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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



assured that it is buying pure goods and of the 

 very best. 



Some years ago an effort was made on the 

 part of a few members of what was then called 

 the North American Bee-keepers' Association, 

 now known as the United States Bee-keepers' 

 Association, to get up special association la- 

 bels or brands, the general scheme having 

 originated from the successful practice of the 

 British bee-keepers' associations, but the plan 

 did not materialize. But within the last two 

 or three years one of the county associations 

 of New York began the scheme, and, if I am 

 correct, it is still carrying it into effect. A 

 brand, or stamp, was prepared, and every case 

 of honey approved by the inspector bears this 

 brand. The idea was a good one, and it may 

 be by this time that this particular brand of 

 honey has won a reputation of its own ; and 

 when it becomes known, the result can not be 

 otherwise than that higher prices will be se- 

 cured. 



DAVID H. COGGSHALL ; REVERSIBLE VS. NON- 

 REVERSIBLE EXTRACTORS ; HONEY BY 

 THE CARLOAD. 



I HAVE before spoken a number of times of 

 W. L. Coggshall, or " Lamar," as he is famil- 

 iarly known in the buckwheat country; but I 

 have given only passing references to his 



the lakes directly south. The two brothers 

 were formerly in partnership; but in 1877 they 

 dissolved, each running for himself. 



The methods of David H. are, I should sup- 

 pose, practically the same as those of W. L. ; 

 but whether the former practices the kick-cff- 

 super method of taking honey, I do net know; 

 but I do know that he wears an armor (a bee- 

 suit) similar to what his brother finds neces- 

 sary and convenient. This armor may be 

 seen hanging to a tree (scare-crow fashion), in 

 the left of the large picture shown on next 

 page. It consists of an ordinary waist or 

 wamus, a bee-veil and hat being part and par- 

 cel of the waist. This is looped up all around 

 the body, and is made absolutely bee -tight. 

 Wire cloth in place of netting of some sort 

 seems to be used in this particular bee-hat; in- 

 deed, I doubt very much whether the ordinary 

 silk brussels netting would be strong enough 

 to resist the desperate onslaught of the Cogg- 

 shall bees. There, I guess I better not say any 

 more on that subject or I may have the two 

 brothers hauling me over the coals for giving 

 away their — their — trade secrets. 



The gentleman in the right foreground is 

 David Coggshall himself. One would think, 

 in spite of that ominous bee-suit, to see him 

 standing there bareheaded, that I had awfully 

 maligned the Coggshall bees; but letmewhis- 



RESIDENCE OF DAVID H. COGGSHALL, WEST GROTON, N. Y. 



brother, David H. Coggshall. The latter is 

 equally successful as a business man ; but in- 

 stead of making bee-keeping so much of a 

 specialty he seems to have a combination of 

 other lines, farming, bee-keeping, and poul- 

 try-raising. 



David H. keeps something like GOO colonies, 

 and occupies a territory between Lake Skane- 

 ateles and Cayuga Lake, and, if I am correct, 

 immediately north of West Groton, while his 

 brother Lamar occupies the territory between 



per in your ear, that, when a man is standing 

 where the world is gazing on him, he can 

 stand any kind of onslaught without flinching. 

 Just at the right of the bee-suit, and resting 

 on hive 160, stands one of the Coggshall ex- 

 tractors. This seems to be constructed exact- 

 ly the same as those used by Lamar. As I 

 have before explained, the machine is non- 

 reversible, taking four Langstroth frames, the 

 frames hanging exactly as they do in the hive. 

 Instead of being placed in the four sides of 



