge of the top slat. The pur- 

 pose of this was to give side passageways be- 

 tween the slats and the edges of the plain sec- 

 tions. After we had sent out a few thousand 

 fences thus, we decided to shorten them at the 

 bottom in the same way. The illustration be- 

 low shows the fence we have been sending 

 out to the great bulk of our trade for 1898. 



The real reason for having the cleats shorter 

 than the width of the fence proper will be 

 made more apparent from the illustration. 

 The object of giving the bees side passage- 

 ways is, of course, to give better filling to the 

 sections. I do not wish to go on record at 

 this time as stating that these side passage- 



ways will positively bring about this result; 

 but if the experiments of Mr. Danzenbaker, in 

 his open-corner sections, which ue sold a year 

 or so ago, and if the statements and observa- 

 tions of that prominent bee-keeper, Mr. L. A. 

 Aspinvvall, of Jackson, Mich., mean any thing, 

 these side passageways will probably do much 

 to bring about a plumper and better filling of 

 the sections. 



But suppose there should be some, like Doo- 

 little, who do not, want their sections filled 

 out as plump, but would like to have them 

 the same as the average sections on the mar- 

 ket. All we should have to do would be to 

 lengthen out the cleats to the height of the 

 section, and then, instead of having a series 

 of slats, use only one wide slat or strip of ve- 

 neering wood nearly of the depth of the sec- 

 tion. This would secure for the plain section 

 the same sort of filling we now have in the 

 old bee-way sections, because the conditions 

 would then be the same. 



BIOGRAPHICAI, SKETCHES — WHAT SHOUI.D 

 THEY TEACH? 



Once in a while I see in some of our ex- 

 changes pictures of unknown bee-keepers who 

 have attained no special success in the line of 

 bees. Occasionally biographies and photos of 

 some bee-keepers are sent us of whom I never 

 heard before, nmch less do I know of their 

 having distinguished themselves in any par- 

 ticular line. I feel that it is a duty we owe to 

 our readers to give biographies only of prom- 

 inent bee-keepers, or of those who, though 

 less prominent, have been especially success- 

 ful in some one feature or department of bee- 

 keeping. Let me illustrate. 



Mr. Miles Morton, outside of his own im- 

 mediate vicinity around Groton, N. Y., was 

 scarcely known; but when I visited him I 

 found that he had a surplus arrangement and 

 a form of separator that enabled him to put 

 out section honey that would bring a higher 

 price than that produced in the ordinary su- 

 pers. 



A little later I gave you a look at the face 

 of that honest sturdy bee-keeper, Mr. Dan 

 White, the man who knows how to sell honey 

 at a high price — yes, knows how to peddle it 

 without losing his dignity or self-respect. 



And, again, some little time ago I showed 

 you the face of Mr. Merton Chase, of Whit- 

 tlesey, O., another bee-keeper comparatively 

 unknown to the outside world. Why did I 

 give him such prominence ? Because he al- 

 ways gets some honey every season whether 

 any one else in his vicinity does or not, and 

 because he always has the first honey on the 

 market, and because his honey is always A 

 No. 1. 



In this issue I take special pleasure in intro- 

 ducing my old friend Chalon Fowls, of Ober- 

 lin, O. Why he deserves special distinction 

 is because he knows how to get double prices 

 on his honey — not by trickery but by selling 

 honest goods that have a reputation for purity 

 backed by his own good name. 



In giving you occasional biographical 

 sketches of bee-keepers who have distinguish- 



